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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2020
Lely Patent N.v., Maassluis, NL;
Vincenzo Ferranti, Rotterdam, NL;
Lois Hofland, Rotterdam, NL;
Johannes Jacobs, Vlaardingen, NL;
Jelle Wybe De Jong, The Hague, NL;
Tom Adrianus Josephus Van De Ven, Udenhout, NL;
Stefan Johannes Francisca Maria Verbruggen, Schiedam, NL;
LELY PATENT N.V., Maassluis, NL;
Abstract
A feeding system for feeding animals, in particular cows, at a feeding place that includes at least one autonomous feeding device with a container for accommodating a batch of feed from a feed supply. The autonomous feeding device takes feed held in the container to the feeding place and dispenses it at that feeding place. The feeding system includes a feed-quantity measuring device for measuring a feed-quantity value for the quantity of feed at the feeding place, and a control system receives feed-quantity values from the feed-quantity measuring device. The control system stores a plurality of feed-quantity values received from the feed-quantity measuring device in a memory. The control system determines at least one value of a variable which is representative of a relation between the feed-quantity values and time, at least at and/or after the last measurement instant, based on the feed-quantity values stored in the memory.