Patent ID: 7500447

Claim:
A device for dispensing and distributing food for aquatic fauna, which can be fitted in aquariums or containers for holding live fish, as well as in tanks for turtles and terrariums in general or similar, said device comprising: a tank for containing the food, the tank being positioned in a substantially horizontal direction; and a pusher-mixer for pushing the food towards a dispensing outlet, the pusher-mixer occupying the internal space of the tank and comprising a shaft equipped with a plurality of sloping blades all facing in the same direction as the direction in which the food is pushed towards, the shaft further including a closing plate at an end of the shaft closer to the dispensing outlet, the closing plate positioned at right angles to the shaft and occupying one of two half-sections defined by a center line of the shaft, wherein the closing plate faces downwards with respect to the center line of the shaft when the pusher-mixer is in a stationary or idle position; wherein the dispensing outlet has a substantially vertical opening for the discharge of the food in a horizontal direction.