A - Human Necessities – 01 – K
Patent
A - Human Necessities
01
K
A01K 5/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2373895
A feed metering device (1; 2) for supplying fodder and/or drink in metered portions to an animal, said feed metering device (1; 2) being provided with a feeding trough (3; 4) for containing fodder and/or drink, an entrance opening (5; 6) to the feeding trough (3; 4), a closing means (7; 4) for closing the entrance opening (5; 6), and a feed supplying device (17; 16) for intermittently supplying a quantity of fodder and/or drink into the feeding trough, characterized in that the feed metering device (1: 2) is provided with a detection device (19: 18) for determining the quantity of fodder and/or drink in the feeding trough (3; 4) at a point of time after a supply of a quantity of fodder and/or drink and for issuing, in dependence of the result of the quantity determination, a signal for operating the closing means (7; 4). A method of supplying fodder and/or drink in metered portions to an animal. The method comprises the step of supplying a to be supplied quantity of fodder and/or drink into a feeding trough of a feed metering device, and the step of having an entrance opening to the feeding trough closed by a closing means. The method further comprises the step of determining the quantity of fodder and/or drink in the feeding trough at a point of time after the supply of the to be supplied quantity of fodder and/or drink, the step of having the entrance opening closed being performed in dependence of the determined quantity of fodder and/or drink.
Sie Howard
Van Den Berg Karel
Voogd Lucien Eliza Niels
Fetherstonhaugh & Co.
Lely Enterprises Ag
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