KR101814881B1 - Detachable cattle self-locking stanchion device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a detachable livestock automatic locking device (10) detachably mounted on upper and lower pipe rails (12, 14) constituting a pipe frame of a housing or mooring fence. The automatic livestock locking device (10) of the present invention comprises two vertical bar rods (18, 18 ') arranged at regular intervals to secure a guide space through which a head of a livestock can pass; Upper and lower horizontal bars 20, 20 'coupled to the vertical bar 18, 18' through a coupling block 22; A hook 28 formed on the front of the coupling block 22 and bent downward so as to be detachably coupled to the pipe rails 12 and 14; The vertical portions 34 and horizontal portions 36 and 38 extending from the vertical portions 34 allow the horizontal portions 36 and 38 to be mounted on the vertical bar 18 and 18 via the connecting block 30. [ A guide door (32, 32 ') opened and closed symmetrically; In order to synchronize the opening and closing operations of the announcement doors 32 and 32 ', a pair of pulleys 40 and 40' fixed to the upper side of the vertical shaft rods 18 and 18 ' (42); The bottom surface of the lower horizontal portion 38 of the guide door 32, 32 ', which is disposed in the lower horizontal bar 20' near the vertical bar 18, 18 ' And a locking block 44 having a locking projection 54 for locking the guide door 32, 32 '.

Description

[0001] DETACHABLE CATTLE SELF-LOCKING STANCHING DEVICE [0002]

The present invention relates to a detachable livestock automatic locking device and, more particularly, to a detachable livestock automatic locking device which is detachably mounted on a horizontal pipe rail of a barn installed in front of a feeding barrel of a livestock such as a cattle, In which the neck portion is automatically latched. During the feeding of the feed, the body of the livestock, in particular, the head portion of the livestock, is capable of restricting movement other than the movement for feeding the feed.

Generally, the fence of the housing (including mooring yarn) where the breeding of the livestock takes place consists of upper and lower horizontal pipe rails arranged horizontally and a plurality of vertical pipe members supporting them. Feed tanks for feed feeding of livestock are usually installed outside the barn fence, and the livestock accesses the head part through the guide space between the upper and lower horizontal pipe rails and the adjacent vertical pipe members on the right and left sides. Such a guide space is arranged at regular intervals so that uniform feeding of the feed can be made between individuals. In this feeding process, the livestock needs to restrict the movement of the livestock against the adjacent livestock in addition to the movement of the head for feeding. To this end, an automatic necklace device or a domestic animal fixing device has been proposed.

 As an automatic necklace device for fixing the head portion of a livestock in order to limit the movement of livestock during the conventional feeding process, the Utility Model No. 20-0451112 (Registered on Nov. 19, 2010) Patent No. 10-1021624 (Registered on Mar. 4, 2011) "Right-handed automatic necklace frame", Patent No. 10-1096373 (Registered Dec. 13, 2011) "Right-handed automatic necklace frame structure" -2012-0001180 (published Feb. 21, 2012), "Automatic Necklace Locking System Used in a Barn" and Published Patent No. 10-2014-0093882 (published on April 28, 2014) Lt; / RTI >

Also, as a livestock holding device for restricting the movement of a livestock, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-1258277 entitled " Livestock Head Locking Device ", Utility Model No. 20-0113447, "Scallop Fixation Device of Feed Feed Field ", and Utility Model No. 20-0285776 And a " scallop anchoring device for a feed-in feeder ".

These automatic necklaces or livestock fastening devices are structured such that the locking means for restricting the neck portion of the livestock is coupled to the pipe frame of the barn fence. Therefore, the locking means can not be detachably mounted on the existing fence frame. That is, the main component of the locking means is a livestock-operated lever device, which is arranged in an inclined manner in a guide space for guiding the head portion of the livestock to the feed barrel, The lever device which is pressed by the lower portion of the head portion of the livestock is vertically erected so that the head space of the livestock can not move forward and backward by restricting the guide space.

However, in such an automatic necklace apparatus or a livestock holding apparatus of the prior art, the locking means for restricting the neck portion of the livestock constitutes a part of such a pipe frame by being connected to the pipe frame of the barn fence. Thus, the pipe frame and the automatic necklace device or the animal anchoring device must be permanently installed at the same time during the construction of the barn fence. This is a burden which adversely affects the installation cost of the automatic necklace apparatus or the animal fixing apparatus, the workforce involved in the installation, and the time required.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a livestock locking means, which corresponds to a prior art automatic necklace apparatus or a livestock fixing apparatus, as an independent detachable attachment type, The present invention provides a detachable livestock automatic lock device that can be installed.

