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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357097 | Device for shellfish farming Device for cage (1) for shellfish farming, where the cage is placed in the sea or in a tank with water and where the cage's one side (11) is provided with openings, for instance a grid (13) and where the cage's other sides (3, 5, 7, 9) pr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7201384 | Electric vehicle chassis with removable battery module and a method for battery module replacement An electric powered vehicle includes a chassis defining a battery module compartment and a battery module insertable into the battery module compartment of the chassis. A method of replacing a battery module of an electric powered vehicle provides a service facility... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198752 | Drive system for an apparatus for staining specimens For automatic transportation and lifting and lowering of specimens in an automatic stainer, a drive system comprises a motor (16) and a side wall assembly (40), the motor (16) being coupled on the drive side to a first (12) and a second (... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7058450 | Organizing data according to cardiac rhythm type A plurality of sensors are disposed in and around the heart of a patient to collect data such as various electrical parameters, pressure parameters and temperature parameters. The data collected via the sensors may be organized and stored according to cardiac rhythm... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040255 | Pet restraint A pet restraint system includes anchors at either end with a cable extending between the anchors. Intermediate cable supports are positioned between the anchors. A trolley with a pet leash attachment slides along the cable with three wheels engaging the cable. One o... | 05/09/2006 |
| 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 |
| 5309864 | Method and apparatus for feeding animals A method and apparatus for feeding animals, particularly for feeding livestock, includes a plurality of individual feeding stalls (2) each having a feeding trough (24), a feed container (25), and a door (21) with a locking device (23). Feed is deposited i... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5069165 | Livestock feeder system This system for feeding livestock is conceived to automatically identify the positions of the animals or of their stalls, and to automatically produce and dispense rations containing individualized feed mixtures programmable in relation with each particul... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5062389 | Feed car apparatus A modern feed car apparatus for supplying feed to an arrangement of animal or bird confinement cages which have feed trough means associated therewith. The feed car apparatus includes hopper means for a receiving and maintaining limited amounts of feed, s... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5050537 | Automatic animal feeding system A feeding system for cows uses a track system which carries bowls in a first direction from each of the stalls in a stanchion type barn to a feeding room where the bowls are filled and back to the stalls. Each of the bowls is carried by a bracket and has ... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5022348 | Livestock feeder with traveling hopper A livestock feeding apparatus provides continuous flow of feed to an elongated bunk utilizing a traveling hopper supported for movement along rails on an elongated frame over the bunk. The hopper includes a gate extending substantially along the full leng... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5003920 | Animal litter cleaning apparatus An animal litter apparatus includes litter supply bin pivotally mounted above a litter trough. The litter supply bin has an opening at the lower end thereof to allow dispensing of the litter on the trough by the oscillating movement of the supply bin. As ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4907538 | Multiple bin cow feeder An animal feeder comprising a movable cart having multiple bins for containing feed supplements. Respective augers are positioned in the bins to dispense the feed in response to control signals received from a preprogrammed microprocessor.... | 03/13/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4811675 | Apparatus for automatic and continuous dispensing of food in feeding troughs for battery-reared poultry The equipment comprises a hopper (1), vertically mobile by means of chain (2) along a column (3), which is in turn guided by means of rollers (5, 7, 8) on rails (4 and 6), so as to supply the feeding-troughs uniformly at the different levels.... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4597361 | Feed proportioner In a fodder or feed supply system, a hopper is provided from which duct means downwardly extends to troughs or channels out of which poultry eat. On the end of the duct means is provided dispenser mouthpieces each of which rest on a shoe which controls th... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4586599 | Method and apparatus for preventing air pollution by the entrainment of particulate material Methods of and systems for preventing air pollution in the handling and storing of particulate solids out-of-doors in bulk form; i.e., in a pile. A windfoil arrangement keeps material from being entrained in wind blowing over the pile and thereby causing ... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4530308 | Level control for trough filling apparatus A feeding system for delivering feed to troughs associated with rows of animal confinement cages is disclosed. The system comprises mobile hopper means for carrying a load of feed past troughs associated with each row of animal confinement cages. Delivery... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4523547 | Device supplying constant amount of feed A constant feed supplying device having a desired number of flow paths for supplying a feed to a desired number of cages. A discharge port is operatively connected to a feed hopper for transferring the feed introduced into the flow path towards a discharg... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4379439 | Animal feeder An animal feeder for an animal cage assembly formed of a plurality of animal cages arranged side-by-side in a horizontal alignment. The animal feeder comprises a carriage which is mounted for horizontal movement along the cage assembly. A feed mechanism c... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4361117 | Poultry feeder with automatic cutoff A poultry feed hopper for distributing feed along an elongate feeding trough includes a feed container portion having a discharge outlet, a helical auger for urging feed from the container towards the discharge outlet, and a feed level detector paddle whi... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4337729 | Traveling hopper feed delivery system A traveling hopper feed delivery system is disclosed. The system includes hoppers which carry loads of feed past elongated feed-receiving troughs. These troughs are located adjacent poultry-retaining cages. Auger distributor conveyors carried by the hoppe... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4326482 | Feeding apparatus for small animals A feed channel is positioned adjacent a battery of cages particularly adapted for small animals. A metering sled is longitudinally positioned in the channel and moves with reciprocating motion therein. A feed nozzle protrudes into the channel and moves wi... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4223638 | Apparatus for feeding poultry A poultry feeder apparatus comprises a feed hopper suspended on an overhead rail by motor driven trolley wheels. Feed in the hopper is gravity fed to a flexible auger hose at the lower end of the hopper. At the outlet of the auger hose, a handle is provid... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4196698 | Hoppers for supplying food to livestock feeding troughs A hopper for supplying food to a livestock feeding trough has a food levelling device at its outlet which comprises a downward extension of the outlet with side and end walls which is supported from the main body of the hopper by spring-loaded means which... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4195594 | Feeding system for animals In a feed supply system in which feed from a hopper is directed into down spouts by means of augers, agitators, gravity feed or the like, the down spouts terminating at a feed trough, a sensor capable of sensing a build up of feed is disposed at the end o... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4027806 | Reciprocating belt feeder for elongated bins A reciprocating belt feeder for distributing material from a common supply point into a selected one of a plurality of elongated feed bins arranged in parallel rows in end to end relation includes an elongated conveyor frame with a reversible belt support... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027628 | Automatic feeding system for gestating livestock An open framework defining a pair of rows of stalls for livestock, a feeding hopper movable over the rows of stalls and having a pair of food material discharge openings each disposed to deliver food to the stalls of a different row. A pair of feeding con... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4019461 | System for controlling feed of livestock A system for economically controlling feed of livestock to effect maximum consumption of all feed ingredients supplied to livestock comprising cage structure for confining livestock in a plurality of separate groups, separate feed troughs on the cage stru... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3985105 | Apparatus for dispensing animal foodstuffs Apparatus for dispensing animal foodstuffs particularly in granular, particulate, or like form. The apparatus is intended for use in conjunction with a conventional elongate feeding trough serving a plurality of feeding stations. The apparatus includes a ... | 10/12/1976 |
