POULTRY FEED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH FEEDING DEVICES HAVING ROTATABLE ATTACHMENT PARTS WITH DROP TUBES HINGEDLY CONNECTED THERETO

摘要

A poultry feed distribution system includes a feed storage, a conveyor line and feeding devices. Each feeding device has an attachment part that is rotatable around the line. The attachment part has a drop tube of the device hingedly connected thereto. The attachment part together with the hinge connection to the drop tube is rotatable around the line between a feeding and a cleaning position, with an inlet of the drop tube getting distanced from the line when the attachment part together with the hinge connection to the drop tube is rotated from the feeding to the cleaning position.

主权项

1. A feed distribution system for feeding poultry, comprising:
a feed storage; at least one conveyor line with a number of mutually spaced outlets; a number of feeding devices each having a dish-shaped dispensing pan and a feed drop tube opening out above a central part of the pan; and transportation means for transporting feed out of the storage via the conveyor line towards the respective feeding devices; wherein each feeding device is attached to the conveyor line with an inlet of its drop tube positioned below one of the outlets; wherein each feeding device has an attachment part that is rotatable around a longitudinal axis of the conveyor line; wherein the attachment part is separate from the drop tube, with the drop tube being hingedly connected by means of a hinge connection to the attachment part; and wherein the attachment part together with the hinge connection to the drop tube is rotatable around the conveyor line between a feeding and a cleaning position, with the inlet of the drop tube getting distanced from the outlet of the conveyor line when the attachment part together with the hinge connection to the drop tube is rotated from the feeding position to the cleaning position.