JPH1189470A - Feeding equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Even when the food overflows from the feeding point toward the mobile vehicle for feeding, the feeding operation can be performed as smoothly as possible. A feeding point KA is formed in a continuous state along the outer periphery of the breeding area SA, and feed F is supplied to the feeding point KA while moving along a set route.
Alternatively, the guide wheel 11 provided on the feeding vehicle 9 sweeping the bait F is deflected to one side in a direction away from the breeding area SA in the moving vehicle 9 when moving on the set route. The mobile vehicle 9 is guided so as to move along a set route by engaging with a guide rail 10 installed on the ground side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a feeding area which is formed in a continuous manner along the outer periphery of a breeding area, is guided along a guide rail provided on the ground side, and runs along a set route. The present invention relates to a feeding facility provided with a feeding vehicle that feeds to the feeding point while moving or sweeps up the feeding.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in such a feeding facility, as shown in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 1-118655, a linear feeding point is formed along the outer periphery of a cow breeding area, and a feeding point is formed. A mobile car was set up beside the feeding point 2
The food was supplied to the feeding point while running on the rails of the book by the running wheels.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, since the moving vehicle travels along the rail, there is an advantage that there is no lateral displacement from the set route and the vehicle can move along the set route reliably. However, of the two rails, the rail near the breeding area will be close to the feeding point, so if, for example, the food that protrudes from the feeding point accumulates in the depression near the rail, the bait is transferred to the feeding point. It was difficult to return, and there was a risk that smooth feeding operations would be hindered.

The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a smooth feeding operation as much as possible even when the food runs out of a feeding point in the direction of a feeding vehicle. It is to provide a feeding facility that can be used.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a feeding point is formed in a continuous state along the outer peripheral portion of the breeding area, and the feeding point is formed on the feeding point while moving along a set route. Or a guide means provided in a feeding vehicle for sweeping the bait is displaced toward one side in a direction away from the breeding area in the moving vehicle when moving on the set route, and on the ground side Is engaged with a guide rail installed in the vehicle, and the mobile vehicle is guided to move along the set route.

Accordingly, the traveling vehicle is guided along the guide rails installed on the ground side, and is reliably moved along the set route, so that the mobile vehicle is displaced laterally from the set route. In addition to appropriately preventing problems such as the body contacting the animal's head that protrudes from the breeding area to the feeding point, the guide rail is shifted to one side in the direction away from the breeding area, and feeding is performed. Since there is no guide rail on the side near the feeding point, for example, if the guide rail is installed on the side near the feeding point, bait overflowing from the feeding point or bait scattered during feeding will be in the depression near the rail. A feeding facility that can perform a feeding operation smoothly without such a disadvantage is obtained as compared with the case where it is difficult to collect the bait and return the bait to the feeding point.

According to the second aspect, in the first aspect, the position of the moving vehicle in the lateral width direction of the vehicle while supporting the load of the moving vehicle at a position closer to one side in a direction away from the breeding area. While being guided by the restricting guide wheels, the grounding wheel supporting the load of the moving vehicle rolls at a position near one side in the direction approaching the breeding area in the moving vehicle, and the moving vehicle is set to the above setting. Move along the path.

Therefore, the vehicle travels along the guide rail provided on the side away from the breeding area while supporting the load of the mobile car at both sides of the side of the mobile car away from the breeding area and the side close to the breeding area. Since the guide is used, for example, when the load is supported only by the guide rail provided on the side away from the breeding area, the structure is as simple as possible and stable in comparison to a complicated support structure. The mobile vehicle can be moved along the set route while supporting the load by the above, and the preferable means of claim 1 can be obtained.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the mobile vehicle moving along the set route sweeps the food protruding from the feeding point in a direction away from the breeding area to the feeding point. Supplies the food to the feeding point.

