Animal feeder construction

摘要

An animal feeder having an auger construction including an elongated flexible, resilient, open cored, spring-type auger with a core member carried within the open core of the auger and substantially filling this core yet movable with respect to at least a plurality of flights of the auger so that, as the auger flights move with respect to each other while the auger is conveying particulate matter such as poultry feed, the flights and core member will move relative to each other. The core member may be substantially rigid for a straight auger or flexible for a curved auger. The feeder system described includes a feed supply means with means for regulating the amount of feed carried by the auger and return mechanism is provided for returning the excess feed discharged from the auger back to the supply means for recycling this feed.