Patent ID: 8381683
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. Feed dispenser for feeding birds, comprising a dispenser tray having a center section which is raised relative to a bottom surface and interacts with a downpipe in such a way that a supplied volume of feed from the downpipe is distributed over the bottom surface of the dispenser tray, the downpipe having a discharge opening with edges, the center section of the dispenser tray being joined to the bottom surface which blends into an outwardly directed side wall that rises obliquely from the bottom surface, the side wall blending into an outer edge, the side wall comprising, at different height levels relative to the bottom surface in the side wall in a relevant area which has a lower limit which substantially corresponds to a minimum intended height level of the feed in the dispenser tray, in which the lower limit of the relevant area corresponds to the height level of said edges of the discharge opening for the feed in the downpipe relative to the dispenser tray, at least three steep wall sections in a stepped shape which extend in the peripheral direction of the side wall in such a way that the steep wall sections form an obstacle for the birds against moving feed, in which a tangent line to a steep wall section in the side wall in a cross section along a center axis of the dispenser tray through the steep wall section is at an angle a of between 0° to 50° relative to a vertical line parallel to the center axis through the center section of the dispenser tray, wherein the obliquely rising side wall has a slight slope, and, wherein the downpipe is adjustable in a stepped manner to certain height levels relative to the dispenser tray, in which the steep wall sections in the sidewall are arranged at height levels which are substantially identical to the height levels of the edges of the discharge opening of the downpipe such that the steep wall sections correspond to the level of feed being dispensed at each setting.