KR20100116348A - Automatic humid-typed feeder for growing pigs and method using thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An automatic wet type feeder for pig farming to increase management efficiency and promote pig growth and a method of use are provided to increase the management efficiency and reduce the working amount by minimizing feed spoilage. CONSTITUTION: A hopper(100) is formed on the upper side. A stirring unit is fixed to a rotating rod installed within the hopper. A stirring unit comprises a plurality of impellers which revolves around a drive motor while being fixed to the rotating rod installed at the hopper. A feeder(300) is installed to the lower side of the hopper. The feeder is arranged in the lower of the hopper while being separated with the inner wall of hopper. A protrusion is formed in the central part so that the upper end come to the location higher than the bottom of the hopper. A water supply unit(400) includes a controlling unit which supplies the water to the feed container in order to control amount of the provided water.

Description

AUTOMATIC WET FEEDER FOR SOCKS AND HOW TO USE IT {AUTOMATIC HUMID-TYPED FEEDER FOR GROWING PIGS AND METHOD USING THEREOF}

The present invention relates to an automatic wet feed for pigs and a method of using the same, and more particularly, to an automatic wet feed for pigs and a method of using the same for feeding pigs to automatically adjust and automatically feed the amount of feed of pigs. will be.

In general, feeders that feed compound feed in pig farms are classified into dry and wet (liquid) feeders.

The dry feeder is a form (powder, crumble, pellet feed) that is supplied to a pig farm in a compound feed plant as it is, and the wet feeder is attached to a water supply device (nipple, water cup, etc.) to mix the feed and water. It is a form.

Here, the wet feed machine can reduce the number of times the feed supply by supplying the feed and water in a short time compared to the dry feed, it can also minimize the loss of feed and reduce the generation of dust.

In pig-developed countries, the benefits of wet feeding have already been proven, and despite the fact that farmers are already aware of it, increasing numbers of farms that avoid using or replacing wet feeders with dry feeders because they are difficult to manage. A problem occurred.

This is due to the fact that current wet feeders cannot structurally control the supply of water and feed, and in particular, the feed accumulated in the feed is likely to be contaminated or deteriorated, especially in the hot and humid environment in summer. The mixed feed once the stock is more than 500 times better than humans refuse to eat, so the situation is often raised by farmers to shed the feed.

Therefore, it takes a lot of labor to clean and manage the wet feeder, and the loss of feed increases, thus increasing the management and maintenance costs.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, to minimize the loss of feed caused by the accumulation of feed in particular, in the summer, while minimizing the occurrence of spoilage of feed, the administrator's work load by regular automatic supply of feed It is possible to increase the management efficiency of pigs by reducing, and at the same time to provide pigs automatic wet feeding and how to use it to promote the growth of pigs.

Automatic pig feeder of the present invention devised to achieve the object as described above, the hollow hopper having a feed inlet formed on the top; Stirring means fixed to a rotating rod installed inside the hopper and including a plurality of impellers rotated by a driving motor; A feed container disposed below the hopper, spaced apart from an inner wall of the hopper, and having a protrusion formed at a central portion thereof so that an upper end thereof is higher than a lower end of the hopper; Water supply means for supplying water into the feeding container and including an adjustment means installed to open and close the water to control the amount of water supplied; Feed liquid detection rod for detecting the feed liquid level in the feed container mixed with the feed and water; And a controller unit electrically connected to the driving motor, the water supply means, and the feed liquid sensing rod to control the operation of the drive motor and the water supply means by receiving the measured value from the feed liquid sensing rod.

And, the stirring means, at least one first impeller installed to contact the upper surface of the protrusion; A second impeller having a screw shape on the upper side of the first impeller; It characterized in that it comprises a third impeller is installed on the upper side of the second impeller in contact with the inner wall of the hopper.

In addition, the feed liquid detection rod is made of a material having an electrical conductivity and at least two or more spaced apart from each other along the circumference of the hopper is installed, the lower end is arranged to contact the bottom surface of the feed container, the controller portion of the feed liquid It is characterized by determining the level of the feed liquid by detecting the change in the micro-pass current value detected by the feed liquid sensing rod according to the water level.

