USRE34776E - Programmable apparatus and method for delivering microingredient feed additives to animals by weight - Google Patents
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- dampen the effects of any erroneous weight readings..]. 16. .[.Apparatus according to claim 1 including.]. .Iadd.An apparatus for measuring, dispensing, and delivering microingredients in small but accurate proportions in a liquid carrier slurry into a livestock or poultry feed ration shortly before the delivery of said feed ration to the animals for consumption, said apparatus comprising:multiple storage means for storing separately a plurality of different microingredient feed additive concentrates;a plurality of separate dispensing means, one for each said storage means, for dispensing separately and without intermingling additive concentrates from said multiple storage means;multiple weigh hopper means in additive-receiving relationship to said plural dispensing means for receiving additives dispensed from said multiple storage means by said plural dispensing means, each said hopper means including hopper discharge means for discharging additives therefrom;a mixing vessel in additive-receiving relationship to said multiple hopper means for receiving additive concentrates from said multiple hopper means upon operation of said hopper discharge means and for receiving liquid carrier from a remote source;flow inducing means for inducing a flow of liquid within said mixing vessel;delivery means for delivering a slurry of liquid carrier and additive concentrates from said mixing vessel to a receiving station for mixing with a feed ration at a location remote from said mixing vessel;separate weigh means for each said weigh hopper means, said weigh means being operable to determine predetermined weights of additives received in said weigh hopper means delivered to said weigh hopper means by said dispensing means when said predetermined weight of additives have been added to said weigh hopper means;and .Iaddend.programmable control means for controlling the operation of said dispensing, weigh and discharge means, said programmable control means including program means for selectively operating said dispensing means in conjunction with said weigh means in a weigh mode or independently of said weigh means in a metering mode to dispense said
- microingredients by volume. 17. A method of dispensing and delivering microingredient feed additives into a livestock feed ration shortly before delivering the feed ration to the livestock for consumption, comprising the steps:storing separately multiple said additives in concentrate form, including some said additives in solid particulate-concentrate form and at least .[.one.]. .Iadd.some others .Iaddend.of said multiple additives in liquid concentrate form;dispensing predetermined amounts of selected said solid particulate concentrates by weight into a liquid carrier .Iadd.within a mixing vessel.Iaddend.;dispensing predetermined amounts of selected said liquid additive concentrates .Iadd.by volume .Iaddend.into .[.a.]. .Iadd.the .Iaddend.liquid carrier .[.by volume.]. .Iadd.within the mixing vessel.Iaddend.;intermixing the .Iadd.dispensed .Iaddend.additive concentrates in the liquid carrier .Iadd.within the mixing vessel.Iaddend., including both the solid particulate additive concentrates and the liquid additive concentrates, to dilute, disperse, and suspend them and form a liquid carrier-additive slurry .Iadd.within the mixing vessel.Iaddend.;.Iadd.after forming the slurry within the mixing vessel, .Iaddend.directing the slurry to a receiving station while maintaining the suspension and
- dispersion of the additives until delivered into a.[.-.].feed ration. 18. A method of dispensing and delivering microingredient feed additives into a livestock feed ration shortly before delivering the feed ration to the livestock for consumption, comprising the steps:storing separately multiple said additives in concentrate form;dispensing predetermined amounts of selected said additive concentrates into a liquid carrier with no substantial intermixing of the additive concentrates before they enter the liquid carrier;intermixing the additive concentrates in the liquid carrier to dilute, disperse, and suspend them and form a liquid carrier-additive slurry;directing the slurry to a receiving station while maintaining the suspension and dispersion of the additives until delivered into a feed ration;determining the predetermined amounts of the selected additives by weighing at least some of the selected additive concentrates dispensed within weighing container means;before weighing said some of the selected additive concentrates within the weighing container means, detecting an overweight or underweight condition of the weighing container means and (a) if an overweight condition of the weighing container means is detected discharging the container means of any residual ingredients from a preceding dispensing and delivering cycle, and (b) if an underweight condition of the container means is detected, metering the predetermined amounts of said some additive concentrates into the weighing container means on a volumetric basis, and discharging the predetermined amounts of said some concentrates from the weighing container means into the liquid carrier.
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