US 11,856,925 B1
Broadcast feeder
James Scott Sanderford, Cheyenne, OK (US)
Filed by James Scott Sanderford, Cheyenne, OK (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/210,166.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/599,505, filed on Dec. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/609,117, filed on Dec. 21, 2017.
Int. Cl. A01K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 5/0225 (2013.01) 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. A broadcast feeder for dispensing granules of feed from a feed hopper, the feed hopper having a bottom with an inside surface and outside surface and a central opening, the feeder comprising:
a housing defining a chute configured to receive feed from the feed hopper and further comprising an attachment plate with a feed opening and configured for attachment alternately to the inside surface or the outside surface of the bottom of the feed hopper so that the feed opening is alignable with the central opening in the bottom of the hopper;
a dispenser rotatably supported in the housing and positioned to receive feed from the chute and to throw feed radially by centrifugal force when the dispenser rotates; and
a motor supported in the housing and operatively connected to the dispenser to rotate the dispenser.