Feed mixer

Claim 1

IN A FEED MIXER, THE COMBINATION OF AN UPSTANDING FRAME OVER A FEEDING SURFACE, A FEED SUPPLY HOPPER CARRIED BY SAID FRAME, SAID HOPPER HAVING A DISCARGE END SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE SAID FEEDING SURFACE, FEED METERING AND DISPENSING MEANS IN SAID HOPPER FOR DISPENSING FEED THROUGH SAID DISCHARGE END TO THAT IT CAN FALL ONTO SAID FEEDING SURFACE, SAID METERING AND DISPENSING MEANS INCLUDING AN OUTER TUBULAR MEMBER IN SAID DISCHARGE END AND COEXTENSIVE IN LENGTH THEREWITH, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED FEED INLET OPENINGS FOR RECEIVING FEED FROM SAID HOPPER, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER ALSO HAVING A LIKE NUMBER OF FEED OUTLET OPENINGS AS INLET OPENINGS AND EACH RESPECTIVE OUTLET OPENING BEING OPPOSITELY DISPOSED TO AND REGISTERING RESPECTIVELY WITH ONE OF SAID RESPECTIVE INLET OPENINGS TO PROVIDE A FEED DISCHARGE PATH FROM SAID DISCHARGE END, AN INNER TUBULAR MEMBER ROTATABLY CONCENTRICALLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID OUTER TUBULAR MEMBER, SAID INNER TUBULAR MEMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH RESPECTIVE FEED INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS SIMILAR TO THOSE IN SAID OUTER TUBULAR MEMBERS, THE RESPECTIVE OPENINGS IN SAID INNER TUBULAR MEMBER REGISTERING WITH THE CORRESPONDING OPENINGS IN SAID OUTER TUBULAR MEMBERS, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID INNER TUBULAR MEMBER WHEREBY THE OPENINGS IN SAID OUTER TUBULAR MEMBERS CAN BE SELECTIVELY OPENED OR CLOSED TO ANY DESIRED DEGREE, A PADDLE TYPE WHEEL ROTATABLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID INNER TUBULAR MEMBER, AND MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID WHEEL FOR DISCHARGING FEED OUT OF SAID OUTLET OPENINGS AND INTO SAID DISCHARGE END.