KR102485168B1 - Automatic feeding machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic feeding machine for aquaculture, which uses both physical rotation force and blowing force to supply feed while scattering the same far away without damaging the same, thereby saving costs for purchasing, using, and managing the feeding machine and increasing the productivity of fish. The automatic feeding machine for aquaculture according to the present invention comprises: a cabinet (10) including a feed storage unit (11) and a mechanical chamber (12); a screw chamber (20) and a feeder screw (30) as a transfer machine that transfers the feed stored in the feed storage unit by a predetermined amount; a rotor chamber (40) accommodating the feed transferred through the transfer machine; and a rotor (50) rotatably installed in the rotor chamber to transfer and supply the feed transferred to the rotor chamber through the transfer machine, wherein the rotor chamber includes a suction hole in communication with the outside and the rotor includes at least two vanes (51) to discharge and supply the feed through the vane by means of physical transfer force while sucking the external air through the suction hole to form an air current toward to a discharge hole.

Description

Automatic feeding machine for aquaculture {AUTOMATIC FEEDING MACHINE}

The present invention relates to a feeder for supplying feed for fish farming, and more particularly, to an automatic feeder for aquaculture that distributes and supplies feed far and wide using both physical force and blowing power.

This section provides background information related to the subject matter of this application and is not necessarily prior art.

In order to farm fish, feed must be supplied to the fish, and there is a method in which a manager carries and transports a feeder to feed the fish, and a method in which feed is supplied using a mechanical mechanism.

Utility model registration No. 20-0299023 is a patent document that can confirm the background art of the invention. Utility model registration No. 20-0299023 is a feed supply pipe having a feed outlet formed in a certain portion of the pipe, and a feed outlet and handle formed on the outer periphery of the feed supply pipe. It is possible to rotate by inserting a feed supply amount regulator, and after maintaining a conical shape and forming several streamlined protrusions on the upper surface of the feed supply pipe, the rotary body is built into the rotary motor and built in, and has the shape of the upper and lower sides A primary feed supply device vertically fastened to the lower center of the feed storage tank equipped with an upper cover and an electric control panel, and in the process of feeding the feed supplied by the feed supply device to the farmed fish, the feed supply pipe The feed, which is transported in a free fall through the feed transfer pipe that helps feed feed from the direction of the feed outlet to the lower feed dispensing device, is transferred to the feed dispensing device composed of several arc-shaped wings at regular intervals between the upper and lower discs. It is installed inside, and the feed dispenser is an automatic feed feeder for a fish farm configured as a structure in which feed is injected into fish while rotating by a drive method of a belt pulley by a rotating motor, and feed is pushed and supplied while the rotating body rotates. way to do it

Registered Patent No. 10-0912755 is a feed feeding device for fish farming that supplies feed to a fish farm by blowing feed discharged to the lower part of the agitator and a stirring device by a blower device installed in a hopper, wherein the hopper A first shutter installed on the outer circumference of the lower end of the conical discharge port, the upper end of which is coupled to a hinge member, and which adjusts the amount of feed discharged by a rotation means that rotates around the hinge axis, and a guide opposite to the first shutter a shutter device comprising a second shutter coupled to the inside of a member to form a V-shaped outlet with the first shutter; It is a feed feeding device for fish farming consisting of a vibrating device composed of a cam installed to vibrate while repeatedly contacting the lower surface of the second shutter and a vibrating motor that rotates the cam, and is a supply method using only blowing force.

The feed supply technology according to the prior art is a method using only the physical force or blowing force of the rotating body, and the feed scattering distance is short, so a large number of feed feeders must be used per unit area of the farm.

Registered Utility Model No. 20-0299023 Registered Patent No. 10-0912755

The present invention is to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic feed feeder for aquaculture that supplies feed by scattering it away without damage by using both physical rotational force and blowing force.

The automatic feed feeder for aquaculture according to the present invention includes a feeder that transfers the feed stored in the feed storage unit by a certain amount; a rotor chamber accommodating therein the feed transported through the feeder; It is rotatably installed in the rotor chamber and includes a rotor for transporting and supplying feed transported to the rotor chamber through the feeder, the rotor chamber includes an intake port communicating with the outside, and the rotor includes two or more vanes It is characterized in that external air is sucked through the intake port through the vane to form an airflow toward the discharge port while discharging and supplying the feed with a physical transfer force.

According to the automatic feed feeder for aquaculture according to the present invention, by discharging the feed using both the physical force and the blowing force due to the rotation of the rotor, the feed can be scattered over a long distance compared to the conventional method using only physical force or blowing force. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of automatic feed feeders installed per unit area of the farm, and in the end, cost (purchase and maintenance) can be reduced. It also has the effect of improving (productivity, quality).

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an automatic feed feeder for aquaculture according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the feeding means applied to the automatic feed feeder for aquaculture according to the present invention.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a rotor chamber applied to the automatic feed feeder for aquaculture according to the present invention.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of a rotor applied to the automatic feed feeder for aquaculture according to the present invention.
5 and 6 are operating state diagrams of the cover applied to the automatic feed feeder for aquaculture according to the present invention, respectively.
5 is a closed state diagram of the cover;
6 is an open state diagram of the lid.

