Animal husbandry – Milkers – With signals – indicators – registers – and timers
Patent
1974-03-07
1976-03-02
Chamblee, Hugh R.
Animal husbandry
Milkers
With signals, indicators, registers, and timers
119 22, 119 48, A01K 3100
Patent
active
039410919
ABSTRACT:
An egg layer system for the production of poultry eggs which includes a plurality of tiered, open mesh wire cages arranged back-to-back and mounted in a plurality of rows extending the length of an elongated, rectangular building enclosure. The cage rows are arranged so as to form equally spaced aisles between facing cages. At the base of the cage rows is a parallel track assembly provided to permit a servicing carriage to be moved along the individual aisles. An open, transverse aisle is provided at each end of the cage rows which include guide means for directing the service carriage from one aisle into the next aisle for forming a continuous, closed-circuit path for the movement of the carriages along each of the cage rows of the entire system. No feed or water troughs are provided in the cages with the feed and water provisions included in the service carriages. The service carriages thus provide the feeding and watering function along with egg collection, manure scraping and collection arranged to make one complete circuit every two hours. The carriages can be connected in tandem to form a single moving unit if desired. The tiered cage row units can be stacked, one on top of the other, in a double deck arrangement with the cage supporting columns providing the building structural support. Sloping outer sidewalls also provide building structural support and improve air ventilation through the entire cage system. A continuous baffle can be provided under the cage structure having adjustable openings below each cage aisle to permit natural ventilation of air from openings in the sloped sidewalls through the space provided below the baffle, with the air passing upwardly through the cage area and outwardly through louvers provided in the uppermost portion of the building roof. Cooling and heating of the air is controlled automatically by units provided below the baffle area. The collected poultry manure is reused for feeding to the poultry by leaching and protein amplification processes which recover the carbohydrates, protein and vitamin components which can be mixed with poultry feed either wet or dry. A feed system is provided on the feed carriage for dispensing the feed automatically to the birds. A novel arrangement is also provided on a utility carriage for loading and unloading the birds automatically into the poultry cages.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2314344 (1943-03-01), Cornell
patent: 3312194 (1967-04-01), Ernst
Chamblee Hugh R.
Pittenger James E.
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