Patent ID: 11856925
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A broadcast feeder for dispensing granules of feed from a feed hopper, the feed hopper having a planar bottom having a bottom surface with a central opening therethrough, the feeder comprising:
a planar attachment plate having an upper surface with a feed opening and being removably attachable to the bottom surface of the bottom of the feed hopper in face-to-face engagement therewith and so that the feed opening is alignable with the central opening in the bottom of the hopper;
a dispenser removably attachable to the attachment plate and rotatably supported to throw feed radially by centrifugal force when the dispenser rotates;
a chute configured to receive feed from the feed hopper and to direct feed to the dispenser;
a neck depending from the attachment plate and forming the chute;
a collar attachable to the dispenser and removably connectable to the neck;
a chute control member mounted relative to the attachment plate for movement between an open position and a closed position, wherein in the open position feed is allowed to pass through the central opening in the hopper bottom, and wherein in the closed position, passage of feed through the central opening in the bottom of the hopper is blocked; and
a motor operatively connected to the dispenser to rotate the dispenser.