JP2011019472A - Egg-collecting device in multi-stage poultry cage system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an egg-collecting device in a multi-stage poultry cage system, which has a simple structure, can stably be operated, and can largely reduce the damage and breakage of eggs, when eggs are transferred. <P>SOLUTION: The multi-stage poultry cage system in which a plurality of cage rows are arranged in a vertically piled state is characterized in that each bucket in a vertically extended egg-collecting vertical elevator commonly disposed at one ends of egg-collecting conveyers attached along each stage cage row comprise many finger members, and stoppers for temporarily receiving eggs from the egg-collecting conveyers are disposed at the tips of the finger members, respectively. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an egg collection system in which eggs collected by an egg collection conveyor from the cage rows of each stage in a multistage cage system for poultry farming are provided in common at one end of the egg collection conveyor combined with the cage rows of each stage. The present invention relates to an egg collector in a multistage cage system for poultry farming that can be transferred through a vertical feeding device for egg collection.

  Conventionally, this type of egg collection apparatus is known. For example, as another prior art example, in a multistage cage system in which an egg collection conveyor is provided for each cage row, the end of each egg collection conveyor A conveyor that extends in a substantially vertical direction and includes a plurality of egg collection baskets that receive eggs from the egg collection conveyor in common, and each egg collection between each egg collection conveyor and the substantially vertical conveyor Various egg collection devices provided with devices for transferring eggs from a conveyor to an egg collection basket of a conveyor extending in a substantially vertical direction are known (Patent Document 1, Patent Document 2, and Patent Document 3).

  In the invention described in Patent Document 1, the device for transferring eggs from each egg collection conveyor to the egg collection basket of the conveyor extending in a substantially vertical direction is composed of a rotating body that receives the eggs around.

  Further, in the inventions described in Patent Documents 2 and 3, as shown in FIG. 4 of the accompanying drawings, the multistage cage system 1 is configured by stacking a plurality of cage rows 3 partitioned by a plurality of cage chambers 2, An egg collection conveyor 4 is provided along each cage row 3. Eggs produced by chickens housed in each cage row 2 in each cage row 3 are directed toward the left end of the cage system 1 by the egg collection conveyor 4 provided along each cage row 3. Be transported.

  A transfer device 5 and an egg collector 6 are provided at the left end portion of the cage system 1. Above the transfer device 5, a concentrated egg collection that extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cage system 1. A conveyor 7 is installed adjacent to the upper part of the egg collector 6. The transfer device 5 includes a plurality of transfer baskets 5a corresponding to the egg collection conveyors 4 of each stage, and the eggs of each egg collection conveyor 4 of the cage system 1 are transferred to the egg collector 6 through these transfer baskets 5a. Can be changed. The egg collector 6 includes an endless conveyor 6a that is driven along a substantially vertical track from below to the upper concentrated egg collection conveyor 7 above the egg collection conveyor 4 positioned at the lowermost stage of the cage system 1. A plurality of egg collection baskets 6b are attached to the conveyor 6a.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-71491 Japanese Patent No. 3541118 Japanese Patent No. 358150

  By the way, in the prior arts described in Patent Documents 1 to 3, the transfer device provided at each stage allows the egg collector to extend vertically from the egg collection conveyor attached to the cage row of each stage. Eggs can be transferred, but, for example, the eggs carried on each egg collection conveyor vigorously reverted to the egg collection conveyor at a high speed, and there was a risk that the eggs would be broken or broken when severe. In addition, there was a risk of damaging other eggs by strongly colliding with other eggs that were already transferred on the lower level.

  Further, in the prior art as described above, it is necessary to synchronously control the operation of the driving device that drives the transfer device that can be composed of a transfer basket and a rotating body that receives the eggs around it and the operation of the egg collector. For this reason, a synchronous drive mechanism is required, the structure is complicated, the equipment is expensive, and the frequency of failure occurrence is increased.

