JP2559925B2 - Pig feeder - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pig feeder for feeding a desired amount of feed from an upper feed tank to a lower feed tray, the pig feeder comprising a water feeder. Is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art These pig feeders are generally as follows. First, the inside of the feeding box is divided into a front feeding chamber and a rear feed tank by a partition plate, and the lower end of the partition plate and the continuous part from the chute of the feed tank to the feeding tray in the lower part of the feeding chamber. There is a gap between them and for the outflow of feed. Further, a rear surface of the partition plate, that is, a surface of the partition plate on the side of the feed tank is provided with an adjusting plate which is operated to be moved up and down by a handle device, and the adjusting plate is adjusted up and down to open and close the gap, In addition, the opening width is adjusted so that the amount of feed that flows down from the feed tank to the feed tray is adjusted.

Further, in the feeding tray of the above-mentioned feeding device, a water feeding device having an opening therein is further installed. The water supply device, when the pig wants to drink water, the head and other parts, that is, the nose or chin is pressed against the operating member to open the valve to supply water into the feeding dish, Then, the water in the feeding dish is configured to be drunk. Moisture is generated by adding water to the feed in the feeding dish, and this improves the palatability and is intended to allow the feed in the feeding dish to be consumed without waste.

[0004]

The feed in the feed tank slides down the chute according to the adjustment state of the adjusting plate, passes through the continuous portion, and drops to the feed tray. Then, the pig consumes the feed in the feed dish, and when the feed in the feed dish is reduced, the amount of the feed for supplementing the feed falls from the feed tank. By the way, since pigs alternately ingest feed and drink water, they drink water from the water dispenser many times during such intake of feed.
In this way, excess water will remain during this period, so that a large amount of water will gradually accumulate in the feeding dish, while in the feeding dish, the above-mentioned certain amount of uneaten feed will eventually accumulate. I don't get. At this time, when the pigs are particularly satisfied with the intake of the feed, the pigs play a trick on the actuating member of the water supply device, and the water is overflowing into the feeding tray.

In the above-mentioned pig feeder, as described above, by adding water to the feed in the feed plate left by the pig, they are made into a mixed water wet feed to enhance the palatability and wastelessly. It should have been intended to be ingested, but as mentioned above, when pigs began to play tricks on the water dispenser, and as a result, the water in the feeding plate was flooded, You can also put in it and play.
The water inside also becomes dirty, and the pig is no longer willing to take it. Furthermore, the water in the feeding dish overflows and flows down the floor of the pig house,
It will be mixed with urine for drainage, or drainage means will have to be considered separately. However, the inside of the pig house and the inside of the feeding dish become unclean, which causes a problem on the health of the pig, and also causes a problem of wasting feed and water.

[0006] Furthermore, if the feeder and the water dispenser are provided separately from each other, the pig will reciprocate between the feeder and the water dispenser when ingesting the feed. In the vessel, it is still necessary to drain the excess water generated during water supply,
Therefore, it is necessary to install drainage pipes. Furthermore, this excess water is wasted. The remaining feed on the side of the feeding plate cannot be moistened, and there is a possibility that the satisfied feed will be scattered by the pigs in the pig house.

Therefore, the present invention has been made for the purpose of solving the above-mentioned problems, and when the pig's feed is ingested, the water supply device is alternated with the feed in the feed dish. The excess water generated when drinking water prevents the inside of the feeding dish from overflowing, and conversely, by adding an appropriate amount of water to the feed remaining in the feeding dish, a more highly moist feed is obtained. The waste water is generated and thus the remaining feed is consumed without waste, the water is not wasted, the sanitary condition inside the feeder and pig house is maintained well, and in addition, drainage equipment etc. that may be necessary for the water feeder etc. is unnecessary. The purpose is to

[0008]

The gist of the structure of the present invention is that the inside of a feeding box is divided into a feeding chamber at the front lower part and a feed tank at the upper rear by a partition plate, and the lower end of the partition plate. And a feed plate is provided between the chute of the feed tank and the vicinity of a continuous portion in the lower part of the feeding chamber, and a regulating plate for opening and closing the gap and adjusting the opening is provided on the partition plate. In a pig feeder for raising and lowering, a water feeder with a saucer is attached to a part of the feeding box, and a pipe for sending surplus water accumulated in the saucer to the saucer is attached to the saucer. It is a connected pig feeder.

The feeding tray may be a single tray or may be divided into a plurality of pieces in the lateral direction to form a plurality of branch trays.
Further, the feeding tray may be composed of a first feeding tray immediately below the front part of a continuous portion continuous with the chute and a second feeding tray arranged below the front end of the first feeding tray. Taking the example of combining the above two, two first split plates divided in two in the lateral direction located directly below the continuous part that is continuous with the chute, and two second supports arranged below the front end of each. Configured with a serving plate.

