BG113451A - DEVICE FOR DOSING THE FOOD OF AGRICULTURAL ANIMALS - Google Patents

Abstract

The device for dispensing feedstuff to livestock according to this invention consists of a feedstuff hopper (1), a feedstuff trough (2), a dispenser (3) and a sensor (4), wherein the inlet of the dispenser (3) is equipped with a controller (5) with keys (5a) and (5b) for setting the required values, and with an input port (5c). The sensor (4) reads the data from a data chip (6) and a weighing system (7). The data from the sensor (4) together with the weight of the animal are transmitted as feedback to the input port (5c) of the controller (5). The device for dispensing feedstuff to livestock, especially when it is a device for adjusting the amount and frequency of feedstuff dispensed to the individual animal, would be applied for improving the processes in robotic feeding of cows, pigs and other livestock.

Description

DEVICE FOR DOSING THE FOOD OF AGRICULTURAL ANIMALS

DISTRICT TECHNIQUE

The invention relates to a Device for dosing the food of farm animals, in particular for the individual regulation of the food of each animal, which will find application in improving the processes of robotic feeding of cows, pigs and other livestock.

PRIOR ART

A device, system and method for feeding farm animals [1] is known, in which the amount of food and the frequency of food delivery can be controlled based on measurable parameters and the expected growth curve of the animals and on real-time parameters. The automated system includes: infrastructure for feed delivery and for transporting animal feed from a central feed feed to multiple feed dispensers; a device for determining the amount of feed and the frequency of feeding; a volume, level or weight sensor; additional environmental sensor (temperature and/or humidity); a controller to control the dispensers according to a predetermined goal and based on sensor signals, market data, psychological data and animal behavior data, feeding frequency data and animal metabolism data. A predetermined goal may be to reach a predetermined maximum weight or to reach a predetermined minimum weight within a predetermined time period. The automatic system is connected to the lighting system and to a device for generating sound, which it turns on in a certain pattern when feeding feed to the dispensers. The device is intended for both small farm animals (mainly birds) and other animals (cows, pigs, sheep).

The main purpose of the Device is that the animals are fed in groups and at the same time, which does not allow individual dosing of the food.

In addition, information on the condition and behavior of animals is obtained for a group of animals (migration, Pavlovian reflexes, etc.), and not individually from each animal.

The device, through the dispensers, determines the dose of food for the whole group, and not individually for each animal.

The animals are fed if the dispensers are filled with food, which is announced with a light and sound signal.

A device and method for delivering a very precisely measured amount of food for small animals is known [2], in which the small animals are located in a row of cages placed one behind the other. Feed flows from a feed store into a hopper and stops when the hopper is determined to contain a sufficient amount of feed. The sufficient amount of food is determined by the desired amount of food per animal, multiplied by the number of animals, which number is detected with a special sensor. The receiving corti moves on a frame along the cages, and according to the number of animals in each cage and the desired amount of food per animal, the amount of food for that cage is determined. This amount of food is dosed with a strain gauge.

Information on the condition and behavior of animals is obtained for a group of animals, not individually for each animal.

The amount of food for each animal is the same, and the dose is determined by the general nutritional norms.

The dose of food for each animal in the group is the same.

Furthermore, it is not ensured that the same amount of food is digested by each animal in the cage.

A device is known for automatically delivering a predetermined amount of at least one type of food to an animal in a predetermined period [3], in which there is a means for individually identifying an animal present in a feeding room, as well as a computer that in a predetermined period of time since the last feeding of that animal initiates automatic delivery of at least one type of food to that animal. The size of the food ration and the food balance are based on the compliance tables set in the computer and the set period of the next meal, as minimum rations and a period to block the supply of food after each meal have been introduced.

The current feed ration of the identified animal is the same for that animal and is preset.

In addition, the time for the next meal is regulated only by a preset blocking period.

Since the current condition of the animal is not monitored, the amount of food fed is the same.

In addition, the dose of food does not depend on the physical condition of the animal, because it is not monitored.

TECHNICAL ESSENCE

The task of the invention is to create a Device for dosing the food of farm animals with a simplified construction and easy management of the feeding process, where the food of each animal can be adjusted individually, according to the type and current state of the animal.

The task of the invention is solved with a device for dosing the food of farm animals, including a food hopper (1), a feeding trough (2), a dispenser (3) and a sensor (4) with feedback. A feed trough (2) with a dispenser (3) connected to it is mounted to the feed hopper (1), for the amount of feed from the feed hopper (1) to the feed trough (2), and at the inlet of the dispenser (3) a controller (5) with a feedback system having a switch (5a) for average standard food ration per animal, a switch (56) for standard values of feeding frequency, and an input (5c) receiving the signal from the feedback of the sensor (4 ).

The animal is marked with an information chip (6), which contains information about the identification number of the animal, incl. the age of the animal, the purpose of the animal - for meat, for milk or for breeding (pregnant). The sensor (4) reads the data from the information chip (6) and transmits the information to the scale (7) on which the animal stepped. The data on the weight of the animal, as well as the data received from the sensor (4) from the information chip (6), are fed to the input (5c) of the regulator (5) as a feedback link.

