KR20190059153A - Apparatus for Breeding and Collecting Cricket - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cricket breeding apparatus and a cricket collecting apparatus, provided to enhance productivity of breeding and collecting crickets. The cricket breeding apparatus includes: a first inhabitation unit having a recess portion and installed horizontally; and a plurality of second inhabitation units provided as an inhabitation space for crickets, having a recess portion, and disposed vertically on the first inhabitation unit. In addition, the cricket collecting apparatus includes: a housing having a predetermined space and an opened upper portion; a first upper surface portion tiltedly formed in the housing and having a plurality of holes; a second upper surface portion extending from the first upper surface portion and having an inlet; and a barrier formed on a lower portion of a boundary between the first and second upper surface portions and provided to divide the predetermined space into a first space and a second space.

Description

[0001] Apparatus for Breeding and Collecting Cricket [0002]

The present invention relates to a cricket breeding device and a collecting device, and more particularly, to a cricket breeding device and a collecting device capable of improving the productivity and efficiency of raising and collecting crickets.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) expects the world population to grow by more than 9 billion by 2050. Demand for food will also surge as population and income increase. In order to meet growing food demand, food production needs to be more than doubled by 2050, but despite the technological advances, current food production is not catching up with population growth. This is due to the fact that the farmland that can get enough yields due to climate change is decreasing. In response to these environmental changes, the insect industry recommended by the UN for future food is environmentally friendly and highly productive. Compared to livestock breeding, insect rearing is an evaluation that water, feed, and space are less used and adverse effects on the environment are less. Greenhouse gas emissions from insect breeding are also more environmentally friendly, accounting for only 10% of livestock rearing.

For this reason, interest in edible insects is increasing day by day, and one of the most notable insects in recent years is crickets. Crickets are a generic term for insects belonging to the order Orthoptera, Ensifera, Grylloidea, and Gryllidae. Crickets are effective in liver protection, anti-fatigue, anti-inflammatory effects, and are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, especially DHA, and are rich in chitosan. Crickets are not only used as feed for livestock but also for food in recent years. Particularly, crickets by crickets were listed as general food raw materials by the government on March 9, 2016.

As a result, crickets are expected to be a major source of income for farmers, and various devices for cricket breeding and capture are being proposed. At present, egg plates are generally used for raising crickets. In other words, the space where the concave and convex parts on the egg plate are made becomes the cricket's habitat. Generally, a large number of egg plates are vertically erected to create a cricket habitat.

For example, according to Korean Patent No. 10-1741999, it is proposed to use a support rod that horizontally penetrates a plurality of egg plates in order to vertically set a plurality of egg plates. However, in this method, the egg plate must be inserted into the support rod in order to erect the egg plate vertically, and the egg plate must be separated from the support rod in a reverse manner in order to collect the adult cricket. Therefore, according to the related art, there is a problem that work is inconvenient and productivity is not very good.

On the other hand, the Korean Registered Utility Model No. 20-0477103 proposes a cricket collecting device for capturing crested adult crickets. According to Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0477103, crickets are crushed into a box-shaped cricket trapper with an open top, and crickets are crushed by a separate cricket receiver (similar to a dustbin). Therefore, in the prior art, the cricket must be manually collected by hand, resulting in a problem that the collection efficiency is considerably deteriorated.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a cricket raising device and a collecting device capable of improving the productivity and collecting efficiency of cricket raising and collecting.

In order to solve the above-described problems, an embodiment of the present invention includes a first format unit having a concave portion and installed horizontally; And a plurality of unit second formatting units having a concave portion and installed vertically to the first formatting unit. And a separating member provided on a bottom surface of the first forming unit and spaced apart from the bottom of the first forming unit by a predetermined distance. The first forming unit may be made of a material resistant to moisture.

The first format unit and the unit second format unit may have the same shape and the same material. At this time, it is preferable that the first format unit and the unit second format unit are egg plates.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus comprising: a housing having a predetermined space and having an upper portion opened; A first upper surface portion inclined inside the housing and having a plurality of holes; A second upper surface portion extending from the first upper surface portion and having an inlet port; And a partition wall provided below the boundary between the first upper surface portion and the second upper surface portion and partitioning the predetermined space into a first space and a second space.

The first space may include a first drawer capable of being drawn in and out, and a second drawer capable of drawing in and out of the second space.

Effects of the cricket feeding device and the collecting device according to the present invention will be described as follows.

First, according to the present invention, it is easy to install and separate the cricket-type unit such as the egg plate, thereby increasing the productivity of the cricket.

