FR2478946A1 - Multiple purpose animal raising frame - has hinged sections with two wheels and actuating cylinders for forming fence, pen or feeding surface - Google Patents

Abstract

The multi-purpose structure for animal care partic. for cows, has four sides built up from vertical and horizontal tubes with two wheels attached. In one form, the four sides are formed into a closed rectangle to form a pen. In a second form, the sides are swung open to form a fence. In a third form, they can be opened out flat to form a feeding surface, particularly in winter. The two wheels are secured near two hinge axes, so that arranged as a pen, they can be used as rear wheels and the whole drawn behind a tractor as a trailer. Also attached near the hinge axes are double acting piston and cylinders, for manipulating the sections.

Description

In the system presented: using a three-point fork or shovel or simply a trailer, the food is placed on a clean surface (such as worn pasture or other) and it is locked in the device which has the possibility of being deformed on demand and thus allow animals to consume this food until total exhaustion and without waste.

The device according to the invention can be used as a fence either at the entrance of a silo which we want to prohibit access to animals or on the contrary to consume it in self-service, it is only a question of making him take the desired shape, being sure that for the 17 to 18 meters that represent the total length of the device deployed, the cows will be well kept ...

The device according to the invention has great mobility due to d. its hitch behind the tractor on the one hand and its technical design of all-round articulation on the other.

Finally, by the size and the geometric shape of the basic materials used, this device is of incomparable solidity at the same time as it offers the enormous advantage of being in no way dangerous for animals.

The accompanying drawings illustrate an embodiment of the device according to the invention - Figure (1) shows the device in the barrier position - Figure (2) shows the device in the park position
restraint - Figure (3) seen from the top compression yard - Figure (4) seen from above the device in position
"deformed" for feeder service.

This device is semi-mounted type with coupling by 2 or 3 points (1) (depending on use) behind agricultural tractor even of low power (a 30 hp is largely sufficient).

In fact, the device is made up of four large section steel barriers: two are 6.50 m long and the other two 2.50 m overall (maximum width authorized by the highway code), their common height in position working (therefore with swiveling rear wheels) (2) is 1.85 m at the top of the upper bar, an essential height to avoid it being crossed by all animals.

These barriers have the bars spaced 45 cm from axis to axis or 35 or 36 cm between them, depending on whether 90 or 100 mm of section is used, again, this section is essential for good solidity. the whole given the length of the device.

These four barriers are joined by fittings which allow them in addition to an overall cohesion, to pivot and therefore to deform one with respect to the other and thus to compose the geometric figure which corresponds to the required use.

- MULTI-SERVICE BREEDING
The present innovation relates to a device for raising according to the invention.
The device according to the invention is characterized in that very often, breeders are confronted with certain problems concerning the changes of plots of their animals, that is also for all the operations of prophylaxis and health interventions on animals. Most of the time,
The breeders build more or less solid, more or less dangerous parks (presence of barbed wire as well as rusty points sometimes). In any case, these stockyards are fixed and it is therefore necessary to build one in each pasture, hence a source of labor expenditure for both construction and maintenance as well as expenditure on materials.

The problem of restraint is linked to that of the capture and most of the cases, in the manner and whatever the equipment with which we proceed we are faced with the same problems of solidity, animal safety, and, also in ultimately, efficiency which in the vast majority of conventional means are qualities almost absent.

As for the distribution of food in the fields (especially sowing), there are of course certain materials like rolling trough, but practically, it is necessary to load this material with a front fork or other means of loading which requires a certain time of implementation or then proceed to manual loading - with all the disadvantages that we know ...

If we consider the state of the art in the matter, it is clear that the current devices which relate to it are very specialized and therefore expensive and do not cover the range of services frequently sought in breeding.

Regarding the capture and restraint devices for example, they are all very sophisticated and intended especially for surgical care and therefore very specific to this kind of intervention with straps, tourniquet, immobilization of the head and limbs. .etc., etc..

The equipment is distinguished by its versatility and relates more precisely to five operations which, cattle breeders in particular, are called upon to carry out within the framework of their activity. These are - 10 - Capture (grouped or individual) - 20 - Restraint - 30 - Conveying from one field to another or from farm to farm
field or vice versa - 40 - Feeding or distribution of food (in
especially the silage distributed in the field) - - The fast and solid fences that he has to make
within a very short time or the serious protection of a
silo (on one side) against animals for a
indefinite time as well as the self-service of said silo.

The quadrilateral formed by the barriers in the closed position is supported at the rear by two swivel wheels (2) one of which can be stabilized quickly (by a simple pin) (3) to obtain lateral stability if desired, and which is in any case essential for road transport.

If an even more effective stabilization is desired, it suffices to fit two round irons (4) provided for this purpose and fixed on the front part which can move on a perforated sector fixed itself on each part of the long barriers. .

In addition, the rear barrier (5) Figure 2 - possibly stabilized by another round iron (6) Figure 3 - on adjustable sector (in place of the cylinder) which always allows the desired deformation thereof compared to others.

Finally, the optional addition of 1, 2 or 3 double-acting cylinders (7) in Figure 3 - allows the device to be closed or opened at will and effortlessly, this being especially useful for capturing and releasing, and can therefore be implemented from the driver's seat.

Note also the technical category, the fairly special closures (8) designed to be closed very quickly .; Very solid construction and designed in such a way that the 2 tubes thus assembled are completely surrounded, giving them, in addition to their solidity, great ease of movement with a minimum of play so that the basic figure (closed park) which remains in short a deformable parallelogram can have a good balance whatever the position of the wheels and the front support, given the fairly high center of gravity.

 Indeed, the device, by its multiple uses must be of good size so as to avoid any crossing by the animals, whether they are placed inside or outside, according to the use that one made of this device.

Finally, to report to the front of the machine and below a welded plate (9) forming a skid allowing, without harnessing, to push or pull the device for the sole purpose of moving it by a few meters, especially when it is in the "food service" because , especially in winter, animals trampling around to take their food cause the degradation of the soil surface and this system therefore makes it possible to offer the animals an always renewed clean and solid surface.

Claims (2)

CLAIMS 1 ") Elevane apparatus being intended for multiple uses including canture, restraint, and feeding of animals. Apparatus characterized in that the basic structure is made up of four barriers joined together in pairs and articulated together It also includes coupling means which allow it to be unlatched. Device characterized in that it also has two wheels supporting the rear part and allowing it greater mobility. It is also necessary to note the possible addition of jacks which make possible the rapid and effortless closing of the a? oarei l. 2 ") Apparatus according to claim 1 characterized in that the barriers are joined by fittings and closures allowing them in addition to their very great overall strength, their deformation with respect to each other, required for these different uses. The whole, in the closed position forms a qeometric figure which is in fact a deformable quadrilateral. 30) Apparatus according to claim 1 characterized in that it comnorte at the rear two swivel wheels, one of which is provided with a locking means for transport on road. 4) Apparatus according to claim 1 characterized in that the coupling means consist of a "3-point" coupling allowing its displacement at will and its function in particular in the uses of capture and transport. 50) Apparatus according to claim 1 characterized in that it comoorts double-acting cylinders allowing its opening and closing effortlessly, from the driver's seat.