In addition, the controller unit is characterized in that the feed liquid is insufficient when the average value of the micro-pass current detected by each feed liquid sensing rod and compared with the preset value, if less than the preset value.

In addition, the feed liquid detection rod is extended to the upper side from the lower end is bent toward the hopper side, characterized in that the upper end is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the hopper.

In addition, the water supply means,

Pipes connected to an external water reservoir or water supply; In communication with the pipe is coupled to the upper edge of the feed container, it characterized in that it comprises a spray pipe is installed a plurality of injection nozzles.

In addition, the adjusting means is characterized in that the solenoid valve is installed in the pipe.

In addition, the injection pipe is characterized in that the ring shape.

In addition, the distance between the upper outer peripheral surface of the protrusion and the lower inner wall of the hopper is characterized in that 1 ~ 3cm.

In addition, the controller unit is characterized in that it comprises an LCD panel that displays the accumulated feed amount.

In order to achieve the object as described above, the method of using the automatic wet feeder for swine of the present invention, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting the automatic feeding mode or manual feeding mode of feed and water; (b) if the automatic feeding mode is selected in step (a), detecting a fine passage current flowing through the feed liquid sensing rod; And (c) if the detection result of the step (b), if the passing current value of the feed liquid sensing rod is less than the predetermined value, the controller determines that the feed liquid is insufficient and supplies the feed and water through the stirring means and the water supply means Characterized in that it comprises a step.

In the step (c), after the passage current value of the feed liquid sensing rod is determined to be equal to or less than a predetermined value, the feed and water are supplied after a predetermined time has elapsed.

In addition, the feed liquid detection rod of step (b) is provided with at least two or more dogs, the controller unit in the step (c) is a feed liquid if the average value of the passing current value of the plurality of feed liquid detection rods is less than a predetermined value It is characterized by judging this lack state.

In addition, if the manual feed mode is selected in the step (a), the feed amount and the water feed amount according to the age of the pig is changed and set on the controller portion, and the set feed amount is set first, second 2, the rotational speed of the third impeller, the water supply amount is characterized in that the opening degree of the adjusting means.

According to the automatic wet feed for pigs and the method of using the same according to the present invention described above, by installing the first, second, and third impeller inside the hopper, it is possible to supply the feed in an appropriate amount, and the feed particles inside the hopper may It can be prevented from sticking and also prevents food from being attached to the inside of the hopper and prevented from being discharged to the outside.

In addition, by determining whether the feed liquid is insufficient through a simple configuration of the feed liquid sensing rod and the control unit, it is possible to prevent the loss due to the accumulation of feed and also to produce more economically.

In addition, by attaching an LCD panel to the control unit, the user can visually check the total feed amount of the feed, so that the feed amount of the feed can be easily adjusted later.

In addition, by limiting the distance between the upper outer peripheral surface of the protrusion and the lower inner wall of the hopper to 1 ~ 3cm, there is an effect that can smoothly discharge the feed and at the same time the discharge of the feed through the rotation of the impeller.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing an automatic wet feeder for pigs according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a partial cutaway perspective view of FIG.

Piglet automatic wet (liquid) feeder according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the hopper 100, the stirring means 200, the feeding container 300, the water supply means 400, It comprises a feed solution sensing rod 500 and the controller 600.

The hopper 100 is made of a hollow shape in which the feed inlet 110 is formed to inject powder, pellets, crumble-type feed on the top, specifically, the lower portion than the upper portion is made of a small cross-sectional area.

A cover (not shown) may be further provided above the hopper 100.

In addition, a separate support 120 is installed on the upper inner wall of the hopper 100, and the support 120 is equipped with a drive motor 130 for rotating the stirring means 200 to be described later.

In addition, one side of the hopper 100 is provided with a controller unit 600 to be described later, the operation of the drive motor 130 is to be controlled by the controller unit 600.

Here, the installation position of the controller 600 is not necessarily limited to the above-described position.

On the other hand, the hollow portion of the hopper 100 is provided with a rotating rod 140, one end is connected to the drive motor 130 extending downward.

The stirring means 200 is to stir the feed fed into the hopper 100 to smoothly feed the feed and to prevent the feed from sticking to the inner wall of the hopper 100, the rotating rod by the drive motor 130 ( It is fixed to the rotating rod 140 so as to rotate simultaneously with the rotating rod 140 at the time of rotation of the 140.

Here, as shown in Figure 2, the stirring means 200 has a three-stage impeller structure, specifically one or more first impeller installed to contact the upper surface of the protrusion 310 of the feeding container 300 to be described later 210, a second impeller 220 having a screw shape installed on the upper side of the first impeller 210, and a portion of the second impeller 220 installed on the upper side of the second impeller 220 to be in contact with an inner wall of the hopper 100. It is composed of a third impeller 230.

The first impeller 210 is for feeding the feed stacked from the feed inlet 110 and stacked on the upper surface of the protrusion 310 of the feed container 300 into the feed container 300 space.

The first impeller 210 preferably has a shape that is bent in the longitudinal direction toward the outer end from the inner end near the rotating rod 140 to push the feed more effectively.

The second impeller 220 is particularly to prevent the food particles in the form of powder to stick to each other to smoothly supply the feed, preferably has a substantially screw shape.

This screw shape may be made of a structure having the same upper and lower radius, and may be made of a larger radius of any one of the upper and lower in order to more efficiently agitate the powdered feed.

The third impeller 230 is for preventing a portion of the feed introduced into the hopper 100 from being attached to the inner wall of the hopper 100, but in FIG. 2, a plurality of wires are connected, but the shape is necessarily limited. It does not have to be a certain portion having a state in contact with the inner wall of the hopper (100).

The feed container 300 is disposed below the hopper 100 to store the feed discharged from the hopper 100 and the water supplied by the water supply means 400 to be described later, the edge extending upward on the edge It is made of a structure provided with an additional.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 2, the central portion of the feeding container 300 is spaced apart from the lower inner wall of the hopper 100, the protrusion 310 is formed so that the upper end is higher than the lower end of the hopper 100. .

The protrusion 310 is formed with a fastening hole, and the other end of the rotating rod 140 is inserted into the fastening hole so as to be rotatable.

That is, the feed container 300 has a structure in which the feed and water are stored in the concave space between the edge portion and the protrusion 310.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the feed discharged directly from the inside of the hopper 100 by the rotation of the first impeller 210 by the operation of the drive motor 130, the outer peripheral surface of the upper end of the protrusion 310 and the It is discharged to the food container 300 through the spaced space between the bottom inner wall of the hopper 100, the separation distance is preferably 1 ~ 3cm.

If the separation distance is less than 1cm, the distance is so narrow that the discharge of the feed may not be smooth, if the distance exceeds 3cm feed fed to the feed inlet 110 is discharged at once all of the feed to be described later There arises a problem that sequential discharge control is not possible.

The water supply means 400 is provided to supply water into the feed container 300, and comprises an adjustment means installed to enable the opening and closing to adjust the amount of water supplied.

In detail, the water supply means 400 includes a pipe 410 connected to an external water storage device such as a water tank or a water supply device, and an injection pipe 420 communicating with the pipe 410.

Here, the injection pipe 420 is coupled to the upper side of the upper edge of the feed container 300, that is, along the rim of the feed container 300, and is provided with a plurality of injection nozzles 421 to face the inside of the feed container 300. .

Therefore, the injection pipe 420 has a ring shape of a substantially circular or polygonal shape according to the outer shape of the feed container 300.

On the other hand, the pipe 410 is provided with the adjusting means, the solenoid valve 430 which can be electrically controlled by the controller unit 600 to be described later may be applied to the adjusting means.

In addition, the spray angle of the water sprayed through the spray nozzle 421 is preferably in the range of about -30 ° to -50 ° based on the horizontal, but does not necessarily limit the spray angle.

