WO2005084421A2 - Abri pour animaux et son utilisation - Google Patents

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WO2005084421A2
WO2005084421A2 PCT/NL2005/000178 NL2005000178W WO2005084421A2 WO 2005084421 A2 WO2005084421 A2 WO 2005084421A2 NL 2005000178 W NL2005000178 W NL 2005000178W WO 2005084421 A2 WO2005084421 A2 WO 2005084421A2
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Gerrit Jan Dijk
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
    • A01K1/01—Removal of dung or urine, e.g. from stables

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  • the invention relates to a house for animals, for instance a litter house for livestock, a deep litter house or the like.
  • a house for animals, for instance a litter house for livestock, a deep litter house or the like.
  • a house is known from practice, see for instance NL 1017658.
  • the litter is used here for taking up the faeces and urine.
  • a clean and hygienic bedded area is not easy to accomplish.
  • the dairy factory sets high standards regarding the quality of the milk.
  • the known house is provided with an automatically operating gripper for removing faeces and litter. However, it remains necessary to regularly scatter additional litter. In the known house, a variation in layer thickness of the litter layer is responded to by means of a winch construction. In practice, controlling the winch construction in an accurate manner proves to be relatively awkward and expensive.
  • the present invention contemplates an improvement of the known house.
  • the invention contemplates a house, for instance a litter house or deep litter house, which is provided with an animal friendlier, more hygienic and environmentally friendlier housing system for, for instance, livestock or rural pets.
  • the invention further contemplates an efficient house which is, for instance, relatively inexpensive and efficient in use while control of the gripper can for instance be carried out relatively easily.
  • a house for animals for instance cattle
  • a sand or litter pack in which urine can drain away and on which faeces can remain behind
  • at least one automatically operating dung gripper is provided which can be driven by a faeces detection system
  • the gripper being provided with spacing means which, during use, ensure that the gripper is limited in gripping depth.
  • the gripper can remove faeces relatively rapidly and easily.
  • the gripper can then easily be automatically positioned near the faeces, at a suitable height, by means of the spacer means such that the gripping depth of the gripper is hmited. Control of the gripper can thus be carried out relatively easily. In this manner, faeces with a relatively thin faeces bearing layer of the sand or litter pack can for instance be gripped by the gripper. Further, it can thus simply be effected that the gripper grips faeces, in particular a cowpat, in its entirety without carrying along too much sand or litter. In addition, in this manner, relatively little sand or litter can be used up to keep the house acceptably clean. Preferably, in the house, mainly a sand pack is used.
  • Urine can drain away well in a sand pack so that in a highly efficient manner, faeces and urine can be separated, for instance for reducing the emission of ammonia. Further, as a result of such a separation, more specific fertilization of, for instance, a meadow or field can take place.
  • the gripper can be mounted to a ceiling or a roof construction with the aid of, for instance, a rail construction or the like, so as to provide the - gripper with sufficient mobility, without the gripper hindering the day-to-day management, or the animal-specific (bedding)behavior.
  • the house for animals, in particular cattle, according to the invention can further be provided with walking/feeding and transport floors for people, animals and machines, while the house is also provided with floorless bedded areas for the cattle (like the ancient sheep folds), consisting of a sand or litter pack in which urine drains away and on which the faeces remains behind.
  • a sand or litter pack in which urine drains away and on which the faeces remains behind.
  • an automatically operating manure gripper can be provided which is driven during use via, for instance, a detection system for faeces (cow pats).
  • the gripper is provided with supporting legs or a different form of spacer ensuring the gripper to be limited in gripping depth.
  • a house for animals may for instance be provided with a sand or litter pack in which urine can drain away and on which faeces can remain behind, while the house is provided with a drainage system for the discharge of urine, and with an automatically operating gripper for discharge of faeces lying on the sand or litter pack.
  • the gripping depth of the gripper may then for instance be advantageously limited by spacing means, but this is not required.
  • the house can be provided with, for instance, one (substantially) standing and walking area for the cattle and one (substantially) bedded area for the cattle, the bedded area consisting of a litter or sand pack which is provided with two manure discharge systems: one discharge system for the urine and one discharge system for the faeces.
