CN1102536A - Automatic animal feeder - Google Patents

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CN1102536A
CN1102536A CN94105822A CN94105822A CN1102536A CN 1102536 A CN1102536 A CN 1102536A CN 94105822 A CN94105822 A CN 94105822A CN 94105822 A CN94105822 A CN 94105822A CN 1102536 A CN1102536 A CN 1102536A
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A01KANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
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    • A01K5/0291Automatic devices with timing mechanisms, e.g. pet feeders
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A01KANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
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A food dispenser for animals for automatically dispensing predetermined portions of food to animals at predetermined times and for calling the animals with the recorded voices of their owners when the food is dispensed. The food dispenser comprises a casing having a food container, a container for receiving food in advance, and a dispensing mechanism. The food dispenser also includes a microcomputer for controlling the dispensing mechanism, a keyboard for entering predetermined times for dispensing, and a sound generator circuit for calling the animals when the food is served. The dispensing mechanism consists of an operating section for moving a trough from a position in which the food is presented and a position for collecting the food supplied in advance, and a food dispensing section for dispensing the food by mechanical vibration. The food dispenser also comprises a sensor to detect the approach of an animal to the casing of the food dispenser, in order to stop the operation of the dispensing mechanism, in the interests of the safety of the animals, when the animal approaches the casing.

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Automatic animal feeder
The present invention relates to a kind of animal feeder that is used for domestic animals such as dog, cat, particularly a kind of when food is sent here, can utilize the cry of animal owner that they are called, and can automatically feed animal feeder at the fixed time to animal predetermined portions food.
Much be used to animal to provide in traditional feeding animal device of food, sending food for animal only is to carry out with owner's experience, thereby is difficult for accomplishing sending food for animal regularly at the fixed time.In addition, when owner was away from home in order to work, to have a holiday or going to school, domestic animal will be put alone at home usually, and perhaps one day, perhaps a weekend or longer, owner was put a little foods to them, and for careful, owner also can be placed on animal in the cage sometimes.
There have been a variety of feeding animal product to provide predetermined food for animal at official hour.Yet, because complex structure and be difficult to safeguard the manufacturing cost costliness.
A main purpose of the present invention provides a kind of animal feeder of improvement, and it can be at the fixed time automatically supplies with the xerophagia of predetermined quantity at interval.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of automatic animal feeder, and when food was sent here, it can be taken food with the cry notice animal of animal owner.
A further object of the invention provides a kind of animal feeder, after animal feed is finished again through a preset time after, it can automatically collect remaining food.
One aspect of the present invention has provided a kind of automatic animal feeder, and it comprises with the lower part:
The rack that food container and feeding mechanical are installed;
A microcomputer that is used to control feeding mechanical as system controller;
One is used to charging that the scheduled time is set and for selecting the keyboard of feeding function;
According to from the reproduction instruction of microcomputer and sonorific device; With
The display unit that under microcomputer control, is used to show feeding product current time, the scheduled time and duty.
Further, feeding mechanical also can comprise:
Provide instruction and leftover to collect instruction according to the food from microcomputer and carry out mechanically operated drive unit to sending food machinery, wherein food provides instruction and reproduction instruction to send simultaneously;
The food generator of food is provided by mechanical oscillation under microcomputer control.
Further, this animal feeder also can comprise a sensing device, when animal when the feeding product rack, this sensor can detect, and can stop work that to send food mechanical under the control of microcomputer.
Another aspect of the present invention has provided a kind of method of controlling animal feeder, and it may further comprise the steps:
After the current time, setting was finished, till each scheduled time signalization by a keyboard entry, wait for first preset time always.
The count value and the preset value that are produced by timer are compared, when count value does not conform to preset value, carry out counting operation, or when count value equates with preset value, change the current time;
Afterwards, check whether the current time is consistent with the scheduled time;
When the current time was consistent with the scheduled time, sends food here and produce a sound, and wait for the arrival of second preset time;
When second preset time arrived, the rotation trough was also collected remaining food.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing embodiments of the invention are described in further detail, wherein:
Fig. 1 is an animal feeder block diagram of the present invention;
Fig. 2 A and 2B are the perspective view that send the mechanical a kind of embodiment of food in the animal feeder of the present invention;
Fig. 3 A and 3B are respectively the profile of Fig. 2 A and 2B illustrated embodiment;
Fig. 4 A and 4B are respectively the profile of another embodiment shown in Fig. 2 A and the 2B;
Fig. 5 is the circuit diagram of animal feeder of the present invention;
Fig. 6 A and 6B provide the circuit diagram of another embodiment of part for food of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is for including the circuit diagram of the power unit of battery pack among the present invention;
Fig. 8 is the flow chart of explanation feeding trough feed trough work of the present invention.
