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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerardus W Poiesz, Warnsveld, NL;
Assignee:
Brinkmann & Niemeijer N.V., Zutphen, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
119 / ; 119 / ; 119 54 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for feeding livestock, provided with a housing having a head insertion opening via which the animals can take in the food, and comprising a dosing device for food supply to the housing and responsive to the presence of selected specimens of the animals. There are provided discharge means for food leavings from the housing, said discharge means becoming operative upon removal of the head of an animal from the head insertion opening, and inoperative in the presence of the head of an animal in the head insertion opening.