JPH09154428A - Individual automatic catching stall apparatus for domestic animal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the subject apparatus excellent in workability due to automatic catch of cattle coming into a stall, capable of controlling a great number of cattle collectively or individually in excellent workability without stressing the cattle since the cattle are not individually moored. SOLUTION: This fixed stall 1 has an inlet and outlet part with a closed front part and an open rear part. A movable stall 11 is supported on a shaft above the fixed stall 1 with the front side and rear side of the movable stall swingably in the vertical direction. The lowered rear side closes the inlet and outlet part. The fixed stall 11 is equipped with an inlet and outlet part opening mechanism 20 having a stall pushing down 23 positioned above the movable stall 11. The front side of the movable stall 11 is provided with a neck bar 26 and the fixed stall 1 is furnished with an engaging part 29 to be detachably meshed with the neck bar.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stall device for automatically capturing individual livestock such as cattle and horses, which is housed in a stall and automatically captured.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, as a method for catching cows to manage a large number of cows, a stanchion method suitable for managing up to about 60 cows and a cow with a larger number of cows are available. There is a free stall method that is suitable for management of. The stanchion method is a method of mooring individual cows in each stall, and the free stall method is to install a large number of stalls in the barn and let the cows freely use the stalls without determining a specific stall for each cow. It is a method.

[0003]

Among the above-mentioned conventional techniques, the stanchion method is advantageous in that individual management such as estrus discovery, fertilization, disease discovery, treatment, and nutritional management is easy because the cow is moored. is there. However, it has the drawback of stressing cattle because it is moored by stanchions or collars (for this, a separate paved playing field is required), and it is troublesome to manage a large number of cows over 60. There is a drawback that Further, the free stall method has an advantage that the stress of the cows is small because the cows are not moored, but there is a drawback that individual management of individual cows is difficult because they are grouped. There is a method of dividing into several groups in order to correct this defect, but when grouping a large number of cattle, there is a problem that a conflict occurs between cattle each time the group composition is changed, which causes stress.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and it is possible to automatically catch livestock that have entered the stall and to expel it from the stall, which is excellent in workability. Moreover, since it is not necessary to carry out mooring work for each individual, it does not give stress to cattle and is excellent in workability. Moreover, it is possible to manage a large number of livestock collectively or individually. An object is to provide an automatic capture stall device.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems According to the means of the present invention configured to solve the above-mentioned problems, the head of a livestock to be captured is formed so that it can project from the front side, and the rear side is an open / close section. And a fixed stall, and a front side and a rear side are provided on the upper side of the fixed stall so as to be able to swing upward and downward through a shaft supporting portion, and the rear side, which is set to have a heavier weight than the front side, is the shaft supporting portion. The movable stall that opens and closes the inlet and outlet of the fixed stall by lowering the movable stall, and the fixed stall that is provided on the fixed stall and pushes down the front side of the movable stall to raise the rear side. An opening / closing unit opening mechanism for opening a portion, and a movable stall provided in the movable stall, which holds down the front side of the movable stall pushed down by the opening / closing unit opening mechanism, and holds the inside of the fixed stall. Provided Nekkuba and the fixed stall to release the front drop state of the movable stall by being pushed forward by the entrance to said cattle,
And a movable stall automatic capture mechanism configured to include a locking means for removably locking the neck bar.

Further, it is preferable that the inlet / outlet opening mechanism is provided with a stall pushing arm that pushes down the movable stall while rotating, and the stall pushing arm is displaceable axially or laterally from an intermediate portion.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, as an embodiment of the present invention, an individual catching automatic stall device for cattle will be described as an example and described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates a fixed stall erected on a cow bed A to supplement each cow. Reference numerals 2 and 2 denote a pair of left and right front columns that constitute the fixed stall 1. Each of the front columns 2 is erected on a cow bed A, and an upper horizontal rod 3 is horizontally installed on the upper end thereof. Reference numerals 4 and 4 denote a pair of vertical rods that are positioned between the pair of front columns 2 and 2 and are erected between the cow bed A and the upper horizontal rod 3. The pair of vertical rods 4 and 4 are adjacent to each other. It has a role to control the behavior of cattle. 5 and 5 are front columns 2,
A pair of left and right arm rods projecting forward from 2 extends the lower horizontal rod 6 between the pair of arm rods 5, 5 to prevent the cow from projecting forward.

