DE1607134A1 - Method and device for the automatic watering of animals - Google Patents

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In particular, when Mmstkälfeera consumes it, it is known that expensive whole milk is made up of a nutrient solution that has the part that 'aie is cheaper than milk and also shortens the fattening time for the animals. In order to keep the fattening string of the animals as short as possible, make sure that the animals can suckle continuously when necessary and that their appetite is stimulated, which means that a sufficient amount of the nutrient solution must always be available. Bisse nutrient solution is made by the animal keeper, who purchases a commercially available feed meal and mixes it with water and prepares it on the spot. For the preparation and administration of the nutrient solution, automatic drinking machines have become known, which usually include a mixer , a storage container, the WtkttQrmehle ®ia © water supply and dosing

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Furthermore, only a limited number of suction points can be connected. Another major disadvantage is that the automatic feeder has to be set up in the immediate vicinity of the fattening animals, this limited installation possibility of the device being further restricted by the fact that the suction points are to be arranged at approximately the same height as the mixing container. This restricted displaceability of the drinking machines relative to the suction points is due to the length of the suction lines, since if the distance from the suction points is too great, the nutrient solution in the suction lines cools down too much and the desired constant temperature is therefore no longer guaranteed. At the same time, the suction resistance increases as the length of the line increases, which means that the hasty animals lose any desire to suckle. The close proximity of sucking and mixing apparatus there is the danger that due to the moisture, the Nährmehl in the reservoir tends to form bridges t which has the result that the calves temporarily primarily suck up exclusively water.

The vertical movability is based on the principle of communicating stirring completely limited. If the suction points are arranged below the mixing container, so the nutrient solution flows by itself without the Kasttisre suck in from the openings at the suction points. Are the

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Sucking points Above the MleohbehM? · ^ Arranged »ee has that Animal has an increased resistance to sucking as a result of the lower level mentioned case to suck off the air column corresponding to the height difference at the beginning of each suction process, which can lead to dangerous flatulence and the associated death in the animal or which causes this, the Stop sucking before the nutrient solution has reached the level of the suction point

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic animal drinker which enables the mixture the feed meal and the solvent from the sucking points to be carried out regardless of location and a constant, evenly tempered nutrient solution of constant composition is guaranteed at the suction points.

According to the invention, the object is achieved in that in a first processing stage the feed meal and the Solvent through the automatic processing organ is processed in small portions to a nutrient solution of at least "approximately constant temperature and temperature, the" be promoted, daee the indiie & e IR & riaeuageange «is held between a lower and an upper level in such a way that that two consecutive portions are at least partially superimposed and that the nutrient solution is constantly reversed.

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stirs, heated to consumption temperature and below the lower level is taken and led away to the consumption points.

To carry out the method is according to the invention provided that a pump is arranged between the mixing unit and the suction points to extract the nutrient solution to convey the mixing unit into a container forming the second processing stage, that after the mixing unit Mixing elements and heating elements are provided that a level tester for generating a sump and in the container is arranged to control the drinking machine and the pump, and that the line connecting a suction point to the container opens at one end into the sump.

With the help of the enclosed schematic drawing, the Invention explained for example

Pig. 1 shows a schematic arrangement of an inventive Device with an automatic drinker of known type, and

2 shows a view of a device according to the invention in section.

The schematic representation in Fig. 1 shows an automatic drinking machine 1 of a known type which forms a first processing stage with a storage container 2 for receiving Feed meal. The feed meal located in the storage container is fed by a feed meal metering device 3 from the

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Bas IliBehagggegat 4 Has a container 6 and <$ & n agitator §. Furthermore, a U & sserleitune '7' opens into the container 6, with the water volume supplied to the container 6 being controllable by a valve 8. In the present case, the container 6 is suspended from a spring balance, not shown, and can be displaced in the vertical direction between an upper and a lower end position, depending on the contents of the container. The upper and lower end positions are each limited by a switch which, together with control elements for the valve 8 and the feed metering device 3, are arranged in a switching arrangement in such a way that the water from the line 7 between the upper and lower end positions of the container 6 flows continuously in these furthermore the switching arrangement is designed in such a way that between the upper and lower end positions there are several Sohaltkohtakte at regular intervals, which are actuated by the container 6, whereby the dosing device 3 is switched on, so that this a certain fortion of feed meal in the Llischaggregat 4 promotes. Since such electrical switching arrangements are known per se and obvious to any person skilled in the art, their detailed description and their diagrammatic representation are dispensed with.