[0010] The water supply device, by some action of the pig,
As long as water is supplied on the saucer and can be drunk, the structure is free. For example, the saucer, a water supply opening to the saucer, a valve inserted in the middle of a water supply pipe continuous to the water supply opening, the valve being opened by some movement of an opening / closing operation member described later, and the pig is It can also be configured with an opening / closing actuating member that moves when the mouth is brought close to the saucer by contact with any part thereof. The saucer may be configured as a vase-shaped container having a substantially circular opening, and the water supply port may be configured to open inside from the vicinity of a side portion of the saucer. Further, the receiving tray may be literally configured in a dish shape, and the water supply port may be configured to be opened above.

The water supply device can be provided inside or outside the feeding box. When placed inside the feeding box, it should be placed slightly away from near the bottom of the feeding dish so that the water dispenser cannot be tampered with immediately during feeding. In addition, the number of water feeders does not have to be limited, and in particular, as described above, when the feeding tray is divided into a plurality of parts in the lateral direction to form a plurality of branch plates, only the number of branch plates is required. It can be configured such that the water receiving tray and the branch tray of the nearest water supply device are communicated with each other by the pipe.

Further, since the pipe is intended to feed the excess water in the water supply device to the feeding tray, the upper end thereof is connected not to the lowermost portion of the receiving tray but to a height position in the middle thereof, and the lower end is naturally formed. Open towards the feeding dish. As described above, when the feeding dish is composed of the first feeding dish immediately below the front of the continuous part continuous with the chute and the second feeding dish arranged below the front end of the first feeding dish, the pipe is The lower part of is opened toward the second feeding dish. The purpose is to supply surplus water to the second feeding dish.

[0013]

Since the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, it can be used as follows. First, the water supply device is connected to a water supply or the like. After such preparation, feed is put into the feed tank, and then the adjusting plate is adjusted up and down. Then, the feed first descends from the feed tank through the shoot, passes through the feed out gap located at the continuous portion, and reaches the feed tray at the bottom of the feed chamber. If the feeding tray is laterally divided into a plurality of, for example, two feeds, the feeds will drop into the two left and right branch plates, respectively.
In addition, when the feeding tray is composed of the first feeding tray immediately below the front part of the continuous part continuous to the chute and the second feeding tray below the front end of the first feeding tray, the first feeding tray is fed with the feed. Will come down. The pig consumes the feed that has fallen on the above-mentioned feeding dish (the branch dish or the first feeding dish as the case may be), and when the feed on the feeding dish decreases accordingly, it is only necessary to adjust the elevation of the adjusting plate. An additional amount of feed is dropped to keep the feed dish at about the same amount at all times.

By the way, the feed intake by the pigs is naturally performed alternately with the drinking in the water supply device. Therefore, when the pigs have ingested the feed plate feed to some extent, the pigs will move a little and then feed water. You drink water in a container and return to take the food from the feeding dish. That is, the pig alternates between drinking water in the water dispenser and ingesting feed in the feeding dish until it is satisfied. In the water supply device, when the pig is drinking, water is discharged from the water supply port to the saucer. When the pig drinks a necessary amount here, the pig returns to the saucer and takes the feed. If there is excess water in the saucer, it will be drained to the feeding tray through the pipe. Then, the surplus water is added to the feed flowing down into the feeding dish, and the feed is brought into an appropriate wet state. However, since the feed is highly tasted and swallowed without waste, the surplus water of the water supply device is supplied to the feeding plate as described above, so that it is not necessary to provide a separate drainage means and there is no waste of water. . In addition, during the intake of the feed in the feeding dish, since it is separated from the water dispenser, it is not possible to immediately prank, it is impossible to supply water to the feeding dish by the pig's own will, Therefore, the problem of water filling and overflowing the feeding dish cannot occur.
However, it can also maintain the cleanliness of the feeder and its surroundings,
Pigs are always able to drink and ingest fresh water and feed.

When the feed tray is divided into a plurality of pieces in the lateral direction, the pigs ingest the feed and drink the water in the water supply device according to the above process for each of the branch dishes. When the first and second feeding trays are provided as the feeding trays, as described above, the feed intake by the pigs is performed in the first feeding tray, at which time some feed spills and the second feeding tray is used. You will fall into the feeding dish. The piping from the saucer pan is
Since it is arranged to send surplus water to the second feeding dish,
Excess water is added to the feed spilled on the second feeding dish to form a wet feed, which enhances the palatability and allows the pig to ingest the feed without waste. In this case, it is more convenient because the surplus water is added only to the feed that has spilled to the second feeding tray, not to all the feed that has flowed down from the feed tank.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 2, the feeding box 1 is divided into a feeding chamber 3 in the front part and a feed tank 4 in the rear part by a partition plate 2 inclined rearward from the upper front end. In the foremost part of the lower part of the feeding room 3,
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the second feeding trays 6, 6 divided into left and right are arranged, and the first dividing tray 7 is divided into the left and right portions from the upper end of the rear end to the rear side. Arrange the feeding plates 5 and 5. The partition frame 7 also partially partitions the left and right second feeding trays 6, 6. The front end of each of the first feeding trays 5 and 5 is made to project obliquely upward toward the front as shown in FIG. 2, and the rear end thereof is a chute that inclines forward from the rear portion of the feed tank 4. 8
Continue with the bottom edge of.

