Slat unit for livestock barn
AssigneeU-Chika Corporation
InventorTakeshi Chikamori
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a slat unit for a livestock barn that significantly reduces efforts in a laying operation and that is hygienic and highly durable. A slat unit 10 for a livestock barn made of stainless steel that is a preferable floor material at an excretion area in a livestock barn includes at least a plurality of elongated slat panels 12, one or more horizontal members 14 that connect the plurality of slat panels 12 arranged side by side in a crosswise direction and in parallel in a longitudinal direction of each slat panel 12. Both longitudinal sides of each of the slat panels 12 are mountain-folded to form side wall portions 16. An angle between a planar portion 15 of each of the slat panels 12 and the respective side wall portions 16 is smaller than 90°.
Claims18
A slat unit for a livestock barn made of stainless steel that is a preferable floor material at an excretion area in a livestock barn, comprising at least:
- a plurality of elongated slat panels;
- and
- one or more horizontal members that connect the plurality of slat panels arranged side by side in a crosswise direction and in parallel in a longitudinal direction of each slat panel,
- wherein both longitudinal sides of each of the slat panels are mountain-folded to form side wall portions,
- wherein an angle between a planar portion of each of the slat panels and the respective side wall portions is smaller than 90°,
- wherein at least one of the side wall portions is further mountain-folded and thereafter valley-folded to form a reinforcing foot portion,
- wherein the one or more horizontal members are arranged in a transverse direction extending across each of the plurality of elongated slat panels,
- wherein each of the plurality of elongated slat panels is removably fixed to each of the one or more horizontal members with a bolt and a nut, each bolt penetrating each corresponding horizontal member from an upper surface thereof so as to fix the plurality of elongated slat panels and the one or more horizontal members in a vertical direction, and
- wherein a plurality of linear recesses are formed at each of the slat panels along the mountain-fold position thereof, and each linear recess is oriented at a right angle with respect to a longitudinal direction of a longitudinal edge at the mountain-fold position and extends across the longitudinal edge, and the plurality of linear recesses are formed along an entire length of the longitudinal edge.
A slat unit for a livestock barn made of stainless steel that is a preferable floor material at an excretion area in a livestock barn, comprising at least:
- a plurality of elongated slat panels;
- and
- one or more horizontal members that connect the plurality of slat panels arranged side by side in a crosswise direction and in parallel in a longitudinal direction of each slat panel,
- wherein both longitudinal sides of each of the slat panels are mountain-folded to form side wall portions,
- wherein an angle between a planar portion of each of the slat panels and the respective side wall portions is smaller than 90°,
- wherein a reinforcing foot portion is provided in a protruding manner on a rear surface side of the planar portion of each of the slat panels, the reinforcing foot portion extending in the longitudinal direction of each of the slat panels, and
- wherein a plurality of linear recesses are formed at each of the slat panels along the mountain-fold position thereof, and each linear recess is oriented at a right angle with respect to a longitudinal direction of a longitudinal edge at the mountain-fold position and extends across the longitudinal edge, and the plurality of linear recesses are formed along an entire length of the longitudinal edge.
A slat unit for a livestock barn made of stainless steel that is a preferable floor material at an excretion area in a livestock barn, comprising at least:
- a plurality of elongated slat panels;
- and
- one or more horizontal members that connect the plurality of slat panels arranged side by side in a crosswise direction and in parallel in a longitudinal direction of each slat panel,
- wherein both longitudinal sides of each of the slat panels are mountain-folded to form side wall portions,
- wherein an angle between a planar portion of each of the slat panels and the respective side wall portions is smaller than 90°,
- wherein at least one of the side wall portions is further mountain-folded and thereafter valley-folded to form a reinforcing foot portion,
- wherein the one or more horizontal members are arranged in a transverse direction extending across each of the plurality of elongated slat panels,
- wherein each of the plurality of elongated slat panels is removably fixed to each of the one or more horizontal members with a bolt and a nut, each bolt penetrating each corresponding horizontal member from an upper surface thereof so as to fix the plurality of elongated slat panels and the one or more horizontal members in a vertical direction,
- wherein each of the slat panels includes a plurality of protrusions at each of the planar portion and the side wall portions, and
- wherein the plurality of protrusions comprise the protrusion formed across a longitudinal edge at the mountain-fold position, and a plurality of linear recesses are formed between the adjacent protrusions along an entire length of the longitudinal edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.