KR20200100467A - Breeding apparatus for edible insect - Google Patents

Abstract

An edible insect breeding device is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, provided is an edible insect breeding device which comprises: a main frame having a plurality of storage units; a cage disposed in the storage unit while a space capable of breeding edible insects is formed; a door coupled to the cage so as to be opened and closed; an activity induction structure installed inside the case to provide a movement path for the activity of edible insects; an air conditioning unit installed on the body frame to control the temperature, humidity and pollution level inside the cage; and a control unit to control the operation of the air conditioning unit.

Description

Edible insect breeding device {BREEDING APPARATUS FOR EDIBLE INSECT}

The present invention relates to an edible insect breeding apparatus.

In general, insects are undeveloped biological resources that account for more than 70% of the entire animal kingdom of the earth, and the insect industry that excavates and utilizes them has emerged as a new agricultural industry.

Edible insects refer to food resources that mainly use insects as food.In Korea, grasshoppers and pupae are mainly used for edible purposes, and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety uses brown mealworms, white-spotted flower larvae, twin crickets, and longevity beetle larvae as additional food ingredients. I admitted.

In contrast to the fact that greenhouse gas emissions from livestock industry account for 17% of global warming, edible insects are recognized for their eco-friendly value and are emerging as food resources in the future with their nutritional value recognized.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), edible insects are known to have a higher content of minerals, vitamins and fiber than beef. In addition, it is a food that has a higher content of unsaturated fatty acids than saturated fat and has a very high nutritional value.

Edible insects show exponentially faster growth and reproductive cycles than traditional livestock, and the need for less land space is also an advantage. In order to popularize edible insects as future food, studies on safety and mass rearing are ongoing.

Republic of Korea Public Utility Model Publication No. 20-2018-0000045 (2018. 01. 04. Announcement)

The present invention is to provide an edible insect breeding apparatus for mass-producing edible insects by installing a plurality of cages for breeding edible insects on a main frame, and creating the inside of the cage in an environment suitable for breeding edible insects.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a main frame having a plurality of storage units, a cage disposed in the storage unit and in which a space capable of rearing edible insects is formed, a door coupled to the cage so as to be opened and closed, the interior of the cage Including an activity induction structure installed in the body to provide a movement path for the activity of edible insects, an air conditioning unit installed on the body frame to control the temperature, humidity, and pollution level inside the cage, and a control unit that controls the operation of the air conditioning unit. Edible insect breeding equipment is provided.

The activity-inducing structure is a bar-type core frame disposed inside the cage, a plurality of sub-frames disposed radially symmetrically to the outer circumference of the core frame and extending along the length direction of the core frame, and both ends and sub-frames of the core frame. It may include a connection frame connecting the.

The edible insect breeding apparatus may further include a ventilation hole formed in the cage to allow air to flow from the inside of the cage to the outside.

The air conditioning unit may include a temperature control unit for adjusting a temperature inside the cage, and a ventilation unit for circulating air inside and outside the cage to control humidity and pollution level.

The temperature controller may adjust the temperature inside the cage using carbon nanotubes (CNT).

The edible insect breeding apparatus may further include a feed inlet formed in the cage to inject the food of the edible insects, and a feeding unit that provides food for the edible insects into the cage through the feed inlet, and the control unit operates the feeding unit. Can be controlled.

An annular protrusion is formed on one side of the cage, a locking protrusion protruding outward is formed on the outer circumference of the protrusion, and an opening and closing protrusion protruding inward is formed on the door. The inside of the cage can be closed.

The edible insect breeding apparatus may further include a remote control unit for controlling the operation of the air conditioning unit by wirelessly transmitting a control signal to the control unit.

The storage unit has a compartment structure to accommodate the cage, and the storage unit may be arranged in a grid structure on the side of the main frame.

The cage can be inserted and removed from the storage unit for replacement and maintenance.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of cages for raising edible insects are installed in the main frame, and the inside of the cage is created in an environment suitable for breeding of edible insects, thereby mass-producing edible insects.

1 is a perspective view showing an edible insect breeding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an edible insect breeding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing a cage according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view showing the opening and closing of a door according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view showing an activity induction structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Since the present invention can apply various transformations and have various embodiments, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and will be described in detail in the detailed description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to a specific embodiment, it is to be understood to include all conversions, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may obscure the subject matter of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. These terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another component.

The terms used in the present application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In the present application, terms such as "comprise" or "have" are intended to designate the presence of features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification, but one or more other features. It is to be understood that the presence or addition of elements or numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof, does not preclude in advance.

In addition, the term “couple” does not mean only a case in which each component is in direct physical contact with each other in the contact relationship between each component, but a different component is interposed between each component, and the component is It should be used as a concept that encompasses each contact.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the edible insect breeding apparatus 100 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same or corresponding components are given the same reference numbers. A redundant description of this will be omitted.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the body frame 110 having a plurality of storage units 112, disposed in the storage unit 112, and a cage 120 in which a space capable of breeding edible insects is formed inside. ), the door 130 coupled to the cage 120 so as to be opened and closed, the activity inducing structure 140 installed inside the cage 120 to provide a movement path for the activity of edible insects, and the main frame 110 An edible insect breeding apparatus 100 including an air conditioning unit 150 that is installed and controls the temperature, humidity and pollution level inside the cage 120, and a control unit 160 that controls the operation of the air conditioning unit 150 is provided. do.

