Patent ID: 6516975
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
A cottonseed feeder comprising(a) a feed hopper with at least one angled sidewall, having a lower opening and an upper opening, (b) a baffle member disposed within the hopper, (c) a revolving agitator disposed within the hopper, (d) a vibrator to reduce the compression of the feed within the hopper and (e) a dispensing means for dispensing the feed from the hopper wherein the dispensing means comprises (i) a feed chamber having an entry-opening and an exit-opening, the entry-opening in communication with the lower opening of the feed hopper, (ii) an entry-opening shutter adjacent the entry-opening, said entry-opening shutter moveable between a first position where the entry-opening shutter blocks the entry-opening and a second free position where feed may flow into the feed chamber, (iii) an exit-opening shutter adjacent the exit-opening moveable between a first position where the exit-opening shutter blocks the exit-opening and a second free position where feed disposed within the feed chamber may flow out of the feed chamber and (iv) a connecting member associated with the entry-opening shutter and the exit-opening shutter wherein the entry-opening shutter and the exit-opening shutter are linked such that movement of the entry-opening shutter from its first position to its second position coincides with the movement of the exit-opening shutter from its second position to its first position.