Patent ID: 7152550

Claim:
An apparatus for providing both food and fresh water to an animal which apparatus comprises: a housing having an upper operative portion with a food access opening therein and an accessible lower waste receiving portion, a partition wall disposed between the two portions, A rotatable carousel having spaced top and bottom walls and an opening in said top wall which carousel is disposed above the partition that separates the upper and lower portions, means engaged to said carousel to rotate said carousel, a food storage bin mounted in said upper portion above said carousel which food storage bin has an upper end for access and filling and a lower end, which lower end communicates with said opening in said carousel top wall, a food ring which is disposed within said carousel and being adapted to receive food from said bin for rotational timed delivery to an animal, a water inlet for connection to a water source mounted on said housing, said water inlet in fluid communication with three water streams to provide drinking water to the animal to premoisten dry food and to clean up a food ring after the animal eats, said partition also having an opening therein which communicates with the interior of said lower portion whereby excess food remaining in said food ring after the animal eats can move by gravity from said food ring through said partition opening to said lower waste receiving portion upon rotation of said carousel, said carousel having an animal feed position for access to said food ring which animal feed position becomes aligned and accessible through said food enclosure area in said housing upon timed rotation of said carousel, a water trough mounted to the exterior of said housing from which the animal can drink, and means to rotate said carousel.