Patent ID: 11903368
Assignee: XANANTEC TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An improved system for feeding an animal, comprising:
a) at least one feeder station configured for providing feed to the animal, each of the at least one feeder station comprising:
i) a sorting compartment,
ii) a feeding compartment, and
iii) at least one scale disposed in one or both of the sorting and feeding compartments;

b) a lifting mechanism operatively coupled to the at least one feeder station, the lifting mechanism configured to move the at least one feeder station between a lowered position and a raised position during a growth cycle of the animal;
c) a feed module, wherein the feed module is configured to dispense one or more types of feed to the animal in the feeding compartment, the feed module comprising a feed pan into which the feed is dispensed; and
d) a main controller operatively coupled to the at least one scale, to the lifting mechanism and to the feed module, wherein the main controller is configured to operatively control the lifting mechanism to move the at least one feeder station between the lowered and raised positions, wherein the main controller comprises:
i) a microprocessor, and
ii) a computer readable memory operatively coupled to the microprocessor, wherein the computer readable memory comprises first executable machine code stored thereon that when executed by the microprocessor, the main controller performs or carries out steps of a feed decision algorithm to dispense the one or more types of feed into the feed pan.