CN105248303B - an automatic feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a kind of automatic feeding machine, it is characterised in that: include feeding mouth (1), hopper (2), screw auger (3), motor (4), water supply conduit (5) and control unit (7)；Feeding mouth (1) exports feedstuff when sow or piglet crunching crunching thereon block (12), crunching block (12) by during crunching by trigger sensor or switch；Hopper (2) is used for loading feedstuff siccative；Screw auger (3) one end is connected with motor (4), and its other end is positioned in feeding mouth (1), and screw auger (3) is for delivering to feeding mouth (1) place by feedstuff siccative in hopper (2)；Motor (4) is screw auger (3) powered rotation；Water supply conduit (5) is that the feedstuff siccative in feeding mouth (1) provides water to carry out feedstuff mixing；After control unit (7) receives the triggering signal of sensor or switch, open motor (4) and water supply conduit (5) simultaneously.

Description

an automatic feeder

technical field

The application date of this invention is November 26, 2014, the application number is: 201410688791.1, and the divisional application of the invention patent application named "an automatic feeder". The invention relates to an automatic feeder, in particular to an automatic feeder for raising sows and piglets.

Background technique

The quality of sow breeding will directly affect the survival rate and growth of piglets. When breeding sows, sows have the following requirements for feed:

First, the feed for sows should be fresh, moist and softened. Such feed tastes good and sows like to eat.

If the feed is too dry and there is a lot of powder, it will not only affect the taste, but also induce respiratory diseases in sows, and indirectly affect the growth of piglets.

Second, sows have great arbitrariness when eating, and they will not eat according to the time point set by the breeder. Therefore, when sows have the desire to eat, there is no feed to eat; when sows have no desire to eat, But it was fed. The feed will be dehydrated after being left for a long time, so it is not suitable for sows to eat.

Third, if the fresh feed is not eaten by the sows in time, the feed will easily ferment and deteriorate over time, resulting in a waste of feed. Fermented and deteriorated feed contains a large number of harmful bacteria. If it is eaten by the sows, it will cause sow milk The quality of piglets is reduced, causing diarrhea and even death of piglets. At the same time, the fermented and deteriorated feed will emit an unpleasant smell, which will also affect the health of piglets.

Fourth, it is necessary to employ a large number of breeders for feeding. However, the hiring of specialized breeders for 24-hour monitoring and feeding leads to huge feeding costs, which are unbearable for farms.

There is an automatic feeder on the existing market. The working principle of the feeder is: when the sow touches the sensor of the feeder, the feeding nozzle will automatically feed the feed into the feeding trough for the sow to eat . But this automatic feeder still does not solve above-mentioned technical problem. That is to say, the feeder cannot guarantee that the feed in the feeding trough is eaten by the sow in time, it cannot guarantee that the sow will start the feeder when there is a need to eat, and it cannot guarantee that the excess feed in the feeding trough will not deteriorate and ferment indirectly affect the health of piglets.

Contents of the invention

The present invention designs an automatic feeder, which solves the technical problem that the existing feeder cannot ensure that the feed in the feeding trough is eaten by the sow in time, and cannot ensure that the sow starts feeding when there is a need to eat There is no guarantee that the excess feed in the feeding trough will not deteriorate and ferment and indirectly affect the health of piglets.

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the present invention adopts the following scheme:

An automatic feeder, characterized in that it includes a feeding nozzle (1), a hopper (2), an auger (3), a motor (4), a water delivery pipeline (5) and a control unit (7); The feed mouth (1) outputs the feed when the sow or the piglet chews the crunch block (12) on it, and the crunch block (12) will trigger the sensor or switch to work when the crunch block (12) is chewed; the hopper (2) is used for filling the feed Dry material; one end of the auger (3) is connected to the motor (4), and the other end is located in the feeding nozzle (1), the auger (3) is used to send the dry feed in the hopper (2) to the feeder The mouth (1); the motor (4) provides power for the rotation of the auger (3); the water supply pipeline (5) provides water for the dry feed in the feeding nozzle (1) for feed mixing; the control unit (7) After receiving the trigger signal from the sensor or the switch, the motor (4) and the water delivery pipeline (5) are simultaneously turned on.

