Cattle feed distributor

Claim 1

CATTLE FEEDING APPARATUS COMPRISING, AN ELONGATED FEED BUNKER, AN UPRIGHT RECTANGULAR FRAME SUPPORTED AT ONE END OF SAID BUNKER, A RECTANGULAR PLATFORM VERTICALLY SLIDABLY GUIDED IN SAID RECTANGULAR FRAME, AT LEAST THREE SUPPORT FRAMES MOUNTED ON SAID BUNKER IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND SAID RECTANGULAR FRAME, BOX SLIDES VERTICALLY SLIDABLY GUIDED BY SAID SUPPORT FRAMES, VERTICAL ADJUSTING SCREWS CONNECTED TO THE TOPS OF SAID PLATFORM AND SAID SLIDES AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE TOPS OF SAID FRAMES, WORM WHEELS ON THE TOPS OF SAID FRAMES THREADEDLY ENGAGED WITH SAID SCREWS, AN ELEVATING SHAFT EXTENDING ALONG THE TOPS OF SAID FRAMES AND HAVING WORM SECTIONS ENGAGED WITH SAID WORM WHEELS, A FIRST MOTOR ON SAID RECTANGULAR FRAME CONNECTED TO SAID ELEVATING SHAFT TO RAISE AND LOWER SAID FRAMES, AN ELONGATED SECTIONAL TROUGH SUPPORTED ON SAID PLATFORM AND SAID SLIDES AND HAVING SIDE WALLS WITH INWARDLY INCLINED BOTTOM WALLS SPACED APART IN THE CENTER TO DEFINE A DELIVERY SLOT, A SCREW AUGER ROTATABLY POSITIONED IN SAID TROUGH AND SUPPORTED UPON SAID BOTTOM WALLS, A MOTOR ON SAID PLATFORM DRIVINGLY CONNECTED TO SAID AUGER, AT LEAST THREE ELONGATED VALVE ELEMENTS OF SECTOR SHAPED CROSS SECTION ROTATABLY SUPPORTED BY SAID SLIDES AND SAID PLATFORM UNDER SUCCESSIVE SECTIONS OF SAID DELIVERY SLOT, A FIRST CRANK AND WORM MOUNTED ON THE END OF SAID PLATFORM AND CONNECTED TO THE FIRST SECTION OF SAID VALVE, SECOND AND THIRD CRANKS AND WORMS MOUNTED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID PLATFORM AND CONNECTED TO DRIVE RODS EXTENDING ALONG THE SIDES OF SAID TROUGH TO SUCCESSIVE SECTIONS OF SAID VALVE ELEMENTS, SAID VALVE ELEMENTS BEING OPPOSITELY ROTATABLY ADJUSTABLE FROM A CENTRAL POSITION WHERE THE SECTOR SHAPED PERIPHERY CLOSES SAID DELIVERY SLOT TO OPPOSITELY INCLINED POSITIONS WHERE THE SLOT IS VARIABLY OPENED AND THE APEX OF THE VALVE IS INCLINED SLECTIVELY TOWARD OPPOSITES SIDES OF THE BUNKER, AND MEANS FOR DELIVERING FEED TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE END OF SAID SCREW AUGER AND TROUGH ADJACENT SAID PLATFORM.