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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7543548 | System to feed animals This patent discloses a game feeder. The game feeder may include a container having bins and gates positioned at a bottom of the bins. The bins may include feed. Latches may be attached to the container to retain the gates in a closed position. The latches may be at... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7404376 | Feed dispenser unit The feed dispenser unit is designed for attachment to a vertical rotating shaft of a control unit of an animal feeder and has a base plate, a plurality of upright walls, and a shaft attachment member. The base plate is for receiving and holding feed that has been re... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7356980 | Automated method for packaging food An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337594 | Food dispensing device and method An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7303776 | Automated food processing system and method An automated food processing system and method that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, such as an individual portion-sized container. The system includes separate automated modules for dispensing, frying and packaging the food. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302912 | Discharge unit for a game feeder A discharge unit for an animal feeder attaches to the feed outlet of the feeder. The discharge unit has an upwardly extending coupling tube which engages the feeder outlet. Several feeder tubes extend outwardly from the lower end of the coupling tube and together wi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7152550 | Automatic animal feeding and water providing apparatus An apparatus for automatically supplying both food and water to an animal according to a predefined schedule input into a timer wherein food is introduced into a food ring mounted on a rotatable carousel from a feed hopper and the rotation of the carousel being cont... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143719 | Pet treat dispenser assembly with clicker An improved pet treat dispenser assembly is provided with a canister for holding pet treats, a dispenser slidably mounted in the canister for dispensing treats, and a clicker on the canister to attract a pet's attention following desired behavior. The canister inclu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7055459 | Animal feed dispenser An animal feed dispenser is disclosed with a cabinet mounted feed support shelf pivots between a feed support and discharge positions. A release member can engage and disengage the feed support shelf to hold the feed support shelf in the feed support position and re... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6960157 | Automated system and method for handling food containers An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6792890 | Feed dispenser A device (10′) for storing and dispensing feed (98) to an animal at predetermined times includes enclosure (12) including a plurality of compartments (16), each including a hinged downwardly opening bottom door (17) having a stor... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6763781 | Spinner unit My invention provides a spinner unit for attachment to the intermittently rotating vertical control unit shaft of an animal feeder, the feeder having a feed storage unit that discharges feed through a discharge tube into a spinner unit housing interior, where the fe... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6715443 | Feeder device for animals A feeder device for feeding animals with food product includes a housing divided into a plurality of compartments with individual pivotable bottom walls and an operating system mounted on the housing to control opening of the bottom walls to release the food product... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6619228 | Device for automatically supplying a predetermined amount of at least one sort of feed to an animal in a predetermined period A device for automatically supplying a predetermined amount of at least one sort of feed to an animal in a period having a predetermined length. The device is provided with a feeding parlour, with an animal identification system for identifying an animal ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6615764 | Device for automatically supplying a predetermined amount of feed to an animal in a period having a predetermined length An apparatus for automatically supplying predetermined amounts of feed to animals over a predetermined period which may be a period of time such as 24 hours or based on other occurrences such as the number of animals that are being fed. Each animal feeds ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6557490 | Feed dispenser A device 10 for storing and dispensing feed 98 to an animal at predetermined times includes enclosure 12 including a plurality of compartments 16, each including a hingedly attached, downwardly opening bottom door 17 having a storage position for supporti... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6405674 | Cabinet for feed products An automated cabinet for feed products comprises a closable cabinet having two compartments, wherein one expansive compartment contains a plurality of animal feed supporting shelves which pivot downward sequentially from one hinged end at timed intervals ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6067932 | Method and apparatus for dosing the components of a mixed fodder for feeding cattle The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for dosing the components of a mixed fodder for feeding cattle. The straw feed is delivered onto a horizontal conveyor (6) for weighing its amount thereon. The flour is metered by means of metering mechan... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5899169 | Automatic hay, grain and pellet feeder for livestock A machine for storing and automatically dispensing a pre-measured quantity of hay, grain, pellets and food supplements to single or multiple livestock type animals at predetermined times. Comprised of a enclosure containing a plurality of compartments eac... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5520143 | Cellular livestock hay feeder An apparatus for automatically dispensing measured amounts of hay to livestock on a selected schedule consists of a rectangular enclosure with a loading door on one side and dispensing doors on the opposite side. The enclosure is divided into adjacent cel... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5447120 | Dispenser for bales of hay A dispenser for bales of hay, comprising a fixed frame defining a plurality of compartments each adapted to receive a bale or part of a bale of hay. A front door closes all the compartments. A trap door is mounted for vertical swinging movement below each... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5176103 | Animal feeder A rotary feeder for animals comprises a base defining or containing a plurality of food receptacles disposed around the base, an indexable cover rotationally supported by the base and having an opening giving access to each receptable in turn when the cov... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5138978 | Aquatic animal feeding assembly This invention relates to an assembly for the automatic feeding of aquatic animals, particularly fish, in an aquarium. In use the assembly is disposed atop an aquarium or atop an aquarium hood with an opening congruous with a passage of a feed chute conta... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5133292 | Dispensing device In a dispensing device for automatically feeding fish a base 11 has mounted on its upper surface 14 a drive member 23 constantly rotated by a small, highly geared battery powered stepping motor controlled by a quartz controlled electronic circuit mounted ... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5109799 | Automatic dry pet food dispenser This invention concerns itself with an Automatic Dry Pet Food Dispenser which, through unique mechanical action, releases individual measured quantities of dry pet food at specific timed intervals over a several day period. The main framework and body hou... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5078097 | Automatic unitary food dispenser for pets The present invention relates to a device for metering a unitary food substance, such as a hard dog biscuit, to a pet during time when the pet may be left alone, more particularly, an above ground-level mounted device, which is mounted on, for example, a ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4665863 | Animal feeding apparatus A housing with separate chambers into which individual quantities of animal food can be located has a cover located over the top of the chambers leaving an entrance opening via which foodstuffs can be loaded therein. A generally vertical housing front wal... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4585112 | Automated feeding device An automated feeding device for dispensing living insects to caged animals comprises a support frame detachably connected to an animal cage, a removable cassette assembly connected to the support frame and having a bottom plate with an annular portion hav... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4526134 | Automatic fish feeding apparatus An automatic fish feeding device characterized by a ferris wheel type assembly rotated incrementally by a clock mechanism. The ferris wheel type assembly carries a plurality of buckets, each of which is provided with a predetermined amount of fish food. T... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4492183 | Automatic distributor-feeder with plural compartments for granular food for domestic animals An automatic distributor-doser for dispensing pet food in granular form, comprises an inclined hopper through which the food can slide downward to the pet's feeding dish. Disposed above the hopper is a carousel-type food reservoir that rotates about a ver... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4485765 | Animal feeder An improved animal feeding and watering device comprising a timer controlled, sectioned, rotatable storage bin situated over a chute that channels animal food into a feeding bowl and a drinking water delivery system comprising a water storage tank and flo... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4437435 | Automatic animal feeder A feeder to provide measured quantities of food at predetermined time intervals for animal feeding. A cylindrical base supports an annular fine timing disc for pivotable motion relative thereto and a circular storage disc, having plural food reservoirs ra... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4350120 | Automatic feeder for animals An automatic feeder for animals adapted to dispense packaged food at a preset time, wherein the automatic feeder comprises an elongated vertical housing having a plurality of storage bins defined by a movable shelf selectively operated to drop stored food... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4183327 | Horse-feeding apparatus Disclosed is an automatic horse-feeding system in which a measured amount of feed is supplied to one or more horses at frequent intervals during the feeding day of the horse. The system is characterized by a central hopper and a feed-distribution system c... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4162868 | Invalid feeding device An invalid feeding device for persons unable to feed themselves in the usual manner, having a selective means for transporting food from containers to the mouth of the person being fed, the transporting means being controlled and having self contained mea... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4130089 | Automatic aquarium feeding device Food is automatically and periodically dispensed to an aquarium over long periods of time by means of a pivotally mounted arm which has a shallow food containing bowl on one end and which operates directly responsive to evaporation of liquid from a liquid... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4069793 | Automatic pet feeder Pet feeding apparatus including a plurality of food-containing tubes, each of which is opened at spaced time intervals by a trap door held closed by the retractable plunger of an electrical relay connected in electrical series to an electrical timer. Upon... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4059072 | Automatic aquarium lighting and fish feeding device This invention consists of a device for automatic fish feeding, and lighting of aquariums. It consists of a plate which fits over the top of an aquarium. On its top the plate is equipped with a timer, the rotating face of which is provided at its rim with... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4044722 | Timed pet food dispenser The disclosure is directed to a timed pet food dispenser wherein a plurality of insulated and covered food containers are rigidly and removably mounted to a rotating dispensing wheel for periodic automatic dispensing of the pet food at predetermined times... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4000719 | Automatic pet feed dispenser An automatic pet feed dispenser is provided in the form of a feed drum rotated about a vertical spindle by a motor. The drum is divided into bins by vertical radial panels between a hub and the drum. Each bin is closed at the bottom by a hinged sector pan... | 01/04/1977 |
