Automatic pet food feeder
CA 1252007 A · Owner: Peng, Douglas C. · Inventors: Peng, Douglas C.
Overview
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The automatic feeder is for dispensing dry pet food. It has a generally rectangular housing having three downwardly sloping platforms located one over another in a zig zag manner. The platforms separate the interior of the housing into a top storage chamber , a middle chamber and a bottom chamber. The bottom chamber has a side dispensing opening. Food pellets in the top storage chamber slide from the top platform onto the middle platform in the middle chamber. The middle platform has a vibration means mounted thereto. The vibration means is actuated for a predetermined time interval to cause an amount of food pellets to transfer from the middle platform into the bottom chamber. The …
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- Granted April 4, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 4, 2006.
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