Livestock feeding pump operated by licking action

An animal feeding device for dispensing food from a container, comprising:

• a mounting plate adapted to be mounted across an opening on said container,
• a dish-shaped lever pivotally mounted on said mounting plate,
• a pump mounted on said mounting plate, said pump having an intake adapted to communicate with said container, said pump having an outlet communicating with said dish-shaped lever, said pump including an actuator engaging and operated by said dish-shaped lever, and
• a spring for biasing said actuator against said dish-shaped lever,
• whereby an animal licking and thus pivoting said dish-shaped lever also operates said actuator to pump said food from said container onto said dish-shaped lever.

An animal feeding device for dispensing food from a container, comprising:

• a horizontal mounting plate adapted to be mounted across an opening on top of said container,
• a dish-shaped lever pivotally mounted on top of said mounting plate,
• a pump mounted under said mounting plate, said pump having an intake adapted to be positioned within said container, said pump including an actuator extending up through said mounting plate and engaging a lower side of said dish-shaped lever,
• a spring for biasing said actuator upwardly against said dish-shaped lever, and
• a conduit connecting an outlet of said pump to said dish-shaped lever,
• whereby an animal licking said dish-shaped lever also pivots it downwardly to operate said actuator to pump said food from said container onto said dish-shaped lever through said conduit.