  • a characteristic of the house is that the liquid manure fraction is discharged below a bedding and ⁇ walking level of the cattle and that the solid manure fraction is discharged above the bedding and walking level. In this manner, the liquid manure fraction and the solid manure fraction can be discharged separately, preferably automatically by means of said drainage system and said gripper.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematically vertical cross sectional view of a first exemplary embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 2 shows a schematically cutaway top plan view of the first exemplary embodiment
  • Fig. 3 shows a detail R of Fig. 1
  • Fig. 4 shows a detail Q of Fig. 1, with a first gripper position
  • Fig. 5 shows a similar detail Q as Fig. 4, with a second gripper position
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematically vertical cross sectional view of a first exemplary embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 2 shows a schematically cutaway top plan view of the first exemplary embodiment
  • Fig. 3 shows a detail R of Fig. 1
  • Fig. 4 shows a detail Q of Fig. 1, with a first gripper position
  • Fig. 5 shows a similar detail Q as Fig. 4, with a second gripper position
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematically vertical cross sectional view of a first exemplary embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 2 shows
  • FIG. 6 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a second exemplary embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 7 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a third exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • identical or corresponding features are indicated with identical or corresponding reference numerals.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 show a first exemplary embodiment of a house 1 for animals, for instance cattle.
  • the house 1 is provided with a bedded/resting area 3.
  • the bedded area 3 is floorless, at least not provided with a concrete or steel floor.
  • the bottom of this bedded area 3 is provided with a bottom covering layer 2, for instance a fitter pack, a straw pack, and, preferably, a sand pack 2.
  • This pack 2 is such that during use, urine can drain away well therein and that faeces V can remain behind on the pack 2 well. As a result, the faeces N and urine can be separated from each other very accurately and efficiently.
  • a sand pack 2 with a thickness T of at least approximately 25 cm is used, for instance a sand pack 2 with a thickness of approximately 0.5 m, as top floor covering of the bedded area 3 of the house 1.
  • a foil 8 or other non-liquid transmissive material 8 has been provided between the sand or litter pack 2 and a house underground G .
  • the house 1 is provided with an automatically controllable manure gripper 10.
  • This gripper 10 can be driven under the influence of a faeces detection system with a number of optical sensors 20, for instance cameras or different sensors.
  • optical sensor should be understood broadly, and can comprise, for instance, a color sensor, contrast sensor, infrared sensor or a different sensor.
  • the gripper 10 can for instance be driven by a vision technique with which selection takes place to color, contrast, object versus background, form factor of an object and/or object size. Such a technique is known per se from practice.
  • a control of the faeces detection system for instance a computer control, which has been configured for driving the gripper 10 on the basis of vision technique, is not represented. It will be clear to the skilled person how such a control based on vision technique can be designed.
  • means 6 are provided which have been configured for moving the gripper 10 relative to the sand or litter pack 2, for instance in horizontal directions X, Y and vertical directions Z.
  • these means comprise an overhead crane 6, which extends in a transverse direction X of the house 1.
  • the crane 6 can be mounted to, for instance, a ceiling, a roof construction and/or sidewalls of the house.
  • the crane 6 can be moved over rails 21, in a longitudinal direction Y of the house.
  • the crane 6 is provided with a trolley 22 movable in the transverse direction X mentioned.
  • the trolley 22 comprises lifting means - for instance a winch — with a cable 23 to which the gripper 10 is coupled, so that the gripper 10 can be r moved relative to the trolley 22 in vertical direction Z.
  • the crane 6 and trolley 22 can be controlled under the influence of, for instance, the above- mentioned control for bringing the gripper 10 to the detected faeces positions.
  • the overhead crane 6 is provided with, for instance, a number of spaced apart optical sensors 20. Each of these sensors can for instance be coupled to the crane 6 so as to be automatically movable in the transverse direction X to enlarge a respective detection area.
