Animal feeder

Claim 1

A FEEDER FOR ANIMALS, SAID FEEDER COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF FEED CONTAINERS; CONVEYOR MEANS COUPLED TO SAID CONTAINERS TO CONVEY FEED THERETO; A DISPENSER MEMBER CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID CONTAINERS, EACH DISPENSER MEMBER SUPPORTING FEED IN THE CONTAINER TO WHICH IT IS CONNECTED, AND EACH DISPENSER MEMBER BEING MOVABLE, BY THE FEED IT SUPPORTS, FROM A CONTAINER CLOSING CONDITION TO A CONTAINER OPENING CONDITION TO DISPENSE FEED FROM THE CONTAINER; MEANS LATCHING SAID DISPENSER MEMBERS IN CONTAINER CLOSING CONDITION, SAID LATCHING MEANS BEING OPERABLE, WHEN ACTUATED, TO RELEASE SAID DISPENSER MEMBERS AND DISABLE SAID CONVEYOR MEANS; RETAINER MEANS MOVABLE IN RESPONSE TO OPENING OF SAID DISPENSER MEMBERS TO HOLD SAID LATCHING MEANS IN ACTUATED CONDITION AND THEREBY MEANS UNTIL ALL OF SAID CONDITION OF SAID CONVEYOR MEANS UNTIL ALL OF SAID DISPENSER MEMBERS HAVE RETURNED TO THE CONTAINER CLOSING CONDITION; AND FILL CONDITION SENSOR MEANS IN ONE OF SAID CONTAINERS AND COUPLED TO SAID CONVEYOR MENS TO OPERATE SAID CONVEYOR MEANS FOR FILLING SAID CONTAINERS IN RESPONSE TO THE SENSING OF AN INSUFFICIENTLY FILLED CONDITION IN SAID ONE CONTAINER.