JPH06245664A - System for catching and taking out fowl - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the operating time and simultaneously prevent the environment of a workplace from deteriorating by reducing labor of each operator and the number of the operators required for operation to catch or take out live fowl reared by loose housing in a poultry house. CONSTITUTION:One end of a rail device 20 temporarily installed in the center of the ground surface in a poultry house (H) reaches a winch device 30 placed on the outside of the poultry house. A pusher 36 connected with a cable taken out of the winch device 3 is slidably placed on the rail device 20. A chicken caught by fowl catcher 40 is filled in each container 60, which is then stacked on the rail device 20 with a stacker 80. The pusher 36 is then set on the side in the deepest side of the containers 60 filled with the chickens in prescribed numbers of stages and rows to drive the winch device 30. Thereby, the many containers 60 are drawn along the rail device 20 toward the side of the winch device 30 at a time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for catching and carrying out live birds such as broilers from poultry houses.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to ship raw birds raised by free-ranging in a vast poultry house to a poultry processing plant, etc., store a predetermined number of raw birds in a container or the like, and place the container or the like in the poultry house. After stacking a specified number of units on a temporary rail, they are carried out of the poultry house while sliding on the rails, loaded on a truck waiting there, and transported. Conventionally, all of these series of work, from catching birds to transporting them out of the poultry house, rely on manpower.

Among the above, for bird-catching work, a method of manually catching chickens in a poultry house one by one and accommodating them in a container allows a worker to chase the chickens while pulling the container on the floor and moving from beginning to end. I had to move around and work, and not only was it difficult to get tired due to the unreasonable posture, but it also took time.

Therefore, there has been an attempt to mechanize the bird catching work as much as possible, and one of them is a suction type bird catcher. The suction-type bird catcher is a system that feeds chickens sucked by negative pressure from one end of a duct with a diameter that allows one chicken to pass to a conveyor that communicates with the other end of the duct, and then packs them in a container at a predetermined position in the subsequent stage. It is a thing. However, since this suction-type bird catcher uses negative pressure, it is necessary to exhaust the air in proportion to the negative pressure, and the exhaust causes dust in the poultry house, for example, chicken wings that have fallen off, skins of chickens that have peeled off. The dirt and chips laid on the floor violently fly up and the working environment is significantly deteriorated, which poses a problem for the health of workers. Moreover, since the chicken is forcibly sucked, damage such as broken wings increases.

As another type of bird catching machine, a rotating body having a plurality of radially extending guide rods is rotated at a low speed in parallel with the ground, and a chicken caught between adjacent guide rods is caught.
It guides to a conveyor or the like connected at a predetermined angle position of the rotating body and conveys it to a packing position where an operator stands by. However, since this bird catching machine is also designed to forcibly pull in the chicken, it is likely to cause damage such as broken wings.

As described above, since all the conventional bird catchers have the above-mentioned problems, most chicken houses still have
The current situation is to rely exclusively on human labor for bird catching work. Furthermore, if you are free-ranging in a large poultry house without partitions,
In the conventional bird catching method, the chickens frightened and move during the bird catching work regardless of whether it is manual or mechanical.Therefore, there is a problem that local overcrowding occurs and the underlying chickens die by pressure. It was

Next, considering the conventional method of setting a container filled with chickens on a rail, a bird catching worker leaves the container filled with chickens in the course of the other worker, and other workers Has the container on the rail at a certain height, for example, the height at which it can be loaded on a truck (eg 8 steps)
However, in the past, this stacking work was also performed manually. For example, 6-7 in each container
Since the chickens are housed in the wings, one container packed with chickens weighs about 20-25 kg. For example, if these are stacked in eight stages, the uppermost stage usually has a height that exceeds the height of the worker, and the work of stacking heavy objects to that height is extremely heavy work.

Further, in the conventional rail, since the long cylindrical pipes are simply arranged in two rows in parallel with each other at intervals defined by the intervals, the intervals are not constant from the beginning. In addition, while the container slides on the rail and is pushed forward, the pipes shift and the parallel relationship between the two pipes cannot be maintained. Therefore, it is difficult to keep the stacked containers on the rail in good balance, and the container often tilts or slides off the rail, and it was necessary to reload the container and correct the balance each time. Also, since pushing the container was done manually, for example, 25 kg
If one of the 8 stacked containers is one row, 1
Pushing this is a considerable amount of hard work, since the row weighs 200 kg, let alone pushing many rows at once.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to carry out operations from catching birds to carrying them out of a poultry house during shipment of raw birds in the poultry industry. It is to provide a bird catching and unloading system capable of mechanizing most of the above, reducing labor and labor, and shortening shipping work time. Another object of the present invention is to prevent air pollution in the poultry house during shipping work,
It is to provide a bird catching and unloading system that can improve the working environment.

