Abstract: An adjustable feeder includes a first arrangement which acts as a dry feeder and provides two vertical slides (31) each on a respective side of a hopper (22) which is simultaneously vertically adjustable by straps (41) at the ends of the hopper. In a second arrangement the same adjustment system is used with a shelf type feeder so that the shelf (60) can be adjusted between a lower position for small animals and a raised position for large animals and the slides (31) can move vertically to accommodate the change in height of the shelf (60) and to adjust the distance of the slides (31) from the shelf (60) to control the feed flow.

Abstract: A portable device permits the dispensing of water, potable liquids, particulate solids and other like flowable feed material to dogs and other animals from a reservoir mountably receivable thereon, into a pooling space for consumption. A trough having a shape which allows nesting of the reservoir therein is movably coupled with the reservoir to allow movement from a first mounted position in which the bottle and trough are nested, to a second mounted position in which the reservoir brought out of nesting position and is clear of the trough. In the second mounting position, the concave interior of the trough provides the pooling space, and an outlet of the reservoir is in pool feeding communication therewith, to permit at least partial emptying of the contents of the reservoir into the trough, when a contents emptying force is applied.

Abstract: An adjustable feeder includes a first arrangement which acts as a dry feeder and provides two vertical slides (31) each on a respective side of a hopper (22) which is simultaneously vertically adjustable by straps (41) at the ends of the hopper. In a second arrangement the same adjustment system is used with a shelf type feeder so that the shelf (60) can be adjusted between a lower position for small animals and a raised position for large animals and the slides (31) can move vertically to accommodate the change in height of the shelf (60) and to adjust the distance of the slides (31) from the shelf (60) to control the feed flow.

Abstract: A feeder specifically designed for feeding ratite birds from age two weeks to adulthood. The feeder has a cup providing the equivalent of a feeding trough. The cup has a perforated floor. This enables dust and fine particles which form when dry feed disintegrates over time to be separated from the remaining pellets. This is important, since ratite birds will refuse food excessively contaminated by this dust. The cup further prevents food pellets from being scattered during vigorous pecking while birds are feeding. The feeder includes a covered hopper for storing food. A sliding gate controls an opening leading to the cup. In another embodiment, the cup is adjustably mounted to the hopper below the feed opening. The cup is moved to cover and uncover the opening, thereby regulating the rate of discharge of feed into the cup. The hopper cover is frictionally closely fit to the hopper, thereby providing protection from rain. A removable rain hood further protects dispensed feed.

Abstract: An animal feeder having a feed trough and a feed hopper, located above the feed trough and having a discharge opening, for storing feed and dispensing feed through the hopper discharge opening to the feed trough. The animal feeder has a gate associated with the feed hopper which is movable through a range of positions to vary the size of the hopper discharge opening. The feeder is provided with a rotatable gate adjustment mechanism for changing the position of the gate and a gate support which includes a support member. The gate adjustment mechanism has a locking mechanism having an L-shaped stop member coupled to the gate adjustment mechanism. The stop member has two arms which are disposed substantially at a right angle.

Abstract: A feeder for poultry comprising a feed tray, a feed supply stack secured on the tray and audio conveying means to facilitate dispersion of feeding behavior enhancing sounds from the stack a feeding period.

Abstract: A feeding device for poultry has a dish-shaped pan, above which a feed drop tube is centrally arranged. The upper end of the feed drop tube can be brought in open connection with a feed supply tube of a feed supply system. Between the feed drop tube and the pan a plurality of support arms is present which are connected to a rim of the pan by means of a snap connection with two transverse arms extending along the rim of the pan and having hook lugs and a supporting lip. The feeding device is connected to the feed supply tube by two yoke parts which, together, enclose the feed supply tube, the first yoke part having two yoke arms with hook parts directed towards each other for enclosing the second yoke part.

Abstract: A pet feeding and watering assembly (20) includes a pet feeder (22) and a pet waterer (24), where the feeder (22) may be detachably retained within a cavity (40) of the waterer (24). The feeder (22) has a molded body (26) having marginal wall structure (42-52) defining an interior chamber (54) communicating a feed inlet opening (98) and a feed outlet opening (72) across a shiftable divider barrier (136). Feed inlet lid (28) and feed outlet lid (30) are interchangeable. The pet waterer (24) includes reservoir-defining wall structure (36), a food or feeder-receiving cavity (40), and partition supports (166-172) for resisting the compressive loading of lower cavity wall (196).

