WO2009136376A1 - Stable floor element - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
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- A01K1/015—Floor coverings, e.g. bedding-down sheets ; Stable floors
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- the present invention concerns a stable floor element.
- a known type of stable floor element mainly consists of a grid made of concrete, composed of beams arranged at a distance from one another and which are mutually connected by means of crossbeams, also made of concrete.
- Such stable floor elements are manufactured as integrated elements.
- the openings provided between the beams are designed to carry off the excrements to a cess pit which is usually provided under such a stable floor.
- a stable floor which is formed of such known stable floor elements is usually cleaned by regularly scraping the floor, either manually or automatically by means of a manure robot or a scraper, whereby the scraped-off excrements are also carried off via the openings between the beams into the underlying cess pit.
- Another type of stable floor has a mainly closed and flat upper surface.
- such a stable floor is not formed of beams with intermediate openings.
- the excrements are carried off by frequently scraping the floor and carrying off the excrements via a restricted number of discharge openings, and further via underlying pipes, for example to a remote collector.
- a mat is integrally provided over the stable floor.
- the stable floor elements are provided with openings or slots via which the excrements fall in an underlying cess pit, said mats will be provided with corresponding recesses, in line with said openings or slots.
- a disadvantage of this embodiment is that the mat lies loose on the stable floor, and that it can shift while in use or while being scraped.
- fixing means such as for example screws, may cause injuries to the animals .
- Fixing these strips is rather problematic. Fixing can be done on the top side or on the side walls of the beam which is covered by the strip.
- the present invention aims to remedy one or several of the above-mentioned and other disadvantages.
- the present invention concerns a stable floor element comprising a supporting element with a service face situated at the top when in use and a bottom face situated on the bottom side, whereby the service face has one or several levels, recesses or openings, whereby an insert element has been provided in at least one of said levels, recesses or openings made of rubber or an elastic synthetic material, which insert element reaches as of the inner space in the recess or the opening in which it has been provided so as to fix the insert element, to right underneath, in line with or above the service face, i.e. seen in the position of use of the stable floor element.
- a major advantage concerns the installation method of the insert elements, which is very simple.
- the insert elements can be easily put in the recesses or openings without any additional mechanical fixing being required, which could be detrimental to the welfare of the animals.
- Another advantage offered by the stable floor element according to the invention is that major parts of the service face of the supporting element remain visible, that it is to say remain accessible to the animals.
- the insert element according to the invention is very appropriate to keep a major part of or the entire service face of the supporting element freely accessible. In this manner is obtained a base of concrete alternated with rubber or another elastic material.
- the insert element does not cover the service face of the supporting element at all, or according to a variant embodiment, the insert element only covers the service face of the supporting element to a limited extent, for example such that 5%, 10% or 25% or in-between values of the total service face of the supporting element are covered by the insert element.
- the insert elements In order to prevent the insert elements from being damaged or from being lifted out of the openings, and also to promote a quick discharge of urine, it is advantageous for the insert elements to not reach any higher, at least at the connection with the service face of the supporting elements, than said service face, and in that case to not cover the service face of the supporting elements at all.
- the service face of the supporting element remains entirely or partly accessible, or it is entirely hidden and/or it is entirely inaccessible.
- the embodiment whereby the supporting element is entirely or partly covered is particularly appropriate for zones one wishes to arrange as what are called rest zones for the animals.
- stable floor elements in the other zones can be best provided with insert elements which do not cover the service face of the supporting elements or which only cover it to a limited extent .
- the present invention also concerns a supporting element which is part of a stable floor element according to the invention, and a method for manufacturing such a supporting element .
- the present invention also concerns an insert element which is part of a stable floor element according to the invention.
- figure 1 schematically represents two stable floor elements according to the invention seen in perspective
- figure 2 represents the part indicated by F2 in figure 1 to a larger scale
- figure 3 represents a section according to line III-
- figure 4 represents a section according to line IV-IV in figure 2; figure 5 represents the part indicated by F5 in figure
- figure 6 represents the element of figure 5, but in another position
- figure 7 represents the element of figure 2, in which are provided some elements according to figure 5
- figure 8 represents a section according to line VIII-
- figure 9 schematically represents two stable floor elements according to the invention, seen in perspective, but according to an alternative embodiment ;
- figure 10 represents the part indicated by FlO in figure 9 to a larger scale;
- figure 11 represents a section according to line XI-XI in figure 10;
- figure 12 represents the part indicated by F12 in figure 9 to a larger scale;
- figure 13 represents the element of figure 12, but in another position;
- figure 14 represents the element of figure 10 in which have been provided some elements according to figure 12;
- figure 15 represents a section according to line XV-XV in figure 9.
- Figure 1 represents a stable floor which is formed of stable floor elements 1 according to the invention.
- Every stable floor element 1 comprises a supporting element 2 made of concrete, in this case in the shape of a floor grating 2 as represented in figures 2 to 4.
- the floor grating 2 mainly consists of a few beams 3, in this case five parallel beams placed at a distance from one another.
- These beams 3 are mutually connected in this case by means of three cross beams 4, namely one at each of the far ends of the beams 3 and one in the middle thereof.
- the openings 5 between the beams 3 narrow as of the surface of the floor grating 2 which is situated on top when in use, hereafter called the upper surface of the service face 6 of the floor grating 2, towards the opposite bottom face 7 thereof.
- the beams 3 widen as of the service face 6 to the bottom face 7 of the floor grating 2.
- the section of the beams 3 as of the service face 6 to the bottom face 7 first has a predominantly constant width, up to some 2 cm under the service face 6, and then the section widens as a slanting wall part has been provided on both sides of the beam 3 which reaches up to 6 cm under the service face 6, after which the beam 3 reaches up to the bottom face 7 with a predominantly constant width.
- the service face 6 of the floor grating 2 is in this case provided with grooves 8 or unevennesses or the like, but this is merely optional.
- the cross beam 4 situated in the middle of the beams 3 has a height Hl which is somewhat smaller than the height H2 of the cross beams 4 situated at the far ends.
- the beams 3 have a varying height, such that the service face 6 of the floor grating 2, formed of the upper surfaces of the beams 3 and the cross beams 4, is free of any sudden transitions.
- the beams 3 have a height which is mainly equal to Hl near their connection with the cross beam 4 situated in the centre, whereas the beams 3 have a height H2 near their connection with the cross beams 4 situated at the far ends .
- every stable floor element 1 also comprises an insert element 9, in this case made of rubber and shaped as represented in figures 5 and 6. Rubber is strong and guarantees a long life of the insert elements 9, and at the same time rubber is soft enough to the animals' claws.
- the shape and dimensions of the insert element 9 are such that it can be provided exactly in an opening 5 between the beams 3 of the floor grating 2.
- the insert element 9 thereby reaches as of the inner space of the opening 5, i.e. in this embodiment the space between the beams 3 in which the insert element 9 has been provided so as to fix it, up to the service face 6.
- the side of the body 11 which is situated at the top when in use hereafter called the top 13 of the insert element 9, is made convex.
- the central part 14 of the insert element 9 reaches somewhat higher than the service face 6 of the supporting element 2.
- the top 13 is provided in particular with a central part 14 which is made flat and with slanting parts 15 on either side which in this case connect to the service face 6 of the supporting elements 2.
- the side walls 16 of the body 11 are mainly directed parallel to the plane of symmetry of the insert element 9.
- the legs 12 of the predominantly U-shaped section narrow towards their free ends, such that the outer sides 17 of the legs 12 and the side walls 16 of the body 11 mainly correspond to the design of the beams 3 as far as shape and dimensions are concerned there where the insert elements 9 are inserted.
- the top 13 of the insert element 9 extends somewhat above the upper surface 6 of the floor grating 2, but this is not required for the application of the invention.
- the installation method of a stable floor grating 1 according to the invention as discussed above is simple and as follows.
- the concrete floor gratings 2 are put on the underlying structure, i.e. in the case of the embodiment as discussed above, for example on a solid floor in which may have been provided sewers. Some of the floor gratings 2 may have been provided with a discharge opening 18 as represented in figure 1, and they are aligned and connect to the sewers which are connected to a collector.
- Figure 7 illustrates how the insert elements 9 can be easily provided on the floor gratings 2. Indeed, thanks to the predominantly corresponding design of the insert elements 9 with the openings 5 between the beams 3 of the floor gratings 2 as mentioned above, one only has to put the insert elements 9 with their conical bottoms in the funnel-shaped openings 5.
- the stable floor elements 1 provide for optimal comfort to the animals.
