ES1222474U - MODULAR SYSTEM FOR ANIMAL BREEDING (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Modular system for animal breeding, comprising a removable fence in which there is at least one feeder (10) and a drinking fountain (11), accessible by a gate (3) for the passage of animals, characterized in that the fence is formed by: a plurality of modular panels (1) connectable to each other; the gate (3) is hinged and is connected to an automatic opening, being supported by two support posts connected to the panels (1); a slurry and waste collection system, formed by an impermeable layer (5) arranged on the supporting surface and sloped, with a channel (6) in the lower part, connected to a settling tank (7), the feeders (10) and feeders (11) are fed from the outside by a deposit (13) or silo (12); and a common source of food. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

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TECHNICAL SECTOR

The present invention relates to a modular system for animal breeding, easily installable in areas of livestock breeding at liberty to make the transition to the stable, perform the recebo or facilitate the capture with any other type of destination.

It is applicable in the field of pig cattle.

STATE OF THE ART

It is known from ES2408786B1, which is considered the state of the closest technology, an automated enclosure for retention, priming and capture of livestock in freedom. This venue fully fulfills its mission, but it is considered that it can receive a series of improvements and complements to increase its advantages and functions.

The enclosure of the state of the art comprises a fence of variable dimensions with one or more automated access doors and a series of feeders fed from the outside. A horn warns the animals of the presence of food to come, while a photoelectric sensor detects their presence.

This enclosure has a series of complements, but it does not finish offering all the advantages that its creation facilitates. Therefore, an improved enclosure is necessary, as corresponds to the requested invention.

The applicant does not know of any other enclosure similar to the invention.

BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

The invention consists of a modular system of animal breeding, especially pigs that are generally free-roaming, according to the claims. It allows to complement and improve the results of the state of the art.

The objective of the system is to be an enclosure that facilitates the capture of the animals that are in a fenced plot of land with electric fencing. The management site will always be located at the end of the grazing area. The aim is to take advantage of all the existing biomass in the grazing area, which moves according to the season or year to allow regeneration of the previous areas. It is a facility for the capture and handling of animals, in which the animal enters as little time as possible: to eat and drink (although it can drink outside), receive sanitary treatments, capture, counting ..., but allowing the animal grazes freely throughout the day in the grazing area, without the need of a person, because the pigs are taught to enter when a sound signal is issued.

The modular system for animal farming comprises a removable fence in which there is at least one feeder and a sprue, both fed from the outside by one or more mobile tanks or silos. The interior of the fence (curro) is accessible by a gate for the passage of animals. Furthermore, the fence is formed by a plurality of modular panels connectable to each other and to each supporting posts of each gate, which is hinged and is connected to an automatic opening (electronic lock, pin connected to a servomotor.). Access to the curro, by pigs, is carried out by means of a module assembled in the fence, with opening regulated by a shutter or folding door and with a small coupled tunnel, where a chip reader or detector is housed. The entrance has the appropriate dimensions for the animals to access one by one. For example, it could have dimensions of 60 cm wide and 100 cm high. The fence will be stable by itself without the need for foundations to facilitate movement.

The interior of the fence includes a system for collecting slurry and waste, formed by an impermeable layer arranged by the support surface or soil and sloping to generate one or more springs. In the interior part of each slope there is a channel connected to a settling tank. If necessary, a suitable pump will be used to move the waste to the decant tank.

All parts that require it will be powered by a power source, which can be a generator, solar panels, a wind rotor (usually vertical axis), batteries or a combination of these systems.

Preferably, the panels support conductors formed on an electrified fence. More preferably, the conductors are formed by cables integral to each panel, with respective connection pins at their ends. Thus, by connecting the panels together, the pins can also be connected and the circuit closed.

The system can comprise one or more deterrent belts in the points that need to be protected: columns, trees, poles, etc. The deterrent belts comprise a wire or the like, that is, a conductive element, which can be accessible from the outside, and is connected to a power source (including the general source). The wire or the like can be connected to a mechanical tension sensor, which detects when an animal has leaned on it. Thus, the power supply is only activated when an increase in voltage is detected. One way to realize this subsystem is by making the wire connected to a switch, against the return of a spring. If the tension exceeds the spring, the circuit closes.

The fence normally comprises at least one module, adjacent or incorporated, selected from among a shelter for the animals, a thermally isolated access module from the outside with capacity for an animal and one or more keepers, and can be closed by means of portlights or an adaptation module for small animals. You can also have a combination of different modules or several of any type.

