Gravity feed butterfly feeder with mesh pad feeding stations
OwnerKenneth Daughertyinventor
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Abstract
A feeder for butterflies has a reservoir to contain a feeding solution. The neck of the reservoir has a head and at least one feeding station is connected to the head. The feeding station is in fluid communication with the reservoir. A mesh-like pad is disposed in a well in the feeding station so that the butterfly may land on the pad.
Claims12
A feeder for butterflies comprising a reservoir having a closed upper end and an opposite end having a neck with an opening therein, a feed solution contained in the reservoir, a head removably connected to the neck of the reservoir, at least one feeding station connected to the head and in fluid communication with the reservoir;
- an open well formed in the at least one feeding station for storage of the feed solution;
- a mesh-like pad disposed within the well, and approximately filling the well in the at least one feeding station wherein butterflies may land on the mesh-like pad and have access to the feed solution through the mesh-like pad.
A feeder for butterflies comprising a reservoir having a closed upper end and an opposite end having a neck with an opening therein, a feed solution contained in the reservoir, a head removably connected to the neck of the reservoir, at least one feeding station connected to the head and in fluid communication with the reservoir;
- the head having an inner surface communicating with the opening in the neck of the reservoir, at least one channel extending through the head from the inner surface of the head to the at least one feeding station wherein the feed solution may flow from the reservoir to the feeding station;
- a well formed in the at least one feeding station for storage of the feed solution;
- a mesh-like pad disposed in the well in the at least one feeding station wherein butterflies may land on the pad and have access to the feed solution,
- wherein the at least one feeding station is removably connected to the head, and
- wherein the head has at least one vertical channel formed therein, the at least one feeding station having a stem formed thereon such that the stem may be received in the channel to connect said feeding station to the head.
A feeder for butterflies comprising a reservoir having a closed upper end and an opposite end having a neck with an opening therein, a feed solution contained in the reservoir, a head removably connected to the neck of the reservoir, at least one feeding station connected to the head and in fluid communication with the reservoir;
- the head having an inner surface communicating with the opening in the neck of the reservoir, at least one channel extending through the head from the inner surface of the head to the at least one feeding station wherein the feed solution may flow from the reservoir to the feeding station;
- a well formed in the at least one feeding station for storage of the feed solution;
- a mesh-likepad disposed in the well in the at least one feeding station wherein butterflies may land on the pad and have access to the feed solution,
- wherein the at least one feeding station is removably connected to the head, and
- wherein the head has at least one tapered tube extending outwardly therefrom, the at least one feeding station having at least one opening formed in a side thereof whereby said at least one tapered tube is cooperatively received in said at least one opening to connect said feeding station to the head, said at least one tapered tube further having a bore therethrough whereby the feed solution may flow to said feeding station.
A butterfly feeder, comprising a housing, a reservoir connected to the housing and containing a feeding solution, a plurality of circumferentially-spaced feeding stations carried by the housing radially thereof, each of the feeding stations having an open well formed therein, each of the wells having a mesh pad disposed therein, the mesh pad approximately filling the respective well and the housing having respective channel means formed therein for communicating the reservoir with the respective mesh pads in the wells on the feeding stations, such that the butterflies may land on the respective mesh pads and feed on the feeding solution through the respective mesh pad.
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