Patent ID: 8820586
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A01K,B65D,B65G

Abstract:
1. A powder/granular material feeding device comprising: a hopper that receives powder/granular material; an outlet portion that discharges powder/granular material; a chute that guides, into the outlet portion, powder/granular material dropped from the hopper; and a stirring part that rotates a stirring member about a shaft protruding so as to tilt diagonally upward from a lower part of an interior of the chute, wherein the chute includes an inclined plane with an inner surface inclined diagonally upward, a conical wall extended from an outer periphery of the inclined plane, and a side wall that connects the conical wall and the hopper to guide powder/granular material in the hopper to the conical wall of the chute, the shaft of the stirring part is protruded from the inclined plane perpendicularly to the inclined plane, and the stirring member includes a part extended in a radial direction of the inclined plane and parts extended from ends of the part along the conical wall.