William L Peacock

US Patent:

20230115244, Apr 13, 2023

Filed:

Oct 13, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/965013

Inventors:

- Holliston MA, US
Gregory M. Driscoll - Eastford CT, US
John P. Miersma - Whitinsville MA, US
Christopher Collins - Mendon MA, US
William Lane Peacock - Amesbury MA, US
Eric Alan Moore - Pomfret Center CT, US

International Classification:

A01K 61/85

Abstract:

An automated system for administering food to laboratory animals housed in aquatic tanks includes a plurality of individual feeding units that independently communicate with a common feed management hub. Each feeding unit includes a rack for holding a collection of aquatic tanks and a wireless robotic feeder configured to move in three dimensions relative to the rack. The robotic feeder precisely meters and delivers liquid and/or dry food to each rack-mounted tank in accordance with user-modifiable feed schedules which are maintained by the feed management hub. To compensate for any adjustments to the particular arrangement of tanks within a feeding unit, the robotic feeder periodically scans the rack for tanks and transmits the scan data back to the feed management hub. Accordingly, the feed management hub ensures that the proper type of food is accurately and timely delivered to each aquatic tank in compliance with the stored feed schedules.

US Patent:

20190364855, Dec 5, 2019

Filed:

May 30, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/992897

Inventors:

- Holliston MA, US
Nobutoshi Sato - Saitama, JP
Christopher Collins - Mendon MA, US
William Lane Peacock - Amesbury MA, US
Eric Moore - Pomfret Center CT, US
John Peter Miersma - Whitinsville MA, US

International Classification:

A01K 63/04
A01K 61/10
B65D 25/24
B65D 43/16

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention provide a tank assembly with a main housing enclosing an inner volume, and an outlet section positioned extending from one end of the main housing that includes a front cavity with an outlet volume and an adjacent outlet channel. Some embodiments include at least one removable filter configured to be inserted at least partially into main housing forming at least a filtered volume and a fluidly coupled main volume. Some embodiments include a removable tank baffle including at least one central channel and a plurality of baffle apertures. In some embodiments, the central channel is configured to be fluidly coupled to the outlet channel when the removable tank baffle is positioned in the main housing. Further, the plurality of baffle apertures are configured to be fluidly coupled to the outlet volume when the removable tank baffle is positioned in the main housing.