Means for feeding fibrous feeds and the like

Claim 1

IN A FEEDER, AN ELONGATED HOUSING WITH AN OPEN REMOTE END TO WHICH FEED IS DELIVERED BY AN AUGER DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING, DUMP MEANS OPERABLE TO INITIATE A DUMPING OF FEED FROM SAID HOUSING ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF, FEED RESPONSIVE MEANS COMPRISING A PLATE, MEANS PIVOTALLY CARRYING SAID PLATE AT SAID OPEN REMOTE END OF SAID HOUSING, MEANS NORMALLY POSITIONING SAID PLATE IN A POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HOUSING FOR INTERCEPTING FEED DELIVERED TO SAID OPEN REMOTE END OF SAID HOUSING, SAID MEANS PIVOTALLY CARRYING SAID PLATE BEING FORMED TO PERMIT SAID PLATE TO BE SWUNG OUTWARDLY BY THE MOVEMENT OF FEED THEREAGAINST AND SAID PLATE COOPERATING WITH SAID OPEN REMOTE END OF SAID TUBE TO PERMIT SAID FEED WHICH IS MOVED AGAINST SAID PLATE TO SWING SAID PLATE OUTWARDLY TO DROP FROM SAID OPEN REMOTE END OF SAID TUBE, AND MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID PLATE AND SAID DUMP MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID DUMP MEANS CONCURRENTLY WITH THE OUTWARD SWINGING OF SAID PLATE BY THE MOVEMENT OF FEED THEREAGAINST.