JPH10327697A - Poultry feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a running type poultry feeder that can automatically feed according to the feeding curve previously set to the feeding trays for the rows of poultry cages. SOLUTION: According to poultry feeding programs along a feeding curve suitable for the specifies and the weekly age of the poultry groups contained in each row of poultry cages, the voltage fed to the variable motors are automatically controlled to control the r.p.m. of the motor thereby adjusting the rate of the feed supply. The elements to be automatically controlled enables the start of forced molting, the setting of the program for restart of feeding and the setting of division percentages of every feeding, several times a day, to the whole amount of the feed, whereby the efficient feed supply can be realized. In additon, in order to minimize remaining feed, the detectors 4 are set to individual feed hoppers 2 and the additive feed is stopped by the indication of the feed-remaining detectors 4 to improve the feed efficiency.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a chicken housed and raised corresponding to each of feeding troughs arranged in front of a poultry cage row which is vertically or stepwise multi-tiered in a poultry house. The present invention relates to a traveling poultry feeder capable of feeding an optimal amount of feed according to a feeding curve suitable for the age of the group.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, as a feeding device for a vertical or stepped multi-stage poultry cage row, the mode shown in FIGS. 3 to 6 has been implemented. In other words, the style of FIG.
On the other hand, the feed is transferred by a screw (not shown) for transferring the feed in the left and right direction in a feed hopper 32 that can travel along a feed gutter 35, and then, a descending chute 33 connected to the feed hopper 32, And, via a guiding chute 34 connected to the falling chute 33, the feed chute 35 is guided into the feeding gutter 35, and travels in the feeding gutter 35 along with the movement of the feed hopper 32, and in the feeding gutter 35. The aim is to maintain the feed pile thickness.

[0003] In Fig. 4, a feed chain 45 that can rotate endlessly within a feed gutter 44 by a driving unit (not shown) is provided for each stage of the poultry cage row 41, and the feed is fed to a feed hopper. After being supplied to the feed hopper 42, it flows down to the falling chute 43 communicating with the feed hopper 42,
The feed is laid and circulated on the surface of a feed chain 45 passing through the feed chain 3, and the flock forages feeds on the laid feed.

[0005] The conventional technique shown in FIG. 5 is similar to the example shown in FIG. 3, but the feed supply to the feed trough 55 corresponding to the poultry cage row 51 is exclusively performed by each feed trough 55. The thickness of the feed pile in the feed gutter 55 is maintained by the food leveling device 56 which moves in accordance with the traveling movement of the feed hopper 52, depending only on the natural flow-down action in the feed hopper 52 corresponding to.

Further, the feeding device shown in FIG. 6 is provided as an improvement to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, and is supported on a portal frame 64 along a running rail 63 provided above a cage frame 62. Feed hopper device 6
The feed is supplied into the feed gutter 66 while controlling the feed discharge amount of No. 5.

[0006]

Regarding the above-mentioned prior art shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, when the feed is allowed to flow down, it depends on the natural flow-down action of the feed. Also, for example, when the amount of remaining food in the feeding trough increases due to a decrease in the amount of feed of the flock in the poultry cage row, there is no means to limit the flow of feed to the food leveler, Excessive feed will be supplied to the feed leveler, making it difficult to maintain an appropriate feed pile thickness in the feed trough. In addition, when feeding is performed multiple times, a small amount of the food leveling device cannot be controlled, so that a stable feeding amount cannot be maintained.

Referring to the prior art shown in FIG. 4, the adjustment of the amount of feed placed on the feed chain 45 is inaccurate, and in the circulation of the feed chain 45 starting from the falling chute 43, the upper rank of the circulation is higher. And the composition of the feed in the feed trough 44 located below the circulation varies due to the feeding of the flock during the circulation of the feed chain 45, and furthermore, with the traveling type feeding device as in the prior art. In comparison, capital investment tends to be excessive.

[0008] In the prior art shown in FIG. 6, if the amount of food consumed by the flocks in the poultry cage row 61 is partially reduced for some reason, and the amount of residual food deposited in the feeding trough 66 is increased, It is evident that the economical efficiency of the feedstuffs is reduced due to the deterioration of the feedstuffs and the inability to feed, and it is necessary to accurately detect the amount of the remaining foodstuffs in the feeding trough 66.

[0009] In addition, it is an indispensable subject to be able to easily perform an input operation of setting conditions suitable for various feeding curves in order to maximize the feeding effect.

[0010]

According to the present invention, as a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, there is provided a poultry feeder provided with the following functions.

1. For each poultry cage row, it is possible to set and input a feeding curve created in consideration of breeding technology elements such as chicken species, storage age, forced moulting time, and
A poultry feeder equipped with a control device that facilitates the input operation.

