JP3338834B2 - Livestock drinking water type automatic separation device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drinking water type automatic separation device for livestock, and more particularly to a drinking water type automatic separation device which separates and sorts livestock by utilizing the drinking habits of livestock and has a chemical liquid application means. About.

[0002]

[Prior art and problems] Conventionally, for grazing livestock, applying a chemical solution or sorting, or separating and capturing one animal, a livestock herd is driven into the fence, a target livestock is selected from the livestock, and separated from the herd. Fixing was performed as needed, requiring a great deal of labor and time. In addition, for spraying a chemical solution, a veterinary drug solution spraying device that automatically sprays a drug solution on livestock utilizing the drinking habits of livestock has been devised (Japanese Patent Application No. 07-299192).

[0003] This chemical spraying device has an entrance for livestock at one end, and an enclosure having an opening through which the livestock can put a head and drink water at the other end. On the other hand, the medicine is sprayed from a fixed spray head while the livestock drinks a predetermined amount of the medicine according to the weight measured by the weight measuring device installed. However, this device has the following disadvantages.

[0004] Since there is no door at the entrance, two or more livestock may enter together and each livestock may not be able to drink enough water, and there is a possibility that the application and application of the chemical solution to the target livestock may not be performed sufficiently. There is.・ Because there is no door at the entrance, there is a possibility of getting out of the enclosure before sufficient drinking or spraying of chemicals is completed.

[0005] Since the spraying is performed from a fixed spraying head, the range in which the chemical solution can be sprayed on the livestock is mainly in the central part of the back of the livestock, and it is difficult to apply the chemical solution to the rear part where many pests are parasitized. -The spraying head needs to be installed at a high position in order to widen the spraying range and to adapt to livestock with a high body height. For this reason, there is a possibility that the spray direction of the chemical solution is shifted by the wind. -Although it is stated that a predetermined chemical solution is sprayed according to the weight of livestock, a specific method for adjusting the spray amount is not disclosed.

[0006]

[Object] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to drink livestock one by one and sort the animals into appropriate places by utilizing the habit of drinking water. It is an object of the present invention to provide a drinking fountain-type automatic separation device having a livestock chemical liquid application means capable of applying a chemical liquid to the tail of a livestock that is easy to apply, and further capable of applying an appropriate amount of a chemical liquid suitable for individual livestock. Things.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The gist of the present invention is as follows: an entrance with an opening and closing door for livestock at one end; an opening through which livestock can be put in the neck for drinking water; A livestock surrounding means having an exit
When entering the head, the opening and closing door of the entrance is closed, the door on the left or right side is opened based on the information of the individual identification means after drinking water, and the livestock is taken out from the opened exit to an appropriate place. Things.

[0008] The present invention also provides a livestock enclosing means having at one end an entrance with an opening / closing door for livestock, an opening at the other end into which livestock can enter a neck for drinking water, and an exit with doors on left and right side surfaces. The water supply means provided outside the opening, the livestock weight measuring means, the individual identification means of the livestock in the surrounding means, and the distance between the shoulder or waist to the buttocks of the livestock are measured. And a chemical liquid applying means having a chemical liquid applying head movable between the shoulder and the buttocks of the livestock having a neck and an opening in the opening,

[0009] For the livestock which is determined to need to apply a chemical solution by the individual identification means by the individual identification means,
While the livestock is drinking water by putting the neck in the opening, the chemical solution application head, the distance from the tail end to the shoulder of the livestock calculated and the calculated amount of the chemical solution applied based on the weight measurement result and And moving the animal near the back line from the buttocks end to the shoulder at a moving speed determined from the formula (1), and applying the chemical at a constant flow rate.

[0010] The surrounding means of the present invention is provided with an entrance for livestock on one side and an opening on the other side for the livestock to protrude outward and drink water. An openable fence is provided at the entrance of the livestock, and a sensor is provided near the entrance of the livestock to detect that the whole animal has entered. Fence closes. In addition, a sensor for detecting that the livestock has left the neck is also provided at the opening through which the livestock hangs out and drinks water, and the chemical liquid application system operates by detecting the sensor.

Further, an identification mark attached to the livestock and an antenna capable of reading out individual information from a microchip embedded in the body may be provided at an opening through which the livestock hangs outward and drinks water. The antenna is not particularly limited, and a suitable antenna may be used. The processing of the read individual information may be processed by a suitable means such as a microcomputer or a personal computer.
The updated information may be written on the identification mark of the livestock or on the microchip.

The left and right doors of the surrounding means can be opened and closed freely.
It is provided so that it can be opened independently on the left and right,
The livestock on which the application of the chemical solution has been completed can be discharged to the left and right sides of the surrounding means. And the entrance of the livestock of the surrounding means and the means for opening and closing the fences provided on the left and right may also be configured using known suitable means,
There is no particular limitation.

