Patent ID: 6409376
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
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, such that substantially all of said wall is disposed above said housing, said wall defining an opening disposed above and 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; 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; and said final driven wheel and said auger together as a unit being removable in a first direction from said housing towards said opening and replaceable relative to said housing and enclosure respectively in a second direction from said opening towards said housing, said second direction being opposite to said first direction, the arrangement being such that when said final driven wheel and said auger are together as said unit removed, direct access to said final driven wheel is permitted.