[0010]

A bird catching and carrying-out system according to the present invention comprises a bogie that can be driven by a motor and a bogie that is supported at the front end of the bogie so as to be separated in the width direction of the bogie. A pair of arms that are extendable and contractible in the traveling direction and rotatable in the vertical direction; a partition plate that is supported by the tip of the arms and that forms a vertical surface that extends parallel to the width direction of the carriage; A transfer means capable of traveling between a low position in front and a high position on a carriage, and a plow means supported by a front end of the carriage and forming a downward slope adjacent to the front end of the transfer means toward the front thereof. A bird catching machine including two, two long opposing width direction restriction surfaces extending continuously in parallel in the length direction, and a long sliding surface extending continuously in the length direction between the opposing surfaces. A rail assembly comprising at least one rail member forming A trolley part that can be driven by a motor, a stanchion rotatably erected from the trolley part, an arm part that is vertically movable and horizontally rotatable by the stanchion, and extends in the horizontal direction, and a tip end of the arm part. Rotatably connected,
A cargo handling section having means for engaging with cargo, and an operation section provided on the arm section in the vicinity of the cargo handling section and provided with operation means for operating at least traveling of the truck section and vertical movement of the arm section. , A winch disposed at one end of the rail device, a board portion guided by the two width-direction restricting surfaces of the rail device, and a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the rail device. And a pusher plate capable of contacting a vertical surface of the cargo, and the pusher device is mounted on the rail device and to which the tip of the cable released from the winch is joined.

[0011]

The bird catching machine is driven by a motor to the rear of the flock of chickens to be caught. Next, both arms extend forward at an angle slightly inclined upward, and gradually rotate downward while maintaining the extended state. As a result, the partition plate at the tip of the arm makes landing while gently scraping off nearby chickens. Then, while the landing position of the partition plate is maintained, the cart is advanced at a low speed while scooping the chicken from the foot by the plow means. As a result, the chickens surrounded by the partition boards are placed in order from the ones that are closer to the cart,
It is sent to the transfer means and transferred to the rear. The chicken transferred to the rear of the cart is then packed in a container such as a container. The stacker is driven by a motor by following the containers that are packed with birds and left along the course of the bird catchers. Adjust the position and orientation of the trolley and the height of the arm near the target container via the operating part.
In parallel with this, the arm portion and the cargo handling portion are manually rotated to perform fine adjustment, and the engagement portion of the cargo handling portion is engaged with a predetermined portion of the container. Then lift the container,
While controlling the vertical movement of the arm and the rotation of each part, the lifted containers are stacked on the rail device up to a predetermined number of stages such that the bottom of the bottom container is located between the width-direction restriction surfaces. When a predetermined number of containers are placed on the rail device in a predetermined row, position the pushing device behind the deepest container row on the rail device and apply the push plate to the back of the bottom container. Then, drive the winch. When the cable is unwound by driving the winch, the pushing device is pulled toward the winch while pressing the container row.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows the whole bird catching and carrying-out system according to one embodiment of the present invention. First, the flow of the bird catching and carrying-out work will be outlined with reference to this figure. A rail device 20 is temporarily installed at the center of the ground inside the poultry house H, and one end of the rail device 20 has a winch device 30 placed outside the poultry house.
Are linked to. A pushing device 36 is provided on the rail device 20.
The winch device 30 is mounted on the pushing device 36.
The ends of the cables extended from are connected. On one side of the rail device 20, the bird catching machine 40 travels toward the back side of the poultry house H to perform bird catching work. One container 60 for storing chickens caught using a bird catcher,
Or it is left behind the bird catcher in a state of several layers.

The stacker 80 follows behind the bird catcher, and the containers 60 left on the ground are piled up on the rail device 20 to a height of, for example, eight. When the eight-tiered containers 60 are arranged in, for example, four rows, the pushing device 36 is engaged with the rear surface of the bottommost container 60 in the last row,
The winch device 30 is driven. With this, winch 3
The rail device 2 extends from 0 and passes over the rail device 20.
The cable connected to the pushing device 36 is unwound through the bottom of the container 60 piled up on the 0, and pulls the container 60 to the front of the winch device 30. Thereafter, the container 60 is pushed by an operator along a bridge rail (not shown) bridged over the winch device 30 and placed on a lift (not shown) waiting outside the winch device 30. And loaded onto the truck bed.

Next, the system according to the present invention will be explained by dividing it into the following respective constituent parts. A. Bird catcher 40 B. Container 60 C.I. Stacker 80 D. Rail device 20 E. Winch device 30 and pushing device 36

A. Bird catcher 40 FIG. 2 is a top view schematically showing the entire bird catcher 40, and FIG. 3 is a side view. The dolly 41 is driven by a motor (not shown) mounted therein and can travel. On both sides of the front end of the main body 41, a pair of arms 42, 42 that are extendable in the front-back direction and rotatable in the vertical direction are attached. As a configuration of each arm 42, for example, a structure in which a pantograph-type expansion / contraction member 42b is attached to a distal end side arm member of a one-joint connecting arm 42a that can be rotated in the vertical direction can be used. Also, one joint connecting arm 42 of each arm 42
By supporting the base end side arm member of a so as to be movable in the width direction of the carriage, the distance between the two can be made variable.

