CN108184694B

CN108184694B - Automatic weighing feeder for mink feeding test

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Publication number: CN108184694B
Application number: CN201711355211.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘帅
Original assignee: Yiwu Youchuang Intellectual Property Operation Co Ltd
Current assignee: Yiwu Youchuang Intellectual Property Operation Co., Ltd
Priority date: 2017-12-16
Filing date: 2017-12-16
Publication date: 2020-11-10
Anticipated expiration: 2037-12-16
Also published as: CN108184694A

Abstract

The invention provides an automatic weighing feeder for a mink feeding test, which comprises an outer box body, a material groove, an inner lining groove and an annular protective cover, wherein the outer box body, the material groove and the inner lining groove are sequentially sleeved from outside to inside; the bottom of the outer box body is provided with an electronic scale, a clock chip, a memory card, a display screen and a keyboard, and the back of the outer box body is provided with a fixing device for fixing; the keyboard comprises a power switch key, a start key, an end key, a viewing key, a date key, a timing key and an up-down adjusting key; the automatic weighing feeder also comprises an automatic timing weighing unit and an automatic data storage unit; the invention can be conveniently and flexibly arranged in the breeding cage, can automatically record the amount of the fed materials and the residual materials and the feeding time through the memory card, and ensures the accurate record and convenient collection of data.

Description

Automatic weighing feeder for mink feeding test

Technical Field

The invention relates to an automatic weighing feeder for a mink feeding test.

Background

In the mink breeding industry, when feeding tests are required, the method is used for testing the nutrition effect, the digestion and absorption conditions of the feed, the food intake observation of minks in different periods and the like. When feeding tests are carried out, the feeding amount needs to be weighed, the feed is eaten by minks, the feed is left, and in practice, the feed needs to be weighed and the feed weight needs to be recorded manually at regular time, so that the feeding test is very troublesome. Moreover, the timing and fixed-point observation and recording of the food intake of the animals are more troublesome, and the data error is larger.

At present, no metering device special for feeding experiments with minks exists, so that labor force can be greatly saved by designing a device capable of automatically metering experimental data, the data is more accurate, and errors can not occur in recording.

Disclosure of Invention

To solve the problems in the prior art, the invention aims to provide the automatic weighing feeder for the mink feeding test, which can conveniently and automatically weigh the feed amount, can weigh the feed amount at fixed time and fixed point and form an intuitive data packet, and also has the advantages of material splashing prevention and convenience in fixation with a breeding cage.

The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problems is as follows: an automatic weighing feeder for mink feeding tests is characterized by comprising an outer box body, a trough and an inner lining trough which are sequentially sleeved from outside to inside, and an annular protective cover which covers the upper ends of the outer box body, the trough and the inner lining trough,

the outer box body, the material groove and the lining groove are all containers with vertical planes on the back surfaces;

the electronic scale comprises a single chip microcomputer, a pressure sensor, a power supply, a display screen and a keyboard, the pressure sensor, the display screen, the keyboard, the clock chip and the memory card are respectively connected with the single chip microcomputer, and a socket of the memory card, the display screen and the keyboard are located on the back face of the outer box body; a fixing device for fixing the mink cage is arranged on the back of the outer box body;

the keyboard comprises a power switch key, a start key, an end key, a viewing key, a date key, a timing key and an up-down adjusting key; the starting key is used for starting electronic scale weighing, the ending key is used for ending electronic scale weighing, the viewing key is used for viewing the current food intake, the date key is used for displaying a time adjusting format, the timing key is used for setting a time interval of automatic metering, and the up-down adjusting key is used for adjusting time;

the bottom of the trough is fixedly connected to a scale pan of the electronic scale, and the periphery of the trough is not contacted with the outer box body;

the automatic weighing feeder also comprises an automatic timing weighing unit and an automatic data storage unit; the automatic timing weighing unit carries out timing weighing according to the set interval time points of automatic metering; and the automatic data storage unit is used for counting the weighing data according to the time and the weight of the starting point, the interval point and the ending point, storing the data in a memory card, and storing the total feed intake and the interval point feed intake in a counting list.

Further, for a period of a feeding test, the automatic data storage unit establishes a folder for the time and the weight of a starting point, an interval point and an ending point in the period, and the folder is automatically named according to the original data, the date and the test number; and a folder is established by the total food intake and the food intake at the interval points, and the folder automatically gives according to the final data, the date and the test number.

Furthermore, a circle of magnet is arranged on the outer side of the upper end of the outer box body, and the annular protective cover is made of iron.

Furthermore, the fixing device comprises movable buckles which are symmetrically arranged up and down, each movable buckle comprises a sliding seat and a sliding buckle, and a slide way is arranged on each sliding seat; one end of the sliding buckle is provided with a sliding block matched with the slideway, and the other end of the sliding buckle is provided with a connecting end with a through hole; a groove for clamping an iron wire of the cultivation cage is formed in the middle of the sliding buckle; the connecting ends of the movable buckles which are symmetrically arranged up and down are connected through bolts.

Furthermore, a rubber anti-slip layer is arranged in the groove.

Further, the inner side of the ring-shaped protecting cover is an inclined plane which is inclined inwards.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: the device can automatically record the amount and the feeding time of the feeding and the residual materials, can record according to the set time interval, ensures the accurate record and convenient collection of data, does not need manual measurement and record, greatly liberates labor force, and does not have the error of manual record. Moreover, the automatic timing weighing unit can automatically record data according to time setting, and the automatic data storage unit clearly classifies and packages the data so as to facilitate the lookup. Can also be conveniently and flexibly arranged in cages for breeding poultry, mink cages, sheepfold and other breeding cages with meshes.

The outer shell, the trough and the lining trough are sleeved from outside to inside in sequence, the electronic scale is ingeniously designed in the outer shell, and the lining trough is arranged in the trough and can be conveniently cleaned. The back surfaces of the outer box body, the trough and the lining trough are planes, so that the installation is convenient, and the space of the culture cage is not occupied.

The annular protective cover can cover the gap between the upper ends of the outer box body, the trough and the lining groove, so that sundries are prevented from entering and affecting the accuracy of the electronic scale, and the inner side of the annular protective cover is inclined inwards, so that the animals are effectively prevented from being made of the materials when eating.

The unique design of the fixing device enables the feeding box to be flexibly installed on cages with various apertures and effectively prevent sliding.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are part of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structural assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a slide fastener according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a table of the invention recording time and weight of the remainder;

FIG. 6 is a table of the present invention recording time and feed intake;

FIG. 7 is a table of the present invention recording time, remaining amount, feed intake and total feed intake;

fig. 8 is a circuit configuration diagram of the present invention.

In the figure, an outer box body 1, a magnet 11, a trough 2, an inner lining trough 3, an annular protective cover 4, an electronic scale 5, a scale pan 51, a display screen 6, a keyboard 7, a socket 8, a rubber plug 81, a movable buckle 9, a sliding seat 91, a slideway 911, a sliding buckle 92, a sliding block 921, a connecting end 922 and a groove 923.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of the embodiments of the invention is made with reference to the accompanying drawings 1-8:

the invention comprises an outer box body 1, a trough 2 and a lining trough 3 which are sleeved from outside to inside in sequence, and an annular protective cover 4 which covers the upper ends of the outer box body 1, the trough 2 and the lining trough 3. It should be noted that, in order to illustrate the structure of the ring-shaped protecting cover 4, the rear end of the ring-shaped protecting cover 4 in fig. 1 is not connected, and the ring-shaped protecting cover 4 is actually a closed ring with the same structure as the upper end of the trough 2.

The outer box body 1, the trough 2 and the lining trough 3 are all containers with vertical planes on the back surfaces, and the design of the vertical planes on the back surfaces is convenient for installing and operating the keyboard 7 and pulling out the memory card. And does not occupy the space of the culture cage additionally.

The bottom of outer box 1 is provided with electronic scale 5, clock chip and RAM card, and electronic scale 5 includes singlechip, pressure sensor, power, display screen 6 and keyboard 7, pressure sensor, display screen 6, keyboard 7, clock chip and RAM card respectively with the singlechip is connected. The circuit structure of the electronic scale 5 belongs to the prior art, for example, the website of 'electronic scale application based on SH79F085 singlechip' disclosed in hundred-degree library is https:// wenku.baidu.com/view/997F4a3c580216fc 710afdh00. html. The connection between the clock chip and the memory card and the single chip belongs to the common knowledge of the technicians in the field, and is not described herein, the clock chip adopts a low-power consumption real-time clock circuit DS1302 manufactured by DALLAS corporation in the united states, and the display screen preferably adopts an LCD liquid crystal screen. The socket 8 of the memory card, the display screen 6 and the keyboard 7 are positioned below the back surface of the outer box body 1. The back of the outer box body 1 is provided with a fixing device for fixing on a mink cage. In order to protect the memory card slot and prevent sundries from entering, a rubber plug 81 is arranged on the socket 8.

The keyboard 7 comprises a power switch key, a start key, an end key, a viewing key, a date key, a timing key and an up-down adjusting key; the start key is used for starting the electronic scale to weigh, and when the start key is pressed, the electronic scale weighs the input feed weight and then the single chip microcomputer records the feed weight. The end key is used for ending the weighing of the electronic scale, and when the end key is pressed down, the electronic scale weighs the weight of the feed left after ingestion and then records the weight by the single chip microcomputer. The viewing key is used for viewing the current food intake, and the viewing key is pressed to display the current weight and the food intake. The date key is used for displaying a time adjusting format, and the date key is pressed down and then used for adjusting and setting the date, the year, the month and the date. The timing key is used for setting the time interval of automatic metering, and the time interval of automatic weighing is adjusted and set by using the up-down adjusting key after the timing key is pressed, such as 10 minutes, 30 minutes and the like. The up-down adjusting key is used for adjusting time and turning pages up and down. The user can take out the memory card and copy the information into the computer.