Abstract: A poultry feeder (10) comprising a generally vertically disposed feed tube (18) adapted to be installed on a generally horizontal feed conveyor tube (14) for receiving feed from the feed conveyor tube. The feed tube has an upper portion (26) fixed with respect to the feed conveyor tube and a lower portion (27) movable axially with respect to the upper portion between an extended position (as shown in FIG. 5) and a collapsed position (FIG. 6). A feed pan (23) is disposed below the bottom end of the feed tube for receiving feed.

Abstract: An animal pan feeder system, particularly for raising domestic birds and animals, and particularly for controlling the level of the feed in the pan, includes a pan assembly which has an adjustable skirt that determines the level of the feed, such skirt being adjustable by two structures. The first structure is an intermediate member between the drop tube and the skirt which is adjustable on the drop tube for adjusting the vertical position of the skirt. The second structure is the adjustment of a skirt by an anti-roost wire tied to the skirt by ties. The anti-roost wire is movable along the elongated feed conveyor, such movement asserts a pull on the ties which raises the skirt to adjust the level of the feed in the pan.

Abstract: A dispenser for stored rodenticide pellets wherein the pellets are contained within a cylindrical cap which is maintained in contact with a base. The base includes an inclined skirt bounded by an external flange. The cap is raised on a central post to enable the pellets to move down the inclined base and rest adjacent the flange. The pellets are then available to rodents while being retained on the dispenser by the flange. The cap can be lowered to close the dispenser to deny access to remaining stored pellets.

Abstract: An apparatus for feeding and applying pesticides onto animals, particularly wildlife such as deer. The apparatus includes vertical support members carrying pesticide applicators which the animal contacts in the course of feeding.

Abstract: A dispensing system of the type including an essentially horizontally oriented plate and an essentially vertically oriented hollow storage cylinder is disclosed. A distinguishing spindle and disc system is present inside said essentially vertically oriented hollow storage cylinder. The disc can serve to form chambers thereabove and therebelow within the essentially vertically oriented hollow storage cylinder. The dispensing system is easy to use, requiring only that a user lift the essentially vertically oriented hollow storage cylinder to dispense dispensable items contained therein onto the upper surface of the essentially horizontally oriented plate.

Abstract: An automatic pet feeder comprises a vertically extending tubular food reservoir, a tubular food loading port adjacent an upper end of the tubular food reservoir and at least one tubular feeding port adjacent a lower end of the tubular food reservoir. The tubular food reservoir is closed at its upper and lower ends and is provided with a means at its upper end for either non-rotatably or rotatably suspending the automatic pet feeder above the ground. The food loading port has a removable cap for sealing the loading port when food is not being loaded into the pet feeder. Each feeding port is sealed by a pivotally mounted cover plate which can be pivoted out of the way by a pet to gain access to food in the feeding port. The pet feeder can also have a support stand which has a collar that slidably receives the lower end of the tubular food reservoir to support the pet feeder on the ground or floor.

Abstract: This invention is a drop-lock adjustment used on automatic feeders to adjust the feed gates either up or down and includes shielded drop locks connected to control rods that pass through a channel. An adaptor plate mounted on the channel has a downwardly projecting flange spaced from the channel with an elongated slot in the plate to prevent the animals being fed from tripping the lock to cause either more or less feed to be dispensed.

Abstract: A poultry feeder (10) comprising a generally vertically disposed feed tube (18) adapted to be installed on a generally horizontal feed conveyor tube (14) for receiving feed from the feed conveyor tube. The feed tube has an upper portion (26) fixed with respect to the feed conveyor tube and a lower portion (27) movable axially with respect to the upper portion between an extended position (as shown in FIG. 5) and a collapsed position (FIG. 6). A feed pan (23) is disposed below the bottom end of the feed tube for receiving feed.

Abstract: An improved dispensing apparatus for metering out feed to animals such as pets, or small livestock, such device delivering feed at pre-determined times and in a pattern which is consistent day-to-day so that the pre-selected feeding schedule is maintained. The device comprising a timer having a slowly rotating axial component, a dispenser in the form of a distribution wheel anchored to such axial component and disposed outwardly from the timer for axial rotation upon rotation of the axial component, and such distribution wheel including a series of axially spaced compartments for receiving feed from an associated hopper. The timer preferably rotates the axial component so that one standard rotation is completed in a 24-hour period. Accordingly, within such time period one complete rotation of the distribution wheel occurs.