The feed liquid detection rod 500 is for detecting the feed liquid level of the mixed state of the feed and water stored in the feed container 300, is electrically connected to the controller unit 600 to be described later, the lower end of the feed container ( At least two or more are installed to be spaced apart from each other along the circumference of the hopper 100 in contact with the bottom surface of the 300.

Specifically, the feed liquid detection rod 500 is extended to the upper side from the lower end, and then bent toward the hopper 100 and the upper end may be fixed directly to the outer peripheral surface of the hopper or to a separate ring surrounding the hopper. .

Here, the reason for bending the feed solution detection rod 500 toward the hopper 100 is that the pigs are injured by the pigs when they ingest the feed solution and prevent the pigs from ingesting the feed solution. To prevent this.

On the other hand, the feed liquid detection rod 500 is preferably made of a material having a predetermined or more electrical conductivity for detecting the feed liquid level to be described later, more preferably, easily broken when the pig head, etc. without being corroded in water More preferably, it is made of a stainless material having a certain strength or more.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the controller 600 is electrically connected to the feed liquid detection rod 500, specifically the upper end of the feed liquid detection rod 500, to each feed liquid detection rod 500 After applying the fine current, the micro-change current value is slightly changed and fed back according to the change of the feed liquid level, and then averaged to detect the feed liquid level automatically.

In the microcomputer of the controller 600, a preset passage current value, which may be determined as a lack of feed liquid by user's setting, is stored.

On the other hand, by averaging the passing current value detected from each feed liquid sensing rod 500 as described above, the actual feed liquid is not enough state, but the feed liquid is buried on the surface of any one or more feed liquid detection rods 500 Due to the controller 600 can prevent the misjudgment that the feed liquid is sufficient.

That is, the controller unit 600 determines that the feed current is insufficient when the fed back average pass current value is less than or equal to a predetermined value, and supplies an additional feed by transmitting an operation signal to the driving motor 130. In addition, the opening degree of the solenoid valve 430 is increased to further supply water.

Therefore, if the feed liquid supplied is sufficient, feed and water are not supplied as the fed-through current value exceeds the preset value, and when the feed liquid is completely consumed or consumed to some extent, the feed and Water is resupplied.

On the other hand, the controller 600 may divide the range of the feed-through current inputted into the feedback by dividing the range of shortage of the feed liquid in more detail, thereby determining the number of rotations of the driving motor 130 and The opening degree of the solenoid valve 430 may be adjusted.

The controller 600 is capable of executing the above-described description because it is electrically connected to the drive motor 130, the feed solution sensing rod 500 and the water supply means, specifically, the solenoid valve 430.

That is, the controller 600 receives the measured passage current value from the feed liquid sensing rod 500 as described above and compares it with a preset value, and then, based on this, the drive motor 130 and the water supply means By controlling the operation of the solenoid valve 430.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the feed of the almost uniform amount is discharged from the hopper 100 when the first, second, third impeller 210, 220, 230 by the drive of the drive motor 130, the controller The unit 600 is provided with an LCD panel 610 which displays the total feed amount accumulated since the setting moment of the user.

That is, the user can already know the approximate amount of feed discharged in one revolution of the impellers described above by a number of experiments, and the accumulated total feed amount is easily visually easily multiplied by the total number of revolutions of the impeller. You can check it.

Therefore, the user can easily adjust the amount of feed later.

Hereinafter, a method of using an automatic wet (liquid) feeder for swine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the control relationship of automatic wet feeder for pigs according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the controller 600 is a feed solution sensing rod for determining whether the feed solution in the feed container 300, the signal of the input unit 700 receives the feed mode of the feed and water through a switch operation of the user It is made to receive the measured value of 500, the signal of the timer 800.

In addition, the controller 600 determines the input signal and outputs a control signal for controlling the operation of the driving motor 130, the solenoid valve 430, and the like illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing a method of using a piglet automatic wet feeder according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, after the power supply of the automatic pig feeder for pigs is turned on, the controller 600 receives any one of an automatic feeding mode and a manual feeding mode of feed and water by a user's switch operation from the input unit 700 (S10). ).

