RU174408U1 - Autonomous all-weather device for watering animals - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to agricultural production, in particular, to autonomous systems for drinking domestic and wild animals in places remote from the centralized energy supply. The proposed utility model solves the technical problem of improving the quality of the process of autonomous animal watering under the condition of full internal water consumption by animals. 1 ill.

Description

The utility model relates to agricultural production, in particular to autonomous systems for drinking domestic and wild animals in places remote from centralized energy supply.

A known system of watering animals with heated water, comprising a heater, a pump, a control panel, a tank, drinking bowls with heat exchangers (RF patent No. 2242120 "System for watering animals with heated water", A01K 7/00, published on December 20, 2004).

The disadvantages of this system are

 the need for an anti-freeze coolant (for example, antifreeze);

 the complexity of manufacturing a shell containing pipelines for the supply of coolant and water and filled with insulating material)

 the need to install surge tanks and heat exchangers;

 the need to place a large number of parts indoors (heater, pump, control panel, equalization tanks);

 availability of power supply and danger of electric shock.

A technique is known for a drinking bowl containing a housing, a water cavity, a dispenser, a conical dome located at the bottom of the drinking bowl, a heating element, external thermal insulation (RF patent for invention No. 2482669 "All-weather (winter) drinking bowl for animals (birds) kept open or in rooms without heating ", А01К 7/02, publ. 05.27.2013). The disadvantages of the device are the presence of an electrically conductive heating coil located inside or outside the water supply pipe in the drinking system; significant consumption of electrical energy, the risk of electric shock to animals.

Closest to the proposed system is an animal watering system containing a reservoir, a pump, drinking bowls with heat exchangers and a water level mechanism, direct and return pipelines located in the ground at a depth not freezing (RF patent for invention No. 2308828 “Cooled animal watering system” water ", A01K 7/00, publ. 10/27/2007). The disadvantage of this system is, first of all, high water consumption due to the need to wet the soil to increase heat transfer. It is also necessary to ensure a constant supply of water to the tank, and this is inconvenient to use in remote places (pastures, forest lands), and this also leads to excessive water consumption.

The proposed utility model solves the technical problem of improving the quality of the process of autonomous animal watering, subject to the full internal consumption of water by animals.

This object is achieved in that the autonomous all-weather device for drinking animals contains a thermally insulated tank, a pump, drinkers with a mechanism for maintaining the water level in the drinker, communicating by a system of supply and drainage pipelines, according to a utility model, the device further comprises a well with a submersible pump connected to a thermally insulated tank equipped with a device for maintaining the upper and lower water levels in the tank, the heating element is a solar coil heat exchanger cing collectors. The drinking bowl is made inclined to the horizon by 3-5 °, and the presence or movement sensor installed in close proximity (for example, from above or from the side) turns on the water supply to the drinker when animals approach the watering place and turns off the water supply to the drinker when the animals leave the drinker. The power source of all electrical appliances is a solar battery.

When the automatic drinker is operating, water from a thermally insulated tank of a given temperature and concentration of vitamin, mineral-salt, and, if necessary, medicines dissolved in it, enters the drinking tray and, rising in it to the level of a drain funnel, is drained back to the thermally insulated tank.

The presence of the presence sensor ensures that the pumps are turned on and water is supplied only when the animal is present near the drinking bowl, thereby ensuring the regulation of water flow.

The autonomy of the utility model is provided by solar collectors and solar photocells (solar battery), batteries. Control over the operation of all elements is carried out by the control system (inverter).

The heating element, the thermal insulation of the tank provides year-round watering of animals when changing climatic conditions.

As a result of using the proposed device is achieved

 minimum energy consumption by pumps due to the fact that the submersible pump located in the well works cyclically, i.e. it turns on when the tank is empty (at the signal of the minimum level sensor), and turns off at the signal of the sensor signaling the set, necessary level, because the tank can be calibrated according to the filling capacity, while the circulation pump installed at the lower point of the insulated tank turns on and supplies water to the drinking tray by the signal of the presence (movement) sensor, and supplies water until the animals are at the watering place. Overfilling of the drinking tray is excluded due to a drain funnel built into the tray, through which water is drained through a drainage water supply back to a thermally insulated tank;

 there is no need to use a powerful heating electric cable for instant heating of running cold well water;

 water heating in the tank (heat accumulation) occurs during the whole clear, daylight hours from the solar collectors, and pumps and electronic systems are driven by solar photocells (photo batteries) and batteries, at the same time there is an accumulation of electricity in the batteries from photo cells;

 the water supply in the tank is filled cyclically, as water is replenished in the well, and this ensures its consumption, regardless of the debit (supply) of water in the well;

 the reservoir, as an intermediate link between the well and the drinking tray, provides isolation and thereby protects the well from contamination, infections and toxic substances during unauthorized interventions;

 provide reliability and durability of the system;

 will ensure a healthy livestock of hunting and domestic animals, their fertility, high standards and vitality, especially on extremely cold winter days.