Further, it also includes a connecting lever (13), there is a gap between one end of the connecting lever (13) and the feeding nozzle (1), and it is fixedly connected with the chewing block (12), and the fulcrum of the lever is located on the feeding nozzle (1) , when the other end of the connecting lever (13) moves upwards, the sensors or switches will be triggered.

Further, it also includes a connecting lever (13), one end of the connecting lever (13) is connected to the feeding nozzle (1), there is a gap between the other end of the connecting lever (13) and the feeding nozzle (1), and the connecting lever ( The other end of 13) is fixedly connected with the chew block (12), and the sensor or switch will be triggered when the other end of the connecting lever (13) moves downward.

Further, the sensor is a pressure sensor; the switch is a travel switch.

Further, the position of the end connected to the motor (4) of the auger (3) is higher than that of the other end located in the feeding nozzle (1) to prevent water from flowing into the hopper (2) in the water delivery pipeline (5) .

Further, the auger (3) is connected to the motor (4) through a motor rod (41), and the motor rod (41) is also provided with a stirring blade (42) for breaking up dry feed.

Further, a heater is also connected to the water delivery pipeline (5) for heating the water in the water delivery pipeline (5).

Further, a water delivery pipeline (15) is connected between the water inlet of the feeding nozzle (1) and the water outlet of the feeding nozzle (1) from the water delivery pipeline (5), and the water delivery pipeline (15) is buried in the feeding nozzle In the inner wall of (1), the water outlet of the feeding nozzle (1) is located at the outlet (11) of the feeding nozzle (1).

Further, a receiving chute (6) is provided under the feeding nozzle (1).

An automatic feeder, characterized in that it includes a feeding nozzle (1), a hopper (2), an auger (3), a motor (4), a water delivery pipeline (5) and a control unit (7); When the sow or piglet chews on the feed nozzle (1), the sow or piglet triggers the infrared sensor to make the feed nozzle (1) output feed; the hopper (2) is used to fill the feed dry material; one end of the auger (3) is connected to The motor (4) is connected, the other end of which is located in the feeding nozzle (1), and the auger (3) is used to send the dry feed in the hopper (2) to the feeding nozzle (1); the motor (4) is The auger (3) rotates to provide power; the water supply pipeline (5) provides water for the dry feed in the feed nozzle (1) for feed mixing; the control unit (7) turns on simultaneously after receiving the trigger signal from the infrared sensor The motor (4) and the water delivery pipeline (5); the infrared sensor includes a vertical infrared sensor (71) and a horizontal infrared sensor (72).

Compared with the traditional feeder, the automatic feeder has the following beneficial effects:

(1) The present invention realizes that the automatic feeder outputs the fresh, moist and softened feed that the sow or piglet likes only when the sow or piglet chews the feed nipple, avoiding the waste of feed and the deterioration of feed fermentation, and also Avoid unqualified feed affecting the quality of sow milk and damage to piglets.

(2) In the present invention, the chewing block and the sensor (switch) are respectively arranged at both ends of the connecting lever, so that the chewing part of the sow or piglet is completely isolated from the circuit control unit and the triggering of the sensor or switch can be realized by chewing, avoiding chewing Be careful not to cause physical damage to sensors or switches, and to avoid short circuits caused by pig saliva and moisture in feed.

(3) In the present invention, the position of one end connecting the auger and the motor is higher than that of the other end in the feeding nozzle to prevent the water in the water delivery pipeline from flowing into the hopper and pollute the dry feed in the hopper .

(4) The present invention is equipped with stirring blades on the motor shaft, so that when the motor shaft rotates, the agglomerated dry feed in the hopper can be broken up by the stirring blades, ensuring that the dry feed entering the auger is in the form of small particles.

(5) In the present invention, a heater is also connected to the water delivery pipeline, so that feed at a suitable temperature can be provided for sows or piglets in winter, so as to avoid diarrhea or gastrointestinal diseases of sows or piglets caused by low feed temperature.

(6) In the present invention, a water delivery pipeline is connected between the water inlet of the feeding nozzle and the water outlet of the feeding nozzle. At the outlet, avoid excessive wet feed when the feeding nozzle is not working, and the fermented wet feed will affect the health of piglets; on the other hand, the water supply pipeline can be connected to the rear of the feeding nozzle To avoid the sow or piglets not being able to chew the feed nozzle if the water supply pipeline is set at the front end of the feed nozzle.

