KR20200064782A - Insects breeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an insect breeding device capable of creating an optimal environment for mass breeding of insects. The device comprises: a main body unit including a grid-shaped frame unit as a breeding space for insects; an input/out unit for inputting and outputting control setting values for insect breeding; a storage unit for storing insect breeding environmental information within the main body unit; a sensor unit for sensing changes in insect breeding environment within the main body unit; a water supply unit for supplying water to the main body unit; a feed supply unit for supplying feed for the insects; a heater for heating the main body unit; a gas discharge unit for discharging harmful gas out of the main body unit; an anion generator for supplying anions to the main body unit; and a controller automatically controlling a breeding environment creating device using the insect breeding environmental information received from the data storage unit via a communication unit when a control setting value of a user is inputted from the input/output unit.

Description

Insect breeding device {INSECTS BREEDING DEVICE}

The present invention relates to an insect breeding apparatus for creating an optimal breeding environment by automatically controlling a biological environment and a non-biological environment for breeding insects.

As is well known, the mass breeding of insects by workers aims to obtain optimal productivity by artificially imparting biological and non-biological environmental requirements for insects to grow.

Biological environmental requirements may include breeding density, cognate predation (official), etc., which must maintain proper breeding density and prevent cognitive predation, and non-biological environmental requirements include adequate light, light conditions, temperature, humidity, ventilation, It may include the amount of food, etc., there are those that optimize and maintain these various conditions.

Recently, a paired cricket (Scientific name: Gryllus bimabulatus) was imported from Japan by domestic pet lovers in Korea, and a farmhouse breeding as pet food was created and popularized as food for amphibians, reptiles and fish, and grasshoppers and browns. It is used as a material for industrial insects, such as jerseys.

In addition, as interest in industrial insects has increased, paired glans that can be used as feed for edible, medicinal, and livestock are receiving attention. The reason is that the twin crickets are insects that can be actively used for industrialization in the future because they can reproduce in all seasons if the temperature is met without going through the wintering period, and the protein content is more than 62% and collective breeding is possible in the breeding cage.

Accordingly, farms and other facilities have begun to breed a pair of crickets in large quantities, but they have directly supplied food and moisture to the bowl, managed the amount of light as a whole, not the breeding box unit, and also managed the temperature as a whole. It is difficult to meet the biological and non-biological environmental requirements of the existing methods, such as using an egg plate as a partition wall.

For example, the optimum temperature for a pair of crickets to grow is 35 degrees Celsius and the lethal temperature is more than 40 degrees Celsius. In a conventional method, it is very difficult to overcome lethality while maintaining a temperature difference of 5 degrees Celsius, and the worker is 35 degrees Celsius. It is very difficult to work for a long time in an enclosed space.

As such, the conventional method requires a lot of knowledge and labor for breeding, and due to the poor working environment, it is difficult to mass breed crickets by pair.

1. Korean Registered Patent No. 10-1677274-0000 (Registration on November 21, 2016) 2. Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0116001 (published on October 15, 2015)

The present invention seeks to provide an insect breeding apparatus for satisfying a biological environment and a non-biological environment in an insect breeding space to create an optimized environment for mass breeding of insects.

In addition, the present invention is to provide an insect breeding device having a lattice-type frame structure, which can reduce the insect's breeding density to an appropriate value and overcome the cognate predation phenomenon.

In addition, the present invention is provided with a water supply unit, a food supply unit, a heating unit, a gas discharge unit, and an anion generating unit, thereby improving an operator's working environment, saving energy, and providing an insect-optimizing environment for insects. Want to provide.

The objectives of the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to those mentioned above, and other objects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description. .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the main body unit having a grid-shaped frame unit as an insect breeding space, an input/output unit for inputting and outputting insect breeding control setting values, and storing insect breeding environment information in the main body unit A storage unit, a sensor unit for sensing a change in an insect breeding environment in the body unit, a water supply unit for supplying moisture to the body unit, a food supply unit for feeding the insects, and heat for the body unit A heating unit to discharge, a gas discharge unit for discharging harmful gases in the body unit, an anion generator for supplying negative ions to the body unit, and the communication unit when control settings of the user are provided from the input/output unit It is possible to provide an insect breeding apparatus including a control unit for automatically controlling the breeding environment creation apparatus using the insect breeding environment information received from the data storage unit.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the frame unit of the lattice type, it is possible to provide an insect breeding device having a partition wall coupled to the outer surface of the cylindrical support member around the cylindrical support member. .

