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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Lely Patent N.v., Maassluis, NL;
Inventor:
Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Wadenoyen, NL;
Assignee:
Lely Patent N.V., Maassluis, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 5/02 (2006.01); A01K 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/105 (2013.01); A01K 5/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A feed control system, a feeding system and a method for feeding animals comprises an autonomous feed displacer which displaces animal feed and subsequently measures the height of the displaced animal feed using a feed level meter. Since the displaced, pushed back animal feed results in heaps of surprisingly constant shape, it is possible to obtain a reliable indication of the quantity using only the feed level.