The amount of food for each animal that came to the feeding trough (2) is determined by the dispenser (3), the deviation of which from the value set by the key (5a) is determined by the regulator (5) using the data from the information chip (6) provided by the sensor ( 4), and the data from the scale (7) as feedback at the input (5c), subject to the feeding frequency set with the key (56).

An advantage of the invention is that for each individual animal the rate of feeding is changed or maintained by the regulator (5) of the dispenser (3).

In addition, the extended scope of the implemented feedback is also an advantage, since multiple parameters of the animal recorded in the information chip (6) can be used. Another advantage is that the dose of food is determined individually for each animal according to data from the information chip (b) according to its type - for meat, for milk or for breeding (pregnant), and the data from the scale (7) - whether the animal is within the norm , below or above the norm.

Also, an advantage is the high accuracy of regulation, realized with the components available on the market - hardware and software for the regulator (5), switches (5a), (56) and the sensor (4).

An advantage is also the ability to set different proportional, integral, differential or a combination of regulation laws in the regulator (5).

DESCRIPTION OF THE ATTACHED FIGURES

The invention is better explained by the attached fig. 1, representing a scheme of the Device for dosing the food of farm animals.

EXAMPLE OF IMPLEMENTATION

The exemplary embodiment of the Farm Animal Feed Dosing Device includes a feed hopper (1), a feeding trough (2), a dispenser (3) and a feedback sensor (4). A feed trough (2) with a dispenser (3) connected to it is mounted to the feed hopper (1), for the amount of feed from the feed hopper (1) to the feed trough (2), and at the inlet of the dispenser (3) a controller (5) with a feedback system having a switch (5a) for average standard food ration per animal, a switch (56) for standard values of feeding frequency, and an input (5c) receiving the signal from the feedback of the sensor (4 ).

The animal is marked with an information chip (6), which contains information about the identification number of the animal, incl. the age of the animal, the purpose of the animal - for meat, for milk or for breeding (pregnant). The sensor (4) reads the data from the information chip (6) and transmits the information to the scale (7) on which the animal stepped. The data on the weight of the animal, as well as the data received from the sensor (4) from the information chip (6), are fed to the input (5c) of the regulator (5) as a feedback link. The amount of food for each animal that came to the feeding trough (2) is determined by the dispenser (3), the deviation of which from the value set by the key (5a) is determined by the regulator (5) using the data from the information chip (6) provided by the sensor ( 4), and the data from the scale (7) as feedback at the input (5c), subject to the feeding frequency set with the key (56).

USE OF THE INVENTION

The invention Device for dosing the food of farm animals works in the following way:

The regulator (5) with a feedback system from a switch (5a) is set to an average standard feed ration per animal. The regulator (5) transmits the ration determined by it to the dispenser (3) and from there through the food hopper (1) to the feeding trough (2) in compliance with the feeding frequency set with the key (56).

The sensor (4) reads the data from the information chip (6) and sends it to the scale (7) on which the animal stepped. Scale (7) determines the weight of the animal and, together with the data from the sensor (4), read by the information chip (6), transmits them as feedback to the input (5c) of the regulator (5).

The difference in the amount of food for each animal that came to the feeding trough (2) is determined by the dispenser (3), the deviation of which from the value set by the key (5a) is determined by the regulator (5) using the data from the information chip (6) depending on the purpose of the animal - for meat, for milk or for breeding (pregnant), fed by the sensor (4) to the scale (7). These data, together with the current weight of the animal, are transmitted from the scale (7) as feedback to the input (5c) of the regulator (5). If the animal has followed the feeding frequency set by key (56), it receives a different dose of food according to its current state - normal, above or below normal, as well as according to its purpose - for milk, for meat, for breeding (pregnant).

The difference between the set value and the feedback data serves the regulator (5) to change the average standard food ration per animal set by the key (5a) according to the selected regulation law (proportional, integral, differential or a combination thereof). feeds to the dispenser (3) and from there through the food hopper (1) to the feeding trough (2), subject to the feeding frequency set with the key (56)

LITERATURE:

[1] . Patent No. US 9,408,369 B2

[2] . Patent No. US 4,878,455

[3] . Patent No. US 20030061998 Al

Claims (1)

1. A device for dosing the food of farm animals, consisting of a food hopper (1), a feeding trough (2), a dispenser (3) and a sensor (4); CHARACTERIZED in that a feed trough (2) is mounted to the feed hopper (1) and a dispenser (3) is included at the inlet of the feed trough (2) for the amount of feed from the hopper (1) to the feed trough (2). , and at the inlet of the dispenser (3) a regulator (5) is mounted with a feedback system, having a switch (5a) for average standard food ration per animal, a switch (56) for standard values of feeding frequency, and an input (5c ), a sensor (4) that reads the data from an information chip (6) and transmits it to a scale (7), from where these data together with data on the weight of the animal are transmitted as feedback to an input (5c) of a regulator (5) .