Edible insect breeding apparatus 100 of this embodiment can breed a large amount of edible insects through a plurality of cages 120 installed on the main frame 110, the activity inducing structure 140, the air conditioning unit 150 Through this, an environment for mass production of edible insects can be created.

Hereinafter, each configuration of the edible insect breeding apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a plurality of storage units 112 may be disposed on the side of the main body frame 110. More specifically, both sides of the main frame 110 may form a grid structure in which the size of the compartment is constant, and storage units 112 may be disposed in each compartment.

The main frame 110 may form a grid structure to form more storage units 112 on the same floor area, and increase the number of cages 120 disposed in the storage unit 112 to increase the production of edible insects. have.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the main body frame 110 may be composed of an A member and a B member, and the A member and B member may be hinged on side surfaces to be opened and closed in both directions.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the cage 120 and the cage are disposed in the storage unit 112, and a space in which edible insects can be reared may be formed. Specifically, the cage 120 may have an outer surface corresponding to the inner surface of the storage unit 112, and a cylindrical space in which edible insects can be reared may be formed.

In addition, the plurality of cages 120 can be inserted and withdrawn into the storage unit 112 according to the arrows shown in FIG. 2 for replacement and repair, and through this, convenience can be provided to breeders who breed edible insects. have.

As shown in FIG. 3, the ventilation hole 126 may be formed in the cage 120 to allow air to flow from the inside of the cage 120 to the outside. Specifically, the ventilation hole 126 may be connected to the air conditioning unit 150, and a ventilation unit 154 to be described later may forcibly circulate the air inside the cage 120 through the ventilation hole 126.

In addition, a filter may be installed in the ventilation hole 126 to reduce the degree of air pollution inside the cage 120.

As shown in Figure 3, the feed inlet 128 may be formed in the cage 120 to put the food of edible insects.

Accordingly, the feed inlet 128 may provide a passage through which the breeder can omit the process of injecting food by opening the door 130.

Specifically, the feed inlet 128 may be formed in the center of one side of the cage 120, and more specifically, so as to correspond to the core frame 142 of the activity induction structure 140 installed inside the cage 120 Can be formed.

3 and 4, the protrusion 122 may be formed on one side of the cage 120 in an annular shape, and the locking protrusion 124 may be formed to protrude outward from the protrusion 122. More specifically, the locking protrusion 124 may be formed in plural along the outer peripheral surface of the protrusion 122.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the door 130 may be coupled to the cage 120 to open and close, and a handle may be installed on the outer surface.

3 and 4, the opening and closing protrusion 132 may be formed inside the door 130 and may be engaged with the locking protrusion 124 to close the inside of the cage 120. More specifically, a plurality of opening and closing protrusions 132 may be formed inward along the edge of the door 130, and the plurality of opening and closing protrusions 132 may be engaged with a plurality of locking protrusions 124, respectively.

The door 130 can be rotated according to the arrow shown in FIG. 4, and the engagement of the locking protrusion 124 and the opening and closing protrusion 132 is adjusted according to the rotation of the door 130 to control the opening and closing of the door 130 Can be.

The structure of the door 130 described above is only an example, and one side of the door 130 may be hinged to open and close to one side of the cage 120.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the activity inducing structure 140 may be installed inside the cage 120 to provide a movement path for the activity of edible insects. More specifically, the activity induction structure 140 is disposed to be radially symmetrical to the outer periphery of the bar-type core frame 142 and the core frame 142 disposed inside the cage 120 and the length of the core frame 142 The plurality of sub-frames 144 extending along the direction and the activity induction structure 140 may include a connection frame 146 connecting both ends of the core frame 142 and the sub-frame 144.

In other words, the sub-frame 144 may provide a movement path to the edible insects reared inside the cage 120 to induce activity, and the connection frame 146 extends from the core frame 142 to provide the sub-frame 144 ) Can be supported.

As described above, the core frame 142 is installed to correspond to the feed inlet 128 so that the feed inserted into the cage 120 through the feed inlet 128 may be inserted into the inner side of the core frame 142, Food inserted into the core frame 142 may be discharged to the outside of the core frame 142 through a through hole formed in the core frame 142 to be provided to edible insects.

As shown in Figure 5, the humidity control unit 156 is interposed between the core frame 142, the sub-frame 144, and the connection frame 146 to adjust the humidity inside the cage 120, humidity control The unit 156 may control humidity by using the natural evaporation of moisture absorbed by the humidity control unit 156 through vaporization-type humidity control, and may be made of a felt material.

The activity-inducing structure 140 can improve the motility of edible insects by providing a moving path to the edible insects, shorten the breeding period by inducing activities, and provide an environment in which high nutrient quality edible insects can be raised. .

As shown in FIG. 2, the air conditioning unit 150 is installed on the main frame 110 to control the temperature, humidity, and pollution degree inside the cage 120. Specifically, the air conditioning unit 150 includes a temperature control unit 152 that controls the temperature inside the cage 120, and a ventilation unit 154 that controls humidity and pollution by circulating air inside and outside the cage 120 can do.