For example, the fence may be opened and closed using a motor, pressure, or the like. Water supply means is provided outside the opening provided on the opposite side of the surrounding means from the livestock entrance, and water is stored in a water supply tank or the like. The water supply means is provided at a position where livestock in the surrounding means can pass through the opening and drink water from the water supply means.

The opening and closing doors and doors provided in the surrounding means are preferably sliding doors, but may be of any type as long as they can control the entry and exit of livestock. The individual identification means includes a chip that records individual data attached to livestock, and a computer that reads the chip and issues appropriate control signals for controlling peripheral devices based on accumulated information on weight, drinking behavior, and the like of the individual. It consists of control means. There are various places from the left and right doors, such as inside the fence or pasture.

[0015] The application of the chemical solution is to pour the chemical solution into the body of the livestock. In this case, spraying in the form of a mist or a wide band is also included in the "application" of the present invention. This means has a means for measuring the distance from the shoulder or waist to the buttocks of the livestock, and a chemical solution application head that can move between the shoulder and the buttocks of the livestock whose neck is inserted in the opening. And a means for moving the liquid application nozzle and the proximity switch in the horizontal direction at up and down and at a variable speed, and for detecting the waist height and tail end position of the livestock.

The means for measuring the weight and body length is not particularly limited, such as a mechanical type or an electric type, and may be calculated by a suitable means such as a microcomputer or a personal computer. Thus,
The application amount of the chemical is determined by the body weight, and the amount of the chemical is applied while the chemical application head moves from the rear end of the livestock of each livestock to the vicinity of the back of the shoulder. When the weight is the same, the speed of the application head from the buttocks to the shoulders is reduced for livestock with a short body length, and moves faster for livestock with a long body length.

[0017]

Since the livestock drinking water type automatic separation apparatus of the present invention is constructed as described above, water is supplied to a water supply tank or the like provided outside the surrounding means, so that it can be used inside a fence or on a grazing land. Livestock released into the surroundings of the drinking-water-type automatic separation device in search of behavioral water.

Livestock enter the enclosure for drinking water;
When the tail end has entered the entrance, the entrance closes and blocks the entry of subsequent livestock. Since a sensor for detecting livestock is provided in the opening, when the user puts his / her neck and starts drinking water, the sensor detects livestock. The antenna starts individual identification by the sensing, and the weight of the livestock is measured by the weight measuring means. From the identified individual number, the previous application date and the like are confirmed, and when it is determined that it is the application time, the chemical liquid application means operates.

The waist height of the livestock is measured by means for measuring the waist height of the livestock provided in the chemical liquid application means, and the height of the application nozzle is determined from the measured height. Next, the application nozzle is moved backward in the direction of the tail of the livestock, and the position of the tail end is detected by a sensor. The amount of the drug solution applied is calculated from the measured body weight. Next, the moving speed of the chemical liquid applying means is calculated from the calculated distance from the tail end position to the shoulder of the livestock and the flow rate of the nozzle, and the applying operation is performed. After the application, the desired left and right doors are opened, and the user exits to an appropriate place.

[0020]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing a livestock drinking water type automatic separation apparatus according to the present invention; FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a drinking-water-type automatic separation device according to the present invention, and reference numeral 2 denotes a livestock entrance into which a livestock 8 provided with an openable fence 21 enters. Reference numeral 3 denotes a surrounding means provided with an opening 31 through which the livestock 8 protrudes the neck, 33 denotes a left door of the surrounding means 3, and 34 denotes an opening / closing means of the left door 33. A right door 35 and an opening / closing means 36 are provided on the right side of the surrounding means 3 toward the livestock entrance side, similarly to the left side.

4 is a water supply means for drinks, 5 is a chemical application means for applying a chemical 9 for controlling pests, 6 is a weight measuring device for measuring the weight of livestock 8, and 7 is a drinking water type automatic separating apparatus for livestock 8. The platform is provided so as to make it easy to enter, 8 is livestock, and 9 is a chemical to be applied. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the entrance side of the livestock of the drinking-water-type automatic separation device. The openable and closable door 21 provided at the livestock entrance 2 is opened and closed by opening and closing means 22.

The opening / closing door 21 may be provided on the left and right as shown in the figure, but may be provided on only one side. 10
Is a sensor for detecting that the whole of the livestock 8 has entered, and by detecting this, the opening / closing door 21 is closed.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an opening side of a drinking water type automatic separation device from which livestock protrudes a neck, and an opening 3 from which livestock 8 protrudes a neck.
1 includes a sensor 1 for detecting that the livestock 8 has headed out.
1 is provided, and when the sensor 11 senses, the chemical liquid application unit operates. In addition, this opening 31
In addition, an antenna 12 (dashed-dotted line) capable of reading individual information of an identification mark (not shown) attached to the livestock 8 is provided.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view showing a chemical liquid applying means, in which reference numeral 51 denotes an application head for applying the chemical liquid 9 moving in the front-rear direction of the livestock 8, reference numeral 52 denotes an application nozzle through which the chemical liquid 9 flows out or is ejected, and reference numeral 53 denotes a livestock 8. Proximity switch for detecting the waist height of 54, an arm on which the coating head 51 moves, 54
Reference numeral 55 denotes a cable carrier for accommodating a cable such as the proximity switch 53, 56 denotes a driving motor for moving the coating head 51, 57 denotes a belt for moving the coating head 51, 58 denotes an encoder for measuring a moving distance, and 59 denotes a chemical. 9 is a liquid sending pump for sending 9.