The automatic feeding mode automatically determines whether the feed liquid is insufficient according to the measurement signal of the feed liquid detecting rod 500, and automatically supplies the feed and water through the operation of the driving motor 130 and the solenoid valve 430. This mode is for

On the other hand, the manual feed mode is a mode that is applied when the various user setting values of the controller 600 need to be changed, and when the user forcibly discharges the feed in the hopper 100 (S30).

For example, the user may set the feed amount and water supply amount according to the age of the pig by changing the controller portion, the feed amount is set to the rotation speed of the first, second, third impeller The amount of water supplied is related to the opening degree of the adjusting means.

In more detail, the controller 600 is provided with a switch such as 'large', 'medium', 'small' and the like, so that the amount of feed and water is adjusted according to the selection of the switch.

That is, the controller 600 controls the rotation speed of the driving motor 130 at the time of feeding the feed once, that is, the rotation speed of the first, second, and third impellers 210, 220, and 230 and the solenoid valve 430. The opening degree is adjusted.

For example, the automatic wet feeder according to the present invention is installed in a pig house of a young age, when the user selects the 'cow' switch, the controller unit so that the feed and water supply ratio is 1: 4 ~ 1:10. In 600, the first rotational speed of the drive motor and the opening degree of the solenoid valve are already stored.

In addition, the automatic wet feeder is installed in a large piglet house of the age, when the user selects the 'large' switch, the controller unit 600 is such that the feed and water supply ratio is approximately 1: 1 ~ 1: 1.5 The second rotational speed of the drive motor and the opening degree of the solenoid valve are already memorized.

At this time, in order to supply more feeds to the pigs of a large age than young pigs, the second rotational speed of the drive motor is preferably set to be greater than the first rotational speed.

Next, after the step S10, by determining the selected mode (S20), if the automatic supply mode is selected, the controller 600 detects the fine passage current value of the feed liquid detection rod 500 (S40).

On the contrary, if it is determined in the manual supply mode in step S20 that can be performed above step S30.

Next, the controller 600 determines whether or not the passage current value of the feed liquid sensing rod 500 is less than or equal to a preset value in step S40 (S50).

If the state exceeds the preset value, the step S40 is repeated.

As a result of the determination in step S50, if the preset value is less than or equal to the controller unit 600 determines that the feed liquid is insufficient and supplies the feed and water by controlling the driving motor 130 and the solenoid valve 430 (S70). .

That is, as described above, the controller 600 determines that the feed liquid in the feed container 300 is insufficient when the measured passing current value of the feed liquid detecting rod 500 is less than or equal to a preset value.

On the other hand, after the step S50, only if it is determined that a predetermined time has passed through the timer 800, the step may be added to perform the step S70 (S60).

In addition, at least two feed liquid detection rods 500 are installed, and in step S50, the controller 600 may measure an average value of the measured passing current values of the plurality of feed liquid detection rods 500 below a preset value. If it is determined that the feed liquid is insufficient.

However, a small amount of feed liquid may remain in the actual feed container 300. At this time, the timer 800 in the step S60 is for checking the delay time for complete exhaustion of the feed liquid in the feed container 300. will be.

Subsequently, it is determined whether the swine automatic wet feeder continues to operate (S80), and if the driving continues, the step S20 is repeated, otherwise the operation ends.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the scope of the present invention is not limited to such specific embodiments, and those skilled in the art may appropriately change within the scope described in the claims of the present invention. Or modifications may be possible.

