PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connection device that facilitates removal of itself from: a feed storage tank and a conveyance pipe or a feed supply device provided in the conveyance pipe.SOLUTION: A connection device 24 is provided for connecting between a feed storage tank 20 for storing feed and a conveyance pipe 22 for conveying the feed, and supplying the feed in the feed storage tank 20 to the conveyance pipe 22. The connection device includes: a receiving portion 26 with the interior formed in a cavity so as to make the feed in the feed storage tank drop in the conveyance pipe a first mounting member 28 mounted at a lower end of the feed storage tank 20 for mounting an upper end of the receiving portion 26 to the lower end of the feed storage tank 20 and a second mounting member 30 having an opening 60 with an upper surface opened for mounting a lower end of the receiving portion 26 to the conveyance pipe 22. The receiving portion 26 is configured such that the upper end is provided so as to be slidably mountable in the horizontal direction to a lower end of the first mounting member 28, and the lower end is provided so as to be slidably mountable in the horizontal direction to an upper end of the second mounting member 30.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】飼料貯蔵タンク及び搬送パイプ又は搬送パイプに設けられた飼料供給装置からの取り外しが容易に行える接続装置を提供する。【解決手段】飼料を貯蔵する飼料貯蔵タンク20と、飼料を搬送する搬送パイプ22との間を接続し、飼料貯蔵タンク20内の飼料を搬送パイプ22内に供給する接続装置24であって、飼料貯蔵タンク内の飼料を搬送パイプ内に落下させるように内部が空洞に形成された受け口26と、受け口26の上端部を飼料貯蔵タンク20の下端部に装着するために、飼料タンク20の下端部に取り付けられる第1装着部材28と、受け口26の下端部を搬送パイプ22に装着するために、上面が開口した開口部60を有する第2装着部材30とを備え、受け口26は、上端部が、第1装着部材28の下端部に対して水平方向にスライド可能に装着可能に設けられ、下端部が、第2装着部材30の上端部に対して水平方向にスライド可能に装着可能に設けられている。【選択図】図2
