POWERED FEED VEHICLE

A powered feed vehicle (1) for feeding minks raised in cages having wire mesh top walls comprises a feed container (8) a feed discharge arm (10) for discharging feed on a wire mesh top wall. The feed discharge arm (10) comprises an integral conveying arrangement (12) communicating at a lower end the...

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Hauptverfasser: Christensen, Michael, Lange, Kent, Madsen, Jens Jørgen, Christiansen, Kim
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A powered feed vehicle (1) for feeding minks raised in cages having wire mesh top walls comprises a feed container (8) a feed discharge arm (10) for discharging feed on a wire mesh top wall. The feed discharge arm (10) comprises an integral conveying arrangement (12) communicating at a lower end thereof with a pump outlet of a pump (15) having a pump inlet communicating with the interior of the container. The conveying arrangement (12) is configured to convey a line of feed from the pump (15) to an upper end part (17) thereof.A dislodging device (23) is attached to and arranged above the upper end part (17) of the conveying arrangement (12) of the feed discharge arm (10) and comprises a dislodging member (28) having an engagement face for engaging the leading portion of the line of feed and being movable along the upper surface of the upper end part (17) in contact therewith for dislodging the leading portion of the line of feed supported on the upper end part (17) by pushing it beyond an edge of the upper end part.