The present invention relates generally to a poultry feeding equipment, and more particularly to a uniform poultry feeding system.
The earlier feeding systems of poultry farms are usually comprised of multiple feeders and feeding pipes respectively connecting to the feeders so that fodder can be conveyed through each feeding pipe to the corresponding feeder to feed poultry. Although the above-mentioned feeding systems can meet the end of feeding large quantity of poultry, since the poultry tends to fall over one another to get fed, some will fail to squeeze their ways to feeders or have less intake. Therefore, the above-mentioned feeding systems cannot assure the feeding quality of equal intake among poultry.
To overcome the above-mentioned shortcomings, some practitioners have developed long feeding systems called troughs, which can be generally divided into two types. The first type of trough is as shown in the U.S. Pat. No. 7,753,001, which has a conveyor belt installed in the trough for conveyance of fodder and a lifting shield above the trough used for covering the trough during the process of the conveyor belt delivering and filling fodder into the trough and poultry is prevented to approach to the trough till it is filled with fodder and the shield is lifted. In this way, the poultry at both sides of the trough can be fed with equal quantity of fodder at the same time, ensuring the same feeding quality of poultry. The other type is as shown in the Patent Application Publication No. WO2013/028067, which has no conveyor belt installed in the trough as the former does and yet, a conveyor element is installed in a pipe above the trough and a plurality of fodder outlets are set at the bottom of the pipe so that fodder can be moved in the pipe with the conveyor element and fall into the trough when arriving at the fodder outlets. Besides, the pipe of the second type of trough is able to rise and fall and cover the trough as the former invention in order to prevent poultry from stretching their heads to the trough.
Fodder can be continuously filled into the trough described in the above-mentioned U.S. Pat. No. 7,753,001 whereas the fodder outlets are separately set at the bottom of the pipe of the trough provided in the Patent Application Publication No. WO2013/028067. Obviously, the former can produce better outcomes in terms of ensuring equal intake of poultry at both sides of the trough. However, because the conveyor belt of the U.S. Pat. No. 7,753,001 is installed in the trough, compared to the conveyor element set in the pipe of the Patent Application Publication No. WO2013/028067, the assembly, clearing and maintenance procedures are relatively complicated.
On that basis, the inventor, in the spirit of constantly striving for perfection, has made continuous attempts and eventually comes up with this invention.
The present invention mainly aims to provide a uniform poultry feeding system that ensures equal intake of poultry through uniform distribution and stable conveyance of fodder. In addition, the discharge of fodder is adjustable, showing greater flexibility and higher practical value of feeding poultry.
To meet this end, the present invention provides a uniform poultry feeding system comprised of a trough, including a pair of trough bodies with multiple concaves facing upward designed for filling fodder, a fencing mounted above the trough bodies, and multiple feeding outlets connecting to the trough bodies; a fodder conveyor unit installed above the body with the conveyor being set between the body and the fencing; a pipe and a shifting part in the pipe with the pipe corresponding to a slot at the bottom of the body of the trough and the shifting part used for carrying fodder along the pipe till the fodder falls into the trough bodies from the slot; several stopcocks fixed on the pipe; several suspension cables connecting to the stopcocks from top to bottom.
First of all, as shown in
The trough 12 consists of a body 22 with a plurality of concaves up and a fencing 24 installed above the trough bodies 22 with the fencing 24, as a latticed structure, having multiple feeding outlets 26 connecting to the trough bodies 22 connected as a whole with multiple joining-up parts 28 made of metal sheet and comprised of a āUā shaped frame 30 and two connecting holes 32 on both sides of the frame 30 by stamping and in the shape of tab and having openings at both ends, designed for insertion and fixation of the ends of the two trough bodies 22 into the frame 30, and a pair of fastenings 34 being bent and used as the top rims of the frame 30 standing opposite to each other to fasten the top rims of the two trough bodies 22 of the frame 30.
The fodder conveyor unit 14 is installed above the trough 12 and comprised of a conveyor 36, a plurality of stopcocks 38, a plurality of suspension cables 40 and a plurality of limiters 42. The conveyor 36 consists of a pipe 44 and a shifting part 46 installed in the pipe 44 with the pipe 44 being set between the trough bodies 22 and the fencing 24 and connecting to a commonly used fodder conveyor equipment (which is not shown in
The mode of operation, characteristics and functions of the uniform poultry feeding system 10 of the present invention are hereby given as follows:
When feeding poultry (e.g. chicken, duck and goose), fodder is pushed by the shifting part 46 and moves in the pipe 44 and falls into the trough bodies 22 through the slot 48. As shown in
Particularly, as shown in
Secondly, the stopcocks 38 can rise and fall as driven by the suspension cables 40 and prevent the pipe 44 from rotation and the slot 48 from displacement, creating a stable discharge condition of fodder with the conveyor 36.
From the foregoing, the uniform poultry feeding system provided by the present invention not only ensures equal intake of poultry through uniform distribution and conveyance of fodder with the slot at the bottom of the pipe, but also enables adjustments to discharge of fodder through rise and fall of the stopcocks and suspension cables, showing greater flexibility of feeding poultry. Moreover, the stopcocks and suspension cables can prevent rotation of the pipe and displacement of the slot and thereby makes the conveyance of fodder with the conveyor more stable, showing considerable practical value.
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/IB2017/054591 | 7/27/2017 | WO | 00 |