RU2668578C1 - Enclosure unit for agricultural animal managing - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agriculture.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agriculture, in particular to devices for pens for managing various farm animals. Enclosure is made of a hollow, flexible airtight material – the air block – with a cross-sectional shape close to a rectangular trapezoid, filled with air with excess pressure. Unit is provided with a nipple valve and a closing outlet. To the external inclined and lower longitudinal edges of the unit are flexible eyes are fixed, made with the possibility of temporary connection of the blocks among themselves along the inclined ribs, for example, rings with a slot and with the possibility of temporarily fixing each block to the ground along the lower longitudinal edges, for example, L-shaped anchors.EFFECT: invention provides the creation of a non-traumatic animal enclosure from units of low weight that are easily replaceable and maintainable.1 cl, 4 dwg

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to agriculture, in particular, to the device of pens for keeping various farm animals.

State of the art

Stationary shelters for sheep are known (see, for example, http: // zoocompas.rf/index.php/ Sheep-icoses / soderzanie.html), including the stall and stall-pasture keeping of sheep, for example, a corral for sheep (see Patent for invention RU No. 2179387, Method for keeping sheep) with fencing from fodder hay.

Known corral for livestock, enclosed by free-standing volumetric blocks, assembled on flat lattice internal and external shields and frame transverse elements interconnected by sleeve-rod hinges (see patent for invention RU No. 2053657). The disadvantages are the complexity and complexity of manufacturing structures, their assembly into blocks, disassembly and transportation to a new place and the sufficiently large weight of the blocks.

Disclosure of invention

Various pneumatic (inflatable) products are known: air mattresses, inflatable boats, inflatable pools, inflatable elements of various designs and even whole inflatable structures having many advantages, the main of which are lightness, high elasticity, installation speed at a relatively low cost (http: / /pereosnastka.ru/articles/pnevmaticheskie-konstruktsii).

The essence of the alleged invention is to create the design of an inflatable unit (pneumatic unit) with the possibility of its use as an element of the enclosure of the corral not injurious to animals with all of the above positive qualities.

The most common for pneumatic structures are fabric materials, rubberized or coated with polymers. High-strength single and double synthetic films with an inner reinforcing layer of synthetic fibers are also used. According to current standards - СН 497-77 (Appendix 1, table 4) the weight of one square meter of water- and air-tight material used in air-bearing coatings ranges from 0.43 kg (U-93) to 0.80 kg (A-01) . The connection of sheets of these materials into a structural element is carried out mainly by welding, although their bonding is possible. These are high-strength materials, they work when inflating as gently sloping shells with high calculated resistance both on the base and on the weft (from 800 kgf / m and above), from which various kinds of inflatable systems can be cut and welded. Including such as pneumatic units suitable for the installation of enclosures for animal pens. An excess pressure is created in the pneumatic unit, forming its geometry, the value of which can vary depending on the strength of the material (at joints with equal strength with the material). According to paragraph 3.24 of the norms of SN 497-77, to ensure stability with respect to the proposed pneumatic unit, the minimum air pressure inside should be taken at least 15 kgf / m (about 0.015 atm). If you imagine a pneumatic unit in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped made of the above materials with dimensions of 3 m * 1.5 m * 1 m, then its weight will not exceed 20 kg.

The proposed pneumatic unit has a more rational cross-sectional shape and is equipped with elements that allow it to be filled with air and release from air, as well as elements that allow you to connect the blocks to each other and to the ground.

The enclosure block for keeping farm animals, made with a cross-sectional shape close to a rectangular trapezoid, is equipped with a nipple valve and a closing outlet, and flexible eyes are fixed to the external inclined and lower longitudinal ribs, made with the possibility of temporarily connecting the blocks to each other along inclined ribs, for example, rings with a slot and with the possibility of temporarily securing each block with the ground along the lower longitudinal ribs, for example, L-shaped anchors.

Such blocks are easy to manufacture, lightweight, easy to assemble and dismantle. From such blocks it is possible to form fencing enclosures of any size and configuration, using them for livestock.

Brief Description of the Drawings

In FIG. 1 shows a diagram of a pneumatic unit.

In FIG. 2 shows the connection of pneumatic units.

In FIG. 3 shows a diagram of securing a pneumatic unit to the ground with a L-shaped anchor.

In FIG. 4 shows options for adjoining pneumoblocks.

The implementation of the invention

The enclosure block for keeping farm animals 1 is hollow made of flexible airtight material (pneumatic unit) with a cross-sectional shape close to a rectangular trapezoid filled with excess pressure air, equipped with a nipple valve 2 and a closing outlet 3, with an external inclined 4 and lower 5 longitudinal ribs are fixed with flexible eyes, respectively 6 and 7, made with the possibility of temporarily connecting the blocks to each other along inclined ribs with rings with a slot 8 and with the possibility of temporarily securing each block with the ground along the lower longitudinal ribs with L-shaped anchors 9.

The construction of a corral from pneumatic units 1 is carried out in this way. At the first stage, the pneumatic blocks in the deflated state are laid out around the closed perimeter of the corral and, in addition to one or two standing next to each other, are attached through the eyes 7 with anchors 9 to the ground on both sides of the block base (the anchors are clogged into the ground, and their shape fixes the position, excluding rotation). Anchors can be made of both steel and durable carbon fiber. At the second stage, through the nipple valve 2, when controlling the change in pressure inside the unit, it is filled with air using an air pump or using compressed air, etc. The change in internal pressure can be controlled instrumentally or more roughly visually by the magnitude of the deformation of the surface of the block (depending on the material used). The interconnection between the air-filled adjacent blocks is carried out by rings 8 and lugs 6 (can be made of both steel and carbon fiber). Blocks that are not fixed to the ground play the role of a gate, and after the cattle are brought into the corral, they are connected through the eyes 6 and fastened to the ground by anchors 9 only from the outside.

Obviously, the construction of a corral from pneumatic blocks is much faster than the construction of a traditional corral, the blocks are lightweight, easy to replace and maintain, they can be standardized (typed) for each type of animal. Disassembling a corral from pneumatic blocks and preparing it for transportation to another place begins with removal air by opening the outlet 3 and then in the reverse order of its assembly.

In FIG. 4 shows possible options for joining blocks with the formation of angles between them.

Claims (1)

The enclosure block for keeping farm animals, characterized in that the block is made hollow of flexible airtight material, namely a pneumatic block, with a cross-sectional shape close to a rectangular trapezoid, filled with excess pressure air, equipped with a nipple valve and a closing outlet, and flexible eyes are fixed to the external inclined and lower longitudinal ribs, which are made with the possibility of temporarily connecting the blocks to each other along inclined ribs, for example, rings and with a slot and with the possibility of temporarily securing each block with the ground along the lower longitudinal ribs, for example, L-shaped anchors.

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