초록

An animal feeding device which accepts cartridges containing various gels, pastes, or other similar materials. This device is useful for the oral administration of feeds or medicants to farm animals, especially cattle, in adjustable dosages to fit the individualized needs of animals under treatment.

대표청구항 ▼

An animal-feeding device for orally delivering a plurality of measured doses of gels, pastes or other similar preparations, which may be medicated, comprising: a housing, an externally-attached feed-containing cartridge, an injecting means, a propelling means, and an adjustable dosage regulator wher

An animal-feeding device for orally delivering a plurality of measured doses of gels, pastes or other similar preparations, which may be medicated, comprising: a housing, an externally-attached feed-containing cartridge, an injecting means, a propelling means, and an adjustable dosage regulator wherein said adjustable regulator has a pivotally-attached notched cam, an adjusting knob firmly attached to said pivot and a pivotally-attached spring; the terminal end of said spring can be movably fixed in said cam notches located distally to the longitudinal axis of said injecting means, and cam notches located proximally to said injecting means serving to regulate said propelling means by selectively affecting said propelling means.