Sweep shuttle feeder with automatic lateral diverter
Abstract
Abstract AN ANIMAL FEEDING DEVICE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS A SWEEP SHUTTLE FEEDER, HAS A TROUGH WITH A DISCHARGE CHUTE AT EACH END WHICH RECIPROCATES LONGITUDINALLY IN A PATH OF TRAVEL BENEATH A FEED SUPPLY SOURCE AND ABOVE A FEED BUNK, AND SWEEP MEANS CAUSED FEED RECEIVED IN THE TROUGH FROM THE SUPPLY SOURCE TO BE DISCHARGED THROUGH ONE CHUTE OR THE OTHER AND SCATTERED ALONG THE FEED BUNK AS THE TROUGH RECIPROCATES. THE FEED BUNK IS PROVIDED WITH A LONGITUDINAL PARTITION, AND LATERAL DIVERTER PANELS ARE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN THE DISHCARGE CHUTES FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND INCLINED POSITIONS TO DIRECT FEED TOWARD ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER OF THE PARTITION. PIVOTED CONTROL ARMS AND LINKAGE MEANS ON THE CHUTE MOVES THE DIVERTER PANELS FROM ONE POSITIION TO THE OTHER IN RESPONSE TO THE OPERATION OF ACTUATING MEANS WHICH ARE REMOTELY CONTROLLABLY BY AN OPERATOR.
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- 👤 Michael M Thyberg
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