JPH062018B2 - Pig feeder - Google Patents

Description

Description: [Field of Industrial Application] 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.

[Prior Art] A conventional feeder for pig farming is generally as follows.

As shown in FIG. 3, the inside of the feeding box 31 is divided into a front feeding chamber 33 and a rear feeding tank 34 by a partition plate 32. A feed-out gap o is left between the lower end of the partition plate 32 and the vicinity of the continuous portion c from the shooter 35 of the feed tank 34 to the feed tray 36 below the feed chamber 33.

Further, on the back surface of the partition plate 32, that is, on the surface of the partition plate 32 on the side of the feed basin 34, an adjusting plate 38 that is operated to move up and down by a handle device 37 is attached. The adjusting plate 38
Is adjusted up and down, the gap o is opened and closed, the opening width thereof is adjusted, and the shooter 35 is lowered from the feed tank 34 to adjust the amount of feed of the feed flowing down to the feed tray 36.

The above is a typical example of a dry feed feeder.

On the other hand, the mixed water feed, that is, the feeding of the kneaded feed is carried out in such a manner that the kneaded feed is carried and supplied to the feeding trough each time. However, the feed supply work is not easy because it is difficult.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In general, pigs prefer mixed water wet feed to dry feed, but due to the convenience of feed supply, most of the pigs currently feed dry feed as described above. Feeders for pig farming are used.

Therefore, pigs generally go to drink water to the water dispenser while ingesting dry feed with such a feeder, that is, drinking water in the water dispenser and ingesting food in the feeder are alternated. It is something like that. When the water dispenser is provided in the feeder, the above actions are repeated on the spot.

However, when ingesting dry feed to some extent, pigs sometimes take actions such as sprinkling the feed out of the feeder and playing. Therefore, when using a conventional pig feeder for feeding as described above, the waste of the feed is large on one side, and on the other side, the feed spattered in the pig stall rots with feces and becomes unsanitary. There is an inconvenience that causes poor growth and causes illness.

Therefore, the present invention has been made for the purpose of solving the above problems.

To further explain this in detail, it is necessary to configure the feed supply so that it can be finely controlled, to prevent the leftover feed or the feed overflowing from the feeding section from scattering outside the feeder, and to moisten the leftover feed or the overflowing feed. It is to make it easy to turn it into pigs so that it is not scattered by the pigs.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The gist of the configuration of the present invention is that the inside of a 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 is divided into A gap for feeding the feed is formed between the shooter of the feed tank and the vicinity of the continuous part of the lower part of the feeding chamber, and the control plate for opening and closing the gap and adjusting the opening is moved up and down on the partition plate. In a freely arranged pig feeder, as the feeding dish, a first feeding dish is provided immediately before the feed outflow gap, and a second feeding dish that is continuous with the first feeding dish on the front side thereof. And connecting the front end of the first feeding dish and the rear end of the second feeding dish such that the first feeding dish can be tilted up and down, and the rear end of the first feeding dish and the feed tank. The lower end of the shooter is flexibly connected to the front end, and the rear end of the shooter is A pig farm having a rear bottom plate located on one side and a lower limit regulating member located below so as to be able to move up and down between them, and further equipped with an elevating operation means for adjusting the elevating and lowering of the shooter. Is a food feeder.

It is preferable that the first feeding tray is located slightly higher than the second feeding tray. The first feeding tray can be formed of a flat plate-shaped member, but may have a configuration in which the upper surface is slightly recessed.
Further, the connecting portion between the first feeding tray and the second feeding tray need not be limited in configuration as long as the first feeding tray can be tilted and tilted at the connecting portion as described above. That is, this can be realized by a free configuration. For example, it can be configured by a hinge.

The same applies to the connection between the first feeding dish and the shooter.

The rear bottom plate is also responsible for covering the rear end of the shooter so that the feed in the feed tank does not fall below the shooter, and on the other hand it also has the function of regulating the upper and lower limits of the rear end of the shooter. Have. The lower limit restricting member plays a role of restricting the lower limit of lifting of the shooter. Therefore, the lower limit regulating material can freely adopt an appropriate configuration capable of fulfilling this function. For example, it is possible to adopt a structure in which the rod-shaped members are projected from the rear wall of the feed tank at appropriate intervals. Alternatively, a plate member similar to the rear bottom plate may be fixedly installed at the same position as the rod-shaped member.
In any case, it is preferable that the rear bottom plate and the lower limit regulating member have a regulating range so that the inclination angle of the shooter can be changed in an angle range of approximately 45 degrees or more.

Further, the raising / lowering operation means can also adopt a free structure as long as it can realize the above-mentioned action. For example,
For example, the existing handle device is adopted.

[Operation] Since the present invention is configured as described above, it can be used as follows.

Feed is put into the feed tank, then the adjusting plate is adjusted up and down, and the raising and lowering operation means of the shooter is operated to set the undulating inclination angle of the first feeding tray and the inclination angle of the shooter to a desired one. Then, the feed in the feed tank descends through the shooter, passes through the feed out gap, and reaches the first feed tray in the feed chamber.

