Rotary livestock feeder with feed rate gauge

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Patent

CA 2313413

A feeder for dispensing feed to livestock which includes a trough having a surface adapted to receive the feed thereon, and a hopper positioned above the trough surface. The hopper has a bottom with an aperture therethrough and a side wall. A feed wheel is rotatably mounted on the trough and includes a radially extending spoke engageable by livestock. A deflector cone having an upwardly tapering cross-sectional configuration is positioned in the hopper and includes a lower edge positioned above the hopper bottom and terminating inwardly of the hopper side wall and outwardly of the hopper bottom aperture. A sweep member is positioned below the deflector cone lower edge and adapted for sweeping feed in the hopper to the aperture. An adjustment mechanism is provided for suspending the deflector cone above the hopper bottom and adjusting a spacing between the lower edge of the deflector cone and the hopper bottom. The adjustment mechanism includes a rigid connector extending between an adjustment bolt and the deflector cone, and a feed rate gauge secured to the adjustment bolt to provide a quick and accurate adjustment of the flow rate of feed through the feeder.

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