Abstract: A bird feeder having a feeder bowl supported by a post and having a tubular member located spacedly around the post and extending a sufficient distance below the feeder bowl to prevent a squirrel or like ground animal from reaching the feeder bowl. The side wall of the tubular member is spaced a sufficient distance away from the post to prevent a squirrel or like ground animal from reaching the tubular member from the post to continue climbing to reach the food.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bird feeder with a height adjustment to allow the bird feeder to be lowered for gaining access thereto. A slide member is attached to the bird seed tray which slides up and down a support for lowering the bird feeder into a lowered position and elevating the bird feeder into an elevated position for dispensing bird seed therefrom. A deflector is provided for directing the bird seed onto the tray for dispensing thereof. A spiral shaped wire is placed upon the feeding portion of the tray in order to prevent the birds from kicking out the bird seed from the tray onto the ground. A protective cover covers the bird feeder to protect the bird seed from the weather.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hog feeder for one sow. The sow hog feeder comprises a circular trough that includes an agitating star wheel rotatably mounted in the bottom of the trough. A feeding tube is supported on a frame structure that extends upwardly from the round trough and receives and holds a feeding tube in an offset relationship with respect to the center of the round trough. The relationship of the offset feeding tube with respect to the agitating star wheel and round trough assures that hog feed is not wasted or caked around the sides of the container.

Abstract: This invention is a free choice feeder for livestock and other uses with a special micro feed control. This is a self feeder which comprises a base pan and a hopper positioned above. The base pan contains a rotary feed control wheel with attached feeder rods which allows feed to flow from the hopper into the base pan. The flow of material is determined by a crank screw and locking nut to provide a continuous, non interrupted flow of feed or other material from the hopper into the base pan. The hopper and base pan is held together in a rigid position by the use of a grill work consisting of top and bottom ring and numerous grill vertical dividers.

Abstract: An abrasive surface is provided on the feeding surface of a bird feeder pan. Thus as the birds eat, their beaks are abraded and trimmed. This controls the growth simultaneously with feeding the birds. The abrasive surface includes abrasive particles bonded to the feeding surface directly or may be bonded to the carrier which is adhered to the feeding surface.

Abstract: This invention is a drop-lock adjustment used on automatic feeders to adjust the feed gates either up or down and includes shielded drop-locks connected to control rods that pass through a channel adjacent slot-like openings in such channel to prevent the animals being fed from tripping the lock to cause either more or less feed to be dispensed.

Abstract: A feeder apparatus includes a feed hopper including front and rear end walls, a pair of opposed side walls each formed by upper and lower side panels secured together by a first plurality of removable fasteners, and a lid movable between open and closed positions. The side walls are attached to the front end wall by a second plurality of removable fasteners and to the rear end wall by a third plurality of removable fasteners. A feed tray assembly is secured between the front and rear end walls by a fourth plurality of removable fasteners. The feed tray assembly includes a tray and a pair of opposed side rails attached to the tray by a fifth plurality of removable fasteners. An axle assembly including an axle and a pair of opposed side mounting plates is attached to the hopper by several of the fifth plurality of removable fasteners so that the axle assembly may be added to or removed from the apparatus without requiring modification of the apparatus or further fasteners.

Abstract: A disposable feed and water dispenser comprises a recycleable PET container with a threaded neck and a recycleable tray suspended from the container. The tray has a roof with a hole therethrough that mates with the container neck threads and a platform parallel to and spaced below the roof. Seed flowing out the container neck is collected in a mound on the platform. The mound size is controlled by changing the distance between the end of the container neck and the tray platform, which is achieved by adjusting the amount of engagement of the container threads with the tray roof. The tray may be fabricated from a flat cruciform shaped blank of recyclable polyvinylchloride that is approximately folded into the tray or that is thermoformed to the desired size and configuration. The disposable feed and water dispenser may be hung from an overhead member by a pair of strips, one end of each of which is bent over 180 degrees and inserted between the container and a cup loosely fastened to the container.

Abstract: A poultry feeding device comprises an essentially dish-shaped pan, the bottom of which is provided with an upright part. A drop tube for the supply of feed can be moved over a limited, variable distance relative to the bottom of the pan to form a first feed supply opening of variable size. The drop tube has one or more second feed supply openings. In the bottom position of the drop tube the first feed supply opening is closed and the second feed supply opening(s) are opened, and in the top position of the drop tube this is reversed. The upright part of the bottom of the pan extends in the drop tube, and in the bottom position of the drop tube the top side of the upright part reaches to the second feed supply opening(s) and at that point shuts off the drop tube.

