Title: Limited feeder for farm animals

Abstract: An elongated wall structure providing a plurality of feed troughs in a row in side by side relationship for individual feeding of animals from an overlying source of supply of feed, the delivery of feed to the troughs being controlled by measuring devices of predetermined capacity which receive from the source of supply and deliver the predetermined quantities to the feed troughs. An elongated slide includes a plurality of such measuring devices and is reciphrocable in a guideway between the source of supply and the feed troughs, the guideway extending longitudinally over the row of feed troughs. The guideway includes a bottom wall having discharge openings through which feed is delivered from the measuring devices to the troughs, the bottom wall engaging only edges of the slide and measuring devices to support the same in the guideway.

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Inventors: Lynch, Delmar J. (Burbank, SD, US)

Application Number: 540133
Filing Date: 1975-01-10
Publication_date: 1976-06-15
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Primary Class(es): 119/56.1 222/485
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

807484	Dec, 1905	Moss	119/56.
936051	Oct, 1909	Slichter	119/56.
1109009	Sep, 1914	O'Brien	119/56.
3434459	Mar, 1969	Green	119/56.
3800746	Apr, 1974	Stidham	119/56.

Other Refs: 935,813

Sep, 1963	UK

Primary Examiner: Eskovitz, J.N.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Merchant, Gould, Smith, Edell, Welter & Schmidt