2. The accuracy of the set salary for each column is
The control of the rotation speed of the variable speed motor for automatically discharging the feed is executed and maintained by the comparative settlement of the length of time for each feeding number.

3. As one of the means to achieve the most effective feeding, when the required daily amount of food is divided into a plurality of times so as to conform to the egg cycle, the selection of the percentage of the required daily amount of food to feed A control function that can be used has been added.

4. Under the setting of the appropriate feed amount for each cage row, the remaining feed detector is used for each of the poultry farms for the remaining feed in the feeding trough that occurs when the underfed amount of each flock varies depending on the feeding travel position. Attached to each cage row, the poultry feeder travels and moves inside the feeding trough, and if there is any remaining feed in the feeding trough, the remaining feed detector is activated and the feed discharging operation is stopped. .

[0015] 5. In order to make sure that the operation is properly performed according to the various settings for the feeder, and to make it easier to determine if the operation does not work as set in the feeding operation due to some factors, it is necessary to set each tumor setting When an abnormal operation occurs, a function of recognizing and displaying a site where the abnormality has occurred and a position on the poultry cage row where the abnormality has occurred is provided.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A poultry feeder according to the present invention will be described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiments, and each item described in the claims is described. It is needless to say that all the changes and alternatives included in are included.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the present invention,
This will be described in detail below. FIG. 1 shows a front view of the feeding device according to the present invention. The portal frame 3 is configured so as to straddle the entire poultry cage row 1 arranged in multiple steps in a stepped manner. The portal frame 3 is provided above the cage frame 12 that supports the poultry cage row 1. The traveling wheels 3 driven by suitable driving means on the traveling rails 31 to be arranged.
2, the portal frame 3 reciprocates at a constant speed over the entire length of the poultry cage row 1.

In the portal frame 3, a number of feed hoppers 2 equal to the number of the poultry cage rows 1 are arranged in a manner corresponding to the feeding troughs 11 arranged on the front surface of each poultry cage row 1.
It is fixed. Therefore, the feed hopper 2 can perform the same traveling as the reciprocating traveling of the portal frame 3 according to the traveling traveling of the portal frame 3.

The lower outlet 25 below the feed hopper 2
Is connected to a feed discharge case 22. The feed that has been manufactured so as to hold a substantially equal amount of storage and that has naturally flowed through the inside of the feed hopper 2 mounted on the portal frame 3 passes through the lower outlet 25 at the bottom, and is connected to the feed discharge case 22 connected thereto. It is led to.

In the feed discharge case 22, a feed discharge auger 23, which is formed into a cylindrical shape at a constant pitch, is mounted along the longitudinal direction of the feed discharge case 22. The feed discharging auger 23 is connected to the variable speed motor 21, and with the rotation of the variable speed motor 21 changing, the feed discharging auger 23 can also change its rotation.

The variable speed motor 21 changes the output rotation by controlling and changing the supplied voltage. The variable speed motor 21 has variable speed motors attached to all the feed hoppers 2 mounted on the portal frame 3. The rotation of the feed discharging auger 23 can be arbitrarily changed by arbitrarily setting in the control device 5 for controlling the supply voltage of each of the motors 21, and the feed discharged from the feed hopper 2 running at a constant speed can be changed. The amount of feed accumulated in the feed gutter 11 can be set arbitrarily.

A feed guiding pipe 24 is provided at the terminal of the feed discharging auger 23, and a function of guiding the feed to the best position in the feed gutter 11 is provided.

The most important factor in the poultry feeder according to the present invention is a control function of a variable speed motor 21 for applying a rotational driving force to a feed discharge auger 23 for discharging feed from the feed hopper 2 to the feed trough 11.

In raising the breeding hens, especially the laying hens, it is necessary to change the feeding amount depending on the breed and the age of the feed in order to increase the feed efficiency. The feeding curve is used as an index indicating the most appropriate feeding amount. In the present invention, the control device 5 is provided which can set and input the number of revolutions per unit time of the variable speed motor 21 for each feed hopper 2 so as to be controllable along the feeding curve. In particular, the time factor that is important for breeding management of chickens is treated as a minimum unit of one week, which is frequently associated with breeding management, as a means of simplifying setting and input.

In the management of laying hens, "forced molting" is performed on the technical element that maintains egg production for a long period of time. At this time, depending on the breeding conditions of the chickens, starting feeding, restarting feeding, and feeding after restarting By preliminarily setting and inputting the change in the amount, it is possible to omit a complicated operation for adjusting the amount of supply, and to realize accurate breeding management.

