Hog feeder
CA 1098777 A · Owner: Chore-Time Equipment, Inc. · Inventors: Kallin, Ingmar
Overview
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Feeder apparatus is provided for delivering a pre-determined amount of feed to hogs and like livestock. The apparatus includes a feed transporting and dispensing conveyor with which are associated a plurality of feeder units; each unit receives and temporarily stores the feed. Each unit includes a feed receiver body. A boot extends from the body and defines a discharge opening. A pear-shaped stopper valve carried in the boot fits into and onto the discharge opening to obstruct the flow. A stopper valve pull system acts to draw the stopper valve away from the discharge opening thereby permitting feed flow; if desired this pull sys-, tem can be connected to a timer so as to discharge the feed …
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- Granted April 7, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 7, 1998.
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