Further, 7 and 7 are a pair of left and right rear columns that stand upright on the cow bed A and are spaced apart from the rear of each front column 2, and 8 and 8 are a combination of three pipes. A pair of left and right barriers that are installed on the rear strut 7 and the front strut 2 and project rearward from the rear strut 7 to the rear, and 9 are fixed to the upper end of the rear strut 7 to form a U-shaped bearing groove 9A. It is a support bracket that has been. Thus, the fixed stall 1 has a lower side rod 6 on the front side.
The fixed stalls 1 are arranged in a row in the lateral direction on the cattle bed A, so that a large number of cattle can be managed in groups.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a movable stall mounted on the fixed stall 1. The movable stall 11 has a rising portion 12A, 12A in which an axial middle portion is bent in an inverted V shape, and a tip side is bent upward in a V shape, and a quadrangular frame portion 12B is bent and formed on a rear side. A pair of main rods 12, 12
A front connecting rod 13 installed between the rising portions 12A and 12A, and a front connecting rod 13 installed between the frame-shaped portions 12B and 12B.
The rear connecting rods 14, 14 of the book and the main rods 12 are provided between the main rods 12 via mounting brackets 15.
The rotary shaft 16 is fitted and supported in the bearing groove 9A, and the substantially W-shaped locking pieces 17 and 18 are attached to the main rods 12 and are located behind the mounting bracket 15. And
The movable stall 11 described above has a lateral width narrower than that of the fixed stall 1, and the front side 11A and the rear side 11B move up and down around the rotation shaft 16 supported by the fixed stall 1 to move the fixed stall. By inserting the fixed stall 1 into and out of the fixed stall 1, the two rear connecting rods 14 and 14 are closed.

Further, the movable stall 11 described above is provided with the rotating shaft 1.
Although the weight of the rear side 11B is set to be heavier than that of the front side 11A centering around 6, the balance weight 1 is attached to the front connecting rod 13.
By attaching 9 and 19 and adjusting the weight difference between the front side 11A and the rear side 11B to be small, it is easy to operate the entrance / exit opening mechanism 20, which will be described later, and the movable stall 11
The rear side 11B is designed not to drop suddenly.

Reference numeral 20 denotes an inlet / outlet opening mechanism provided on the fixed stall 1 to open the inlet / outlet 10 of the fixed stall 1 by pushing down the front side 11A of the movable stall 11 and raising the rear side 11B. 21 is the opening / closing mechanism 2
0 is a rotary shaft, and the rotary shaft 21 is rotatably supported by a shaft support 22 standing on each partition wall 8 of fixed stalls 1, 1, ... It is installed laterally above the stall 11.

Reference numerals 23 and 23 denote main rods 1 of the movable stall 11.
2 is attached to the rotary shaft 21 and is located above the rotary shaft 21.
It is a pair of stall pushing arms that rotate together with. Here, as shown in FIG. 6, each stall push-down arm 23 protrudes in the radial direction from the rotary shaft 21 and has a cylindrical fixed arm portion 23A, 23A having a notch formed on the tip side, and each of the fixed arm portions 23A, 23A. A cylindrical rotating arm portion 23C, which is rotatably coupled to the front end side of the fixed arm portion 23A in a laterally inward direction via a pin 23B, and has a front end side formed in a substantially U-shaped portion, and the rotating arm portion. A pressing roller 23D axially attached to a substantially U-shaped portion of 23C, a spring support shaft located in the fixed arm portion 23A, one end side of which is connected to the pin 23B, and a tip end side of which protrudes into the rotating arm portion 23C. 23E, the spring support shaft 23E and the rotating arm 23 via the spring seat 23F.
It is composed of a coil spring 23G stretched between C and C. The rotating arm portion 23C is always fixed arm portion 23A.
When the rotary shaft 21 rotates, the push-down roller 23D comes into contact with the main rod 12 of the movable stall 11, but the coil spring 23G
It is possible to prevent the push-down roller 23D from coming into contact with the main rod 12 by pushing it down in the lateral direction against the spring force.

