Heat lamp for a farrowing pen
OwnerLonnie J. Kittinventor
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Abstract
A heat lamp for a pig farrowing crate comprising an elongated housing having an elongated halogen bulb disposed therein at the upper end thereof with the longitudinal axis of the bulb being parallel to the longitudinal axis of the divider panel upon which the housing is mounted. An elongated, inverted channel is provided at the lower end of the housing for receiving the upper end of the divider panel. Heat from the halogen bulb is directed downwardly through the open lower end of the housing into creep areas at opposite sides of the divider panel.
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In combination:
- a first pig farrowing crate including a generally rectangular first sow pen having first and second ends and first and second sides with a creep area at said second side of said first sow pen;
- a second pig farrowing crate including a generally rectangular second sow pen having first and second ends and first and second sides with a creep area at said first side of said second sow pen;
- said second side of said first sow pen being adjacent to said first side of said second sow pen;
- an upstanding divider panel positioned between said second side of said first sow pen and said first side of said second sow pen;
- a heat lamp positioned above said divider panel;
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- a heat shield positioned between said heat lamp and said divider panel;
- said heat lamp directing heat downwardly into both of said creep areas.
In combination:
- a pig farrowing crate means having a creep area;
- an upstanding divider panel dividing said creep area into first and second creep areas;
- an elongated lamp housing positioned above the upper end of said divider panel;
- an elongated heat lamp positioned in said lamp housing above the upper end of said divider panel;
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- a heat shield positioned between said elongated heat lamp and the upper end of said divider panel;
- said lamp housing directing heat from said heat lamp downwardly into both of said first and second creep areas.
In combination with a pig farrowing crate means having a creep area which is divided into first and second creep areas by an upstanding divider panel, comprising:
- a lamp housing positioned above the upper end of the divider panel;
- a heat lamp positioned in said lamp housing above the upper end of the divider panel;
- said lamp housing directing heat from said heat lamp downwardly into both of the said first and second creep areas.
In combination:
- a first pig farrowing crate including a generally rectangular first sow pen having first and second ends and first and second sides with a creep area at said second side of said first sow pen;
- a second pig farrowing crate including a generally rectangular second sow pen having first and second ends and first and second sides with a creep area at said first side of said second sow pen;
- said second side of said first sow pen being adjacent to said first side of said second sow pen;
- an upstanding divider panel positioned between said second side of said first sow pen and said first side of said second sow pen;
- a heat lamp positioned above said divider panel;
- said heat lamp directing heat downwardly into both of said creep areas;
- said heat lamp being enclosed within a lamp housing which is positioned at the upper end of said divider panel;
- said lamp housing including upstanding first and second end walls, upstanding first and second side walls, a top wall extending between the upper ends of said first and second side walls, and an open lower end;
- said heat lamp being elongated and being horizontally disposed below said top wall;
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- an inverted channel member extending between said first and second end walls at the lower ends thereof, said inverted channel member receiving the upper end of said divider panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.