JP2006101855A - Automatic floor-washing apparatus for livestock barn - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic floor-washing apparatus for livestock barn releasing dairy farmers from severe labor by mechanization and automation of a cleaning treatment in a stool and used for health and improvement of productivity of livestock. <P>SOLUTION: The automatic floor-washing apparatus for livestock barn daily, automatically carries out cleaning of feces and urine of livestock in scheduled time. The automatic floor-washing apparatus for livestock is a livestock barn of cows, pigs, etc. In the apparatus, a floor part of each stool 1 part in the livestock barn is constructed as an automatically rotating floor 2 constituted of roller top chain 15s, cross bars and rails 12 or flat chains and rollers, etc., having sufficient load resistance and enabling continuous rotation and movement, and whole surface of the automatically rotating floor 2 is covered in loop state with a belt 4 made of a rubber, etc. and having a plurality of grooves on the surface and the floor 2 is integrated with the belt 4 and a feces and urine-removing tool is attached to the belt 4 in the rear of the stool 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic floor cleaning apparatus for a livestock barn.

  In the livestock industry, a stall part of a livestock bar is generally constituted by a cow bed or the like, a shelf, a tethering device, and a tank, a water tank, and a manure ditch are attached thereto. Automatic feeding / water supply devices, milking devices, etc. are known as related devices, and barn cleaners are known as fecal removal devices. There is no device that automatically cleans the inside of a stall (cow bed, etc.) with a device for carrying it out.

In the livestock industry, various types of livestock equipment have been developed. However, the “harmful manure cleaning work” in the livestock barn, which is said to be the most severe in various livestock operations, has not been mechanized.
If feed and drinking water are given to cows, pigs, etc. with automatic feeding / watering equipment etc., they are excreted as excrement next, but there are livestock in the stall, so the mechanization and automation of the cleaning process was delayed . The mechanization and automation of the cleaning process in the stall was an important issue for releasing dairymen from harsh labor and improving the health and production rate of livestock.
This device is effective even when installed alone, but basically aims to fully automate the excrement work in a livestock barn in cooperation with a belt conveyor or the like.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention relates to a livestock automatic floor cleaning apparatus that automatically performs floor cleaning. The livestock automatic floor cleaning apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention is a livestock house for cattle, pigs, etc. It has a sufficient load-bearing capacity for livestock etc. that accommodate the floor of each stall part in it, and it is an automatic rotating floor that can be continuously rotated and has multiple grooves on the entire surface of the automatic rotating floor A belt made of rubber or the like is covered and integrated in a loop shape, and a feces etc. removal tool is attached to the belt surface at the lower back of the automatic rotating floor.

  Moreover, the animal house automatic floor cleaning apparatus of 2nd invention is the animal house automatic floor cleaning apparatus of 1st invention, Comprising: The roller top chain and cross | cross formed by combining the said automatic rotation floor with a roller and a top chain right and left It is characterized by comprising a bar and a rail.

  Furthermore, the animal house automatic floor cleaning apparatus of the third invention is the animal house automatic floor cleaning apparatus of the first invention, characterized in that the automatic rotating floor is composed of a flat chain and a roller.

(1) The floor cleaning can be automated while the livestock is housed in the stall.
(2) The excrement of livestock can be automatically separated and collected into feces, bedding, etc. and urine, and can be carried out of the livestock barn every time cleaning is performed in cooperation with the belt conveyor.
(3) By causing the livestock to exercise moderately, the incidence of livestock diseases and the like is reduced and the production efficiency of livestock growth, milking, etc. is improved.
(4) The comfort of livestock and the like is improved by using a rubber belt or the like as the flooring material.
(5) It can also be installed in the current stall.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings (FIGS. 1 to 8).

  In the livestock bar automatic floor cleaning apparatus of the present invention, an automatic rotating floor 2 that enables continuous rotational movement with sufficient load resistance against livestock and the like is installed in a livestock stall 1, and the surface of the automatic rotating floor 2 is surfaced. A belt 4 made of rubber or the like provided with a plurality of grooves 3 in the longitudinal direction is covered and integrated in a loop shape, and a removal tool 5 such as a scraper or a brush is attached to the surface of the rear lower portion of the belt 4. A power switch 6 and a rotation controller 7 are provided.

The livestock bar automatic floor cleaning apparatus of Example 1, wherein the automatic rotating floor 2 is
(1) Wheels 10 having sprockets 9 are provided at the front and rear ends of the gantry 8, and the drive motor 11 is connected to either the front or rear wheel 10.
(2) A plurality of rails 12 are provided on the upper portion of the gantry 8 between the front and rear wheels 10.
(3) A small roller 13 and a top chain 14 are connected to the left and right to form a roller top chain 15.
(4) A cross bar 17 is attached to each top 16 of the plurality of roller top chains 15 and connected to the length of the stall 1, and connected to the front and rear wheels 10 on the rail 12 in a loop shape.
(5) The entire surface of all the crossbars 17 is looped and integrated with a rubber belt 4 having a plurality of grooves 3 provided on the surface, and the feces etc. removing tool 5 is formed on the lower surface of the belt 4. Install.
Moreover, the automatic rotating floor 2 installs the front end with an inclination angle that is 2 to 3 degrees higher than the rear end.
It is characterized by being comprised from the above.

