Patent ID: 8752505
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A method for positioning an individually metered out food portion on an animal cage arranged in a row of animal cages for fur animals, in particular mink, by means of a motorized feed cart comprising wheels, at least one driving wheel, and a feed container, said method comprises the steps of: moving said feed cart along a row of animal cages, thereby turning the wheels of the feed cart, providing an output from an encoder corresponding to the angular turning of one of said wheels to a control unit, determining by means of the control unit that the feed cart has reached a given position corresponding to a given cage from said output and a database of information related to at least positions of animal cages and desired size of food portions to each animal cage, and controlling the feed cart to metering out the desired food portions at a suitable food delivering place at the given animal cage according to the information in said database.