Edmond Patrick Harty, JR.;Edmond Patrick Harty;John Fleming;Frank Murphy;Liam Mullane;Edmond Patrick Harty, SR.; SR.
发明人:
Edmond Patrick Harty, SR.,Edmond Patrick Harty, JR.,Liam Mullane,Frank Murphy,John Fleming
申请号：
US13816655
公开号：
US20130199450A1
申请日:
2011.08.16
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
A dispenser (5) for dispensing discrete predefined quantities of animal feed to animals comprises first and second primary containers (28a, 28b) for ingredients of the animal feed. Primary metering augers (34) are provided in each primary container (28) for metering predefined quantities of the ingredients to produce a discrete predefined quantity of animal feed for dispensing to an animal. A radio frequency identity detector (82) located in the dispenser (5) identifies the identity of an approaching animal, and a microprocessor (48) in the dispenser (5) operates the primary metering augers (34) for metering out appropriate quantities of the ingredients in the first and second primary containers (28a, 28b) to produce a specific discrete predefined quantity of the animal feed for consumption by the animal. The discrete predefined quantity of the animal feed is presented to the animal in a dish-shaped base (22) of the dispenser (5). Data containing particulars of the sizes of the discrete predefined quantities of the animal feed for respective ones of the animals is stored in an electronic memory cross-referenced with the identities of the respective animals for reading by the microprocessor (48).
