Patents by Inventor Bill B. Witmer

Bill B. Witmer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 3952705
    Abstract: The apparatus of this invention more positively controls liquid feed and solid (grain) feed consumption by animals in a simple economical and efficient manner, while minimizing contamination and wastage problems. Basically, the invention comprises in combination (1) a lick wheel rotatably mounted in an enclosed liquid feed container, with a portion of the circumference of the liquid wheel being exposed to the animal to be fed, (2) a means for adjusting the amount of lick wheel surface exposed to the animal to be fed, to thereby control the amount of liquid feed consumed by the animal per tongue lick, (3) means for discharging solid feed to the animal in an amount proportional to the amount of rotation of the lick wheel to obtain thereby a fixed ratio of solid to liquid feed, to be fed to the animal, and (4) means for varying the solid feed discharge independently of the amount of rotation of the lick wheel so as to increase or decrease the fixed ratio of solid to liquid feed fed to the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association
    Inventors: Bill B. Witmer, Mylo A. Hellickson, David B. Goos