The lower part of the partition plate 2 is vertically lowered so that the extending direction of the partition plate is just near the continuous portion between the chute 8 and the first feeding trays 5, 5. An auxiliary plate 2b is arranged behind the vertical descending part 2a of the partition plate 2 with a slight gap, and a space between them is formed as a storage part 2c of the adjusting plate 9 described later, and the adjusting plate 9 is moved up and down in the storage part 2c. Insert freely. The lower end of the adjusting plate 9 is sequentially folded backward to form a quadrilateral cross section, and one surface of the lower rear is parallel to the inclined surface of the chute 8. Further, a spring plate member 10 whose lower end elastically abuts on the front surface side of the adjusting plate 9 is provided on the lower portion on the front surface side of the vertical lower rear portion 2a. This spring plate member 10 is intended to prevent feed from entering the storage part 2c when the adjusting plate 9 is moved up and down. In addition, when the adjusting plate 9 is lowered to the lowermost part, the first feeding tray 5,
5 and the chute 8 have a dimension and a positional relationship such that the lower end thereof can abut the vicinity of the continuous portion. The lower end of a rod r, which is a lower portion of a handle device 11 fixed downward at the rear of the partition plate 2, is connected to the adjusting plate 9. The handle device 11 is configured such that by rotating a handle h formed on the upper part, an internal nut member is rotated, and a screw member screwed into the nut member and prevented from rotating is moved up and down. is there. The rod r is an extension of the screw member. Then, by rotating the handle h, the rod r can be expanded and contracted, and the adjustment plate 9 can be moved up and down.

As shown in FIG. 1, water feeders 12 and 12 with saucers are provided on both sides of the feeding box 1. In the water supply device 12 with a saucer, the saucer 13 is configured as a vase-shaped container having a substantially circular opening. Further, the water supply unit has a water inlet opening from the outside to the inside of the tray 13 and a valve 15 inserted in the middle of a water supply pipe 14 continuous with the water inlet.
The valve 15 that is opened by some movement of the opening / closing operation lever 16 to be described later and any part of the valve 15, such as the tip of the nose or the chin, when the pig comes close to the saucer 13 It is composed of a moving opening / closing operating lever 16. The opening / closing operation lever 16 is the valve 15
Of the pipe 17 extends in the horizontal direction, and its outer end is in a state of being inserted into the end of the pipe 17 described later. Of course, the outer end of the opening / closing actuating lever 16 is movable at the end of the pipe 17 within the range of its diameter, and within that range, the valve 15 can be opened by the movement within that range. It is of a degree. By thus inserting the outer end of the opening / closing operation lever 16 into the pipe 17, clogging can be prevented. In addition, the pipe 17,
The upper end of each of 17 communicates with the inside of the receiving pans 13 and 13 through its inner part, and the lower ends of the second feeding pans 6 and 6 respectively.
It is open to. The upper ends of the pipes 17, 17 are the saucer 1
It communicates with the bottom of 3 and 13 about 10 mm upward.

Since this embodiment is constructed as described above, it can be used as follows. First, it is assumed that the water supply pipes 14 and 14 of the water supply devices 12 and 12 with the saucer are connected to the water supply respectively. After such preparation, feed is put into the feed tank 4, and then the handle h of the handle device 11 is rotated to expand and contract the rod r, whereby the adjusting plate 9 is adjusted up and down. Then, the feed in the feed tank 4 descends through the chute 8 according to the lowered state of the adjusting plate 9 which is adjusted up and down by the operation of the handle device 11, passes through the feed out gap, and the feeding chamber 3 To the first feeding dish 5, 5. Then, the pig extends his or her neck to the first feeding plates 5 and 5 to feed. At this time, the feed is lowered from the feed tank 4 through the chute 8 and sequentially flows down as the pig is ingested, and an appropriate amount of the feed is constantly supplied to the first feeding trays 5 and 5. . By the way, when the pig is ingested, the feed overflowing from the first feeding plates 5 and 5 is received by the second feeding plates 6 and 6. For this reason, first of all, the feed is not immediately scattered in the pig house. The second feeding dish 6, 6
As described below, the feed received in this manner is supplied with excess water from the water receivers 12 and 12 with the pipes 17 and 1, respectively.
It is supplied and added through 7 and eventually becomes a moist feed to enhance palatability and is consumed by pigs without waste.

