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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2004
Theodore J. Cole, Milford, IN (US);
Lionel L. Kreger, Warsaw, IN (US);
James R. Kraft, New Paris, IN (US);
Philip Wilfong, Goshen, IN (US);
Theodore J. Cole, Milford, IN (US);
Lionel L. Kreger, Warsaw, IN (US);
James R. Kraft, New Paris, IN (US);
Philip Wilfong, Goshen, IN (US);
CTB IP, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method of adjusting a size of a feed gate and a position of a brood gate of a feeder assembly is provided. The method includes the steps of increasing a size of a feed gate by increasing a distance between a distal end of a drop tube member and a pan member, and changing the position of a brood gate relative to the pan member by changing a distance between the brood gate and the pan member. These steps are achieved by either rotating only a grill member in a first direction relative to the drop tube member, or by manipulating only the grill member.