Consult Fig. 1 to Fig. 8, feeding trough feed trough has a rack 1 that comprises food container 24 and feeding mechanical, microcomputer 2 as system controller control feeding mechanical, a keyboard 3 that is used to that the feeding trough feed trough function is set and the scheduled time is set for feed, a sound generating part 4, it is encoded by digital code to the cry of animal owner and stores, then when microcomputer 2 produces reproduction instruction the signal decoding of storage and be rendered as the cry of animal owner, also have a display 9, it shows the duty of feeding trough feed trough under the control of microcomputer 2, the current time and the scheduled time.
In the present embodiment, feeding mechanical comprises that is sent a food part 7, it provides xerophagia by mechanical oscillation under the control of microcomputer 2, a drive part 6 carries out the mechanically actuated of feeding mechanical when voice record/reproducing part 4 reproduces the cry of animal owner.
In the present embodiment, also can comprise a transducing part 8, when animal near rack 1 hour, this transducing part 8 can detect, and can stop the work of a feeding mechanical and a plate trough 26 that can rotate around the axis, come to harm with a part of avoiding animal health or health such as head or leg.
Drive part 6 comprises a motor 5, and motor driven triode TR1 is to TR6, prevent diode D1 that backward voltage occurs to D4 and biasing resistor R1 to R9.The polarity that is added to the motor driving voltage on the motor 5 can change under the control of microcomputer 2, thereby changes the direction of rotation of motor 5.
Feeding part 7 comprises a timer 11, and it receives the feeding instruction from microcomputer 2; A DIP switch 12, it has four contact S1 to S4, to R17 and capacitor C9, is used to select the time constant of timer 11 with resistance R 13.A relay R L also is provided, and it drives triode TR7 driving by the output of timer 11 through relay.A vibrator also is provided, and this vibrator comprises that an electromagnet 16 and the relay switch 13 by relay R L receive AC power supplies and also produce a pulsating current so that the control circuit that oscillating plate 31 carries out mechanical oscillation for electromagnet 16.Control circuit comprises a SCR14, and its anode and negative electrode join with AC power supplies and electromagnet 16 respectively; A variable resistance VR1 who is used to preset oscillation power, and the Zener diode 15 between control gate that is connected in variable resistance VR1 and SCR14.
Select as another kind, as described below also can utilize one to include the interior microcomputer 2 of adorning timer, at this moment, send food part 7 to replace with the circuit shown in Fig. 6 A or Fig. 6 B.With reference to Fig. 6 A, send food part 7 to comprise a variable resistance VR3, it is equivalent to the effect of DIP switch 12 and resistance R 13 to R17 among Fig. 5; Triode 11 and 12 is used to constitute darlington amplifier; And diode D4 and electromagnet 16.Except that resistance R 19 and piezoelectric vibration unit PIE, sending food part 7 to have and send food part identical structure shown in Fig. 6 A shown in Fig. 6 B.
Power unit also can comprise battery pack BAT1 and BAT2, quits work owing to the AC power supplies fault makes feeding trough feed trough preventing.
Sound generating part 4 comprises a voice record/reproduction integrated circuit (IC) 17, be used for the cry of animal owner being encoded into digital code, and be used for according to the digital code of the cry of animal owner being decoded from the reproduction instruction of microcomputer 2 according to record controls signal by microcomputer 2.Comprise that also is used to a microphone 19 that receives the cry of animal owner and deliver to IC17, a RAM18 who is used to store by the digital code of IC17 coding, one is used for operational amplifier 20 that the output of IC17 is amplified, and a loudspeaker 21 that is used to export the animal owner cry.
Select as another, sound generating part 4 also can be a magnetic recording and/or reproducing circuit or a reproducing circuit that utilizes IC.
