• Patent Title: Feeder chute with muzzle-activated selective access
  • Application No.: US15270224
    Application Date: 2016-09-20
  • Publication No.: US10064386B2
    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
  • Inventor: Shane Winn
  • Applicant: Shane Winn
  • Agent Robert H. Frantz
  • Main IPC: A01K5/00
  • IPC: A01K5/00 A01K5/02
Feeder chute with muzzle-activated selective access
Abstract:
A feed chute for dispensing to a first kind of animal but rejecting a larger muzzle and tongue of a second kind of animal. A gate is hinged to a first shorter side wall such that the gate forms one side of a dispenser end of the chute when the gate is fully-open, sufficiently large to accommodate a muzzle of the first kind of animal. The gate detente determines a closed position of the dispenser end. When the second kind of animal attempts to access the feed, its wider muzzle urges the gate towards the fully-closed position, which is sufficiently small to prevent entry of the second kind's muzzle and tongue.
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