WO2020167131A1 - Boîte pour veau et système comprenant ladite boîte pour veau - Google Patents

Boîte pour veau et système comprenant ladite boîte pour veau Download PDF

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WO2020167131A1
WO2020167131A1 PCT/NO2020/050007 NO2020050007W WO2020167131A1 WO 2020167131 A1 WO2020167131 A1 WO 2020167131A1 NO 2020050007 W NO2020050007 W NO 2020050007W WO 2020167131 A1 WO2020167131 A1 WO 2020167131A1
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Jørund Johansen
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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
    • A01K1/0088—Animal shelters especially adapted for keeping young cattle, i.e. calves
    • 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
    • A01K1/02—Pigsties; Dog-kennels; Rabbit-hutches or the like

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  • the invention relates to a bin for livestock, more particularly a foldable and movable calf box.
  • a pri or-art calf box typically has a drainable floor and surrounding side walls.
  • One of the side walls may include an opening and a mount for one or more buckets for drink and feed.
  • a calf box with a floor may have legs so that the draining floor may be placed above a base, typically 20-30 cm.
  • a calf box without a floor is placed directly on a base. To give the calf a soft bedding, it is common to put straw on the bottom of the calf box.
  • a cow normally has one calf per year. farmers with many cows may choose to spread the calving throughout the year to spread the amount of work and to make the best possible use of cowshed and areas.
  • a management system like that is typical of mod ern freestall barns, which may have special maternity pens and dedicated space for permanent installation of calf boxes.
  • the calf After birth, the calf is moved from the birth site to the calf box. Where there is room, the calf is preferably moved by means of a calf cart or a wheelbarrow. In confined barns, there is often no room for such means, and the calf must therefore be carried. If the calf box is placed in another room than the birth site, it can quickly become a heavy load.
  • a foldable calf box may be stored on a pallet and requires the same area as an unfold ed calf box.
  • the pallet with the calf box is therefore often stored outdoors and is usu ally moved with a tractor. While being moved, there is a risk that one or more ele ments will fall off or get damaged. There is also a risk that components and fasteners, for example screws, may go missing because of wind or snow. Outdoor storage is also unfavourable as woodwork, if any, may become ruined and metal may be subject to corrosion.
  • the patent document US5651333 discloses an enclosure for cattle, the enclosure be ing secured to a wall.
  • a plurality of side panels are pivotably arranged on the wall and on each other, so that the enclosure can be laid against the wall when the enclosure is not in use.
  • the patent document RU2129778 discloses an enclosure for cattle, the enclosure be ing secured to a wall.
  • the enclosure comprises a front panel and two extendable side panels. When the enclosure is not in use, the front panel and the side panels are pushed together up against the wall.
  • the drawbacks of the wall-mounted enclosures are that they are not movable and thereby take up space where they are installed.
  • the drawbacks of prior-art calf boxes make farmers search for calf boxes that are easy to move and that require little space when they are not in use.
  • the invention has for its object to remedy or reduce at least one of the drawbacks of the prior art or at least provide a useful alternative to the prior art.
  • the invention relates more specifically to a calf box for stalling ani mals, the calf box comprising a plurality of box elements, and the calf box being adapted for a rearrangement between an unfolded position for housing the animal and a folded position for storing the calf box.
  • the calf box comprises a coupling portion for engaging with a corresponding suspension on a structure, the coupling portion being displaceable along the suspension.
  • the effect of the coupling portion being able to engage with the corresponding sus pension and be displaced along the suspension is that moving the calf box may be done more simply and with less lifting power than a prior-art portable calf box, as a portion of the weight of the calf box rests on the suspension.
  • the coupling portion may be releasably arranged on the suspension.
  • the effect of this is that the calf box can be connected and disconnected in an easy way to and from the suspension, for example when the calf box is to be arranged on the suspension and/or if the calf box is to be stored in another place.
  • a calf box may be understood, herein, an enclosure or a pen for housing an animal, for example a lamb or a calf.
  • stalling an animal may be understood, herein, a place for an animal to stay, where the animal has a limited area to move in.
