| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 119570920 | Powered | 29 |
| 20090020076 | System for controlling the loading of one or more foods into a self-propelled mixing unit by means of a mechanical shovel mounted to a motor vehicle - A system for controlling the loading of at least one food for animal use into one or more self-propelled mixing units by means of a mechanical shovel, which is mounted to a motor vehicle for collecting the food and unloading the food into the self-propelled unit. The system includes a testing apparatus, which is mounted to the shovel to determine a series of chemical-physical information related to the chemical components contained in the food present in the shovel and a weighing apparatus, which is installed in the self-propelled unit to measure the weight of the food contained in the self-propelled unit and is adapted to establish a wireless communication with the testing apparatus to receive the chemical-physical information related to the components contained in said food; the weighing apparatus including a processing module which determines, at each loading and according to the received chemical-physical information, the weight of a remaining amount of food to be loaded into the self-propelled unit so that each chemical-physical component of the food inside the self-propelled unit, once the loading has been completed, fulfils a predetermined condition. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090188433 | Animal Feeder - An animal feeder may be provided comprising a housing having a central axis and configured to receive feed. A feeding plate having an opening configured to allow a portion of an animal's head to penetrate the feeding plate may be configured to fit within the housing and traverse and rotate about the central axis. In addition, a locking ring may be configured to contain the feeding plate within the housing. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090272326 | Apparatus for Feeding, Training, and Amusing Animals - Various embodiments of this invention are directed towards an apparatus for feeding, amusing, and training animals and pets. Various embodiments of the invention comprise a remote control vehicle that is configured to feature a vessel. The vessel may be loaded with foods or treats in order to reward an animal that successfully completes a chase of the vehicle. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090293811 | Bale-buddy animal feeder with powered hinged floor - The Bale-Buddy is an animal feeder with removable adjustable legs, a movable hinged floor powered by suspension or compression springs, weights, elastic bands or other power source variations thereof, a rearward and upward slanted grill and a trough that catches small bits preventing loss of feed on the ground and constructed in various lengths to accommodate group or solo feeding. The powered hinged floor can be fixed in its lowered position for bulk filling the feeder from the rear as well as from the top. When released from its lowered filling position the powered hinged floor raises feed upward and forward to the back slanted grill as feed at the grill is consumed. By raising the feed upward and forward, every bit is reachable by the animal(s) leaving no amount of feed to decay. The feeder can be constructed in various lengths thereby accommodating the simultaneous feeding of multiple animals. To accommodate a different type of animal like sheep, llamas, deer, alpacas, horses, etc. one merely changes the grill to one with different spacing between the vertical grill bars. The elevation of the feeder is changed by setting it on the ground or by adjustable legs thereby accommodating the various sizes of animals. The Bale-Buddy is an improved feeder that saves money, feed and labor. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100095896 | REMOTELY-CONTROLLED REWARD DISPENSER FOR ANIMAL TRAINING - A remotely-controlled reward dispenser for animal training includes: a reward dispenser; a wireless receiver; a power source for the dispenser and the receiver; and an attachment mechanism adapted to position the device in proximity to the recipient; wherein, in response to the receiver receiving a wireless signal, the dispenser dispenses the reward in proximity to the recipient, thereby remotely providing the reward to the recipient. A sound generating mechanism may also be included. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100126423 | Feed displacement device and an assembly therewith - The invention provides a feed displacement device for picking up, displacing and dispensing material, in particular livestock feed, including a rail system and a trolley with a gripping device, which trolley is movable over the rail system, and is configured to pick up and dispense the material, wherein the rail system includes a fixed rail part and a displaceable rail part which is connectable to the latter, wherein the trolley is movable directly over the fixed and displaceable rail parts, and in such a manner that the trolley can cover a surface area for picking up the material from various positions. The trolley is easily positionable over an area where material, such as feed, is to be picked up. As a result thereof, no robot arm or the like has to swing out sideways and thus no unnecessarily large forces act thereon. In addition, the device overall is compact since the trolley is in effect displaceable in two directions by combining the displaceability along the displaceable rail part and the displaceability of the displaceable rail part itself. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100139569 | Robotic Pet-Sitter System - A robotic pet-sitter system comprises a control system and a robotic body, the control system used to wireless launch control instruction signals; a wireless receiver module is defined in the robotic body, used to receive control instruction signals and to process the control instruction signals into control signals, the robotic body further comprises a driving system and a feeding module, the driving system used to drive the robotic body moving according to the control signals, the feeding module used to open the feeding box placed with pet food according to the control signals. The local PC communicates with a remote PC through Internet, and the remote PC long-distance controls the robotic body and monitors pet through Internet. The robotic pet-sitter system of the present invention can care for and monitor the pet when the owner is not at home. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100313813 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLED DISTRIBUTION OF SUBSTANCES TO ANIMAL CONTAINMENT DEVICES IN AN ANIMAL HOUSING FACILITY - The present invention relates to an automated system for the distribution of substances to animal containment devices in an animal housing facility. The present invention also relates to a dosing device of substances, such as solid or liquid feed, which is part of said system, and to the method for dispensing feed implemented by said system. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a method for automated dispensing of substances to animal containment devices in an animal housing facility. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100326363 | FEED WAGON FOR FEEDING ANIMALS SUCH AS COWS - A feed wagon for feeding animals such as cows comprises an autonomous vehicle, a container for containing feed, wherein the container has at least one aperture for filling and emptying the container, and a connection between the autonomous vehicle and the container. The container is substantially cylindrical and rotatable about its axial axis, the container having an operative position for receiving and/or mixing feed and an unloading position for unloading the feed. The connection between the autonomous vehicle and the container comprises a tilt axis, the cylindrical container being tiltable about the tilt axis between the operative position and the unloading position relative to the autonomous vehicle. The invention further comprises a system for feeding animals such as cows, comprising such a feed wagon. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110132267 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHIFTING SCATTERED MATERIAL TOWARDS A BARRIER - A material-shifting system for shifting scattered material, such as livestock feed, closer to a barrier. The system includes at least one traveling unit having an angled push-head which is coupled to a shuttle. Preferably, the shuttle is driven along a rail by a remote driving. As the shuttle travels along the rail, the push head pushes material scattered over a surface towards the barrier. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110174224 | FEEDER - A feeder for feeding animals selected from domestic pets, cage birds, chickens, fish and wild birds. A hopper holds feed, an electric motor and a battery holder A chamber receives feed from the hopper, and has a discharge outlet for discharge of feed. An augur is mounted for rotation and receives drive from the electrical motor. As the augur rotates, it moves feed along the chamber towards the discharge outlet. An indexing mechanism indexes individual turns of the augur. The feeder supplies feed to the discharge outlet in metered amounts. The feeder is formed as two units, namely a base unit with a hopper unit mounted on the base unit. The base unit mounts the electric motor and battery holder. The hopper unit includes the hopper itself, the chamber and the augur. The hopper unit is freely separable from the base unit for cleaning or for filling the hopper. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110185975 | UNMANNED VEHICLE COMPRISING A PROTECTION DEVICE - Unmanned vehicle to carry out an animal-related action, provided with a frame and a control device to control the vehicle and a locomotion device to move the unmanned vehicle, and with a protective device to protect the vehicle against obstacles, wherein the protective device includes a touchable electrical conductor which extends on the outside of, advantageously around, the vehicle, and a voltage source to supply voltage to the conductor under the control of the control device. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20130047927 | FEED CARRIER RECEPTACLE FOR USE IN ROTARY FEED DISPENSING MECHANISM - Disclosed is a feed carrier receptacle for use in a rotary feed dispensing mechanism, which includes a box, a feed loading opening, and separation partitions. The feed loading opening is formed in the box. The separation partitions are arranged inside the box and every adjacent separation partitions and an inside surface of the box form a feed compartment, which communicates the feed loading opening and is provided with a feed discharge opening and a brush adjacent to the feed discharge opening. When put into rotation, the feed loaded in the receptacle is generally rotated in unison therewith to move toward the feed discharge openings and is subject to a frictional force as contacting the brush so that the feed, when passing through the brush, is caused to rotate by itself and thus may fly over a long distance. This increases the distribution range of feed. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130104807 | FEED DISPENSER | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130180456 | Smart Feeder Apparatus - An animal feeder apparatus for remotely monitoring a level of feed is provided. The animal feeder apparatus comprises a feed dispenser component, a sensing component, and a transmitter. The animal feeder apparatus allows a user to receive an electronic message when the level of feed changes or when the position of the animal feeder apparatus is disturbed, and a method of using the same. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130239900 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHIFTING SCATTERED MATERIAL TOWARDS A BARRIER - A material-shifting system for shifting scattered material, such as lifestock feed, closer to a barrier. The system includes at least one traveling unit having an angled push-head which is coupled to a shuttle. Preferably, the shuttle is driven along a rail by a remote driving. As the shuttle travels along the rail, the push head pushes material scattered over a surface towards the barrier. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130327276 | Remotely Controlled Feeding Station - The Remotely Controlled Feeding Station comprises; a support line, a platform suspended from the support line, a propulsion system configured to cause the platform to move along the support line the propulsion system affixed to said platform, and having an optional control system for commanding said propulsion system. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130327277 | VEHICLE MOUNTED FEED HOPPER DEVICE - A vehicle mounted feed hopper device has an enclosure upon a base, the enclosure having a V shape, at least one paddle mixer within the enclosure, a conveyor beneath the paddle mixer, an outlet proximate one end of the conveyor, a chain drive connected to the paddle mixer and the conveyor, and a hydraulic motor driving the chain drive through gearing. The device operates like a horizontal screw total mixed ration, but at a smaller scale. The invention accepts multiple grain products through its top and mixes them to blends suitable for livestock, except for roughage products which exceed the capacity of this device. The device dispenses its mixed feed through the outlet as it meters feed into feed bunks for the livestock. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140230737 | Unmanned Feed Wagon - An unmanned feed wagon including a ground-supported chassis, an electric drive for driving the chassis along a predetermined path of movement and a power supply for the electric drive, wherein the power supply includes a power rail following the predetermined path of movement and having a sliding contact which is connected to the electric drive. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140251222 | METHOD, FEED CART AND SYSTEM FOR FEEDING OF FUR ANIMALS - A method for positioning an individually metered out food portion on an animal cage arranged in a row of animal cages for fur animals, in particular mink, by means of a motorized feed cart having wheels, at least one driving wheel, and a feed container, the method including moving the feed cart along a row of animal cages, thereby turning the wheels of the feed cart, determining by means of the control unit that the feed cart has reached a given position corresponding to a given cage and a database of information related to at least positions of animal cages and desired size of food portions to each animal cage, controlling the feed cart to metering out the desired food portions at a suitable food delivering place at the given animal cage according to the information in the database, determining by means of the control unit and the database whether a medication should be provided at the given animal cage, and metering medication out according to the information in the database. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140261201 | SPECIES SPECIFIC FEEDER - Animal feeders useful in feeding particular groups of animals are disclosed. Animal feeders described herein may, for example, include an electrically conductive exterior structure; a door; a door lock; a species recognition device; and an electric shock deterrent. Methods of feeding animals utilizing an electric shock deterrent are also disclosed. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140290584 | AUTOMATED ANIMAL CARE DEVICE - An automated animal feeder may have a pair of traditional pet bowls, one for food and one for water, and the water bowl may be physically lifted and dumped on a timed schedule as the water bowl may be mounted upon a hinged plate which swings up to empty the water bowl at programmed intervals controlled by a programmed logic controller, and the water bowl may be refilled whenever the weight of the bowl is light enough to indicate that the bowl is not full. Food may be metered by means of a portion control hopper located beneath the food supply hopper. The programmed logic controller (PLC) allows the timing of feeding and watering to be controlled by the user. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150027378 | Feeding Tool - A feeding tool for dispensing pet food out of a pet food container includes an adapter having a first aperture. The adapter is configured to be coupled to a container of pet food. The feeding tool also includes an actuator coupled to the adapter. The actuator is movable between a first position and a second position. The feeding tool also includes a control member coupled to the actuator. The control member includes a second aperture. The feeding tool also includes a cap coupled to the actuator. The cap includes a third aperture. The first and second apertures are aligned with one another in the first position to allow food to pass from the container into the actuator, and the second and third apertures are aligned with one another in the second position to allow food to pass from the actuator out of the cap. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150027379 | Automatic Feeding Apparatus - An automatic feeding apparatus includes a reaction container, and two or more dosing containers installed above the reaction container and having a feeding end extending into the reaction container. The reaction container has a water inlet formed on a sidewall of the reaction container and a siphon draining device installed at the bottom of the reaction container for discharging a liquid from the reaction container to the outside. The reaction container includes a mixer that divides the reaction container into an upper-layer reaction area and a lower-layer reaction area. Therefore, a liquid and/or a powder in the dosing container flows into the mixer, and then flows into water through the lower-layer reaction area and the water inlet for dilution. If the water level of the lower-layer reaction area exceeds the siphon level, the mixed liquid will be discharged out of the reaction container by the siphon effect. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150075436 | FEED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS - A feed system ( | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150327514 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR DISPENSING PET REWARDS - A device for and method to provide pet rewards. The device includes a sound apparatus to alert a pet that a reward is about to be dispensed and a video camera wirelessly coupled to a remote user device to view the pet and the dispensing of a reward. Remote control of sounds, treat delivery, and pet viewing over a wireless connection can be provided with and through a user device. The method include connecting to a wireless network, a remote use device connection to the device, and the user device sending commands for sending video data, outputting sounds, and dispensing pet-rewards. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150327519 | Feeding Station For Poultry Chicks - A chick feeding station having an elongate trough for holding poultry feed, a conveyor which is placed in the trough and moves feed in the longitudinal direction of the trough, and deflectors and supports that provide chick safety. The conveyor is a chain conveyor with flights. The deflectors are mounted on the chick feeding station such that the extend from just above the conveyor flights and obliquely upward in the direction of travel of the conveyor, to move a chick to an upper level of the trough. A support for each deflector is also provided in the trough, the supports extending above the flights in the longitudinal direction of the trough, all the way to and through the deflectors. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20160000035 | VEHICLE FOR DISPLACING FEED LYING ON A FLOOR IN A SIDEWARD DISPLACEMENT DIRECTION - A vehicle for displacing feed includes a frame with wheels having a plurality of elongate tread portions and grooves, a motor for moving the vehicle in a moving direction, and a material displacer to displace the material, when the vehicle moves in the moving direction, over the floor towards a first side with respect to said moving direction. At least a majority of the tread portions is arranged such that they extend, when in contact with the floor, in a direction that makes a sharp angle with the forward direction opposite said first side. Thus, diagonal tread portions are predominantly directed to one side to counteract a reaction force of the feed being displaced sidewardly by the vehicle. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160198677 | LIVESTOCK FEED WAGON | 07-14-2016 |
