Patent ID: 6532895
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
Feed pan for poultry, especially for chickens and hens, for use in connection with a tube feeding system, said feed pan comprising a feed cone (1) under which a bottom pan (10) is mounted, in that the feed cone (1) has mounting elements for mounting on a feed tube (20), so that feed or similar material can flow from an outlet hole (21) in the feed tube (20) through the feed cone (1) and down into the bottom pan (10), and where the feed cone (1) and the feed tube (20) can be turned in relation to each other around the axis of the feed tube, characterised in that the feed cone (1) is configured in such a manner that after a first turning of the feed tube (20) in relation to the feed cone (1), the outlet hole (21) in the feed tube will be closed off, and in that the mounting elements for the feed cone are configured in such a manner that the mounting elements comprise adjustable means which can be secured in relation to the feed tube (20), and which can co-operate with driving elements (6, 7) on the feed cone (1), so that the feed cone can also be turned together with the feed tube (20).