US3556057A
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Animal feeding system
Assignee: Gebrueder Schmeing GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1969-03-04
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Granted: 1971-01-19
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Expires: 1989-03-04
Abstract
Abstract An arrangement for feeding animals, particularly pigs, includes an endless conveyor which is arranged to withdraw feed from a silo and to deliver it to one or more vertical dosing chutes. The dry feed is dropped downwardly by the chute into a bin or sty and a liquid such as water is added to the dry feed in quantities to control feed dust and to insure that feed is moist enough to be palatable. The liquid feed is characterized by a connection between a main liquid feed conduit and one or more spray pipes arranged around the discharge of the vertical chute to provide the correct amount of liquid such as water to the feed as it is discharged at a feeding station. In order to insure that the correct amount of liquid is fed to the feed which is being discharged, the quantity of liquid which is discharged is regulated to correspond to the quantity of feed which is discharged. The quantity of liquid which is discharged, in one embodiment, is regulated by a collapsible container which collapses during the discharge of water therefrom to the feed and which, when fully collapsed, discontinues further feeding of liquid. Another embodiment includes a measuring valve connected in the feed line to provide the desired liquid feedout.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul Icking
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 16:43
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01K; A01K5/00; A01K5/02; A01K5/0216; A01K5/0218; A01K5/0275; A01K7/00; A01K7/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
An animal feeding system for delivering a digestible feed to one or more animal feeding stations, comprising a tubular conduit for conveying substantially dry feed from a hopper to a feeding station, conveyor means associated with said conduit for advancing the feed therealong, at least one substantially vertically arranged feeding chute connected to said conduit and extending downwardly therefrom to a feeding station and adapted to receive the feed being advanced through said conduit and deliver it to the feeding station, and means surrounding said feeding chute for delivering dosable amounts of water around the periphery of said feed chute to the feed which is discharged from the chute at the feeding station.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
An animal feeding system for delivering a digestible feed to one or more animal feeding stations, comprising a tubular conduit for conveying substantially dry feed from a hopper to a feeding station, conveyor means associated with said conduit for advancing the feed therealong, at least one substantially vertically arranged feeding chute connected to said conduit and extending downwardly therefrom to a feeding station and adapted to receive the feed being advanced through said conduit and deliver it to the feeding station, and means surrounding said feeding chute for delivering dosable amounts of water around the periphery of said feed chute to the feed which is discharged from the chute at the feeding station.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
77 words
An animal feeding system, according to claim 1, wherein said means for delivering a dosable amount of water to said feed discharged by the chute at the feeding station includes a main water pipe extending along said conveyor, and a separate feed delivery pipe for each feeding station connected to said main water pipe and extending to the feeding statioN and having means for regulating the quantity of water which is discharged therefrom at the feeding station.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
62 words
An animal feeding system, according to claim 1, including a protective dust pipe extending downwardly from said chute, said means for delivering dosable amounts of water including a water conduit ring extending around said dust pipe and having a plurality of discharge openings for directing water downwardly in a spray around said dust pipe into the feed issuing from the dust pipe.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
83 words
An animal feeding system, according to claim 1, wherein said means for delivering dosable amounts of water includes a main feed conduit extending to said feeding chute, a delivery conduit connected to said main water feed conduit and including a ring conduit extending around said delivery chute, a plurality of individual ''''tubes'''' extending downwardly from said ring conduit and terminating into discharges adjacent the lower end of said delivery chute for directing the water onto the feed which exits from said delivery chute.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
64 words
An animal feeding system, according to claim 1, wherein said means for delivering dosable amounts of water to the feed includes an annular ring conduit adjacent said feeding chute, a dust tube extending downwardly from said feeding tube, said ring conduit being arranged to discharge water over the surface of said dust tube to permit it to trickle downwardly onto the feed exiting therefrom.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
69 words
An animal feeding system, according to claim 1, wherein said means for delivering dosable amounts of water to the feed includes a main feed pipe, a riser bend connected to said main feed pipe and extending downwardly through a discharge adjacent the feed being discharged from said feeding chute, and means associated with said riser bend for regulating the quantity of water which is fed therethrough to the discharge.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
62 words
An animal feeding system, according to claim 6, wherein said means for regulating the quantity of water which is discharged through the discharge includes a ''''collapsible vessel,'''' means for extending the vessel to fill the vessel with water from the main feed pipe, and means for collapsing the vessel during operation to discharge only the quantity of liquid therein through the discharge.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
An animal feeding system, according to claim 7, including a driving motor connected to said vessel for collapsing the vessel during operation thereof, and means associated with said main feed water conduit for cutting off the supply of water to said conduit after said vessel is moved in a collapsing direction.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
98 words
An animal feeding system, according to claim 1, wherein said means for delivering dosable amounts of water to the feed includes a main conduit, an adjustable vessel located adjacent said main conduit and having a discharge for discharging water to the feed which is directed out of said feeding chute, a connecting pipe extending from said main feed conduit to said vessel, and means for adjusting said vessel in respect to the discharge of the connecting pipe for varying the quantity of liquid which will be fed to said vessel and which will be discharged into the feed.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
91 words
An animal feeding system, according to claim 1, wherein said means for delivering a dosable amount of water to the feed includes a main supply pipe for water extending to said delivery chute, a delivery pipe extending from said main supply pipe and having a discharge arranged adjacent the discharge of the feed from said feeding chute, a shut-off valve connected in said main water feed pipe, and a throttle valve in said delivery pipe having means for permitting a selected quantity of water to flow per unit of time therethrough.
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