Patent ID: 6663275
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: A01K,B01F,Y10S

Abstract:
A mixer apparatus for mixing livestock feed, said apparatus comprising:a container for the reception therein of the feed; said container including: a housing; a wall extending away from said housing, the arrangement being such that substantially all of said wall is disposed above said housing, said wall defining an opening disposed remote from said housing for the reception therethrough of the feed, the arrangement being such that said housing and said wall define therebetween an enclosure for the feed received through said opening; an auger disposed within said enclosure, said auger having an axis of rotation extending substantially vertically through said housing; said mixer apparatus further including: a further auger disposed within said enclosure, said further auger having a rotational axis disposed approximately parallel and spaced from said axis of rotation of said auger; a substantially horizontally disposed drive pinion; a final driven wheel driven by said drive pinion and disposed substantially horizontally within said housing, said pinion and final driven wheel intermeshing, said final driven wheel being rotatable about said axis of rotation, said final driven wheel being drivingly connected to said auger so that when said final driven wheel is rotated within said housing, said auger is rotated therewith within said enclosure for mixing the feed; said drive pinion being common to said auger and said further auger, said drive pinion having a further axis of rotation which is disposed spaced and approximately parallel relative to said axis of rotation of said auger and said rotational axis of said further auger said final driven wheel being disposed within said housing, said final driven wheel being rotatable about said axis of rotation, said final driven wheel being drivingly connected to said auger so that when said final driven wheel is rotated within said housing, said auger is rotated therewith within said enclosure for mixing the feed, said final driven wheel being driven by said drive pinion; said housing including: a base; a rim having a first and a second end, said first end of said rim being secured to said base; a floor disposed between said auger and said final driven wheel, said floor being secured to said second end of said rim such that said base, said rim and said floor define therebetween an encasement for said final driven wheel; and said floor defining an access hole for permitting removal and replacement therethrough of said final driven wheel.