Secondly, according to the present invention, it is possible to recycle the cricket-shaped unit such as the egg plate for a long time, thereby remarkably reducing the cost of raising the cricket.

Thirdly, according to the cricket collector according to the present invention, since the cricket itself is collected in the catcher, the productivity of the cricket capture can be increased.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a cricket raising apparatus according to the present invention.
2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a cricket collector according to the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view of Fig.

The embodiments described below are illustrative for the understanding of the invention, and the present invention can be variously modified and implemented in a manner different from the embodiments described herein. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. In addition, the attached drawings are not drawn to scale in order to facilitate understanding of the invention, but the dimensions of some of the components may be exaggerated.

As used herein, the terms first and second may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by these terms. Terms are used for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

Furthermore, the terms used in the present application are used only to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the rights. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It is noted that the terms "comprises", "comprising", or "comprising" in this application are intended to specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, components, components, or combinations thereof, But do not preclude the presence or addition of other features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

An embodiment of a cricket raising apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a cricket raising apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The cricket raising apparatus 100 includes a housing 10 forming an outer appearance, a forming unit 50 or 60 accommodated in the housing 10 to provide a space for a cricket, (70) spaced from the bottom surface (16, 17) of the body (10).

The housing 10 includes an upper frame 11 forming an upper periphery and a lower frame 12 and a lower frame 12 formed in a shape corresponding to the upper frame 11 and disposed below the upper frame 11, And a support frame (13) disposed between the upper frame (11) and the upper frame (11).

The frames 11, 12 and 13 constitute the front face 15, the rear face 15a, the side face 14 and the bottom faces 16 and 17. The front surface 15, the side surface 14 and the rear surface 15a may be formed of vinyl, cloth or the like joined to the frames 11, 12 and 13, and the bottom surfaces 16 and 17 may be formed of wood And the like.

The housing 10 having the above-described shape is described for convenience of a single unit housing. In general, a plurality of unit housings 10 are provided vertically, horizontally, and vertically. Therefore, the side surface 14 and the rear surface 15a of the housing 10 are usually clogged, and the upper portion is blocked by the bottom surface of the other housing. However, the front surface 15 is partially opened and the stylus unit 50 or 60 is drawn into or drawn out from the housing 10 through the opened portion 15b.

The bottom surfaces 16 and 17 of the housing 10 may be partitioned into a seating portion 17 and a front portion 16 positioned in front of the seating portion 17. [ Form units (50, 60) are placed on the seat part (17), and the front part (16) is usually placed with a straw.

The formatting units 50 and 60 will now be described.

The form units 50 and 60 are accommodated in the housing 10. First, one format unit 50a, 60 will be described as follows. Hereinafter, one format unit 50a, 60 is referred to as an "unit format unit" for the sake of convenience. The unit forming units 50a and 60 are provided with a plurality of concave portions 61 forming a space in which the crickets live. The space between the concave portions 61 may be a protruding portion 63 or a flat portion. The unit formatting units 50a and 60 may be appropriately manufactured and used so as to have a space for a cricket. Generally, an egg plate of a paper material satisfying such functions is used as the unit format units 50a and 60. Therefore, for convenience of explanation, an egg plate will be described as an example of unit form units 50a and 60 as an example.

Next, the first formatting unit 60 and the second formatting unit 50 will be described. For example, it is preferable that the first format unit 60 is a unit format unit and the second format unit 50 is composed of a plurality of unit format units 50a. 1, the first formatting unit 60 and the second formatting unit 50 are shown one by one, but in practice, it is general that a plurality of such formatting units are arranged in the housing 10 in left and right directions.

The first forming unit 60 is installed horizontally. And a plurality of unit second format units 50a are vertically installed. It is preferable that the plurality of unit second format units 50a are installed alternately. That is, the front of one unit of second formatting unit 50a is set so as to be in contact with the rear surface of the adjacent unit second formatting unit 50a. This is because it is easy to create a cricket habitat.

In the present embodiment, when the unit second style units 50a are vertically installed on the plurality of unit second style units 50a, the unit second style units 50a are substantially inserted into the concave portions 61 of the first style unit 60 do. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, since the unit second style unit 50a is only required to insert the concave portion 61 of the first style unit 60, workability is remarkably increased.

On the other hand, a spacing member 70 is provided on the rear face portion (bottom face portion) of the first form unit 60. The spacing member 70 serves to separate the first stylus unit 60 from the bottom surface 17 of the housing 10 by a predetermined distance. In this way, it is possible to prevent the first forming unit 60 from directly contacting moisture such as water on the bottom surface 17 of the housing 10. The spacing member 70 is not limited, but two circular pipes are preferably used.

The operation and effect of the cricket raising device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described as follows.

In the process of raising crickets, the setting units 50 and 60 are repeatedly installed and separated in the housing 10. That is, when the crickets are reared and become adults, the culture units 50 and 60 are taken out to the outside of the housing 10. The cricket capturing device (50, 60) is separated from the cricket capturing device (100) by using a cricket capturing device (details will be described later. That is, after the crickets attached to the form units 50 and 60 are blown into the cricket collector, the form units 50 and 60 are pulled back into the housing 10 for recycling.

However, according to the related art, a member such as a support long bar passing through the second forming unit 50 is used for vertically installing the second forming unit 50. Therefore, when installing and separating the second forming unit 50, the second forming unit 50 should be inserted or removed from the supporting long bar. Therefore, the efficiency of installation and separation of the second formatting unit 50 is extremely low.

However, according to the present embodiment, only when the unit second style unit 50a is inserted into the concave portion 61 of the first style unit 60, the unit second style unit 50a is vertically installed , The unit second formatting unit 50a may be simply subtracted from the first formatting unit 60 when the unit second formatting unit 50a is separated. Therefore, the efficiency and workability of the installation and separation work of the second formatting unit 50 are greatly improved.

On the other hand, the bottom surfaces 16 and 17 of the housing 10 are generally wetted by moisture supplied to the housing 10. In the conventional cricket raising apparatus, only the vertically installed form unit (corresponding to the second form unit of this embodiment) is used. Therefore, in the prior art, the lower end portion of the vertically oriented unit comes into contact with the bottom surface of the humid housing, and the portion is corrupted, making it difficult to recycle the vertically oriented unit.

In this embodiment, since the first format unit 60 is provided below the second format unit 50, a horizontal first format unit 60 is provided in place of the vertical second format unit 50, 10 on the bottom surface 16, Therefore, if the form unit is corrupted, the first form unit 60 is corrupted instead of the second form unit 50. [ However, since a plurality of unit second format units 50a are provided in one first format unit 60, only one first format unit 60 can be replaced in place of a plurality of unit second format units 50a It is much more economical.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the separating member 70 is provided on the bottom surface of the first forming unit 60 to separate the first forming unit 60 from the bottom surface of the housing 10, There is an advantage in that the decay of the unit 60 can be prevented or even delayed.

As a result of the experiment, when the conventional technique, that is, the vertical egg plate only, was used, about three to four months were required to replace all the vertical egg plates. Generally, crickets are cultivated for up to 2 to 4 months. Therefore, in the conventional cricket breeding apparatus, when the cricket was raised once or twice, the vertical egg plate had to be replaced.

However, according to the present embodiment, the second format unit 50 installed vertically is protected by the horizontal first format unit 60, and there is no problem of corruption due to moisture, so that it can be used semi-permanently. Also, the horizontally disposed first forming unit 60 is prevented from coming into contact with moisture due to the spacing member 70, and it is possible to recycle the second forming unit 60 by about 60 to 70% after 2 to 4 months of use.

The number of egg plates reduced when using the cricket feeding apparatus according to the present embodiment is calculated as follows. This example illustrates the case of a cricket farm with a length of 12 m, a width of 6.5 m and a height of 2.5 m. The egg plate is usually 30 x 30 cm and the concave portion is provided with 5 x 6 = 30 pieces. With this egg plate, you can vertically erect six vertical egg plates on one horizontal egg plate.

In this case, it takes 40 horizontal eggs and 240 vertical eggs per line, 12 meters long. By the way, it is possible to install 5 lines at a width of 6.5m, and one line can be composed of 3 layers at the top and bottom. Therefore, the total number of horizontal egg plates required is 40 x 5 x 3 = 600. The vertical egg plate is 240 x 5 x 3 = 3600 pieces. That is, in the conventional cricket breeding apparatus, 3600 egg plates should be changed every 2 to 4 months. However, in the present embodiment, it is possible to continue to recycle without replacing.

Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiment, the first formatting unit 60 and the unit second formatting unit 50a are exemplified by an egg plate. However, if the present invention is not limited to this, it is possible to use another one if it has a format space, for example, if it provides a proper cricket formatting function.

Also, the first format unit 60 may have a size and / or shape different from that of the unit second format unit 50a. The first formatting unit 60 can also provide a cricket format space, but mainly supports the unit second formatting unit 50a vertically and prevents the unit second formatting unit 50a from decaying due to moisture do. Therefore, the first forming unit 60 may use a material having a relatively stronger material for moisture.

Next, a cricket collector 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a cricket collector according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the cricket collector shown in FIG.

The housing 20 forming the outer appearance has a predetermined space 20c therein and an upper portion thereof is opened. The housing 20 includes a front wall 21, a rear wall 23, and both side walls 22 and a bottom surface 24 provided between the front wall 21 and the rear wall 23.

The housing 20 has a first upper surface portion 40 inclinedly provided therein and having a plurality of holes 40a. Also, the housing 20 is provided with a second upper surface portion 30 extending from the first upper surface portion 40 and having an inlet port 33. A partition wall 32 is provided under the boundary between the first upper surface portion 40 and the second upper surface portion 30 and the partition wall 32 is formed by dividing the predetermined space 20c into the first space 20a and the second space 30, (20b).

It is preferable that the front wall 21 is provided with the opening 25 and the first drawer 27 is provided in the first space 20a through the opening 25 so that the first drawer 27 can be drawn out. It is preferable that the rear wall 23 is provided with an opening 26 and the second drawer 28 is provided so as to be able to enter and exit the second space 20b through the opening 26. [

The first upper surface portion 40 is preferably a place where cricket larvae isolated from the forming unit are primarily placed and preferably includes a mesh net made of pores smaller than the cricket size. Since the first upper surface portion 40 is for collecting crickets using the property that the cricket moves upward, it is preferable that the first upper surface portion 40 is inclined upwards in the direction of the second top surface portion 30.

The operation and effect of the cricket collector 200 according to the present embodiment will be described.

The worker separates the template unit, for example the egg plate, from the cricket breeding device. At this time, there is an adult cricket on the egg plate, and the egg plate in this state is turned on the first upper surface portion 40. The cricket and the foreign substances on the egg plate fall to the first upper surface portion 40. The foreign matter is discharged to the first space 20a through the hole 50a of the first upper surface portion 40. [

The cricket C of the first upper surface portion 40 is raised toward the second upper surface portion 30 because the cricket has a property of moving upward. At this time, the dirt or foreign matter adhering to the cricket (C) is discharged into the first space (20a) through the hole (50a) of the first upper surface portion (40). The cricket climbed up to the second upper surface portion 30 is dropped into the second space 20b below the second upper surface portion 30 through the inlet 33 provided with the first upper surface portion 40. [

The foreign matter collected in the first space 20a is collected in the first drawer 27, and the operator can take out the first drawer 27 and throw away foreign matter. In addition, the crickets collected in the second space 20b are collected in the second drawer 28, and the operator can take out the second drawer 28 and send it to the process of washing and drying the cricket.

In the prior art, the operator collects the cricket using the cricket receiver, but according to the present embodiment, the cricket is caught by the second drawer 28 provided in the second space 20b by itself. Therefore, It does not. Thus, according to the present embodiment, more crickets per unit time can be collected. As a result of the experiment, according to the present embodiment, the crickets on the egg plate of about 12 m in one hour could be collected.

While the cricket has been described in the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the cricket feeding device and the collecting device. For example, it can be used as a breeding device for insects using a cricket-like breeding method, and can also be used as a trapper for insects having a cricket-like property. Therefore, cricket breeding devices and collectors should be interpreted in this sense.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

100: Cricket feeding device 10: Housing
50, 60: Formatting unit 70:
200: cricket collector 20: housing
30: second upper surface portion 40: first upper surface portion

Claims (7)

A first forming unit having a concave portion and installed horizontally;
And a plurality of unit second forming units having a concave portion and installed vertically to the first forming unit. [2] The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a spacing member provided on a bottom surface of the first stylus unit and spaced apart from the floor by a predetermined distance. The cricket feeding device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first forming unit is made of a material resistant to moisture. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first format unit and the unit second format unit have the same shape and the same material. The cricket feeding device according to claim 4, wherein the first format unit and the unit second format unit are egg plates. A housing having a predetermined space and having an upper portion opened;
A first upper surface portion inclined inside the housing and having a plurality of holes;
A second upper surface portion extending from the first upper surface portion and having an inlet port;
And a partition provided below the boundary between the first upper surface portion and the second upper surface portion and partitioning the predetermined space into a first space and a second space. The cricket collector according to claim 6, further comprising a first drawer capable of being drawn in and out of the first space, and a second drawer capable of being drawn in and out of the second space.

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