KR20160131343A - Touch sensor for pig feeds supplying - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a livestock feeding apparatus having a touch sensor for supplying feed, more particularly, to a touch sensor capable of adsorbing impact during a process of livestock operating a sensor while minimizing noise due to collision between sensors at the same time. To this end, the apparatus comprises: a feed storage tank; a feed supply pipe supplying feed stored in the feed storage tank to a feed support installed on the bottom surface; an opening/closing member opening or closing an internal pathway of the feed supply pipe; and a sensor unit operating the opening/closing member by an electric signal, wherein the sensor unit comprises: a control unit controlling operation of the opening/closing member; a terminal unit transferring the electric signal to the control unit; a support pipe connected to the terminal unit and supported thereby; a sensor shaft installed while penetrating the support pipe and selectively contacting the terminal unit to generate the electric signal; and a touch plate installed to a distal end of the sensor shaft to allow pigs to lift the sensor shaft with a snout, wherein the sensor shaft further comprises an external elastic body further installed on outer diameter of the distal end thereof to elastically support the touch plate such that the touch plate does not contact the support pipe.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a touch sensor for feeding a feed for pork,

[0001] The present invention relates to a touch sensor for feeding a poultry feed, and more particularly, to a poultry feed sensor which absorbs shocks during operation of a sensor and minimizes generation of noise due to impingement between sensors The present invention relates to a touch sensor for feeding a feed.

Generally, livestock such as pigs, cows, dogs, etc. differ in the amount of feed consumed by each individual, and the amount of feed varies depending on the growth period, such as physique conditions and body weight, and an appropriate amount of feed is fed correspondingly. In particular, the amount of dietary feed varies considerably in the case of pigs depending on the initial or middle pregnancy period, terminal period, pre / post, non - lactation period, non - lactation period, and pregnancy waiting period. Thus, by controlling the weight by age, mountain discrimination, and pregnancy period, it is possible to produce a lot of healthy piglets. For this purpose, an appropriate amount of feed and drinking water are artificially controlled.

Such a livestock feeding apparatus is usually provided with a touch sensor for controlling feeding of feed.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a conventional touch sensor.

6, the conventional touch sensor 340 includes a touch plate 352 which is exposed to the inner space of the feed pedestal 14 so that the livestock can be pushed up by the spout, A sensor shaft 350 installed vertically upright and moving up and down vertically by an impact applied to the touch plate 352 and a space 344 through which the sensor shaft 350 passes, And a terminal portion which is provided at the tip of the support pipe 342 and outputs an electrical signal generated by the contact due to the vertical movement of the sensor shaft 350 to the control unit to open the opening and closing member .

However, in the conventional touch sensor 340, the touch plate 352 of metal is pushed up by the livestock or the sensor shaft 350 which is pushed up is lowered, and the touch plate 352, the support pipe 342, The support pipe 342 is severely impaired and the noise is badly affected not only by the growth of the young lambs but also by the fact that there are hundreds of the above touch sensors installed in the housing where the livestock grows in large quantities Therefore, it is urgently required to improve the noise level as the noise level reaches a serious level.

In addition, the sensor of the touch type has a disadvantage in that the sensitive components of the sensor frequently break down due to the shock generated during the loading process, which often requires maintenance and repair work, resulting in poor workability due to non-economic aspects and troublesomeness.

Document 1: Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2013-0012147

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a poultry feed feeder which can absorb shocks during operation of a livestock sensor, And a touch sensor.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a touch sensor for feeding livestock feed of a pig feed, comprising a feed reservoir, a feed line for feeding the feed stored in the feed reservoir to a feed support on the bottom, And a sensor unit for operating the opening and closing member with an electrical signal, wherein the sensor unit is connected to a negative terminal tube which is supported by the feed pipe and conducts current, A positive terminal cap fitted to the tip of the terminal tube and electrically connected to the positive terminal of the terminal tube, a support tube positioned at the lower end of the terminal tube and having an upper space and a lower portion opened, (-) terminal tube, the end of which is exposed to the lower end of the support tube in a state of passing through the inner space of the support tube, and a sensor shaft Said comprising a touch plate to allow a pig to be pushed into the mouth, the touch, the outer end of the sensor shaft plate is characterized by the outer elastic member is installed to support more resilient so as not to contact the end of the support tube.