To this end, the present invention provides an automatic livestock locking apparatus for restricting movement of a livestock, comprising: a pair of vertical bar cooperating with each other to form a guide space having an area through which the head of the livestock can pass; ; Wherein at least one end portion of the vertical axis rod is in a closed position in which the head portion of the livestock is held in the guide space around the vertical axis rod or the lid is released from the guide space, A pair of guide posts which are symmetrically rotated with respect to each other at an open position where the guide members are open; A band fixed on the upper side of the sunshade guide, a band for fixing both ends of the pulley in opposite directions to each other to synchronize the rotations of the guide shafts; A horizontal extension extending forward to allow the bottom of the guide to act on the surface and a stop plate interposed at the end of the horizontal extension in the closed position of the guide to prevent further rotation of the guide in reaching the closed position, And a locking block having a locking protrusion that is protruded upward from the closed position and is pulled into a coupling hole formed on a bottom surface of the guide door when the guide door reaches the closed position to fix the guide door, When the head of the livestock advances and passes into the guide space, it is pushed by the body part of the livestock which is wider than the head part of the livestock and continues to the head part and is symmetrically rotated to the closed position, The head portion of the livestock is held in the guide space by being stopped and fixed, The locking protrusion is lowered and the fixing is released together with the engagement with the engaging member and is pushed by the head portion of the livestock moving backward from the guide space and is symmetrically rotated to the open position, Livestock can be liberated.

At this time, the automatic locking device for livestock according to the present invention is constituted by one frame bent downward so that the livestock automatic locking device can be attached to and detached from one side of the receiver housing the livestock, And a plurality of hooks connected to a joining point of the horizontal bar of the set.

Further, the guide door and the band are fixedly installed on the vertical bar, respectively, and one end of the band is wound on one of the pulleys in a counterclockwise or clockwise direction to be fixed and the other end is fixed to the one end On the contrary, the other one of the pulleys is wound clockwise or counterclockwise and fixed, so that the rotation of the sunshade guide can be synchronized with each other.

In addition, the locking protrusion may have a bent portion whose upper surface is curved.

The locking protrusion may further include a solenoid which can be lowered by an electrical signal or manually, and in response to the electrical signal, a solenoid for lowering the locking protrusion by receiving the electrical signal, Can be input to the solenoid at a time.

In addition, the horizontal bar of the sunshade may be fixedly or variably coupled to the horizontal bar of the sunshade.

Further, the surface of the guide door can be covered with the heat insulating cover.

The present invention relates to a method of feeding a livestock such as a cow, such as a cattle, which is installed on the horizontal pipe rail of a barn installed on the front of the feeding barrel and is contacted by the body of the livestock, The present invention is characterized in that the movement of the livestock body, particularly the head portion of the livestock, other than the movement for feeding the feed can be restricted, and the present invention can be applied to a pipe frame of a barn or mooring fence Or installed in a facility where the disease prevention / treatment and artificial insemination of the livestock must be carried out.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a detachable livestock automatic locking device of the present invention. FIG.
Figures 2 and 3 are partial enlarged views of portions "A" and " B "
4 is a plan view of a detachable livestock automatic locking device of the present invention.
5 is a side cross-sectional view of a detachable livestock automatic locking device of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the "C"
7 (a) and 7 (b) are explanatory views showing the configuration for synchronizing the operation of the guide door, which is a component limiting the movement of the animal, in a plan view.
8 (a), 8 (b) and 8 (c) are partial enlarged cross-sectional views showing the structure of the fixing means for fixing the guide door and the operating state thereof.
9 to 12 are a series of plan views showing the process of fixing the head portion of the livestock approaching the feed barrel.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a livestock automatic locking device that can be easily fixed to a fixed-type housing or fixed and temporary mooring beds to fix a livestock.

1 shows a detachable livestock automatic locking device 10 of the present invention. The apparatus 10 of the present invention is detachably mounted on the upper and lower pipe rails 12 and 14 shown in Figs. 4 and 5. For example, the pipe rails 12 and 14 constitute a pipe frame of a barn or mooring fence in which the feed bar 16 is installed in close proximity, And is fixed and supported by a vertical pipe member (not shown) for maintaining an interval. These pipe rails 12 and 14 are well known in the art and will not be described in further detail.

The inventive device 10 basically comprises two vertical bar 18, 18 '. These shaft rods 18 and 18 'are supported by the upper and lower horizontal rods 20 and 20' to maintain a constant gap. The upper portion and the lower portion of each of the vertical bar 18 and 18 'are fixedly coupled to the horizontal bars 20 and 20' by the engagement block 22, respectively.