[0025]

As described above, the livestock drinking water type automatic separation apparatus of the present invention has only one animal inserted into the apparatus as described above, and does not come out before drinking or application of a chemical solution is completed. Then, if the door on the appropriate side is opened, livestock naturally comes out from the door, so that extremely troublesome sorting work can be easily performed by utilizing the habit of drinking water.

In addition, a large amount of the chemical solution is not applied to the back of the livestock as in the prior art, and an appropriate amount of the chemical solution is surely applied to the range from the buttocks to the shoulders of the livestock which is easily affected by pests. Can be. Since this drinking water type automatic separation device can open the left and right doors of the device independently even when sorting livestock on which the application of the chemical solution is completed, by installing this device between the fences, Livestock can be easily distributed to the desired fence.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing a livestock drinking water type automatic separation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the entrance side of livestock of a drinking water type automatic separation device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an opening side where livestock protrudes a neck from a drinking water type automatic separation device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view showing a chemical liquid application unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

1-watering station type automatic separator, 2-entrance, 21-opening / closing door, 22-opening / closing means, 3-surrounding means, 31-opening, 33
-Left door, 34-opening / closing means, 35-right door, 36-opening / closing means, 4-water supply means, 5-chemical solution applying means, 51-application head, 52-application nozzle, 53-proximity switch, 54-arm, 55 -Cable carrier, 56-drive motor, 57
-Belt, 58-encoder, 59-liquid feed pump, 6
-Weight measuring device, 7-step, 8-livestock, 9-drug solution, 10
-Sensor, 11-sensor, 12-antenna

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Toshihiko Ibuki 768 Senbonmatsu, Nishinasuno-cho, Nasu-gun, Tochigi Pref. Fujimidai Plant Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Satoshi Yano 3-19-16 Nukii, Nerima-ku, Tokyo Fujihira Industrial Co., Ltd.Fujimidai Plant Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takashi Aso 3-19-16, Nukii, Nerima-ku, Tokyo Fujihira In the Fujimidai Plant of Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kazuto Tanaka 6-11-6 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Fujihira Industry Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-9-107840 (JP, A) Shokai Sho59 −18853 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A01K 7/00 A01K 11/00 A01K 15/04 A01K 29/00

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] A livestock enclosing means having at one end an opening and closing door for livestock, an opening at the other end into which livestock can be put for drinking water, and an outlet with doors on left and right side surfaces. When one animal enters, close the opening and closing door of the entrance and drink water,
A livestock drinking water type automatic separation device, characterized by opening the door on either side based on the information of the individual identification means after drinking water, and discharging the livestock to an appropriate place from the opened exit. 2. A livestock surrounding means having at one end an opening with a livestock opening / closing door, an opening at the other end into which livestock can enter a neck for drinking water, and an outlet with doors on left and right side surfaces, and the opening thereof. Water supply means provided outside the part, livestock weight measurement means, individual identification means by radio of livestock entering the surrounding means, and means for measuring the distance from the waist to the buttocks of the livestock A liquid application means having a liquid application head movable between the shoulder and the buttocks of the livestock with the neck inserted in the opening; and the individual identification means performs individual identification of the livestock to apply the liquid. For the livestock that was determined to be, while the livestock was drinking water with the neck put in the opening, the drug solution application head was calculated as the application amount of the drug solution determined based on the weight measurement result. Determined from the distance from the tail end to the shoulder of the livestock A livestock drinking-water type automatic separation device characterized in that the livestock moves from the tail end to the shoulder at a moving speed and a chemical solution is applied at a constant flow rate. 3. A livestock enclosing means having at one end an opening and closing door for livestock, an opening at the other end into which livestock can be put for drinking, and an outlet with doors on left and right side surfaces. When one animal enters, close the opening and closing door of the entrance and drink water,
3. The type of livestock drinking fountain according to claim 2, wherein the left or right side door is opened based on the information of the individual identification means after the drinking water and the application of the liquid medicine, and the livestock is taken out to an appropriate place from the opened outlet. Automatic separation device 4. The liquid applying means is capable of moving a liquid applying nozzle and a proximity switch horizontally in a vertical direction and at a variable speed.
3. A livestock drinking water type automatic separation apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising means for detecting the height and tail end of the livestock waist.