RU2139013C1 - Animal retaining crate - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: animal farming. SUBSTANCE: animal retaining crate has base, side fences, rear movable fence, yoke and door positioned in front part of crate. Door has two leaves and yoke has three detachable parts. Two lower parts of yoke are arranged so that their position in vertical plane adjacent to upper part of door leaves may be regulated, and upper part of yoke is mounted on upper unit of crate front part so that it may be adjusted in vertical plane. Rear fence is composed of two pivotal haunches of arch, which are arranged so that their position in vertical plane may be changed. Such arrangement of yoke and haunches allows crate part sizes to be altered in accordance with size of animal. EFFECT: simplified construction, wider operational capabilities and enhanced reliability in operation. 2 cl, 9 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to agriculture and is intended for zootechnical, veterinary examination and maintenance (inspection, conducting zootechnical, preventive, therapeutic and other procedures) of animals.

 The machine is intended primarily for cattle of various ages and, therefore, of various sizes.

 In our opinion, in our opinion, horses, adult sheep and pigs can also be served.

 Known machine for cattle according to copyright certificate N 1297774, class. A 01 K 1/02 of 08.08.85

 The disadvantages of this machine include: unreliable fixation of animals, especially during their rest in a lying position; the complexity of the design and maintenance, as well as the high cost of equipment. The disadvantages include inaccuracy of service. The animal is brought into the machine from right to left (according to the drawing of Fig. 1), and is displayed in the opposite direction (forced to back back), since a feeder is rigidly (stationary) fixed in front of the machine (see Fig. 3). This increases time and slows down the maintenance process. Further, a design with several automatic control units requires qualified specialists for operation, commissioning and repair. This is not only in small farms, but also in medium-sized agricultural associations is economically irrational.

 Also known is a veterinary machine for auth. USSR N 570361, M.C. A 61 D 3/00, 02/02/1973 (prototype). This machine is closest in technical similarity to the claimed.

 Its disadvantages are due to the fact that the clamp in it is one-dimensional and not quick-detachable. Its height is not adjustable. The springs in the lower part of the door are only shock absorbers that soften the blows of the animal's neck against the clamp in the lower side. Therefore, the arc 11, which has the ability to move along the machine and rotate “in the vertical plane fixing the body of the animal” at the back, does not mean the possibility of adjusting the size of animals of different sizes, since the clamp is limiting. Even in one herd of cattle, animals can differ in a variety of overall dimensions in height, body length, horns, depending on breed, age and fatness. The machine cannot be used for horses, adult sheep and pigs. The long horns of individual animals can impede the introduction and withdrawal of the head into the clamp, despite the breeding of the upper part of both halves. Or you will need an unjustified increase in the width of the machine and the front door due to the long horns.

 Firstly, maintenance will be complicated and throughput will decrease, secondly, the rationality of the design of the machine will decrease, and thirdly, the exit of animals from the machine will be difficult. First you need to remove the head with horns from the clamp, move the animal back. And only then open the door, this is also a delay - a decrease in throughput.

 The lack of sufficient adjustment capabilities of the parameters of the known machine for various animals minimizes its versatility, reliability of fixation, complicates the work of maintenance personnel, reduces throughput.

 The problems solved by the invention are to increase the versatility of the machine, the reliability of the fixation, simplify maintenance and increase the throughput of the machine.

 These problems are solved in that the animal fixing machine, including the base, side and rear movable guards, a door in the front of the machine and a clamp mounted on it to girth and fix the neck, is made so that the door in the front part is made of two wings, hinged to the racks of the side rails, and the clamp is made of three detachable parts, while the two lower parts in the form of half-arcs are removable with the height adjustment on the upper corner areas of the door leaves, and the third upper part of the clamp is made ene in the form of an arc, with lifting and lowering pin and input ends of the arc in the socket cavity on the upper ends of the lower half-arches.

 Moreover, the rear guard can be made in the form of two half arcs, pivotally mounted on the rear pillars of the side guards and equipped with flexible ties and hooks for their engagement, while the left and right half arches are located at different horizontal levels so that they touch each other horizontally the ends can go one behind the other, providing a girth of the back of the animal, and the radius of rounding of the arcs is selected in the range of 0.65--0.85, and their length along the chords is 0.75-0.95 of the internal width of the machine.

 A machine for fixing animals in one possible embodiment is depicted in the accompanying drawings.

 In FIG. 1 is a general view in a perspective view. Figure 2 - view A, view of the front of the machine (door and collar to girth the neck, drive for the upper part of the locking device). In FIG. 3 - view B, view of the rear (rear guard) of the machine. FIG. 4 is a view C of FIG. 3, a top view of the rear fence, which shows various options (the degree of closure of the fence depending on the size of the animal in longitudinal dimensions). Figure 5 is a view of D, a view of the hinged fastening of the semi-arches of the rear railing of the right side. Figure 6 is a section I-I of figure 5. In Fig.7 is a section II-II of the heel of the half-arc of the rear guard. In Fig.8 - node I of Fig.1, the attachment point of the connected half-arches of the rear guard. Figure 9 shows separately one lower (right - according to the drawing) removable lower part (half-arc) of the clamp for fixing the neck of the animal.

The positions of the parts in the drawings are indicated:
1 - the base, which can be a concrete platform, a sub-floor, or a platform of a platform scale, mounted so that the machine rests on the peripheral concrete barriers of the scale, and the animal in the machine is completely located on the platform of the scale.

 Since the scales are not included in the object of the invention and their installation together with the machine belongs to the usual design solution, the scales are not shown in the drawing. In principle, the balance can be installed outside the machine.