Display part 9 comprises a timepiece indicating plate 23 that is connected with microcomputer 2.Keyboard 3 comprises that one group of function key and time that is connected with microcomputer 2 is provided with key, is used to import variously is set and such as functions such as being provided with of the ON/OFF operation of feeding trough feed trough, the record of animal owner cry, predetermined eating time the time.
With reference to Fig. 2 A, 2B, 3A and 3B, include the leftover receiving vessel 27 that foot that a food container 24 and one is in rack 1 is used to collect leftover in the rack 1.Feeder 25 be in food container 24 below.Plate trough 26 is used for to animal provides the dried foodstuff of being sent here by feeding trough feed trough 25, and can pivot by means of electromotor 5.
Food container 24 is in the top of rack 1 the inside, and it has an outlet 28.Feeding trough feed trough 25 is made up of following each several part: one be installed in outlet below 28 29, one supporters 30 of guided plate and one be fixedly mounted on and be used to make the oscillating plate 31 that is fixed on the supporter 30 to carry out the permanent magnet 32 on electromagnet 16 opposites of mechanical oscillation.
Select as another, guided plate 29 also can have different shapes, for example, not only can be flat, also can be step, shown in Fig. 4 A and 4B.
As mentioned above, if microcomputer 2 is adorned timer in including, can remove permanent magnet 32.
With reference to Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B, trough 26 can vertically be installed, and can open or close passage 33 like this, perhaps also can level install, and can be used as the bottom of passage 33 the insides like this.
Drive part 6 comprises that 34, one of a belt pulley that link to each other with the driving shaft of electromotor 5 is installed in plate shaped trough 26 belt pulley 35 and a driving belt 36 that links to each other with 35 with two belt pulleys 34 on one side.
Below, will describe in detail the job step progress of feed arrangement of the present invention.
With reference to Fig. 8, when AC power supplies was added to feed system, 2 pairs of systems of microcomputer carried out initialization, and by latch 22, under the control of microcomputer 2, initial time is presented on the timepiece indicating plate 23 with the state of flicker.At this moment, the user can be provided with the current time.
Whether as shown in Figure 5 and Figure 8, the time in the microcomputer 2 inspection keyboards 3 is provided with key TIME has input to produce.
If the time is provided with key TIME and is provided with input, timepiece indicating plate 23 continues flicker; After the time was provided with the key input, the blink states on the timepiece indicating plate 23 stopped under the control of microcomputer 2.At this moment, microcomputer 2 waits for that about 5 second times were used for hour being provided with key HR and minute key MN were set and imports that after this input was finished, timepiece indicating plate 23 demonstrated the corresponding time as the current time.
Afterwards, the user can be provided with the scheduled time.For example, first scheduled time that is provided for breakfast can be undertaken by following method: elder generation is provided with key TIME input time, key HR hour is set and key MN minute is set, and then imported for first scheduled time key B is set, so just first scheduled time was stored in the microcomputer 2.The 3rd scheduled time that is provided for second scheduled time of lunch and is used for dinner can utilize for the second and the 3rd scheduled time key L was set respectively and D finishes as stated above.
When the user wants not to be subjected to the constraint of any scheduled time and the manual food and manual when collecting leftover that provides, the user can import OPN key and CLS key selectively.
Further, record key REC can make the user can be by means of being installed in the cry that microphone 19 on rack 1 antetheca is noted him.When record key REC input humiliation, microcomputer 2 is discerned it by buffer 10B, and exports a record controls signal to voice record/reproduction IC17.Therefore, be added to voice record and reproduce on the IC17, be encoded into digital code, store among the RAM18 then from the user's of microphone 19 cry.
After setting the scheduled time as stated above, microcomputer 2 carries out counting operation by a timer (not drawing among the figure) of dress in driving, and the value that will count compares with the value that presets then, and in an embodiment, preset value is 1 minute.If count value does not reach 1 minute as yet, microcomputer 2 keeps counting work.If count value has reached 1 minute, microcomputer 2 changes the current time, and by latch 22 these data is sent to timepiece indicating plate 23.Therefore, the current time that is presented on the timepiece indicating plate 23 can one after the other change as stated above.
