| 摘要 |
<p>A feed conveying apparatus is disclosed for use in a poultry or livestock feeding system (10). The feed conveying apparatus has a housing (14, 203) having a feed inlet (I) which receives feed from a feed supply (12, BFT) and a feed outlet (O). The housing has a body (24) which generally converges downwardly and inwardly from the feed inlet toward the feed outlet. A feed conveyor (16, 207) extends through the housing. The conveyor has a conveyor tube (17, 209) with a feed auger (18, 211) therein. The feed auger has a multiplicity of substantially equally spaced flights (62) and is driven within the conveyor tube for picking up feed from the housing and for conveying it through the conveyor tube. A regulator (58, 300) is provided for regulating the amount of feed within the conveyor tube downstream from the housing to an amount less than will totally fill the conveyor tube so as to form a partial void (V) within the conveyor tube and to prevent overcompaction of the feed within the conveyor tube. An agitator weight (144a, 219) is positioned within the housing which is movable by the auger as the latter moves within the housing. The agitator weight has a rod (164, 221) attached thereto for breaking up bridging feed within the housing above the level of the agitator weight.</p> |
