Oscillating conveyor bunk feeder

Claim 1

ANIMAL FEEDING APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING FEED FROM A FEED SUPPLY SOURCE TO AN ANIMAL FEEDING STATION COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED FEED CONVEYOR HAVING A FEED INLET NEAR ONE END AND A FEED OUTLET NEAR THE OTHER END; FIXED PIVOT MEANS MOUNTING SAID CONVEYOR NEAR ITS INLET END FOR ROTATION ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS; AN ARCUATE, GENERALLY HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING SURFACE HORIZONTALLY SPACED FROM SAID PIVOT MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID CONVEYOR NEAR ITS OUTLET END, SAID OUTLET END BEING ADJACENT AN ARCUATE ANIMAL FEEDING STATION; ROTATABLE TRACTION MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID CONVEYOR AND ENGAGING SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE; ELECTRIC-MOTOR-OPERATED, REVERSIBLE DRIVE MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CONVEYOR AND DRIVINGLY CONNECTED TO SAID ROTATABLE TRACTION MEANS FOR MOVING THE OUTLET END OF SAID CONVEYOR ALONG SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE IN AN ARC ABOUT SAID FIXED PIVOT MEANS WHEREBY FEED MAY BE DEPOSITED ALONG THE ARCUATE FEEDING STATION, SAID REVERSIBLE DRIVE MEANS INCLUDING A MOVABLE CONTROL ELEMENT WHICH WHEN MOVED REVERSES THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID ROTATABLE TRACTION MEANS; AND TRIP MEANS POSITIONED AT EACH END OF SAID TRACK SO AS TO ENGAGE AND MOVE SAID CONTROL ELEMENT UPON ARRIVAL OF SAID CONVEYOR AT EACH END OF SAID TRACK.