Patent ID: 8573156

Claim:
An animal feed device comprising: a first outer storage compartment having a first feed receiving opening and side walls wherein side walls of the first storage compartments include funnel shaped walls at a lower end thereof; a second inner storage compartment having a second feed receiving opening and side walls, wherein side walls of the second storage compartments include funnel shaped walls at a lower end thereof; wherein the second storage compartment is contained within the walls of the first storage compartment such that the first and second compartments are co-axially aligned; a first passive feed assembly in fluid communication with only the first storage compartment comprising an outer throat defined between the funnel shaped walls of the first compartment and the funnel shaped walls of the second compartment for providing fluid communication between the first storage compartment and a multiplicity of feed chutes; a feed dispensing means in fluid communication with only the second storage compartment comprising an inner throat defined by the funnel shaped walls of the second storage compartment for providing fluid communication between the second storage compartment and the feed dispensing means, wherein said feed dispensing means is a broadcast type dispenser a multiplicity of legs dimensioned to support the first storage compartments above a support surface such that the feed dispensing means and the multiplicity of feed chutes are located above the support surface; a first gate assembly for controlling the vertical flow of a first feed and a second feed, the first gate assembly comprising a plate movably arranged within a slot horizontally disposed through the inner and outer throat assemblies, said plate comprising a predetermined arrangement of openings corresponding to the openings defined by the inner and outer throats for controlling the vertical flow of at least the first feed from the first storage compartment to the passive feed assembly.