If the inclination of the first feeding dish is adjusted so that the horizontal direction or the rear end direction is slightly downward, the descending feed will generally stay in the first feeding dish, so the pig is You can extend your neck to get the above feed. Generally, feeds having a large particle size will flow down well, and feeds having a small particle size will easily cause a flow lag. Therefore, the above adjustment is made in consideration of these. Needless to say, the feed intake is performed alternately with the drinking water from the water supply device, as in the general case described above.

In this state, the feed gradually drops from the feed tank as the feed decreases, and an appropriate amount of it is constantly supplied to the first feeding dish.

Further, when the pig is ingested, the feed overflowing from the first feeding dish is received by the second feeding dish, so that it is not immediately scattered in the pig pen. In addition, the feed thus received in the second feeding dish becomes a mixed water feed that is slightly moistened by water or saliva during drinking, which is performed alternately with the intake of the feed.
It will be ingested eventually.

In the above, when the feed easily overflows from the first feeding tray to the second feeding tray, the elevating operation means is operated to lower the shooter to increase the rearward downward inclination of the first feeding tray.

When the descent of the feed to the first feeding tray tends to be delayed, the lifting operation means is reversely operated to raise the shooter, and the rear of the first feeding tray is pulled up, and in some cases, further inclined forward and downward.

Of course, at the same time, up and down adjustment of the adjusting plate is also performed, and by the action of both, the feed amount of the feed to the first feeding dish is appropriately adjusted,
When ingesting the feed by the pig, the overflow phenomenon from the first feeding dish to the second feeding dish should be minimized.

In this way, the feed supply is finely controlled so that the overflow phenomenon of the feed from the first feeding dish is eliminated as much as possible, and the overflowed feed is retained in the second feeding dish so that it is difficult to be scattered outside the device. The feed that overflows the second feeding dish is slightly moistened in the second feeding dish as described above by overflowing water and saliva when the pig drinks water, and is sprinkled by the pig into the pig house. It will be something that will not be scattered.

Since the second feed tray can reduce the overflow of the feed from the first feed tray in this way, it is also possible to supply water to the second feed tray and use it as a drinking fountain.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 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.

The second feeding tray 6 is arranged at the forefront of the lower portion of the feeding chamber 3, and the front end of the first feeding tray 5 is connected to the rear end of the second feeding tray 6 via a hinge 7. The rear end of the first feeding tray 5 is generally located in the extension direction of the lower end of the partition plate 2.

Furthermore, a shooter 9 is connected to the rear end of the first feeding tray 5 via a hinge 8. The shooter 9 is, of course, arranged so that the rear end thereof is tilted upward, but the rear end thereof is not connected to anything and the rear bottom plate 10 and the lower limit regulation plate 11 of the feed tank 4 are connected. Insert in between.

The rear bottom plate 10 and the lower limit restricting plate 11 are arranged on the rear plate of the feeding box 1 which is the back plate 12 of the feed tank 4 obliquely downward toward the front, and the rear end of the shooter 9 between them. It is set as the limit that regulates the lifting operation range of. The appropriate width in between is determined experimentally. The shooter 9 is set so that it can be changed at an inclination angle of slightly over 45 degrees. At the same time, the rear bottom plate 10 also has a role of covering feed so as not to fall below the shooter 9.

Further, the handle device 13 is attached to the back plate 12 of the feed tank 4 downward and rotatably in a direction (arrow x direction) slightly orthogonal to the back plate 12, and the lower end of the rod r below the handle device 13 is attached. A pin is rotatably connected to the middle of the shooter 9. The handle device 13 is configured such that by rotating the handle h formed on the upper part, the internal nut member is rotated, and the screw member screwed into the nut member and prevented from rotating is advanced and retracted. is there. The rod r is an extension of the screw member.

On the other hand, on the front side of the partition plate 2, a guide plate 14 is arranged with a gap therebetween, and an adjusting plate 15 is arranged in the gap so as to be vertically movable. When the adjusting plate 15 is lowered to the lowermost position, the lower end of the adjusting plate 15 comes into contact with the connecting portion between the first feeding tray 5 and the shooter 9, that is, the vicinity of the hinge 8. Further, naturally, the adjusting plate 15 is configured to have a size such that when the adjusting plate 15 is lowered to the lowermost portion, the lower end of the adjusting plate 15 can contact the hinge 8 even when the rear end of the first feeding tray 5 is lowered to the lowest.

The lower end of a rod r, which is a lower portion of a handle device 16 fixed downward on the rear surface of the partition plate 2, is coupled to the adjusting plate 15. The structure of the handle device 16 is similar to that of the handle device 13. By rotating the handle h, the rod r can be expanded and contracted, and the adjustment plate 15 can be moved up and down.

In this embodiment, since it is configured as described above, it can be used as follows.