In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or custom of a user or operator. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the automatic feed feeder for aquaculture according to the present invention includes a cabinet 10 providing a space for storing and supplying feed, and a screw chamber as a feeding means for automatically supplying feed ( 20), a feeder screw 30, a rotor chamber 40, and a rotor 50.

The cabinet 10 is in the form of an airtight box, and a feed storage unit 11 and a machine room 12 are vertically arranged, and these 11 and 12 are partitioned through a hopper plate 13.

The hopper plate 13 has a cross section that slopes downward as it goes to the central discharge part, and is coupled to a substantially central portion of the cabinet 10 .

The cabinet 10 has a structure in which an upper portion is opened so that the feed storage unit 11 can be filled with feed, and at this time, a lid 14 is applied to the top to prevent contamination of the stored feed. The lid 14 is, for example, a pivoting type in which one side is connected through a hinge, and a locking device is applied to the opposite side of the hinge.

When viewed from a plan view, the cabinet 10 has an octagonal shape in which four plates are not directly connected but connected through inclined plates at four corners, and rigidity is increased through this structure.

It may also include notifying the replenishment time by detecting the level (amount) of the feed being stored in the feed storage unit 11. For example, an optical sensor is installed on a lower level to alarm replenishment when the optical sensor detects it.

The machine room 12 is a space between the hopper plate 13 and the lower plate 16, where the feeding means is installed, and the inside is opened and closed through the maintenance cover 15, and the discharge port of the feeding means An opening is included so as to be open toward.

The screw chamber 20 is equipped with an inlet portion communicating with the discharge portion of the hopper plate 13 at the top, while the discharge portion formed on one side in the longitudinal direction is connected to the curved delivery pipe 21 and is tubular and has a feeder screw 30 inside. ) is mounted rotatably. That is, the screw chamber 20 is connected to the rotor chamber 40 via the curved delivery pipe 21 .

The screw chamber 20 is formed where the inlet is away from the end inward. According to this structure, some screw beads of the feeder screw 30 are disposed behind the inlet (opposite side of the delivery pipe 21) to form a buffer space in which feed can be contained at the rear of the inlet, thereby forming a screw chamber. In (20), the stagnation of feed can be prevented.

The screw chamber 20 has the other side in the longitudinal direction as a part to which the motor 31, which is a driving source of the feeder screw 30, is installed and connected.

The curved delivery pipe 21 transfers the feed that is quantitatively transported by the feeder screw 30 to the rotor chamber 40. Make it drop and transfer smoothly.

The feeder screw 30 is rotatably mounted in the screw chamber 20 and one side is connected to the motor 31, receives rotational force from the motor 31 and rotates to feed the feed introduced into the screw chamber 20 by a certain amount. transfer in quantity

The motor 31 is a bi-directional motor and can rotate (forward/reverse) the feeder screw 30 in both directions. Forward rotation is a direction for feeding feed, and reverse rotation is a reverse rotation for maintenance and the like.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the rotor chamber 40 supplies the feed delivered through the delivery pipe 21 to the farm by the rotor 50, and the upper part has an inlet to which the discharge part of the delivery pipe 21 is connected. (41), a discharge port 42 through which the feed is transported by the rotor 50 and discharged to the farm is formed at the circumferential portion, and an intake port 43 is included to transport and discharge the feed by the blowing force.

The inlet 41 is an upper part of the rotor chamber 40 and is formed in a circular shape, for example, at a place deviating from the center to the edge of the rotor chamber 40, and is on the opposite side of the discharge port 42 when the center line of the rotor chamber 40 is the reference. is placed on

The inlet 41 has a diameter smaller than the radius of the rotor chamber 40 .

The discharge port 42 is formed through a discharge duct 44 formed to protrude from the circumference of the rotor chamber 40 . The discharge duct 44 has a small cross-sectional area (for example, 1/4 to 1/5) compared to the rotor chamber 40 and is formed in a tangential direction in contact with the edge of the rotor chamber 40 .

The intake port 43 is shown as an example formed in the shape of a concentric circle with the center of the rotor chamber 40 at the top, and when the rotor 50 rotates, it sucks in air from the outside and discharges it into the rotor chamber 40 ( 42) to generate a blowing force. Thus, the inlet 41, the inlet 43, and the outlet 42 are formed in order.

The position of the inlet port 43 is determined according to the fact that external air is introduced into the rotor chamber 40 by the rotational force of the rotor 50 and feed is transferred toward the outlet port 42 by the blowing force. In addition, it may be formed in a curved shape so as to face the discharge port 42 from the opposite side of the discharge port 42 .

The inlet port 43 can also be opened and closed by a baffle plate.

The outlet 42 is opened and closed through the cover 45. The cover 45 opens the discharge port 42 when feed is supplied (see FIG. 5) and closes the discharge port 42 at normal times (see FIG. 4) to prevent the feed in the discharge duct 44 from falling and also form water. Prevents contamination and humid atmosphere of the discharge duct 44 due to the inflow of

The opening and closing method of the cover 45 can be implemented in various ways. For example, by forming curved arms on both left and right sides of the cover 45 and connecting the motor 46 to one of the arms, the motor 46 The discharge port 42 is opened or closed by rotating the arm and the cover 45 by the rotational force of .