(7) There is also a feeding trough under the feeding nozzle of the present invention, which can further save feed and ensure that the overflowing feed of sows or piglets can be eaten during the feeding process without waste.

(8) In the present invention, a horizontal infrared sensor and a vertical infrared sensor are respectively arranged in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction of the sow or piglet. When the sow or piglet chews the feeding nozzle, the horizontal infrared sensor and the vertical infrared sensor will be simultaneously Trigger and start the motor and water delivery pipeline to deliver dry feed and water to sows or piglets.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1: the first kind of structural representation of automatic feeder of the present invention;

Fig. 2: the control connection schematic diagram of automatic feeder of the present invention;

Fig. 3: the pipeline diagram of the water delivery system of the automatic feeder of the present invention;

Fig. 4: the second structure schematic diagram of the automatic feeder of the present invention;

Fig. 5: the third structure schematic diagram of the automatic feeder of the present invention;

Fig. 6: the fourth structure schematic diagram of the automatic feeder of the present invention;

Fig. 7: A schematic connection diagram of a sensing mode of the automatic feeder of the present invention.

Explanation of reference signs:

1—Feeding pipe; 11—Outlet; 12—Chewing block; 13—Connecting lever; 14—Pressure sensor; 15—Water delivery pipe; 2—Hopper; 3—Auger; 4—Motor; 41— Motor rod; 42—stirring blade; 5—water delivery pipeline; 6—feeding tank; 7—control unit; 71—vertical infrared sensor; 72—horizontal infrared sensor.

detailed description

Below in conjunction with Fig. 1 to Fig. 6, the present invention will be further described:

In describing the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "longitudinal", "transverse", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", The orientations or positional relationships indicated by "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and It is not to indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, or operate in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the invention.

In the description of this specification, descriptions referring to the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "example", "specific examples", or "some examples" mean that specific features described in connection with the embodiment or example , structure, material or feature is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise specified and limited, it should be noted that the terms "installation", "connection" and "connection" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be mechanical connection or electrical connection, or two The internal communication of each element may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediary. Those skilled in the art can understand the specific meanings of the above terms according to specific situations.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 , an automatic feeder includes a feeding nozzle 1 , a hopper 2 , an auger 3 , a motor 4 , a water delivery pipeline 5 and a control unit 7 . The feeding nozzle 1 outputs feed when the sow or piglet chews the chewing block 12 on it, and the sensor or switch will be triggered when the chewing block 12 is chewed; the hopper 2 is used to fill the feed dry material; the screw auger 3 One end is connected to the motor 4, and the other end is located in the feeding nozzle 1. The auger 3 is used to send the dry feed in the hopper 2 to the feeding nozzle 1; the motor 4 provides power for the rotation of the auger 3; the water delivery pipe The road 5 provides water for the feed dry material in the feed nozzle 1 for feed mixing; the control unit 7 starts the motor 4 and the water delivery pipeline 5 simultaneously after receiving the trigger signal from the sensor or switch.

One of the working principles of the chewing block 12: a connecting lever 13 is provided, there is a gap between one end of the connecting lever 13 and the feeding nozzle 1 and it is fixedly connected with the chewing block 12, the fulcrum of the lever is located on the feeding nozzle 1, and the connecting lever The other end of 13 will trigger sensor or switch to work when moving upwards. When the sow or piglet chews on the chew block 12, it exerts downward pressure on one end of the connecting lever 13, and makes the other end of the connecting lever 13 move upwards and triggers the sensor or switch to work. The sensor can be a pressure sensor; the switch can be a travel switch.

The specific connection structure can also be: the feeding nozzle 1 is provided with a through hole along its axial direction, the feeding nozzle 1 is provided with an annular groove in the extending direction of the through hole, the connecting lever 13 is inserted into the through hole and there is a gap between the two, The front end of the connecting lever 13 is located in the annular groove. There is a gap between the bottom of the connecting lever 13 and the bottom of the annular groove. In another annular groove of the mouth 1; when the chewing block 12 is pressed down, the sensor or switch will be triggered when the rear end of the connecting lever 13 moves upward.