First, the feed is put into the feed tank 4, and then the handles h and h of the handle devices 13 and 16 are respectively rotated to expand and contract the rods r and r, respectively.
Is adjusted up and down, and the height and inclination angle of the connecting portion of the shooter 9 with the rod r and the undulating inclination angle of the first feeding tray 5 which changes with it are set to a desired value.

Then, the shooter 9, the first feeding tray 5 and the adjusting plate 1 defined by the operation of the handle devices 13 and 16 are performed.
According to the setting conditions of 5, the feed in the feed tank 4 descends through the shooter 9, passes through the feed out gap, and reaches the first feed tray 5 of the feed chamber 3.

When the inclination of the first feeding tray 5 is determined to be horizontal or slightly downward in the rear end direction, the descending feed is almost stayed in the first feeding tray 5, so that the pig is You will need to extend your neck and feed. As usual, the intake of feed is alternated with drinking water from a water dispenser.

At this time, as the feed decreases due to ingestion by pigs, the shooter 9 descends from the feed tank 4 and sequentially flows into the feed tank 4, and an appropriate amount of the feed is constantly supplied to the first feeding tray 5.

By the way, when the pig is ingested, the feed overflowing from the first feeding tray 5 is received by the second feeding tray 6. For this reason, first of all, the feed is not immediately scattered in the pig house. Further, the feed thus received in the second feeding tray 6 becomes a slightly moist feed, that is, a dough-like feed, and is eventually ingested by pigs.

The slightly moist feed is generated by alternately drinking water from the water supply device when the feed is ingested, and pouring the water into the second feeding tray 6 or drooling the water. That is what will happen. Once the wet feed is obtained, pigs will no longer sprinkle it within the pig pen.

In the above, when the feed easily overflows from the first feeding tray 5 to the second feeding tray 6, the handle device 13 is operated to lower the shooter 9 to increase the rearward inclination of the first feeding tray 5. .

When the descent of the feed to the first feeding tray 5 tends to be delayed, the handle device 13 is reversely operated to perform the shooter 9 operation.
To raise the rear side of the first feeding tray 5 and further incline the front downward if necessary.

Of course, at the same time, the handle device 16 is operated to operate the adjusting plate 15
The up and down adjustment of the first feeding tray 5 is also performed by the action of both.
The amount of feed to the second feeding tray 6 is minimized when the feed is ingested by the pig.

In this way, the feed supply is finely controlled so that the overflow phenomenon of the feed from the first feeding tray 5 is eliminated as much as possible, and the overflowed feed is held in the second feeding tray 6 so as not to be scattered outside the device. . It should be noted that the feed that overflows the second feeding dish 6 is slightly moistened in the second feeding dish 6 by the overflow of water and salivation when the pig drinks water as described above, and the pig is placed inside the pig house. It will be something that will not be scattered around.

[Effect of the Invention] According to the present invention, it is possible to finely control the supply of feed in this way to supply an appropriate amount of dry feed to the first feeding dish and reduce the overflow phenomenon as much as possible. In addition, for overflowing feed, the second feed tray catches the feed so that it is difficult to disperse it outside the container.In addition, in the second feed tray, the received feed is moistened by the pig's feed intake and drinking behavior. As a result, it is possible to eliminate the scattering of pigs inside the pig house.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a schematic side view, and FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway schematic perspective view. FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of a conventional example. 1 ... Feeding box, 2 ... Partition plate, 3 ... Feeding room, 4 ... Feed tank, 5
... 1st feeding tray, 6 ... 2nd feeding tray, 7, 8 ... Hinge, 9 ...
Shooter, 10 ... Rear bottom plate, 11 ... Lower limit plate, 12
... back plate, 13, 16 ... handle device, 14 ... guide plate,
15 ... Adjusting plate, h ... Handle, r ... Rod, x ... Arrow.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The inside of the feeding box is divided into a front feeding chamber and a rear feed tank by a dividing plate, and the lower end of the dividing plate and the shooter of the feeding tank are connected to a feeding tray at the lower part of the feeding chamber. In the feeding device for pig farming, a feed outflow gap is provided between the feed plate and the continuous portion, and an adjusting plate for opening and closing the gap and adjusting the opening is provided on the partition plate so that the feed plate can be moved up and down. As a dish, a first feeding dish is formed immediately before the feed out gap, and a second feeding dish continuous with the first feeding dish is formed on the front side of the first feeding dish, the front end of the first feeding dish and the second feeding dish. The first feeding tray is connected to the rear end of the feeding tray so that the first feeding tray can be undulated and tilted, and the rear end of the first feeding tray and the front end of the shooter at the lower part of the feed tank are bendably connected, Also, the rear end of the shooter is the rear bottom plate of the feed tank located above it and the lower limit ruler located below. Meanwhile inserted so as to be movable up and down, the further to the shooter, pig for feeder fitted with lifting operation means for vertically adjusting manipulate it between the wood.