CN1921751A - Equipment and method for cattle in cooling shed - Google Patents
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is described for moistening cattle, especially cows (61), in sheds, and taking into account the effect of the wind. Rows of sprayers (60) are provided which project water sprays (64) directed toward the cattle. The sprayers may be angularly shifted to take into account the deviating effect of the wind. Processing means calculate the angular shift that is needed for the existing wind direction and intensity. All the sprayers concurrently receive the angular shift. Preferably said shift is transmitted to the first sprayer from a control station and successively from each sprayer to the next. In this way, a plurality of sprayers can be controlled even if they are not arranged in straight lines or at the same level, depending on the structure of the cattle shed.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of equipment and method that is used for by many groups of interlock sprayer units cooling oxen, the described ox that described sprayer unit is oriented to injection stream to arrange and put with the controlled manner of having considered environmental condition.Especially, although do not have exclusiveness, described ox generally is a cow, and described cooling means and equipment uses when cow is in canopy, and relevant environmental condition is definite by air-flow in vogue.
Background technology
Be to alleviate heat stress for a requirement that produces high Milk Production amount summer.Multinomial research shows, can increase milk crop by cooling system is installed.(" Interactions Between Body Condition at Calving and Cooling ofDairy Cows during Lactation in Summer; " Flamenbaum et al, Journalof Dairy Science Vol.78, No.10,1995 and " Dry Period Heat StressRelief Effects on Prepartum Progesterone; Calf Birth Weight; andMilk Production; " Wolfenson et al, Journal of Dairy Science, Vol.71, No.3,1988).The fringe benefit that this cooling system is installed is that the power of production capacity again of cow under the situation of cooling can be improved.
The cooling system of prior art is made up of with the water pipe that separates that has the nozzle that produces water spray in terminal the air gas-distribution pipe that is used to make air turbulence point to cow usually.With directly compare from flexible pipe discharging, but use nozzle conserve water usually.The watering device that is positioned at the nursing zone of dairy farm provides additional cooling usually, thereby can reduce needed fan power and make the hot cow on the limit more comfortable.Because the cow perspiration almost only is 1/10th of human perspiration, so the spray fan cooling system can be taken away the moisture evaporation of surperficial heat and increase skin.Cooling effect to described cow health can improve level of comfort and increase Milk Production.
Although prior art system can provide sufficient cooling, there are some shortcomings in they.At first, can waste too much water.Cooling water needn't point to cow, but it spreads all over for example discharging in feeding the zone of wide zone, so that the cow of the heat of optimal number is cooled off by water spray.In order to make water spray spread all over wide zone, need pump or steel pipe, so that water offers sprayer unit under about 40 atmospheric pressure.Secondly, cow can not seek the comfort zone of spraying cooling, thereby water spray can not be effectively utilized.The water that can not impact on the headgear of cow can drop on the ground.Once more, drop on ground water and can assemble and the puddle usually, particularly combine the pathogeny that meeting becomes cow with the ight soil of ox, mastitis for example is although serve as the fan continued operation of the device of dry ground in addition.And water can be ejected into cow on the face sometimes, thereby, can make their exacerbations.
Uncensored patent application WO 03/066168 A1 discloses a kind of sprayer unit that comprises fan, is used to produce mist stream and mist stream is pushed to the precalculated position, be i.e. the position of a head of cattle (being generally a cow).At this, should illustrate that when cow disperses to spread all over big zone promptly when feeding zone, corral and waiting the hurdle, can adopt a plurality of sprayer units, the i.e. difference ox of diverse location are pointed in the spraying that each sprayer unit will be controlled.Although the device of WO 03/066168 A1 is very effective, it only can at a time cool off a cow or other oxen, and must be by manually operation and control of people.Because it needs on the function of use and all unacceptable economically manpower, therefore, particularly during the ox of the layout in a row under normal conditions long-time cooling shed and can not be satisfactory when atmospheric conditions change.
