Animal liquid feeding apparatus

Claim 1

AN ANIMAL LIQUID FEEDER COMPRISING: (A) AN ELONGATED GENERALLY HORIZONTAL BASE STRUCTURE, (B) AN ELONGATED FEED TROUGH DISPOSED IN OVERLYING GENERALLY PARALLEL RELATION TO SAID BASE AND HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, SPACED SIDEWALLS, AND FRONT AND REAR END WALLS, SAID FRONT END WALL BEING REMOVABLE, (C) MEANS RELEASABLY LOCKING SAID FRONT END WALL IN SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS, (D) LINKAGE MOUNTING SAID FEED TROUGH ON SAID BASE FOR ANGULARLY UPWARD AND DOWNWARD AND GENERALLY LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENTS BETWEEN AN OPERATIVE FEEDING POSITION WHEREIN SAID FEED TROUGH RESTS ON SAID BASE AND A RAISED LONGITUDINALLY DISPLACED INOPERATIVE CLEANING POSITION WHEREIN SAID FEED TROUGH IS LONGITUDINALLY TILTED DOWNWARDLY IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID REMOVABLE FRONT END WALL, (E) LIQUID FOOD DISPENSING MEANS REMOTE FROM SAID FEED TROUGH FOR DISPENSING PREDETERMINED QUANTITIES OF LIQUID FOOD, (F) LIQUID MEANS EXTENDING FROM SAID DISPENSING MEANS TO SAID FEED TROUGH, (G) AND CONTROL MEANS FOR SAID DISPENSING MEANS INCLUDING A CONTROL ELEMENT IN SAID FEED TROUGH AND RESPONSIVE TO CONSUMPTION OF LIQUID FOOD FROM THE TROUGH TO A PREDETERMINED LEVEL TO RENDER SAID DISPENSING MEANS OPERATIVE TO DISPENSE A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF LIQUID FOOD TO SAID FEED TROUGH.