JPH0436612Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Field of industrial application] This invention mainly relates to an automatic feeding device installed in a pig breeding barn.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional automatic feeding equipment for pig farming consists of vertical branch pipes for each cage from a main supply pipe installed horizontally at the top of the pigpen, and a predetermined amount of feed is supplied from each branch pipe at predetermined intervals. There are known types that automatically supply the liquid into each cage.

For drinking water, a predetermined amount of water is always stored in a water cup installed in a separate location from the feeding device, and water is automatically replenished when the water level drops due to drinking. It is now drinkable.

[Problems that ideas should solve]

In conventional feeding equipment, feed and water are supplied in separate containers as described above, so pigs must consume feed and water separately, and the feed and water are separated from each other. It is not possible to properly mix it with water to make it easy to eat. As a result, they may drink too much water and reduce their feed intake, or conversely, they may eat too much feed and consume less water.
There was a problem in that it was difficult to intake appropriate amounts of feed and water in a well-balanced manner.

Furthermore, if a predetermined amount of water is always stored in the water cup, the water in the cup tends to become dirty, which is undesirable from a sanitary standpoint.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems with conventional feeding devices, the present invention aims to prevent a predetermined amount of feed and water from being supplied into the tray at once, rather than supplying a predetermined amount of feed and water into the saucer at once. Feed and water are stored in pipes above the saucer, and when the pig pushes up the valve installed at the lower end of each reservoir pipe with its snout, feed and water are supplied to the saucer in the amount desired by the pig. The purpose is to ensure that

As a specific means for achieving the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention includes a feeder installed at the lower end of a vertical feed pipe to be placed above the saucer, and a feeder installed at the lower end of the water supply pipe. The feeder consists of a unit with a water feeder, and the feeder has a lever provided at the upper end with a flap for opening and closing the lower end of the feed pipe in a bracket provided at the lower end of the feed pipe, which protrudes diagonally downward from the front of the bracket. A rotation angle adjuster of the lever is rotatably attached to the upper edge of the lever.
The water supply device is provided so that its setting position can be freely changed along a long hole formed in the bracket, and further, the water supply device is provided so that a push-up water supply nozzle projects diagonally downward from the front of the container body. It is characterized by:

[Effect]

In the feeding device according to this invention, pigs can receive feed and water in one saucer.

For feeding, when the pig feels hungry and pushes up the lever at the bottom of the feeding tube with its snout, the flap at the top of the lever opens the bottom end of the feeding tube at a predetermined opening angle, causing the pigs to collect water in the tube. The fed feed is fed into the saucer. When the pig sees feed fed into the saucer, it immediately eats it, but at that time, the tip of its snout moves away from the lever, which causes the lever to drop and the flap to close the bottom end of the feed tube, stopping the feeding of feed. . When the pig is eating feed in this way and now wants to drink water, when the push-up water supply nozzle in the water supply device above the saucer is pushed up with the tip of the nose, water flows out from the nozzle. You can drink the water directly. Also, when the water flowing from the nozzle falls into the saucer, it moistens the feed remaining in the saucer, making it easier for the pigs to eat. After experiencing how to feed the feed, the next step is to feed a predetermined amount of feed into the saucer, then feed the feed with water from the water supply nozzle without eating it immediately, and create an easy-to-eat mixture of feed and water. I learned how to eat it after raising it.

In addition, the feeder is equipped with an adjuster on the upper edge of the lever to regulate the rotation angle of the lever, so that the setting position can be freely varied along the long hole, so that The position of this regulator is adjusted according to the degree of feed, so that the amount of feed released from the feed pipe is in a state where there is no excess or deficiency.

〔Example〕

Next, an embodiment of the automatic feeding device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration, and 1 is a feeding device and 2 is a water feeding device. The feeder 1 and the waterer 2 are arranged adjacent to each other above the saucer 3.

The feeder 1 consists of a vertical transparent feed pipe 4, a feed pipe opening/closing lever 6 provided at the lower end of the feed pipe 4 via a bracket 5, and a rotation angle adjuster 7 for the lever 6. ing. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the bracket 5 attached to the lower end of the feed pipe 4 is made by bending a metal plate of a predetermined shape, so that a pair of bearing plates 8 protrude from the front side, and both side plates 9
It is shaped so that it has a mounting flange 10 to a wall surface 11 on the back side thereof. This bracket 5
When attaching the feed pipe 4 to the lower end of the feed pipe 4, a back plate 12 having a semicircular flange 13 for holding down the half circumferential surface of the feed pipe 4 at the upper end is attached to the bracket 5.
The rear flange 10 of the bracket 5 is attached to the wall surface so that the lower end bracket peripheral surface of the feed pipe 4 is clamped by the upper peripheral edge of the bracket 5 and the semicircular flange 13 of the back plate 12. Bolt to 11.

In the left and right bearing plates 8 on the front surface of the bracket 5, the lever 6, which has a flap 14 at the upper end for opening and closing the lower end opening of the feed pipe 4, is protruded diagonally downward from the front surface of the bearing plate 8. In this way,
It is rotatably mounted via a shaft 15. Since the upper base end of the lever 6 is fixed in the bearing plate 8 via the shaft 15, the lever 6 hangs down obliquely downward from the front surface of the bracket 5 due to its own weight, and in this state, the upper end flat 14 closes the lower end of the feeding tube 4 and retains the feed 16 stored in the tube in advance within the tube 4. In this sense, it is preferable that the front lever 6 has sufficient weight to support the weight of the feed 16 in the feeding tube 4 and has a rounded shape that does not damage the snout of the pig. .

Further, the adjuster 7 for regulating the rotation angle of the lever 6 is provided on the upper edge of the lever 6 within the bearing plate 8 of the bracket 5. This adjuster 7 has a claw shape that presses the upper edge of the lever 6 when it is fitted into the bearing plate 8, and the shaft support 17 at the upper end is provided in an inclined manner at the upper part of the left and right bearing plates 8. It is pivoted by a bolt 19 that passes through a slotted hole 18, moves freely within the slot 18 by tightening a nut 20, and is fixed at a predetermined position by tightening a nut 20. It's summery. As shown in FIG. 3, when the adjuster 7 is located at the lowest end of the elongated hole 18 indicated by the solid line, the lever 6 is prevented from rotating, so that
The flap 14 completely closes the lower end of the feed pipe 4,
Feed 16 does not fall. When the adjuster 7 is located in the middle of the elongated hole 18 as indicated by the chain line 7a, the lever 6 rotates to the position indicated by the chain line 6a and is prevented from rotating further, so that the flap 14
The opening angle is regulated, and a predetermined amount of feed 16 falls. When the adjuster 7 is positioned at the uppermost end of the elongated hole 18 as indicated by point 7a, the lever 6 rotates as indicated by the dotted line 6b to maximize the opening angle of the flap 14. The position of the adjuster 7 is adjusted in accordance with the degree of growth of the pig so that when the growth stage is small, the opening degree of the flap 14 is made small, and as the growth stage becomes large, the flap opening degree is adjusted to be large.

On the other hand, the water feeder 2 disposed on the side of the feeder 1 is provided with a water suction nozzle 21 that protrudes obliquely downward from the front surface, similar to the lever 6.

As shown in FIG. 4, this water absorption nozzle 21 includes a cylindrical body 22 having a mortar-shaped inner circumferential surface 23 at the upper end that protrudes from the water supply device 2, and a cylindrical body 22 that is engaged with the mortar-shaped inner circumferential surface 23 within this cylindrical body 22. It has a structure in which an axial valve 24 having a slightly smaller diameter than the cylindrical body 22 and having a head 25 at the upper end having a matching tapered surface 26 is inserted. Therefore, normally, the tapered surface 26 of the head 25 of the valve 24 comes into close contact with the mortar-shaped inner circumferential surface 23 of the cylinder 22 due to its own weight, shutting off the water in the container, but if the pig lowers the valve 24 with the tip of its snout. When pushed up, the tapered surface 26 separates from the mortar-shaped inner circumferential surface 23 and the water in the container flows out of the cylinder 22 along the valve 24.

〔effect〕

As mentioned above, in the feeding device according to the present invention, storage pipes for feed and water are respectively provided above one saucer, and these storage pipes are equipped with a valve-type opening/closing means that allows the pig to be pushed up with the tip of its snout. Since we set up
It is possible to supply feed and water in the amount that the pigs want in the saucer, and there is always no leftover food or drink left in the saucer, making it possible to maintain a sanitary environment inside the livestock barn, and also for the pigs. It also has the effect of being able to carry out effective breeding management, such as being able to perform appropriate feeding according to the growth level and eliminating waste of feed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a feeding device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the component configuration of the feeding device,
Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the feeder;
The figure is a sectional view showing the configuration of the water supply device. 1...Feeder, 2...Water dispenser, 3...Saucer, 4
...Feeding pipe, 5...Bracket, 6...Lever,
7...Adjuster, 8...Bearing plate, 9...Both side plates, 1
0...Flange, 11...Wall surface, 12...Back plate, 14...Flap, 15...Shaft, 16
... Feed, 18 ... Long hole, 21 ... Water supply nozzle,
22... Cylindrical body, 23... Suribachi-shaped inner peripheral surface, 24...
Valve, 25...head, 26...tapered surface.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The unit consists of a feeder installed at the lower end of the vertical feed pipe to be placed above the saucer, and a water feeder installed at the lower end of the water supply pipe. A lever having a flap at the upper end for opening and closing the lower end of the feeding tube is rotatably mounted in the provided bracket so as to protrude diagonally downward from the front of the bracket, and on the upper edge of the lever,
A rotation angle adjuster of the lever is provided so that the setting position can be freely changed along a long hole formed in the bracket, and the water supply device is further arranged such that the push-up water supply nozzle is located diagonally below the front surface of the container body. An automatic feeding device characterized in that it is provided so as to protrude from the.