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US 5,289,912 AGranted
Animal confinement building cleaning system
OwnerEugene W. Faulstichinventor
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Abstract
An animal confinement building includes an upper animal floor and a lower animal waste pit having a lower floor. Scrappers are mounted on a continuous cable movable back and forth the length of the lower pit floor. Controls for the cleaning system are mounted on a wall in the area of the upper floor out of the corrosive environment of the waste pit. A pair of cable stops are carried on the cable and operate limit switches which cause the motor to reverse directions and stop at the end of a completed cycle. A programmable control is provided for automatic operation of the cleaning system.
Claims20
An animal confinement building cleaning system comprising,
- a building having an upper animal floor and a lower waste pit floor, and means for dropping animal waste from the upper floor to the lower floor,
- a cleaning system including a cable on which a scraper blade is connected extending the length of said lower floor, said scraper blade being movable between a first position at one end of said lower floor and a second position at the opposite end thereof,
- a control system having controls positioned remotely of said lower floor out of said waste pit,
- a motor power means connected to said cable out of said pit for moving said scraper between said first and second positions,
- said cable being continuous and extending over first and second sheave means at opposite ends of said lower floor and a third sheave means adjacent said controls, said cable having connected thereto first and second spaced apart stops,
- said controls including first and second spaced apart limit switches positioned adjacent said cable out of said pit,
- a first arm pivotable between first and second positions for alternately engaging and actuating said first and second limit switches, a second arm connected to said first arm and having an outer free end which embraces said cable, and
- said first and second stops being positioned on said cable for said first stop to engage said outer free end of said second arm when said cable is moving in a first direction and said scraper has reached said first position and said second stop to engage said outer free end of said second arm when said cable is moving in a second opposite direction and said scraper has reached said second position.
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An animal confinement building cleaning system comprising, a building having a floor,
- a cleaning system including a cable on which a scraper blade is connected extending the length of said floor, said scraper blade being moveable between a first position at one end of said floor and a second position at the opposite end thereof,
- a control system having controls positioned remotely of said floor,
- a motor power means connected to said cable for moving said scraper between said first and second positions,
- said cable being continuous and extending over first and second sheave means at opposite ends of said floor and a third sheave means adjacent said controls, said cable having first and second spaced apart stops connected thereto,
- said controls including first and second spaced apart limit switches positioned adjacent said cable,
- a first arm pivotable between first and second positions for alternately engaging and actuating said first and second limit switches, a second arm connected to said first arm and having an outer free end which embraces said cable, and
- said first and second stops being positioned on said cable for said first stop to engage said outer free end of said second arm when said cable is moving in a first direction and said scraper has reached said first position, and said second stop to engage said outer free end of said second arm when said cable is moving in a second opposite direction and said scraper has reached said second position.
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A cable system including a cable on which a conveying means is connected, said conveying means being moveable between first and second positions,
- a motor power means connected to said cable for moving said conveying means between said first and second positions,
- said cable being continuous and having first and second spaced apart stops connected thereto,
- a control system having controls, said controls including first and second spaced apart limit switches, a first arm pivotable between first and second positions for alternately engaging and actuating said first and second limit switches, a second arm connected to said first arm and having an outer free end which embraces said cable, and
- said first and second stops being positioned on said cable for said first to engage said outer free end of said second arm when said cable is moving in a first direction and said conveying means has reached said first position, and said second stop to engage sad outer free end of said second arm when said cable is moving in a second direction opposite said first direction and said conveying means has reached said second position.
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