Animal facility equipment
AssigneeAgricultural Research & Development, Inc.
InventorFrank R. Laurenz
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Abstract
A manure scraper moves along an alleyway divided into sections by a plurality of gates or partitions and as the scraper passes under each partition, a wire brush or the like attached to the gate but insulated therefrom, engages the upper surface and electrifies the scraper so that an animal touching or being engaged by the scraper, receives an electric shock. The wire brush is connected to a shocking transformer which in turn is connected to a source of electrical energy.
Claims20
In an animal facility having a moving facility such as a manure scraper assembly, moving along an alleyway having at least one partition across the alleyway, said moving facility passing under the partition and having a longitudinally extending, elongated, electrically conducting member extending forwardly and rearwardly thereof;
- and a source of electrical energy;
- the improvement comprising means to electrify the moving facility only as the elongated member passes under the partition, said means including a mounting support securable to said partition, current carrying means engaging the elongated member of the moving facility as it passes under the partition, means mounting said current carrying means to said mounting support and electrically insulated therefrom and means operatively connecting said current carrying means to the source of electrical energy.
An animal facility including an alleyway and at least one partition across said alleyway with the lower end thereof spaced above the floor of said alleyway, a manure scraper movable along said alleyway and under said partition, said scraper including a longitudinally extending, elongated, electrically conducted member extending forwardly and rearwardly thereof, and a source of electrical energy, means to electrify the elongated member and the manure scraper as it passes underneath the partition, said means including a mounting support securable to said partition, current carrying means engaging the elongated member of the manure scraper as it passes under the partition, means mounting said current carrying means to said mounting support and electrically insulated therefrom and means operatively connecting said current carrying means to the source of electrical energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.