This coupling block 22 is illustrated in FIG. The coupling block 22 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape and has a horizontal coupling hole 24 to which the horizontal rods 20 and 20 'are fixedly coupled at one side and a horizontal coupling hole 24 in the form of a shaft hole into which the vertical axis rods 18 and 18' And has a vertical coupling hole 26. In another embodiment, the coupling block 22 may be variably coupled and fixed to the horizontal rods 20 and 20 'via known clamping means, whereby the feed block 22 may be fixed to the horizontal barrel 20' Accordingly, it is possible to adjust the position at which the joining block 22 is coupled to the horizontal bars 20 and 20 'according to the width of the head portion of the livestock or a wider body portion.

Each of the four engaging blocks 20 to which the horizontal bars 20 and 20 'and the vertical bars 18 and 18' are coupled is fixedly secured with hooks 28 curved downward in front thereof. These hooking openings 28 allow the upper and lower pipe rails 12 and 14 constituting the pipe frame of the housing or mooring fence to be placed on and joined to each other. This is to enable detachment of the device 10, as will be described in detail later.

The vertical bar rods 18 and 18 'on both sides are connected to the vertical bar rods 18 and 18' adjacent to the respective upper and lower engaging blocks 22, which are the engaging portions with the respective horizontal rods 20 and 20 ' (30) are coupled and rear guide doors (32) and (32 '), which are substantial locking means, are provided. The guides 32 and 32 'are constructed of pipes and have vertical portions 34 and upper and lower horizontal portions 36 and 38 extending from the vertical portions 34. The horizontal portions 36 and 38 of the guide doors 32 and 32 'are fixedly installed on the upper and lower connection blocks 30 respectively coupled to the vertical bar 18 and 18'. Therefore, the guide doors 32 and 32 'are symmetrical and can rotate about the respective vertical shaft rods 18 and 18'. 1 and 5 of the present specification, the guide 32 and 32 'are shown as a straight line having a vertical portion 34 and horizontal portions 36 and 38 for convenience of explanation The present invention is not limited thereto and the vertical portion 34 and the horizontal portions 36 and 38 may be any other extended form such as a curved line or a curved line rather than a straight line, 36, and 38 may be any number of angles (for example, inclined) that are not perpendicular to each other so long as a predetermined space can be formed.

The guide doors 32 and 32 'are rotatable in the opening or closing direction with respect to the other side with respect to each of the vertical shaft rods 18 and 18'. These prompts 32 and 32 'are provided with a simple structure of synchronization means so that their opening and closing processes can be synchronized. On the connecting block 30 on the upper side where the upper vertical portion 34 of each of the guide doors 32 and 32 'is fixed so that the opening and closing processes of the notification doors 32 and 32' Pulleys 40 and 40 'are respectively installed on the rods 18 and 18' and a band 42 is connected between the pulleys 40 and 40 '. The band 42 may be made of, for example, a steel material, but the present invention is not limited thereto and may also be a cable. The band 42 is wound, for example, at one end thereof in a counterclockwise direction to the one-side pulley 40 and at the other end in the clockwise direction to the other pulley 40 '. Each end of the band 42 is wound in an opposite direction to each of the pulleys 40 and 40 '. For example, when a force is applied to the one guide door 32 in the closing direction (e.g., clockwise in FIG. 7), the vertical shaft rod 18 rotates clockwise and thus the pulley 40 is rotated clockwise The other side end portion of the band 42 is engaged and the other side vertical shaft rod 18 'is rotated in the counterclockwise direction so that the other side guide door 32' Direction, that is, the closing direction.

Further, each of the guide doors 32 and 32 'can be fixed in the closed position. As shown in Fig. 1, the upper and lower horizontal portions 36 and 38 are aligned in line with the respective horizontal rods 20 and 20 'in the closed position of each of the guide doors 32 and 32'. In the lower horizontal rod 20 ', the fixing block 44 is fixedly installed adjacent to the vertical axis rods 18 and 18'.

8A to 8C showing in detail the construction and operating state of the fixing means for fixing the guide door 32 (32 '), a horizontal extension portion 46 is provided in front of the fixing block 44 And a prevention plate 48 is provided at its end to prevent the horizontal portion 38 of the guide door 32 (32 ') from being rotated forward. A locking projection 54 is provided on the horizontal extending portion 46 of the fixing block 44 to provide a cylinder 50 on the lower side and to be upwardly biased by a spring 52 incorporated therein. 54 are formed by a solenoid 56 disposed at the lower side of the cylinder 50 and are arranged at the upper side of the horizontal extending portion 46 of the fixing block 44 It is possible to become. A lock protrusion 54 is coupled to a lower portion of the horizontal portion 38 of the guide doors 32 and 32 'to form a coupling hole 58 for fixing the guide doors 32 and 32'.

