JPH0585251U - Rearing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To enable automatic feeding at a preset time in a breeding apparatus for breeding animals in a large number of breeding rooms. In a breeding apparatus in which a plurality of breeding rooms having feeding boxes are arranged side by side, a feed holding container having an opening facing the feeding boxes at the bottom is provided above the feeding boxes of these breeding rooms, and A common bottom plate that simultaneously opens and closes the openings of a plurality of feed holding containers, a bottom plate drive device that slides the bottom plates along the rows of the plurality of breeding rooms to open and close the openings, and a bottom plate slide by the drive device. A timer that can set the time is provided.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a breeding apparatus used for breeding animals such as rabbits.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 As a device for breeding rabbits and the like for medical experiments, a shelf-like breeding device which is divided into a large number of breeding rooms with partitions on the top, bottom, left and right is often used. Since it is necessary to feed this type of breeding animal at least once a day, there is a problem that the person in charge must go to the breeding place to feed in order to feed on holidays. there were. It is relatively easy to install an appropriate feeding device when the number of animals to be raised is small, but when many animals are bred together, it takes a lot of time to feed them.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 An object of the present invention is to make it possible to automatically feed the animals by the devices for breeding the animals in the large number of breeding rooms.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above problems, the present invention adopts the following configuration. That is, the breeding apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of breeding rooms having feed boxes arranged side by side, and above each of these feeding rooms, there is a feed holding container having an opening at the bottom facing the feed box. A common bottom plate for simultaneously opening and closing the openings of the plurality of feed holding containers, and a bottom plate driving device for sliding the bottom plate along the rows of the plurality of breeding rooms to open and close the openings. And a timer capable of setting the slide time of the bottom plate by the driving device.

[0005]

[Action]

 Animals are raised in a plurality of breeding rooms arranged in parallel with the breeding device. Above the feed boxes provided in each breeding room, there are feed holding containers with openings facing the feed boxes, so the bottom openings of these feed holding containers are closed with a bottom plate. Put a certain amount of feed in each. When a predetermined time elapses in that state, the drive device operates and the bottom plate slides, and the openings of each feed holding container are opened at the same time, so that the held feed is supplied to each of the lower feed boxes. It

[0006]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, embodiments shown in the drawings will be described. In this breeding apparatus 1, breeding rooms (rabbit cages) 7, ... Are arranged side by side on a shelf-shaped main body frame 5 formed by columns 2 ,. In the example shown in the figure, a total of 15 breeding rooms, each of which is five on three shelves, are provided in a suspended state on a horizontal cross.

The breeding room 7 has a box-like shape in which the front part is covered with a metal net 8 and the other part is surrounded by a plate, and a feeding box 9 is provided on the front part. The feeding box 9 has a receiving portion 9a for receiving feed protruding outside the wire net, and a main body portion formed as a box body that passes through the wire net and is placed inside the breeding box.

The breeding apparatus 1 is provided with an automatic food feeder 10. The automatic feed feeder 10 includes feed holding containers 11, ... Which are provided above the feed boxes 9, respectively. The feed holding container 11 has a rectangular box-shaped body which is partitioned into two left and right chambers 11a and 11b by a partition plate 12, and openings 13 and 13 are formed at the bottom of each chamber. The feed holding container 11 and the feed box 9 are connected by a hood 15 which prevents the feed from spilling outside.

A bottom plate 17 is provided on the bottom surface of the feed holding container 11. The bottom plate 17 is formed by one long plate common to the five feed holding containers arranged in the same row, and the openings 18, ... The size of the bottom of the feed holding container are the number of feed holding containers (5 Individual pieces) are provided at predetermined intervals. The end portions of the three bottom plates 17 for the upper and lower three stages are fixed to a common frame 20, and this frame is attached to a driving device 25 including an electric motor 22, a linear head 23, a shaft 24, and the like. It is installed. The drive unit 25 is electrically connected to a control box 26, and a timer 27 for setting an operating time, a limit switch 29, etc. are connected to the control box.

When the breeding apparatus 1 is used, the feed is put in the left and right chambers of each feed holding container 11 with the bottom plate 17 positioned at the initial position where the opening 18 is displaced from the bottom of the feed holding container. deep. In this state, since the bottom of the feed holding container 11 is closed by the bottom plate, the feed does not flow down. Next, the time for feeding (in this embodiment, the feeding time can be set twice) is set by the timer-27 and left as it is. When the first set time comes, the drive is turned on and the motor 22 rotates until the end A of the opening 18 in FIG. 3 reaches the position B of the partition plate 12 of the feed holding container 11. Slide the bottom plate 17. Therefore, the opening 13 of the chamber 11a on the left side of the feed holding container 11 is released, and the feed in the chamber flows down the hood 15 into the feed box 9. The stop position of the bottom plate 17 is determined by the limit switch 29.

When a predetermined time has passed from the first feeding time and the second set time comes, the driving device is actuated again to open the bottom plate 17 so that the opening end A of the bottom plate 17 is the end of the feed holding container 11. Slide until it reaches the C position. Then, since the opening of the right chamber 11b is newly opened, the feed in the chamber 11b is supplied into the feeding box 9. The stop position of the bottom plate in this case is also determined by the limit switch. In the breeding apparatus of the present embodiment, two feeding times can be set in advance, and the feeding can be automatically performed at each of the feeding times. Therefore, it is possible to feed unmanned on holidays and useless labor. Can be eliminated. In the apparatus of the embodiment, it is possible to set the feeding time twice, but it is possible to partition the inside of the feed holding container 11 into more chambers and set the time by the number of the chambers. You can also allow it. Further, in this embodiment, since the bottom plate moves by using the feed container itself as a guide, there is no need to provide a special guide frame, which is structurally simple.

[0012]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, the breeding apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of breeding rooms arranged side by side, and each of the plurality of breeding rooms is provided with a feeding box and a feed holding container for feeding feed to the feeding box. Common bottom plate that opens and closes the feeding opening provided on the bottom of the feed holding container, and slides the bottom plate at a preset time to open the opening of the feed holding container to feed the internal feed. Since there is a drive device that allows the water to flow down, it is possible to feed food unmanned on holidays, and it is possible to save unnecessary labor.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a feed holding container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Breeding apparatus 2 Support 3 Cross rail 7 Breeding room 10 Feed automatic feeder 11 Feed holding container 17 Bottom plate 25 Drive device 27 Timer-

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A plurality of breeding rooms having feed boxes are arranged side by side, and above each of the feed boxes of these breeding rooms, feed holding containers having an opening at the bottom facing the feed box are provided, and A common bottom plate that simultaneously opens and closes the opening of the feed holding container, a bottom plate drive device that slides the bottom plate along the rows of the plurality of breeding rooms to open and close the opening, and a slide time of the bottom plate by the drive device. A breeding apparatus comprising a timer that can be set.