SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING ANIMAL FEED

摘要

The conveyance system or method can be used for conveying animal feed to any selected one of a plurality of discharge areas which can be associated with respective troughs and/or animal stalls for example. The conveyance system can comprise an elongated channel having an animal feed receiving area and a plurality of channel discharge apertures interspaced along its length, a conveyor associated with the channel and operable to convey animal feed along a conveyance path, from the receiving area to any selected one of the channel discharge apertures to discharge the animal feed to the a selected discharge area. The system can also comprise one or more closure components configured and adapted to close off any channel discharge aperture positioned before the selected channel discharge aperture in the conveyance path, to prevent premature discharge of the animal feed.