  • the calf box may also be a container for keeping and mov ing a material or an object, for example a tool, a bucket, a tub or bedding. It must also be understood that the calf box may be used in a building, on a ground, on a ve hicle or on a vessel.
  • a structure may be understood, herein, a wall, a ceiling, a post or some fitting.
  • the structure may be positioned in a building, on a ground, on a vehicle or on a vessel.
  • the unfolded position may be understood, herein, a position in which the calf box can house an animal or an object.
  • a folded position may be understood, herein, a position in which the calf box is folded up in order to take up as little space as possi ble, for example during storage of the calf box.
  • a box element may be understood, herein, a barrier for the animal.
  • the box element In an unfolded position, the box element is typically arranged in a vertical position beside the animal or in a horizontal position under or above the animal.
  • the box element may be a back element, a front element, a side element, a top element or a bottom element.
  • the box element may be dense.
  • the box element may include a recess.
  • the recess may be a perforation.
  • the box element may include wood, metal, plastic, composite or some material in cloth form.
  • a recess in the box element may be covered by a net or netting.
  • the box element may be formed of a combination of one or more materials.
  • the box element may comprise a mount for a bucket or a drinking bottle.
  • the box element may be open.
  • a wall may function as a barrier where an open box element, for example an open back element, is positioned against the wall.
  • An open back element has the advantage of allowing the calf box to be more lightweight.
  • the bottom element may be drainable so that manure and liquid can drain from the calf box. The drainage may be provided by the use of prior-art slots.
  • the calf box may comprise three box elements arranged vertical ly, so that the calf box forms a triangular footprint.
  • the calf box may comprise three or more box elements arranged vertically, so that the calf box forms a polygonal footprint, for example a rectangle.
  • the coupling portion may comprise a hook or a profile.
  • the coupling portion may be a separate body arranged on the calf box.
  • the coupling portion may be an integrated part of the calf box, for example a profile belonging to the back element.
  • the coupling portion may comprise a pulley.
  • the effect of the pulley is that the calf box may roll along the suspension, so that it will be easier to move the calf box along the suspension.
  • the suspension may be a pipe, a beam, a profile or a rail that is secured to a wall or a post.
  • the suspension may extend from a first room to a second rom.
  • the room may for example be a livestock room or a storage room.
  • the suspension may extend be tween two buildings.
  • a portion of the suspension may be curved so that the calf box may be moved be tween a first floor and a second floor or round a corner.
  • the suspension may include a pivotable portion.
  • the pivotable portion may typically be arranged over a feed tray or over an alley area, so that people and machines may pass without coming into conflict with the suspension.
  • the suspension may include points, so that the suspension may be taken into several directions.
  • the box elements, in the folded position, may be arranged in layers in a vertical posi tion.
  • the box elements will occupy a smallest pos sible volume when the calf box is not in use.
  • arranged in layers may be under stood, herein, a position in which a plurality of box elements, for example two side elements, a front element, a back element and a bottom element are arranged up against each other. If the folded calf box is hanging against a wall, the calf box may project from the wall to a distance approximately corresponding to the overall thick ness of the box elements.
  • the size of the recess may correspond to the size of the side element, so that the side element may be arranged in the recess when the calf box is in the folded position.
  • At least two box elements may be pivotably connected to each other.
  • the effect of the box elements being pivotably connected to each other is that the calf box may be rearranged completely or partially between the unfolded position and the folded position without disconnecting the pivotably connected box elements. Thereby, the rearrangement may be done more simply and quickly compared with a calf box in which the box elements have to be dismantled during rearrangement.
  • the bottom element may be pivotably connected to the back ele ment, whereas the front element and the side elements are detachable.
  • a hinge between the back element and the bottom element may be arranged at a dis tance from the back element so that a room for the front element and the side ele ments is created between the back element and the bottom element when the bottom element has been pivoted into a vertical position.
  • all the box elements may be pivotably connected to at least one other box element.
  • the bottom element may be pivotably connected at one end to the back element and pivotably connected at an opposite end to the front element.
  • the side elements may be pivotably connected to the back element.
  • the side elements and the front element and the back element may be pivotably connected to each other.
  • the calf box may be rearranged between the unfolded position and the folded position without any of the box elements needing to be dismantled.
  • Two adjacent box elements that are not pivotably connected to each other may be releasably connected to each other by means of a locking device, for example a bolt, a rod or a lock, or a rod lock.
  • a rod lock is meant, herein, a rod with two locking points.
  • a rod lock is known within the trade.
  • the pivotable connection may comprise a single hinge or a double hinge.
  • the pivot able connection may be releasable so that two adjacent elements can be disconnected from each other.
  • a rearrangement for an embodiment with a bottom element may, for example, be done through the following steps:
  • the calf box may, at least in a folded position, hang freely above a base.
  • the effect of the calf box possibly hanging freely above a base is that the calf box can be displaced without having to be lifted clear of the base. Thereby, the moving of the calf box is simplified.
  • a calf box with a bottom element is housing an animal and the calf box is hanging freely above the base, the calf box can be moved with the animal in the calf box with out there being a need to lift the calf box or pull it along the base.
  • a keeper can thereby avoid heavy lifting and heavy handling.
  • the calf box may include a support for receiving a load of the calf box when the calf box is in the unfolded position.
  • the effect of the support is that the vertical load on the suspension may be reduced, and that the calf box may rest on a floor and not move if an animal in the calf box is restless.
  • the support may be arranged at an end portion of the bottom element.
  • the support may be hinged so that it is kept in a vertical position by gravity if it is ar ranged on a pivotable bottom element.
  • the sup port In the folded position of the calf box, the sup port may be positioned between two slats in the bottom element.
  • the support may rest against a vertical surface, for example a wall.
  • the effect of the supporting arrangement resting against the wall is that it is easier to clean under the calf box because there is no connection between the calf box and the base. In a folded position of the calf box, the support against the wall may prevent the calf box from starting to swing.
  • the support may comprise a sheave.
  • the sheave may rest against the floor or against the wall. The effect of the sheave is less friction against the floor or wall, so that it will be easier to move the calf box.
  • the invention relates more specifically to a system comprising a calf box according to the first aspect of the invention and a suspension which corre sponds with the coupling portion, the suspension being arranged to be secured to a structure.
  • a structure may be understood, herein, a wall, a ceiling, a post or a fixture.
  • the structure may be positioned in a building, on a ground, on a vehicle or on a vessel.
  • the calf box may be arranged in a desired place in the building, for example near a stall or near a maternity pen.
  • the suspension In a tie stall barn, the suspension may, for example, be secured to an outer wall behind the stalls and an adjacent walking area.
  • the calf box When the calf box is not being used, the calf box may be stored hanging on the suspension in the folded position in a storage area.
  • the calf box may be moved along the suspension to a desired place where it may be rear ranged into the unfolded position. The calf box may then remain in that place or be moved on and along the suspension to another place.
  • the storage area and the place of application may be the same.
  • the system may comprise a plurality of calf boxes, and the system may comprise sev eral suspensions. Several calf boxes may be arranged on one suspension, for example during calving. One or more suspensions may be connected to each other.
  • the calf box When the calf is to be moved, the calf box may be pulled or pushed along the suspen sion to a desired place.
  • the system may comprise a suspension that extends from a first room to a second room.
  • Figure 1 shows, in perspective, a first embodiment of the calf box in an unfolded position
  • Figure 2 shows, in perspective, the calf box in a folded position
  • Figure 3 shows, in perspective, the calf box in a partially folded position
  • Figure 4 shows, in perspective, two calf boxes connected to each other
  • Figure 5 shows a side view on a smaller scale of a rearrangement sequence for the calf box
  • Figure 6 shows a side view of the calf box arranged on a ceiling-mounted sus pension
  • Figure 7 shows, on a larger scale and in perspective, a second embodiment of the calf box.
  • Figure 1 shows a calf box 1 in an unfolded position A.
  • the calf box 1 comprises a plu- rality of box elements, shown in the figure as a back element 11, a bottom element 12, a front element 13 and two side elements 14. Further, the calf box 1 includes two coupling portions 20, shown in the figure as being arranged on the back element 11.
  • the bottom element 12 is pivotably connected to the back element 11 via a plurality of hinges 15 and to the front element 13 via a plurality of double hinges 16.
  • the side elements 14 are pivotably connected to the back element 11 via a plurality of hinges 15.
  • box element is used for at least one of the back element 11, the bottom element 12, the front element 13 and the side element 14.
  • the bottom element 12 is provided with slots for draining fluid out.
  • Two supports 25 are pivotably arranged on the bottom element 12. When the bottom element 12 is arranged in a vertical position (figure 2), the supports 25 are recessed between two of the slots in the bottom element 12.
  • One side element 14 includes a cut-out 141 allowing an animal to eat from a feed bucket (not shown) hung on the outside of the side element 14.
  • the side elements 14 and the front element 13 are releasably attached to each other with a rod lock (not shown).
  • the coupling portion 20 includes a sheave 21 resting on a suspension 7.
  • the suspen sion 7 is arranged on a building element, shown as a wall 98 in the figure. In the fig ure, the suspension 7 is shown as a profile arranged to let the sheave 21 roll along the suspension 7.
  • the weight of the calf box 1 is divided between the coupling portion 20 and the supports 25 when the calf box 1 is in the unfolded position A.
  • the calf box 1 can be moved along the suspension 7 by pulling the calf box 1 in a de sired direction.
  • the calf box 1 can be moved with the supports 25 resting on a floor 99.
  • the calf box 1 can be lifted at a front portion so that the supports 25 are lifted clear of the base while being moved.
  • Figure 2 shows the calf box 1 in a folded position B, wherein the back element 11, the bottom element 12, the front element 13 and the side elements 14 have been folded up and arranged outside each other in a vertical position.
  • the box elements (11, 12, 13, 14) are kept in a folded position B by means of a lock 19.
  • the calf box 1 hangs freely above the base 99, and the calf box 1 rests on the sheaves 21.
  • the calf box 1 can easily be displaced along the suspen sion 7 to a desired position.
  • Figure 3 shows the calf box 1 partially folded, the front element 13 being folded down and a side element 14 having been pivoted in such a way that the side element 14 lies folded on the outside of the back element 11. Further, a slot 26 for housing a support 25 when the calf box 1 is in the folded position B is shown.
  • Figure 4 shows two calf boxes 1 connected to each other. Two adjacent side elements 14 have been removed. Thereby the floor area can be doubled. One or more calf box es 1 can be connected to the calf boxes 1 shown.
  • Figure 5 shows a rearrangement sequence S1-S6 for the calf box 1 from the folded position B into the unfolded position A:
  • the calf box 1 is positioned in the folded position B.
  • S5 The bottom element 12 is resting on the base 99 via the supports 25, and the front element 13 in a vertical position, so that the side elements 14 can be unfolded.
  • S6 The side elements 14 are unfolded and secured to the front element 13.
  • Figure 6 shows the calf box 1 arranged on a ceiling-mounted rail 7.
  • the rail 7 is ar ranged on a ceiling beam 74 via a ceiling mount 72.
  • the calf box 1 is provided with a suspension 71 with a coupling portion 20 with a sheave 21.
  • Figure 7 shows a second embodiment of the calf box 1.
  • the calf box 1 is shown with an open back element 11 and is without a bottom element 12 (figures 1- 4).
  • the front element 13 is pivotably connected to a side element 14.
  • the side ele ments 14 are pivotably connected to the back element 11.
  • Two supports 25 ensure that a lower portion of the calf box 1 is resting against the wall 98.

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L'invention concerne une boîte pour veau (1) destinée à contenir un animal, la boîte pour veau (1) comprenant une pluralité d'éléments de boîte et la boîte pour veau (1) étant conçue pour un réarrangement entre une position dépliée (A) pour loger l'animal et une position pliée (B) pour stocker la boîte pour veau (1). La boîte pour veau (1) comprend une partie de couplage (20) pour venir en prise avec une suspension correspondante (7) sur un élément de construction, la partie de couplage (20) pouvant être déplacée le long de la suspension (7).
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