  Therefore, the present invention solves the problems associated with the prior art, has a simple structure and can operate stably, and can greatly reduce damage and breakage of eggs when transferring eggs. An object is to provide an egg collection device in a system.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, an egg collection conveyor attached along each cage row in a multi-stage cage system for poultry raising in which a plurality of cage rows are arranged one above the other. An egg collecting vertical feed device extending up and down, which is provided in common at one end of the egg collecting conveyor combined with the cage row of each stage, the eggs collected by the egg conveyor, It is arranged in the shape of a comb and has a number of finger members that form buckets that receive eggs from each egg collection conveyor, and a stopper that temporarily receives eggs from the egg collection conveyor is provided at the tip of each finger member An egg collection apparatus in a multistage cage system for poultry farming is provided.

  In the egg collection device in the multistage cage system for poultry farming according to the present invention, the stopper for temporarily receiving the eggs from the egg collection conveyor is the tip of each of a plurality of finger members forming a bucket for receiving the eggs from each egg collection conveyor. The extension part of the tip part of each finger member extends along the running track of the vertical feeding device for egg collection from the part toward the rear in the running direction. It may be determined to define a spacing sufficient to receive the egg between the tip of the finger member forming the bucket immediately after.

  Moreover, in the egg collection apparatus in the multistage cage system for poultry farming according to the present invention, the eggs transferred from the egg collection conveyor are preferably used for egg collection between one end of each egg collection conveyor and the egg feeding vertical feeding device. A transfer conveyor can be provided for smooth delivery to the vertical feed device.

  In the present invention, in a multi-stage cage system for poultry farming in which a plurality of cage rows are arranged one above the other, the up-and-down feeding for egg collection extending vertically is provided in common at one end of the egg collection conveyor attached along the cage row of each stage. Each bucket in the device is composed of a large number of finger members, and a stopper is provided at the tip of each finger member to temporarily receive the eggs from the egg collection conveyor, thereby temporarily moving the eggs from each egg collection conveyor. Thus, the buckets in the egg-feeding vertical feed device can be transferred to each bucket without substantial impact and in a timely manner. As a result, it is possible to substantially prevent egg damage and breakage that may occur during transfer from each egg collection conveyor to the egg collection vertical feeding device and egg breaking caused by pushing back from the egg collection vertical feeding device to the egg collection conveyor. Can do. In particular, even when eggs from the egg collection conveyor are continuously fed, the transfer to each bucket in the egg collection vertical feeding device can be performed smoothly.

  In addition, a stopper for temporarily receiving the eggs from the egg collection conveyor is provided along the traveling track of the vertical feeding device for egg collection from the tip of each of a large number of finger members forming a bucket for receiving the eggs from each egg collection conveyor. Thus, in the case where the extending portion extends toward the upstream side of the traveling track, it is not necessary to separately provide a stopper, so that the apparatus can be prevented from becoming complicated and a substantial increase in cost can be avoided.

  Furthermore, when a transfer conveyor is provided between one end of each egg collection conveyor and the egg feeding vertical feeding device to smoothly transfer the eggs transferred from the egg collecting conveyor to the egg collecting vertical feeding device. This reduces the inertial force of eggs carried on the egg collection conveyor, helps to reduce egg damage and breakage, and guarantees the smooth delivery of eggs to the egg collection vertical feed device. The egg collector according to the present invention can be easily applied to the conveyor.

The schematic diagram which shows typically one Embodiment of this invention. The schematic perspective view which shows the principal part of the egg collection apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. The expansion perspective view which looked at the up-and-down feeding apparatus for egg collection which comprises a part of apparatus shown in FIG. 2 from the back side. The schematic diagram which shows an example of the egg collection apparatus in the multistage cage system for chicken raising by a prior art.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of an egg collection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The illustrated embodiment is an example applied to a three-stage chicken farming cage system. (Each egg collection conveyor 10 runs around a drive roll 11 and a follower roll (not shown) and travels in the direction indicated by the arrow). Reference numeral 12 denotes a guide roll or tension roll, and reference numeral 13 denotes an egg carried on the egg collection conveyor 10. Moreover, according to the length of the cage row | line | column of each step | paragraph, the egg-collecting conveyor 10 can also be provided by arranging in succession in plurality.