Listing in other prior aries in the described PCT application should think and also be incorporated herein by reference.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide the particularly method and apparatus of cow of a kind of ox that is used for cooling shed layout in a row.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of method and apparatus that can control automatically.
Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of method and apparatus that can consider the influence of wind automatically.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of method and apparatus that makes the consumes least of water.
An also purpose of the present invention is this a kind of like this method and apparatus, and promptly no matter how all very efficient the structure of cowshed is.
Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of like this method and apparatus, promptly when ox also very efficient so that shape many rows mode is at an angle arranged each other.
When continuing to describe, other purposes of the present invention and advantage are become apparent.
The invention provides a kind of more especially method of cow particularly of the ox that distributes with neat arrangement in the canopy of corral particularly that is used for cooling off, said method comprising the steps of:
A) provide a plurality of spray generator devices;
B) make described spray generator device with corresponding with the described arrangement of ox particularly with canopy in the corresponding arrangement of the ox of layout in a row distribute;
C) activate described spray generator device simultaneously, to produce water spray, each described water spray roughly points at least one cow health respectively;
D) probe wind is to wind speed and/or other the possible relevant parameters surveyed with alternative; And
E) according to the wind speed of described wind direction and alternative detection and/or the direction that other possible relevant parameters change described water spray by this way simultaneously, promptly each water spray still roughly points at least one cow health respectively.
Although ox is cow normally, they are the ox of other kinds also; Although the neat arrangement that they distribute is generally the arrangement form of in a row arranging in the canopy, it also can be different arrangement forms, need only the arrangement form distribution of described spray generator device with correspondence, thereby water spray can arrive ox; And ox can be in canopy.All these modification include in the present invention.
The invention provides a kind of ox that distributes with neat arrangement equipment of cow particularly of particularly in a row arranging canopy more especially that is used for cooling off, comprising:
Many spray generator devices of I-, they are with the arrangement corresponding with the described neat arrangement of ox;
The II-actuating device, they are used for activating simultaneously and stop all described spray generator devices simultaneously;
III-wind sensor device, they are used for probe wind to wind speed and/or other the possible relevant parameters surveyed with alternative;
IV-motion jockey, they are used for controlling simultaneously the direction of the described water spray that is produced by described spray generator device; And
V-motion jockey actuating device, they are used for activating described motion jockey according to described wind direction of being surveyed by described wind sensor device and alternative wind speed and/or other the possible relevant parameters of surveying.
Preferably, if described spray generator abbreviates " sprayer " arranged in succession as at this and particularly arranges in a row or multi-row mode, described motion jockey couples together each sprayer and next sprayer, and if and the direction that changes or regulate the described water spray that is produced by them when needing simultaneously.The direction of described water spray changes or regulates by making described sprayer produce angular movement around roughly vertical axis.
Each described sprayer preferably includes fan, and described fan has blade and the grille that limits blade diameter, and comprises the nozzle unit that is used for from supply pipe water supply, and described nozzle unit medially is installed in the downstream of described grille and described blade.Described sprayer can be described in above-mentioned WO 03/066168 A1, but also can be different.Among the embodiment in being described in WO 03/066168 A1, each nozzle unit is roughly concentric with fan propeller respectively, and comprise the roughly nozzles of symmetry of one or more centers with respect to fan propeller, and preferably have thin profile and promptly may disturb minimum the air-flow that produces by fan.The pressure of liquid of introducing described nozzle unit is relatively low, between 4 to 6 atmospheric pressure.