  • the trolley 22 and/or gripper 10 can be provided with, for instance, one or more optical sensors.
  • the optical sensors 20 can scan, preferably, the entire surface of the sand or litter layer 2 for faeces, at least when the overhead crane 6 is moved over this layer 2 in the longitudinal direction Y of the house.
  • the house 1 is further provided with a faeces collector 5, well accessible during use by the gripper 10, for instance a collecting tray, a discharge conveyor or the like.
  • This collector 5 is designed for receiving from the gripper 10 faeces gripped by the gripper 10.
  • the faeces collector 5 may be designed in various manners, and be mounted on, for instance, the overhead crane as is represented in Fig. 2.
  • the collector 5 can be attached to, for instance, the house and extend for instance over virtually the entire length of the house.
  • the faeces collector 5 can comprise, for instance, an intermediate storage station for faeces.
  • the sand or litter pack 2 is provided with a liquid manure discharge system for discharging urine/liquid manure U.
  • the liquid manure discharge system is designed as a drainage system.
  • a drainage system can be constructed in various manners known from practice and be provided with, for instance, a number of drain pipes 9 laid at a specific inclination.
  • a drainpipe 9 is sc-hematically represented in Fig. 3. These pipes 9 may extend in various directions.
  • discharge of urine is schematically represented in arrows.
  • the dra-inage system is provided with a collecting tank 15 for storing discharged urine or ⁇ liquid manure U.
  • This collecting tank 15 may be designed in various manners and comprise, for instance, a cellar.
  • th-e urine U and faeces V can be stored separately from each other, outside the bedded area 3.
  • the discharged urine or liquid manure U can, for instance- be used as liquid fertilizer, for instance for fertilizing land.
  • the discharged urine U and faeces V can also be combined during use outside the " bedded area 3 to, for instance, obtain a desired manure mixture.
  • the house 1 comprises, for instance, a house system in which urine U can be discharged below -floor level S of the bedded area, by the drainage system mentioned, and faeces V above floor level S, by the gripper 10.
  • the sand or litter 2 can then simply function as carrier of the faeces V, while during use the discharge of the faeces V by the gripper 10 can each, time be accompanied with, for insta-nce, the discharge of a small amount of sand or litter 2.
  • the gripper 10 is provid d with spacer means 11 which ensxire, during use, that the gripper 10 is limited in gripping depth D.
  • the gripping depth mentioned is indicated in Fig. 5 with an arrow D.
  • the gripping depth D can be defined as being the distance between the surface S of the sand or litter pack 2 and the maximum depth the gripper 10 can reach in closed condition.
  • the spacer means can be designed in different manners and comprise, for instance, supporting legs or a different form of spacers.
  • the spacer means comprise a cylindrical spacer 11 with an open lower end, provided with ring-shaped lower edge 12.
  • the spacer 11 is conpled by an upper end to the lifting cable 12 of the trolley 21.
  • the gripper 10 can be provided in an inner space of the spacer 11.
  • the gripper 10 can be designed in different manners.
  • the gripper 10 comprises, for instance, two intercoupled scooping parts 10A, 10B pivotal about a pivot 13.
  • An opened position of the gripper 10 is represented in Fig. 4 and a closed position in * . Fig. 5.
  • the scooping portion of the gripper 10 formed by these scooping parts 10A, 10B is provided with a shde -off system such that scooped up material falls from the gripper 10 when, during use, the gripper 1O is opened (see Figs. 4 and 5).
  • the gripper 10 can for instance comprise a toothed fork gripper, while the scooping parts 10A, 10B are interlocking scoop forks.
  • a fork gripper can function as a sort of sieve and can release, during use, a part of the gripped sand or litter while retaining the gripped faeces. Also, the resistance to penetration of such a gripper is lower.
  • urine or liquid manure U deposited by the cattle on the sand or litter layer 2 is automatically discharged via this layer 2 and the drainage system 9, and stored in, for instance, storage 15. Further, the surface S of the sand or litter layer is continuously, periodically and/or otherwise inspected or scanned for faeces V, for instance when the overhead crane 6 is moved over this surface S in the longitudinal direction Y of the house.
