CN110574701A - Device convenient to captive livestock weighs and gathers appetite - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a device convenient for weighing and acquiring food intake of captive livestock, wherein side rails are welded on two sides of a bottom plate, a cross beam is welded between the top ends of the side rails, a weighing platform is arranged on the bottom plate, a gravity sensor is arranged at the center of the bottom of the weighing platform, a hydraulic tank is arranged below the gravity sensor, a hydraulic cylinder is fixed at the bottom of the cross beam, the hydraulic tank is communicated with the hydraulic cylinder through an oil conveying pipe, a tension sensor is arranged below the hydraulic cylinder, and a feeding hopper is fixed below the tension sensor. Has the advantages that: be provided with the feeding hopper through the below at hydraulic pressure section of thick bamboo for put into food, be used for attracting the sow feed, the platform of weighing is walked to the induced sow, avoids personnel to drive, causes the unstable condition of sow mood, improves measurement of efficiency simultaneously, is provided with force transducer through the below at pull rod and feeding hopper for detect the weight of food, the food intake of every sow of the survey of being convenient for.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of group breeding of sows, in particular to a device convenient for weighing and acquiring food intake of captive livestock.
Background
The group breeding is a captive breeding mode for centralizing and managing animals, sows need special care during pregnancy, feed intake and weight are recorded at any time for data comparison, and protection preparation is made in advance.
The survey equipment that uses at present need drive the sow and go up the weighbridge and just can weigh, and the sow is when gestation, and the state is unstable, is difficult to obey personnel and drives to be not convenient for measure the weight fast, and can't be effective, the very big inconvenience is brought for the record person to the food consumption of every sow of quick record.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to: aiming at the problems existing at present, the device convenient for captive livestock to measure weight and collect food intake is provided.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:
A device convenient for weighing and acquiring food intake of captive livestock comprises a bottom plate, two side rails, a rail net, a weighing device and an automatic feeding device, wherein the side rails are welded on two sides of the bottom plate and used for guiding, the rail net is welded between the two side rails and used for blocking the outlet of a sow, a cross beam is welded between the top ends of the side rails, the weighing device is arranged on the bottom plate and comprises a weighing platform with a rectangular structure and a gravity sensor, the weighing platform is arranged on the bottom plate, the gravity sensor is arranged at the center of the bottom of the weighing platform and used for automatic weighing, the automatic feeding device is arranged on the bottom plate and the cross beam and comprises a hydraulic tank, a hydraulic cylinder, a tension sensor and a feeding hopper, the hydraulic tank is arranged below the gravity sensor, and the hydraulic cylinder is fixed at the bottom of the cross beam, the hydraulic cylinder is communicated with the hydraulic cylinder through an oil conveying pipe, the tension sensor is arranged below the hydraulic cylinder and used for detecting the weight of food, and the feeding hopper is fixed below the tension sensor and used for placing the food.
preferably, the inside pressure disk that is provided with of hydraulic pressure jar, the bottom of pressure disk is fixed in through the spring that is equipped with on the bottom inner wall of hydraulic pressure jar, the last surface welding of pressure plate has the depression bar, just gravity sensor's bottom is fixed in the top of depression bar.
Preferably, a sealing plate is arranged in the hydraulic cylinder and is positioned above the joint of the oil delivery pipe and the hydraulic cylinder.
preferably, a pull rod is fixed at the bottom of the sealing plate, and the bottom end of the pull rod is fixed on the tension sensor.
Preferably, the connection part of the pull rod and the hydraulic cylinder and the connection part of the compression rod and the hydraulic tank are both provided with sealing rings.
Preferably, an information collector is arranged at the bottom of the cross beam and is electrically connected with the gravity sensor and the tension sensor respectively.
Preferably, the cross beam and the fence net are located at the same end of the side fence.
Due to the adoption of the technical scheme, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. The feeding hopper is arranged below the hydraulic cylinder and used for placing food and attracting sows to feed, the sows are induced to walk on the weighing platform, personnel are prevented from being driven, the condition that the emotion of the sows is unstable is caused, and the measurement efficiency is improved.