Additionally, the following possible advantages of using the utility model should be noted:

 the tank provides standardization, as the tank is calibrated, and the lower and upper level sensors in the tank are set manually, based on the position of the sinkers and floats of the level control system. A predetermined concentration of vitamins, mineral-salt additives and medicines is provided by introducing a calculated amount of these additives in a given volume of water, which is set by a given lower and upper water levels in a thermally insulated tank. This ensures a given concentration of dissolved substances in water until it is fully consumed by animals. After complete consumption of the solution in the tank, a signal is sent, for example, to an SMS operator (worker), who in the next cycle of water consumption can add protein, hormonal and other additives to the tank, the system goes into a new cycle of filling water from the well, heating the water to a predetermined temperature by solar collectors . In the process of filling the tank with water from the well, the introduced microelements and additives will automatically be mixed with the flow of flowing water;

 full assimilation of physiologically active substances by ungulates, since the temporary isolation of watering and feeding of ruminant mammals will allow an aqueous solution of physiologically active substances, bypassing the scar, to enter the lower sections of the digestive tract of abomasum, small intestine, where they will be adsorbed by the body, because physiologically active substances entering the rumen of ruminants along with food are decomposed by microorganisms and enzymes, which leads to a decrease and loss of their physiological activity;

The essence of the proposed utility model is illustrated by a figure, which shows a diagram of the device.

The stand-alone all-weather animal watering device contains a thermally insulated tank 1 with a system for maintaining the upper and lower water levels (for example, floats), a circulation pump 2, drinking bowls 3 with a mechanism for maintaining a given water level, communicating with a system of feed 4 and drain 5 pipelines, a well 6 with a submersible pump 7 connected to the heat-insulated tank 1. The heat-insulated tank 1 contains a heating element 8, for example a coil-heat exchanger. Above the drinker 3 or in the immediate vicinity is a presence or motion sensor 9, and the power source for all electrical appliances is a solar battery 10 and a battery 12, recharged through an inverter 13 from solar panels 10. The heating element 8 in the form of a coil works from the solar collector 14, in which occurs direct heating and vaporization of the working fluid. Control over the operation of all elements is carried out by the control system (inverter 13 with a control unit 15).

Autonomous all-weather device for drinking animals works as follows. Water from the well 6 using the submersible pump 7 fills the underground heat-insulating storage tank 1 of a predetermined volume to a predetermined level marked on the tank by measuring lines, and the level of its filling with water from the well 6 is set by the float mechanism. In the bottom part of the insulated tank 1, a circulation pump 2 is installed by means of a pipe, which is switched on from the presence sensor 9 of animals at the drinking tray 3. Water from the circulating pump 2 through the feeding insulated pipe 4 enters the lower part of the inclined tray 3 and, reaching the predetermined upper level of the drinking funnel tray, merges back into the storage heat-insulated tank 1 through a heat-insulated drainage pipe 5, providing a predetermined constancy of the temperature of the consumed water, as Ravilo, room temperature all year round. Water in a heat-insulated tank 1 is heated by high-efficiency vacuum solar collectors 14, for example, the Atmosphere brand, providing a predetermined temperature in the entire volume of a heat-insulated storage tank 1. A predetermined concentration in a water solution of physiologically active substances (mineral-salt, vitamin additives and anti-epizootic and other active substances) can be provided by calculation, dividing the volume-weight part of the additives by a given volume of water in the storage tank. The constancy of concentration over the entire volume of the obtained solution in the process of full consumption is ensured by turning off the supply of fresh well water to the storage tank. The submersible 7 and circulation 2 pumps are driven by solar panels 10, and in the absence of solar activity, from batteries 12.

Thus, the operation of an autonomous all-weather device for watering animals allows to improve the quality of the process of watering animals, subject to the full internal consumption of water by animals. Additionally, the device allows you to make dosed micronutrients and medicines, submit them in dissolved form to the drinking trays.

Claims (1)

A stand-alone all-weather animal watering device containing a thermally insulated reservoir, a pump, a drinker with a mechanism for maintaining the water level in it, communicating by a system of supply and drainage pipelines, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a submersible pump, with which water is filled from the well of a thermally insulated reservoir equipped with a heating element and a device for maintaining the upper and lower water levels, while the drinker is made inclined to the horizon by 3-5 ° and above it A presence sensor or a motion sensor with the ability to turn on the water supply to the drinker when animals are approaching and turn off the water supply when they move away from the drinker has been updated, while the solar battery is the source of power for all electrical appliances.

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