ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,794, issued on Feb. 24.
"Automated frozen fish food feeder and automated cleaning system" was invented by Erik Hunter (Santee, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated frozen fish food feeder system includes a programmable board, reservoir for holding food, and a cooling system to preserve the frozen fish food until ready for dispensing. A pump circulates food from the reservoir into an aquarium or other holding tank when the programmed time and interval for dispensing is reached. When the food dispensing process is done, the pump may be operated to purge food lines of any foodstuff remaining in the lines."
The patent was ...