Stable with feeding system
OwnerJ. M. W. Weelinkinventor
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Abstract
A stable with a dwelling area (2) for animals, a feeding area (1) for storing and presenting feed (5) and a partition (3) between the dwelling area (2) and the feeding area (1), provided with openings for allowing the heads of animals in the dwelling area (2) access to the feeding area (1), is equipped with a feed slide (6) moveable from a starting position through the feeding area (1) towards the partition (3), for pushing feed (5) stored in the feeding area (1) over the floor (4) of the feeding area (1) towards the partition (3) and with means for driving the feed slide (6). By means of the feed slide, feed (5) can be pushed towards the partition (3) according as the feed (5) is being eaten, so that at all times a substantially constant small amount of feed is accessible to the animals.
Claims22
A cubicle stable for keeping cows comprising:
- a dwelling area;
- a feeding area comprising a floor for storing and presenting feed;
- a partition between the dwelling area and the feeding area, the partition comprising openings to allow heads of animals in the dwelling area access to the feeding area;
- a feed slide movable from a starting position through the feeding area toward the partition and operable to push feed stored in the feeding area to the partition;
- and
- a plurality of flexible hauling elements extending between the feed slide and the partition for hauling the feed slide toward the partition;
- a feed slide driver connected to the hauling members, the hauling members having a tensioned condition wherein a force is applied to the hauling members by the feed slide driver;
- the hauling elements in the tensioned condition extending above and immediately adjacent the floor of the feeding area such that feed deposited in the feeding area between the feed slide and the partition is at least partially supported on the hauling members.
A stable, in particular a cubicle stable for keeping cows, comprising a dwelling area for animals, a feeding area with a floor for storing and presenting feed and a partition between the dwelling area and the feeding area with openings allowing heads of animals in the dwelling area access to the feeding area, at least one feed slide movable from a starting position through the feeding area toward the partition for pushing at least one feed stored in the feeding area over the floor of the feeding area to the partition and means for driving the at least one feed slide comprising a flexible hauling element extending between the at least one feed slide and the partition and a reel for winding up the hauling element, the reel being arranged in the area of the partition and the means for driving the feed slide further comprising a divert wheel mounted adjacent a side of the at least one feed slide remote from the partition, the means for driving further comprising a second hauling element and a second reel, the second hauling element extending by way of the divert wheel between the at least one feed slide and the second reel and coupled with the first reel for winding up the second hauling element.
A stable, in particular a cubicle stable for keeping cows, comprising a dwelling area for animals, a feeding area with a floor for storing and presenting feed, and a partition between the dwelling area and the feeding area with openings allowing heads of animals in the dwelling area access to the feeding area, at least one feed slide movable from a starting position through the feeding area toward the partition for pushing feed toward the feeding area over the floor of the feeding area to the partition and a flexible hauling element extending between the at least one feed slide in the partition for hauling the at least one feed slide toward the partition and means, arranged on the side of the feeding area in front of the partition, for removing adherent feed from the hauling element.
A stable, in particular a cubicle stable for keeping cows, comprising a dwelling area for animals, a feeding area with a floor for storing and presenting feed, and a partition between the dwelling area and the feeding area with openings allowing heads of animals in the dwelling area access to the feeding area, a feed slide, comprising a plurality of feed modules, movable from a starting position through the feeding area to the partition for pushing feed stored in the feeding area over the floor of the feeding area to the partition, the feed slide modules pivotally coupled to each other and allowing limited movement in a horizontal direction parallel to the feed slide modules, and a plurality of drive modules, corresponding in number to the number of feed slide modules, and each of the drive modules coupled for driving the displacement of a certain feed slide module.
A stable, in particular a cubicle stable for keeping cows, comprising a dwelling area for animals, a feeding area with a floor for storing and presenting feed, and a partition between the dwelling area and the feeding area with openings allowing heads of animals in the dwelling area access to the feeding area, at least one feed slide supported on the floor and movable from a starting position through the feeding area toward the partition for pushing feed stored in the feeding area over the floor of the feeding area to the partition, the at least one feed slide comprising a frontal surface on one end of the at least one feed slide nearest the partition, the frontal surface projecting upwardly from a point near the floor and comprising a first part adjacent the floor located closer to the partition than a second part located above the first part.
A stable, in particular a cubicle stable for keeping cows, comprising a dwelling area for animals, a feeding area with a floor for storing and presenting feed, and a partition between the dwelling area and the feeding area with openings allowing heads of animals in the dwelling area access to the feeding area, at least one feed slide movable from a starting position through the feeding area toward the partition for pushing feed stored in the feeding area over the floor of the feeding area to the partition, the at least one feed slide comprising a screen comprising at least two panels located above each other, each of the panels slanting away from the partition and a lower part of the uppermost panel being located closer to the partition than an upperpart of the lowermost panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.