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the frame unit may provide an insect breeding device in which a moving hole in which a part of the partition wall and the cylindrical support member is perforated is formed.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the frame unit, it is possible to provide an insect breeding device comprising a cloth, but using a hygroscopic material.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the heating unit, it is possible to provide an insect breeding apparatus using a heating element, but including a carbon plane heating element.

The present invention can provide an insect breeding apparatus capable of creating an optimal environment for mass breeding insects.

In addition, the present invention is provided with a lattice-shaped frame unit in the breeding space, thereby reducing the degree of insect concentration and preventing the predation caused by competition among insect cognition, thereby reducing the mortality rate of insects, thereby increasing the productivity of breeding operations. have.

In addition, the present invention is provided with a water supply unit, a food supply unit, a heating unit, a gas discharge unit, and an anion generating unit, thereby reducing the amount of manual operation of the operator, automatically controlling the supply of moisture and food, and optimal for the operator to work. Since the temperature and the optimum temperature for breeding insects can be respectively set, it is possible to increase the efficiency of the breeding operation.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an insect breeding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view illustrating an insect breeding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view for explaining a water supply unit and a food supply unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view for explaining a frame unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view for explaining by comparing an insect breeding apparatus and an existing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of embodiments of the present invention, and methods of achieving them will be clarified with reference to embodiments described below in detail together with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various different forms, and only the embodiments allow the disclosure of the present invention to be complete, and common knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to completely inform the person having the scope of the invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. The same reference numerals refer to the same components throughout the specification.

In describing embodiments of the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of known functions or configurations 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 an embodiment of the present invention, which may vary according to a user's or operator's intention or practice. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

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

1 is a block diagram illustrating an insect breeding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an insect breeding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is according to an embodiment of the present invention A diagram for explaining a water supply unit and a food supply unit, and FIG. 4 is a view for explaining a frame unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a comparison between an insect breeding device and an existing device according to an embodiment of the present invention It is a figure explaining by.

1 and 2, the insect breeding apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 10, an input/output unit 20, a control unit 30, a storage unit 40, and a sensor unit 50 ), a water supply unit 60, a food supply unit 70, a heating unit 80, a gas discharge unit 90, anion generation unit 100, and the like.

The main body portion 10 may be provided with a grid-shaped frame unit 11 as an insect breeding space, and the frame unit 11 has a structure in which a partition wall 11a and a cylindrical support member 11b are combined. The frame unit 11 may be attached to the outer wall of the tubular support member 11b around the tubular support member 11b in all directions, such as, the frame unit 11 is coupled to another frame It can be combined with the unit 11 continuously. In addition, the continuously coupled frame unit 11 may be arranged to be stacked up and down.

In addition, since the movement hole 11c is formed on one surface of the partition wall 11a and the cylindrical support member 11b, insects can freely move through the movement hole 11c, and the partition wall 11a and the cylindrical support member 11b ) Can be formed with a rough rough surface, and insects can freely move to the top or bottom through the surfaces of the partition wall 11a and the cylindrical support member 11b.

The reason for providing the frame unit 11 as described above in the main body 10 is that insects have a property of gathering toward stimuli such as food, light or moisture, even if insects are bred in an open space. Depending on the location and amount of light or moisture, the degree of variation in the concentration of insects per unit breeding space (i.e., breeding density) can be very large, and insects gathered in a dense space are related to each other by competition or exclusion. This is because the growth may be inhibited or killed.

As described above, when the frame unit 11 is provided in the main body 10, the insects are bred in the lattice space of each of the frame units 11, so that the insect breeding density can be lowered, thereby increasing the growth rate and survival rate of the breeding insects. Can be.

The input/output unit 20 is responsible for inputting and outputting insect breeding control setting values, including a touch screen, etc., setting values for controlling temperature, humidity, illuminance, etc. in the main body unit 10, and the amount of arrival or release of insects. , Access management information, etc. can be input and output.