Abstract: A feeder having a drop tube threadably received in a central bore of a grillwork to adjust the height of the drop tube. A unique lock is provided for the height adjustment and to prevent movement of the drop tube with respect to a conveyor to which it is mounted. A split collar mounts the drop tube to the conveyor and is disassembled along the axis of the conveyor without implements. The grillworks mount the drop tube to a pan by a split circumferential flange which requires radial and axial initial forces for removal.

Abstract: The feeding device especially for chicken farming substantially comprises a cylindrical upright distributor (4) located above a containing plate (1) and connected at the upper part thereof to a feed-carrying horizontal tubular duct (5) supported by ropes (6). The distributor (4) is moved close to the plate (1) causing a reduction of the feed (7) level in the plate (1) by lowering the tubular duct (5). In addition, the distributor (4) has a pair of vertical recesses (8) and within each of them a C-shaped flat spring (9) is accommodated thereby forming a detent (10) into which a tooth (11) present on an annulus (3) integral to the plate (1) and disposed about the distributor (4) can be snap-fitted. In this way the feed level can be simultaneously reduced in all plates (1) of the distribution line by merely lowering the horizontal duct (5).

Abstract: A unique feeder for birds and animals of the type forming part of a modern automated feeding system used to minimize the operating costs associated with commercial breeding. The feeder assembly comprises feeder tube means, a pan member and may include cone means loosely surrounding the feeder tube for controlling the pattern and amount of feed presented in the pan. Indexing means and visual indication means may also be provided for enabling the preselection of the size of a lower feed gate which automatically results when the feeder is suspended above a feeding surface, and providing constant indication of the size selected, respectively. A brood gate may also be provided which is designed to automatically close upon elevation of the feeder above a feeding surface, but which can also be locked open when so desired. The unique feeder may also include rotatable coupling means to engage and disengage the pan member and a barrier means by simply rotating one with respect to the other.

Abstract: An animal feeder having a rotatable feed plate. A spacer is carried by the feed plate to limit the amount of feed carried by the plate and further prevents accumulation of feed on the central portion feed plate. Limiting the amount of feed on the plate reduces the weight of feed to allow rotation of the plate by a smaller feeding animal. The spacer of this invention further reduces feed spoilage caused by static feed typically collected on the feed plate central portion. The feed plate is spaced from the feed trough by a central raised portion of the base to isolate feed carried on the plate from that in the trough. Isolating feed on the feed plate in this manner prevents the wicking of moisture from the trough into the hopper.

Abstract: This is concerned with a hog feeder which has a center feed supply with a feeding trough around it with vanes which move the feed out from a plateau in the center under the feed supply and a ledge which prevents the feed from falling into the trough by gravity or vibration thus requiring a hog to move the vanes to get feed.

Abstract: A feeder for animals particularly pigs includes a trough having a front wall, a base and a rear wall. A shelf is positioned over the rear wall so as to project forwardly from the rear wall. A hopper deposits feed onto the shelf so that the animal can eat from the shelf or brush the feed into the trough. The shelf is separate from the rear wall so that it can be raised and lowered relative to the rear wall leaving a space underneath the shelf and at the top of the rear wall. The trough can then be cleaned by injection of a liquid spray which cleans out the crevices of the trough and jets the material up the rear wall and under the shelf to be discharged through the floor. The feeder can therefore be easily cleaned while it remains in a stationary position in the pen.

Abstract: A fowl feeder has a plurality of sleeve members mounted on a central tubular body member hanging vertically from a feed conveyor tube. An upper sleeve member supports a spider ring member which supports a suspended plate member. The plate member is capable, upon rotation about the central tubular body member, of exposing a plurality of lateral apertures in the central tubular body member to dispense feed therethrough. A lower sleeve member is vertically movable on the centrals tubular body member relative to the suspended plate member to regulate dispensing of feed through the bottom of the central tubular body member. A pivotal pawl is attached to the lower sleeve member to control positioning of the plate member relative to the lower end of the central tubular body member.

Abstract: A versatile feeder for use in an automated feeding system of the type used to raise domestic birds and animals on a commercial scale comprising a pan member for containing and presenting feed for consumption, feeder tube means disposed above said pan member and connectible with a feed conveyor source, said feeder tube means having upper and lower feed gates for directing feed supplied to said feeder tube means from said feed conveyor source into said pan member, and rotatable collar means surrounding said feeder tube means for controlling a first feed flow directed through said upper feed gate into said pan member independently of a second feed flow directed through said lower feed gate into said pan member. Associated wing members may also be provided on said rotatable collar means to prevent access to said first feed flow by said consuming birds and animals prior to the feed reaching a limited feeding area defined within the pan member.