It is widely known that in the breeding management of hens during laying, the correlation between the laying time and the feeding time and the amount of feed is established. Although it was not possible to make adjustments to give a change in the amount, in the present invention, the ratio of dividing each feeding time when the entire required amount of feeding per bird per day is divided into a plurality of times. As a result, it was possible to secure an effective feeding amount at the time of spawning in the morning and obtain an effective feed efficiency.

In the poultry cage row 1, the feed intake sometimes changes due to a change in the arrangement position or a minute environment in the poultry house, and the feed that is not foraged in the feeding gutter 11 is left behind. In some cases. In the present invention, as a means for detecting and correcting such abnormalities, the residual feed detector 4 is attached to each feed hopper 2 and attached.

When the feed hopper 2 moves to the position where the remaining feed is generated in the feeding trough 11, the remaining feed detector 4
Is operated, and the operation of the variable speed motor 21 connected to the corresponding feed hopper 2 is stopped. As a result, no additional feed is provided to the position where the remaining bait is generated, the accumulation of the remaining bait does not proceed, and the generation of the remaining bait can be minimized.

When various automatic operations are performed, if the discovery of the occurrence of an abnormality and the determination of the occurrence site and the occurrence position are delayed, the capacity of the breeding chicken group is not sufficiently exhibited, and the economic efficiency is reduced.
In the present invention, in order to avoid such inconvenience, when an abnormal operation other than the set value occurs, an "error message" is displayed on a display unit provided on the control device 5.

In the case of occurrence of an abnormality, the location of the abnormality and the type of the abnormality are displayed, and at which position in the longitudinal direction of the poultry cage row 1 the location of the abnormality is displayed.
It is convenient to determine countermeasures. The position is specified by the required travel time from the feeding start position to the feeding end position.
Since the method of equally dividing and judging is adopted, once the vehicle is learned and traveled, it is possible to automatically determine the five equally divided positions. This function is effective for appropriately executing a correction operation when an abnormality occurs.

As an example of the modification of the embodiment of the present invention described above, the change of the poultry cage row to the vertical type, the change of the arrangement position of the running wheels, the change of the running drive means of the feeder, and the like are obvious. It is within the scope of the present invention.

[0032]

[Effect of the Invention] In recent years, the improvement of poultry breeding technology, in which the expansion of breeding scale and the promotion of labor-saving automation are remarkable, the improvement of poultry breeding requires the reduction of feed cost, which has the largest share of production cost By adopting the poultry feeder according to the present invention, it is possible to set an ideal feed amount in accordance with the condition of the flock every week, and to feed it correctly. Abnormality display that responds to special breeding techniques such as moulting and reduces the amount of residual food, thereby reducing production costs and enabling quick restoration and restoration measures in the event of an emergency The function greatly contributes to the improvement of poultry management, such as improving the convenience of daily management.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a poultry feeder according to the present invention in which a frame is omitted.

FIG. 2 is an extracted cross-sectional view of a feed hopper mounted on the poultry feeder according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional technique.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing another aspect showing the conventional technique.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing another aspect showing the conventional technique, in which a frame is omitted.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing another aspect showing the conventional technique.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the poultry feeder of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Poultry cage row 11 ... Feeding gutter 2 ... Feed hopper 21 ... Variable speed motor 22 ... Feed discharge case 23 ... Feed discharge auger 24 ... Discharge guide pipe 3 ... Gate frame 31 ... Running rail 32 Running wheel 4 Remaining bait detector 5 Control device

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A feed hopper that feeds a feed while moving along the feed gutter corresponding to each of the feed gutters arranged in front of a poultry cage row that is vertically or stepwise multi-tiered. In the feeder for poultry, having a feed discharge case disposed at the lower outlet of the feed hopper corresponding to each feed gutter, a variable speed motor capable of continuously changing the rotation speed by controlling the supply voltage. The control of the supply voltage to the variable speed motor is automatically controlled according to a feeding curve that is set in advance so as to be adapted to the age of the group of chickens housed and bred in each poultry cage row. A chicken feeder characterized by the following. 2. The feeding curve of the poultry feeder according to claim 1 is provided with a control device capable of setting breeding technical elements such as the kind, age, and forced moulting of a flock to be housed and bred. The poultry feeder according to claim 1, characterized in that: 3. The feed rate can be arbitrarily set for a plurality of times of feeding operation in a day with respect to the total amount of feed required per day for each feeding time. Feeding machine for poultry. 4. The poultry feeder according to claim 1, further comprising a residual feed detector for detecting residual feed in each feed gutter. 5. A mechanism capable of displaying a site where an improper operation has occurred and a position where an abnormality has occurred when a feeding operation does not operate properly for various settings of a feeding operation. The poultry feeder according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: