Patent ID: 6779488
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A feedbox to supply feed to breeding poultry, of the type connected to a main feed auger screw and comprising:at least one gravity feeding tube connected to said main feed auger screw by means of a pipe fitting device, said feeding tube having one or more feed passage ports; at least one storage tub for the feed coming from said feeding tube; means to adjust the feed level; at least one main protection grate mounted on said storage tub and provided with dividing plates and openings to allow the poultry access to the feed, a free edge of said main grate overlapping an upper edge of said tub; and at least one auxiliary grate slidingly or rotationally joined to the main protection grate, said auxiliary grate comprising a plurality of peripheral tips and arranged so that the tips do not interfere with the openings of the main protection grate in at least one first relative position of the auxiliary grate with respect to the main grate and, vice versa, so that the tips obstruct at least partially one or more of said openings in at least one second relative position of the auxiliary grate with respect to the main grate, the tips in the second relative position of the auxiliary grate reducing a height of said openings.