Patent ID: 6401657
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A motorized pet food feeder comprising:a food storage bin having a top and a bottom, the bottom having an opening; a bowl having a back, a front, and a bottom; a housing extending from the back of the bowl, the housing being adapted to removably receive the bottom of the food storage bin; a motor mounted to the housing and having a rotatable shaft; an auger having a diameter and further having a first end mounted to the rotatable shaft of the motor and a second free end extending substantially to above the back of the bowl; and a tube supported by the housing substantially enclosing the auger, the tube having an open end coinciding with the free end of the auger, a portion of the tube being cut away to expose from above less than the full diameter of the auger, the cut-away portion of the tube being aligned with the opening in the bottom of the food storage bin so that gravity feeds pet food from the food storage bin through the cut-away opening in the tube to the auger, which transports the food out the open end of the tube into the bowl.