Patent ID: 6467945
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: A01K,B01F,Y10S

Abstract:
A discharge apparatus for a mixer for mixing and discharging livestock feed and the like, said apparatus comprising:a container for the reception therein of the feed; said container including: a base; a wall extending away from said base, said wall defining an opening disposed remote from said base for the reception therethrough of the feed, the arrangement being such that said base and said wall define therebetween an enclosure for the feed received through said opening; an auger rotatably disposed within said enclosure for mixing the feed; said wall further defining an outlet disposed between said base and said opening, said outlet permitting discharge therethrough of the feed; a door disposed adjacent to said outlet, said door being movable from a closed disposition thereof for obturating a discharge of the feed through said outlet when the feed is being mixed to an open disposition thereof for permitting a discharge of the feed when mixed through said outlet; and a deflector disposed adjacent to said outlet for deflecting the feed when mixed through said outlet.