Automatic multi-tier poultry feeder

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC MULTI-TIER POULTRY FEEDER COMPRISING A FRAME, A FEED CONTAINING HOPPER SECURED TO SAID FRAME, SAID HOPPER HAVING AN OPENING IN THE BOTTOM THEREOF, A LOWER FEEDING THROUGH SECURED TO SAID FRAME AND DISPOSED BELOW AND EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY FROM THE OPENING IN SAID HOPPER, A LOWER AUGER CONVEYOR DISPOSED WITHIN SAID LOWER TROUGH AND BELOW THE OPENING IN SAID HOPPER, SAID LOWER AUGER HAVING OPPOSITELY SPIRALING HELICS WHICH MEET INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE LOWER AUGER TO FORM A V-SHAPED THROW-OFF, MEANS MOUNTING SAID LOWER AUGER FOR ROTATION SO AS TO DEFINE RECEIVING ENDS AT BOTH ENDS OF SAID LOWER TROUGH, THE LOWER AUGER BEING DISPOSED SO THAT FEED IS REMOVED FROM THE HOPPER AT THE ONE OF SAID RECEIVING ENDS OF SAID LOWER TROUGH, DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID HOPPER, AN UPPER FEEDING TROUGH SPACED VERTICALLY ABOVE SAID LOWER TROUGH AND SECURED TO SAID FRAME, AN UPPER AUGER CONVEYOR DISPOSED WITHIN SAID UPPER TROUGH, MEANS MOUNTING SAID UPPER AUGER CONVEYOR FOR ROTATION SO AS TO MAINTAIN RECEIVING AND OUTLET ENDS OF SAID UPPER TROUGH, SAID AUGER-EQUIPPED UPPER TROUGH BEING DISPOSED WITH ITS RECEIVING END IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID HOPPER, AN ELEVATING CONVEYOR FOR RAISING FEED EXPELLED BY SAID THROW-OFF OF SAID LOWER AUGER AND ADAPTED TO DIRECT THE SAME TO THE RECEIVING END OF SAID UPPER TROUGH, A DROPPING CHUTE CONNECTING THE OUTLET END OF SAID UPPER TROUGH TO THE OTHER RECEIVING END OF SAID LOWER TROUGH FOR RETURNING EXCESS FEED FROM THE OUTLET END OF THE UPPER TROUGH TO THE LOWER TROUGH, AND MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID AUGER CONVEYORS FOR IMPARTING SAID ROTATION THERETO.