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

Claim 29:
30. 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;
upper guide plate above the dispenser and a lower guide plate below the dispenser, wherein the lower guide plate is imperforate to the feed granules, wherein each of the upper and lower guide plates is domed and extends a distance beyond the dispenser forming a downwardly sloping surface, wherein each of the upper and lower guide plates defines an outer circumferential edge, and wherein the outer circumferential edges of the upper and lower guide plates are spaced from each other a distance selected to prevent selected varmints from reaching the dispenser; and
a motor operatively connected to the dispenser to rotate the dispenser.