US 5,850,805 A · Clog resistant animal feeder

Abstract

A clog resistant animal feeder for providing an animal feeder, especially for pigs, which is clog resistant and which is adjustable for allowing only a specified amount of feed to be dispensed at a time. The inventive device includes a storage bin having slanted side walls, a first tube within a lower portion of the bin, and a support member horizontally positioned within the bin, an elongated frame adjustably attached to the support member projecting downwardly through the side walls about the first tube, and a second tube pivotally attached to the elongated frame about the first tube. A pair of chains are preferably connected to the second tube for allowing an animal to engage the chain with their nose portion for manipulating the second tube where after any clogged feed within the first tube is jarred loose where it is dispensed out from the second tube. The vertical position of the elongated frame determines the amount of feed dispensed because of the distance between the second tube and a floor of the feeder.

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Dependent claims

A clog resistant animal feeder which is resistant to clogging, comprising:

a trough having a front portion and a rear portion;
a storage bin attached to said trough;
wherein said storage bin includes at least one interior side wall and a lower portion for storing feed within;
wherein said lower portion includes an aperture;
a dispensing means attached to said lower portion of said storage bin about said aperture which is movable for preventing clogging of said feed within said storage bin and said dispensing means;
and
wherein said dispensing means comprises:
a height adjusting means attached within said storage bin;
an elongated frame having a lower end and an upper end, wherein said upper end is attached to said height adjusting means and said lower end projects through said storage bin;
a first tube secured to said lower portion of said storage bin about said aperture for receiving said feed from within said storage bin;
and
a second tube having a bottom perimeter movably attached to said lower end of said elongated frame for engaging said first tube for loosening clogged feed within said first tube or said storage bin.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Clog resistant animal feeder

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