Patent ID: 11882814
Assignee: PERDUE FARMS, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A horizontal feed storage system configured to move feed throughout an elongated feed container, the horizontal feed storage system comprising:
an elongated feed container configured to store feed for one or both of poultry and other livestock, the elongated feed container having a length and a width wherein the length is at least ten times greater than the width, and the elongated feed container having a fill opening through which the feed is deposited into the elongated feed container and a feed removal opening through which feed is removed from the elongated feed container, wherein the fill opening is located closer to a top of the elongated feed container relative to the feed removal opening, and wherein the elongated feed container is coupled to a mobile poultry enclosure and movable via one or more wheels coupled to the elongated feed container such that responsive to the mobile poultry enclosure moving, the horizontal feed storage system and the elongated feed container move;
multiple conveyance mechanisms disposed within the elongated feed container, the multiple conveyance mechanisms including a first conveyance mechanism and a second conveyance mechanism, wherein the first conveyance mechanism is disposed above the second conveyance mechanism within the elongated feed container, and wherein the first conveyance mechanism displaces feed throughout the elongated feed container by moving the feed in a first direction, away from the fill opening, within the elongated feed container and the second conveyance mechanism displaces feed throughout the elongated feed container by moving the feed in a second direction within the elongated feed container toward the feed removal opening.