Shed, in particular for holding pigs
AssigneeBig Dutchman International GmbH
InventorRalf Remmert
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Abstract
The invention relates to a shed with a defecation region, a rest region, a feeding region and an activity region. The floor of the defecation region is formed by the upper run of a conveyor belt, through which urine that is produced can pass. A collecting trough for the urine is arranged under the upper run of the conveyor belt, from which collecting trough the urine is guided away and directed into a urine collection container outside the shed. An excrement scraper is disposed proximate the conveyor belt in the region of the rear deflection thereof. The excrement scraper, during the forward movement of the conveyor belt, scrapes the excrement on the conveyor belt off onto a discharge conveyor belt, in such a way that a separation of excrement and urine takes place.
Claims15
An animal shed having a defecation region comprising:
- a floor formed by an upper run of a conveyor belt through which urine that is produced by the animal may pass, but through which excrement that is produced by the animal may not pass;
- a collecting trough for the urine disposed under the upper run and above a lower run of the conveyor belt from which the urine is guided away from the defecation region;
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- an excrement scraper disposed proximate the conveyor belt in the region of a rear deflection thereof, wherein during forward movement of the conveyor belt, the excrement scraper scrapes off the excrement on the upper run of the conveyor belt onto an excrement discharge conveyor, whereby separation of excrement and urine takes place;
- wherein the collecting trough has a continuous decline toward the rear deflection and toward a urine collection channel having a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis of the urine collection channel being disposed proximate and parallel to a longitudinal axis of the excrement discharge conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.