A partition plate 43 forming a vertical surface having a predetermined width is attached to the tips of the arms 42, 42.
When the distance between the two arms 42, 42 is variable, the partition plate 43 may be made extensible in the width direction by using, for example, an accordion type member. Further, the partition plate 43 may be rotatably supported with respect to the arms 42, 42. Further, since the partition plate 43 comes into contact with the chicken body as described later, it is preferable to form the partition plate 43 with a soft material such as felt in order to prevent the chicken from being damaged.

A plow member 44 is provided on the lower front side of the carriage 41. The plow member 44 is inclined from the front end to the rear end from a height corresponding to the traveling floor surface of the carriage 41 to a height corresponding to the front end of the belt conveyor described later, and has a width corresponding to the width of the belt conveyor described later. Is. A pair of belt conveyors 45, 45 are provided in the front half of the carriage 41 as a means for transferring the caught chickens, the front end of which is adjacent to the rear end of the plow member 44 in front of the carriage 41.
The rear end is adjacent to the front end of a rotary table, which will be described later, provided in the middle portion of the carriage 41.

A pair of turntables 46, 46 is rotatably provided in the middle of the carriage 41. The rotary tables 46, 46 are formed such that the height of the table surface thereof is slightly lower than the rear ends of the belt conveyors 45, 45 described above. In this embodiment, the container packing of chickens on the rotary table is also mechanized. However, when this work is performed manually, the height of the rotary tables 46, 46 should be the waist of the worker standing on the ground. It is recommended to set it at the height. The rotation of both arms 42, 42, expansion and contraction, expansion, operation of belt conveyors 44, 44, and rotary table 4
The rotations of 6 and 46 may be configured to be driven and controlled via an operation unit provided on the carriage 41 or a remote operation device (both not shown) using the driving force of the traveling drive motor of the carriage 41. it can.

At the rear end of the carriage 41, a rotary table 46,
Adjacent to the rear end of the container 46, a pair of container installation bases 47 and chicken stuffing machines 48 are provided. As the container installation base 47, the container installation surface is supported so that it can move up and down, and even when a plurality of containers are stacked, the uppermost container can always be automatically set to a constant height. Is desirable. The driving force of the traveling drive motor of the carriage 41 can also be used for the vertical movement of the container installation surface. The carriage 41 is provided with a hood 49 located above the belt conveyors 45, 45 and the turntables 46, 46. A container supply trailer 50 is connected to the rear of the carriage 41. The container supply trailer 50 may be provided with a turntable so that the rotation of the turntable allows the chicken stuffing machine 48 to replace the chicken-stuffed container with a new empty container. The rotation of the turntable may be performed manually, but when using the motor driving force, a step motor having one step of 60 degrees or 90 degrees can be used. In the illustrated example, two belt conveyors, a rotary table, a container setting table, and a chicken stuffing machine are provided for each two, but all or some of these members may be provided for each. Of course, the rotary table is not always necessary, and a fixed table can be used instead.

The bird catching operation using the bird catcher 40 will be described. First, the carriage 41 is positioned on one side of the rail device 20 in the poultry house, and the arms 42, 42 are driven to extend. At this time, it is necessary to hold the arms 42, 42 at a slightly upward angle so that the lower end of the partition plate 43 can be held at a position elevated from the ground by at least the height of the chicken. Here, the interval between the arms 42 may be appropriately adjusted as needed. When the arms 42, 42 are extended to a desired length, they are gradually rotated downward,
The lower end of the partition plate 43 is landed. The descending speed of the arms 42, 42 is set to give a sufficient saving margin to chickens near the partition plate 43. Thereby, the partition plate 43 and the carriage 41
A predetermined enclosure space is defined between and, and its area is about 12 square meters when the extension length of the arm 42 is 3 meters and the distance between the arms is 4 meters. Will be enclosed. When the tip of the partition plate 41 lands in this way, the carriage 41 is gradually advanced while maintaining the landing position. That is, arm 4
The trolley 41 moves forward while gradually narrowing the extension length of 2, 42 to narrow the enclosed space. As a result, the plow member 44, which moves forward together with the carriage 41, scoops chickens in the vicinity from the feet together with the chips laid in the poultry house, and the belt conveyors 45, 4 which are connected to the rear end of the chickens and run.
Guide on 5 one after another.