- the insert elements 9 provide for a softer and warmer ground on the one hand, and the concrete beams 3 and 4 make sure that the animals can wear off their hooves or claws on the other hand.
- any possible alternation of concrete and rubber guarantees a rougher contact surface, which improves the safety.
- a stable floor formed of such stable floor elements 1 according to the invention offers the advantage that the animals will not only make their way to those places where said mats are provided.
- the infrastructure will be used as a whole, i.e. also the cubicles .
- the cross beam 4 situated in the centre of the beams 3 has a height Hl which is somewhat smaller than the height H2 of the cross beams 4 situated at the far ends.
- the beams 3 slope down to these lower, centrally situated cross beams 4. Consequently, also the insert elements 9 will slope in the intermediate openings 5. This implies that any liquid excrements will already find their way to the centrally situated cross beams 4 as a result of the gravitational force.
- an insert element 9 can also be provided with grooves in view of a quicker urine discharge, preferably in line with any possible grooves 8 in the service face 6 of the supporting element 2, such that this succession of grooves forms a discharge channel.
- the grooves 8 in the supporting element 2 and also the grooves in the insert elements 9 moreover provide the animals with a better grip.
- grooves 8 are provided in the supporting element 2, they will be preferably directed crosswise to the longitudinal direction of the insert elements 9, and in this case they will preferably not be provided at the cross beams 4, since a direct discharge of urine cannot be provided for there.
- the remaining excrements are carried off by regularly- scraping the floor and carrying off the excrements via the discharge openings 18, and further to a collector via a pipe system which is not represented.
- the bottom face 7 of the floor gratings 2 may be closed.
- the openings 5 are made as recesses or levels in the upper surface of the service face 6 of the floor grating 2, as opposed to the continuous openings 5 as represented in the figures.
- Such a closed bottom face 7 prevents any contamination of the ground should there be a leak between the insert elements 9 and the floor gratings 2.
- the supporting elements 2 must not necessarily be floor gratings as described above.
- a supporting element 2 must not necessarily have cross beams 4. Indeed, the embodiment with a closed bottom face 7 can also be realised without any cross beams 4.
- the supporting element 2 may have a predominantly rectangular circumferential edge but this must not necessarily be so, and the recesses 5 may for example also be round or hexagonal or have any other shape whatsoever.
- the supporting element 2 may be a floor slab for example, cast on the spot, in which are provided levels or recesses.
- Figure 9 shows an alternative embodiment of a stable floor which is formed of stable floor elements 1 according to an alternative embodiment.
- Every stable floor element 1 comprises a supporting element 2, as in the embodiment discussed above, for example a concrete floor grating 2 which serves as a supporting structure, as represented in figures 10 to 11.
- These floor gratings 2 mainly differ from the above- described floor gratings 2 in that they have a larger height and in that the beams 3 do not have a varying height, as a result of which they slope down towards the centrally situated cross beam 4.
- every stable floor element 1 also comprises an insert element 9, in this case mainly made of rubber and represented in figures 12 and 13.
- the design and dimensions of the insert element 9 are such that it can be provided exactly between the beams 3 of the floor grating 2.
- Such an insert element 9 differs from the above-described insert elements 9 in that its body 11 is provided with two slotted and continuous openings 19 situated in each other's prolongation.
- openings 19 are provided in the central part 14 of the body 11 and they reach from near the free end of the insert element 9 up to a distance from the reinforcement rib 10, which is extended here up to the upper surface 13 of the insert element 9.
- the upper surface 13 of the insert elements 9 is provided with small channels 20 in this case, provided in the upper surface of the slanting parts 15 on either side of the openings 19.
- Said small channels 20 are designed such that, as opposed to the laterally sloping parts 15, they slope down from the side walls 16 towards the openings 19.
- said insert elements 9 are provided with two elastic, springy strips 21 at each opening 19, made of an elastic synthetic material, in this case and preferably EPDM, given its favourable elastic qualities and its chemical resistance to ammonia.
- Said springy strips 21 have been provided on the legs 12 of the insert element 9 in this case, in particular by means of T-shaped profiled far ends which have been led in corresponding grooves 22 in the legs 12.
- the legs 12 and/or the beams 3 can be best tuned to one another as far as shape and dimensions are concerned, but provided some space is left to apply a part of the springy strips 21.
- the springy strips 21 may be provided with recesses and/or protrusions at the clamping part which can work in conjunction with protrusions and/or recesses at the legs 12 and/or the beams 3, which is particularly useful when installing the springy strips 21.
- the application of such springy strips 21 is simple, and they can also be applied after the basic embodiment of the stable floor elements 1 has been taken into use without any springy strips 21.
- the design of the springy strips 21 is such that two opposite springy strips 21 are somewhat directed downward when unloaded, but in such a way that their free ends 23 connect and thus seal off the underlying collector.
- the installation method of a stable floor grating 1 according to the invention and as represented in figures 9 to 13 is simple and largely corresponds to the installation method of the stable floor grating 1 as represented in figures 1 to 8.
- the concrete floor gratings 2 that are made higher are suitable to be applied above a collector for excrements thanks to their higher bending strength.
- the insert elements 9 are provided in the openings 5 between the beams 3, also when they have been provided with elastic springy strips 21, as represented in figures 14 and 15, in correspondence with the installation method of the insert elements 9 represented in figures 5 to 7 with all the related advantages.
- the excrements are carried off via the slotted openings 19 in the comfort elements 9.
- Urine and liquid excrements are optimally discharged at an increased speed via the small channels 20 which are provided in the upper surface of the slanting parts 15 on either side of the openings 19.
- the elastic springy strips 21, whose free ends 23 connect when they are unloaded, are made of a synthetic material or a rubber, in this case EPDM, with low adhesive power, and they are provided with a smooth upper surface, such that excrements which end up on said strips force the latter down by their weight, after which the excrements end up in the underlying pit, and after which the strips bend up again and connect, thus sealing the collector.
- the elastic springy strips 21 serve as a self-closing valve. This is important as the thus screened collector reduces any methane (CH4) and ammonia (NH3) emissions.
- the insert elements 9 with a flat top 13 and possibly in line with the service face 6 of the supporting elements 2, which is particularly advantageous when using a dung scraper.
- the insert elements 9 can also be provided with a concave top 13, which is advantageous in that urine and other excrements will be at all times discharged faster.
- the lower part of the top is then situated for example 1 mm, 2 mm or a few millimetres under the highest part of the insert element 9 when in use.
- the small channels 20 as mentioned above are less important or they can even be omitted.
- the insert elements 9 may be designed such that the upper surfaces 13 of the insert elements 9 are situated under the service face 6 of the supporting element 2.
- the insert elements 9 do not reach any higher than the service face 6, at least at the connection with the service face 6 of the supporting elements 2.
- insert elements 9 may be provided with appropriate openings 19, corresponding to the animals one wishes to keep in the stable concerned.
- the openings 19 can be made wider or narrower, they can be slotted or have any other shape whatsoever.
- This advantage gives the cattle breeder much flexibility, since he is not bound to his initial stock when selecting the stable floor.
- the cattle breeder can merely replace the insert elements 9 with wider openings 19 by insert elements 9 with narrower openings 19.
- the width and shape of the openings 19 can be adjusted, just as the used material, the colour or for example the slope of the slanting parts 15, or even no slope at all may be provided, such that the upper surfaces 13 of the insert elements 9 are in line with the service face 6.
- the insert elements 9 may be such that the upper surfaces 13 of the insert elements 9 are situated significantly above the service face 6 of the supporting element 2, for example as they are provided with a highly convex upper surface 13, should this promote the welfare of the animals.
- small channels 20 are optional, and, if provided, their dimensions can be adjusted to the aimed application.
- the top 13 of an insert element 9, irrespective of the embodiment, can be made somewhat wider than the distance between the beams 3, such that the insert elements 9 can be placed between the beams 3 to a large extent, but whereby the top largely covers the beams 3, such that an appropriate rubber/concrete ratio is obtained.
- the extent to which the insert elements 9 cover the concrete beams 3 can thereby be such that the concrete parts of the service face 6 of the supporting element 2 do not remain visible or only to a limited extent, for example for 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% or 100% or any intermediate value.
- variant insert elements 9 can be provided whose top 13, irrespective of their design, is made generally wider than the section of the recess 5 at the service face 6 of the supporting element 2.
- a floor grating 2 according to the invention is provided with a slot, not shown in the figures, for example in the top of and in line with the centre beam 4, in which the feeder cable of a scraping device can be led.
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