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US 5,513,597 AGranted
Feed conveying apparatus
AssigneeGrain Systems, Inc.
InventorEugene B. Pollock
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AssigneeGrain Systems, Inc.
InventorEugene B. Pollock
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A feed conveying apparatus is disclosed for use in a poultry or livestock feeding system (503). The feed conveying apparatus has a housing (509) having a feed inlet (515) which receives feed from, a feed supply (BFT) and a feed outlet (517). A feed conveyor (508) extends through the housing. The conveyor has a conveyor tube (511) with a feed auger (513) therein. The feed auger has a multiplicity of substantially equally spaced flights (62) and is driven within the conveyor tube for picking up feed from the housing and for conveying it through the conveyor tube. A regulator (521 ) is provided for regulating the amount of feed within the conveyor tube downstream from the housing to an amount less than will totally fill the conveyor tube so as to form a partial void (V) within the conveyor tube and to prevent overcompaction of the feed within the conveyor tube. In addition, an agitator (519) is provided for positively removing feed from between the flights of the auger so as to positively insure that the amount of feed carried by the auger is less than the full amount of the feed that would be carried by the auger even after it passes through restrictor sleeve (521) thus preventing filling of the open trough feeders to a level greater than a desired feed level.
Feed conveying apparatus for a poultry or livestock feeding system, said apparatus comprising a housing having a feed inlet which receives feed from a feed supply and a feed outlet, a feed conveyor extending through said housing, said feed conveyor having a multiplicity of conveyor elements and being driven within said conveyor tube for picking up feed from said housing and for conveying it through said conveyor tube, and means for regulating the mount of feed within said conveyor tube downstream from said housing to an amount less than will totally fill said conveyor tube so as to form a partial void within said conveyor tube and to prevent overcompaction of said feed within said conveyor tube.
In a feed conveying system for a cage poultry system in which birds in cages are supplied with feed from an open trough feeder, sad feed conveying system comprising a bulk supply of feed, means for conveying said feed from said bulk supply to said trough feeders, said conveying means comprising a feed intake cup for transferring feed from said bulk supply to a feed conveyer connecting said trough feeders to one another and to said feed intake cup, said feed conveyor comprising a conveyer tuba extending along a conveyor path from said feed intake cup to a first trough feeder and thence to a second or more trough feeder and thence to return to said feed intake cup, a conveying element located within said conveyer tube and extending along the conveyor path of said conveyer tube in an endless loop, said conveying element having spaced flights therealong for conveying feed, and means for driving said conveying element within said conveyer tube and around said endless loop for conveying feed from said feed intake cup to said first feeder and thence to convey feed from said first feeder to said second and subsequent feeders, and thence to return excess feed to said feed intake cup, wherein the improvement comprises:
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