2. The tension sensor is arranged below the pull rod and the feeding hopper and used for detecting the weight of food, so that the feed intake of each sow can be conveniently measured.
3. Through being connected gravity sensor and force sensor and information collection station for output data, be convenient for record and save data.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the automatic feeding device of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the circuit connection structure of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a base plate; 2. a side rail; 3. a hurdle net; 4. a weighing platform; 5. a gravity sensor; 6. a hydraulic tank; 7. a cross beam; 8. a hydraulic cylinder; 9. a tension sensor; 10. a feeding hopper; 11. an oil delivery pipe; 12. an information collector; 13. a pressure lever; 14. a platen; 15. a spring; 16. a sealing plate; 17. a pull rod.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer and more complete, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments, and all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts based on the embodiments of the present invention belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-3, the invention provides a technical scheme, a device convenient for weighing and acquiring food intake of captive livestock comprises a bottom plate 1, two side rails 2, a fence net 3, a weighing device and an automatic feeding device, wherein the side rails 2 are welded on two sides of the bottom plate 1, the fence net 3 is welded between the two side rails 2 to prevent a sow from running randomly, a cross beam 7 is welded between the top ends of the side rails 2, the weighing device is arranged on the bottom plate 1 and comprises a weighing platform 4 and a gravity sensor 5 which are of a rectangular structure, the weighing platform 4 is arranged on the bottom plate 1, a gravity sensor 5 is arranged at the center of the bottom of the weighing platform 4 and used for automatic weighing, the automatic feeding device is arranged on the bottom plate 1 and the cross beam 7 and comprises a hydraulic tank 6, a hydraulic cylinder 8, a tension sensor 9 and a feeding hopper 10, the hydraulic tank 6 is arranged below the gravity sensor 5, the bottom of crossbeam 7 is fixed with hydraulic cylinder 8, and hydraulic tank 6 and hydraulic cylinder 8 are communicated through defeated oil pipe 11 that is equipped with between, and the below of hydraulic cylinder 8 is provided with force sensor 9 for drive feeding hopper 10 descends, and force sensor 9's below is fixed with feeding hopper 10, is used for putting into food.
Preferably, a pressure plate 14 is arranged inside the hydraulic tank 6, the bottom of the pressure plate 14 is fixed on the inner wall of the bottom of the hydraulic tank 6 through a spring 15, a pressure rod 13 is welded on the upper surface of the pressure plate 14, and the bottom of the gravity sensor 5 is fixed on the top end of the pressure rod 13, so that hydraulic oil can be extruded conveniently.
Preferably, a sealing plate 16 is arranged in the hydraulic cylinder 8, and the sealing plate 16 is positioned above the joint of the oil delivery pipe 11 and the hydraulic cylinder 8, so that hydraulic oil can be conveniently delivered.
Preferably, a pull rod 17 is fixed at the bottom of the sealing plate 16, and the bottom end of the pull rod 17 is fixed on the tension sensor 9, so as to detect the weight of the food.
preferably, sealing rings are arranged at the joints of the pull rod 17 and the hydraulic cylinder 8 and the joints of the press rod 13 and the hydraulic tank 6 for sealing.
Preferably, the bottom of the beam 7 is provided with an information collector 12, and the information collector 12 is electrically connected with the gravity sensor 5 and the tension sensor 9 respectively, so that data collection is facilitated.
preferably, the cross beam 7 and the fence net 3 are positioned at the same end of the side fence 2, so that the sows are prevented from running disorderly.
In this embodiment, the operation process and the measurement principle of the automatic measurement device are as follows:
Each sow is provided with an independent radio frequency chip which can be rapidly identified by an information collector 12, the information collector 12 is connected with a remote terminal, a certain amount of hydraulic oil is injected into a hydraulic tank 6, a hydraulic cylinder 8 and an oil pipeline 11, food is put into a feeding hopper 10, at the moment, a tension sensor 9 receives the tension of the food, displays the tension value and transmits the value to the information collector 12, the food gives off flavor to attract the sow to eat, when the sow eats, the information collector 12 collects the information of the radio frequency chip arranged on the sow body and records which sow is going to eat, when the sow goes onto a weighing table 4, the weighing table 4 bears the gravity of the sow and presses on a gravity sensor 5, the gravity sensor 5 presses a pressure rod 13 down, the pressure plate 13 presses a pressure plate 14 down, the pressure plate 14 presses the hydraulic tank 6 into the hydraulic cylinder 8, hydraulic oil extrusion closing plate 16 in the hydraulic pressure section of thick bamboo 8 descends, closing plate 16 pushes down pull rod 17, pull rod 17 descends this moment, fall feeding hopper 10 to the position that the sow can feed, after pressure disk 14 dropped a certain position, spring 15 atress withstood pressure disk 14, descend, gravity sensor 5 detected the weight numerical value of sow this moment, after the feed is accomplished, it leaves weighing platform 4 to drive sow, weighing platform 4 rises, pulling feeding hopper 10 rises, leave sow feed scope, in the feed process, information collector 12 constantly gathers gravity sensor 5 and tension sensor 9's information, and with information transfer to remote terminal machine on, be convenient for calculate food intake and weight.
The above description is only for the specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
The information collector used in this application is an existing product, for example: the information collector of taiwan brand, model a-1060 is the existing mature technology, and the specific internal structure and principle thereof belong to the technical scope that can be understood by those skilled in the art, and are not described herein again.
Claims (7)
1. The utility model provides a device convenient to captive livestock weighs and gathers appetite, includes bottom plate (1), two side fences (2), hurdle net (3), weighing device and automatic feeding device, its characterized in that: the side rails (2) are welded on two sides of the bottom plate (1), the rail net (3) is welded between the two side rails (2), a cross beam (7) is welded between the top ends of the side rails (2), the weighing device is arranged on the bottom plate (1) and comprises a weighing platform (4) and a gravity sensor (5) which are of a rectangular structure, the weighing platform (4) is arranged on the bottom plate (1), the gravity sensor (5) is arranged at the center of the bottom of the weighing platform (4), the automatic feeding device is arranged on the bottom plate (1) and the cross beam (7) and comprises a hydraulic tank (6), a hydraulic cylinder (8), a tension sensor (9) and a feeding hopper (10), the hydraulic tank (6) is arranged below the gravity sensor (5), and the hydraulic cylinder (8) is fixed at the bottom of the cross beam (7), the hydraulic cylinder (6) is communicated with the hydraulic cylinder (8) through an oil delivery pipe (11) arranged in the hydraulic cylinder, the tension sensor (9) is arranged below the hydraulic cylinder (8), and the feeding hopper (10) is fixed below the tension sensor (9).
2. The apparatus of claim 1 for facilitating weight-finding and food intake of captive animals, wherein: the hydraulic pressure jar (6) is inside to be provided with pressure disk (14), the bottom of pressure disk (14) is fixed in through spring (15) that are equipped with on the bottom inner wall of hydraulic pressure jar (6), the upper surface welding of pressure disk (14) has depression bar (13), just the bottom of gravity sensor (5) is fixed in the top of depression bar (13).
3. the apparatus of claim 2 for facilitating weight-finding and food intake of domestic animals in captivity, wherein: a sealing plate (16) is arranged in the hydraulic cylinder (8), and the sealing plate (16) is positioned above the joint of the oil conveying pipe (11) and the hydraulic cylinder (8).
4. The apparatus of claim 3 for facilitating weight-finding and food intake of domestic animals in captivity, wherein: the bottom of the sealing plate (16) is fixed with a pull rod (17), and the bottom end of the pull rod (17) is fixed on the tension sensor (9).
5. The apparatus of claim 4 for facilitating weight-finding and food intake of domestic animals in captivity, wherein: the connecting part of the pull rod (17) and the hydraulic cylinder (8) and the connecting part of the press rod (13) and the hydraulic tank (6) are both provided with sealing rings.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 for facilitating weight-finding and food intake of captive animals, wherein: the bottom of crossbeam (7) is provided with information collector (12), information collector (12) respectively with gravity sensor (5) with tension sensor (9) electric connection.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 for facilitating weight-finding and food intake of captive animals, wherein: the beam (7) and the fence net (3) are positioned at the same end of the side fence (2).
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