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US 12,082,562 B2Granted
Feeding system and method for feeding animals, and feed grabber
AssigneeLely Patent N.V.
InventorJakob Van Der Linde
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AssigneeLely Patent N.V.
InventorJakob Van Der Linde
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A feeding system for feeding animals, in particular cows, includes a feed storage system for keeping feed for the animals in store, and a feed loading device for loading a batch of feed from the feed storage system into a receptacle of an autonomous feeding device in order to teed the animals. The feed loading device is provided with a feed grabber including two grab buckets which are hingeable between an open position and a closed position. The feed grabber includes an actuation device for actuating the grab buckets from the open position to the closed position. The actuation device includes a rotatably drivable winding-up body which is connected to one of the grab buckets and includes a winding circumference, and an arm which is connected between the winding-up body and the other grab bucket. The arm includes a plurality of mutually, hingeably connected arm sections which are made from stainless steel or a material having substantially the same strength and corrosion-resistant properties as stainless steel. The arm sections, in the open position of the grab buckets, extend substantially in line with one another. The arm sections, from the open position of the grab buckets, when the winding-up body is rotatably driven, are wound about the winding circumference of the winding-up body in order to pull the grab buckets towards the closed position. The arm sections are configured in such a way that the winding circumference of the winding-up body can be covered substantially in its entirety by at most 8 arm sections, preferably at most 6 arm sections, in particular 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 arm sections.
A feeding system for feeding animals, comprising:
A feed grabber comprising two grab buckets which are hingeable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the feed grabber is provided with an actuation device for actuating the grab buckets from the open position to the closed position, wherein the actuation device is provided with a rotatably drivable winding-up body which is connected to one of the grab buckets and comprises a winding circumference, and an arm which is connected between the winding-up body and the other grab bucket, wherein the arm comprises a plurality of mutually hingeably connected arm sections which are made from stainless steel or a material having substantially the same strength and corrosion-resistant properties as stainless steel, wherein the arm sections extend substantially in line with one another in the open position of the grab buckets, and wherein the arm sections, from the open position of the grab buckets, when the winding-up body is rotatably driven, are wound around the winding circumference the winding-up body in order to pull the grab buckets towards the closed position, and wherein the arm sections are configured such that the winding circumference of the winding-up body can be covered substantially completely by at most 8 arm sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.