ANIMAL FEEDING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A gravity flow granular animal feed storage and dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a feed storage and dispensing hopper including a depending bottom wall, a sidewall and a top wall;
support structure for supporting said hopper at an elevation above ground level;
at least one feed supply tube depending from said bottom wall of said hopper for dispensing feed to a feed dispensing member operably connected to said at least one feed supply tube; and
flow control means for limiting flow of feed through said at least one feed supply tube to said feed dispensing member.
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Abstract
Gravity flow animal feed dispensing apparatus includes feed supply tubes depending from a bottom wall of a feed storage hopper supported by a frame elevated above ground level. Feed dispensing tubes or a plate are connected to the feed supply tubes and flow control baffles and/or a flow control valve limit the dispensation of feed. A wildfowl embodiment of the apparatus includes an access control cage disposed about the feed dispensing member. The orientation of the feed supply tubes and dispensing tubes may be varied to provide access to feed by animals of various sizes and to provide for placement of the apparatus adjacent a confinement wall or fence.
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30 Claims
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1. A gravity flow granular animal feed storage and dispensing apparatus comprising:
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a feed storage and dispensing hopper including a depending bottom wall, a sidewall and a top wall;
support structure for supporting said hopper at an elevation above ground level;
at least one feed supply tube depending from said bottom wall of said hopper for dispensing feed to a feed dispensing member operably connected to said at least one feed supply tube; and
flow control means for limiting flow of feed through said at least one feed supply tube to said feed dispensing member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A gravity flow animal feed storage and dispensing apparatus comprising:
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a feed storage and dispensing hopper including a generally frustoconical depending bottom wall, a sidewall and a top wall;
support structure for supporting said hopper at an elevation above ground level;
plural inclined feed supply tubes depending from said bottom wall at an acute angle with respect to the horizontal and generally horizontally extending feed dispensing tubes connected to said feed supply tubes, respectively, and each having an open distal end; and
a vertically depending feed supply tube depending below said inclined feed supply and dispensing tubes and at least one feed dispensing member connected to said vertical feed supply tube. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A feed storage and dispensing apparatus comprising:
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a feed storage and dispensing hopper including a depending bottom wall, a sidewall and a top wall;
support structure for supporting said hopper at an elevation above ground level;
a feed supply tube depending from said bottom wall of said hopper for dispensing feed to a feed dispensing member operably connected to said feed supply tube;
said feed dispensing member comprises a generally horizontal feed dispensing plate connected to said feed supply tube; and
flow control means for limiting flow of feed through said feed supply tube to said feed dispensing member. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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