Abstract: A device for feeding animals, in particular pigs and piglets, comprises a feed pan, a superstructure and feed supply means for supplying feed to the feed pan. The feed supply means which are mainly situated inside an extension piece being part of the superstructure comprise a feed supply pipe, a coaxial closing element and a coaxial rotor. The closing element is movable between an upper position in which it closes the feed supply pipe and a lower position in which it is coupled with the rotor so that it functions as a feed distribution element when the rotor is turned by the snouts of feeding animals. The rotor is provided with vanes. The shape of the vanes is such that during rotation of the rotor the vanes scrape away caking feed. The feed pan and the extension piece are preferably made of polyester concrete.

Abstract: An animal feeder of the type in which a feed hopper discharges feed downwardly onto a shelf which intercepts the feed so that it does not drop directly to a trough under the hopper and shelf but requires action by the animal to brush the feed off the shelf. In conjunction with the above, a water supply line runs closely beneath the shelf and has at least one fitting or nipple directed laterally outwardly over the trough from which nipple the animal may drink directly. The nipple is of the type minimizing discharge of water directly into the trough. The shelf is so fashioned as to substantially prevent the animal from eating feed directly from the shelf.

Abstract: An animal feeder includes a tank supported over a feed pan by a plurality of straps projecting radially inwardly from the sidewall of the feed pan. The tank has a funnel portion which directs the feed into a hollow tubular valve which is adjustable to regulate the feed flow to the pan. The tubular valve has cross beams mounted on a hub which is supported on a bearing to allow rotation and thereby agitation of the feed within the valve. A shaft with a threaded lower end corresponds with a threaded aperture in the hub and is supported on a bearing. The shaft is rotatable with respect to the hub to raise and lower the tubular valve with respect to the pan, and thereby regulate the feed flow. A sleeve which surrounds the shaft is affixed to the hub and is engagable to the shaft with a set screw so that the shaft may be engaged to rotate with the sleeve and the tubular valve, thereby allowing agitation of the feed by rotation of the valve without causing any adjustment to the feed flow rate.

Abstract: A poultry feeder assembly for use with an automated conveyor-type feed system. The feeder assembly is inexpensive to manufacture and comprises only two assembly pieces which are formed of a resilient, flexible material allowing for easy assembly and adjustment without tool or implement. Multi-stage incremental positioning provided between a dome/feeder-tube combination and a pan member allows feeding of brood through pre-harvest sized foul and renders the feeder assembly adaptable for use with feeds having varying flow characteristics.

Abstract: A bird feeder which utilizes the common necked container such as a plastic soda or soft drink bottle as the feed storage container, with its screw neck downward, attached to a conduit, hood and cup assembly and a perch extending around the cup. The container holds an ample supply of feed, which flows by gravity through a conduit to refill the cup as birds remove the feed. A hanging device on the container bottom provides an attachment point for the hanging up the feeder.

Abstract: A feeding apparatus for animals, particularly horses, comprising:a hopper to contain particulate fodder having an upper and lower opening;a compartment adjacent the hopper to contain strawlike fodder having an outer perforate side and an upper opening;a trough disposed near the lower opening of the hopper to receive fodder discharged from the hopper by gravity feed action; anda lid to cover both the upper openings the hopper and compartment are separated by an upstanding partition member and the perforate side generally overlies the trough to enable an animal to feed from both the compartment and trough.

Abstract: Apparatus for feeding animals comprising a feed storage hopper with a base plate which is adjusted so as to open a space between the base plate and the walls of the hopper. Feed is dispensed through this space in response to the operation of a motor which is attached to the base plate and which is provided with eccentric weights so as to cause vibrations which are transmitted to the base plate and into the walls of the hopper. The motor can be operated by a timer so as to enable the apparatus to deliver precisely measured quantities of feed at a given rate for a selected period of time at predetermined intervals.

Abstract: A compact animal feeder having a tubular housing with paired feed access openings spaced side-by-side in the sidewall. The feed access openings are located upwardly on the sidewall so that a rounded bottom portion of the tubular sidewall forms a trough which tends to hold feed centrally in a chamber formed within the housing. A feed delivery tube enters from above through another opening in the housing and extends downwardly between each pair of feed access openings to a point above the rounded trough bottom. An adjustable gap permits a given amount of feed to pile up below the feed supply tube. The feed pile automatically stops further flow. Multiple animal feeding is possible from a location at the side of a pen. Oppositely paired feed access openings can be used to permit installation between pens.