  Further, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 14 denotes an egg collection vertical feeding device, and an egg delivery transfer conveyor 15 is provided between the egg collection vertical feeding device 14 and each egg collection conveyor 10. Each transfer conveyor 15 is composed of a number of bars 19 that are rotatably mounted between two chains 18 that are hung on a drive sprocket 16 and a driven sprocket 17. The operations of the egg collection vertical transfer device 14 and the egg transfer transfer conveyors 15 are controlled independently or in conjunction, that is, the traveling speed of the egg collection vertical transfer device 14 and the egg transfer transfer conveyors 15 is as follows. The eggs carried on the egg collection conveyor 10 can be controlled or adjusted so that they can be smoothly delivered to the transfer conveyor 15 and to the egg collection vertical feed device 14 without being damaged.

  The egg-feeding vertical feed device 14 is engaged with the drive roller 20 and the driven roller 21 and rotated in the vertical direction as indicated by an arrow, and the endless belt member 22 is equidistant from the endless belt member 22. And a plurality of buckets 23 attached to. As shown in FIG. 2, each bucket 23 is composed of a large number of finger members 24, and the tip of each finger member 24 is upstream, that is, rearward in the traveling direction along the traveling path of the egg feeding vertical feed device 14. An extending portion 24a extending in the direction is formed. The extended portion 24 a constitutes a stopper that temporarily stops the egg 13, and the length of the extended portion 24 a at the tip of each finger member 24 is the length of the bucket 23 whose leading edge is immediately after the finger member 24. It is determined so as to define an interval sufficient to receive the egg 13 between the tip end of the finger member 24 forming the. Each finger member 24 of the bucket 23 is attached such that the front surface, that is, the upper surface thereof forms an acute angle with respect to the plane of the endless belt member 22. And it is accommodated in the frame 25. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a lattice-shaped covering member 26 is provided on the back surface of the frame body 25. When the bucket 23 goes around the driven roller 21 and enters the downward stroke, The carried egg is received by the back surface or the lower surface of each finger member 24 of the preceding bucket 23, that is, the preceding bucket 23, and as a result, the egg moves in the direction of falling from the bucket 23, but the lattice-shaped covering is provided. The member 26 is transported while remaining on the bucket 23. As an example, the length of the extended portion 24a at the tip of each finger member 24 may be set to 22.8 mm, and the distance along the circumference between the finger members 24 in the adjacent bucket 18 may be set to 90 mm.

  Referring again to FIG. 1, on the rear side of the egg collection vertical feeding device 14, a transfer bar conveyor 27 is provided in the vicinity of the egg collection vertical feeding device 14. It extends to the egg collection part (not shown) in a direction substantially perpendicular to the running direction of the conveyor 10 and the transfer conveyor 15. At a position opposite to the bar conveyor 27, an egg discharge opening 28 is provided in the lattice-shaped covering member 26 on the rear side of the egg collection vertical feed device 14, and the egg collection vertical feed device 14 is provided via the egg discharge opening 28. The eggs carried in the bucket 23 are discharged onto the bar conveyor 27.

  In the operation of the illustrated apparatus configured as described above, the egg 13 conveyed by the egg collection conveyor 10 provided along the cage row (not shown) of each stage is transferred to one end of the transfer conveyor 15, and It is conveyed toward the other end by the transfer conveyor 15. The egg 13 carried on the transfer conveyor 15 is stopped by coming into contact with the extended portion 24a at the tip of the finger member 24 in the bucket 23 of the egg collection vertical feeding device 14, and released from contact with the extended portion 24a. Until the egg 13 is transferred to the bucket 23. As a result, the eggs 13 are transferred from the transfer conveyor 15 to the bucket 23 of the egg collection vertical feeding device 14, breaking or hitting other eggs already contained or rebounding and breaking the eggs. You can avoid danger. Actually, since the eggs 13 are carried randomly from the egg collection conveyors 10, it is easy for the eggs to collide with each other and a strong jump of the eggs into the bucket. However, a stopper is provided on the bucket 23 itself of the egg collection vertical feeding device 14. With the above function, the egg can be delivered softly with a buffering action. Thus, the eggs 13 received by the bucket 23 of the egg collection vertical feeding device 14 are carried on the back surface of the adjacent preceding bucket 23 when the bucket 23 moves to the lowering process of the egg collection vertical feeding device 14. Then, when the egg 13 on the bucket 23 reaches a position corresponding to the egg release opening 28 in the lattice-like covering member 26 on the rear side of the egg feeding upper and lower feeding device 14, the egg 13 on the bucket 23 is discharged onto the bar conveyor 27 through the egg discharge opening 28. Is done.