When the chickens placed on the belt conveyors 45, 45 reach the rear end, the conveyors 45, 4
From the return section of No. 5, it moves onto the rotating tables 46, 46 rotating at a low speed, and rotates together with the rotating tables 46, 46. Incidentally, behind the turntables 46, 46,
Although the work of packing the chickens on the tables 46, 46 is performed, the number of chickens sent by the belt conveyors 45, 45 per hour is not always constant, so the chickens are temporarily held on the rotary tables 46, 46. As a result, the load of the packing work can be averaged. As described above, the chickens on the turntables 46, 46 are behind the chicken stuffing machine 4.
Packed in a container by 7, 47. For example, four empty containers are stacked on the container mounting table 47 at a time, and the height of the container is related to the chicken stuffing machine 47. It is designed to be optimal in relation to the height of the person), and when the uppermost container is completely packed and removed from the installation table 47, the container installation surface is the height of one container. Only the container will be raised and the next container will be set to the optimum height. The filling amount in one container can be determined based on the weight of chicken or the number of solids. It should be noted that only one rotary table 46 is provided, and one of the two sets of the container placement table 47 and the chicken stuffing machine 48 is performing the filling work, while the other set is ready for the installation of an empty container. It is also possible to operate selectively.

The container packed with chickens is fed from the container installation base 48 to the container supply trailer 5 behind it.
Moved to 0 turntable. The rotating table is rotated by a predetermined angle every time the packed containers are placed or when a predetermined number of stacked containers are stacked, to move the packed containers from the position facing the container setting table 47, and in advance on the rotating table. It is designed to move an empty container that was placed in another position in that position. Then, when the bird-catching work of chickens in that section is completed, the bird catching machine 40 is moved to the next section, and the same work is repeated.

As described above, the bird catching work according to the embodiment of the present invention is carried out by dividing it into predetermined sections, so that the chickens other than the bird catching target for the time being are not stimulated and the chickens are densely packed. , The problem of overcrowding due to crowding is solved. Also, the chickens to be caught will be quietly surrounded by the partition plate 43 and placed on the conveyors 46, 46 one after another without being noticed by the plow member 44, and will be transferred to the packing position without any resistance. Therefore, there is no death due to crushing or broken wings. Further, unlike the conventional suction-type bird catchers, which does not require strong exhaust, it is possible to work in calm air without winding up dust in the poultry house. Further, in the mechanized container packing, everything from bird catching to container packing can be automatically performed only by operating an operation switch or the like, so that labor and working time can be greatly reduced. Even in the case where the container is packed manually, the worker can maintain a stationary and upright posture during the work except when the container is replaced, and the chickens sent by the rotary tables 46, 46 can be kept. Since you can always pick it up at hand, you can work quickly and be less tired.

B. Container 60 FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the container 60 used in the system according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV. The container 60 has a lid 6
The 1 and the bottom portion 66 can each be formed as separate rectangular resin molded products, and are preferably porous for ventilation and weight reduction. A concave portion 62 is provided in the center of the lid portion 61, and the concave portion 62 is formed as two large cutout portions leaving only a peripheral portion and a central strip portion 64. This opening is opened and closed by two left and right symmetrical window doors 63, 63 which are seated on the peripheral edge of the recess 62. Each window door 6
Reference numerals 3 and 63 are pivotally supported back-to-back on the strip-shaped portion between them, and are rotatable in a rotation range of 180 degrees, respectively. When the depth of the recessed portion 62 is D, each window door 63 is formed to have a thickness not exceeding 1 / 2D. Therefore, when one of the window doors 63 is opened and fully rotated, it is seated on the other window door, but at this time, the rotated window door 63 is set within the depth range of the recess 62. Since each window door 63 is press-fitted into the support shaft 64 by utilizing the bending of the resin, it is possible to replace only the window door with a new one.

The thick frame portion 67 at the upper end of the bottom portion 66
When the lid 61 is put on, the lower end of is substantially aligned with the lower end of the frame portion 65 of the lid 61. A stacker 8 to be described later is provided immediately below the frame portion 67 on the side wall on the short side.
An opening 68 is formed to receive a zero hook member.

When chickens are packed in the container 60 having the above construction, the lid portion 61 is used while being covered with the bottom portion 66. That is, chickens are packed through one window door 63 of the lid 61, and then the window door 63 is closed and conveyed. By the way, when taking out chickens and stacking empty containers at a poultry processing plant etc., in the case of conventional containers,
If the window door is left open, it will protrude above the top of the container and be an obstacle to the overlying container, thus
In order to stack many containers stably, it was always necessary to close the window doors. However, in the configuration of the container 60 according to the embodiment of the present invention, even if the window door is open, it does not interfere with the container that is jammed on the top and can be stacked with the window door open and returned to the poultry house. It is convenient.