  • the positions of the detected faeces V are automatically defined by vision technique, utilizing measuring results of the sensors 20.
  • the gripper 10 can be automatically driven for gripping faeces V and a portion of the sand or litter pack 2 situated therebeneath.
  • the gripper 10 is automatically brought to, successively, each detected faeces position by the overhead crane 6 and trolley 22.
  • the spacing cylinder 11 is arranged by the lower rim 12 thereof on the sand or fitter layer such that the spacing cylinder 11 holds the ends of the gripper 10 for instance at a distance from this layer (see Fig. 4) for limiting the gripping depth.
  • the gripper 10 is brought to the closed position represented in Fig. 5, and grips sand or litter 2 over a gripping depth D mentioned.
  • the gripper 10 only grips a small portion of an upper layer of the sand or fitter pack 2 togeth-er with the faeces V lying thereon.
  • the gripper 10 can then release a part of the gripped sand or fitter and drop this on the sand and litter pack 2, when the gripper 10 is designed as, for instance, a fork gripper.
  • the gripper 10 can for instance be used for supplementing the house 1 with sand or fitter.
  • the house 1 can for instance be provided with a sand or litter holder (not shown) for keeping a supply of sand or litter in stock for the gripper.
  • the gripper 10 itself can for instance be provided with such a sand or litter holder.
  • Fig. 6 schematically shows a second exemplary embodiment of a house 1' for animals, for instance cattle.
  • the second exemplary embodiment differs from the first exemplary embodiment in that it is also provided with: solid, hard, walking and transport floors 4 for, for instance, people, animals and machines. These floors can for instance form floors of a feed alley A, for people and machines, and of a walking and feeding space B for the cattle. These solid floors may have been manufactured from, for instance, concrete.
  • the bedded area 3 extends outside the feeding alley A and walking and feeding area B.
  • the second exemplary embodiment 1' too is provided with a discharge system 15 for the urine U and a discharge system 5, 6, 10 for the faeces.
  • Fig. 7 schematically shows a third exemplary embodiment 1" of the invention, for instance a circular or semicircular deep litter house 1".
  • the third exemplary embodiment is provided with a space 3" with a sand or litter pack 2" in which urine can drain away and on which faeces can remain behind.
  • an automatically operating manure gripper 10 is provided, which can be driven by a faeces detection system 20".
  • the gripper 10 is provided with spacing means 11 which, during use, ensure that the gripper 10 is limited in gripping depth.
  • the spacing means 11 may have been designed in accordance with those of-, for instance, the first exemplary embodiment.
  • an above-described drainage system is provided for discharging urine from the sand or litter pack.
  • the third exemplary embodiment is provided with a jig 6" pivotal about a center pole 21", with a trolley 22" to which the ' gripper/spacer assembly 10, 11 is coupled.
  • the jig 6" is also provided with a number of sensors 20".
  • the invention relates to, for instance, a litter house for cattle or the like, which house may be provided with an automatically operating gripper 10, driven by vision technique, for removing faeces from the litter layer in the bedded area.

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L'invention concerne un abri pour animaux, par exemple pour du bétail, doté de sable ou d'une litière (2), dans laquelle l'urine peut être drainée, et sur laquelle les déjections (V) peuvent rester. Le sable ou la litière (2) sont au moins manipulés automatiquement par un dispositif de préhension de fumier (10) pouvant être entraîné par un système de détection de déjections. Le dispositif de préhension de fumier (10) est doté d'un moyen d'espacement (11), qui, lors de son utilisation, permet d'assurer que le dispositif de préhension (10) est limité dans sa profondeur de préhension. L'invention concerne également un abri pour animaux. Cet abri est doté de sable ou d'une litière dans laquelle l'urine peut être drainée, et sur laquelle les déjections peuvent rester. Cet abri est doté d'un système de drainage pour évacuer l'urine, et d'un dispositif de préhension de manipulation automatique de fumier pour évacuer les déjections reposant sur le sable ou sur la litière.
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