As described above, the pig, when ingesting the feed, alternately ingests the feed and drinks water, and in this case, of course, the feed in the first feeding plates 5 and 5 is of course required. And the drinking of water in the water dispensers 12 and 12 are alternately repeated. In the water supply devices 12 and 12 having a saucer, when the pigs move their heads to the saucers 13 and 13, their jaws come into contact with the opening / closing operation levers 16 and 16 and move them.
5 and 15 are opened, and water is discharged into the saucers 13 and 13 from the water supply port. This means that the pig will drink the water discharged into the receiving trays 13, 13 as much as he wants, and move to the first feeding trays 5, 5 to repeat the operation of ingesting the feed. In addition, when drinking water in the water receivers 12 and 12 with the saucer, excess water discharged into the saucers 13 and 13 is excessively discharged into the second feed trays 6 and 6 through the pipes 17 and 17, respectively.
It will be supplied inside. As described above, therefore, the surplus water is added to the feed that has spilled here in the second feeding trays 6, 6 to generate wet feed.

Therefore, in the process in which the pig repeats the intake of the feed and the drinking of water, only fresh feed is always supplied to the first feeding trays 5 and 5, and the water feeders 12 and 1 with the receiving trays are provided.
Even in No. 2, fresh water is always supplied. Further, since the feed spilled from the first feeding trays 5 and 5 falls into the second feeding trays 6 and 6, it is not scattered in the pig house, and further, as described above, the water receiver with a saucer 12,
Twelve surplus water is sent to the second feeding trays 6 and 6 through the pipes 17 and 17, so that they are made into wet feed, and the palatability is enhanced, so that the pigs are ingested without waste, and on the other hand, As described above, the water supply device with the saucer 12, 12
Then, since the surplus water is supplied to the second feeding trays 6 and 6 instead of being discharged to the drainage facility, the water is not wasted. Furthermore, during the intake of feed in the first feeding tray 5, 5 and the ingestion of wet feed in the second feeding tray 6, 6, the pig cannot voluntarily feed water into them. Therefore, there is no room for causing problems such as flooding with water.

[0022]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, when the feed of pigs is ingested, the surplus water at the time of drinking the water in the water supply device, which alternates with the intake of the feed in the feed dish, is stored in the feed dish. The amount of water remaining in the feeding dish should be increased by adding an appropriate amount of water to produce an appropriate moist feed with high palatability, thus allowing pigs to consume the remaining feed without waste. In addition, the water is not wasted, the sanitary condition in the feeder and the pig house is maintained in good condition, and the drainage equipment which may be necessary for the water feeder is unnecessary.

[Brief description of drawings]

 1 is a schematic front explanatory view. 2 is a schematic sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Feeding Box 2 Partition Plate 2a Vertical Falling Part 2b Auxiliary Plate 2c Storage Part 3 Feeding Room 4 Feed Tank 5 First Feeding Dish 6 Second Feeding Dish 7 Partition Frame 8 Chute 9 Adjusting Plate 10 Spring Plate 11 Handle Device 12 Water Supply with Saucepan Vessel 13 saucer 14 water supply pipe 15 valve 16 opening / closing operation lever 17 piping h handle r rod

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. The inside of the feeding box is divided into a feeding chamber at the lower front and a feed tank at the upper rear by a partition plate, and the lower end of the partition plate and the chute of the feed tank serves as a feeding tray at the lower part of the feeding chamber. In the pig feeder, in which a gap for feed outflow is formed between the continuous continuous portion and an adjusting plate for opening and closing the gap and adjusting the opening degree is arranged in the partition plate so as to be able to move up and down. A pig feeder for feeding pigs, wherein a water feeder with a saucer is attached to a part of the feeding box, and a pipe is connected to the saucer to feed excess water accumulated in the saucer to the feeding tray. 2. The water supply device, wherein the saucer is formed as a vase-shaped container having a substantially circular opening, a water supply opening opened in the saucer, and a water supply pipe continuous with the water supply opening A valve that is opened by some movement of the opening / closing operation member described later, and an opening / closing operation member that is moved by contact with any part of the opening / closing operation member when the pig approaches the saucer. Feeder for pig farming 1. 3. The feeding tray, which is composed of a first feeding tray arranged immediately below a front portion of the continuous portion and a second feeding tray arranged below a front end of the first feeding tray. Feeder for pigs. 4. The pig feeder according to claim 3, wherein the lower end of the pipe connected to the tray is opened to the second feed tray in the feed tray. 5. The feeding dish is divided into a plurality of laterally arranged branch plates, the water supply device is made to correspond to the number of the respective branch plates, and each of them is placed close to each branch plate. The pig feeder according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a pipe arranged to feed excess water from the tray of each water feeder to the branch tray at each corresponding position.