  By the way, in the illustrated embodiment, an example of application to a three-stage poultry cage system has been described, but naturally, it can be applied to a four-stage or higher multi-stage poultry cage system.

  Further, in the illustrated embodiment, an egg transfer transfer conveyor 15 is provided between each egg collection conveyor 10 and the egg collection vertical feeding device 14, but each bucket 23 of the egg collection vertical feeding device 14 has a stopper. It is also possible to configure so that the eggs 13 from the egg collection conveyors 10 are directly transferred to the egg collection vertical feed device 14.

  Furthermore, in the illustrated embodiment, the stopper in each bucket 23 of the egg feeding vertical feed device 14 is formed by bending the tip of the finger member 24 constituting the bucket 23 rearward in a direction substantially perpendicular to the traveling direction. However, it is also possible to attach another member that extends rearward in a direction substantially perpendicular to the traveling direction at the tip of each finger member 24 instead. In that case, it can also be comprised with the material different from the material which comprises the finger member, for example, an elastic material with comparatively low resilience.

10: Egg collection conveyor 11: Drive roll of egg collection conveyor 12: Guide roll or tension roll 13: Egg 14: Up / down feeding device for egg collection 15: Transfer conveyor for egg delivery 16: Drive sprocket 17: Driven sprocket 18: Chain 19: Bar 20: Driving roller of the vertical feeding device 14 for egg collection 21: Driven roller of the vertical feeding device 14 for egg collection 22: Endless belt member 23: Bucket 24a: Extending portion at the tip of the finger member 24 25: Frame Body 26: Lattice-shaped covering member 27: Bar conveyor 28: Egg discharge opening in lattice-shaped covering member 26

Claims (5)

  In the multi-stage cage system for poultry farming in which a plurality of cage rows are arranged one above the other, the egg collection conveyor attached along each cage row and the eggs collected by each egg collection conveyor are placed in each cage row. And a vertically feeding device for egg collection that extends in the up and down direction provided in common at one end of the combined egg collection conveyor, and the egg feeding and dropping device is arranged in the shape of a comb, and the egg from each egg collection conveyor The egg collection apparatus in the multi-stage cage system for poultry farming, comprising a plurality of finger members forming a bucket for receiving the egg, and provided with a stopper for temporarily receiving the egg from the egg collection conveyor at the tip portion of each finger member .   A stopper that temporarily receives an egg from the egg collection conveyor runs along the running path of the egg feeding vertical feed device from the tip of each of a large number of finger members that form a bucket that receives the eggs from each egg collection conveyor. 2. The egg collection apparatus in a multi-stage cage system for poultry farming according to claim 1, wherein the egg collecting apparatus comprises an extended portion extending rearward in the direction.   The length of the extension of the tip of each finger member is sufficient to receive the egg between its leading edge and the tip of the finger member forming the bucket immediately following the finger member. 3. The egg collection apparatus in a multistage cage system for poultry farming according to claim 2, wherein the egg collection apparatus is determined as defined.   The stopper for temporarily receiving the eggs from the egg collection conveyor comprises a separate member attached to the tip of each of a number of finger members forming a bucket for receiving the eggs from each egg collection conveyor. The egg collection apparatus in the multistage cage system for poultry farming according to claim 1.   A transfer conveyor is provided between one end of each egg collecting conveyor and the egg feeding vertical feeding device for smoothly delivering the eggs transferred from the egg collecting conveyor to the egg collecting vertical feeding device. The egg collection apparatus in the multistage cage system for poultry farming according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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