It is a livestock barn automatic floor cleaning device described in Example 1, the automatic rotating floor 2 is,
(1) Wheels 10 having sprockets 9 are provided at the front and rear ends of the gantry 8, and the drive motor 11 is connected to either the front or rear wheel 10.
(2) A plurality of rollers 13 are provided at a short interval on the surface of the upper side of the gantry 8 between the front and rear wheels 10, and a plurality of flat chains 18 are connected to the width of the stall 1 on the rollers 13. The front and rear wheels 10 are connected in a loop.
(3) The entire surface of the flat chain 18 is integrated in a loop shape with a rubber belt 4 having a plurality of grooves 3 provided on the surface, and the feces removal tool 5 is attached to the surface of the rear lower portion of the belt 4.
Moreover, the automatic rotating floor 2 installs the front end with an inclination angle that is 2 to 3 degrees higher than the rear end.
It is characterized by being comprised from the above.

This apparatus is structured as described above. Since the front end of the automatic rotating floor 2 is installed with an inclination angle of 2 to 3 degrees from the rear end, the urine of livestock flows on the belt 4 each time. The feces and litter etc. fall into the excrement grooves at the rear part in the same manner by the excrement removal tool 5 by driving the automatic rotating floor 2.
In addition, the excrement of manure grooves and litter can be discharged with a burn cleaner or the like as before, but by installing a belt conveyor under the rear end of the automatic rotating floor 2, urine is removed from the belt conveyor. Can be collected in a urine tank outside the livestock barn, and feces and litter etc. can be transported directly to the deposition site outside the livestock barn by the cooperative operation of the automatic rotating floor 2 and the belt conveyor. Can be planned.
Further, the automatic rotating floor 2 is provided with a drive motor 11 attached to each stall 1 and rotated respectively, and a plurality of automatic rotating floors 2 of all stalls 1 in the livestock house are connected to each other, and the drive motor 11 There is also a method of rotating and moving.

The present invention has the structure as described above. When this is used, the rotation speed of the automatic rotating floor is adjusted to a low speed, the power switch is turned on, and the animal is raised with the roller top chain and the cross bar and rail or the flat chain and the roller. The floor surface is gradually rotated and moved by a drive motor, and feces and bedding are completed with a few rotations by a feces etc. removal tool. Urine flows over the belt and falls to the rear. Assuming that this device is installed at an inclined angle, urine, feces, litter, etc. from the stall are dropped onto a belt conveyor and transported to a urine tank or feces deposit site outside the livestock house by the belt conveyor. However, it is also possible to drop urine, feces, litter, etc. into a conventional manure groove and carry them out of livestock with a burn cleaner or the like.
In either case, feces and urine can be separated and collected. Furthermore, further automation can be promoted by improving the automatic feeding device and carrying out automatic maintenance of bedding.

Industrial applicability

  The animal house automatic floor cleaning device of the present invention automates the entire harsh work of dairy farmers every day and evening using the equipment and functions of the roller top chain, flat chain, etc. It has the potential to solve the problems of successors that have arisen due to “dirty and tight”, and the possibility of industrial use is extremely high.

It is a side view of this invention Example 1. FIG. It is a top view of this invention Example 1. FIG. It is a side view of this invention Example 2. FIG. It is a top view of this invention Example 2. FIG. It is a front view of the automatic rotation floor of Example 1 of the present invention. It is a side view of the automatic rotation floor of Example 2 of this invention. It is a front view of the roller top chain of this invention. It is a side view of the roller top chain of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stall 2 Automatic rotating floor 3 Groove 4 Belt 5 Feces etc. removal tool 6 Power switch 7 Rotation controller 8 Mount 9 Sprocket 10 Wheel 11 Drive motor 12 Rail 13 Roller 14 Top chain 15 Roller top chain 16 Top 17 Cross bar 18 Flat chain

Claims (3)

  It is a livestock house for cattle, pigs, etc., has a sufficient load resistance for livestock etc. that accommodates the floor part of each stall part in the livestock house, and makes it an automatic rotating floor that can be continuously rotated and moved. The entire surface of the automatic rotating floor is integrated by covering it with a belt made of rubber or the like having a plurality of grooves on the surface in a loop shape, and a feces removal tool is attached to the belt surface at the lower rear of the automatic rotating floor. Livestock house automatic floor cleaning device.   It is a livestock barn automatic floor cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the automatic rotating floor is configured by holding a roller top chain and a cross bar formed by connecting a roller and a top chain on the left and right sides with a rail provided on a frame. It is characterized by.   It is a livestock barn automatic floor cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the automatic rotating floor is configured by holding a flat chain with a roller provided on a frame.

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