Patent ID: 6129049
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A feeding device for use in feeding animals, which comprises:a base unit which includes a substantially rectangular feeding plate, opposite first and second lateral walls which extend upwardly from opposite lateral sides of said feeding plate, and first and second limiting plates which extend between said opposite first and second lateral walls and upwardly from said feeding plate, said limiting plates having ends which conform to inner surfaces said first and second lateral walls,a frame connected to said base unit to extend upwardly therefrom, said frame mounting a feed tube which extends downwardly to a lower end spaced above said feeding plate and between said first and second limiting plates, and a feed reservoir for delivering animal feed into an upper end of said feed tube,said first and second limiting plates having a height above said feeding plate greater than a spacing between the lower end of the feed tube and the feeding plate so that animal feed discharged from the lower end of the feed tube will not flow over said limiting plates.