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US 9,066,501 B2Granted
Swiftlets farming for production of edible bird's nests
OwnerYik Hei Sia, Jee Hong Taninventors
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Abstract
A swiftlet breeding facility, for use in creating and harvesting edible bird's nests. The facility includes sub-systems for injecting live insect and worm prey, and water, into an aerial enclosure to provide a feeding system imitative of a natural swiftlet feeding environment.
Claims9
A system for breeding swiftlets for their edible nests comprising:
- a production facility within a residential location comprising at least one man made cave structure including an enclosure, the enclosure including an aerial feeding chamber and a cage;
- a plurality of vertical walls disposed within the enclosure and including a plurality of roosting structures dispersed on the walls;
- a breeding apparatus for producing aerial feed for the swiftlets;
- a feed dispenser mounted on a ceiling of the cage for dispensing the aerial feed to the swiftlets;
- a water dispenser mounted on the ceiling of the cage for dispensing water to the swiftlets;
- a pneumatic propulsion mechanism for propelling the aerial feed through a pipe connected at a first end to the pneumatic propulsion mechanism and at a second end to the feed dispenser, the pneumatic propulsion mechanism comprising an air intake suction port at a first end and a discharge port connected to the pipe connected to the feed dispenser, the air intake suction port draws the aerial feed from within a container air flushed from the pneumatic propulsion mechanism and propels the aerial feed through the pipe top the feed dispenser and introduces the feed into the aerial feeding chamber;
- a humidifier operable to maintain the humidity of the enclosure at about 80%;
- an air conditioner for maintaining the temperature within the enclosure in the range of about 26° C. to 28° C.;
- and
- an electric audio system operable to emit sounds within the enclosure.
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A system for cultivating and harvesting bird's nests, said system comprising:
- a production facility comprising at least one man made cave structure configured to provide a shelter and nesting habitat in an environment emulative and simulative of natural cave conditions in which cave dwelling swiftlets thrive;
- said production facility comprising:
- at least one enclosure;
- at least one vertical nesting apparatus selected from a group comprising of:
- a steep vertical wall;
- and an overhead vertical nesting apparatus;
- wherein,
- said at least one vertical nesting apparatus disposed within the enclosure and including at least one roosting structure disposed on the wall wherein the vertical nesting apparatus further includes a clinging substrate wherein,
- said at least one vertical nesting apparatus having at least one nesting substrate;
- at least one humidifying means operable to maintain the humidity of the enclosure at about 80%;
- at least one means for maintaining the temperature within the enclosure in the range of about 26° C. to 28° C.;
- and
- at least one electronic audio system to emit swiftlet sounds.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.