 On the other hand, the guide doors 32 and 32 'which directly contact the body of the livestock can be coated with an adiabatic covering member (not shown) to prevent stress due to the contact temperature difference of the livestock in winter. Such an insulating covering body may be coated on all portions of the body of the livestock other than the guide doors 32 and 32 '.

9-12 illustrate briefly the head portion 60, neck portion 62 and shoulder portion 64 of a cattle to illustrate the device 10 of the present invention. The neck portion 62 between the head portion 60 and the shoulder portion 64 of the cow is narrow as is well known. These figures illustrate the case of cattle as cattle for convenience. However, the present invention is not limited to cattle, and any cattle having a size applicable to the structure of the present invention such as pigs or chlorine may be used.

The use and operation states of the detachable livestock automatic locking apparatus 10 of the present invention are as follows.

As described above, the detachable livestock automatic locking apparatus 10 of the present invention can be applied to a pipe rail 12 (14) constituting a pipe frame of a housing or a mooring fence in which, for example, And can be used by being detachably installed in a poultry house or a mooring house through an operation of simply hanging the hooking mouth 28. [ In addition, the device 10 of the present invention can be used to easily attach and detach the animal to a facility where disease prevention / treatment and artificial insemination work for livestock should be carried out to fix the animal.

Here, as an example for convenience, a description will be given of a case where the head portion of the cattle is fixed in the livestock, especially the feeding process of the cattle, so that the level of the individual liver can be obtained.

That is, the detachable livestock auto-locking apparatus 10 of the present invention is configured such that the hooking hole 28 of the apparatus 10 is simply hooked and fixed to the upper and lower pipe rails 12 and 14 of the pipe frame constituting the housing fence Which can be detachably or detachably mounted. In the present invention, it is installed in the pipe rails (12) and (14) in which the feed pipes (16) are installed in close proximity to each other, so that the germs are graded and attack against the adjacent livestock in addition to the movement of the head part for feeding. Limit your movement.

The device 10 of the present invention installed on the pipe rails 12 and 14 adjacent to the feed tank 16 is configured such that the guide doors 32 and 32 'are opened at an opening angle of about 45 ° toward the inside of the housing . The present invention is not limited to this opening angle, but the opening angle can be easily arbitrarily adjusted so that the head portion 60 of the cattle can pass through the guide space between the open guide doors 32, 32 '.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, when the livestock is directed to the feed tank 16 in the process of automatic feeding through the feed tank 16, the head portion 60 is guided by the guide spaces 32 and 32 ' And the vertical portions 38 of the guide doors 32, 32 ', particularly the one or both guide doors 32, 32', are moved forward in the process of further advancing as shown in Fig. 11, So that the two guide doors 32 and 32 'are rotated in the closing direction. The closing process of the guide slits 32 and 32 'is synchronized by the band 42 connected to the pulleys 40 and 40' of the respective vertical bar 18 and 18 ' 32 ') are closed by the same process.

8A to 8C, the lower horizontal portion 38 of the guide door 32 (32 ') is guided by the horizontal extension portion 46 (46') of the fixing block 44, The bottom surface of the horizontal portion 38 passes through the curved portion 54 'of the locking protrusion 54 and the locking protrusion 54 descends downward and then reaches the horizontal portion 38, The locking protrusion 54 is lifted and inserted into the coupling hole 58 so that the guide doors 32 and 32 'are fixed in the closed state . 11, the guide doors 32 and 32 'are aligned in a line, and between these guide doors 32 and 32', the guide doors 32 and 32 ' The neck 62 of the cattle (small) is positioned.

And, in this state, the livestock can feed the feed tank 16. The livestock is moved in a direction other than the movement for feeding the food, for example, in the direction in which the livestock advances and retreats, or moves to the left and right, because the neck portion 62 is sandwiched between the guide doors 32 and 32 ' Is limited by these prompts 32 and 32 '.

When the livestock feeding process is completed, for example, the feeding process is performed by sending an electric signal through a timer (not shown) of a control device programmed by the control device, a command by the user, (See Fig. 8C), the locking projection 54 is separated from the engaging hole 58 formed on the bottom surface of the lower horizontal portion 38 of the guide door 32 (32 ') by lowering the locking projection 54 And releases the state in which the guide letters 32 and 32 'are fixed.