Abstract: A feeding trough for flying animals, particularly turkeys, capable of adjusting the level of the feed, of the type in which the feeding troughs are arranged in series along distribution lines of the feed in sheds, is described. The feeding trough is of high stability and at the same time permits to adjust the level of the feed with a simple and rapid maneuver which may be carried out in a centralized position of the shed. The feeding trough comprises a suspended plate (2), supported by arms (3) which are connected directly to the horizontal tubular conduit (5) used for the transportation of the feed. The feeding trough also comprises an element for the distribution of the feed in the plate which comprises an element (11) for the regulation of the level of the feed. The latter is actuated by means of cables from a centralized position of the shed.

Abstract: 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 discharge port and continuously dropping the feed through the discharge port. The discharge port includes a rotary disk mounted for rotation in a sliding contact with the bottom of the flow path. The rotary disk includes a number of through holes provided at suitable intervals so that the through holes may be sequentially brought into position over the discharge port during rotation of the disk. Each flow path is provided with a rotary shaft positioned horizontally within the flow path and projecting out of the flow path so as to be operable by a suitable rotary mechanism.

Abstract: A feed dispenser may be attached to an existing feed supply conduit to utilize existing space. The dispenser comprises a bracket housing collar mounted about a conduit opening and a dispenser outlet which is adjustable by means of a sliding sleeve to gauge the correct amount of feed in the pan or feed lid. A pan beneath the outlet receives the feed and is controlled by the feed in the pan backing up into the outlet.

Abstract: A feeder for poultry and the like is disclosed. The feeder includes pan means for retaining and presenting delivered feed, and hollow drop tube means adapted to extend from a conveyor to a distal end adjacent the pan means. A first feed gate defined between the drop tube distal end and the pan permits feed to pass from the drop tube to an inner pan area for consumption by relatively mature poultry. A brood gate opening defined in the drop tube above its distal end permits feed to flow from the conveyor through at least part of the drop tube and out the brood gate opening to an outer portion of the pan for consumption by relatively immature poultry.

Abstract: A pig and sow feeder comprising a pig feeder unit having a trough portion at the lower end thereof and a hopper positioned thereabove adapted to supply feed to the trough portion. The sow feeder unit includes a trough portion at the lower end thereof and a hopper positioned thereabove adapted to supply feed thereto. The trough portions of the sow and pig feeder units are disposed relative to each other so that the trough of the pig feeder may be positioned in the creep area of a farrowing pen and so that the trough of the sow feeder unit may be positioned in the farrowing crate portion of a farrowing pen. The troughs of the feeder units are in communication with each other so that feed in the trough of the pig feeder may be swept into the trough of the sow feeder. A slide gate normally prevents communication between the troughs of the feeder units.

Abstract: A feeder for dispensing feed to livestock which includes a trough having a surface adapted to receive the feed thereon and a hopper positioned above the trough surface. The hopper has a bottom with an aperture therethrough and a side wall. A feed wheel is rotatably mounted on the trough and includes a radially extending spoke engageable by livestock. A deflector having an upwardly tapering cross-sectional configuration is positioned in the hopper and includes a lower edge positioned above the hopper bottom and terminating inwardly of the hopper side wall and outwardly of the hopper bottom aperture. Sweep means is positioned below the deflector lower edge and adapted for sweeping feed in the hopper to the aperture.

Abstract: A device for feeding baby pigs and other livestock comprising a feed pan (20), a support post assembly (30) and a hopper assembly (40), hopper assembly (40) being capable of having its vertical height above pan (20) varied by the insertion of a pin (38) through a hole (36) in a support post (34), support post (34) running through a plurality of vertically spaced and aligned washers (46) which fixedly support a cylinder element (41) of hopper (40), the selection of the washer (46) which will rest on pin (36) determining the height of hopper (40). Also provided are dividing bars (23) for separating feeding animals which do not extend to the bottom of pan (20) thus allowing easy cleaning and a handle (47) for assisting in adjusting the hopper height and for carrying the device (10).

Abstract: A feeder unit for animals, particularly pigs, provides feed in either wet or dry condition and comprises a trough and a shelf positioned above the trough with a water supply duct beneath the shelf for directing water through valves actuated by the pig into the trough. A hopper positioned above the shelf directs material continuously onto the shelf to be retained on the shelf by the repose angle. The pig can thus either eat directly from the shelf the feed in dry condition or can brush the feed into the trough for mixing with water and eating in wet condition.