Animal husbandry – Milkers – With signals – indicators – registers – and timers
Patent
1982-07-19
1985-02-12
Swiatek, Robert P.
Animal husbandry
Milkers
With signals, indicators, registers, and timers
119 29, A01K 103, A01K 101
Patent
active
044984219
ABSTRACT:
An improvement in a cage for small animals or the like having a perforate bottom to allow wastes to be dropped by gravity exteriorly of the cage, a continuous periphery of walls, and a top, characterized by a continuous belt traversing beneath the perforate bottom and contiguous to a scraper and waste collector, and through a cleaning pan adjacent steam-cleaning passageways for cleaning. The belt has motive apparatus comprised of a plurality of gears and belt moving roller connected to an animal-powered wheel to move the belt when the animal runs or walks in the wheel. Also disclosed are specific preferred embodiments including having one of the gears in a gear train movable responsive to movement of a fulcrum lever to disengage the belt from the animal wheel; and having a supplemental belt moving apparatus to move the belt as desired.
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Fredrick Michael Douglas
Swiatek Robert P.
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