When the insect breeding control set value is provided from the input/output unit 20, the control unit 30 provides a moisture supply unit 60, a food supply unit 70, a heating unit 80, a gas discharge unit 90, and an anion generation unit ( 100), etc. can be automatically controlled, and changes in humidity, food amount, temperature, etc. detected through the sensor unit 50 are compared with insect breeding control set values to calculate deviations, correct the deviations, and supply moisture. By controlling the 60, the food supply unit 70, the heating unit 80, the gas discharge unit 90, the anion generator 100, etc., it is possible to create an optimal insect breeding environment.

The storage unit 40 stores insect breeding environment information (for example, temperature of the main unit 10, humidity of the main unit 10, the amount of food supplied, the amount of entry of insects, etc.), and sets the insect breeding control value. When (for example, the set temperature of the main body 10, the set humidity of the main body 10, the amount of food to be supplied, the amount of insects to be loaded) is input, pre-stored insect breeding environment information is provided to the control unit 30 can do.

The sensor unit 50 can detect the increase and decrease in the supply and discharge amounts of the water supply unit 60, the food supply unit 70, the heating unit 80, the gas discharge unit 90, and the anion generator 100, etc. have. In particular, the sensor unit 50 for detecting the amount of water supply is attached to the top of the water supply unit 60 to measure the resistance of the water absorbed by the hygroscopic material can detect the amount of water supplied or remaining. In addition, the sensor unit 50 for detecting the amount of food is attached to the end of the food supply unit 70 to detect the amount of food by measuring the weight of the food.

The moisture supply unit 60 is located on the side of the frame unit 11 to continuously supply moisture to the insect, and may include a hygroscopic material having good hygroscopicity such as cloth. The water is supplied to the top of the water supply unit 60 through a pipe connected to the upper portion of the water supply unit 60, and the supplied water is absorbed by a hygroscopic material and then transferred to the bottom of the water supply unit 60 through a capillary phenomenon The hygroscopic material that absorbs water by slowly dissipating moisture can supply moisture to insects. In addition, each water supply unit 60 is alternately arranged between each frame unit 11, thereby efficiently supplying water to insects.

In general, when water is supplied by a conventional method of directly supplying water with a spray to a bowl, etc., young nymphs cannot adhere to the water droplets and fall off due to the tension of water molecules acting on the water droplet interface of the supplied water. can do. On the other hand, when water is supplied by using a hygroscopic material having good hygroscopicity, moisture is not formed in the form of water droplets, etc., and is retained in the hygroscopic material and can be vaporized slowly and radiate, so there is no risk of drowning from young nymphs to adults. Moisture can be continuously supplied.

In addition, by using the sensor unit 50 that detects moisture, the moisture can be checked and supplied at all times, so the working time can be reduced to 1/6 compared to the conventional method of directly supplying moisture.

The food supply unit 70 is a device capable of automatically feeding food with one touch of an operator. In the past, the worker directly supplied food by checking the amount of food and putting it in a bowl. The existing method is the work that requires the most labor in breeding insects, and there is a limitation in the space utilization because it is necessary to secure the movement path of the worker.

However, the food supply unit 70 is a method of adding food while the cylindrical container moves through the rail, and can automatically supply a certain amount at a predetermined time through the control unit 30, thereby significantly reducing labor. In addition, since the food supply unit 70 is positioned between the water supply units 60, there is no need to secure a separate space, so space utilization can be improved.

When the food is automatically supplied using the food supply unit 70, the working time can be reduced to 1/8 compared to the conventional method.

The heating unit 80 is a device that supplies heat to the workplace to maintain a constant temperature. Conventionally, the heater is used to supply heat, but the conventional method using the heater consumes a lot of unnecessary energy and maintains it at a constant temperature. The difficulty is that the operator must manually check the temperature. In addition, since the temperature of the workplace and the temperature of the breeding box are kept the same, it is difficult for the operator to work for a long time in an environment of 30 degrees Celsius or more.

On the other hand, when using a carbon planar heating element as the heating element as in the present invention, it is possible to supply heat uniformly and has less reaction waste compared to the conventional heating method, as well as being environmentally friendly, having excellent reproducibility, and reducing manufacturing cost. Can be. Through a temperature sensor that can be provided on the carbon planar heating element, the temperature at which the insect can be optimally reared can be maintained at 33 degrees Celsius to 37 degrees Celsius.

