RU2568682C1 - Device of automatic manure removal - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: proposed device of automatic manure removal comprises a movable floor of the premises and a sensor of manure occurrence. The movable floor is made in the form of a travellator.

EFFECT: enhanced usability.

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Description

The invention relates to agriculture and can be used for keeping animals, including for keeping cattle in a loose manner.

One of the most important problems when keeping cattle in a loose mode is the removal of manure from the barn. Timely cleaning leads to a decrease in the level of humidity, methane, ammonia inside the room and, accordingly, improves the internal microclimate, which helps to create comfortable conditions for keeping animals.

The prototype is an automatic cleaning cage for animals, in which the floor of the cage is made in the form of a conveyor, under which there is a scraper for cleaning the conveyor belt, while on the one side of the cage there are two rows of signal sources, and on the other side of the cage there are two rows of corresponding signal receivers [RF Patent 2490873, IPC A01K 1/01, A01K 29/00, 2013].

The disadvantages of the prototype are:

- limited functionality associated with the fact that this design allows you to control and remove manure only from under one animal, moreover, small in size and placed in a stall;

- inconvenience in operation due to the presence of a large number of sensors and receivers in need of periodic cleaning from contamination.

The objective of the invention is to remedy these disadvantages, namely the expansion of functionality and improved performance.

The problem is solved in that in the device for automatic cleaning of manure containing a moving floor of the room and a sensor for the appearance of manure, the floor is made in the form of a travelator.

At the edge of the travelator, the lower part of the room wall is movable. Inside the travelator is made in the form of a ventilation pipe. Part of the travelator is made in the form of a barrier. The sensor is made in the form of a range finder located in the zone of absence of animals. The lower part of the wall is made in the form of a rotating panel. The range finder is made in the form of a laser roulette.

These distinctive features allow you to achieve the following advantages compared with the prototype.

The implementation of the floor in the form of a travelator, firstly, allows animals to be kept of significant mass and in large numbers, and secondly, through the cracks between the travelator panels, air with unpleasant odors can be sucked out and / or warm air can be supplied to improve the indoor climate. All this expands functionality and improves operational characteristics.

Performing at the edge of the travolator the lower part of the room’s wall is movable, it makes it possible to retain heat in the room and prevent the penetration of unpleasant odors into the room when manure is removed from it.

Performing a travelator inside as a ventilation pipe allows you to remove unpleasant odors from manure through the floor, preventing them from spreading throughout the room. In addition, in the cold season, warm air can be supplied through this pipe, which will heat the floor and, seeping through the cracks of the latter, increase the temperature in the room. All of this improves performance.

The execution of the part of the travelator in the form of a barrier allows you to move the animals along with the floor in the right direction, for example, to perform milking, while the barrier will prevent the animals from moving in the opposite direction. It improves operational and expands functional characteristics.

The implementation of the sensor in the form of a range finder, located in the zone of absence of animals, allows to reduce the number of sensors in comparison with the prototype and to provide free housing animals, which in this case do not cause false alarms of the sensor, by the signal of which the manure is removed from the travelator. This improves performance and performance.

The execution of the lower part of the wall in the form of a rotating panel allows not only to prevent the penetration of unpleasant odors into the room, but also to use the panel as a scraper, cleaning manure from the travolator. This improves performance.

The implementation of the range finder in the form of a laser roulette simplifies the design of the device and, ultimately, improves performance.

The invention is illustrated by drawings.

In FIG. 1 shows a device for automatic manure removal. In FIG. 2 shows the device at the time of creation of the artificial corridor. In FIG. 3 shows the device at the time of washing animals.

The device for automatic manure removal contains a travelator 1 with drive shafts 2, one of which is placed under the wall 3 of the room, which has panels 4 at the bottom of the panel, which are rotatable along with axis 5 and that can contact the travolator and the wall along and under which the laser beam 6 propagates roulettes 7. The outer surface of the travelator has the ability to contact with a brush 8, which on one side of the wall is in contact with the panels, and on the other hand, with animals 9, for example cows, and connected to the axis of the engine 10 installed on and the carriage 11, placed on horizontal rails 12 and connected by a rod 13 with a scraper 14, placed in the tray 15. Inside the travolator can be made in the form of a pipe 16, and on the outside have a barrier 17 for animals placed on the travolator with access to the feeder 18 and periodically emitting manure on it 19.

A device for automatic cleaning of manure works as follows.

Travelator 1 (instead of which an escalator can be used) with the help of drive shafts 2 moves at low speed, for example 6 m / h (Fig. 1). In this case, the cow 9, feeding from the feeder 18 and moving away from it by means of a travelator, is forced to periodically move (step) forward. The manure that appeared on the travolator 19 slowly moves to the wall 3 of the room, and as soon as it crosses the beam 6 of the laser roulette 7, the readings of which before that, essentially, were the width of the room (wall to wall), the latter will change, which is a signal to start cleaning manure from the travelator. In this case, the reading will correspond to the distance from the wall on which the laser roulette is located to the pile of manure. Since several travelators can be installed in a large (wide) room, a specific panel 4 will be determined by the found distance, which will then rotate at the same time with the axis 5 with a drive (not shown) half a turn, capturing a pile of manure 19 and leading it outside out premises. Note that if the pipe 16 works as a ventilation one, then the unpleasant odor emanating from the heap of manure in the process of its movement to the wall 3 will be removed from the room through the floor, without spreading to the entire volume of the room. The penetration of a large number of unpleasant odors into the room is also prevented by a quick turn of the panel. In addition, the panel pressed against the wall and the travolator eliminates drafts in the room, which in general contributes to the creation of a favorable microclimate for animals and maintenance personnel.

After some estimated time (depending on the speed of the travelator), after which the soiled part of the travelator is between the edge of the last one and the panel, the carriage 11 is moved along the guides 12 along the wall 3 to the soiled travelator (place), water is turned on and the motor 10 is rotated. The rotating brush simultaneously cleans the side surface of the panel 4 and the travelator. The slurry flowing down in this case along the tray 15 goes into the storage tank and can be used, for example, for the production of liquid fertilizer. After cleaning, turn off the engine 10 and continue to move the carriage along the guides. In this case, the scraper 14 captures the solid remains of the heap and discards them from the tray at the end of the latter.

Before milking begins, a barrier 17 is installed (laid out) on a travelator, which causes the cows to move to the wall during the movement of the latter. After some time, the cows will find themselves in an artificial corridor formed by a barrier and a wall, after which the travolator is stopped and they are given out in turn at the end of the corridor, then starting up to the feeder (Fig. 2). The brush 8 can be used for scratching and washing cows, moving it along the corridor on the other side of the wall, while the scraper should be raised (Fig. 3).

The implementation of the invention will create an easy-to-use automatic device for cleaning manure and a good microclimate in the room.

Claims (7)

1. Device for automatic cleaning of manure, containing a moving floor of the room and a sensor for the appearance of manure, characterized in that the floor is made in the form of a travelator. 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that at the edge of the travelator the lower part of the wall of the room is movable. 3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the travelator inside is made in the form of a ventilation pipe. 4. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the part of the travelator is made in the form of a barrier. 5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the sensor is made in the form of a range finder located in the zone of absence of animals. 6. The device according to p. 2, characterized in that the lower part of the wall is made in the form of a rotating panel. 7. The device according to p. 5, characterized in that the range finder is made in the form of a laser roulette.

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