JPH10210877A - Feeder with water supply mechanism and water supplier therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a feeder with a water supply mechanism in simple constitution at a low manufacture cost capable of easily performing setting work and preventing the leakage of water and liquid chemicals, etc. SOLUTION: The water supply mechanism 4 constituted of a water supply pipe 18 for which the water supplier 17 is connected to a lower end opening part, a city water connection pipe 21 directly connected to the faucet of city water or the like and a container setting pipe 22 for setting a water supply container 33 and provided with stop valves 24 and 25 in the middle of the city water connection pipe 21 and the container setting pipe 22 is disposed to a feeder main body 2 and this feeder 1 with the water supply mechanism is constituted. Also, a container setting box 26 for which the fitting hole 31a of the water supply container is pierced at an upper wall part 31 is fixed to the container setting pipe 22 and the upper part of the container setting pipe 22 is inserted into the container setting box 26 as a container supporting pipe part 22b.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a feeder equipped with a water supply mechanism suitable for feeding pigs, especially piglets, with water, and a water supply device therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a feeder with a water supply mechanism for feeding pigs, particularly piglets, with water along with food, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 4, a side wall 1 of a feeder body 102 having a feed tank 103 is provided.
04 with a water supply mechanism 105 provided with a water supply mechanism 105
One is known. The water supply mechanism 105 fixes a water supply pipe 108 having a water supply tool 107 connected to a lower end opening thereof to the side wall 104 with a fastening fitting 109 and a bolt 110, and an outlet pipe 112 of a water supply container 111 from the upper end opening of the water supply pipe 108.
And the water supply container 111 is set. As shown in FIG. 5, the water supply tool 107 has a male screw 114 formed at the tip of an operating rod 113 and a water receiving member 115 connected to a nut 11.
6,116 and then adhered.

In the water supply mechanism 105, a water supply container 111
Is set in the water supply pipe 108, and by loosening the opening / closing member 117 of the water supply container 111, water, chemicals, and the like stored in the container body 118 of the water supply container 111 flow through the outlet pipe 112, and enter the water supply pipe 108. Inflow. As shown in FIG. 4, one end of a separately prepared connecting pipe 120 is connected to the water supply pipe 10.
8 and the other end is connected to a faucet or the like of tap water, so that tap water can flow into the water supply pipe 108. When the piglet swings the operating rod 113 of the water supply device 107 with the nose, the mouth, or the like, the water supply device 107 is rotated.
Water, chemicals, etc. flow out and are supplied to the bottom plate portion 119, and the piglet can eat the food a supplied from the feeding tank 103 and drink water, chemicals, etc. in the bottom plate portion 119. Can be.

[0004]

In a feeder with a water supply mechanism, it is necessary to frequently replenish and replace water, chemicals, and the like. In the feeder with a water supply mechanism 101, an outlet pipe 112 is provided in a water supply pipe 108. Must be inserted to set the water supply container 111, and in the case of directly supplying tap water, the water supply pipe 108 must be connected to a tap water faucet or the like via a connection pipe 120, The setting work is extremely troublesome. or,
If the opening / closing member 117 is loosened or forgotten to be closed, water or a chemical solution flows out and overflows the feeder 101 with a water supply mechanism when the water supply container 111 is set as the water supply pipe 108 or when the water supply container 111 escapes. .

Further, the container body 118 and the opening / closing member 11
7, a dedicated water supply container 111 having a large number of parts such as the outlet pipe 112 and a large number of assembling man-hours is used. In the case of directly supplying tap water, a separate connecting pipe 120 is also required. Manufacturing costs must be high.
In addition, since the piglet presses the nose and mouth violently, the water receiving member 115 of the water supply device 107 is particularly easily damaged.
Since the water supply device 113 is bonded to the working rod 113, the water supply device 107 must be replaced in the event of breakage, and the maintenance cost of the feeder 101 with a water supply mechanism is also high.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention makes it possible to easily carry out setting work such as setting of a water supply container and connection to a faucet or the like, and inadvertently brings water, chemicals, etc. out of a feeder with a water supply mechanism. It is an object of the present invention to provide a feeder with a water supply mechanism that does not overflow, has a simple configuration, and is inexpensive to manufacture.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a water supply device that can replace only a water receiving member and can reduce the maintenance cost of a feeder with a water supply mechanism.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a feeder with a water supply mechanism according to the present invention comprises a water supply pipe having a water supply tool connected to a lower end opening, and a water supply connection pipe directly connected to a water supply faucet or the like. And a water supply mechanism comprising a container setting pipe for setting a water supply container, and a water supply mechanism provided with an open / close valve in the middle of the water supply connection pipe and the container setting pipe. With such a configuration, setting of water supply container, connection to faucet, etc.
The setting operation becomes extremely simple, and a change between the supply of tap water and the supply of water, chemicals, and the like stored in the water supply container can be made immediately by simply operating the on-off valve.

