CN110268989A - Intelligent livestock feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses an intelligent livestock feeding device, comprising: a storage box, a push rod motor, a bracket, a feeding trough with an open upper end and a control module; a feeding port is formed on the wall of the animal feeding room; Outside the feeding room, the other end passes through the feeding port and extends into the animal feeding room. The top of the bracket is a rectangular frame. Two parallel slide rails are fixed on the rectangular frame. The feeding trough is slidably connected to the two slides. On the rail, the storage box is located outside the animal feeding room, and a discharge port is formed at the bottom of the storage box; the push rod motor is fixed on the base of the animal feeding room, and the end of the push rod of the push rod motor is fixed with the trough , an infrared pair tube is installed on the side wall of the trough, and a vibration motor is installed at the lower end of the trough. The intelligent livestock feeding device of the present invention can reduce labor costs, solve the problem of requiring a lot of manpower in the breeding farm, accurately realize the feeding and environmental control of the breeding farm, and save energy at the same time.

Description

Smart Livestock Feeding Device

technical field

The invention belongs to the technical field of livestock feeding devices, and in particular relates to an intelligent livestock feeding device.

Background technique

With the rapid development of society and the improvement of living standards, the scale of farms is getting bigger and bigger. According to the scale of farms, more and more personnel are needed. In today's society, many people do not want to enter the farms. Work, especially for younger personnel, due to the scarcity of personnel, directly leads to an increase in labor costs; in addition, people always have to rest, and the working hours in a day are very limited; in addition, there are various reasons that The poor environment has brought great trouble to the farm.

In this case, it is necessary to improve the intelligence of the farm and reduce the number of workers, which can not only reduce the cost, but also reduce the number of personnel and make management easier. Therefore, it is necessary to design a system that can automatically feed and water the animals in the farm on time and according to the amount without any management.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Aiming at the deficiencies of the prior art, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an intelligent livestock feeding device, which can automatically and quantitatively provide feed and water to animals at regular intervals, thereby reducing waste of resources. At the same time, improve the breeding environment and improve the quality of livestock.

The purpose of the present invention is achieved through the following technical solutions.

An intelligent livestock feeding device, comprising: a storage box, a push rod motor, a bracket, a trough with an open upper end, and a control module,

The animal feeding room is built on the base, a feeding port is formed on the wall of the animal feeding room, one end of the bracket is located outside the animal feeding room, and the other end passes through the feeding port and extends into the animal feeding room , the top of the bracket is a rectangular frame body, and two parallel slide rails are fixed on the rectangular frame body, and the food trough is located between the two slide rails and is slidably connected to the two slide rails Above, the storage box is located outside the animal feeding room, and a discharge port is formed at the bottom of the storage box for putting feed into the trough when it is located outside the animal feeding room. A valve is installed on the feeding port; the push rod motor is fixed on the base body outside the animal feeding room, and the end of the push rod of the push rod motor is fixed with the trough, and the push rod motor drives the trough. push in or out of the animal feeding chamber along the slide;

Wherein, a pair of infrared tubes is installed on the side wall of the trough, and a vibration motor is installed on the lower end of the trough for evenly distributing the feed in the trough;

The control module is respectively electrically connected with the infrared pair tube, the vibration motor, the valve and the push rod motor, and the control module reads the signal of the infrared pair tube and controls the opening of the valve, the push rod motor and the vibration motor and off.

In the above technical solution, a water storage tank is installed in the animal feeding room, a water inlet pipe is connected to the water storage tank, and a water pump is installed on the water inlet pipe; a water level detection device is installed in the water storage tank, so The water level detection device includes: an upper water level sensor and a lower water level sensor, the water pump, the upper water level sensor and the lower water level sensor are respectively electrically connected to the control module, and the control module reads the data of the upper water level sensor and the lower water level sensor. Signal and control the on and off of the water pump.

In the above technical solution, a relay is connected to the circuit between the control module and the vibration motor, the push rod motor, the valve and the water pump.

In the above technical solution, the push rod motor is electrically connected to a first motor drive module, and the first motor drive module is located on a circuit between the push rod motor and a relay electrically connected to the push rod motor.

In the above technical solution, the vibration motor is electrically connected to a second motor drive module, and the second motor drive module is located on the circuit between the vibration motor and the relay electrically connected to the vibration motor.

In the above technical solution, a nipple drinker is installed on the water storage tank.

In the above technical solution, a solar panel for supplying power to the intelligent livestock feeding device is installed on the top of the animal feeding room.

In the above technical solution, a lighting device electrically connected to the control module is installed in the animal feeding room.

In the above technical solution, it also includes: a ventilation device and a heating device installed in/on the animal feeding room, and both the ventilation device and the heating device are electrically connected to the control module.

In the above technical solution, it further includes: a prompting device installed in the animal feeding room, the prompting device includes a buzzer and/or an indicator light for prompting the animal to eat.

In the above technical solution, it further comprises: a temperature detection module electrically connected with the control module, for detecting the temperature in the animal feeding room.

In the above technical solution, it further includes: a button module electrically connected to the control module, for inputting information to the control module.

In the above technical solution, it further includes: a display module and a time module electrically connected with the control module.

The beneficial effects of the intelligent livestock feeding device of the present invention are:

1. The intelligent livestock feeding device of the present invention can reduce labor costs, solve the problem of requiring a lot of manpower in the farm, accurately realize the feeding and environmental control of the farm, and save energy at the same time;

2. In the present invention, the feed trough is moved by the push rod motor to realize the control of feed supply, which is not like artificial feeding: the animals in the front can eat but the animals in the back cannot, which is beneficial to the growth of the breeding animals; during feeding, To ensure a constant amount of feeding, but also to prevent the livestock on the farm from trampling or other behaviors during non-feeding periods to contaminate the trough;

3. Using infrared to quantitatively detect the tube, the method is simple and the cost is reduced;

4. Control the indoor temperature and light duration for animal feeding, and ventilate regularly to improve the breeding environment;

5. The use of solar power supply solves the problem of energy supply, is convenient and environmentally friendly, and can be used even in areas where it is inconvenient to use wires to transmit.

Description of drawings

1 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent livestock feeding device of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the circular inner structure in Fig. 1;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of the electronic control part of the intelligent livestock feeding device of the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a solar panel power supply in the intelligent livestock feeding device of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a bracket (with a feeding trough) in the intelligent livestock feeding device of the present invention.

Among them, 1 is the base, 2 is the bracket, 2-1 is the slide rail, 3 is the push rod motor, 4 is the trough, 5 is the prompt device, 6 is the valve, 7 is the storage box, 8 is the solar panel, 9 It is an animal feeding room, 10 is a ventilation device, 11 is a feeding port, 12 is a temperature detection module, 13 is a water level detection device, 14 is a control module, 15 is a display module, 16 is a relay, 17 is a heating device, and 18 is a lighting device , 19 is a water pump, 20 is a first motor drive module, 21 is a second motor drive module, and 22 is an infrared pair tube.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions of the present invention are further described below in conjunction with specific embodiments.

In the technical solution of the present invention, the control module is an STC89C52 chip.

The relay adopts optocoupler relay, the model of the first motor drive module is L298N, the model of the vibration motor is YZS-3-4, the model of the transmitter tube of the infrared pair tube 22 is IR333, and the model of the receiver tube is PT334.

Example 1

As shown in Figures 1 to 3, it includes: a storage box 7, a push rod motor 3, a bracket 2 and a control module 14. The animal feeding room is built on the base 1, and the base 1 can be the ground. Livestock are kept in the animal feeding room. A feeding port 11 is formed on the wall of the animal feeding room 9, one end of the bracket 2 is located outside the animal feeding room 9 and supported on the base, the other end passes through the feeding port 11 and extends into the animal feeding room 9, and the other end of the bracket The bottom end stands on the ground of the animal feeding room 9, the top of the bracket 2 is a rectangular frame body, and two mutually parallel slide rails 2-1 are fixed on the rectangular frame body, and each slide rail is installed with a slide rail. Block, the trough 4 is located between the two slide rails 2-1 and the opposite outer walls of the trough are respectively fixed with the sliders, so that the trough is slidably connected to the two slide rails 2-1, as shown in Figure 5 Show. The storage box 7 is located outside the animal feeding room 9 and is fixedly mounted with the outer wall of the animal feeding room 9, and a discharge port is formed at the bottom of the storage box 7, which is used to put into the trough 4 when it is located outside the animal feeding room 9. Feed, a valve 6 is installed on the outlet;

The push rod motor 3 can be fixedly mounted on the base body 1 outside the animal feeding room 9 through a mounting frame (not shown in the figure), and the end of the push rod of the push rod motor 3 is fixed to the trough 4, and the push rod motor 3 will The feeding trough 4 is pushed into or pulled out of the animal feeding room 9 along the slide rail 2-1; when the push rod motor 3 is extended, the push rod drives the feeding trough 4 to enter the animal feeding room 9 through the feeding port 11 along the slide rail 2-1, When the trough 4 enters the animal feeding room 9, the livestock kept in the animal feeding room can eat the feed in the trough.

Wherein, a scale mark is formed on the side wall of the trough, an infrared pair tube 22 is installed on the side wall of the trough 4, and the infrared pair tube 22 can be adjusted along the height of the trough; The motor and the vibration motor use four fan-shaped eccentric blocks as the excitation block, and the angle between the two eccentric blocks at the coaxial end can be adjusted to adjust the excitation force from zero to the maximum. When the vibration motor is energized and rotated, it drives the two eccentric blocks at the coaxial end. block, which produces inertial excitation force, which ensures that the feed is evenly sprinkled.

The control module 14 is respectively electrically connected with the infrared pair tube 22, the vibration motor, the valve 6 and the push rod motor 3, and the control module 14 reads the signal of the infrared pair tube 22 and controls the opening and closing of the valve 6, the push rod motor 3 and the vibration motor .

A water storage tank (not shown in the figure) is installed in the animal feeding room 9 . The water storage tank is connected with a water inlet pipe (not shown in the figure), and a water pump 19 is installed on the water inlet pipe; a water level detection device 13 is installed in the water storage tank, and the water level detection device 13 includes: an upper water level sensor and a lower water level sensor, the lower The water level sensor is located at the bottom of the water storage tank, and the upper water level sensor is located at a higher part of the water storage tank. Signal and control the opening and closing of the water pump 19.

A relay 16 is connected to the circuit between the control module 14 and the vibration motor, the push rod motor 3, the valve 21 and the water pump 19, and the relays connected to the vibration motor, the push rod motor 3, the valve 21 and the water pump 19 can be the same A relay, but also different relays. The function of the relay is to control the valve switch and the switch of the water pump. When the control module reads that the water level drops to the lower water level sensor, the control module controls the relay to drive the water pump to open, and the water inlet pipe fills the water storage tank; When the water level rises to the upper water level sensor, the control module controls the relay to drive the water pump to close, and the water inlet pipe stops storing water to the water storage tank. When the set feeding time is reached, the control module drives the relay to control the valve to open, and the control module reads the infrared pipe alignment signal. When the feed in the trough blocks the infrared alignment pipe, it is determined that the feed in the trough has reached the set amount. When the control module drives the relay to control the valve to close; among them, the valve is controlled by the DC push-pull electromagnet. The DC push-pull electromagnet is internally coiled and the on-off is controlled by the relay. Control valve closed.

A nipple drinker is installed on the water storage tank. When the animal is thirsty, it touches the nipple drinker, and water will flow out. The uninterrupted water supply can be realized under the premise of unmanned management, which can not only ensure that the animals can drink water when they need it. You can drink water and save water.

It also includes: a display module 15 and a time module electrically connected with the control module 14 . The display module is LCD1602 liquid crystal screen, which can display parameters such as time. The model of the time module is DS1302 chip, DS1302 can perform timekeeping and has leap year compensation function. The DS1302 can keep the clock running continuously even when the main power is turned off.

Example 2

On the basis of Embodiment 1, it also includes: a prompting device 5 installed in the animal feeding room 9, the prompting device 5 includes: a buzzer and an indicator light, after the food trough enters the animal feeding room, the prompting device prompts the animal to eat, In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the prompting device 5 stops after 10 seconds of prompting.

A lighting device 18 electrically connected to the control module 14 is installed in the animal feeding room 9 .

Example 3

On the basis of Embodiment 2, a solar panel 8 for supplying power to the intelligent livestock feeding device is installed on the top of the animal feeding room 9, and a solar controller is electrically connected to the solar panel 8, and the solar controller is electrically connected to a battery and a battery. The load, the load is the component that needs power supply in the intelligent livestock feeding device of the present invention, and the connection structure is shown in FIG. 4 . As a clean renewable energy, solar energy is more environmentally friendly and in line with sustainable development. After the solar panel 8 is irradiated with light, the photoelectric effect generates current. Due to the properties and limitations of materials and light, the current generated is unstable. If the generated current is directly charged into the battery or directly supplied to the battery, the The load power supply is easy to cause damage to the battery and the load. Therefore, through the solar controller, a series of dedicated chip circuits are used to digitally adjust it, and multi-level charge and discharge protection is added to ensure the safe operation and service life of the battery and the load. When supplying power to the load, the current of the battery also flows into the solar controller first, and after its adjustment, the current is sent to the load. The purpose of this is: one is to stabilize the discharge current; the other is to ensure that the battery is not over-discharged; the third is to perform a series of monitoring and protection on the load and the battery to convert solar energy into stable electrical energy. In the analog circuit of this design, the voltages of 5V and 12V are converted to store the electrical energy into the battery.

The push rod motor 3 is electrically connected to a first motor drive module 20, and the first motor drive module 20 is located on the circuit between the push rod motor 3 and the relay 16 electrically connected to the push rod motor 3; the vibration motor is electrically connected to a second motor drive module 20. The motor driving module 21 and the second motor driving module 21 are located on the circuit between the vibration motor and the relay 16 electrically connected to the vibration motor.

It also includes: a temperature detection module 12 electrically connected to the control module 14 for detecting the temperature in the animal feeding room 9; the temperature detection module can be DS18B20.

It also includes: a heating device 17 installed in the animal feeding room 9 and a ventilation device 10 installed on the animal feeding room 9, the ventilation device 10 and the heating device 17 are both electrically connected to the control module 14; the control module reads the temperature detection module 12 For the detected temperature, when the temperature value is higher than the set temperature, the control module controls the ventilation device to open; when the temperature is lower than the set temperature, the control module controls the heating device 17 to open. In addition to time parameters, parameters such as temperature and water level in the water tank can also be displayed on the display module. For example, the temperature in the animal feeding room can be controlled at 13-25°C. Here, taking the suitable environment for poultry as an example, it can be adjusted according to different poultry or livestock. The light time is set to 23 hours of light per day and 1 hour of darkness. Light can prolong the feeding time of poultry and promote growth rate.

It also includes: a button module electrically connected to the control module 14 for inputting information to the control module 14 .

The working principle of the intelligent livestock feeding device of the present invention is:

The control module reads the time of the time module. When the set feeding time is reached, the control module controls the relay to open the valve, and the feed flows out from the outlet of the storage box and falls into the trough. The control module also controls the vibration of the vibration motor. , so that the feed is evenly sprinkled in the trough; when the feed reaches the set scale, the feed will block the infrared tube. When the control module reads the signal that the feed in the trough is blocking the infrared tube, the control module will drive The valve is closed to realize the control of the feed quantity.

The push rod motor pushes the trough into the animal feeding room, the buzzer sounds and the indicator light flashes, indicating that the livestock can eat. When the preset feeding end time is reached, the control module drives the push rod of the push rod motor to retract the feeding trough to the outside of the animal feeding room to prevent the feeding trough from being exposed for a long time during non-feeding, causing the feed to spill out of the feeding trough and cause damage to the feeding trough. Contamination of the trough.

The present invention has been exemplarily described above. It should be noted that, without departing from the core of the present invention, any simple deformation, modification, or other equivalent replacements that can be performed by those skilled in the art without any creative effort fall into the scope of the present invention. the scope of protection of the invention.

Claims (10)

1. a kind of intelligence livestock feeder characterized by comprising material storing box (7), push-rod electric machine (3), bracket (2), upper end Open crib (4) and control module (14),

Animal feeding room (9) is built on matrix (1), is formed with a feeding hole on the wall of the animal feeding room (9) (11), one end of the bracket (2) is located at the animal feeding room (9) outside, and the other end passes through the feeding hole (11) and protrudes into In the animal feeding room (9), the top of the bracket (2) is a rectangle framework, is fixed with 2 in the rectangle framework The sliding rail (2-1) that item is parallel to each other, the crib (4) are located between 2 sliding rails (2-1) and are slidably connected at 2 sliding rail (2- 1) on, the material storing box (7) is located at the animal feeding room (9) outside, is formed with a discharging in the bottom of the material storing box (7) Mouthful, for launching feed to positioned at the crib (4) of the animal feeding room (9) when outer, it is equipped on the discharge port One valve (6)；The push-rod electric machine (3) is packed on the matrix (1) of the animal feeding room (9) outside and the push-rod electric machine (3) end of push rod is fixedly mounted with the crib (4), and the crib (4) is pushed into or is drawn along sliding rail (2-1) by push-rod electric machine (3) The animal feeding room (9) out；

Wherein, an infrared tube (22) are installed on the side wall of the crib (4), are equipped in the lower end of the crib (4) One vibrating motor, for the feed in the uniformly distributed crib (4)；

The control module (14) is electrically connected with the infrared tube (22), vibrating motor, valve (6) and push-rod electric machine (3) respectively Connect, the control module (14) read the signal of the infrared tube (22) and control the valve (6), push-rod electric machine (3) and The opening and closing of vibrating motor.

2. intelligence livestock feeder according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the peace in the animal feeding room (9) Equipped with a water tank, it is communicated with water inlet pipe on the water tank, a water pump (19) are installed on the water inlet pipe；In the storage It is equipped in water tank water-level detecting device (13), the water-level detecting device (13) includes: that upper water level sensor and lower water level pass Sensor, the water pump (19), upper water level sensor and lower water level sensor are electrically connected with the control module (14) respectively, described Control module (14) reads the signal of the upper water level sensor and lower water level sensor and controls the unlatching of the water pump (19) And closing.

3. intelligence livestock feeder according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the control module (14) with it is described Relay (16) are respectively connected on circuit between vibrating motor, push-rod electric machine (3), valve (6) and water pump (19).

4. intelligence livestock feeder according to claim 3, which is characterized in that the push-rod electric machine (3) is electrically connected with One first motor drive module (20), the first motor drive module (20) are located at the push-rod electric machine (3) and push away with this On circuit between the relay (16) of bar motor (3) electrical connection.

5. intelligence livestock feeder according to claim 4, which is characterized in that the vibrating motor is electrically connected with one the Two motor drive modules (21), second motor drive module (21) be located at the vibrating motor and with the vibrating motor electricity On circuit between the relay (16) of connection.

6. intelligence livestock feeder according to claim 5, which is characterized in that be equipped with nipple on the water tank Formula water fountain.

7. intelligence livestock feeder according to claim 6, which is characterized in that on the top of the animal feeding room (9) The solar panel (8) of the promising intelligent livestock feeder power supply of end installation.

8. intelligence livestock feeder according to claim 7, which is characterized in that the peace in the animal feeding room (9) Equipped with the lighting device (18) being electrically connected with the control module (14).

9. intelligence livestock feeder according to claim 8, which is characterized in that further include: it is mounted on the animal and feeds Support the ventilation device (10) and heating installation (17) within/on room (9), the ventilation device (10) and heating installation (17) are and institute State control module (14) electrical connection；

Further include: the temperature detecting module (12) being electrically connected with the control module (14), for detecting the animal feeding room (9) temperature in.

10. intelligence livestock feeder according to claim 9, which is characterized in that further include: it is mounted on the animal and feeds Support the suggestion device (5) in room (9), the suggestion device (5) includes: buzzer and/or indicator light, for prompt animal into Food；

Further include: the key module being electrically connected with the control module (14), for inputting information to the control module (14)；

Further include: the display module (15) and time module being electrically connected with the control module (14).