The second working principle of the chew block 12 is to set a connecting lever 13, one end of the connecting lever 13 is connected to the feeding nozzle 1, there is a gap between the other end of the connecting lever 13 and the feeding nozzle 1, and the other end of the connecting lever 13 It is fixedly connected with the chewing block 12, and the sensor or switch will be triggered when the other end of the connecting lever 13 moves downward. When a sow or a piglet chews on the chewing block 12, it produces a downward pressure on the other end of the connecting lever 13. Trigger sensor or switch operation. The sensor can be a pressure sensor; the switch can be a travel switch.

The specific connection structure can also be: the feeding nozzle 1 is provided with a through hole along its axial direction, the feeding nozzle 1 is provided with an annular groove in the extending direction of the through hole, the connecting lever 13 is inserted into the through hole and there is a gap between the two, The end of the connecting lever 13 front end is fixed in this annular groove, there is a gap between the other parts of the connecting lever 13 and the bottom of the annular groove and the through hole, the top of the connecting lever 13 front end is fixedly connected with the chewing block 12, and the connecting lever 13 rear end stretches out to feed The feed nozzle 1 may be located in another annular groove of the feed nozzle 1; when the chewing block 12 is pressed down, the sensor or switch will be triggered when the rear end of the connecting lever 13 moves downward.

The working method of the automatic feeder of the present invention is as follows: when the sow or piglet chews the chewing block 12, the chewing block 12 triggers the sensor or switch through the connecting lever 13, and the sensor or switch sends a signal to the control unit, and the control unit responds to the sensor Or the signal output by the switch starts the motor 4 and the water delivery pipeline 5 at the same time, and the motor 4 acts on the auger 3 to transport the dry feed in the hopper 2 to the feeding nozzle 1, and at the same time, the water delivery pipeline 5 also delivers the drinking water to the feeding In mouth 1, the dry feed and drinking water are mixed and directly enter the mouth of the sow or piglet for the sow or piglet to eat.

As shown in Figure 3, the water delivery pipeline 5 enters the water inlet of the feeding nozzle 1 and is connected with the water delivery pipeline 15 between the water outlet of the feeding nozzle 1, and the water delivery pipeline 15 is buried in the inner wall of the feeding nozzle 1. The water outlet of the material nozzle 1 is located at the material outlet 11 of the feeding nozzle 1 . A heater is also connected to the water delivery pipeline 5 for heating the water in the water delivery pipeline 5 .

As shown in FIG. 4 , one end of the screw auger 3 connected to the motor 4 is located higher than the other end in the feeding nozzle 1 to prevent the water in the water delivery pipeline 5 from flowing into the hopper 2 . The auger 3 is connected with the motor 4 by the motor rod 41, and the motor rod 41 is also provided with the stirring blade 42 for breaking up the dry material of the feed. A receiving tank 6 is also provided below the feeding nozzle 1 .

As shown in Figure 5, the motor 4 can be arranged under the hopper 2, and the position of the end of the auger 3 connected to the motor 4 is lower than the position of the auger 3 at the feeding nozzle 1, and the dry feed moves upward under the action of the motor. This setting method can also realize the purpose of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6 , an automatic feeder includes a feeding nozzle 1 , a hopper 2 , an auger 3 , a motor 4 , a water delivery pipeline 5 and a control unit 7 . The feeding nozzle 1 outputs feed when the sow or piglet chews the chewing block 12 on it, and the sensor or switch will be triggered when the chewing block 12 is chewed; the hopper 2 is used to fill the feed dry material; the screw auger 3 One end is connected to the motor 4, and the other end is located in the feeding nozzle 1. The auger 3 is used to send the dry feed in the hopper 2 to the feeding nozzle 1; the motor 4 provides power for the rotation of the auger 3; the water delivery pipe The road 5 provides water for the feed dry material in the feed nozzle 1 for feed mixing; the control unit 7 starts the motor 4 and the water delivery pipeline 5 simultaneously after receiving the trigger signal from the sensor or switch. The auger 3 has a ladder structure, the lower end of the ladder structure is connected to the feeding nozzle 1 , and the higher end of the ladder structure is connected to the motor 4 . The auger 3 of the stepped structure can also prevent water from entering the hopper 2 .

