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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2020
John Irvine, Manhattan, KS (US);
Bernard Irvine, Manhattan, KS (US);
John Irvine, Manhattan, KS (US);
Bernard Irvine, Manhattan, KS (US);
Other;
Abstract
A feed intake system comprising one or more feeding stations comprising a trough with an animal feeding access, a support frame surrounding the trough, a base frame supporting the trough, a scale unit between the base frame and the support frame enabling the scale unit to weigh the contents of the trough, a station frame with an animal feeding access, a sensor assembly including a sensor or antenna located near the station frame animal feeding access, a control panel and a timestamp generator operationally associated with the sensor assembly and the scale unit, a CPU/processing computer operationally associated with the control panel, one or more animals, each having a RFID tag which transmits RFID signal and tag data, wherein the weight of the feed in the trough is collected and stored in a log file and wherein RFID signal and tag data are collected and stored in a log file.