1. An animal feeding device for storing and dispensing feed comprising:
a trough;
a hopper located above the trough and having opposite sides, opposite ends, an open bottom, and an open top;
a downwardly sloping baffle disposed within the hopper and having a base secured to the trough;
a first slide moveably connected to a side of the hopper and positioned adjacent the base of the baffle;
a guide attached to the same side of the hopper as the first slide;
a second slide moveably connected to the guide of the hopper and positioned in spaced alignment to the first slide; and
wherein the first slide is positioned between the hopper and the second slide.
2. (canceled)
3. The device of claim 1 further comprising a lid extending across the top of the hopper.
4. The device of claim 3 further comprising a winch assembly mounted to the hopper and operatively connected to the lid for opening and closing the lid.
5. The device of claim 1 further comprising a window positioned on the hopper for determining the amount of feed in the hopper.
6. An animal feeding facility comprising:
a building having opposite side walls and a roof extending above and between the side walls;
a plurality of animal pens disposed within the building, each pen having opposite sides bounded by partitions;
a plurality of gates adjacent to the pens and pivotally mounted to the partitions, the gates forming first and second alleyways extending between the side walls of the feeding facility, the first alleyway in front of the second; and
a plurality of animal feeders disposed within the pens and located parallel and adjacent to the second alleyway.
7. The animal feeding facility of claim 6 further comprising a curtain secured to the roof and extending between the side walls above the animal feeders.
8. The device of claim 1 further comprising a turn buckle secured to the same side of the hopper as the guide and the first slide and secured to the second slide such that when the turn buckle is rotated, the second slide slides vertically about the guide.
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. A communication device, comprising:
a substrate;
an antenna provided on the substrate;
a first communication unit which transmits or receives a first signal via the antenna;
a terminal provided on the substrate;
a signal wire one end of which is connected to the terminal;
a conductor plate connected to the other end of the signal wire; and
a second communication unit which transmits and receives a second signal via the conductor plate, wherein the sum of an electrical length of a line of the signal wire and half the electrical length of the circumference of the conductor plate is equals to integer multiple of half a wave length of a resonance frequency of the antenna.
2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the conductor plate is provided in parallel with the surface having a distance from the surface of 0.30 or less wavelength of the resonance frequency of the antenna.
3. The communication device according to claim 2, wherein
the antenna operates at the resonance frequency and a second resonance frequency which is different from the resonance frequency,
the conductor plate is provided with a cut portion having a side length substantially equal to \xbc of the wave length of the second resonance frequency,
the other end of the signal wire is connected to an open end of the cut portion, and
the line length of the signal wire is substantially equal to half the wavelength of the second resonance frequency.
4. The communication device according to claim 3, wherein
the substrate is provided with a ground portion having a reference potential,
the terminal is provided on a side of the substrate,
the communication device further comprising
a second terminal which is provided on a side facing the side provided the terminal and which is connected to the ground portion;
a second signal wire one end of which is connected to the second terminal, and
a second conductor plate connected to the other end of the second signal wire, wherein
the sum of the line length of the second signal wire and half the circumferential length of the second conductor is equal to the integer multiple of the half wavelength of the resonance frequency of the antenna.
5. The communication device according to claim 4 further comprising:
a third conductor plate which has a circumferential length different from the conductor plate; and
a switch which electrically connects the signal wire to either the conductor plate or the third conductor plate.