Can be controlled for the direction that makes the described water spray that produces by described sprayer, each described sprayer must be able to rotate around vertical axis.The change of wind direction and wind speed also can influence the scope of water spray, and under the identical situation of other all conditions, when wind during along the component reduction/increase of the desired orientation of described water spray, the scope of water spray can reduce/increase.Under maximum conditions, if if described component oppositely is wind and described desired orientation oppositely to be blown, the scope of described water spray can reduce/increase along with the increase/reduction of described component, and described variable range is zero or even puts upside down.Therefore, wind direction of being surveyed by wind sensor and wind speed and/or other possible relevant parameters preferably are passed to calculator, and it is to make described water spray keep desired orientation and scope to need the i.e. amount of horizontally rotating of the calculating amount of spin that rotates around vertical axis that described calculator is exported described sprayer.Described other relevant parameters can comprise humidity and its temperature of wind.Have only wind sensor to make its reposition keep a few minutes at least, described calculator just can send the order of the direction that changes described sprayer, the Iterim Change of wind direction is responded avoiding.
Preferably, each sprayer is installed in respectively on the horizontal axis of downside of the bearing support that is positioned at the preferred rectangle of quadrangle.If described bearing support is a rectangle, described bearing support is its upside specifically and short vertical axes is connected, and described axis limit is in the sleeve that is connected of the part of canopy with being installed in rotation on stationary element.Described vertical axes is carrying first or eminence gear and second or the lower gear.Certainly other versions also are fine, as long as described sprayer can rotate with respect to stationary element around vertical axis.
Be provided with console, it is used to control the direction of described sprayer.The motion jockey that is used for controlling simultaneously the direction of described sprayer can be any kind that those of ordinary skill is easy to expect, but for each sprayer, preferably including the two-way flexible element is flexible element, for example metal or plastics or the weaving rope, because it comprises two branch roads, two branch roads couple together at their place, both ends, and therefore described flexible element is that circulation is continuous.The two-way flexible element is around the vertical axes of each sprayer.The sprayer the most approaching with described console is called first sprayer, and sprayer in succession is called second sprayer, by that analogy sprayer to the last.Also around the supporting member that is positioned at described console, and be called first flexible element around the described flexible element of the described vertical axes of described first sprayer.Each flexible element beyond first flexible element is the described vertical axes of a sprayer and previous sprayer around two adjacent sprayers, and wherein, " previous " is meant the sprayer of and close described console the most approaching with a described sprayer.Be provided with and be used to make described first flexible element along the device that himself moves from described console, promptly be used to make an one branch road to roll out the device that is involved in another branch road, wherein, described device can only activate manually.Be provided with transmission device, its running transform that is used for described branch road is the rotation of described first sprayer around vertical axis.In an embodiment of the present invention, described transmission device comprises above-mentioned the first/the second gear that can comprise first sprayer and the i.e. toothrow gear teeth of first joggle piece that carried by described first flexible element.The second/the first gear of described first sprayer and second joggle piece engagement of being carried by the second two-way flexible element, when described gear rotated, it made described second flexible element move along himself.The first/the second gears engaged on described second flexible element and the vertical axes that is locked in described second sprayer admittedly, when its when self moves, described the first/the second gear is rotated.Thereby described transmission can be passed to second sprayer from first sprayer, and can be passed to the 3rd sprayer from second sprayer in an identical manner, transmits successively until last sprayer then.In this way, the sprayer that can be passed to along row's sprayer from a sprayer nearest from the control point is farthest rotated in expectation.
The scope of described water spray also depends on the gradient of described sprayer, i.e. the angle that forms between the axis of each sprayer and the horizontal plane.Therefore, according to one embodiment of present invention, can expect to change or regulate described gradient.This need rotate described sprayer around horizontal axis, can be by manually finishing.Yet, if wish, described rotation and operate desired other of described sprayer move for example other actions described in WO 03/066168 A1 can by can be contained in the fan in the support of sprayer or own the known control device of installing in addition be generally calutron and produce and control.Activate this device simultaneously within the ability of those of ordinary skill, need not describe.
For example, a kind of such control device can intermittently cool off cow and this cooling at intermittence of control.When water spray intermittently produces, can make cow obtain best cooling.The water inlet of the described nozzle unit by closing to described sprayer, cow can be not wet excessively, thereby can save water.After wet and described water inlet was closed cow, air-flow can continue to flow, so that the water of cow evaporation and cooling continue.
