FEEDER Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture, in particular, delivery and dispensing of feeds at animal farms. SUBSTANCE: feeder has hopper mounted on movable cart and shells positioned below charging windows made in hopper and provided with discharge windows. Each shell has sectioned gate with stops on sides, closed and additional guides attached to inner surface of side faces of shell, with their ends being joined at leading and end portion of discharge window. Each shell is further provided with change-over flag mounted on pole and slides. Free end of flag pole has spring-loaded lever with projection engageable with stops of sectioned gate. Discharge working tool is formed as scraper conveyor. Each scraper of conveyor has guiding plates and plates movable within guiding plates in plane extending in parallel with scraper surface. Movable plates are provided with projections positioned in guides on side faces of shell. Each closed guide is attached to slides and baffle gate in zone adjacent to charging window and is formed as section movable perpendicular to scraper conveyor and provided with widened inlet part. Such construction provides increased precision in differentiated dispensing of feed into interrupted row of feeders. EFFECT: increased productivity of animals and reduced consumption of feeds. 5 dwg