Further, a container setting box having a water supply container insertion hole formed in an upper wall portion is fixed to the container setting tube, and the upper portion of the container setting tube is inserted into the container setting box as a container support tube. With this configuration, the body of the water supply container is simply inserted into the insertion hole of the container setting box, and the neck of the water supply container is inserted into the container support tube. Does not flow out and overflow the feeder with the water supply mechanism.

In the water supply device of the present invention, a water receiving member is detachably attached to the tip of the working rod. With such a configuration,
When the water receiving member is broken, only the water receiving member needs to be replaced, so that the maintenance cost of the feeder with the water supply mechanism is reduced.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a feeder with a water supply mechanism and a water supply device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a feeder 1 with a water supply mechanism according to the present invention is provided with a water supply mechanism 4 on a feeder body 2 having a feed tank 3.
Is arranged.

As shown in FIG. 1, the feeder main body 2 has side walls 6 and 6 erected from both side ends of a base 5 and a rear wall 7 erected from a rear end. An upper wall portion 8 projects toward the front from the upper end of the portion 7, and a flange-shaped support portion 3 c formed at an intermediate portion of the feeding tub 3 is fixed to the upper wall portion 8 to support the feeding tub 3. Also, the bottom plate 9 is connected to the lower end of the rear wall 7.
Is provided.

The feed tank 3 has a feed inlet 3a at the upper end opening, and has a shape whose diameter is gradually reduced downward. A suspending rod 10 which can move up and down is suspended in the feed tank 3. Further, a funnel-shaped discharge portion 11 is provided in the lower part of the feeding tank 3,
The periphery of the lower end opening 11a of the funnel-shaped discharge part 11 is covered by the upper end of the cylindrical discharge body 12. The cylindrical discharge body 12
At the upper end, the lower end of the hanging rod 10 is pivotally supported and swingably hung. The lower end opening is a bait outlet 12a, and an abutment pin 13 is protrudingly provided on the outer peripheral surface of the lower end. .

Below the cylindrical discharge body 12, a support leg 14 is provided.
The feed amount adjusting member 15 is provided with a disc-shaped portion 15b fixed to the lower end of the conical portion 15a, and the upper end of the conical portion 15a is
The diameter of the feed outlet 12a is smaller than that of the feed outlet 12a. A U-shaped striking member 16 is fixed to the peripheral surface of the disc-shaped portion 15b, and the striking pin 13 is positioned in the U-shaped gap of the striking member 16.

In the feeder 1 with a water feeding mechanism of the present invention, the feeder main body 2 having the feed tank 3 is not limited to the above-described one, and various types of feeders may be used unless the gist of the present invention is changed. The feeder body 2 can be adopted.

As shown in FIG. 1, the water supply mechanism 4 is connected to water supply pipes 18, 18 having water supply tools 17 connected to the lower end openings thereof, and to connecting the left and right water supply pipes 18, 18 via connection members 19, 19. Pipe 20 and water connection pipe 2 directly connected to a water tap etc.
1 and a container setting pipe 22 for setting a water supply container. Opening / closing valves 23, 24, and 25 are provided in the connecting pipe 20, the water supply connecting pipe 21, and the container setting pipe 22. The left and right water supply pipes 18 are connected to the fastening fittings 4.
The feeder body 2 is fixed to the left and right side wall portions 6 and 6 by bolts 41 and 0.