Technical characterictic of the present invention is, because angular adjustment can be passed to next sprayer from a sprayer, therefore can be suitable for any neat arrangement form of ox, particularly is suitable for any layout of canopy.For example, if cow aligns in succession along shape two straight lines at an angle each other, described sprayer can align in a similar manner, they one of be positioned at the junction of two straight lines.If needn't place sprayer: only need a solid lock to have the vertical axes of two gears to be placed on described junction, and need not to be the axle of sprayer in described junction.A plurality of this axles can be tackled the layout of arrangement form and/or the canopy of more complicated ox, and cow position and the irregular of sprayer that can tackle generation thereupon align.Similarly, if cow aligns and then makes sprayer also to align in succession along two lines that are positioned on the different level along two lines that are positioned on the different level in succession, in variation place of described horizontal plane, can be passed to next sprayer from a sprayer by means of inclination flexible element angular adjustment; And in sprayer is in other arrangements on a plurality of horizontal planes, can use identical device that angular adjustment is passed to next sprayer from a sprayer.
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Fig. 1 is the front view according to the sprayer unit that can rotate around vertical axis of the first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the perspective view of the described sprayer unit among Fig. 1 when being in another angle position;
Fig. 3 shows the connection between the console according to an embodiment of the invention and first sprayer;
Fig. 4 is a schematic plan, shows the present invention has two milk ejection oxen in canopy application;
Fig. 5 A is a schematic plan, and showing the present invention has the application of shape two row oxen at an angle each other in canopy;
Fig. 5 B is a schematic plan, shows the application of the present invention in the canopy that the sealing of the path of sprayer forms;
Fig. 6 schematically shows the one embodiment of the present of invention when the sprayer in the vertical direction is in two different horizontal planes;
Fig. 7 is the CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICATION of Fig. 3 of ratio amplification;
Fig. 8 is the schematic diagram of wind sensor; And
Fig. 9 and 10 shows the example of beam wind to the influence of the angular adjustment of described sprayer.
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In Fig. 1 and 2, the stationary element of Reference numeral 10 expression canopies, it can be dividing plate or wall, and also can be a kind of like this open design, if promptly the direction of sprayer is reverse, water spray can pass through described open design.
Sprayer is generally with Reference numeral 11 expressions, and it is installed in the convenient highly place of stationary element 10 in the following manner, and can be downward-sloping like that as requested under the situation of having considered described height, to obtain the water spray of expected range.Sprayer 11 comprises fan 12 and feeds the water inlet of feed pipe 13 that as shown in Figure 2, described feed pipe 13 is supplied with by water main 35.Described sprayer is installed in and horizontally rotates on the device, and can produce angular movement around horizontally rotating device, describedly horizontally rotates device and can be made up of two pivots 14 or horizon bar.Described pivot or bar form the following side of rectangle bearing support 16, and described bearing support 16 also comprises horizontal side 17 and two vertical sidepieces 18.Certainly, described rectangle bearing support only is an example, also can use difform bearing support.Last horizontal side 17 is connected with axle 21, thereby bearing support 16 also is connected with axle 21.Described axle 21 is installed in rotation in the sleeve 19, described sleeve 19 is connected with arm 15, and described arm 15 is being supported by stationary element 10, and sprayer 11 and stationary element 10 are kept such distance, be that described sprayer can rotate on request around vertical axis, even rotatable 180 degree.Arm 15 illustrates with interrupt mode in Fig. 1, but illustrates in the mode that is supported on the stationary element 10 in Fig. 2.Arm 15 is rigidly connected on the supporting member 36, supporting member 36 is connected again with on the sleeve of Reference numeral 29 expressions or the similar hollow, described sleeve or similar hollow 29 are connected on the stationary element 10, and electric wire or other connecting lines can be by described sleeve or similar hollow 29 and by its guiding.Yet arm 15 can only be a kind of by way of example by stationary element 10 supportings, and those of ordinary skill can be found out other many kinds of support patterns, and these support patterns can be realized in enforcement of the present invention.
