A feeding device comprises an element operable with a feed conveyor for dispersing food to an organism. The element comprises an upper chamber for receiving food and a lower chamber for dispersing food. The upper chamber is connected to the conveyor for receiving food therefrom. The upper chamber is also connected to the lower chamber so that food in the upper chamber can flow into the lower chamber. A valve is mounted for shifting between a filling position for allowing food to flow into the lo...

In an electrophotographic imaging apparatus using a continuous form recording sheet, provided are a heat roller which is driven to rotate, and a back up roller driven by the heat roller to rotate, and a motor for driving the heat roller to rotate. In the imaging apparatus, the variation of the feeding speed of the recording sheet due to deformation thereof is detected, and the rotational speed of the motor is controlled so as to feed the recording sheet at a predetermined feeding speed.

A feeding device has a rotative threaded shaft and a rotatable paper tray. A movable joint is attached to the rotative threaded shaft, and permitted to move on the shaft. The movable joint is coupled to one corner of the rotatable paper tray. A shaft drive plate is secured to the movable joint. In the vicinity of the rotative threaded shaft, is disposed a shifting shaft extending in the direction of movable joint movements, which is permitted to freely move in the direction. An engaging member t...

Apparatus for administering an ingestible oral fluid to a patient takes the form of an elongate tubular member (10) closed at the extremity of one end portion shaped as a hook (11), the hook having a hollowed outward projection (16) which is resilient at least over its area facing in the same general direction as the mouth of the hook, with this area also being formed with an orifice (17). The overall geometry of the apparatus is such that the hook passes over the lower mouth of the patient to l...

A device for feeding and orienting cigarette packets includes a driven wheel 10 having a plurality of rearwardly directed resilient members, such as spring arms 12, mounted on the periphery of the wheel. Packets P are fed to the wheel down a twisted chute 20, and they leave from an outlet 23 under the wheel, where the packets are pushed out by the spring arms 12 to form a short stack. At the bottom of the stack each packet is transported away in a regular manner by a flighted horizontal conveyor...

A feeding box for cattle, in particular pigs, comprising a space enclosed by four upright walls, a fodder dispenser in said box or in one of the walls of the box, one of said walls having an access opening therein. The opening includes closure means lockable by means responsive to the presence in said box of a selected one of the cattle, and included in a control circuit also including the dosing motor of said fodder dispenser. It is also possible that the wall opposite to the wall containing th...

Feeding device for feeding burned lime to a reaction vessel for causticizing a soda liquor to caustic soda. The feeding device, in its upper part, comprises an inlet for a slurry of the burned lime and the soda liquor for formation of said slurry inside said feeding device. The system further comprises a tall and slender feed vessel having a lower part having an outlet defined therein for the slurry. The outlet, via a pump, is operatively connected to the reaction vessel. The process and the fee...

The present invention relates generally to dispensers and particularly to a recycling seed and feed dispenser serviceable from the outside of a cage or aviary unit, while dispensing the feed to the interior of the cage and returning the spillage therefrom to a container from which it can later be removed and directly recycled or processed to remove hulls and contaminants.

A feeding mechanism for the continuous feeding of printed carrier material such as printed packing material from an intermittent printer to a continuous storage reel or the like is disclosed. The printed material is fed between spaced alternating fixed and movable guide rollers. The movable rollers are spring biased and can be raised to a threading position above the fixed rollers. A backstop positioned between the printer and the feeding mechanism prevents return of the printed material from th...

A bridge circuit provided with an isolation transformer having four primary windings which are connected such that the voice currents do and the supply currents do not generate a resulting flux in the core of the transformer and which comprises two transistor circuits. These circuits on the one hand prevent the flow of voice currents via a supply source connected to the bridge and on the other hand balance the bridge circuit so that the influence of longitudinal noise signals which are produced ...