The temperature control unit 152 can control the internal temperature of the cage 120 using carbon nanotubes (CNT), and carbon nanotubes refer to a new material in which hexagons made of six carbons are connected to each other to form a tube shape. It is advantageous in terms of economical efficiency as it has higher heating efficiency than the heating equipment of. For example, the carbon nanotubes may be installed on the inner surface of the storage unit 112 in the form of a film, or may be installed to surround the cage 120 to control the temperature inside the cage 120.

Ventilation unit 154 may be installed in connection with the ventilation hole 126, as described above.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 160 may control the operation of the air conditioning unit 150 and may also control the operation of the feeding unit 170 to be described later.

In general, since edible insects can grow stably at a temperature of 27 ~ 33 ℃, the control unit 160 can control the operation of the temperature control unit 152 by collecting temperature data inside the cage 120, the cage ( 120) It is possible to control the operation of the ventilation unit 154 by collecting internal humidity and pollution degree data.

As shown in FIG. 2, the remote control unit 180 may control the operation of the air conditioning unit 150 and the feeding unit 170 by wirelessly transmitting a control signal to the control unit 160.

It is possible to more easily breed edible insects through the above-described control unit 160 and the remote control unit 180, so that the input of manpower can be reduced, so that edible insects can be mass-produced more economically.

As shown in FIG. 2, the feeding unit 170 may provide food of edible insects into the cage 120 through the feed inlet 128, and the operation may be controlled by the control unit 160. In other words, the feeding unit 170 may be connected to a plurality of cages 120, that is, the feed inlet 128 disposed on the main frame 110, to provide food for edible insects.

More specifically, the feeding unit 170 may include a feed supply line connected to the feed inlet 128 formed in the cage 120, and the feed stored in the feeding unit 170 is fed through the feed supply line. 128), it may be provided to edible insects reared inside the cage 120 through the core frame 142 and through holes.

The control unit 160 may provide food to edible insects by controlling the feeding unit 170 to inject a quantity of food into each cage 120 at predetermined time intervals.

As described above, one embodiment of the present invention has been described, but those of ordinary skill in the relevant technical field add, change, delete, or add components within the scope not departing from the spirit of the present invention described in the claims. Various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention by means of the like, and it will be said that this is also included within the scope of the present invention.

100: edible insect breeding device
110: main frame
112: storage unit
120: cage
122: protrusion
124: stumbling protrusion
126: ventilation hole
128: feeding inlet
130: door
132: opening and closing projection
140: activity inducing structure
142: core frame
144: sub frame
146: connection frame
150: air conditioning unit
152: temperature control unit
154: ventilation
156: humidity control unit
160: control unit
170: feeding unit
180: remote control unit

Claims (10)

A body frame having a plurality of storage units;
A cage disposed in the storage unit and having a space for rearing edible insects therein;
A door coupled to the cage to be opened and closed;
An activity inducing structure installed inside the cage to provide a movement path for the activity of edible insects;
An air conditioning unit installed on the main body frame to control temperature, humidity, and pollution degree inside the cage; And
Edible insect breeding apparatus comprising a control unit for controlling the operation of the air conditioning unit.
The method of claim 1,
The activity inducing structure,
A bar-type core frame disposed inside the cage;
A plurality of sub-frames disposed to be radially symmetrical to the outer periphery of the core frame and extending along a length direction of the core frame; And
Edible insect breeding apparatus comprising a connection frame for connecting the sub-frame and both ends of the core frame.
The method of claim 1,
Edible insect breeding apparatus further comprising a ventilation hole formed in the cage to allow air to flow from inside the cage to the outside.
The method of claim 3,
The air conditioning unit,
A temperature controller for controlling a temperature inside the cage; And
Edible insect breeding apparatus comprising a ventilation unit for circulating air in and out of the cage to control humidity and pollution.
The method of claim 4,
The temperature controller uses a carbon nanotube (CNT) to control the temperature inside the cage, edible insect breeding apparatus.
The method of claim 1,
A feed inlet formed in the cage to inject food from edible insects; And
Further comprising a feeding unit for providing food of edible insects into the cage through the feed inlet,
The control unit controls the operation of the feeding unit, edible insect breeding apparatus.
The method of claim 1,
An annular protrusion is formed on one side of the cage,
A locking protrusion protruding outward is formed on the outer periphery of the protrusion,
An opening and closing protrusion protruding inward is formed on the door,
According to the rotation of the door, the locking protrusion and the opening and closing protrusion are engaged with each other so that the door closes the inside of the cage.
The method of claim 1,
Further comprising a remote control unit for controlling the operation of the air conditioning unit by wirelessly transmitting a control signal to the control unit, edible insect breeding apparatus.
The method of claim 1,
The storage unit has a compartment structure to accommodate the cage,
The storage unit is arranged in a grid structure on the side of the main frame, edible insect breeding apparatus.
The method of claim 1,
The cage is an edible insect breeding device that can be inserted and withdrawn into the storage unit for replacement and repair.

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