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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2022
Jay Milton Eppink, Spring, TX (US);
Jay Milton Eppink, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
An animal feeding system includes a feed storage container having an interior area for animal feed; an outlet attached to the feed storage container at a first end and extending to a second end to allow the animal feed to flow therethrough via gravity to the second end; an access device attached at the second end of the outlet; a motor in electrical communication with the access device to open and close the access device to provide and remove access to the animal feed; and a control system in electrical communication with the motor to send commands to the motor, the control system having a programmable chip; and a sensor suite, the sensor suite collecting information to provide to the programmable chip; the programmable chip operates a timer based on the information from the sensor suite to open and close the access device; a data log is created.