Afterwards, microcomputer 2 the current time with by the user be set the scheduled time in the past and compare.If the current time and the scheduled time are inconsistent, as mentioned above, microcomputer 2 keeps counting work.When the current time was identical with the scheduled time, whether microcomputer 2 had animal near rack 1 according to the outgoing inspection of the optical sensor PS in the Sensor section 8.
If unidentifiedly go out to have animal near rack 1, then microcomputer 2 reproduces instruction to 4 outputs one of voice record/reproducing part, respectively to motor driven part 6 with send 7 outputs one of food part to send the forefinger order.
After the reproduction instruction from microcomputer 2 is added to voice record/reproducing part 4, voice record/reproduction IC17 decodes to the data signal that is stored among the RAM18, like this, the cry signal of reproduction is exported by loudspeaker 21 by means of variable resistance VR2 that is used for the volume adjusting and operational amplifier 20.
Simultaneously, electromotor in the drive part 65 according to from microcomputer 2 send forefinger order rotation in the direction of the clock, make pivot position shown in dotted line " a " among Fig. 3 A of plate trough 26.
Equally, when sending forefinger order to be added to send food part 7, timer 11 is driven, and drives triode TR7 output one control signal that has by DIP switch 12 determined time constants to relay, makes triode TR7 conducting.
DIP switch 12 has 4 contact S1 to S4, and it can be switched on or switched off selectively by the user.For example, if contact S1 and S2 are in on-state, the time constant of timer 11 is by resistance R 15 to R17 and capacitor C 9 decisions, and this has also correspondingly determined the driving time of timer 11.In an embodiment, be in the increase of the number of contacts of ON state along with DIP switch 12, the time constant value of timer 11 correspondingly reduces, and therefore, can increase or reduce the time constant of timer 11 according to the state of the ON/OFF of DIP switch 12 contact S1 to S4.
As mentioned above, when triode TR7 connects, relay R L adhesive, its relay switch 13 is in the ON state, and AC power supplies is added on the control circuit by relay switch 13.Therefore, therefore Zener diode 15 conductings in the positive half cycle that is added to the AC power supplies here by variable resistance VR, trigger and conducting SCR14, thereby by SCR14 AC power supplies are added on the electromagnet 16.
In view of the above,, formed magnetic field around the electromagnet 16, therefore can hold permanent magnet 32 by induced-current.Yet, to turn-off at the negative half period Zener diode 15 of AC power supplies, thereby SCR is triggered, it is in off state, therefore makes electromagnet 16 be in magnetic virgin state, has discharged by the permanent magnet 32 of adhesive.
Along with carrying out repeatedly of this effect, oscillating plate 31 carries out mechanical oscillation, and the result is, the food that is provided by the outlet 28 of guided plate 29 by food container 24 that is fixed on the oscillating plate 31 transmits along guided plate 29 to be fallen on the plate trough 26 at last.Carry out continuously in a kind of like this feed operation of timer 11 duration of works, therefore the quantity of the food of sending to can be determined to the setting of S4 by the contact S1 to DIP switch 12.
With reference to Fig. 6 A, if dress timer, triode TR11 and TR12 turn on and off by the oscillation control signal that is produced by microcomputer 2 in including in the microcomputer 2, like this, this oscillation control signal just is added on the electromagnet 16 via the triode TR11 and the TR12 of buffer 10A and formation darlington amplifier, thereby around electromagnet 16, form a magnetic field by induced-current, so just make vibration metallic plate 31(see Fig. 4 B) by adhesive.After a scheduled time, induced-current is cut off by the interior dress timer of microcomputer 2, thereby makes electromagnet 16 be in magnetic virgin state, has so just discharged the electromagnet 16 that has been loaded by suction.
Along with permanent magnet 32(sees Fig. 3 A) also repeat work by the same manner, oscillating plate 31 carries out mechanical oscillation.
From the introduction of front, obviously as can be known, sending the structure of food part 7 is a kind of simplified structures.
Fig. 6 B shows another embodiment of the employing piezoelectric vibration device that send food part 7.It obtains mechanical vibration method is the same partly with the food that send among the Fig. 6 of the being shown in A recited above.When a voltage is added on the piezoelectric vibration device, thereby its produces mechanically deform and causes guided plate 29 " vibration.
Through repeatedly experiment, the inventor has realized that by using the step guided plate, can make from the food of food container 24 and supply with more glibly on guided plate 29, also is more suitable in the food of supplying with predetermined portions.
