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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7895974 | Livestock feeder A livestock feeder is provided having a receptacle, a grate, a platform and an elevator mechanism. The receptacle has a chamber and an open mouth portion communicating with the chamber. The grate encompasses the open mouth portion. The platform is provided in the ch... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7753000 | Controlled hay feeder A hay feeder allows a horse to eat from the feeder at a controlled speed in order to help prevent choke as well as overeating. The feeder uses a receptacle that has one or more guide posts extending between a closed bottom and an open top. A plate has first openings... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7325512 | Method for harvesting and dispensing crops A new method for collecting and dispensing cut crops. The feed crop is cut as in the prior art. A vacuum is used to lift the dried feed crop off the ground and blow it into a mobile storage container. The feed is allowed to compress under its own weight within the s... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7305936 | Retractable, ramped bird feeder A bird feeder comprising a hopper suspended above ground by a hanger for holding granular bird seed, and a collapsible feed trough through which the seed flows. The trough consists of a series of pivotally interconnected ramps that unfold during deployment into a zi... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7134402 | Method of constructing an indexed feed dispensing mechanism An improved livestock feeder provided with an adjustable feed dispensing mechanism including control levers which are operatively connected to the feed metering gates to control the flow of feed to livestock. The dispensing mechanism features a plurality of adjustab... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7117817 | Animal feed harvesting and dispensing system A new type of feed crop harvesting system. The feed crop is cut as in the prior art. A vacuum is used to lift the relatively moist feed crop off the ground and blow it into a mobile storage container. The feed is allowed to compress under its own weight within the s... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6622655 | Automatic animal food dispenser An automatic food dispenser for animals, fish or the like, comprising a housing, controls, and with a hopper within, for containing food, the base of the hopper having an opening for the food to exit, and the opening is in close proximity to a dispensing ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6371047 | Implement for feeding and/or watering animals An apparatus for providing consumables such as feed and water to animals, such as cows, which comprises a framework, on which a plurality of troughs are disposed, and a weighing device. The weighing device is provided with at least one weighing unit for s... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6192831 | Automatic feeder According to the invention, a trough (1) in an automatic feeder is configured so that it comprises a raised dry-feed part (2) on which the dry-feed (3) is led out and from which the pigs can eat, and with a wet-feed chamber (4) adjoining hereto where the ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5894815 | Boredom-reducing feeding device for caged animals An animal feeding device or food environment is a behavioral device and eating trough which mimics the natural foraging and eating behavior of non-human primates, such as macaques and baboons, in order to reduce the boredom, stress, and suffering of these... | 04/20/1999 |
| 4753194 | Cattle feeding station A cattle feeding station comprising two side walls between which an animal to be fed can be present, at least one end wall shutting off one end of the feeding station, a feeding trough located at the end, including an identification system for identifying... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4481907 | Method and apparatus for feeding animals A plurality of animals, especially swines or hogs, which are able to move freely in the same enclosure, are fed by means of an apparatus supplying fodder at a low rate to a number of separate feeding places (11) corresponding to the number of animals in t... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4267799 | Animal training and amusement device An animal training and amusement device including a ball-throwing means and a food dispensing means. Both means can be activated by the animal alone without human intervention. The device also includes a food release means which is activated by the animal... | 05/19/1981 |
| 3962996 | Feeding trough Feed distributing apparatus of the type including conveying means which supplies feed to a feeding trough. The feeding trough is of one piece construction and includes an elongated bottom wall, a first substantially upright wall connected to one side of t... | 06/15/1976 |
