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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ray E Swartzendruber, Syracuse, IN (US);
Assignee:
Chore-Time Equipment, Inc., Milford, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
119 / ; 119 53 ;
Abstract
A feeder for poultry and the like is disclosed. The feeder includes pan means for retaining and presenting delivered feed, and hollow drop tube means adapted to extend from a conveyor to a distal end adjacent the pan means. A first feed gate defined between the drop tube distal end and the pan permits feed to pass from the drop tube to an inner pan area for consumption by relatively mature poultry. A brood gate opening defined in the drop tube above its distal end permits feed to flow from the conveyor through at least part of the drop tube and out the brood gate opening to an outer portion of the pan for consumption by relatively immature poultry.