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US 2020/0359591 A1Published application
System and method for heating animals
AssigneeFarrpro, Inc.
InventorAmos Issac Petersen
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Abstract
A system for heating animals. The heating system uses an elongated curved reflector around an elongated infrared light source to reflect heat off of the elongated curved reflector and onto piglets provided in the piglet creep of a farrowing crate. The system has a reduced thermal gradient to efficiently transfer heat to animals, such as piglets, without overheating other nearby animals, such as sows.
Claims20
An animal heater, comprising:
- an elongated curved reflector;
- an elongated light source;
- wherein the light source is constructed and oriented in a manner such that at least a portion of light emitted from the light source is directed in nonparallel rays upward toward the reflector;
- wherein the elongated curved reflector is constructed and oriented in manner such that at least a portion of the light emitted from the light source is directed in nonparallel rays upward toward the reflector is directed by the elongated curved reflector downward in parallel rays toward an animal having a surface;
- and
- wherein the light source is of a construction suitable to heat the surface of the animal.
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An animal heating facility comprising:
- an animal retention facility having a floor;
- a heating element comprising:
- an elongated curved reflector;
- an elongated infrared light source;
- wherein the light source is of a construction and orientation capable of directing a majority of light emitting from the light source is directed toward the elongated curved reflector;
- wherein the elongated infrared light source is of a construction and orientation capable of heating the floor;
- and
- an elongated shade, wherein the light source is positioned between the shade and the reflector;
- and
- wherein the heating element is positioned above the floor.
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A method for warming animals comprising:
- providing an animal retention facility having a floor;
- locating a heating element above the floor, wherein the heating element comprises:
- an elongated curved reflector;
- an elongated infrared light source;
- directing light from the elongated infrared light source, in nonparallel rays, upward toward the reflector;
- reflecting light from the reflector downward, in parallel rays, toward an animal;
- and
- heating the animal with the light directed downward from the reflector in parallel rays.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.