Animal enclosure system with waste treatment means
OwnerJoseph Terrell Mooreinventor
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Abstract
An animal-supporting platform receives solid waste excreted by the animals. A mixture of the waste and a carrier liquid are treated in airtight holding tanks where ammonia gas is produced at ambient temperatures. The material is then fed to an airtight chamber provided with liquid overflow means and a liquid outlet passage which leads downwardly from the overflow means and then upwardly to a discharge point located outside the chamber. Combustible methane gas generated by decomposition of the waste material is discharged through a gas outlet opening located in an upper portion of the chamber, and undigested solids are moved through the chamber and then removed from the chamber by a conveyor means leading through a submerged chamber outlet opening.
Claims13
An animal enclosure system, comprising,
- a platform for supporting animals and for receiving solid waste excreted by said animals,
- a gas enclosing chamber means for containing in a lower portion thereof a mixture of said waste and a carrier liquid,
- means for conducting waste from said platform to said chamber means,
- a gas outlet opening located in an upper portion of said chamber means above said mixture,
- said chamber means having an inlet end and an outlet end,
- overflow means in communication with said chamber means for maintaining the mixture undergoing treatment in the chamber means at a given liquid level,
- a liquid outlet passage leading downwardly from the overflow means and then upwardly to a discharge point located outside said chamber means,
- a solids outlet opening located at the outlet end of the chamber means below the liquid level,
- conveyor means for moving solids through the bottom of the chamber from said inlet end to said solids outlet opening and then upwardly from the solids outlet opening to a discharge point outside the chamber means and above the liquid level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.