Patent ID: 6571736
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: A01K,Y02A

Abstract:
An apparatus for delivering moist fish feed pellets to fish in a fish farming installation, comprising:a storage hopper for storing moist fish feed pellets; a screen group for screening said moist fish feed pellets into feed waste and edible-size feed pellets, comprising a primary screen superimposed over a secondary screen, a reciprocating mechanism having means for vibrating said primary and secondary screens, and a lump breaker grate mounted adjacent said primary screen; means for delivering discrete amounts of said moist fish feed pellets in an intermittent feed mode from said storage hopper and into said screen group; an air delivery system for delivering said edible-size feed pellets from said screen group and into an air stream directed toward a fish farming installation, and means for dispensing discrete amounts of said edible-size feed pellets in an intermittent feed mode into said air delivery system.