DE9418131U1 - Game feeding facility - Google Patents

Description

Gert Schardey, Gardener 24, .471 ge Duisburg, .. Q2841/87475 Utility model application Page2 j :.*·*· , \,\ »03.11.1994

Description:

Facility for feeding wild animals

The innovation concerns a facility for feeding and baiting wild animals with grain, granules and powdered or flour-like feed. The feeding is mainly designed for wild boars, but can also be used for other animal species, e.g. for feeding horses, poultry or fish.

State of the art:

There are some automatic feeders available on the market (see hunting press) which are characterized by the fact that the feed is freely distributed at certain times, usually with the help of a rotating disc, and thus also spreads feed when no game is present.

Other automatic feeders are based on barrels from which the game can take its own food in a variety of ways. However, there is no limit on the amount of food and it is not possible to distribute the food over a longer period of time.

Problems and solutions:

The protection claims are based on the problem that one wants to provide food to the game at certain intervals over a longer period of time (several days to several weeks) without the food falling victim to other animals (mice, birds, etc.) or spoiling due to the weather. The food should only be available to the game for which it is intended. It should be possible to regulate the quantity clearly. In conventional game feeding, the food is scattered even when no game is present and thus does not serve its original purpose, or it is only made available to a certain type of game, but without the possibility of dosing or time distribution.

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This problem is solved by the features listed in claims 1, 3 and 4. By allowing the game to independently remove the feed from a day container that is fed from a storage container, in combination with a time-delayed refill that is activated by the removal of the feed, there can be no unwanted use of feed or accumulation of feed in the day container. Considerable feed savings are achieved.

In the conventional feed transport method using a motor-driven disk that is fed with feed through a funnel attached above it, the feed transport and distribution is effected by lateral acceleration forces when the disk rotates. However, this can also lead to feed spilling if the feeder is subjected to strong impacts. Such impacts can occur if the feeder is in direct contact with the game, as is necessary in the variant according to protection claims 1, 3 and 4.

This problem is solved with the features listed in claim 2. As the food collects in a bowl that is filled through a filling nozzle, the opening of which is located below the edge of the bowl, even if the machine is knocked against, the food cannot escape from the bowl. It is not possible for it to slip out.

Description of the feeder:

A waste container in accordance with DIN 30740 with a capacity of 60 litres is used as the basic container. Due to the external dimensions specified in accordance with DIN specifications and the volume restriction of 60 litres,

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There is an intermediate floor in this barrel, which creates the desired two-container effect.

The upper container is used as a storage container with a capacity of around 50 liters (limited by components). From there, the feed is transferred in specific amounts and at specific intervals to the lower container, which serves as a day container and provides the game with access to the feed. The feed only slides out when the game opens the flap of the day container.

The transport of feed from the storage container to the day container works with the following mechanism:

A filler neck extends through a hole in the bottom of the storage container into a bowl in the upper part of the day container. The bowl is connected to a gear motor, which in turn is excited by a control system. When the motor is activated, the bowl rotates on its axis. The filler neck extends into the bowl at the edge of the bowl until it is just above the bottom and is cut out on the side opposite to the direction of rotation until it is just before the top edge of the bowl and to an extent of approx. 90°-180° (depending on the flow rate). This cutout causes the bowl to be filled up to just below its top edge with the feed that slides from the storage container through the filler neck into the bowl. When the bowl rotates, the feed is whirled up by the filler neck's bridge, which extends deep into the bowl, and thrown over the edge of the bowl. This allows for controlled, problem-free sliding, with very little risk of jamming or sticking.

The control that drives the motor is activated by a pulse generator on the flap of the day container when the game takes the food. An optionally adjustable trigger delay (approx. 1-66 hours) activates an optionally adjustable trigger interval (approx. 10-60 seconds) that controls the motor. The time delay enables a targeted refill delay after the last

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Removal possible. The amount of feed can be regulated using the trigger interval. Furthermore, the trigger interval can be directly activated using a separate switch for test purposes or to initially fill up the daily container.

The flap on the day container allows the game to access the feed. The flap runs diagonally into the day container and rests on an opposite slope. The two slopes together form the floor of the day container. Due to the sloped design of the flap, it can be opened both by a lifting movement from bottom to top and by a pushing movement from front to back. The sloped floor extends slightly beyond the meeting point with the flap, so that the flap has a solid support and the feed is directed forwards when the flap is opened and therefore falls to the floor in front of and not under the feeding. The flap can be locked in the half-open position so that the feed slides directly out of the day container. The control then receives a continuous pulse and causes a regular feed ejection determined by the set delay period.

In order to ensure the functionality of the garbage can, it must be lined and reinforced with sheets and metal strips in certain places.

1: Lid

2: Storage container

3: Funnel

4: Barrel DIN 30740 with intermediate floor

5: Filler neck

6: Bowl

7: Engine

8: Day container

9: Flap

10:Legs

Claims (6)

Gert Schardey, Gärtnerstr. 24, .4719S Quisburg, ## 02841/87475 Utility model application Page 1 *· *· # *I T :**; «01.11.1994 Protection claims: 1. Device for feeding game with grain and granules or ground feed, consisting of a storage container and a day container, characterized in that the game takes the feed independently by opening a flap. 2. Device according to claim 1, with feed transport from the storage container into the day container, characterized in that a filling nozzle leads from the storage container into a circulating bowl driven by a gear motor, which fills the bowl with feed and ejects the feed when the bowl circulates. For this purpose, the filling nozzle is cut open on one side up to just below the edge of the bowl. 3. Device according to claim 1+2, with a control that drives the motor, which is characterized in that the time delay from feed removal to refilling and the motor running times (for quantity control) can be set individually 4. Device according to claim 3, characterized in that the delay period until the next refill is triggered by the game. For this purpose, a pulse generator is attached to the flap, which activates the control. 5. Device according to claims 1 - 4, characterized in that it is also suitable for feeding wild boar. 6. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that a plastic waste container according to DIN 30740 is used as the base container.