As mentioned above, axle 21 is installed in rotation in the sleeve 19.Any suitable device (invisible among the figure) can be set prevent that described axle from sliding or therefrom skid off along described sleeve, the protuberance that for example is preferably annular can form and be engaged in the preferred dimple for annular in the inner surface of sleeve 19 around axle 21, perhaps, this protuberance can form around the inner surface of described sleeve and be engaged in the lip-deep corresponding dimple that is formed at described axle.Axle 21 carries and cogs 23 and lower gear 24.Two-way flexible element with Reference numeral 25 expressions comprises two branch roads 26 and 27 generally.Described two-way flexible element also comprises the i.e. toothrow gear teeth of joggle piece 28, and described joggle piece 28 is positioned at the engagement place of itself and lower gear 24.The other end of two-way flexible element 25 is not shown among the figure, but it is similar to the end of the two-way flexible element 30 that is about to describe, described two-way flexible element 30 has the i.e. toothrow gear teeth of joggle piece, described joggle piece and the gears engaged that carries by previous sprayer bearing, perhaps, if shown sprayer is first sprayer, the engagement of the element of described joggle piece and console, this will describe referring to Fig. 3 below.
Two-way flexible element 30 comprises branch road 31,32 and joggle piece 33.Joggle piece 33 with shown in 23 engagements that cog of axle 21 of sprayer.When described axle rotated, gear 23 can make one of branch road 31-32 be involved in another branch road and roll out.Gears engaged among two-way flexible element 30 and the figure on the axle of sightless next sprayer.Therefore, if sprayer axle 21 rotates a certain angle, the axle of next sprayer also can rotate equal angular, and described rotation meeting is delivered to next sprayer axle along whole row's sprayer from a sprayer axle.If lack sprayer but the existence axle similar to the sprayer axle, rotation also can be transmitted in an identical manner.
At described console, be provided with and be used to support the first two-way flexible element and be used for moving described flexible element so that a branch road is involved in the device that rolls out with another branch road.Provide the simplest method of this device to be, the axle that is carrying gear described console setting makes described axle rotate the device of expected angle with being provided for manual mode or mechanical system, in this case, all sprayers are rotated around their vertical axis.Do not need in the end after a sprayer flexible element to be set.Can make them spray preset time to activate described sprayer to described console programming towards desired orientation, in the described time, the ox material feeding.Similarly, also can make them spray the scheduled time towards different desired orientation and scope to activate described sprayer to described console programming, in the described time, Niu Tongchang lies down.In this case, can to activate described sprayer their swings in predetermined fan section be sprayed to described console programming.
Fig. 3 show generally with first sprayer of Reference numeral 40 expressions with generally with an embodiment of the connected mode of the console of Reference numeral 41 expressions.Fig. 7 shows the CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICATION of described connected mode with the ratio of amplifying.Yet Fig. 3 can similarly illustrate the connected mode between the sprayer of two row stagger each other an angle and the functional equivalents that linearly are disposed in order.Shown console comprises arm 42, and it is bearing on the stationary element 10 in any mode easily.Shown in example in, arm 42 is by rigid connector 43 supporting, described rigid connector 43 is connected with sleeve 47 again, and is similar to the sleeve 38 among Fig. 2, sleeve 47 is connected with stationary element 10.Two-way flexible element 45 is carrying the i.e. two toothrow gear teeth 46 and 51 of two joggle pieces.Arm 42 is supporting motor 48.Housing 49 is holding the gear drive to axle 53 from described motor 48, and solid lock has gear 54 on its axis 53.Gear 54 and gear 55 engagements that are locked in admittedly on the axle 56 are connected with gear 50 on the axle 56.Gear 50 and joggle piece 51 engagements, thus when gear 50 rotated, flexible element 45 can move along himself, promptly an one branch road is involved in, and another branch road rolls out.Joggle piece 46 moves sprayer 40 (only part as seen) with the front in conjunction with the described mode of Fig. 1 and 2.Also can use other devices to can be any convenient means usually makes flexible element 45 move by being involved in rolling out of another branch road of an one branch road.For example, corresponding with axle 50 axle can pass through regulations and parameters or other any way hand rotation.Even available face wheel or sheave replacement gear 50, and even can save joggle piece 51 and between described face wheel or sheave and flexible element 45, rely on friction interlock transmission.Housing 49 also can contain the control processor expediently, and it is according to comprising that the relevant parameter of the parameter of wind controls the operation of described equipment.