Preferably, the lower cap is detachably coupled to the lower end of the support tube, an inner elastic body is inserted into the lower cap, and the inner elastic body elastically supports the stopper provided on the outer diameter of the sensor shaft .

It is preferable that the upper cap is detachably coupled to the upper end of the support pipe, and an elastic body is further provided between the upper cap and the sensor protection pipe.

The present invention provides an inner and outer elastic body between the touch plate and the lower cap and between the lower cap and the sensor shaft so that the contact between the touch plate and the lower cap does not occur even if the pigs push up the touch plate with the spout When the shaft is lowered, the contact between the stopper and the lower cap is prevented from occurring so that noise can be prevented from being generated, and damage due to contact is prevented.

In addition, the sensor shaft can be quickly returned (lowered) to prevent malfunction.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a touch sensor for feeding a feed of a pig feed according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Fig.
Fig. 2 is a three-dimensional view showing the configuration of the touch sensor for feeding shown in Fig. 1; Fig.
Fig. 3 is a detailed view taken from the portion "A" in Fig.
FIG. 4 is a detailed view of the "B" portion of FIG.
5 is a view showing a structure of a terminal portion according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a view showing the structure of a conventional pig feed feed. Fig.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the following detailed description, only two embodiments of the present invention will be described in order to achieve the above-mentioned technical problems. And other embodiments which may be presented by the present invention are replaced by descriptions in the constitution of the present invention.

Meanwhile, among the terms suggested in the present invention, the inner and outer elastic bodies and the elastic body are provided for the purpose of attenuating noise and impact, and it is preferable to use a spring as the elastic body type. In addition, Also,

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, Fig.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pig feeder includes a feed reservoir 10, a feed reservoir 10 disposed below the feed reservoir 10, A feed pipe 12 for feeding the feed pipe 14 to the feed pedestal 14 and a feed pipe 12 for feeding the feed pipe 12 to the inside of the feed pipe 12, And an opening / closing member (20) for opening and closing the flow path (13).

The opening and closing member 20 includes a terminal portion 22 electrically connected to the sensor shaft 50 of the touch sensor 40 and a power supply portion 32 receiving the electric signal of the terminal portion 22, A control unit 30 connected to the shaft of the motor 28 and rotated by the power of the motor 28 in a state where the internal flow path 13 of the feed pipe 12 is closed, And a disk 34 for opening the internal flow path 13 of the feed pipe 12. [

The terminal portion 22 is connected to the feed pipe and is connected to a negative terminal tube 24 for flowing a negative current and a positive terminal to the positive terminal tube 24, (+) Terminal cap 26. When the sensor shaft 50 inserted into the (-) terminal tube 24 ascends and contacts the (+) terminal cap 26, an electric signal is generated The control unit 30 outputs a signal. At this time, the terminal portion may be directly connected to the feed support or the stole, outside the feed supply pipe.

The touch sensor 40 operates the opening and closing member 20 by making the sensor shaft 50 electrically contact with the terminal portion 22 in accordance with the operation of raising the touch plate 52 upward with the spout, Is a means provided for the purpose of allowing the person to ingest the food himself.

The touch sensor 40 includes a support pipe 42, a sensor shaft 50, and a touch plate 52.

The support pipe 42 is located below the (-) terminal tube 24 of the terminal unit 22 and is formed by opening the upper and lower ends in the form of a pipe of a cylinder, and a space 44 is formed therein And is installed vertically below the (-) terminal tube (24).

The upper and lower caps 46 and 48 are screwed and detachably connected to the upper and lower open ends of the support pipe 42. The upper and lower caps 46 and 48 are connected to the support pipe 42 Or the upper and lower ends of the frame.

The sensor shaft 50 is installed through the inner space 44 of the support pipe 42. The tip 50a of the sensor shaft 50 is inserted into the negative terminal tube 24, -) terminal tube 24 and the end 50b thereof is connected to the touch plate 52 with the lower end of the support tube 42 exposed.

The sensor shaft 50 maintains a certain distance from the (+) terminal cap 26 in a state of being electrically connected to the (-) terminal tube 24 and pushes the touch plate 52 up to the mouth of the pig And is in contact with the center of the (+) terminal cap 26 fitted in the (-) terminal tube 24 to generate an electric conduction state and generate an electric signal.

The tip 50b of the sensor shaft 50 is connected to the center of the touch plate 52 and the touch plate 52 has a diameter larger than the diameter of the sensor shaft. , The pigs can push up the sensor shaft 50 with the spout when the pigs have to lift the sensor shaft 50 to feed the feed.

FIG. 3 attached herewith is a drawing showing in detail the "A" portion of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the outer elastic body 60 is fitted to the outer diameter of the end of the sensor shaft 50 provided with the touch plate 52.

The outer elastic body 60 is contracted in the process of pushing up the touch plate 52 to feed the feed and the elastic plate 60 is elastically supported so that the touch plate 52 does not adhere to the lower cap 48 of the support pipe 42 Thereby preventing the generation of noise due to contact between the touch plate 52 and the lower cap 48. In addition, when the mouth of the pig is separated from the touch plate 52, the elastic plate 52 returns to the initial state do.

Normally, the touch plate 52 is made of a metallic material having high durability in consideration of the impact thereof as the pigs are pushed up by the snout. Such a metal touch plate 52 can prevent breakage due to impact The outer elastic body 60 may be attached to the lower cap 48 connected to the lower end of the supporting tube 42. In this case, Since the elastic force is supported so as not to come into direct contact with the cap 48, the generation of such noise can be fundamentally cut off and the service life of the parts can be extended due to the absence of impact due to contact between the touch plate 52 and the lower cap 48 have.

The inner elastic body 70 is inserted into the lower cap 48 and the stopper 54 formed on the outer diameter of the sensor shaft 50 moves downward And is elastically supported so as not to hit the inner surface of the lower cap 48 according to the operation.

That is, the sensor shaft 50 performs a descending operation due to its own weight when the pour spout is separated from the touch plate 52. At this time, the sensor shaft 50 is prevented from coming off too much under the support pipe 42 The stopper 54 for restricting the descending height is provided on the outer diameter of the lower cap 48. At this time, even when the stopper 54 hits the inner surface of the lower cap 48, The elastic body 70 elastically supports the stopper 54 and cuts off the contact between the stopper 54 and the lower cap 48 so that noise can be reduced.

FIG. 4 attached herewith is a drawing showing in detail the "B" portion of FIG.

4, an elastic body 80 is further provided between the upper cap 46 and the (-) terminal tube 24, which is coupled to the upper end of the support pipe 42. [ The elastic body 80 moves the sensor shaft upward while the pigs lift the touch plate 52 with the spout and the positive terminal tube 24 then rises and electrical contact is made to the positive terminal cap 26 The upper cap 46 and the lower end of the (-) terminal tube 24 are brought into contact with each other so that noise is not generated, .

5 is a view illustrating a structure of a terminal unit according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5, the terminal portion 122 is not a contact type sensor as in the above-described embodiment but a non-contact type using light, and has a space for the tip end of the upper shaft 50a of the sensor shaft 50 to be located therein A sensor box 124, and an optical sensor 126 installed on the side surface of the sensor box 124 and sensing a rising / lowering motion of the sensor shaft 124 and outputting a signal to the controller.

At this time, the elastic member 180 is inserted into the outer diameter of the tip end of the upper shaft 50a, the sensor shaft 50a is prevented from descending further on the front end surface of the upper shaft 50a, A stopper 190 is provided. The elastic member 180 is disposed between the stopper 190 and the upper cap 46 coupled to the tip of the support pipe 42 when the upper shaft 50a is moved up and down, Thereby preventing noise from being generated.

