van peursem etal

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR FEEDING STOCK ANIMALS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED GROUND SUPPORTED RECTILINEAR FEEDING STATION, AN ELONGATED GENERALLY HORIZONTAL CONTAINER LOCATED ABOVE AND COEXTENSIVE WITH SAID FEEDING STATION, A FEED SUPPLY HOPPER COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CONTAINER TO SUPPLY FEED THERETO, CONVEYING MEANS OPERATIVE IN SAID CONTAINER TO RECEIVE FEED FROM SAID HOPPER AND DISTRIBUTE THE FEED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE CONTAINER, SAID CONTAINER HAVING A LONGITUDINAL SLOT WHICH EXTENDS ALONG A MAJOR PORTION OF THE LENGTH OF THE CONTAINER, A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY SPACED SUPPORTS FOR SAID CONTAINER, EACH OF SAID SUPPORTS BEING GENERALLY IN THE FORM OF AN A-FRAME EXTENDING IN A VERTICAL PLANE TRANSVERSE TO THE CONTAINER AND COMPRISING A PAIR OF INCLINED GROUND SUPPORTED LEGS SPACED AT THEIR LOWER ENDS AND CONVERGING UPWARDLY TO A CROSSBAR WHICH CONNECTS THE LEGS INTERMEDIATE THEIR ENDS AND THEN TO A TOP SECTION WHICH CONNECTS THE LEGS AT THEIR UPPER ENDS, SAID CONTAINER BEING LOCATED BETWEEN THE LEGS AND OVER THE CROSSBARS OF THE SUPPORTS, MEANS ON THE CROSSBARS SUPPORTING SAID CONTAINER FOR ROTATABLE MOVEMENT WHEREBY THE CONTAINER SLOT MAY BE MOVED FROM AN UPPER FILL POSITION TO A LOWER DUMP POSITION, A COVER FOR SAID CONTAINER EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF THE CONTAINER, MEANS CONNECTING SAID COVER TO SAID SPACED SUPPORTS, THE COVER EXTENDING ACROSS THE TOP SECTION OF EACH A-FRAME AND HAVING DEPENDING SIDE PORTIONS EXTENDING ALONG THE A-FRAME LEGS, SAID COVER BEING VERTICALLY SPACED FROM SAID CONTAINER AND IN REGISTER WITH SAID SLOT WHEREBY THE SLOT IS PROTECTED FROM THE WEATHER FROM ABOVE.