Fig. 4 schematically shows the operation of the row of one in canopy sprayer 60, and wherein, cow 61 is arranged in two in line 62 and 63 opposite modes.Under the situation of Fig. 4, there is not wind, perhaps wind is very weak and to not influence of water spray.Therefore, each sprayer 60 produces the water spray 64 that arrives a cow 61 respectively, although it also may arrive second cow exceptionally shown in Reference numeral 65.Figure 4 and 5 A is a plane; Yet for convenience of explanation, the vertical view that cow also can be vertical rather than the mode of plane illustrate.No matter when spray operation stops, and described control processor all can make all sprayers tilt to the position substantially parallel with flexible element 45, thereby can save the excreta of the needed space of trailer with the cleaning ox.
Fig. 5 A shows a kind of similar situation of canopy, and wherein, cow 71 arranges that in two opposite rows' mode every row comprises two couples of section 72-73 and 74-75 respectively, and shape at an angle alpha between every pair of section.Sprayer 70 is also correspondingly arranged in two row's modes, and every package is drawn together two sections, the identical angle [alpha] of formation between them.A sprayer 76 is placed at joint place at two sections of every row respectively, its can to from previous sprayer 70 ' to next sprayer 70 " angle excursion play a transition role.In the position of sprayer 76,, should settle axle so that described angle excursion is played a transition role if described sprayer does not need cow is sprayed.
Fig. 5 B shows a kind of similar situation of canopy, and wherein, cow 71 is arranged in the polygonal region of sealing.Sprayer 70 is correspondingly arranged in the mode of two rectangles, and every row's sprayer comprises four sections respectively, the identical angle [alpha] of formation between them.A sprayer 76 is placed at joint place at two sections of every row, its can to from previous sprayer 70 ' to next sprayer 70 " angle excursion play a transition role.In the position of sprayer 76,, should settle axle so that described angle excursion is played a transition role if described sprayer does not need cow is sprayed.Like this, the angle of all sprayers can use single motor to change simultaneously.Described console can make all sprayers swing in predetermined fan section, and can make those be in the locational sprayer shut-down operation opposite with wind direction.
Fig. 6 shows this situation, and two sections of row's sprayer are placed on the different level.Described sprayer can adopt the mode shown in Fig. 1 and 2 to construct.As described as shown in FIG, last sprayer 80 of first section has axle 21, and described axle 21 is cogged by it by flexible element 25 and 23 activates.Yet, its lower gear 24 and gear 82 engagements that are locked in admittedly on first sloping shaft 83, second gear 84 also is locked on first sloping shaft 83 admittedly.Gear 84 meshes with the joggle piece 86 of the flexible element 85 that tilts.When axle 21 produced angular movement, gear 84 can be involved in another branch road by a branch road that makes flexible element 85 and roll out mobile flexible element 85.Another joggle piece 87 is being carried by flexible element 85, and with gear 88 engagement of second sloping shaft 89, and rotatable described axle.Axle 89 has solid lock another gear 90 thereon.Gear 90 and joggle piece 91 engagements of carrying by another flexible element 92, thus described flexible element 92 can foregoing mode be passed to sightless next sprayer among the figure with angular movement.