Therefore, for example, when the bait carried from the bait storage area is scattered to the feeding point or when the animal eats the bait, the bait scattered is swept by the moving vehicle to the feeding point. By the operation, it is possible to return to the feeding point and perform the feeding operation satisfactorily, thereby obtaining the preferable means of claim 1.

According to a fourth aspect, in any one of the first to third aspects, the feeding point corresponds to a plurality of feeding places for each of a plurality of animal groups managed in a state of being separated from each other. A plurality of feeding points are formed by a series of straight paths, and the moving vehicle performs a feeding operation on each of the feeding points while moving along the straight path of the plurality of feeding points.

Therefore, even when the feeding points corresponding to the respective feeding places of the plurality of animal groups managed separately are formed in the plurality of feeding points, the moving vehicle is moved along the straight path. As a result, the feeding operation can be performed quickly, and the suitable means according to any one of claims 1 to 3 can be obtained.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a case where a feeding facility according to the present invention is applied to a dairy cow as an animal to be fed will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the entire layout of the barn. 1A is a feeding ground for cows compatible with automatic milking, 1B is a feeding ground for cows not suitable for automatic milking, 2
A is a first area as a living area for cows suitable for automatic milking, 2B is a free area of cows not suitable for automatic milking, 2B is a second area 2B, and 3 is a milking place as a milking place. A large number of stalls (beds) 2a, 2b separated by pipes are arranged in the two areas 2A, 2B. The feeding area 1A and the first area 2A are separated by two one-way gates 4 and 5, and these one-way gates 4 and 5 are separated.
Is configured to allow only passage from the feeding ground 1A to the first area 2A. Further, between the first area 2A and the second area 2B and the milking place 3, a passage L1 in which cows move and a waiting place 6 for waiting the order of milking are provided.
In addition, a passage L2 is formed between the milking place 3 and the feeding place 1A. Therefore, cows in the first area 2A
Go to the feeding ground 1A, and after eating the one-way gate 4,
5 so as to move along a one-way circulation path so as to return to the first area 2A. 2nd area 2
Passage L between B and feeding ground 1B so that it can move freely
3 are formed. The breeding area SA is constituted by the first and second areas 2A and 2B and the feeding grounds 1A and 1B.

Between the first and second areas 2A and 2B and the dairy 3, cows in the first area 2A can freely go to the dairy 3 and are in the second area 2B. A first state in which cows are prohibited from going to milking place 3, and a cow in first area 2A is prohibited from moving to milking place 3, and cows in second area 2B are free to go to milking place 3. An opening / closing gate G8 is provided which can be switched to a second state in which the opening / closing can be performed. The milking place 3 is provided with an automatic milking device for automatically attaching a teat cup as a milking tool to a nipple for a cow coming in to milk.

The milking system in this barn will be described briefly. A plurality of cows to be milked are classified into cows that are suitable for automatic milking by the automatic milking apparatus and cows that are not suitable for automatic milking. Cows that are compatible with automatic milking (hereinafter referred to as automatic cows)
Cows that are managed to live in area 2A and are not compatible with automatic milking (hereinafter referred to as manual cows)
It is managed to live in area 2B. Cows that are not compatible with automatic milking include, for example, cows whose nipple shape does not match the shape of the teat cup, which makes it difficult to automatically attach them, A cow that cannot perform milking or a cow that is suffering from a disease such as mastitis, and that cannot automatically perform automatic milking by the automatic milking apparatus A.

In many time periods of the day, as shown in FIG. 1, the open / close gate G8 is switched to the first state, and the automatic cow in the first area 2A is Whenever you are hungry, you can freely go through the milking parlor 3 to the feeding ground. Although there is no bait in the first area 2A, the place where animals feed when milking is performed by the automatic milking device in the milking parlor 3 is fed with a tasty but dense feed that appeals to cows. The dairy cow who knows this (educated) naturally goes to the milking parlor 3 when hungry. The feeding sites 1A and 1B, which are the places where food is fed when milking is not performed by the automatic milking device, are fed with a feed containing a large amount of roughage such as grass. The automatic cow can freely go to the milking place 3 at any time, but is configured to detect the individual identification information transmitted by the responder provided to each cow and perform individual identification, and from the last milking time, If the set time (approximately 4 hours) has not elapsed, the child is withdrawn from the milking parlor 3 without performing automatic milking.

