Adjustable quantity discharge animal feeding apparatus

Claim 1

LIVESTOCK FEEDING APPARATUS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CASING, A SOURCE OF LIVESTOCK FEED INCLUDING A HOPPER CONNECTED WITH SAID CASING AND IN OPEN COMMUNICATION THEREWITH, MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID CASING TO CONVEY SAID FEED FROM SAID HOPPER THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF SAID CASING, A FIRST VERTICAL DISCHARGE TUBE HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED ENDS, SAID FIRST VERTICAL DISCHARGE TUBE HAVING ONE OF ITS SAID ENDS FIXEDLY CONNECTED WITH SAID CASING AND BEING IN OPEN COMMUNICATION THEREWITH, A SECOND DISCHARGE TUBE HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED ENDS, SAID SECOND TUBE HAVING AN END THEREOF TELESCOPED OVER THE OTHER END OF SAID FIRST DISCHARGE TUBE, FEED DISCHARGE CLOSURE MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND TUBE AND NORMALLY EXTENDING THEREACROSS, AND MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SECOND TUBE CONNECTED WITH SAID FEED DISCHARGE CLOSURE MEANS TO EFFECT ACTUATION OF SAID DISCHARGE CLOSURE MEANS TO OPEN SAID OTHER END OF SAID SECOND TUBE, SAID SECOND TUBE BEING ADJUSTABLE RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST TUBE TO PROVIDE A VARIABLE CAPACITY FEED MEANS.