Fig. 8 schematically shows wind sensor 95, and it comprises plate or the weathercock 96 that is installed on the arm 97, and described arm 97 is connected on the rotating axle 98.Sensor 95 preferably includes the device such as spring assembly or linear potentiometer, be used for the rotation of axle 98 is reacted, thereby regardless of possible wind direction and wind speed, it all can be included within the predetermined restriction.The rotation of axle 98 produces signal, and signal is sent to the control section of described equipment.In potentiometric enforcement, the resistance scale can be divided into Standard resistance range, and each Standard resistance range is made up of the resistance corresponding with the revolution of the gear of selecting.The revolution of described gear is converted to the corresponding angle of each sprayer unit by described console, thereby, can regulate its position and determine that its spray operation or fan operation should keep still stopping.Can control simultaneously.Under the situation of very big wind, for example, if wind blows very tempestuously against the desired orientation of water spray, described signal can make described sprayer shut-down operation, to avoid the waste of water.
Fig. 9 and 10 schematically shows the example of wind to the influence of the angular adjustment of described sprayer.Only show the cow that a row's sprayer 100 and a row schematically represent with Reference numeral 101.In Fig. 9, there is not tangible wind.All roughly with respect to axis 103 symmetries, described axis is the axis of the described fan of described sprayer to each water spray 102, and is therefore vertical with the outer surface 104 of described sprayer.In Figure 10, as shown in the figure, significantly big wind 110 promptly blows from west side and row's sprayer across from the left side.Consider wind, as shown in the figure, each sprayer has rotated counterclockwise angle beta, promptly the axis of its fan roughly the points west north to.Thereby although wind is arranged, water spray can present curve shape 111 and can arrive cow.
Although being described and having illustrated, the present invention is used to cool off ox, but be to be understood that, equipment of the present invention also can be used for other purposes, promptly be used to cool off the target except that ox, the for example formation of vegetation, other animals, greenhouse, poultry, industrial plants, textile, amusement point, and these application are also included within the scope of the present invention.
Be used to illustrate the present invention although embodiment has been described and has illustrated, should be appreciated that the present invention can change by many modifications and change realizes under the situation of the scope that does not break away from claims.
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1. one kind is used for cooling off the more especially method of cow particularly of the ox that distributes with neat arrangement in the canopy of corral particularly, said method comprising the steps of:
A) provide a plurality of sprayers;
B) described sprayer is distributed with the arrangement corresponding with the described arrangement of ox;
C) activate described sprayer simultaneously, to produce water spray, each described water spray roughly points at least one cow health respectively;
D) probe wind is to surveying wind speed and/or other possible relevant parameters with alternative; And
E) according to the wind speed of described wind direction and alternative detection and/or the direction that other possible relevant parameters change described water spray in the following manner simultaneously, that is, each water spray still roughly points at least one cow health respectively.
2. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described ox is a cow.
3. the method for claim 1 also comprises: send described wind direction, wind speed and/or other possible relevant parameters to calculator, described calculator is exported the calculating variable quantity that the direction of described water spray should change around vertical axis.
4. one kind is used for cooling off the ox that distributes with the neat arrangement equipment of cow particularly of particularly in a row arranging canopy more especially, comprising:
Many sprayers of I-, they are with the arrangement corresponding with the described neat arrangement of ox;
The II-actuating device, they are used for activating simultaneously and stop all described sprayers simultaneously;
III-wind sensor device, they are used for probe wind to wind speed and/or other the possible relevant parameters surveyed with alternative;
IV-motion jockey, they are used for controlling simultaneously the direction of the water spray that is produced by described sprayer; And
V-motion jockey actuating device, they are used for activating described motion jockey according to described wind direction of being surveyed by described wind sensor device and alternative wind speed and/or other the possible relevant parameters of surveying.
5. equipment as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, described motion jockey couples together each sprayer and next sprayer, and maybe changes or regulate the direction of the water spray that is produced by described sprayer if desired when needing simultaneously.
6. equipment as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, described motion connects the direction of dress by making described sprayer change or regulate described water spray around vertical axis generation angular movement roughly.
