Patent attributes
An animal feeder for use in an electronic animal feeding system comprising a computer controller, a feed storage, a feed delivery system, and at least one feeding station comprising the feeder, a bowl and an identifier, the feeder comprising a reservoir for receiving feed and comprising an agitator for agitating the feed inside the reservoir and a dosage tray, a motor assembly comprising a motor actuatable by the computer controller, the motor rotating the agitator and the dosage tray such that the dosage tray receives a pre-determined dosage of feed from the reservoir, the motor assembly further comprising a detector detecting the rotation of the dosage tray and communicating a rotation status to the computer controller, and a funnel assembly comprising an upper funnel transferring feed from the reservoir to the bowl, wherein an alarm is activatable by the computer controller if a blockage is detected by the detector.