[0017] The manual cows are artificially managed and milked. In other words, the manual cow in the second area 2B can go to the feeding place 1B at any time through the passage L3 to feed, but normally, the open / close gate G8 is closed, so that it is not possible to go to the milking place 3 freely. Can not. Then, when a predetermined milking time is reached, the operator switches the opening / closing gate G8 to the second state, and sequentially moves the manual cows in the second area 2B to the milking place 3. In 3, milking is performed by manually attaching a teat cup. The milked manual cow returns to the second area 2B via the return route L4.

Next, the milking parlor 3 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, in the milking parlor 3, automatic milking apparatuses are installed in each of two milking rooms 7, 7 arranged in series, and a moving passage 8 is provided beside these milking rooms, and automatic milking fails. A return passage L5 for returning the cow to the entrance side is provided side by side. A first gate G1 that can be opened and closed is provided on the entrance side of the moving passage 8 (on the side of the waiting area 6), and an entrance gate and an exit gate are provided on the moving passage side of each milking room 7, 7, respectively. At the exit side of the moving passage 8, a sixth gate G6 for distributing the automatic cow to the passage L2 to the feeding ground 1A and the return passage L5.
And a seventh gate G7 for distributing the manual cow to the return path L4 and the return path L5. A one-way gate G9 is provided on the side of the waiting area 6 of the return path L5, which allows only passage to the waiting area 6 side.

Next, a feeding device for the feeding stations 1A and 1B will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the feeding point KA is formed in a state of being continuously connected along the outer periphery of the breeding area SA. And this feeding point KA
Are two feeding points KA1 and KA corresponding to the two feeding stations 1A and 1B for two groups of cattle (the above-mentioned automatic cattle and manual cattle) managed in a state where they are separated from each other.
2 are formed by a series of linear paths. FIG.
As shown in the figure, the feeding point KA is formed on an inclined surface that is lowered toward the breeding area SA.

On the other hand, the guide rail 1 installed on the ground side
A traveling vehicle 9 for feeding that sweeps the food F to the feeding point KA while traveling along a set path (a straight path connecting the feeding point portions KA1 and KA2) guided along 0 is provided. Have been. In other words, as shown in FIG. 3, the moving vehicle 9 moves along the set route while moving away from the breeding area SA in a direction away from the breeding area SA. Condition) to the feeding point KA (state (b) in the figure)
The feed F is supplied to the feeding point KA. For this purpose, a vertical plate member 16 projecting toward the breeding area SA is provided on the breeding area SA side of the vehicle body, and a sweeping member 16a such as a brush for sweeping the bait F is provided at a lower end of the vertical plate member 16. Is attached.

The food F is transported from the storage place by another moving vehicle or the like and is supplied to the feeding point KA. However, the food F is pushed by the feeding operation of the cow and is separated from the breeding area SA. Then, the moving vehicle 9 moves at predetermined time intervals,
It reciprocates along the two feeding point portions KA1 and KA2 and sweeps out the protruding food to the feeding point KA.

The breeding area S of the mobile vehicle 9 when moving on the set route is provided on the guide rail 10.
It is arranged so as to be deviated toward one side in the direction away from A. Then, the guide rail 10 in the moving vehicle 9
In a portion corresponding to the above, a guide means that engages with the guide rail 10 and guides the moving vehicle 9 to move along the set route, so that the moving vehicle 9 moves along the set route, The position of the vehicle in the width direction is regulated, and
A pair of front and rear guide wheels 11 for guiding while supporting a load
And is provided. Here, the cross section of the guide rail 10 is formed in a triangular shape, and the engaging surface of the guide wheel body 11 is formed in a concave triangular shape so as to engage with the cross section. One of the pair of guide wheels 11 is rotationally driven by power from a drive motor 13 mounted on the vehicle body.
In order to detect arrival at the end of the feeding point KA, the mobile vehicle 9 is provided with a switch-type sensor 18 acting on the detection object 17 on the ground side.

The breeding area SA of the mobile vehicle 9
A pair of front and rear ground wheels 12 that roll while supporting the load of the moving vehicle 9 are provided at a position closer to one side in a direction approaching the vehicle. In other words, no rails or the like are provided on the ground side of the mobile vehicle 9 near one side in the direction approaching the breeding area SA.

The moving vehicle 9 includes a buzzer 14 and a lamp 1.
5 are installed, which are activated while the mobile vehicle 9 is moving for feeding work, and inform the cow that the food is supplied to the feeding point KA by sound or light.

[Alternative Embodiment] In the above-described embodiment, the case where the feeding point KA is formed in a straight line by connecting a plurality of feeding point portions KA1 and KA2 is exemplified.
The specific form of A can be changed as appropriate.

In the above embodiment, the feeding vehicle 9 is
Although the food is swept to the feeding point KA and the food is supplied to the feeding point KA, the feeding vehicle 9 is provided with a food storing section, and the food in the storing section is provided. You may make it scatter and feed with respect to the feeding point KA.

In the above embodiment, the guide rail 10
The case where the guide means on the moving vehicle side is formed in a triangular cross section and formed on the guide wheel body 11 having the concave triangular engaging surface which engages in the triangular shape is exemplified. The configuration of the rail 10 and the guide means 11 is not limited to this. For example, the cross-section of the guide rail 10 is formed in a rectangular shape, and a flat-type wheel that contacts the upper surface of the guide rail 10 on the moving vehicle side and a position in the vehicle width direction that contacts the guide rail 10 from both sides. May be provided with a pair of guide rollers for regulating the pressure. In this case, the load of the moving vehicle is supported by the flat wheels, and the guide means is constituted by the pair of guide rollers.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall plan view showing a barn layout.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a feeding operation by a mobile vehicle.

FIG. 3 is a front view illustrating a feeding operation by a mobile vehicle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1A Feeding Ground 1B Feeding Ground 9 Moving Vehicle 10 Guide Rail 11 Guide Means 11 Guide Wheel 12 Grounding Wheel SA Breeding Area KA Feeding Point KA1 Feeding Point KA2 Feeding Point

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A feeding point is formed in a continuous state along the outer periphery of the breeding area, and the feeding point is guided along a guide rail installed on the ground side and moves along a set route. A feeding vehicle provided with a feeding vehicle that feeds or sweeps the food, wherein the guide rails move the breeding area in the moving vehicle when moving along the set route. The mobile vehicle moves along the set path by engaging with a guide rail at a position corresponding to the guide rail in the mobile vehicle. Feeding equipment provided with a guide means for guiding. 2. The guide means regulates a position in a vehicle body width direction so that the moving vehicle moves along the set route, and guides the vehicle while supporting a load of the moving vehicle. The feeding facility according to claim 1, wherein a grounding wheel that rolls while supporting the load of the moving vehicle is provided at a position near one side of the moving vehicle in a direction approaching the breeding area. . 3. The moving vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the moving vehicle sweeps the food protruding from the feeding point toward the direction away from the breeding area to the feeding point while moving along the set route, thereby causing the feeding point to move. The feeding facility according to claim 1, wherein the feeding apparatus is configured to supply the food to the feeding apparatus. 4. The feeding point is constituted by forming a plurality of feeding point portions corresponding to a plurality of feeding places for each of a plurality of animal groups managed in a state of being separated from each other in a straight line path which is continuously connected. The feeding facility according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein