FEED DISPENSER Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC A01K5/02 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: feed dispenser comprising a hopper installed on a mobile trolley; the hopper has charging gates in the bottom part and shrouds with discharge operating elements and discharge gates; the shrouds being located below the charging gates. Each shroud is equipped with a sectoral baffle installed on the discharge gate, and guides attached to the internal surface of the shroud side edges in the discharge gate area. A discharge operating element is also provided for; the scrapers of the element have guiding plates and movable plates with bosses on the side edges, located in guides installed in the guiding plates so that they can move in the plane parallel to the scraper plane. The guide on the hopper charging gate area can move normal to the conveyor, has a widening inlet part and is equipped with a shut-off flat baffle installed in the hopper charging gate. The operating element is designed as a belt-type scraper conveyor equipped with a scraper height control device and installed in the charging gate area, comprising movable guides secured so that they can move on the movable section in the vertical plane. The sections consist of movable plates with shafts installed in the shroud side edge guides and linked to stops interacting with cams, and stationary guides secured in the discharge gate area.

EFFECT: decreases power consumption and provides quick control of rate of feed supply to feeders.

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