The access module is preferably accessible from a steering sleeve attached to one of the walls of the fence. The steering sleeve will have the width for the passage of a single animal and a mouth in the form of a funnel.

It is preferred to have a surveillance system with video cameras and presence sensors, especially if the fence is located away from other facilities. The surveillance system will have a sender of the signal to a remote point (wire or wireless) and a recording memory. The memory can also be remote.

Other variants will be discussed in other points of the memory or in the patent ES2408786B1 cited.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

A series of figures is presented to facilitate the comprehension of the invention:

Figure 1: schematic top view of an example of embodiment.

Figure 2: schematic side section of another embodiment, with a tree inside the fence.

MODES OF EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

The following is a brief description of an embodiment of the invention, as an illustrative and non-limiting example thereof.

As can be seen in the figures, where an exemplary embodiment has been represented, the invention starts from a fence made from modular panels (1), which will generally have a rectangular shape of 2-5 meters in length and a height according to the animals that it should contain. Thus, if it is intended to contain Iberian pig, the height will be lower than in the case of cattle. The interior surface of the fence is not relevant, but an interesting value is 450 m2, and will be near a fence (V) that covers the entire grazing area.

The panels (1) can be complemented with an electrified fence formed by conductors (2) arranged side by side of the panels (1). The conductors (2) can be formed by a cable or the like integral with each panel (1) and with respective pins at their ends to connect to the cable of the adjacent panel (1), or be a single cable that is disposed on supports of the panels (1) once installed these. The conductors (2) may be placed above and / or below (upper and / or lower edges) of the corresponding panel (1) to prevent the animals from jumping over the fence or crossing it by digging.

The fence has at least one gate (3) for passage of the animals. It is preferred that they be foldable and of vaiven, of autonomous operation. It will be designed to be attached to the panels (1), so it will have support posts compatible with these. It is preferred that it works by automatic opening and an electronic lock. As indicated, you will preferably have a chip reader carried by the animal, and the step will be limited so that they have to enter individually.

The fence can be arranged at any point of the land where the animals are loose. Therefore, in order to prevent the accumulation of waste at that point, a collection system for slurry and waste will be available. It will comprise an impermeable layer (5) arranged on the surface, for example a geotextile, and which could be protected by a layer of earth, a grid floor, ... It can be placed at those points where more waste is expected or throughout the surface, especially in the modules that will be described later. This impermeable layer (5) will be disposed on a slope with a channel (6) in the lower part that derives the collected liquids to a settling tank (7), which may comprise external pumping means if it is not possible to place it at a level lower so that the waste runs towards it.

By being able to place the fence at any point on the ground, it is possible that some tree or element is incorporated inside it. If it is considered necessary to protect it before the great presence of animals that can scratch, brows, ... can be placed dissuasive belts (8). They will comprise a wire (9) or the like connected to a power source to become electrified fencing. The power supply can be a cable (preferably aerial) to the common power source of the system, a solar plate or vertical axis windmill with accumulation battery, etc. For energy saving, it can activate the electricity circulation only when a wire tension sensor (not shown) detects that an animal has leaned on the belt (8).

The system comprises feeders (10) and drinking troughs (11) fed from the outside by a suitable tank (13) or silo (12), either by a pump or by a sinfln screw. The sprues (11) are coupled to a panel (1) to facilitate access from outside. The feeders (10) will preferably have a modular base, polypropylene or similar, to ensure the stability of the feeders (10). The silo (12) will feed the feeders (10) by means of a dispenser (14) higher than these, and preferably autonomously programmed. These feeders (10) and drinking troughs (11) are a claim to attract them periodically every day and / or when you want to catch them in the driving area.

The silo (12) can also be connected to a food disperser (4), which releases small amounts of food, at set time intervals, inside or around the work area. Thus, the animals are attracted to the desired areas, to affect the growth of the bushes of the grazing area and regulate them, avoiding the overconsumption of any area.

The fence will have three types of adjacent or incorporated modules. That is, they can be on one or both sides of the panels (1), provided that they are accessible from both sides, although they may comprise portholes to selectively close the passage to either side.

First you will have a refuge (15). Normally it will be inside the fence so that it is fully accessible to the animals, and may lack a wall. If necessary, you will have support columns to the ground.

