Broiler pan feeder
a feeder and broiler pan technology, applied in the field of broiler pan feeders, can solve the problems of more time and labor of poultry in practice, health problems of birds, and inability of chickens to gain access to feed in the feeder assemblies,
Inactive Publication Date: 2021-07-08
CTB INC
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Benefits of technology
The solution provides efficient, labor-saving feed distribution with adjustable feed levels, reducing wastage and health issues, enhancing bird comfort and commercial value by ensuring young birds can easily access feed without discomfort.
Problems solved by technology
One reason was that chicks were unable to gain access to the feed in the feeder assemblies because the height of the feeder assemblies from where the birds would gain access to the feed was too high for the chicks.
Problems, however, arose with such practice.
Among these problems, obviously, was that such a practice required more time and labor by the poultry grower which could be better utilized elsewhere.
Also, the feed provided on the floor of the poultry house came into contact with waste, dirt, etc., which the birds would also then eat, potentially causing health problems for the birds.
Further, the birds raked the feed with their feet such that the feed became spread out over the poultry house floor, such that a fair amount of the feed placed on the floor by the poultry grower was wasted.
The problem with the lost motion connection for the poultry grower is that in order to utilize the lost motion connection, the feeder assemblies had to be raised off of or lowered onto the poultry house floor.
As the floors of poultry houses are often uneven, the feeder assemblies could not all be consistently configured in the same manner when the feeder assemblies were positioned on the floor of the poultry house.
These feeder assemblies, while highly successful in industry, do, however, have some disadvantages.
For example, in these inventions, the upper and lower feed gates are typically not both able to be open if the poultry grower should so desire them to be.
Finally, these feeder assemblies did not provide for a smooth transition from a high feed level to a low feed level; as a practical matter the poultry grower could only provide a high feed level or a low feed level, but nothing in between.
Feeder assemblies of the prior art have also caused other problems for the poultry grower.
As feeder assemblies of the prior art have not typically been designed with the comfort and health of the birds in mind, the birds tend to eat from the feeder assemblies while being uncomfortable.
In many prior art feeder assemblies, when birds rest on or against the feeder assemblies, detrimental physical effects, such as bruising, blistering, irritation, etc., to the front sides of the bird's bodies, such as their breasts, may occur.
Such detrimental physical effects can cause two major problems.
One is that since the front sides of the birds' bodies will become detrimentally physically affected, the birds will not be comfortable resting on or against the feeder assemblies, such that the birds may not eat as much food from the feeder assemblies as it is too uncomfortable for them to do so.
Thus, the birds either do not become as large and are not as commercially valuable as they could have been, or the rate at which the birds grow is reduced, thus taking longer for them to reach their optimal size and weight.
Secondly, once the birds are defeathered and graded, if the front sides of bird's bodies are detrimentally physically affected, the birds will receive a lower grade, thus making them less commercially valuable.
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[0062]With reference to the figures and elements referenced herein, an improved pan feeder assembly is provided. It should be appreciated that the embodiments described and shown herein are exemplary in nature only and that various additional embodiments are contemplated and within the scope of the present invention.
[0063]Although a single pan feeder of the present invention is shown and described herein, it should be appreciated that the feeder system of the present invention is adapted for use with known prior art husbandry feed distribution systems—particularly for feed distribution systems for poultry where rearing houses that use feed distribution systems with a plurality of feed supply conduits or tubes for distributing feed as desired to a number of feeders in predetermined locations throughout the rearing house.
[0064]As best shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an improved broiler pan feeder assembly 10 is provided. As will be described in greater detail herein, the pan feeder 10 of the ...
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An adjustable feeder pan system for feeding poultry and a related method is provided. The feeder pan system includes a cone portion, an excluder portion that includes a number of anti-rake and radially disposed fins, a skirt, a feed pan, a cap, and optionally a feed shut-off component. The cone includes a pair of stops that may selectively engage with one of a number of pairs of corresponding slots of varying depths on the excluder portion so as to provide multiple feed levels as desired and depending upon the size and age of the poultry being fed.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This continuation application claims the benefit of U.S. Nonprovisional patent application Ser. No. 15 / 921,475 filed on Mar. 14, 2018, which claims priority to, and the benefit of, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62 / 471,357 filed on Mar. 14, 2017.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention generally relates to the field of feeder systems for feeding livestock. More particularly, the invention relates to a feeder pan device to be used in conjunction with poultry feeder systems.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Automated feeding systems for poultry and like domestic animals have proven to be highly successful in modern animal husbandry operations. These systems can supply feed mixtures to a large poultry flock with minimum effort by the poultry grower. Both the amounts of feed delivered and the proportions of feed ingredients can be regulated, thus permitting the flock to be inexpensively raised from chicks to mature, commercially...
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IPC IPC(8): A01K39/012A01K39/01
CPCA01K39/0125A01K39/0113A01K39/012Y02A40/81
InventorMARK, WAYNE R.
OwnerCTB INC