FEEDER Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: feeder has hopper 1 located on underframe, longitudinal feeding conveyor 3 mounted on hopper bottom, rotor located at outlet end of conveyor 3 and equipped with hub 6 carrying blades 7. Rake-shaped discharge members are fixed on blade ends. One working part of discharge members has row of sharpened plates 11 and other working part is provided with row of fingers 12. Both working parts of discharge members are fastened on blade ends in alternation in single annular plane. Sharpened plates may be made trapezium- shaped. Feeder has discharge window arranged in upper part of chamber. Guiding branch pipe adjoins to outer side of discharge window. Discharge members on blade ends provided stable operation of rotor. Feeder of such construction may be used in animal farms for dispensing, preferably, stalk plant feeds. EFFECT: increased efficiency by uniform dispensing of feed into feeder and enhanced reliability in operation. 3 cl, 4 dwg