The upper portion of the container setting tube 22 is formed as a small-diameter container support tube portion 22b through a step 22a.
The container support tube portion 22b is inserted into the container setting box 26 fixed by welding or the like in FIG. Container setting box 26
Comprises a front wall portion 27, a rear wall portion 28, side wall portions 29 and 30, an upper wall portion 31, and a bottom wall portion 32. The upper wall portion 31 is provided with a fitting hole 31a into which a water supply container 33 is fitted. It is.

As shown in FIG. 3, the water supply container 33 is made of a plastic container such as a PET bottle or a glass container such as a single bottle as long as the outer diameter of the body 33a and the inner diameter of the neck 33b match. A generally commercially available container such as a container may be used.

As shown in FIG. 2, the water supply device 17 has a water receiving member 35 detachably attached to a distal end of an operating rod 34 of a water supply device generally commercially available. Water receiving member 35
Is composed of a cylindrical portion 36 and a spherical portion 37, and the cylindrical portion 3
6, a screw hole 36a is formed at an appropriate position, the distal end of the operating rod 34 is inserted into the insertion hole 36b of the cylindrical portion 36, and a set screw 38 is screwed into the screw hole 36a, and pressed against the operating rod 34. By doing so, the water receiving member 35 can be fixed to the working rod 34. Here, the spherical portion 37 of the water receiving member 35
Since the water and the chemical liquid are stored in the piglet, the piglet can learn to drink immediately after seeing it.

The feeder 1 with a water supply mechanism according to the present invention is configured as described above, and supplies food from the feed tank 3 to the feeder 17.
Can supply water, chemicals and the like.

The food a in the feed tank 3 flows into the cylindrical discharge body 12 from the funnel-shaped discharge part 11 and flows along the inclined peripheral surface of the conical part 15a of the feed amount adjusting member 15, and the cylindrical discharge is performed. Body 1
2 feed outlet 12a and conical portion 15 of feed amount adjusting member 15
The liquid is discharged from the gap with a and is deposited on the disk-shaped portion 15b in an appropriate amount. And the piglet thrusts the nose and mouth into the bottom plate part 9,
When the nose and the mouth are pressed against the cylindrical discharging body 12, the suspended cylindrical discharging body 12 swings and rotates back and forth, right and left, and the feed tank 3
The bait a in the inside is smoothly discharged, deposited in an appropriate amount on the disk-shaped portion 15b, and also falls into the bottom plate portion 9.

Here, the cylindrical discharge body 12 swings and rotates back and forth, right and left, agitates the bait a in the cylindrical discharge body 12, and furthermore, the striking pin 13 strikes the striking member 16. Since the cylindrical discharge body 12 is vibrated efficiently, even if the bait a is in powder form, it is discharged smoothly without forming a bridge.

As for the water supply mechanism 4, first, each open / close valve 2
3, 24, 25 are closed, and a water tap is directly connected to the upper end of the water connection pipe 21 of the water supply mechanism 4, and the container setting pipe 2
The water supply container 33 is inserted into the container support tube portion 22b as follows.
Is set. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, in a state in which the body 33 a of the water supply container 33 storing water, a chemical solution, and the like is gripped with one hand, the neck 33 b is gripped with the other hand, and the opening 39 is closed with the other finger. , The water supply container 33 to the container setting box 26
Close to the upper wall 31. Next, the opening 39 is opened, and the body 3 of the water supply container 33 is inserted into the fitting hole 31 a of the upper wall portion 31.
3a and the container supporting tube 22b
The water supply container 33 is set upside down with the neck portion 33b of the water supply container 33 fitted therein.

When setting the water supply container 33, the water supply container 3
3, air is introduced into the water supply container 33 from the opening 39, so that water, chemicals, and the like flow out from the opening 39, and
2b, the container setting box 26
When the water level H of the water, the chemical, etc. in the container setting box 26 reaches the position of the opening 39 of the water supply container 33,
Outflow of water, chemicals, etc. stops automatically. In addition, the water level H of water, a chemical solution, or the like can be visually confirmed if the container setting box 26 is made of a transparent material.

The on-off valve 23 of the connecting pipe 20, the water connecting pipe 21
When the on-off valve 24 is opened, the tap water flowing into the water connection pipe 21 from the water tap or the like flows through the left water pipe 18 and the connection pipe 20 and flows into the right water pipe 18. Then, when the piglet swings the operating rod 34 of the water supply tool 17 with the nose, the mouth, etc., tap water flows out of the water supply tool 17 and is supplied to the bottom plate 9, and the piglet is moved to the bottom plate 9. In, the user can eat the food a supplied from the feeding tank 3 and drink tap water.