At this time, if the cattle has finished feeding and wants to move back, the head part 60 moves the vertical part 34 of the guide doors 32 and 32 'in the backward direction so that the guide doors 32 and 32' ) 18 'so as to allow the head portion 60 of the livestock to completely pass through the guide space between the guide doors 32 and 32' in the backward direction.

As described above, the automatic livestock locking device 10 of the present invention is capable of closing and opening the lid 32 and 32 ', which substantially limit the movement of the livestock, .

The automatic livestock locking device 10 of the present invention is installed in a pipe frame of a housing or a mooring fence in which a feed canal is installed in close proximity or is detachably installed in a facility where animal disease prevention / It can be easily and effectively used to fix the livestock by simply attaching and detaching.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims. And the like are to be regarded as belonging to the claims.

For example, the descent of the locking projection 54 through the action of the solenoid 56 of the fixed block 44 may be performed by an electrical signal from a control device in which the livelihood timer recoil process is programmed, as described above However, it may also be performed in accordance with an electric signal of a control device output by a command signal input by the user directly to the control device, or the user may access the control device through a wired or wireless communication network as a terminal May also be performed by a command signal. Alternatively, the locking protrusion 54 may be manually lowered manually by the user.

10: livestock automatic locking device, 12, 14: pipe rail, 16: feed bar, 18, 18 ': vertical bar, 20, 20': horizontal bar, And a guide member for guiding the guide member to a predetermined position on the basis of the position of the guide member. And a shoulder portion of the cow, and a neck portion of the cow, and a neck portion of the cow, and a shoulder portion of the cow.

Claims (8)

A livestock automatic locking device (10) for restricting movement of a livestock,
A pair of vertical bar rods (18, 18 ') and a pair of horizontal rods (20, 20') crossing each other to form a guide space having an area through which the head of the livestock can pass;
Wherein at least one end is formed on the vertical axis rods 18 and 18 'and the head portion of the livestock is held in the guide space around the vertical axis rods 18 and 18' (32, 32 ') symmetrically rotating with respect to each other from a closed position or from said guide space to an open position releasing said livestock;
The pulleys 40 and 40 'fixed to the upper side of the sunshade guides 32 and 32' and the side ends of the pulleys 40 and 40 ' A band 42 for synchronizing the rotation of the first and second electrodes 32 ';
A horizontal extending portion 46 extending forward so that the bottom surfaces of the guide doors 32 and 32 'act on the surface; A blocking plate 48 which prevents the further rotation of said guide 32, 32 'which in turn reaches said closed position, and a guide plate 32 which is upwardly raised in said closed position and in which said guide plate 32, 32' , And a locking block 44 having a locking protrusion 54 for locking the guide door 32 or 32 'by being inserted into the coupling hole 58 formed at the bottom of the guide door 32 or 32' and,
When the head of the livestock advances and passes into the guide space, the guide door (32, 32 ') is pushed by the body part of the livestock which is wider than the head part of the livestock and continues to the head part, And the head of the livestock is held in the guide space by being stopped and fixed by the fixed block 44,
The locking protrusion 54 of the fixed guide door 32 and 32 'is pushed down by the head portion of the backward moving livestock from the guide space together with the engagement with the coupling opening 58, And releases the livestock from the guide space by rotating symmetrically to the open position. The method according to claim 1,
The livestock automatic locking device is constituted by one frame bent downward so as to be able to be attached to and detached from one side of a receiver for receiving the livestock, and one end is connected to the vertical bar (18, 18 ' Further comprising a plurality of hooks (28) connected to the coupling points of the first and second hooks (20, 20 '). The method according to claim 1,
The guide doors 32 and 32 'and the band 42 are fixedly installed on the vertical shaft rods 18 and 18'
The band 42 is wound on one of the pulleys 40 and 40 'in a counterclockwise or clockwise direction and fixed at its other end to the pulleys 40 and 40' Is synchronized with the rotation of the sun shade guide (32, 32 ') by being wound and fixed in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction to the other one of the guide shafts (32, 32'). The method according to claim 1,
Characterized in that the locking projection (54) has a curved portion (54 ') with a curved front surface at the top. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the lowering of the locking protrusion (54) is lowered by an electrical signal or manually. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a solenoid (56) for receiving the electrical signal to lower the locking protrusion (54), the electrical signal being input to the solenoid (56) at a predetermined time. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the pair of vertical bars (18, 18 ') are fixedly or variably coupled to the horizontal bars (20, 20'). The method according to claim 1,
Characterized in that the surface of the guide door (32, 32 ') is covered with a heat insulating cover.

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