Livestock feed mixer
AssigneeCloverdale Equipment LLC
InventorHarvey Z. Fox
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Abstract
A vertical auger mixer for blending feed ingredients for farm animals has a frusto-conical shaped tub having an open top, a closed bottom and a motor-driven auger journaled for rotation about a vertical axis in the closed bottom. The tub has a discharge opening in a sidewall thereof, the opening having a door movable between an open and closed position. The tub is mounted on a base frame with plural load cells operatively disposed between the base frame and the tub such that the contents of the tub can be weighed and the tub can be rotated to fit installation requirements. An L-shaped tub reinforcing band is welded about the tub surrounding its upper rim in a way that inhibits unwanted collection of feed materials.
Claims11
A mixer for agricultural animal feed comprising:
- (a) a stationary base frame member;
- (b) a frusto-conically shaped tub having a closed bottom wall of a predetermined diameter and an open top of a diameter greater than said predetermined diameter, the tub being supported on and rotatable with respect to the stationary base frame member;
- (c) an auger having a vertically oriented shaft and a helical fin, the shaft being journaled for rotation in the closed bottom wall;
- (d) a motor mounted on the base frame member operatively coupled in driving relation to the shaft of said auger;
- (e) said tub having a discharge opening formed in a side wall of the tub, rotation of the tub on the stationary base frame permitting the discharge opening to be selectively circumferentially positioned to satisfy a user's installation requirements;
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- (f) a door member for selectively blocking and unblocking the discharge opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.