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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2003
Paul B. Sides, San Antonio, TX (US);
H. Dell Foster, Blanco, TX (US);
Texas Hunter Products, San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A static feeder system for supplying feed aggregate to animals and birds. A constant and controlled amount of protein pellets, grain, seeds, etc., is supplied to multiple feed stations within an environmentally protected bulk container. A bulk container is used as the primary storage hopper and appropriate cut-outs are made on the base periphery of the container equal to the number of feed stations desired. A single piece of material is inserted to provide the sealed walls and the base shape for each feed station on the drum periphery. The base absorbs and distributes the bulk load from the hopper and funnels it to the drum base. The base component and the multiple funnel component moldings to form a two component assembly which provides internally protected feed pockets that control the quantity and shape of the emerging feed aggregate flowing from the bulk container.