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US 10,809,119 B2Granted
Scales for weighing piglets
AssigneeLeeO precision farming B.V.
InventorsArie Jan Van Der Hoek, Hans Bekking
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Abstract
The invention relates to scales for weighing piglets, including a base frame; at least one weighing element arranged on the base frame; and a weigh platform arranged on the at least one weighing element, wherein the weighing platform is elongate, wherein the top surface of the weighing platform is arranged at a distance above the base and wherein the width of the elongate top surface is at least half of the width of the base in order to provide space for the legs of a piglet when supported on the belly by the elongate top surface.
Claims20
A scale for weighing piglets, comprising:
- a base frame;
- at least one weighing element arranged on the base frame;
- and
- a weigh platform arranged on the at least one weighing element;
- wherein the weighing platform is elongate, wherein the top surface of the weighing platform is arranged at a distance above the base and wherein the width of the elongate top surface is less than half of the width of the base in order to provide space for the legs of a piglet when supported on the belly by the elongate top surface;
- and
- wherein the weigh platform further comprises two side walls, a front wall and an end wall to provide an enclosure for a piglet and wherein the entire weighing platform rests upon the at least one weighing element.
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