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US 7,730,851 B2Granted
Animal feeder device
AssigneeUplands Manufacturing Ltd.
InventorsMichael Waldner, Michael George Waldner, Robert Jake Waldner
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Abstract
An animal feeder device comprises a trough to receive water and a feed shelf to support particulate feed thereon supported spaced above the trough for accommodating access to a head of one of the animals to the trough. A feed hopper directs feed onto the shelf through a plurality of discharge chutes corresponding to respective feeding stations along the trough. Water is supplied to the trough by a level control arranged to maintain water level in relation to the trough at a set point level.
Claims20
A feeder device for feeding particulate feed to animals, the device comprising:
- a trough having a base and laterally opposed side edges spaced upwardly from the base and extending in a longitudinal direction between opposing ends;
- a feed shelf having side edges and being positioned to extend in the longitudinal direction spaced above the base of the trough;
- the side edges of the trough being positioned laterally outwardly in relation to the side edges of the shelf so as to be arranged to capture feed falling from the feed shelf;
- a space between the side edges of the trough and the side edges of the feed shelf being arranged for accommodating access to a head of one of the animals;
- a feed hopper above the feed shelf and arranged for containing the particulate feed;
- at least one discharge chute extending downward from the hopper to a lower edge of the discharge chute and arranged for communicating the particulate feed therethrough to the feed shelf;
- said at least one discharge chute being arranged to be supported in proximity to the feed shelf such that an angle of repose of the particulate feed from the lower edge of discharge chute to the feed shelf prevents the particulate feed from falling from the feed shelf;
- a water supply arranged for supplying water to the trough;
- a level control arranged to control the water supply to maintain water level in relation to the trough at a set point level.
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A feeder device for feeding particulate feed to animals, the device comprising:
- a trough having a base and laterally opposed side edges spaced upwardly from the base and extending in a longitudinal direction between opposing ends;
- a feed shelf having side edges and being positioned to extend in the longitudinal direction spaced above the base of the trough;
- the side edges of the trough being positioned laterally outwardly in relation to the side edges of the shelf so as to be arranged to capture feed falling from the feed shelf;
- a space between the side edges of the trough and the side edges of the feed shelf being arranged for accommodating access to a head of one of the animals;
- a feed hopper above the feed shelf and arranged for containing the particulate feed;
- a plurality of discharge chutes, each extending downward from the hopper to a lower edge of the discharge chute and arranged for communicating the particulate feed therethrough to the feed shelf;
- the plurality of discharge chutes being arranged to be supported in proximity to the feed shelf such that an angle of repose of the particulate feed from the lower edge of each discharge chute to the feed shelf prevents the particulate feed from falling from the feed shelf;
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- a water supply arranged for supplying water to the trough.
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A feeder device for feeding particulate feed to animals, the device comprising:
- a trough having a base and extending from the base to an upper edge spaced upwardly from the base;
- a feed shelf having a outer edge positioned to extend above the base of the trough;
- the upper edge of the trough being positioned laterally outwardly in relation to the outer edge of the shelf so as to be arranged to capture feed falling from the feed shelf;
- a space between the upper edge of the trough and the outer edge of the feed shelf being arranged for accommodating access to a head of one of the animals;
- a feed hopper above the feed shelf and arranged for containing the particulate feed;
- at least one discharge chute extending downward from the hopper to a lower edge of the discharge chute and being arranged for communicating the particulate feed therethrough to the feed shelf;
- said at least one discharge chute being arranged to be supported in proximity to the feed shelf such that an angle of repose of the particulate feed from the lower edge of discharge chute to the feed shelf prevents the particulate feed from falling from the feed shelf;
- a water supply arranged for supplying water to the trough;
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- a level control arranged to control the water supply to maintain water level in relation to the trough at a set point level;
- the level control being arranged to maintain the water level through a range of set point levels including a level which is below a lowermost point in elevation of the trough.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.