In the second place an access module (16) will be available that will double as a lazaretto for animals that are sick or in bad physical conditions. This access module (16) will not be accessible to animals, but it will be the caretakers who introduce the corresponding animal in the access module (16). Its interior may have several partitions and it is desirable that it be thermally insulated. Normally it will be arranged near the gate (3), both on one side of the fence.

The access module (16) to the fence for the personnel and for the handling of the animals. In this module the treatments to the animals will be carried out, whether they are sanitary or of another type (weighing, tightening, ...) and preferably it will have a point of light from the general feeding source.

The entrance to the access module (16) can be done through a steering sleeve (18), attached to one of the walls of the fence, and with a width for the passage of a single animal. To facilitate entry, your mouth (19) will be funnel shaped.

The feeder (10) divides the area into two parts communicated by doors in the feeder .. The access module (16) allows to reach either of the two parties

The modular system can have an adaptation module (17) to protect small pigs. For example, from the moment when weaning occurs (8-10 weeks) and until they reach a weight of 40-50kg (16-20 weeks), when they will go to the common room. Like the access module (16), it will be made of thermal insulation material and will be easily transportable. It will have its own feeders and drinking fountains, generally with its own food in a hopper, and will be associated with its own outdoor enclosure, closed to the passage of other animals. The base of the enclosure could be made of wood or sand.

As the destination of this modular system is to place it on land where animals graze freely, away from other facilities, it is convenient to have a surveillance system with video cameras and presence sensors (infrared ...) that can transmit the signal remotely and record and / or send the images.

Since, frequently, each animal is marked with a tag that has radio frequency elements (NFC tags or similar) it will be possible to have detectors of these in several points of the system (feeders, doors ...), connected by WiFi or similar with a server (20) that takes data of presence of the animals and forwards them.

This same server (20) can be connected to the motors of activation of the sinfln pumps or sinks of the feeders (10) and drinking troughs (11), as well as a sensor of the contents of the tank (13) and the silo (12), or of the opening or closing of the electronic lock and of the gate (3).

The server (20) can transmit a series of alarms on the level of food in the silo (12), of water in the tank (13), total electrical faults or of the electric fence.

Any source of clean water, such as rain, that can be captured will be used for the animals. For example, the roofs of the modules that are installed will have the gutters directed towards the tank (13), the drinking troughs (11) or an auxiliary storage that allows the animals to drink without activating pumping means (by gravity).

Claims (1)

1- Modular system for animal farming, comprising a detachable fence in which there is at least one feeder (10) and a drinking fountain (11), accessible by a gate (3) for the passage of animals, characterized in that the fence It's formed by: a plurality of modular panels (1) connectable to each other; the gate (3) is hinged and is connected to an automatic opening, being supported on two support posts connected to the panels (1); a system for collecting slurry and waste, formed by an impermeable layer (5) arranged on the supporting surface and sloping, with a channel (6) in the lower part, connected to a settling tank (7), the troughs (10) and troughs (11) are fed from the outside by a tank (13) or silo (12); Y a common source of food 2- Modular system, according to claim 1, whose panels (1) support conductors (2) constituted in an electrified fence, and the conductors (2) are formed by cables integral to each panel (1) with respective connection pins in its ends, arranged on the upper and / or lower edge of the panel. 3- Modular system, according to claim 2, comprising one or more deterrent belts (8) comprising a wire (9) or the like, accessible from the outside, and connected to a power source. 4- Modular system, according to claim 3, whose wire (9) or the like comprises a mechanical tension sensor of the wire that activates the power source when an increase in the mechanical tension in the wire (9) or the like is detected. 5- Modular system, according to claim 1, comprising at least one module, adjacent or incorporated, selected from: - a refuge (15) for the animals; - an access module (16), with capacity for one animal and one or more keepers, and can be closed by means of portlights; I - an adaptation module (17) thermally insulated from the outside to protect the small pigs, associated with its own external enclosure. 6- Modular system, according to claim 5 comprising the access module (16), and also comprising a handle (18), attached to one of the walls of the fence, with the width for the passage of a single animal and a funnel-shaped mouth (19). 7- Modular system, according to claim 1, comprising a surveillance system with video cameras and presence sensors with a sender of the signal to a remote point and a recording memory. 8 - Modular system according to claim 1 comprising radiofrequency detectors configured to detect the animals' tags, connected to a server (20). 9 - Modular system, according to claim 8, whose server (20) is connected to the activation equipment of the feeders (10) and drinking fountains (11), as well as to a sensor of the content of the tank (13) and the silo ( 12).