2 - front pillar of the side railing (2a - left, 2b - right),
3 - rear pillar of the side railing (3a - left, 3b - right)
4 - the upper ligament of the side railing;
5 - height-adjustable (removable) tubular element of the side railing;
6 - the lower ligament of the front of the machine;
7 - the upper ligament of the front of the machine;
8 - upper ligament of the back of the machine;
9 - the right door leaf of the front of the machine;
10 - left wing door of the front of the machine;
11 - left removable lower part (half-arc) of the clamp;
12 - the right removable lower part (half-arc) of the clamp;
13 - pin (half-arc 11 and 12);
14 - socket (tubular) for the pin 13 in the leaves 10 and 11 of the front door;
15 - the upper part (arc) of the clamp;
16 - pin of the upper part (15) of the clamp;
17 - socket for insertion of the pin 16 when lowering (connecting) the upper part (15) with the lower parts 11 and 12 of the clamp;
18 - a gear rack for raising and lowering the upper part (15) of the clamp;
19 - quick-detachable connection node of the upper part (15) of the clamp with gear rack 18 (for quick replacement of part 15 with another size);
20 - a gear wheel;
21 - support rollers of the drive for raising and lowering the rack 18;
22 and 23, respectively, a chain gear and a manual drive for moving up and down the rack;
24 and 25 — holes and cotter pins for fixing the lower parts (half arcs) of the clamp 11 and 12;
26 - axis of attachment and rotation of the semi-arches of the rear fence
27 - loop for mounting (mounting) axis 26;
28 - half-arc left rear fencing;
29 - half-arc right rear fencing;
30 - supporting washer under the heels of half arcs 28 and 29;
31 - cotter pin for supporting washers 30 for fixing the half-arches 28 and 29;
32 - flexible connection (chain) for fixing the half-arches 28 and 29 in the closed position;
33 - a hook for securing the initial end of the flexible connection 32 on the left half-arch 28;
34 - retainer (in the form of a rod with a cap head for engaging a flexible connection) for securing half arcs after grasping the back of the animal.

 On the right wing 9 of the door is mounted (with the possibility of rearrangement above or below) the feeder so that its middle coincides with the connector of the wings. When opening the wings, the feeder rotates with the leaf 9. The feeder with food will simplify the introduction of the animal's neck into the clamp (on the lower half-arches). The feeder is not shown in the drawing.

 The hooks 33 for securing the beginning of the flexible connection are designed to quickly rearrange the flexible connection from one hook to another. Hooks 33 are mounted on a half-arc 28 every about 100 mm. And flexible communication, if necessary, can quickly be rearranged from place to place, depending on the longitudinal size of the batch of animals to be skipped.

 Similarly placed in a half-arc 29, the latches 34 after about 100 mm.

 The lateral tubular element 5 can also be rearranged in height as necessary.

 Fixation and removal of the animal from the machine is carried out in the following sequence.

 After removing the previous animal from the machine, the upper part of the clamp 15 is left in a raised position, the door leaves 9 and 10 are closed and locked (the latches are not shown in the drawing). Flexible connection 32 is detached from the retainer 34 of the right half-arm 29 of the rear guard. The half-arcs 28 and 29 are opened and opened and the animal is introduced into the machine. Reaching for the feeder, the animal lowers its neck to the lower parts (half-arches) of the 11th and 12th collars. The upper part (arc) 15 with the help of the drive and gear rack lowers to the neck. The pins 16 will enter the nests 17 and the neck of the animal is fixed with a clamp.

 At the same time, or with some advance, the half-arches 28 and 29 of the rear guard are closed and fixed with the help of flexible connection 32 after grasping the back of the animal. After this, zootechnical and veterinary examinations and services can be carried out.

 The animal is removed from the machine in the following sequence.

 Rises with the help of the drive and gear rack 17 the upper part (arc) 15 of the clamp. A latch opens (not shown in the drawing) for fixing the shutters 9 and 10 of the front door. These wings open to the front and the animal is led out of the machine forward. Then the door leaves are closed and locked with a latch.

 The semi-arcs 28 and 29 after uncoupling the end of the flexible connection (chain) 32 from the latch 34 are opened. The machine is ready to receive the next animal.

The claimed technical solution, due to the quick change of all three parts of the clamp, the ability to quickly change the height of the parts of the clamp and half arches of the rear guard, will increase the versatility in the possibility of using the same machine for a wide range of animal sizes from adult cattle, horses to calves , adult sheep and pigs,
- to increase reliability and convenience, ease of fixation due to a closer fit of the machine elements to the size of each batch of animals,
- increase throughput since there is no need to force the animal to back off so that it can take its head out of the clamp and horn.

Claims (2)

 1. The machine for fixing animals, including the base, side and rear movable fencing, a door in front of the machine, a collar for girth and fixing the neck, characterized in that the door in the front part is made of two leaves, hinged to the racks of the side fences, and the clamp is made of three detachable parts, while the two lower parts in the form of half arcs are removable with height adjustment on the upper corner zones of the door leaves, and the third upper part of the clamp is made in the form of an arc with the possibility of lifting and lowering kaniya and insertion of the pin ends of the arc into the nesting cavities at the upper ends of the lower half arcs. 2. The machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the rear guard is made in the form of two half arcs, pivotally mounted on the rear pillars of the side fences and equipped with flexible ties and hooks for their engagement, while the half-arches of the left and right sides are located at different horizontal levels so that, touching each other horizontally, they can end up behind each other, providing girth to the rear of the animal, and the radius of rounding of the arcs is selected in the range of 0.65-0.85, and the length of the arcs along the chords is 0.75 ^o C0, 95 internal width of the machine.

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