Patent ID: 8893654

Claim:
A rotary feed dispensing apparatus for use in distributing feed, comprising: a reservoir defining a reservoir interior area configured to hold feed; a rotary dispenser having an inlet operatively coupled to said reservoir and a rotary dispenser outlet, said rotary dispenser defining a rotary dispenser interior area configured to selectively receive the feed from said reservoir through said rotary dispenser inlet; an impellor assembly rotatably mounted in said rotary dispenser interior area, said impellor assembly having an impellor body portion and at least one impellor end portion pivotally coupled to said impellor body portion; wherein said impellor end portion is movable between an extended configuration in a common horizontal plane with said impellor body portion and a folded configuration offset from said horizontal plane; a motor operatively coupled to said impellor assembly and configured to rotate said impellor assembly when energized; and wherein said impellor end portion is configured to eject the feed from said rotary dispenser through said outlet when said motor is energized and said impellor end portion is in said extended configuration; a feed transmission channel extending between said reservoir and said rotary dispenser inlet that is configured to selectively communicate the feed from said reservoir interior area to said rotary dispenser; a battery; a controller electrically connected to said battery and to said motor; a timer electrically connected to said controller; a vibrator electrically connected to said controller and operatively coupled to said feed transmission channel, said vibrator configured to urge feed to flow smoothly through said feed transmission channel toward said rotary dispenser; wherein said controller is configured to energize said vibrator and said motor at predetermined time intervals indicated by said timer.