As shown in Figure 7, an automatic feeder includes a feeding nozzle 1, a hopper 2, an auger 3, a motor 4, a water delivery pipeline 5 and a control unit 7; When the sow or piglet triggers the infrared sensor to make the feeding nozzle 1 output feed; the hopper 2 is used to fill the dry feed; one end of the auger 3 is connected to the motor 4, and the other end is located in the feeding nozzle 1, and the auger 3 It is used to send the dry feed in the hopper 2 to the feeding nozzle 1; the motor 4 provides power for the rotation of the auger 3; the water delivery pipeline 5 provides water for the dry feed in the feeding nozzle 1 for feed mixing; the control unit 7 After receiving the trigger signal from the infrared sensor, turn on the motor 4 and the water delivery pipeline 5 at the same time; the infrared sensor includes a vertical infrared sensor 71 and a horizontal infrared sensor 72 . When the sow or piglet chews the feeding nozzle, the horizontal infrared sensor 72 and the vertical infrared sensor 71 are triggered simultaneously, and the motor 4 and the water delivery pipeline 5 are started to deliver dry feed and water for the sow or piglet.

Above, the present invention has been exemplarily described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the realization of the present invention is not limited by the above-mentioned manner, as long as various improvements of the method concept and technical solutions of the present invention are adopted, or the present invention is implemented without improvement. The ideas and technical schemes directly applied to other occasions are within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (7)

1. A kind of automatic feeding machine, it is characterised in that: include feeding mouth (1), hopper (2), screw auger (3), motor (4), water supply conduit (5) and control unit (7)；Feeding mouth (1) exports feedstuff when sow or piglet crunching crunching thereon block (12), crunching block (12) by during crunching by trigger sensor or switch；Hopper (2) is used for loading feedstuff siccative；Screw auger (3) one end is connected with motor (4), and its other end is positioned in feeding mouth (1), and screw auger (3) is for delivering to feeding mouth (1) place by feedstuff siccative in hopper (2)；Motor (4) is screw auger (3) powered rotation；Water supply conduit (5) is that the feedstuff siccative in feeding mouth (1) provides water to carry out feedstuff mixing；After control unit (7) receives the triggering signal of sensor or switch, open motor (4) and water supply conduit (5) simultaneously；Also include connecting lever (13), through hole is had axially along at feeding mouth (1), described connection lever (13) is inserted in described through hole, connect below one end of lever (13) with there is space between feeding mouth (1) and fixing with crunching block (12) be connected, balance pivot is positioned on feeding mouth (1), by trigger sensor or switch when the other end of connection lever (13) moves upward；Feeding mouth (1) is provided with a cannelure on through hole bearing of trend, connect lever (13) front end to be positioned in this cannelure, connect and there is space with annular groove bottom below lever (13) front end, connect fixing with crunching block (12) above lever (13) front end connection, connect lever (13) rear end and stretch out feeding mouth (1) or be positioned in feeding mouth (1) another one cannelure.

Automatic feeding machine the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: described sensor is pressure transducer；Described switch is travel switch.

Automatic feeding machine the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the present position, one end that described screw auger (3) is connected with motor (4) is positioned at during in feeding mouth (1), the other end avoids water supply conduit (5) in current feed hopper (2) higher than it.

Automatic feeding machine the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: described screw auger (3) is connected with motor (4) by motor bar (41), and motor bar (41) is additionally provided with the paddle (42) breaing up feedstuff siccative.

Automatic feeding machine the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: it is also connected with heater in water supply conduit (5) for heating the water in water supply conduit (5).

Automatic feeding machine the most according to claim 5, it is characterized in that: being connected between water inlet and the outlet of feeding mouth (1) of water supply conduit (5) entrance feeding mouth (1) has aqueduct (15), aqueduct (15) is embedded in the inwall of feeding mouth (1), and the outlet of feeding mouth (1) is positioned at discharging opening (11) place of feeding mouth (1).

Automatic feeding machine the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: feeding mouth (1) lower section is additionally provided with a splicing groove (6).