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According to the invention, on the other hand, the nutrient solution is sucked out of the container 6 via a suction line 11 connected to the drainage point Io by a pump 12 and conveyed through a line 13 into a container 14 forming the second processing stage. The nutrient solution is further processed in the container 14 and sucked off from the suction points 9 through hose lines 15, which can be heated by means not shown over a longer distance.

2 shows the container 14 forming the second preparation stage in an enlarged representation with the units assigned to it for the preparation of the nutrient solution. The container 14 is liquid-tight by a jacket 1? surrounded, which serves to receive a water or oil bath 17 in which the container 14 is partially immersed. An immersion heater 18, which is used to heat the oil bath 17, protrudes into the oil bath 17 through the wall of the container 16. Furthermore, a thermometer 19 is inserted through the wall of the container 16, which projects with its temperature sensor into the container 14 and detects the temperature of the nutrient solution. A thermostat 2o is also provided, the temperature sensor of which also protrudes into the container 14 and which controls the immersion heater Id as a function of the temperature of the nutrient solution 21 such that the nutrient solution 21 is always kept at a constant temperature. A cover 22 is placed on the container 14, with which a continuously rotating agitator 23, several lines 15 to the suction ellon, a pipe 13 leading to the pump 12 and a

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vertically displaceable liv ^ autest ©? 24 are connected. All® organs 13,. . 3 and 24 can thus be lifted off the container 14 with the cover 22, which enables easy cleaning. A check valve 25 is provided at the lower end of the tube 15 so that the nutrient solution in the hose line cannot flow back into the container 14 if the suction process is interrupted. The level tester 14 determines an upper and a lower level line. The upper touch probe 24a delimits the upper level line, while the lower touch probe 24b determines the lower level line. The lower sensing probe 24b is set in such a way that a sump 26 is formed in the container 14, into which the lines 15 open with their ends provided with the valves 25. The switching arrangement, not shown, operates as follows when the device according to the invention is operated.

Is the container 14 with the nutrient solution 21 up to the top Level line at the Tastend® 24a is filled and becomes di © Nutrient solution aspirated through at least one © d @ r lines 15, so sish dag lowers the nutrient solution level. Has she Nutrient solution the lower, <t <§? lower TastsonS® 24b en $ - Speaking Niveaulini® © stings, there is a Seheltimpulse to the Fatterra © hldosiervorri © htung and sur Wassaräoeiereinrichtung dee Tränkautom & t @ ift 1, whereupon in the Miseh & ggregat 4 unites «Ifährläsungemine · is mixed. i $ @ h one certain} by ι a time relay controlled time interval the pump 12 is switched on, which the Nälsrlösung from the Iiiechaggregat 4 in the container 14 and promotes

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this one with the nutrient solution bit to the upper one, the tactile probe 24a. corresponding level line. The tactile probe 24b is immersed in the container 14 to such an extent that the volume of the sump 26 is sufficiently large that it can seibat If necessary, peaks during the time to mix the nutrient solution in the mixing unit 4 and for their promotion in the containers 14, the nutrient solution level is not below the valves 25 drops.

In an exemplary embodiment not shown, the pump, which is designed as a gear pump or a paddle wheel pump, is used 12 replaced by a mixing or homogenizing purapa, so that the agitator 23 can be omitted. It is the subject " It is obvious that the heating elements, designed as an oil bath with immersion heater and thermostatic control, are operated by a to replace thermostatically controlled immersion heaters immersed in the nutrient solution.

The arrangement of the pump 12, the container 14 and dor Check valves 25 ensure the location-independent Arrangement of the sucking parts 9 from the automatic drinking machine 1. Tuck three elements 12, 14 and 25 in combination with the Heie organs 16, 17 * 18, 2o, the Hisohorgan 23, the level tester 24 and the sump 26 ensure a constant temperature and concentration of the nutrient solution at the suction » place 9.

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Claims (13)

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