Appliance for preparing animal feed

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10602767-B2
Application number	US-201716303538-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2017
Priority date	May 23, 2016
Publication date	Mar 31, 2020
Grant date	Mar 31, 2020

Abstract

An appliance for preparing animal feed, includes a housing, a mixing chamber designed to receive a portion of dehydrated feed and a liquid portion, mobile mixer arranged in the mixing chamber, a consumption chamber, wherein the mixing chamber is removable from the preparation appliance, wherein the mixing chamber, once mounted on the preparation appliance: is rotatable in order to pass from a position mixing the feed ration to a position dispensing the feed ration, and has a gripping portion which protrudes from the housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A preparation appliance for preparing animal feed, comprising:
a housing,
a first storage container for storing a dehydrated feed,
a second storage container for storing a liquid,
a mixing chamber that is separate from the first storage container and the second storage container, the mixing chamber configured to receive a portion of dehydrated feed from the first storage container and a portion of liquid from the second storage container when the mixing chamber, the first storage container and the second storage container are mounted on the preparation appliance,
a movable mixer arranged in the mixing chamber to mix the portion of dehydrated feed and the portion of liquid to form a feed ration in paste form,
a consumption container designed to receive the feed ration,

wherein the mixing chamber is removable from the preparation appliance,
wherein the mixing chamber, once mounted on the preparation appliance;
is rotatable with respect to the preparation appliance to go from a position of mixing the feed ration to a position of dispensing the feed ration, and
has a gripping portion which is arranged outside of the preparation appliance, protruding from the housing,
wherein the movable mixer is configured to rotate about a first rotation axis to mix the portion of dehydrated feed and the portion of liquid and wherein the mixing chamber is configured to rotate about said first rotation axis to go from said position of mixing the feed ration to said position of dispensing the feed ration.

2. The preparation appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the gripping portion has rotational symmetry.

3. The preparation appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the gripping portion is free of occasional notches or protuberances.

4. The preparation appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the mixing chamber comprises an opening and in which:
when the mixing chamber is in the mixing position, the opening is arranged at an upper part of the mixing chamber,
when the mixing chamber is in the dispensing position, the opening is arranged at a lower part of the mixing chamber.

5. The preparation appliance according to claim 4 , wherein the mixing chamber comprises a hook, the preparation appliance comprising a slot arranged to guide the hook during mounting of the mixing chamber on the preparation appliance, to ensure that the mixing chamber is mounted with the opening arranged in the upper part of the mixing chamber.

6. The preparation appliance according to claim 5 , comprising a circular throat to allow the hook to rotate and prevent the mixing chamber from becoming disassembled.

7. The preparation appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the mixing chamber comprises a toothed portion, and wherein the preparation appliance comprises a drive system configured to drive the mixing chamber, with a pinion configured to engage with the toothed portion.

8. The preparation appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the preparation appliance comprises a mixing paddle arranged in the mixing chamber and able to move in rotation with respect to the mixing chamber.

9. The preparation appliance according to claim 8 , wherein the mixing chamber comprises two anchorages forming a pivoting link with the mixing paddle.

10. The preparation appliance according to claim 9 , further comprising a driver configured to drive the mixing paddle in rotation, and wherein one of the anchorages of the mixing chamber is configured to receive the driver.

11. The preparation appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the mixing chamber comprises a cover.

12. The preparation appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid is water.

13. A preparation appliance for preparing animal feed, comprising:
a housing,
a first storage container for storing a dehydrated feed,
a second storage container for storing a liquid,
a mixing chamber that is separate from the first storage container and the second storage container, the mixing chamber configured to receive a portion of dehydrated feed from the first storage container and a portion of liquid from the second storage container when the mixing chamber, the first storage container and the second storage container are mounted on the preparation appliance,
a movable mixer arranged in the mixing chamber to mix the portion of dehydrated feed and the portion of liquid to form a feed ration in paste form,
a consumption container designed to receive the feed ration,

wherein the mixing chamber is removable from the preparation appliance,
wherein the mixing chamber, once mounted on the preparation appliance
is rotatable with respect to the preparation appliance to go from a position of mixing the feed ration to a position of dispensing the feed ration, and
has a gripping portion which is arranged outside of the preparation appliance, protruding from the housing,
wherein the movable mixer remains in the mixing chamber when the mixing chamber is positioned from said position of mixing the feed ration to said position of dispensing the feed ration.

Assignees

• Seb Sa

Inventors

• Morin Gilles

Classifications

• A23N17/007 Primary

  for mixing feeding-stuff components · CPC title

• A01K5/0114

  Pet food dispensers; Pet food trays (time-controlled A01K5/0291) · CPC title

• A01K5/0275

  with mechanisms for delivery of measured doses · CPC title

• B01F15/02

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F2215/0024

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic