JPH08280294A - Feed-supplying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a feed-supplying device capable of supplying a feed in response to the state of the residual feed. CONSTITUTION: A member for holding a hose (h) connected to a feed-receiving hopper (H) is disposed on a sliding member capable of being inserted into a feed-supplying gutter (T) and slid. A shaking member for shaking the feed- supplying gutter (T) in response to the amount of the residual feed is pivotally supported and connected to the feed-supplying port of the hopper (H). A sensor for detecting the shaking of the shaking plate is attached to enable the supply of the feed (F) in response to the amount of the residual feed. A guide plate for pressing the residual feed from the rear wall side of the feed-supplying gutter (T) to its central portion is desirably disposed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates mainly to a feed feeder for feeding feed to chickens.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For poultry raising, a support base provided with shelves in a staircase manner is used, and a collective cage divided into 3 to 5 chambers is arranged on the upper and lower shelves. (For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 53-62683) Upper and lower shelves d1 and lower shelves d2 are attached to the left and right sides of the poultry house in a staircase manner as shown in FIG.
After arranging the collective cages G in d1 and d2 respectively,
Feeding gutter T and water gutter W on the front mesh surface g from the left end to the right end of
And the rails R1 and R2 are installed parallel to the arrangement of the cage G in the upper left and right of the poultry house, and the cross girder material C is slidably installed between the left and right rails R1 and R2. The feed storage hopper H was attached to the material C, and the feed F was supplied from the hoses h of the hopper H to the feeding troughs T at each stage several times a day.

[0003]

Although the amount of feed that a chicken eats varies from individual to individual depending on the age and health of the chicken, the amount of feed that is fed from the hopper to the feeding trough of the collecting cage is Since the chickens are constantly supplied without being influenced by individual chickens, there is a problem that the amount of the feeds fed to the feeding gutter becomes uneven as the number of feedings increases. When the amount of feed remaining in a section becomes large, a part of the newly supplied feed overflows from the feeding gutter, or a part of the feed is thrown out of the feeding gutter by the chicken, and the feed is wasted. There were also points.

Even if feed is evenly supplied to the feeding trough, the feed is to be taken out of the cage with the neck out. Therefore, the feed on the rear wall side of the feeding trough near the cage is difficult to eat, and a part of the feed is required. There is a problem that a lot of leftover food is left on the rear wall side because the fish are attracted to and eaten. Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide a feed supply device capable of supplying feed according to the state of the remaining feed. To do.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the feed feeder of the present invention has a hose holding portion connected to a feed storage hopper on a sliding body which can be slid by being inserted into a feeding trough. A swing plate that swings according to the remaining food in the feeding gutter is pivotally supported, connected to the feed feeding section of the hopper, and a sensor that detects the swing of the swing plate is attached, depending on the amount of remaining food. It is designed to be able to supply feed. In addition, it is desirable to provide a guide plate at the tip of the sliding piece of the sliding body to push the remaining feed from the rear wall side of the feeding gutter toward the center.

[0006]

[Operation] The sliding body inserted into the feeding trough runs according to the hopper which is moved by the cross beam, and the swing plate pivotally supported by the sliding body swings according to the remaining feed in the feeding trough. . When the oscillating plate oscillates due to the residual food, the oscillating motion is detected by the sensor, and the sensor operates the feed feeding section of the hopper to adjust the feed amount.

[0007]

[First Embodiment] First, the structure of a feeding trough T used in a chicken cage G will be described with reference to FIG. 2. A ship bottom t2 is provided at the center of the trough bottom wall t1, and a front wall is provided at the front edge of the trough bottom wall t1. t3, front wall t3 at the rear edge
A higher rear wall t4 is provided relative to each other, and inward edges t5 and t6 are respectively provided at the upper ends of the front wall t3 and the rear wall t4 that are inclined toward the upper part toward the wide mouth,
Cage G is made of metal plate or synthetic resin in a long length.
The rear wall t4 is brought closer to the front side of the cage G and placed on the support arm A attached to the front mesh surface g of the cage G at regular intervals.

Next, the structure of the feed supply device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7. The feed supply device is inserted into the feed trough T to the sliding body 1 which can be slid and to the feed storage hopper H. A holding portion 7 for the hose h to be connected, a swing plate 8 swinging according to the remaining food f of the feeding trough T, and a sensor 9 for detecting swing of the swing plate 8 are provided, and the sensor 9 is provided in the hopper H. The feed F is connected to the feed feeding section M so that the feed F can be fed to the feeding trough T according to the state of the remaining feed f.

The sliding body 1 has a front sliding piece 4 and a rear sliding piece 5 facing each other at an appropriate interval like a skate blade, and has an inverted V-shape that opens downward at the middle and rear portions of the front and rear sliding pieces 4, 5. The main leg 2 and the sub leg 3 are provided in parallel, the columns 12, 13 are upright on the tops of the main leg 2 and the sub leg 3, respectively, and a frame-shaped hose holder is provided on the upper part between the columns 12, 13. 7 is provided, and the upper lateral arm 6 is on the gliding side from the main column 12.
The lower lateral arm 16 is projected, and the front sliding piece 4 is placed on the front bottom part of the feeding gutter T and the rear sliding piece 5 is placed on the rear bottom part of the feeding gutter T for sliding.

A rocking plate 8 which pivotally supports the lower lateral arm 16 of the sliding body 1.
Is a contact piece 8c that is wide in the width direction of the feeding trough T at the bottom of the shaft support piece 8a.
Is provided, and the communication holes 8d, 8d are formed in the upper part of the shaft support piece 8a and the tip of the lower lateral arm 16.
6d is provided, and the shaft support piece 8a is attached to the lower lateral arm 16 with the bolt B and the nut N as shown in FIG. 9 (B) so that it can be swung in the running direction of the sliding body 1. The contact piece 8c of the contact piece 8c hangs down toward the ship bottom portion t2 of the feeding trough T by its own weight, and the lower end of the contact piece 8c projects downward from the front and rear sliding pieces 4, 5 of the sliding body 1. Shaft support
A top arm 8b may be provided on the top of 8a.

As the sensor 9, for example, a photoelectric sensor, a proximity sensor, a micro switch, a limit switch or the like is used, and the wiring 9c of the sensor 9 is connected to the feed feeding section M of the hopper H,
For example, it is connected to the screw rotation motor m1 or the electric valve m2. In the case of the single sensor 9, when the sensor 9 is attached to the upper lateral arm 6 of the sliding body 1 and the sensor 9 is composed of the detection body 9a and the movable body 9b, Then, the movable body 9b is attached to the top arm 8b of the swing plate 8.

In FIG. 9 (A), the upper lateral arm 6 protruding from the main strut 12 on the gliding side is formed separately, and the end of the upper lateral arm 6 and the main strut are formed.
Communication holes 2a and 6a are bored in the upper end portion of 12, and the upper lateral arm 6 is attached to the main strut 12 with bolts B and nuts N so that the upper lateral arm 6 can be adjusted to swing vertically. is there. The sliding body 1 of FIG. 10 is provided with an inclined portion 5a that is folded back toward the center of the feeding trough T at the tip of the rear sliding piece 5, and the guide plate 15 is screwed to the inclined portion 5a. Feeding gutter T left on the rear wall t4 side
Is pushed to the center.

Since the feed feeder according to the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, the sliding body 1 is put in the feeding trough T in advance and the lower end portion of the hose h is fixed to the holding portion 7 of the sliding body 1 as shown in FIG. On the other hand, the sensor 9 is attached to the upper lateral arm 6 of the sliding body 1, the wiring 9c of the sensor 9 is connected to the feed feeding section M of the hopper H, the feed F is put into the hopper H as usual, and the cross girder C Running parallel to the arrangement of the cage G, the sliding body 1 also slides along the feeding trough T according to the running of the cross beam C.

On the lower lateral arm 16 of the sliding body 1 sliding along the feeding trough T, a rocking plate 8 hanging toward the bottom t2 of the feeding trough T is pivoted so as to rock in the sliding direction. Since it is supported, the contact piece 8c of the oscillating plate 8 touches the remaining bait f when passing through a place with a large amount of the bait f, and is swung by getting over it. The swing of the swing plate 8 is detected by the sensor 9, and the feed feeding section M of the hopper H is operated to reduce the feed amount of the feed F. That is, a small amount of the feed F is supplied to the place where the remaining feed f is large.

The feed feeder according to the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and for example, the hose holding portion 7 is a U-shaped body 7a as shown in FIG. 8 and a male screw attached to the opening side thereof.
If the hose h is configured to be attached / detached using the 7b, the attachment / detachment of the hose h to / from the holding portion 7 becomes much easier. Further, the shape structure of the sliding body 1, the swing plate 8 pivotally supported by the lower lateral arm 16 thereof, and the type of the sensor 9 for detecting the swing of the swing plate 8 are as follows.
Modifications can be made as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0016]

Since the feed feeder according to the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, it has the following effects. Since the hose of the hopper attached to the cross beam is attached to the runner inserted into the feeding trough, the runner can run from the left end to the right end of the cage according to the movement of the cross girder,
An oscillating plate pivotally supported by the sliding body oscillates according to the state of the remaining food in the feeding trough, and the oscillating motion is detected by a sensor, and the feed unit of the hopper is activated based on the signal from the sensor. Therefore, the feed amount of feed can be adjusted according to the remaining feed amount.

Even if a large amount of residual food is accumulated on the rear wall side of the feeding gutter,
Since the guide plate is attached to the tip of the sliding piece of the sliding body, the guide plate can push the residual bait accumulated on the rear wall side to the central portion. As a result, the feed will not be ejected from the rear wall side. The feed supply device of the present invention uses one chicken
It is most suitable as a feed feeder for poultry raising more than 10,000 birds, but it can also be used as a feed feeder for pig farms and barns.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing the internal structure of a poultry house.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a feeding gutter.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing an example of use of the feed feeder according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the planing body.

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the main parts of the sliding body showing the position of the holding part.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a main part of a sliding body showing an example of pivotal support of a swing plate.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a structural example of a holding unit.

9 (A) and 9 (B) are cross-sectional views showing an example of pivotal support of the upper lateral arm and the swing plate.

10A and 10B are a plan view and a front view of a main part showing an example of mounting the (A) and (B) guide plates.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing a usage example.

FIG. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a structural example of a hopper.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Sliding body 2 Main leg 3 Secondary leg 4,5 Sliding piece, 5a Inclined part 6,16 Lateral arm 7 Holding part 8 Swing plate 9 Sensor 12, 13 Strut, 15 Guide plate B bolt, N nut T Feed gutter, t1 Bottom wall, t2 Ship bottom, t3 Front wall, t4 Rear wall F Feed, f Left bait A Support arm C Cross girder, H Hopper, h Hose G cage, W Water gutter

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A sliding member (1) which can be slid by being inserted into a feeding gutter (T), a holding portion (7) of a hose (h) connected to a feed storage hopper (H), and a feeding gutter (T). ), A swing plate (8) that swings according to the remaining food (f), and a sensor (9) that detects the swing of the swing plate (8) are provided, and the feed (F) according to the remaining food amount. A feed supply device adapted to supply. 2. The rocking plate (8) can be rocked in the running direction of the sliding body (1), and the sensor (9) is connected to the feed feeding section (M) of the hopper (H), so that the sliding body ( The feed supply device according to claim 1, wherein a guide plate (15) for pushing the remaining feed (f) toward the center of the feeding gutter (T) is provided at the tip of the sliding piece of 1).