In addition, when the chicken is taken in and out of the container, in the case of the conventional container, the window door is provided at a position on one side of the lid portion, so that the direction of the container carried by the conveyor is, for example, the operator. Depending on the position and posture of the
It was necessary to correct the orientation of the container each time.
However, according to the configuration of the container 60 according to the embodiment of the present invention, since the window doors 63, 63 are provided symmetrically, there is no such inconvenience. Although openings 68 and 68 are provided in the bottom portion 66 in the example of FIGS. 4 and 5 as a means for receiving the hook member of the stacker 80 described later,
Depending on the structure of the hook, for example, as shown in FIG.
A gap 68a may be provided between the frame portion 67 and the side wall.

C. Stacker 80 FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an example of the stacker 80 used in the embodiment of the present invention. The carriage 81 is equipped with a motor (not shown), receives the driving force of the motor to travel, and is capable of shifting in the left-right direction. A support column 82 is rotatably supported on the carriage 81. A crane arm 83 extending in the horizontal direction is supported on the support column 82 so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction and vertically movable. The upper and lower limits of this vertical movement can be set in advance by a limit switch or the like according to the height of the ceiling of the poultry house. Crane arm 83
An arm 84 extending in the horizontal direction is rotatably connected to the tip of the, and a bucket 85 is rotatably attached to the tip of the arm 84.

The bucket 85 has a pair of hook members 87, 87 protruding substantially at right angles from both side edges at the lower end of the front surface of a vertically extending support frame 86, and operating handles 88 provided on the back, top, bottom, left and right. Yes, and is connected to the arm 84 on the back surface of the support frame 86. In the illustrated example, the operation handle 88 is provided over substantially the entire length of each of the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the back surface of the bucket 85, so that it is very convenient to use. Various modifications are possible, such as the configuration provided in the. The hook members 87, 87 are flat plate-shaped members facing each other and extending a little longer in the horizontal direction, and the distance between them is determined according to the dimensions of the containers to be stacked.

The operation box 9 is provided at the center of the arm 84.
0 is fixed, and on the operation panel of the operation box 90,
In addition to the traveling and direction change of the dolly 81, the vertical movement of the crane arm 83, operation buttons and changeover switches for turning on and off the illumination lamps mounted at appropriate positions are provided. The operation box 90 is attached to the arm 84 via a bendable link (not shown), and can be fixed to either the right or left surface of the arm 84 according to the preference of the operator. It should be noted that the rotation of the column 82, the rotation of the arm 84 with respect to the crane arm 83, and the rotation of the bucket 85 with respect to the arm 84 are free, and therefore, a lock (not shown) for locking each of them in a compactly folded state when not in use. Means are available.

In order to perform container loading and unloading using the stacker 80 having the above structure, the stacker 80 is moved to the vicinity of the container by operating the operation buttons or the like on the operation box 90, and the free rotating portion is locked. Remove. Then, while operating the operation switch or the like with one hand to move the crane arm 83 to a desired height or rotating the free rotating portion, the other hand operates the handle on the back surface of the bucket 85. Then, the hook portions 87, 87 are accurately aligned with respect to a predetermined portion of the container, and the container is reliably caught. Then, the container is lifted in that state, and the position and direction of the carriage 81 or the height of the crane arm 83 is adjusted again by operating the free rotating portion and, if necessary, the operation switch, and the container is moved to the rail device 20. Pile up on top. In this stacking operation, it is possible to lift several containers in a lump and stack them. Even in the stacking machine that the applicant is currently using, containers stacked in three or four stages (total weight of about 7
5 to 100 kg) can be lifted at one time, but of course further increase in capacity is possible. In that case, it goes without saying that the hook portions 87, 87 are engaged with the lowermost container.

The engagement method and the structural relationship between the hook portions 87, 87 and the container depend on the shape of the stacked container side. For example, in the case of the container having the shape shown in FIG. 4, the distance between the facing inner side surfaces of the hook portions 87, 87 is adjusted to the length of the long side of the container 60, and the movable piece is opened.
It is also possible to insert it into the container 8 and engage it with the container. In other words, the movable piece is, for example, by its own weight, the hook portion 8
7 and 87 have a tendency to project horizontally inward with respect to the inner facing inner surface, and when an object is touched from the side surface, the object can rotate gradually upward and assume a posture parallel to the inner facing surface. If the hook portions 87, 87 are inserted from both side surfaces of the container 60 and moved forward, the movable piece comes into contact with the side surface of the container 60 and rotates upward to reach the opening 68 at that position. The container 60 is released from the regulation by the side surface, returns to the horizontal posture by its own weight, and enters the opening 68. Then, if the bucket 85 is raised as it is, the container 60 is pulled up by the movable piece. When the containers 60 are opened after the stacking work, the exact same operations are performed in the reverse order.

Further, in the case of the container 60 having the shape shown in FIG. 6, for example, the hook portions 87, 87 are formed in the shape of a thin flat plate in the horizontal direction, and the tips thereof are configured to fit into the gap 68a. You can also Besides, various modifications are possible depending on the shape of the container used.

