Battery-powered animal feeder having improved metering
US9295226B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 12, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01K5/0258
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A feeder for feeding animals selected from domestic pets, cage birds, chickens, fish and wild birds. A hopper holds feed, an electric motor and a battery holder A chamber receives feed from the hopper, and has a discharge outlet for discharge of feed. An augur is mounted for rotation and receives drive from the electrical motor. As the augur rotates, it moves feed along the chamber towards the discharge outlet. An indexing mechanism indexes individual turns of the augur. The feeder supplies feed to the discharge outlet in metered amounts. The feeder is formed as two units, namely a base unit with a hopper unit mounted on the base unit. The base unit mounts the electric motor and battery holder. The hopper unit includes the hopper itself, the chamber and the augur. The hopper unit is freely separable from the base unit for cleaning or for filling the hopper.
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