Reel Gatherer Patents (Class 56/57)
  • Patent number: 6526914
    Abstract: Poultry house equipment include water and/or feed bowls movable in a horizontal direction. The water and/or feed bowls are connected to at least one water and/or feed supply conduit configured to supply water and/or feed to the water and/or feed bowls. The water and/or feed supply conduit and the water and/or feed bowls connected to the water and/or feed supply conduit are movable in a direction substantially transverse to a longitudinal direction of the water and/or feed supply conduit via a moving member. Since the drinkers and/or feeders are movable in a horizontal direction within the poultry house, the animals will no longer concentrate around a fixed location in the poultry house, but they will scatter all over the poultry house in order for their excrements to be evenly distributed over the entire poultry house.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Inventor: Nicolaas Andreas Maria Korsten