According to the stacker 80 having the above structure,
Workers can easily stack a much heavier container to a higher position than if they were manually lifted by only using a light operating force such as operating the operation buttons or rotating the free rotating member, so there is less fatigue. Not only that, but the working time can be greatly reduced. Further, since the operation box is provided near the bucket 85 so that the operator can directly operate the bucket 85 while operating the operation switch or the like, unlike the case of performing the control operation from a long distance on the carriage 81, for example, The bucket 85 can be operated as if it were a part of the operator's body, and there is an advantage that anyone can immediately get used to it without special training. Further, the driving force of the motor is used for traveling of the dolly 81 which requires a heavy operation force, direction change, and vertical movement of the crane arm 83, while the portion requiring only a light operation force is a free-rotating type. It is safe because it can prevent accidents due to operational mistakes.

D. Rail Device 20 FIG. 8 shows a rail member 2 which is a unit of the rail device 20 .
1 and 21 are partially omitted and are shown in FIG.
IX line sectional drawing, FIG. 10 is an end view of FIG. The rail member 21 has a ladder shape having a length of about 4 to 5 m as a whole. Inside the long guides 22, 22 extending in parallel at a predetermined interval, specifically, at an interval equal to the distance between the outer surfaces on the short side of the lower end of the container used for unloading,
Long rails 24, 24 extend in parallel, and these are fixed on sleepers 23, 23 which are laterally arranged at appropriate intervals. A pair of connecting bars 25, 25 are fixed to the sleepers 23 at one end along the inside of the rails 24, 24, and these extend beyond the corresponding ends of the guides 22, 22 and the rails 24, 24. , At its tip, curved downward. In order to connect the rail members 21 and 21, it suffices to put the tips of the connecting bars 25 and 25 of one rail member on the sleepers at the other ends of the other rail members. As a result, the curved portions at the tips of the connecting bars 25, 25 are in a state of gripping the sleepers at the other ends of the other rail members from above. Rail member 21
The length of is preferably as long as possible in order to reduce the number of joints, but considering the convenience of transportation and the like, about 4 m to 5 m is suitable. Although the entire length of the rail device 20 depends on the depth of the poultry house, the rail device 20 extends from the vicinity of the rear end of the poultry house to the outside of the poultry house.

The material of the guide 22, sleepers 23, and connecting bar 25 is preferably stainless steel from the viewpoint of strength and rust prevention. In addition, the rail 24 is the container 6 on which it is placed.
It is for sliding 0, and it is desirable that the contact area with the container 60 is small and the coefficient of friction is small. Therefore, in this embodiment, a pipe made of a hard resin is used as the rail 24, and the side surface and the bottom surface thereof are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, a support body 26 having a concave cross section, for example, made of metal.
Surrounded by. Before using the rail device 20,
Applying lubricating oil to the rails 24 makes the movement of the container smoother. For the application of the lubricating oil, for example, an oil tank is provided below the handle, and is rotatably supported at the lower end with a distance equal to the distance between the rails 24, 24 from the oil tank via two tubes. It is possible to use an appliance adapted to supply lubricating oil to the water-retaining material wheel thus formed. With such a device, you can simply roll the oil-impregnated wheels along the rails 24, 24 while pushing the handle.
Lubricant can be applied easily.

In the rail device 20 according to the above embodiment, 2
Since the distance between the rails of the book is kept constant and the container can be moved while being held between the guides 22 on both sides, even if the containers are piled up high, they can slide down from the rails or tilt while moving. There is no fear of doing
Further, the resin-made cylindrical pipe 24 in which the support 26 serves as a rail
Since it is supported in a state in which it is difficult to deform, the contact area with the container can be reduced and the container can be slid with a lighter force.

E. As the winch 30 and the pushing device 36, the winches 30 conventionally used can be appropriately selected according to the power required in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 12, the pushing device 36 includes a substrate 37 and a flat pushing portion 38 standing upright from the substrate 37 in the vertical direction. When the pushing device 36 is placed on the rail device 20, the bottom surface of the substrate 37 contacts the rails 24, 24, and both ends thereof slidely engage with the guides 22, 22 to prevent the rail device 20 from moving relative to the rail device 20. Lateral positioning is done. The tip of the cable 31 pulled out from the winch 30 is coupled to the center of the base plate 37 or the center of the lower side of the pushing plate 38.

The rail device 20 is mounted on the winch 30.
A cross-linking rail (not shown) having substantially the same configuration as the rail member 21 of the above is cross-linked to connect the rail device 20 and a lift (not shown) standing by outside the poultry house.
1 is pulled out from under the bridge rail to the upper surface through the sleepers, and is hung on a roller (not shown) installed at a predetermined height from the ground, and then travels on the upper surface of the rail device 20. 36 is connected to the pushing device. With such a configuration, when the winch 30 is driven, the cable 31
Is unwound, and the pushing device 36 connected to the tip of the cable 31 is drawn.