After charging is finished again through a scheduled time, such as, be after one hour in the present embodiment, microcomputer 2 checks again that by means of transducing part 8 whether animal is near rack 1.If like this, microcomputer 2 continues to check, if not, then microcomputer 2 is collected instruction to leftover of drive part 6 outputs, therefore, electromotor 5 rotates by counter clockwise direction and makes plate trough 26 turn back to its initial position, thereby makes the leftover in the trough 26 fall and collect in the leftover receiving vessel 27.
With reference to Fig. 3 B, it shows another embodiment of feeding mechanical.In this embodiment, provide a passage 33 that is used to put in the animal head at the front end of feeding trough feed trough, and plate trough 26 has been installed in the inside of passage 33.After feeding trough feed trough was finished, plate shaped trough 26 position shown in the dotted line " a " among Fig. 3 B of pivoting was so that collect remaining food in the trough in the leftover receiving vessel 27.
By above-mentioned same method,, can also further carry out the feeding trough feed trough operation by second and/or the 3rd scheduled time is set.
With reference to Fig. 7, according to the present invention, power unit comprises two battery pack BAT1 and BAT2.AC power supplies converts the DC power supply to by adapter (not marking among the figure), and the DC power supply is added on the battery pack BAT1 by diode D5, so that battery pack BAT1 is charged; The DC power supply also is added on the voltage-stablizer 37 by diode D9, D6 and D7, so that be the power supply of feeding trough feed trough system.If AC power supplies is cut off, battery pack BAT1 will begin discharge process with battery pack BAT2.In the present embodiment, according to the present invention, consider that battery pack BAT2 is fit to adopt dry cell in order system is worked effectively.
Can be clear that from the introduction of front, the present invention has following advantage, because animal feeder of the present invention can automatically utilize the cry of animal owner to call the animal of feeding and feed food to scheduled volume at preset time, therefore, even do not need they carefully are put in the cage when a very long time that they are stayed in separately yet.

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1, a kind of animal feeder comprises:
A rack, it includes a food container, feeding mechanical and one are used for receiving and are stored in described food container food and by means of the feeding trough that pivots of described feeding mechanical charging, the position that the described feeding trough that pivots is installed is the food that animal capable is had leave in the inside, and in order to collect the leftover in the described trough, it can pivot;
A microcomputer is used to control the work of described feeding mechanical and described feeding trough feed trough trough;
A keyboard is used to feeding that the function of the scheduled time and the described feeding trough feed trough of selection is set;
Be used for according to the device that produces the storage information that to hear from the reproduction instruction of described microcomputer;
Display unit, be used under the control of described microcomputer, showing the current time, the duty of described predetermined feeding time and described feeding trough feed trough, described feeding mechanical comprises and is used for providing instruction and leftover to collect the device that described feed operation is carried out in instruction according to the food from described microcomputer, it is simultaneous providing instruction and described reproduction instruction from the described food of described microcomputer, a food generator is used for providing instruction that the food of described food container is provided by mechanical oscillation according to the described food from described microcomputer; And
Supply unit is used to system that power supply is provided.
2, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 1, it also comprises sensing device, whether be used to detect animal near described rack, when animal when the described rack, under the control of microcomputer, to stop the work of described feeding mechanical and the described feeding trough that pivots, in case the part of stop thing health or animal health is injured or clamped.
3, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 1, wherein said rack also comprises a leftover receiving vessel that is installed in the bottom of described rack.
4, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 1, the wherein said device that makes described feeding mechanical expect work comprises that is used to the electromotor that described trough is pivoted, with one be used for according to provide instruction to drive described engine respectively from the food of described microcomputer by motor drive control apparatus clockwise or inverse time policy direction rotation, therefore, described trough can provide position and leftover assembling position spaced winding axle to rotate at food respectively.
5, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 1, wherein said food generator comprises a mechanical vibrator that uses electromagnet, a control device that is used for providing the described mechanical oscillation work of instruction control according to described food from microcomputer, a guiding device that is used for the food that is provided by described food container is directed to described trough, described guiding device vibrates under the drive of described mechanical vibrator.
6, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 5, a timer that provides instruction to drive by the food from described microcomputer is provided wherein said control device, one controlled by the output of described timer, and give and encourage described electromagnet to make the drive circuit of described mechanical vibrator work by producing a pulsating current, with a timing circuit, it includes and is used to select the various time constants of described timer so that select the different driving time cycle of timer, and is used for determining the device of food supply.
7, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 5, wherein said mechanical vibrator comprises a piezoelectric vibration device.
8, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 5, wherein said guiding device comprises a stepped ramp type flat board.
9, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 6, wherein said drive circuit comprises that a variable resistance that is used to control vibration frequency and one are used for the amplifier that the output signal that described variable resistance produces is amplified.
10, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 1, wherein said flexible piezoelectric sound-generating devices comprises and being used for according to from the record controls signal of described microcomputer the information that can hear being weaved into digital code and according to from the reproduction instruction of the described microcomputer digital code decoded speech recoding/reproduction IC to described information, comprise a microphone that is used for described information of hearing is input to described voice record/reproduction IC, comprise a memory that is used to store by described voice record/digital code that reproduction IC weaves into, comprise that is used for the loudspeaker that amplifier that the output of described voice record/reproduction IC is amplified and are used to export the information of described reproduction.
11, a kind of wherein said acoustic information transcriber is a magnetic recording/reproducing circuit by the described animal feeder of claim 1, and it is according to the reproduction instruction information reproduction from described microcomputer.
12, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 1, the transcriber of wherein said information of hearing is an audio reproduction IC who adopts tone (melody) IC, and it is according to the reproduction instruction information reproduction from microcomputer.
13, a kind of method with feeding animal product automatic feeding animal, wherein said animal feeder comprises the input unit that is used to import the required time setting signal of feeding and the current time is set, a food container and a trough that is used to receive the food that is stored in food container that is used for storing food, this method may further comprise the steps:
Wait for first preset time, when the scheduled time signalization that is used for feeding after being set up in the current time is imported by input unit till;
The count value and the preset value that are produced by timer are compared, when count value and preset value are inconsistent, proceed counting operation;
When count value is consistent with preset value, change the current time;
Afterwards, check whether the current time is consistent with the scheduled time;
Deliver in the trough and produce an information of hearing that is used to call animal being stored in food in the food container;
Current time is waited for second preset time when consistent with the scheduled time; With after second preset time arrives, rotate trough and collect remaining food.
14, a kind of by the described method of claim 10, the information of hearing that wherein is used to call animal is the cry of animal owner.
15, a kind of being used for comprises at the animal feeder of predetermined feeding time with scheduled volume food automatic feeding animal:
A food container that is used to store food;
One is used for the food that is stored in described food container is delivered to feeding mechanical in the feeding trough that can pivot, and described trough will be in the position that animal capable is had the food in the food container;
Be used to be provided with the device of one group of predetermined feeding time; And
Be used for carrying out feed operation and controlling the device of described trough around the axle motion according to control described feeding mechanical by the predetermined feeding time of described setting device setting;
Described feeding mechanical comprises and is used for making feeding mechanical carry out the device of feed operation and being used for according to the food supply device that the food that is contained in described food container is provided by mechanical oscillation from the food supply instruction of described control device according to collect instruction from the food supply instruction of described control device and leftover.
16, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 12, it also comprises the device that is used for according to reproduce the information of being stored audibly from the reproduction instruction of described control device.
17, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 13, the information of wherein said storage is the cry of animal owner.
18, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 13, wherein said reproduction instruction is produced by described control device during feeding mechanical carries out feed operation.
19, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 12, it also comprises and is used to detect animal whether near the device of feeding trough feed trough, when described checkout gear detected thing near feeding trough feed trough, described control device stopped by feeding mechanical food to be delivered in the described trough.
20, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 12, it also comprises and is used for according to collect instruction from the leftover of described control device the leftover of described trough being collected device in the leftover receiving vessel.
21, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 17, it is after a preset time has been finished and crossed to the feed operation of being undertaken by described feeding mechanical that wherein said leftover is collected instruction, and described checkout gear does not detect under the situation of appearance of animal by described control device generation.
22, a kind of by the described animal feeder of claim 12, wherein said feeding mechanical comprises a vibration guided plate, and it is used to during feed operation the food that is stored in the food container is directed in the described trough through vibration.
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