Automatic suckling pig feeder
First Claim
1. IN A PIG FEEDER, A BASE, A TANK ASSEMBLY REMOVABLY SUPPORTED BY SAID BASE, SAID TANK ASSEMBLY BEING A UNITARY STRUCTURE INCLUDING A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TANK MEMBER, VALVED FLOW COMMUNICATION MEANS BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND TANK MEMBERS AND BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD TANK MEMBERS, SAID FIRST TANK MEMBER ADAPTED TO HOLD A SUPPLY OF FRESH FLUID FEED FORMULA FOR USE OVER AN EXTENDED TIME INTERVAL, SAID SECOND AND THIRD TANK MEMBERS ADAPTED TO HOLD A SUPPLY OF SUCH FORMULA SUFFICIENT FOR A SINGLE FEEDING INTERVAL, A COVER FOR SAID TANK ASSEMBLY, AGITATOR MEANS AND A THERMOSTATIC HEATING ELEMENT ATTACHED TO SAID COVER AND OPERABLE WITHIN SAID SECOND TANK MEMBER WHEN SAID COVER IS IN PLACE, A PLURALITY OF NIPPLES PROTRUDING FROM SAID THIRD TANK MEMBER AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR THEREOF, A TAPE PLAYBACK DEVICE IN SAID BASE, SAID PLAYBACK HAVING A RECORDING OF THE ACTUAL SOUNDS EMITTED BY A NURSING SOW IN RELATION TO THE NURSING PROCESS, A TIMING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID VALVED FLOW COMMUNICATION MEANS AND SAID PLAYBACK DEVICE FOR EFFECTING FLOW COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID TANK MEMBERS AND OPERATION OF SAID PLAYBACK DEVICE AT PREDETERMINED INTERVALS, SAID VALVED FLOW COMMUNICATION MEANS BEING INTERCONNECTED TO EFFECT CLOSING OF FLOW COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND TANK MEMBERS WHEN FLOW COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD TANK MEMBERS IS OPEN AND VICE VERSA, AND SAID VALVED FLOW COMMUNICATION MEANS BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD TANK MEMBERS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID PLAYBACK DEVICE FOR DEACTUATING THE SAME WHEN FLOW COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD TANK MEMBERS IS CLOSED.
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1. IN A PIG FEEDER, A BASE, A TANK ASSEMBLY REMOVABLY SUPPORTED BY SAID BASE, SAID TANK ASSEMBLY BEING A UNITARY STRUCTURE INCLUDING A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TANK MEMBER, VALVED FLOW COMMUNICATION MEANS BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND TANK MEMBERS AND BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD TANK MEMBERS, SAID FIRST TANK MEMBER ADAPTED TO HOLD A SUPPLY OF FRESH FLUID FEED FORMULA FOR USE OVER AN EXTENDED TIME INTERVAL, SAID SECOND AND THIRD TANK MEMBERS ADAPTED TO HOLD A SUPPLY OF SUCH FORMULA SUFFICIENT FOR A SINGLE FEEDING INTERVAL, A COVER FOR SAID TANK ASSEMBLY, AGITATOR MEANS AND A THERMOSTATIC HEATING ELEMENT ATTACHED TO SAID COVER AND OPERABLE WITHIN SAID SECOND TANK MEMBER WHEN SAID COVER IS IN PLACE, A PLURALITY OF NIPPLES PROTRUDING FROM SAID THIRD TANK MEMBER AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR THEREOF, A TAPE PLAYBACK DEVICE IN SAID BASE, SAID PLAYBACK HAVING A RECORDING OF THE ACTUAL SOUNDS EMITTED BY A NURSING SOW IN RELATION TO THE NURSING PROCESS, A TIMING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID VALVED FLOW COMMUNICATION MEANS AND SAID PLAYBACK DEVICE FOR EFFECTING FLOW COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID TANK MEMBERS AND OPERATION OF SAID PLAYBACK DEVICE AT PREDETERMINED INTERVALS, SAID VALVED FLOW COMMUNICATION MEANS BEING INTERCONNECTED TO EFFECT CLOSING OF FLOW COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND TANK MEMBERS WHEN FLOW COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD TANK MEMBERS IS OPEN AND VICE VERSA, AND SAID VALVED FLOW COMMUNICATION MEANS BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD TANK MEMBERS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID PLAYBACK DEVICE FOR DEACTUATING THE SAME WHEN FLOW COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD TANK MEMBERS IS CLOSED.
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Current AssigneeAlfred W. Brown, Lee Brown Cora
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Original AssigneeAlfred W. Brown, Lee Brown Cora
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InventorsBrown, Alfred W., LEE BROWN CORA
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Application NumberUS04/119,627Time in Patent Office974 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current119/71CPC Class CodesA01K 9/00 Sucking apparatus for young...