In actual use, the rail device 20
When, for example, four rows of containers are stacked on the stacker 80, for example, eight rows, the pusher plate 38 of the pushing device 36 is provided on the back surface of the bottommost container in the innermost row.
And the winch 30 is driven. This allows
The cable 31 is unwound and pulls the pushing device 36 together with the container to the outer end of the rail device 20. still,
After that, the container is pushed along the bridge rail by human power or mechanical force, placed on a lift waiting outside of the rail, and loaded on a bed such as a truck.

According to the winch 30 and the pushing device 36 according to the embodiment of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, a large weight container group can be transferred at a time by utilizing the driving force of the motor, so that the working time can be reduced. It is possible to significantly reduce the number of workers and the labor of workers.

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As described above, according to the present invention, when shipping live birds such as broilers from a poultry house, most of the work from bird catching to the outside of the poultry house is mechanized. The work efficiency can be greatly improved, and the burden on each worker and the number of workers can be reduced. Moreover, it is possible to reduce damage due to crushing of chickens and broken wings due to bird catching work, and as seen in conventional systems,
It is also possible to prevent the environment inside the poultry house from deteriorating due to strong exhaust.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an entire bird catching and carrying-out system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing a configuration example of a bird catcher used in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view in which a hood of the bird catching machine shown in FIG. 2 is omitted.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a container that can be used in an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VV of the container of FIG.

6 is a cross-sectional view showing a modified example of the bottom portion of the container of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of a stacking machine used in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a partially omitted plan view showing one configuration example of a rail device used in an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a cross-sectional view of the rail device of FIG. 8 taken along line IX-IX.

10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of the rail device shown in FIG.

11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a rail and a support of the rail device of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing one structural example of a pushing device used in an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 20 rail device 22 guide 24 rail 30 winch 36 pushing device 40 bird catcher 42 arm 45 container 48 chicken stuffing machine 50 container supply trailer 60 container 80 stacker 85 cargo handling unit 90 operation unit

Claims (21)

[Claims] 1. A bogie that can be driven by a motor, and a front end of the bogie, which is supported separately from each other in the width direction of the bogie,
A pair of arms that are extendable and retractable in the traveling direction in the front of the carriage and that are vertically rotatable, and a partition plate that is supported by the tip of the arms and that forms a vertical surface that extends parallel to the width direction of the carriage. And a transfer means that can travel between a low position in front of the carriage and a high position on the carriage, and a slope that is supported by the front end of the carriage and that is adjacent to the front end of the transfer means and that faces downward toward the front. A bird catcher including a forming plow means, two long opposing width direction restriction surfaces continuously extending in parallel in the length direction, and a length continuously extending in the length direction between the opposing surfaces. A rail device including at least one rail member that forms a sliding surface of a scale, a carriage that can be driven by a motor, a pillar that is rotatably erected from the carriage, and vertically movable and horizontally rotatable on the pillar. And the arm part that extends horizontally A cargo handling section that is rotatably connected to the tip of the arm section and has a means for engaging with a cargo, and a cargo handling section that is mounted on the arm section in the vicinity of the cargo handling section, and that is capable of at least traveling of the truck section and vertical movement of the arm section A stacking machine including an operating unit provided with an operating unit for operating, a winch arranged at one end of the rail device, and a substrate unit guided by the two width-direction restricting surfaces of the rail device, A pushing plate including a pushing plate capable of abutting a vertical surface of a cargo which is oriented at right angles to the length direction of the rail device, and is joined to the tip of a cable placed on the rail device and released from the winch. A bird catching and unloading system comprising: a device. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the bird catcher comprises a table adjacent the rear end of the transfer section and forming a flat surface substantially equal in height to the rear end. 3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the bird catcher includes a hood that covers the transfer unit and the table. 4. The distance between the pair of arms of the bird catcher is variable in the width direction of the carriage, and the partition plate is expandable / contractible in the width direction. That system. 5. The system according to claim 2, wherein the table of the bird catcher is rotatably supported. 6. A vertically movable container setting table, wherein the bird catcher is adjacent to the rear end of the table and always sets the uppermost container to the height of the holding table,
6. The system according to claim 2, further comprising packing means for guiding raw birds on the table into the uppermost container. 7. The system of claim 6, wherein the bird catcher comprises a rotatable container supply pedestal adjacent the rear end of the container pedestal. 8. The system according to claim 7, wherein a pair of the transfer means, the table, the container installation stand and the packing means of the bird catcher are provided. 9. The rail device includes two guide rods that are spaced apart and parallel to each other to form the width-direction restricting surface, and the rail devices are spaced apart from each other and parallel to each other so that the sliding surface is formed between the two guide rods. Two cylindrical pipes to be formed, and two support members having a concave cross section, extending continuously in the length direction of the rail device, and enclosing each cylindrical pipe on its bottom surface and both side surfaces at about half of the circumference. ,
At a plurality of positions in the length direction of the rail device, extending in the width direction,
A plurality of sleeper members fixed to the bottom surface of the guide rod and the support member, and an upper surface of a sleeper member located at one end of the rail device, and extending in the length direction beyond the one end of the rail device. 9. A system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises one connecting bar. 10. The stacking machine according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the arm portion is formed by connecting at least two arms so as to be horizontally rotatable with each other through joints. That system. 11. The operation section of the stacker is attached to the arm section by an articulated link member, and is set at a desired position among a plurality of predetermined positions near the cargo handling section on the arm section. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system can be selectively fixed. 12. A trolley that can be driven by a motor,
A pair of arms, which are supported at the front end of the carriage apart from each other in the width direction of the carriage, are extendable and retractable in the traveling direction in front of the carriage, and are vertically rotatable, and at the tip of the arms. A partition plate that is supported and forms a vertical surface that extends parallel to the width direction of the carriage, a transfer means that can travel between a low position in front of the carriage and a high position on the carriage, and supported at the front end of the carriage, A plow means adjacent to the front end of the transfer means and forming a downward slope toward the front thereof, and a rotatable table adjacent to the rear end of the transfer portion and forming a flat surface having substantially the same height as the rear end. And a hood that covers the transfer unit and the upper part of the table. 13. The bird catcher according to claim 12, wherein the distance between the pair of arms is variable in the width direction of the carriage, and the partition plate is expandable and contractible in the width direction. 14. A vertically movable container installation base adjacent to the rear end of the table for setting the uppermost container to the height of the holding table, and a live bird on the table for the uppermost container. The bird catcher according to claim 12 or 13, further comprising a packing means for guiding the inside and a rotatable container supply table adjacent to a rear end of the container installation table. 15. The bird catching machine according to claim 12, wherein each of the transfer means, the table, the container installation base and the packing means is provided in pairs. 16. An elongated two opposing width direction restriction surfaces extending continuously in parallel in the length direction and an elongated sliding surface extending continuously in the length direction between the opposing surfaces are formed. A rail device, comprising at least one rail member for holding a cargo that is placed and pushed in a width-direction restriction surface, and a sliding surface slidably supports the bottom surface of the cargo. 17. Two guide rods which are arranged apart from each other in parallel and which form two lengthwise width-direction restricting surfaces which continuously extend in a longitudinal direction so as to face each other, and between the two guide rods. Two cylindrical pipes that are spaced apart in parallel and form two long sliding surfaces that are continuous in the lengthwise direction, and have a concave cross section, extend continuously in the lengthwise direction of the rail device, and the bottom surface thereof And two support members that surround approximately half of the circumference of each cylindrical pipe on both side surfaces, and extend in the width direction at a plurality of positions in the length direction of the rail device, and are fixed to the bottom surface of the guide rod and the support member. At least one connecting bar fixed to the upper surface of the sleeper member closest to one end of the rail device and extending in the length direction beyond the one end of the rail device. Includes rail members to control cargo that is placed and pushed in the width direction A rail device which is held in a plane and a sliding surface slidably supports a bottom surface of a cargo. 18. A trolley part that can be driven by a motor, a stanchion that is rotatably erected from the trolley part, an arm part that is vertically movable and horizontally rotatable on the stanchion, and extends horizontally, and an arm part. Is rotatably connected to the tip of the cargo handling section having a means for engaging with the cargo, and is mounted on the arm section in the vicinity of the cargo handling section and operates at least the traveling of the truck section and the vertical movement of the arm section. A stacking machine comprising: an operation unit provided with an operation unit. 19. The stacking machine according to claim 18, wherein the arm portion is formed by connecting at least two arms so as to be mutually rotatable in a horizontal direction via joints. 20. The operating portion is attached to the arm portion by a multi-joint link member, and can be selectively fixed to a desired position among a plurality of predetermined positions near the cargo handling portion on the arm portion. The stacking machine according to claim 18 or 19, characterized in that. 21. A rectangular frame part, a top plate part covering an area surrounded by the frame part, and a top surface of the peripheral part over most of the area excluding the peripheral part of the top plate part. A rectangular recess that is recessed from the basic surface by a predetermined depth D, and two window parts that are hollowed out into two rectangles over most of the area except for the peripheral part and the central strip part of the recess. , Two window doors pivotally supported by the belt-shaped portion, each of which is seated on a peripheral edge of one window portion, and is seated on another window door seated on a peripheral edge of the other window portion Rotation of 180 degrees to the position where each of them is allowed, and a lid portion including a window door having a thickness that does not exceed half of the depth D, a rectangular frame portion, and two facing pairs. A bottom portion including a side wall, a bottom plate portion, and an opening provided below the frame portion of the side wall of one set, And a lid part excluding the window door, each window door, and the bottom part are resin molded products that are molded separately, and are provided with a large number of ventilation holes on the entire surface. container. [0001]