The rotor 50 includes two or more (three are shown as an example) vanes 51, and the central hub is rotatably supported (shaft-connected) to the rotor chamber 40, and the rotor chamber 40 The feed is transferred to the discharge port 42 while rotating using the motor 53 installed at the bottom as a driving source, and the feed is transported by generating a blowing force.

The vane 51 has a concave curved shape toward the discharge port 42 so that feed falling through the inlet port 41 is transported to the discharge port 42 and an air flow toward the discharge port 42 is formed.

The rotor 50 may be configured with a circular lower plate 52 at the bottom of the vanes 51 . The disc helps to prevent rotation failure of the rotor 50 by preventing food from being caught between the rotor 50 and the rotor chamber 40 .

The motors 31 , 46 , and 52 applied to the present invention are capable of manual control and automatic control respectively and combined operation. Manual control is to manually turn on/off each of the motors 31, 46, and 52, and automatic control is control based on operation of the operation switch and stop switch, for example, when the operation switch is selected, the motor 31, When the motors 46 and 52 are turned on at the same time to supply feed and select the stop switch, the motors 31, 46 and 52 are simultaneously turned off and stopped. When stopped, the motor 31 of the feeder screw 30 - the motor 53 of the rotor 50 - the motor of the cover 45 ( 46) can be controlled to stop with a time difference.

Automatic control includes setting a feeding time and automatically operating for a certain time according to the feeding time to supply a certain amount of feed.

As the power of the motors 31, 46, and 52, commercial power, batteries, and renewable energy (solar energy) can all be used.

In addition, an emergency switch, an alarm, and a monitor (screen output such as motor speed, feeder screw rotation speed, and cover opening/closing status) are also provided.

The feed supply method by the automatic aquaculture feed feeder according to the present invention is as follows.

1. Feed input.

In the stop state of the feeder, enough feed is put into the feed storage unit 11.

2. Feeding.

When the operation switch is operated, power is applied to the motors 31, 46, and 52, and thus the feeder screw 30 and the rotor 50 are driven, and the lid 45 is opened to open the discharge port 42. .

The feeder screw 30 feeds the feed falling from the hopper plate 13 into the rotor chamber 40 in a predetermined amount.

The rotor 50 rotates in the rotor chamber 40 to form an airflow directed toward the discharge port 42 before feed is introduced into the rotor chamber 40 .

The feed is introduced into the rotor chamber 40 through the inlet 41 of the rotor chamber 40, and the rotor 50 pushes the feed falling through the inlet 41 toward the discharge port 42 through the vane 51. In addition, the feed is pushed toward the discharge port 42 through air flow (blowing power) and transported.

After passing through the discharge duct 44, the feed is supplied into the aquaculture water while being dispersed to the farm through the discharge port 42.

10: cabinet, 11: feed storage unit
12: machine room, 13: hopper plate
14: lid, 15: cover for maintenance
20: screw chamber, 21: delivery pipe
30: feeder screw, 31,46,52: motor
40: rotor chamber,
41: inlet, 42: outlet
43: intake port, 44: discharge duct
45: cover,
50: rotor, 51: vane
52: lower plate, 53: motor

Claims (5)

a feeder for transporting the feed stored in the feed storage unit by a predetermined amount;
It is circular when viewed from a plane, and an inlet is formed at the top through which it penetrates vertically and is connected to the conveyor, while a discharge port that opens in the lateral direction is provided on the circumference, and the rotor accommodates the feed conveyed through the conveyor therein with the chamber;
an intake port formed in the rotor chamber to communicate with the outside;
A rotor rotatably installed in the rotor chamber and transporting and supplying feed accommodated in the rotor chamber,
The rotor includes two or more vanes formed in a concave curved shape toward the discharge port, and sucks external air through the intake port through the vane to form an airflow toward the discharge port, while discharging and supplying feed with a physical transfer force,
The inlet of the rotor chamber is formed on the opposite side of the discharge port as a place away from the center of the rotor chamber toward the edge, and the inlet is formed in the upper part of the rotor chamber in a concentric circle shape with the center of the rotor chamber, so that the inlet and the inlet are formed. And an automatic feeder for aquaculture, characterized in that the discharge port is formed in order. The automatic feed feeder for aquaculture according to claim 1, further comprising a curved delivery pipe connecting an outlet of the transporter and an inlet of the rotor chamber. delete The automatic feed feeder for aquaculture according to claim 1, wherein the discharge port is opened and closed through a cover. The method according to claim 1, wherein the feeder is rotatably installed in a screw chamber into which feed supplied from an upper feed storage unit is introduced, and a feeder screw that is rotatably installed in the screw chamber and transfers the feed introduced into the screw chamber to the rotor chamber by a predetermined amount. Automatic feeder for aquaculture, characterized in that it comprises a.

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