The automatic weighing feeder also comprises an automatic timing weighing unit and an automatic data storage unit. The automatic timing weighing unit is operated by a clock chip and a single chip microcomputer, and performs timing weighing according to a set interval time point of automatic metering, if the starting time point is 2: 00, setting the interval time to be 20 minutes, then the ratio of 2: and the time and weight information is automatically measured and stored at 20 ℃. The automatic data storage unit counts the weighed data according to the time and weight of the starting point, the interval point and the ending point, stores the counted data in the memory card, and counts the total feed intake and the interval point feed intake in the list and stores the counted data. For a period of a feeding test (namely the process from the beginning to the end of the feeding test), the automatic data storage unit establishes a folder for the time and the weight of the starting point, the interval point and the ending point in the period, the folder is automatically named according to the original data + the date + the number of tests, the number of the tests is the number of the test in the day, if the second test is 02, the specific name is the original data 2017042202 or the original data-20170422-02, and the data of the second test in 4, month and 22 days in 2017 are represented. And the data automatic storage unit establishes a folder for the total food consumption and the food consumption at the interval points, and the folder automatically gives according to the final data, the date and the test number. Detailed data tabulation the present invention employs two preferred embodiments, the first one as shown in fig. 5 and 6, employing two separate tables, which may be EXCEL tables, fig. 5 table recording the time and weight of the residue at the start, interval and end points. Fig. 6 records total feed intake and time between intervals. A second embodiment is shown in fig. 7, where the intake time, the remaining amount, the intake amount and the total intake amount are put in a table.

The bottom of the trough 2 is fixedly connected to a scale pan 51 of the electronic scale 5, and preferably, the scale pan 51 has an arc structure adapted to the bottom of the trough 2. The periphery of the trough 2 is not contacted with the outer box body 1.

In order to prevent the ring-shaped protecting cover 4 from being rubbed off by animals, a ring of magnet 11 is disposed outside the upper end of the outer casing 1, and the ring-shaped protecting cover 4 is made of iron. The inner side of the ring-shaped protecting cover 4 is an inclined plane which is inclined inwards.

As a preferred embodiment of the fixing device, the invention designs the fixing device which can adapt to breeding cages with different apertures and is firmly installed, and the fixing device comprises the following specific components: as shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, the fixing device includes movable buckles 9 symmetrically arranged up and down, the movable buckles 9 include sliding seats 91 and sliding buckles 92, and the sliding seats 91 are provided with slideways 911. One end of the sliding buckle 92 is provided with a sliding block 921 matched with the sliding way 911, and the other end is provided with a connecting end 922 with a through hole. Specifically, the cross section of the slide 911 is T-shaped, and the slider 921 is a T-shaped slider that mates with the slide 911. A groove 923 used for clamping the iron wire of the cultivation cage is arranged in the middle of the sliding buckle 92. The connecting ends of the movable buckles 9 which are symmetrically arranged up and down are connected through a bolt and used for fastening the upper movable buckle 9 and the lower movable buckle 9. In order to prevent the iron wires of the breeding cage from sliding in the groove 923, a rubber antiskid layer is arranged in the groove 923. Of course, the fixing device can also adopt an ear hole plate which is fixed on the wall surface by nails or expansion bolts.

The above-described essential features and structures of the invention, it will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive.

Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. An automatic weighing feeder for mink feeding tests is characterized by comprising an outer box body, a trough and an inner lining trough which are sequentially sleeved from outside to inside, and an annular protective cover which covers the upper ends of the outer box body, the trough and the inner lining trough,

the automatic weighing feeder also comprises an automatic timing weighing unit and an automatic data storage unit; the automatic timing weighing unit carries out timing weighing according to the set interval time points of automatic metering; the data automatic storage unit counts the data according to the time and weight of the starting point, the interval point and the ending point, stores the data in a memory card, and counts the total feed intake and the interval point feed intake in a list and stores the data;

for a period of a feeding test, the automatic data storage unit establishes a folder for the time and the weight of a starting point, an interval point and an ending point in the period, and the folder is automatically named according to the original data, the date and the test number; and establishing a folder for the total food intake and the food intake at the interval points, wherein the folder is automatically named according to the final data, the date and the test number.

2. The automatic weighing feeder for mink feeding experiments as claimed in claim 1, wherein a ring of magnet is provided outside the upper end of the outer case, and the ring-shaped protecting cover is made of iron.

3. The automatic weighing feeder for the mink feeding test according to claim 1, wherein the fixing device comprises movable buckles which are symmetrically arranged up and down, the movable buckles comprise a sliding seat and a sliding buckle, and a slide way is arranged on the sliding seat; one end of the sliding buckle is provided with a sliding block matched with the slideway, and the other end of the sliding buckle is provided with a connecting end with a through hole; a groove for clamping an iron wire of the mink cage is formed in the middle of the sliding buckle; the connecting ends of the movable buckles which are symmetrically arranged up and down are connected through bolts.

4. The automatic weighing feeder for the mink feeding test according to claim 3, wherein a rubber anti-slip layer is arranged in the groove.

5. The automatic weighing feeder for mink feeding experiments according to claim 1, wherein the inner side of the ring-shaped protecting cover is an inward inclined plane.