Patent ID: 6390750
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
The method of batching out the ingredients of a feed ration, comprising the steps of:providing an elevating side dump box which is normally positioned near the ground in a non-dumping position on a stationary load cell structure and indicator which indicates the weight of ingredients placed therein, but which may be selectively raised to an elevated position above the box of a feed mixing truck and dumped; sequentially dumping individual ration ingredients into the dump box until the load cell structure and indicator indicates that the proper amount by weight of the individual ingredient has been placed in the dump box; holding the ingredients of the feed ration in the dump box until a feed mixing truck is in position adjacent the dump box; elevating the dump box to its elevated position; and dumping the dump box so that the ingredients are dumped into the feed mixing truck for mixing as the feed truck travels to a location remote from the dump box.