7. equipment as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, each sprayer preferably includes fan, described fan has blade and the grille that limits blade diameter, and comprise the nozzle unit that is used for from supply pipe water supply, described nozzle unit medially is installed in the downstream of described grille and described blade.
8. equipment as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that each sprayer all can rotate around vertical axis.
9. equipment as claimed in claim 4, also comprise: calculator, wind direction and wind speed and/or other possible relevant parameters that its input is detected by described wind sensor device, and to export described sprayer be to make described water spray keep desired orientation and scope to need the calculating amount of spin that rotates around vertical axis.
10. equipment as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, the parameter of the wind that other are relevant comprises humidity and its temperature of wind.
11. equipment as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, each sprayer is installed in respectively on the bearing support that is connected with vertical axes, in the sleeve that described axle is installed in rotation on stationary element is connected.
12. equipment as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, described vertical axes is being carried first gear and second gear.
13. equipment as claimed in claim 4 also comprises: console, it is used to control the direction of described sprayer.
14. equipment as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, for each sprayer, the described motion jockey that is used for controlling simultaneously the direction of described sprayer comprises the two-way flexible element, described two-way flexible element comprises two branch roads, described two branch roads all couple together at their place, two ends, and around the described vertical axes of each sprayer.
15. equipment as claimed in claim 14 comprises: console, it is used to control the direction of described sprayer, and, around first flexible element of the described vertical axes of first sprayer also around the supporting member that is positioned at described console place.
16. equipment as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, each flexible element outside first flexible element is respectively around the described vertical axes of two adjacent sprayers.
17. equipment as claimed in claim 14 also comprises: be used to make the device that first flexible element moves along himself from described console and be used for the transmission device that move of the described flexible element of conversion around vertical axis.
18. equipment as claimed in claim 14 also comprises: transmission device, it is used for rotation is passed to next sprayer from previous sprayer.
19. equipment as claimed in claim 18 is characterized in that, described transmission device comprises: can drive first gear that previous sprayer rotates; By the described flexible element with the engagement of two sprayers carrying and with the joggle piece of the described first gear interlock; And drive second gear that next sprayer rotates, described joggle piece also with described second gears engaged.
20. equipment as claimed in claim 4 also comprises: be used to make the device of each sprayer around the horizontal axis rotation.
21. equipment as claimed in claim 4 also comprises: intermittently cool off the intermittently device of cooling of cow and control.
22. equipment as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, described sprayer in succession aligns along shape two sections at an angle each other at least, and has the vertical axes that a sprayer and solid lock have two gears in the junction of described two sections.
23. equipment as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, described sprayer in succession aligns along two sections that are in each other on the different level at least, described equipment also comprises the flexible element of inclination, first sloping shaft and second sloping shaft, the flexible element of described inclination is passed to angular movement first sprayer of next section from last sprayer of a section, described first sloping shaft is connected with described last sprayer rotationally, described second sloping shaft is connected with described first sprayer rotationally, and the flexible element of described inclination with described first and described second sloping shaft couple together.
24. equipment as claimed in claim 23, it is characterized in that, last sprayer of a section and first sprayer of next section are respectively equipped with vertical axes, described vertical axes is locked admittedly additional gear, first sloping shaft by solid lock thereon and is connected with described last sprayer rotationally with additional gear meshed gears on the described vertical axes that is locked in described last sprayer admittedly, second sloping shaft by solid lock thereon and be connected with described first sprayer rotationally with additional gear meshed gears on the described vertical axes that is locked in described first sprayer admittedly.
25. equipment as claimed in claim 13, it is characterized in that, described console comprises sensor device and treating apparatus, described sensor device is used to survey described wind direction and wind speed, and described treating apparatus is used for should be around the desired angle amount of movement of vertical axis rotation roughly by the described sprayer of calculation of parameter of the wind direction that detects and wind speed and alternative other relevant wind of surveying.
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