Further, reference numeral 24 denotes a rotary shaft driving means for constituting the opening / closing mechanism 20 for rotating the rotary shaft 21 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. The rotary shaft driving means 24 includes a base 24A fixed to the fixed stall 1 or the cow bed A, a drive gear 24B axially supported by the base 24A, and the drive gear 2
An operation handle 24C for rotating 4B, a driven gear 24D attached to the shaft end side of the rotary shaft 21, and a drive chain 24E wound between the driven gear 24D and the drive gear 24B. Configured.

Next, reference numeral 25 denotes a movable stall automatic capturing mechanism which is operated by a cow that has entered the fixed stall 1 and captures the cow in the fixed stall 1 by the movable stall 11. 26 is the movable stall automatic capturing mechanism 25
And a neck bar that is configured to be pushed forward by the neck of a cow that has entered the fixed stall 1, and the neck bar 26 has an axially intermediate portion covered by a covering tube 27 made of a soft synthetic resin. The main body 12 has engaging portions 26A, 26A projecting outwardly in the lateral direction from the rising portions 12A of the main rods 12, respectively. The neck bar 26 is hung from a pair of swing arms 28, 28 rotatably connected to the front connecting rod 13, and is swingable in the front-rear direction. On the other hand, reference numerals 29 and 29 denote locking portions that lock the neck bar 26 in a disengageable manner. Each of the engaging portions 29 is formed by forming an engaging recess 29C with which the engaging portion 26A of the neck bar 26 engages, on each inclined surface 29B of two plate bodies 29A, 29A formed in a right triangle. Front pillar 2
It is located at the rear of and is fixed to each partition wall portion 8.

The movable stall automatic trapping mechanism 25 according to the present embodiment has the above-mentioned structure, and when the front side 11A of the movable stall 11 is lowered by being pushed down by the stall pushing arm 23 of the entry / exit opening mechanism 20, Neck bar 26
Is slid on the inclined surface 29B of the locking portion 29 and is fitted into and locked in the engaging recess 29B.
A is lowered, the rear side 11B is raised, and the inlet / outlet 10 of the fixed stall 1 is held in an open state. When the cow enters the fixed stall 1 through the opening / closing part 10 opened in this way and pushes the neck bar 26 forward by the neck in order to eat the feed on the feed tank, the neck bar 26 is moved from each locking part 29. When the movable stall 11 is released, the front side 11A moves up and the rear side 11B moves down. Then, the locking piece 17,
Since 18 is locked to the partition fence part 8 and supported in a predetermined state, the rear connecting rods 14, 14 of the movable stall 11 block the entry / exit part 10 of the fixed stall 1 and catch the cow. . On the contrary, when the cow is driven out of the fixed stall 1, the operating handle 24C of the opening / closing mechanism 20 is rotated to push down the front side 11A of the movable stall 11,
The neck bar 26 pushes against the cow's neck so that the cow can be expelled from the fixed stall 1.

The individual individual cow automatic capturing stall device having the above-described structure is installed in a row in a barn, and a pair of movable stalls 11 are provided on the rotary shaft 21 of the inlet / outlet opening mechanism 20. The stall depressing arms 23 of 23 are provided. The operation handle 2 provided at the shaft end of the rotary shaft 21
When 4C is rotationally operated and the front side 11A of the movable stall 11 is pushed down, the front side 11A of all the movable stalls 11 are pushed and all the inlets and outlets 10 of the fixed stalls 1 can be opened all at once. Cows can be managed in groups.

