Animal husbandry – Bed or rest
Patent
1979-06-04
1981-10-13
Chamblee, Hugh R.
Animal husbandry
Bed or rest
119 28, A01K 100
Patent
active
042941954
ABSTRACT:
A modular base that is readily connected to other such bases upon which commercially available livestock confinement or farrowing stalls can be set. The base rests upon screw jacks and each individual base can be tilted such that a desired slope can be maintained throughout interconnected units despite an uneven floor. The top of the base has an opening toward one end which is covered by a grate through which animal wastes pass to a trough. The troughs are interlocking allowing wastes to flow down the slope from base to base and eventually away to a collection point. A drain at the other end of the base under the stall's watering device, empties into the trough. The top has a crown profile and has heating elements embedded in it that are capable of being interconnected and controlled from a central point. Interconnection of the desired number of bases allows buildings designed for other uses to be converted into efficient confinement or farrowing systems without extensive remodeling. For buildings with pre-existing manure troughs, the modular bases can be placed over them and thereby confine the odors from the pre-existing troughs.
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Gilcrest Richard K.
Rodenberg Joseph H.
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