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A food dispenser including a feed hopper for storing therein animal food, a food dish for serving thereon the animal food to an animal, weighing apparatus including a load cell placed intermediate the food hopper and the food dish, a dispensing device operative to dispense food from the weighing app

A food dispenser including a feed hopper for storing therein animal food, a food dish for serving thereon the animal food to an animal, weighing apparatus including a load cell placed intermediate the food hopper and the food dish, a dispensing device operative to dispense food from the weighing apparatus to the food dish, and a controller in electrical communication with the load cell and the actuator, which controls dispensation of the animal food to the food dish.

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1. A food dispenser comprising:a feed hopper for storing therein animal food; a food dish for serving thereon the animal food to an animal; weighing apparatus comprising a load cell placed intermediate said food hopper and said food dish; a dispensing device operative to dispense food from said weig

1. A food dispenser comprising:a feed hopper for storing therein animal food; a food dish for serving thereon the animal food to an animal; weighing apparatus comprising a load cell placed intermediate said food hopper and said food dish; a dispensing device operative to dispense food from said weighing apparatus to said food dish; a controller in electrical communication with said load cell and said dispensing device, which controls dispensation of the animal food to said food dish; and a volume sensor mounted in said hopper that constantly monitors a volume of the animal food in said hopper.