On the other hand, when the cows in a part of the fixed stall 1 are to be captured, the corresponding opening / closing mechanism 2
Each stall push-down arm 23 of 0 is bent laterally from the rotating arm portion 23C, and the push-down roller 23D is moved to the movable stall 11
The main rod 12 is not brought into contact with the main rod 12. By doing so, even if the rotary drive means 24 is operated, the movable stall 1
Since 1 does not work, individual management of cattle can be performed.

In this embodiment, the rotating arm portion 23C is pin-connected to the fixed arm portion 23A of the stall push-down arm 23 so that the rotating arm portion 23C is rotatably displaced in the inner lateral direction. A movable arm that is movable in the axial direction so as to be movable back and forth in the axial direction may be connected to the arm.

In the present embodiment, the rotary shaft 21 is configured to be rotated by the operation handle 24C, but a drive motor 30 may be used instead of the operation handle 24C as shown in FIG. In this case, the drive gear 3
It is necessary to reduce the diameter of the driving gear 32 with respect to 1 or use a low speed motor.

[0020]

The present invention has the following advantages because it is constructed as described above. (1) When the livestock enters the fixed stall, the movable stall automatically operates and captures the livestock, which is excellent in workability when managing the livestock. (2) Since livestock captured in the fixed stall do not need to be moored, workability is excellent and stress does not occur on the livestock. (3) By operating the entry / exit opening mechanism to open the entry / exit of the fixed stall, the livestock trapped in the stall can be expelled, which improves workability when group-managing a large number of livestock. Are better. (4) Since the stall push-down arm of the opening / closing part opening mechanism is configured to be displaceable from the middle part so that the movable stall can be selected in a non-operating state, even when managing a large number of livestock in groups, Can also be managed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an individual automatic capture stall device for cattle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of an individual automatic capture stall device for cattle.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a fixed stall.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a movable stall.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an inlet / outlet opening mechanism.

FIG. 6 is a detailed view of a stall pushing arm that constitutes an opening / closing unit opening mechanism.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an individual cattle individual capture stall device in which a movable stall has an inlet / outlet opening.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the individual animal automatic capture stall device in which the movable stall is blocking the inlet / outlet portion.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of an individual cattle individual capture stall device equipped with an inlet / outlet opening mechanism that uses a drive motor as a rotating shaft drive means.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Fixed Stall 10 Entry / Exit 11 Movable Stall 11A Front 11B Rear 16 Rotating Shaft 20 Entry / Exit Opening Mechanism 25 Movable Stall Automatic Capture Mechanism 26 Neck Bar 29 Locking Part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A fixed stall which is formed so that a head of a livestock to be caught can project on the front side and has an open entrance / exit section on the rear side, and a front side and a rear side are provided on an upper side of the fixed stall via a shaft supporting portion. A movable stall that is swingably provided in the upward and downward directions, and that the rear side, which is set to be heavier in weight than the front side, lowers centering on the shaft support portion so as to open / close the inlet / outlet portion of the fixed stall. And an opening / closing unit provided on the fixed stall to open the inlet / outlet of the fixed stall by pushing down the front side of the movable stall and raising the rear side of the movable stall, and the inlet / outlet opening of the movable stall. The front side of the movable stall that is held down by the mechanism and is pushed forward by the livestock that has entered the fixed stall. Automatic capture of livestock by individual comprising a neck bar for releasing the lowered state and a movable stall automatic capture mechanism provided on the fixed stall and including locking means for releasably locking the neck bar Stall device. 2. The entrance / exit opening mechanism includes a stall push-down arm that pushes down the movable stall while rotating, and the stall push-down arm is configured to be axially or laterally displaceable from an intermediate portion. An automatic capture stall device for individual livestock according to claim 1.