RU2780844C1 - Unmanned self-propelled egg collection with floor poultry - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: poultry farming.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to poultry farming, to devices for collecting eggs, in case of group keeping of poultry on the floor. The system includes a body mounted on a chassis, a control unit, a motion controller with software, a double electric motor, and a GPS tracker. The system is equipped with an egg picker made in the form of a belt conveyor, in front of which a rolling roller is installed with the possibility of rotation with spring-loaded fingers located under it, connected to the lower part of the body. The rolling roller is also connected to the body with the help of two brackets. In the rear part of the body there is a block for storing eggs, made in the form of cassettes installed one above the other and moved pivotally in a horizontal plane. The chassis is made caterpillar.

EFFECT: invention provides an increase in the efficiency of collecting eggs.

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Description

The invention relates to poultry farming, and to be more precise, to devices for collecting eggs in group outdoor poultry keeping.

Known devices for collecting eggs in a cell battery, containing an endless belt conveyor with vertical and horizontal branches placed on the tiers of the battery. In which the vertical branches of the conveyor belt are located on each side, the eggs that have rolled onto the conveyor belt from adjacent tiers are transported in opposite directions, which necessitates the collection of eggs from both ends of the battery by an additional conveyor. This complicates the design of the device for collecting eggs in a cell battery. Due to the fact that both sides of the conveyor belt of the known device for collecting eggs are working, the wear of the belt increases, the operational reliability of the entire device decreases. (see Pat. SU 426633 A1, IPC A01K 31/16)

The disadvantage of this invention is the inability to use it in the system of outdoor poultry keeping, for collecting eggs.

Known transport system, which contains a transverse belt conveyor, which delivers the eggs to the processing line, and several longitudinal belt conveyors, which are located so that they deliver the eggs to different spaced apart places of the transverse belt conveyor. The device registers the progress of the transverse belt conveyor. The adjustment device connected to said device is configured to be driven at the beginning of the delivery process by the transport system with a shift in time of the longitudinal belt conveyors depending on the distance between their area of adjacency to the transverse belt conveyor and the processing line and depending on the progress of the transverse belt conveyor. Egg damage is prevented during transport. (see Pat. RU 2423308 C2 IPC B65G 43/08, 2011)

The disadvantage of this system is its complexity, bulkiness and difficult or impossible to use it in the system of outdoor poultry, to collect eggs.

Known for the collection of eggs, with the floor maintenance of poultry, which is carried out manually and has the following disadvantages, namely:

1) High labor costs

2) Low level of manufacturability

3) Stress for the bird during egg collection

4) Low performance

5) Inability to maintain the level of hygiene required for birds

Link to an article on manual egg collection (Russian farming https://xn--80ajakwogeoipw.xn--p1ai/ptica/napolnoe-soderzhanie-nesushek.html)

Known unmanned self-propelled device for removing manure in the room for the content of agricultural - x. animals. The unmanned self-propelled manure removal device has a body on wheels. The housing contains a control unit that controls the trajectory of movement, a double electric motor that drives the wheels. The control unit is programmed by a remote server so that the device can move independently along a certain work route in a repetitive manner. (see US Pat. No. 2015289472, IPC A01K 1/01) prototype.

The technical result is to increase the efficiency and quality of egg collection, reduce production costs and reduce personnel in production, by providing the possibility of automated collection of eggs when keeping birds on the floor.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that, according to the invention, an unmanned self-propelled system for collecting eggs for outdoor poultry, including a body mounted on a chassis, a control unit, a motion controller with software, a double electric motor, a GPS tracker, according to the invention, is equipped with an egg picker made in the form of a belt conveyor, in front of which a rolling roller is installed with the possibility of rotation with spring-loaded fingers located under it, connected to the lower part of the housing, and the rolling roller is also connected to the housing with the help of two brackets, while in the rear part of the housing there is an egg storage unit, made in the form cassettes mounted one above the other and moved pivotally in a horizontal plane, and the chassis is made caterpillar.

The novelty of the proposed design in comparison with prototypes and other well-known technical solutions is due to the fact that:

1. Provides full automation of the process of collecting eggs, by autonomous collection of eggs, sorting, delivery to their unloading shop due to a given trajectory of movement;

2. Reduces collection time;

3. Reduces labor costs;

4. Reduces the chance of infections in chickens;

5. Ability to collect eggs without stress for the bird.

The essence of the invention is illustrated by the drawing, where:

Fig. 1 - shows an unmanned self-propelled egg collection system in working position, side view.

Fig. 2 - shows an unmanned self-propelled egg collection system in the working position, front view.

An unmanned self-propelled system for collecting eggs for floor keeping of poultry, includes a body 1 mounted on a chassis 2, a control unit 3 with a motion controller 4 with software, a double electric motor and a GPS tracker (not shown in the figure). The self-propelled system is equipped with an egg picker for floor keeping of poultry, made in the form of a belt conveyor 5, in front of which a rolling roller 6 is installed with the possibility of rotation with spring-loaded fingers 7 located underneath it, connected to the housing 1. The rolling roller 6 is also connected to the bottom with the help of two brackets 8. part of the body 1. In the rear part of the body 1 there is a block 9 for storing eggs, made in the form of cassettes 10 installed one above the other and moved pivotally in a horizontal plane. A pressure sensor 11 is installed under the storage unit. For better cross-country ability, the chassis 2 is made caterpillar. On the body 1 above the belt conveyor 5, a motion controller 4, cameras 11 and signal lamp 12 are installed.

Unmanned self-propelled system for collecting eggs in the floor content works as follows.

The rolling roller 6 feeds the eggs to the spring-loaded fingers 7, from which they fall on the belt conveyor 5 and further into the cassette 10 of the egg storage unit 9, which, in turn, is equipped with a pressure sensor 11, which serves to determine the weight of the cassette, which is used to judge its filling with eggs . After filling the cassette, the pressure sensor sends a signal to the control unit 3 from which the command is sent to the egg storage unit 9 to direct the filled cassette to the lower part of the egg storage unit and an empty cassette is installed in its place, which is lowered from above along the guides (not shown in the figure). shown). Then, after filling all the cassettes, the control unit 3 sends a command to turn on the movement of the caterpillar chassis 2, which begins to move along the route to the unloading shop, where the cassettes with eggs are unloaded along the hinges in a horizontal plane, after unloading, a new egg collection cycle begins. The camera 11 displays the environment around the moving unmanned egg collecting system, and the signal lamp 13 reflects its working state.

Claims (1)

An unmanned self-propelled system for collecting eggs for floor keeping of poultry, including a body mounted on a chassis, a control unit, a motion controller with software, a double electric motor, a GPS tracker, characterized in that it is equipped with an egg picker made in the form of a belt conveyor, in front of which the rolling roller is mounted with the possibility of rotation with spring-loaded fingers located under it, connected to the lower part of the housing, and the rolling roller is also connected to the housing with the help of two brackets, while in the rear part of the housing there is an egg storage unit made in the form of cassettes installed each above the other and moved pivotally in a horizontal plane, and the chassis is made caterpillar.

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