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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7204201 | Regulating feeder for a horse A regulating feeder for a horse, with a funnel shaped bottom, which may be attached to a feed delivery tube extending into the feed trough or toward a feeding surface. At the distal end of the feed delivery tube is at least one protrusion extending parallel to the a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197783 | Appliance having a driving mechanism An appliance having a driving mechanism is provided, the appliance (10) comprising two rotatable portions (32, 34) which are rotatable by the driving mechanism (50) about an axis (40). The driving mechanism (50) comprises a gearbox... | 04/03/2007 |
| 6938577 | System for moving feeders and/or drinkers within a livestock house A system for moving feeders and/or drinkers within a livestock house that has a plurality of items suspended from the ceiling of the livestock house. The system includes structure for supplying feed and/or water to the feeders and/or drinkers, respectively, structur... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6606966 | Precision medication dispenser An apparatus is described for dispensing precise quantities of particulate medication to livestock, in particular sows during gestation. The apparatus includes a medication hopper having a lower discharge opening; a mechanically or electrically actuated m... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6152078 | Feedstuff metering device The feedstuff metering device comprises a body connected at the top to a conveyor pipe, carrying the feedstuff from a centralized system of storage silos and which has an inner cover adjustable in position in order to vary the measured quantity, and also ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6135056 | Automatic pet food dispenser at definite times and for a definite quantity An automatic pet food dispenser at preset times and for a definite quantity includes a dispenser body, a food storing tank, a funnel-shaped receiver, a transporting mechanism. The transporting mechanism consists of a food pipe and a screw conveyer deposit... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5964185 | Feeding installation, and valve for use in such an installation A feeding installation has at least two feed containers from which feeds of different composition are conveyed by means of a feed conveying device to feeding devices. The feeding devices are connected to the feed conveying device by way of valves. The val... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5957083 | Poultry feeder A poultry feeder which includes a feeding tube secured to a delivery pipe of a feed delivery system by a retainer cap, a feed carrier holder suspended from the feeding tube, a feed carrier plate vertically adjustably coupled to the feed carrier holder by ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5887543 | Opening and closing apparatus for feed drops in a feed conveying system An opening and closing apparatus for feed drops in a feed conveying system has a plurality of containers are disposed for receiving feed from a conveyor system, each of the containers having an opening in the bottom thereof. A respective valve member is d... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5718188 | Animal feed management system A computer controlled hog feed management system which utilizes two or more pre-ground and premixed rations which may be blended into feed and delivered to feed drops according to the animals' specific needs based on gender, weight, and average daily feed... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5284109 | Feeding device having mechanism for releasing feed at pre-arranged intervals A feeding device includes a casing with a bottom and a container above the bottom. The bottom has a first opening extending therethrough while the container has an outlet adjacent to the bottom which lies on a straight line drawn across the first opening ... | 02/08/1994 |
| 4981107 | Computerized automatic cattle-feeder system There is disclosed a computerized automatic feeder system for feeding individualized prescribed rations to cattle confined in successive individual stalls aligned along a set path. The system comprises an apparatus capable of moving to each stall successi... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4977858 | Animal feeding apparatus Apparatus is disclosed for feeding animals in at least two stages of development. The apparatus includes animal feeding places arranged in two adjacent, opposing rows which physically isolate one group of animals from a second group of animals. The two ro... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4972802 | Animal feed dispenser system An automatic animal feed dispenser system comprising one or more batteries of hoppers for temporarily storing feed, each hopper having an outlet adjacent the base thereof through which the feed can be dispensed is provided. Each battery of hoppers is prov... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4887550 | Trolley for distributing feed into a rectilinear trough in a poultry farm A travelling trolley-plus-container for distributing feed into a channel-shaped rectilinear trough, in a poultry farm, of the type cooperating with a stationary wire rope carrying interspaced disks (or other equivalent elements) to which can be applied re... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4735171 | Animal feeding apparatus Feeding apparatus which includes a feeding dish dimensioned for receiving a predetermined single food portion and structure for receiving a quantity of food which is at least as great in quantity as a plurality of food portions and structure for deliverin... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4495895 | Livestock feeder A livestock and like feeder of the type in which a horizontal trough drops feed material into the tops of a plurality of vertical drop tubes, each tube being provided with a metering device for intercepting and subsequently dropping a predetermined amount... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4200060 | Hog feeder A feeder for livestock and the like is disclosed. The feeder has a feed receiver body for receiving and storing a flow of feed from a conveyor. A drop tube means extends from the feed conveyor into the feed receiver body, and includes at least one wall mo... | 04/29/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4031857 | Volumetric accumulating device A volumetric accumulating device for use in combination with a conveyor system. The device is connected to the underside of the conveyor system and includes a housing having two sidewalls with two end walls positioned therebetween. One of the end walls in... | 06/28/1977 |
| 3990402 | Device in apparatuses for feeding animals The present invention is related to a device in animal feeding apparatuses comprising dosage containers having foldable bascules or scuttles, which are adjustable and fixable at different heights in the containers for the purpose of changing the volume of... | 11/09/1976 |