Hereinafter, the operation of a feed sensor for feeding a feed of pork according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

The sensor shaft 50 installed at the upper center of the touch plate 52 penetrates through the inner space 44 of the support tube 42 when the pigs push the touch plate 52 to the snout to feed the feed The sensor shaft 50 is inserted into the negative terminal tube 24 and electrically connected to the negative terminal tube 24 in the state where the touch plate 52 is in contact with the negative terminal tube 24. [ (+) Terminal cap 26 fitted to the tip of the (-) terminal tube 24 in the process of rising by the pushing pressure, and at the same time, it is electrically conducted to generate an electric signal.

When an electric signal is generated by the operation of the sensor shaft 50, the control unit 30 applies power to the motor 28 through the power supply unit 32 and is connected to the shaft of the motor 28 The disk 34 rotates and opens the internal flow path 13 of the feed pipe 12 to discharge the feed stored in the feed reservoir 10 to the feed pod 14 on the bottom so that the pigs can feed the feed do.

Meanwhile, when the pigs push up the touch plate 52 to feed the feed, the touch plate 52 is elastically supported by the external elastic body 60 fitted to the outer diameter of the end of the sensor shaft 50, The touch panel 52 and the lower cap 48 can be prevented from being damaged by the impact due to the contact as well as no noise is generated during use.

Even when the sensor shaft 50 performs a descending operation by its own weight, the stopper 54 formed on the outer diameter of the sensor shaft 50 is positioned inside the lower cap 48 of the support tube 42 It is not elastically supported by the elastic body 70 and does not directly contact the inner surface of the lower cap 48, so that no noise is generated even when the sensor shaft 50 is lowered.

10: feed reservoir 12: feed feeder
13: Euro 14: Feed support
20: opening / closing member 22:
24: (-) terminal tube 26: (+) terminal cap
28: motor 34: disk
40: touch sensor 42: support tube
46: upper cap 48: lower cap
50: sensor shaft 52: touch plate
54: stopper 60: outer elastic body
70: inner elastic body 80: elastic body

Claims (5)

In a touch sensor for feeding a feed for pigs,
Feed reservoir;
A feed pipe for feeding the feed stored in the feed storage container to a feed support provided on the floor;
An opening and closing member that opens and closes an internal flow path of the feed pipe;
And a sensor unit for operating the opening / closing member with an electrical signal;
The sensor unit includes:
A control unit for controlling operation of the opening and closing member;
A terminal unit for transmitting an electric signal to the control unit;
A support pipe connected to the terminal portion;
A sensor shaft installed to penetrate through the support tube and selectively contacting the terminal portion to generate an electric signal;
And a touch plate installed at an end of the sensor shaft and allowing the pigs to lift the sensor shaft with the spout;
Wherein an outer elastic body is further provided on an outer diameter of an end of the sensor shaft so as to support the touch plate so as not to contact the support pipe.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein a lower cap is detachably coupled to a lower end of the support tube, an inner elastic body is inserted into the lower cap, and the inner elastic body elastically supports a stopper provided at an outer diameter of the sensor shaft Pork feed grade Touch sensor for feeding.
3. The method of claim 2,
The terminal portion comprising:
(-) terminal tube which is supported by the feed pipe and conducts a (-) current and contacts the sensor shaft therein;
And a positive terminal cap which is fitted to the tip of the negative terminal tube and conducts a positive current and is in contact with the sensor shaft in accordance with the ascending and descending movement of the sensor shaft. Touch sensor for supply.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein an upper cap is detachably coupled to an upper end of the support tube, and an elastic body is further provided between the upper cap and the (-) terminal tube.
The method according to claim 1,
The terminal portion comprising:
A sensor box having a space in which the tip of the sensor shaft is located;
And a photosensor installed through the side surface of the sensor box and sensing a rising / lowering motion of the sensor shaft and outputting a signal to the controller;
Wherein a stopper for preventing a descent of the sensor shaft by a predetermined amount or more is provided on a surface of a distal end of the sensor shaft, and an elastic body is fitted on an outer diameter of a distal end of the sensor shaft.

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