In addition, since the heating unit 80 is disposed in the body unit 10 instead of the entire workshop, heat is supplied only to the space where the insects grow, so that heat loss can be reduced compared to a conventional method in which the workshop and the breeding box are not separated. And the working environment of the worker can be improved.

The gas discharge unit 90 may discharge harmful gases, such as methane gas, which may occur during the vegetation process of insects, or ozone gas, which may occur during the operation of the anion generator 100. In addition, it may be formed of a wire mesh having a fine size for preventing insects from being discharged through the gas discharge unit 90, and when harmful gas is detected by the sensor unit 50 through the control unit 30 The gas discharge unit 90 may be driven.

The anion generator 100 is a device that neutralizes or purifies the toxicity of cations contaminated in the air by supplying anions to the workplace, removing odors that may occur due to insect excrement and reducing bacteria in the workplace. . The generated anion can inevitably generate ozone in the process of combining with contaminated particles in the air, and the continuously generated ozone can adversely affect insect vegetation. Therefore, the anion generator 100 is located at the top of the main body 10, so that the anion combined with the cation and ozone gas generated by the anion generator 100 are discharged to the outside by the gas outlet 90. Can be.

Referring to FIG. 5, the insect breeding apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be described in comparison with an existing apparatus based on certain conditions (for example, in the case of harvesting 6 boxes per day based on 50 pyeong). have.

In the case of feeding, the existing device may take about 4 hours in a manner that the worker directly puts it in a bowl, but the insect breeding device 1 is automatically fed with a one-touch feeding time to the food supply unit 70, so that the working time required Can be reduced to about 30 minutes.

In the case of supplying moisture, the existing device may take about 6 hours by spraying a spray directly onto the bowl, but the insect breeding device 1 automatically detects and supplies residual moisture from the sensor unit 50. No time is required for the operator.

When adjusting the light and temperature, the existing device is a method of collectively controlling the entire workplace, which may cause large loss of light and heat, but the insect breeding device 1 controls individual devices, thereby losing light and heat. Can be significantly reduced.

With regard to the partition wall as an insect breeding space, the existing device uses an egg plate or the like as a breeding space, so when separating an insect from the breeding space, there is a hassle of separating an insect by shaking off each egg plate or the like. , When the frame unit 11 is used as a breeding space, when vibration is applied to the frame unit 11, vibration is transmitted to the entire frame unit 11, so that insects can be easily separated from the breeding space, significantly reducing work time. Can be reduced.

In the above description, various embodiments of the present invention have been presented and described, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto, and a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains may depart from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be readily apparent that branch substitution, modification and modification are possible.

1: Insect breeding device
10: main body
11: Frame unit
20: input and output unit
30: control unit
40: storage unit
50: sensor unit
60: moisture supply unit
70: food supply
80: heating unit
90: gas outlet
100: anion generator

Claims (5)

A main body having a grid-shaped frame unit as an insect breeding space,
An input/output unit for inputting and outputting insect breeding control settings,
A storage unit for storing insect breeding environment information in the body unit;
And a sensor unit for detecting a change in the insect breeding environment in the body portion,
A moisture supply unit supplying moisture to the main body,
And a food supply unit for feeding the insects,
A heating unit that supplies heat to the main body,
A gas discharge unit for discharging harmful gases in the main body,
An anion generating unit supplying anion to the main body,
When the control setting value of the user is provided from the input/output unit, a control unit that automatically controls the breeding environment creation apparatus using the insect breeding environment information received from the data storage unit through the communication unit
Insect breeding device comprising a.
According to claim 1,
The grid-shaped frame unit,
An insect breeding device in which a partition wall is coupled to an outer surface of the cylindrical support member around a cylindrical support member.
According to claim 2,
The frame unit,
An insect breeding device in which a moving hole in which a part of the partition wall and the cylindrical support member is perforated is formed.
The method of claim 3,
The frame unit,
Insect breeding device using a hygroscopic material but including a cloth.
The method of claim 4,
The heating unit,
An insect breeding device using a heating element but including a carbon plane heating element.

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