1. An automatic livestock feeder to facilitate the daily feeding of baled hay, loose hay or silage to horses or cattle in a controlled manner comprising a said square base of the invention, consisting of two skids or runners and a floor fastened to the top of said skids or runners, upon which four vertical posts are installed, one on each corner. Said vertical posts support the three moveable gate assemblies, each said gate assembly being defined as an fixed inner gate and an moveable outer feed gate that is able to move vertically utilizing guided rollers, an air-lift ram and a cable arrangement. In addition, said gate assemblies are sheathed with expanded metal mesh or sheet metal and are hinged to said vertical posts on one end, in order for them to swing open; and latched to said vertical posts on the other. Said vertical posts also support the roof structure. Said roof structure being defined as the rafters, gables, purloins, tin roofing, solar panel mast and panels and feed light. In addition, said vertical posts support the rear wall. Said rear wall extends from one vertical post to the other across the rear of the unit and also supports the control box. Said control box is defined as a rectangular enclosure which houses the battery, timer, inverter, battery charger, solar panel voltage controller, relays, 110 VAC12 VDC relay, fuses, master switches, compressor, air dryer, dump valve and manual switch, pressure switch, check valve, pressure gauge, bleed-off valve, and relief valve, as per Drawings FIG. 2, 3, 9, and 10.
2. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas said baled hay, loose hay or silage is contained in an enclosure consisting of said base of the invention, roof structure, gate assemblies and rear wall.
3. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas said floor is laid upon said runners or skids, which are constructed of said pressure treated timbers fitted with metal bottoms or fabricated using steel, which has been recited as the base of the invention.
4. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas the said roof structure is fabricated from wood and steel and incorporates a peak in the middle and an overhang on both eves as well as both gable ends.
5. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas a said gate assembly contains a said fixed inner gate which consists of a steel frame, steel mesh or sheet metal sheathing, side hinges, side latch, air-lift ram and cable arrangement, roller guides and air dryer.
6. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas a said gate assembly contains a said moveable outer feed gate which consists of a steel frame, steel mesh or sheet metal sheathing and guided rollers.
7. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas the said rear wall consists of a steel frame, steel mesh sheathing, and is secured to the two rear said vertical posts using bolts and nuts and acts as a solid support for the rear vertical posts, in addition to providing support for said control box.
8. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas the said roof structure acts as a solid support for said four vertical posts.
9. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas the said vertical posts are further strengthened against lateral movement by the utilization of diagonal corner braces between the four vertical posts and said roof structure.
10. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas the said air-lift ram arrangement recited in claim 5 consists of an air-lift ram with a cable pulley assembly and attached guide cover for the cable arrangement. Said air-lift ram assembly is bolted to the said fixed inner gate and the cable is anchored on one end to the fixed inner gate near the air-lift ram upper mount and on the other end to the bottom of the said moveable outer feed gate in such a way as to allow the air-lift ram rod to fully extend, which in turn, utilizing the said cable arrangement, Drawing FIG. 7, causes the moveable outer feed gate to raise upward to a height of approximately twice the stroke length of the air-lift ram.
11. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas each of the three said fixed inner gates recited in claim 5 incorporates garageshop door roller type guides, one on each end, in an advantageous arrangement, so as to facilitate the vertical movement of the said moveable outer feed gate recited in claim 6. Said moveable outer feed gate incorporates said guide rollers, two on each end, that roll within and are contained by the roller guides. In addition, there are roller travel limit stoppers at either end of each said roller guide to prevent said moveable outer feed gates from exceeding their design travel.
12. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas the three said fixed inner gates recited in claim 5 contain said air dryers, each of which is comprised of a (approx.) 6\u2033 section of \xbe\u2033 inch galvanized pipe threaded on each end with a \xbe\u2033 inch to \xbc\u2033 inch bell reducer screwed on each end and whereas said pipe contains a quantity of desiccant moisture absorbing material, the purpose of which is to absorb any moisture from the air being drawn into the top portion of the air-lift ram during feed gate operation. Said air dryers are attached to the said fixed inner gate on the inside. One end of this air dryer is connected by plastic air line and fittings to the top port of the air-lift ram and utilizes a filter on its other end as well as a foam filter inside each end of said pipe to prevent desiccant material from entering the top chamber of the air-lift ram.
13. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas the three said gate assemblies utilize three said hinges on one end and one said latch on the other end, and are supported by said vertical posts.
14. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas each of the two said skids or runners incorporates a steel tow hooklifting eye, one fastened on each end of the runner.
15. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas the said floor of said base of the invention consists of treated boards (e.g. 2\u2033\xd78\u2033) or sheet metal which is fastened by screws or welding to the base runners.
16. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas the said control box is fabricated using plywood (e.g. \xbd\u2033) with steel reinforced edges or from sheet metal and utilizes three upper hinges, an internal latch arrangement and three ventilators.
17. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas the said control box contains all the said components recited in claim 1, wherein, the utilization of said components, in compliance with the wiring schematic of Drawing FIG. 9 and air system schematic of Drawing FIG. 10 and the component placement layout of Drawing FIG. 2, and in conjunction with the spirit and scope of the actual operation of this automatic livestock feeder which has been described in the Description of the Invention, together constitute an integral part of the embodiment of this invention.
18. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas said air dryer consists of a (approx.) 16\u2033 section of \xbe\u2033 galvanized pipe, threaded on each end, whereas a \xbe\u2033 to \xbc\u2033 bell reducer is screwed onto each end of said pipe, which is filled with a desiccant moisture absorbing material to remove moisture from the compressed air being delivered from said compressor to the rest of the air system. Also, contained within each end of said pipe is a foam filter to prevent desiccant material from entering the air system. This air dryer is attached to the inside of said control box and connected to the other components using plastic air line and fittings, as shown by air system schematic Drawing FIG. 10, and thus constitutes an integral part of the utilization of said components as recited in claim 17.
19. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas the three said gate assemblies, comprised of said fixed inner gates and said moveable outer feed gates and all attached said components as recited in clams 1, 5, 6, and in conjunction with the spirit and scope of the actual operation of this automatic livestock feeder, as described on page 4 of the Description of the Invention, constitutes an integral part of the embodiment of this invention.
20. The automatic livestock feeder recited in claim 1, whereas said solar panels and mast comprise an integral part of the utilization of said components as recited in claim 17, and thus constitutes an integral part of the embodiment of this invention.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An implantable medical device that communicates with a primary transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) circuit external to a patient via a transcutaneous energy transfer channel, the implantable medical device comprising:
a housing
a first TET coil received by the housing;
a second TET coil received by the housing, electrically coupled in parallel with the first TET coil, and physically proximate to and centered on a longitudinal axis of the first TET coil; and
control circuitry in electronic communication with the parallel first and second TET coils and operably configured to utilize power transferred to the first and second TET coils.
2. The implantable medical device of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a coil receptacle comprising a cylindrically recessed portion of the housing.
3. The implantable medical device of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a coil receptacle comprising a cylindrical bobbin.
4. The implantable medical device of claim 1, wherein the first and second TET coils each are comprised of a coil formed having about 325 turns.
5. The implantable medical device of claim 4, wherein the first and second TET coils comprise 34 gauge magnetic wire.
6. The implantable medical device of claim 1, wherein the control circuitry comprises a telemetry transceiver.
7. The implantable medical device of claim 1, further comprising a series capacitance in electrical communication with the first and second TET coils to form a resonant tank circuit having a center frequency of about 20 kHz.
8. The implantable medical device of claim 1, further comprising a third TET coil electrically coupled in parallel with the first and second TET coils, and physically proximate to and centered on the longitudinal axis of the first and second TET coils, wherein the control circuitry in electronic communication with the parallel first, second and third TET coils is further operably configured to utilize power transferred to the first, second and third TET coils.
9. A transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) system, comprising:
a primary transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) circuit external to a patient; and
an implantable medical device, comprising:
a housing including a coil receptacle having a longitudinally aligned and proximate first portion and second portion,
a first TET coil received by the first portion of the coil receptacle,
a second TET coil received by the second portion of the coil receptacle electrically coupled in parallel with the first TET coil,
resonance circuitry in electrical communication with the first and second TET coils to form a resonant tank circuit, and
control circuitry in electronic communication with the parallel first and second TET coils and operably configured to utilize power transferred to the first and second TET coils.
10. The transcutancous energy transfer (TET) system of claim 9, wherein the coil receptacle comprises a cylindrically recessed portion of the housing.
11. The transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) system of claim 9, wherein the coil receptacle comprises a cylindrical bobbin.
12. The transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) system of claim 9, wherein the first and second TET coils each are comprised of a coil formed having about 325 turns.
13. The transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) system of claim 12, wherein the first and second TET coils comprise 34-gauge magnetic wire.
14. The transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) system of claim 9, wherein the control circuitry comprises a telemetry transceiver.
15. The transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) system of claim 9, further comprising a series capacitance in electrical communication with the first and second TET coils to form a resonant tank circuit having a center frequency of about 20 kHz.
16. An inductive energy transfer system, comprising:
a primary coil assembly operably configured to induce a magnetic field having a resonant frequency through a barrier; and
a separate device spaced apart from the primary coil assembly by the barrier, the separate device comprising:
a front secondary coil substantially longitudinally aligned to an axis of the primary coil,
a back secondary coil electrically coupled in parallel with, physically proximate to, and aligned parallel with the front secondary coil,
resonance circuitry in electrical communication with the front and back secondary coils to form a resonant tank circuit having a pass band selected to encompass the resonant frequency of the primary coil assembly, and
control circuitry in electronic communication with the parallel front and back secondary coils and operably configured to utilize electrical power received therefrom.
17. The inductive energy transfer system of claim 16, further comprising a housing encompassing the separate device and including a coil receptacle having a longitudinally aligned and proximate first portion and second portion to receive respectively the front and back secondary coils.
18. The inductive energy transfer system of claim 17, wherein the coil receptacle comprises a cylindrically recessed portion of the housing.
19. The inductive energy transfer system of claim 17, wherein the coil receptacle comprises a cylindrical bobbin.
20. The inductive energy transfer system of claim 16, wherein the front and back secondary coils each are comprised of a coil formed having about 325 turns.
21. The inductive energy transfer system of claim 20, wherein the front and back secondary coils comprise 34-gauge magnetic wire.
22. The inductive energy transfer system of claim 16, wherein the control circuitry comprises a telemetry transceiver.
23. The inductive energy transfer system of claim 16, further comprising a series capacitance in electrical communication with the first and second TET coils to form a resonant tank circuit having a center frequency of about 20 kHz.