Opening / closing valve 23 of connecting pipe 20, container setting pipe 22
When the on-off valve 25 is opened, water, chemicals, and the like flowing from the water supply container 33 into the container setting pipe 22 flow through the right water supply pipe 18 and the connection pipe 20 and flow into the left water supply pipe 18. When the piglet swings the operating rod 34 of the water supply tool 17 with the nose, mouth, etc., air enters from the water supply tool 17 and the left and right water supply pipes 1 are moved.
Air is introduced into the water supply container 33 via the connection pipes 8 and 18, the connection pipe 20, and the container setting pipe 22. As a result, water, chemicals, and the like flow from the water supply container 33 into the container setting pipe 22, flow out of the water supply tool 17, and are supplied to the bottom plate portion 9, and the piglets are fed from the feeding tank 3 at the bottom plate portion 9. While being able to eat the supplied bait a, it is also possible to drink water, chemicals, and the like.

The on-off valve 23 of the connecting pipe 20 is closed, and tap water is allowed to flow out only from the water supply 17 of the left water supply pipe 18, and water, chemicals, etc. are discharged only from the water supply 17 of the right water supply pipe 18. May be. In addition, tap water is supplied to the water supply device 1 of the left water supply pipe 18.
7 and water, chemicals, etc.
From the water supply tool 17.

Since the water supply member 17 has the water receiving member 35 detachably attached to the distal end of the operating rod 34, only the water receiving member 35 needs to be replaced when it is damaged, and the feeder 1 with the water supply mechanism is maintained. The cost can be reduced and the replacement operation is extremely simple.

[0029]

According to the feeder with a water supply mechanism of the present invention, setting work such as setting of a water supply container, connection to a faucet, etc. is extremely simple. Also, supply of tap water and water stored in the water supply container are performed. ,
The change with the supply of the chemical solution or the like can be made immediately only by operating the on-off valve, which is extremely convenient. Also, since the body of a water supply container that is generally commercially available is simply set by fitting the body of the water supply container into the fitting hole of the container setting box, and by fitting the neck of the water supply container into the container support tube, it is necessary to set the water supply container, When you escape, the water,
There is no possibility that the chemical solution flows out and overflows outside the feeder with the water supply mechanism.

Further, it is not necessary to use a dedicated water supply container having a large number of parts and a large number of assembling man-hours. Generally, a commercially available water supply container may be used, and no separate connecting pipe is required. Also, the manufacturing cost of the feeder with a water supply mechanism is reduced. Further, according to the water supply device of the present invention, when the water receiving member is broken, only the water receiving member needs to be replaced, so that the maintenance cost of the feeder with the water supply mechanism is reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a longitudinal sectional front view of a feeder with a water supply mechanism of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a longitudinal sectional side view.

FIG. 2A is a front view of a water supply device of the present invention in a state where a water receiving member is detached, and FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a use state of the feeder with a water supply mechanism of the present invention.

4A is a longitudinal sectional front view of a conventional feeder with a water supply mechanism, and FIG. 4B is a longitudinal sectional side view.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a conventional water supply tool.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Feeder with water supply mechanism 2 Feeder body 4 Water supply mechanism 17 Water supply device 18 Water supply pipe 21 Water supply pipe 22 Container setting pipe 22b Container support pipe 24 Open / close valve 25 Open / close valve 26 Container setting box 31 Upper wall 31a Insertion hole 33 Water container 34 Working rod 35 Water receiving member

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A water supply pipe having a water supply tool connected to an opening at a lower end thereof, a water supply connection pipe directly connected to a water faucet or the like, and a container setting pipe for setting a water supply container. A feeder with a water supply mechanism, wherein a water supply mechanism provided with an on-off valve in the middle of the setting pipe is disposed in the feeder body. 2. A container setting box having a water supply container insertion hole formed in an upper wall thereof is fixed to the container setting tube, and an upper portion of the container setting tube is inserted into the container setting box as a container support tube. The feeder with a water supply mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: 3. A water supply device in which a water receiving member is detachably attached to a distal end portion of an operation rod.