1 is a perspective view showing an automatic wet feeder for pigs according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a partial cutaway perspective view of FIG. 1.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the control relationship of automatic wet feeder for pigs according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flow chart showing a method of using a piglet automatic wet feeder according to an embodiment of the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

100: hopper 110: feed inlet

120: support 130: drive motor

140: rotating rod 200: stirring means

210: first impeller 220: second impeller

230: third impeller 300: feed container

310: protrusion 400: water supply means

410: pipe 420: injection pipe

421: injection nozzle 430: solenoid valve

500: feed liquid detection rod 600: controller

610: LCD panel 700: input unit

800: timer

Claims (14)

Hollow hopper having a feed inlet formed on the top; Stirring means fixed to a rotating rod installed inside the hopper and including a plurality of impellers rotated by a driving motor; A feed container disposed below the hopper, spaced apart from an inner wall of the hopper, and having a protrusion formed at a central portion thereof so that an upper end thereof is higher than a lower end of the hopper; Water supply means for supplying water into the feeding container and including an adjustment means installed to open and close the water to control the amount of water supplied; Feed liquid detection rod for detecting the feed liquid level in the feed container mixed with the feed and water; And Pigment automatic wet type, characterized in that it is electrically connected to the drive motor, the water supply means and the feed liquid sensing rod and receives a measurement value from the feed liquid sensing rod to control the operation of the drive motor and the water supply means. Feeding. The method of claim 1, The stirring means, At least one first impeller installed to contact an upper surface of the protrusion; A second impeller having a screw shape on the upper side of the first impeller; Piglet automatic wet feeder characterized in that it comprises a third impeller is installed on the upper side of the second impeller in contact with the inner wall of the hopper. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The feed solution sensing rod is made of a material having an electrical conductivity, and at least two or more are spaced apart from each other along the circumference of the hopper, the lower end is disposed to contact the bottom surface of the feed container, The controller unit piglet automatic wet feeder characterized in that for determining the level of the feed liquid by detecting a change in the micro-pass current value detected in the feed liquid sensing rod according to the feed liquid level. The method of claim 3, The controller unit averages the micro-pass current value detected by each feed liquid sensing rod and compares it with a preset value, and if the feed value is less than the preset value, automatic pig feeder for pigs, characterized in that it is determined to be in a shortage state. The method of claim 3, The feed liquid detection rod is extended to the upper side from the lower end is bent toward the hopper side, the upper end is automatic pig feeder for pigs, characterized in that fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the hopper. The method of claim 1, The water supply means, Pipes connected to an external water reservoir or water supply; Is in communication with the pipe is coupled to the top of the feed bin, automatic pig feeder for pigs, characterized in that it comprises a spray pipe is installed a plurality of injection nozzles. The method of claim 6, Wherein the adjusting means is a solenoid valve installed in the pipe. The method of claim 6, Wherein the injection pipe is ring-shaped. The method of claim 1, Pigment automatic wet feeder, characterized in that the distance between the upper outer peripheral surface of the protrusion and the lower inner wall of the hopper is 1 ~ 3cm. The method of claim 1, The controller unit piglet automatic wet feeder, characterized in that it comprises an LCD panel that displays the accumulated feed amount. In the method of using the piglet automatic wet feeder according to claim 1, (a) selecting an automatic feeding mode or a manual feeding mode of feed and water; (b) if the automatic feeding mode is selected in step (a), detecting a fine passage current flowing through the feed liquid sensing rod; And (c) if the detection result of step (b) indicates that the feed current sensing rod is less than or equal to the preset value, the controller determines that the feed liquid is insufficient and supplies the feed and water through the stirring means and the water supply means. ≪ / RTI > The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of: The method of claim 11, In the step (c), After the passage current value of the feed liquid sensing rod is determined to be less than a predetermined value, the method of using a pig feeder automatic wet feeder characterized in that the feed and water is supplied in a predetermined time elapsed state. The method of claim 11, In the step (b), at least two or more feed solution detecting rods are installed, The method of using the automatic wet feed for pigs, characterized in that the controller in step (c) determines that the feed liquid is insufficient if the average value of the passage current value of the plurality of feed liquid sensing rods is less than the preset value. The method of claim 11, If the manual supply mode is selected in step (a), The feed and water supply of the feed according to the age of the pig is changed on the controller section, The set feed amount of the feed is related to the rotational speed of the first, second, third impeller, the water supply amount is related to the opening degree of the adjusting means characterized in that the method of using a wet pig feeder for swine.

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