Patent ID: 7699025
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An improved structure of a feeder for supplying water and pet food, comprising a base assembled with a container unit having an upper end penetratingly coupled with a mounting seat supporting a water supplier, wherein the upper end of the container unit is further coupled with a hopper and forms a single piece therewith, and the base has a front half court provided with a bowl so as to form a feeder, the improved structure being characterized in that: the container unit connected between the mounting seat and the base comprises an inner tube having a lower end coupled with a dispensing controller, wherein the dispensing controller has a hollow coupling section having an end formed as a base portion for being received in a shifting space formed on the base adjacent to a side of the bowl, the shifting space being provided bilaterally with guiding ledges, each said guiding ledge having an upper end covered with a limiting element secured in place by threaded fasteners, each said guiding ledge further having an end adjacent to the bowl formed with a block on an inner side of each said guiding ledge so that when the base portion of the dispensing controller is shifted towards the bowl, projections at two rear ends of the base portion of the dispensing controller abut against the blocks to form an opening limit, in which the base portion of the dispensing controller further has a rear edge whose underside is formed with a groove so that when the dispensing controller is closed, the groove abuts against a stop plate in the shifting space to form a closing limit; wherein the container unit can be easily opened to dispense pet food or closed to not dispense pet food.