Force-feeder at the grain and / or to the granules destiny to the feeding of palmipeds, with means of a volumetric metering

摘要

Force-feeding machine comprises hopper (2) containing the e.g. maize-based feed, designed to dispense individual force-feeding rations through an outlet, and a force-feeding apparatus (5) with a funnel (6), tube (7), and an optional pusher (5a). It has a volume doser (20) for the feed ration between the hopper and tube, incorporating an intake and an outlet, and a conveyor duct (19) between the doser and the funnel. The doser can be situated before or after the conveyor duct, or between two conveyor duct sections, and it has a moving rotor (20b) with a number of cells (20c) to deliver the ration doses from the hopper to the duct.