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Apparatus, method and business methods for processing animal waste in a farm building

a technology for poultry houses and animal waste, applied in the field of animal husbandry, can solve the problems of affecting the efficiency of bird feeding to body weight, affecting the efficiency of bird feeding, and generating unpleasant smells in poultry houses, and achieve the effect of sanitizing all animal was

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-05-01
GREEN L
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Benefits of technology

This solution significantly reduces downtime between flocks, decreases ammonia levels, and enhances litter reuse, leading to increased productivity and cost savings by eliminating the need for extensive heating and air exchange adjustments, while also improving bird health and feed conversion efficiency.

Problems solved by technology

Ammonia is a problem because excessive levels of ammonia may cause blindness in young chicks, may stunt their growth, and may decrease their resistance to disease.
In addition, the presence of ammonia affects how efficiently the birds convert feed to body weight.
In addition, high ammonia levels in poultry houses generate an unpleasant smell that is often complained of by neighbors.
Another problem with current poultry operations is the presence of darkling beetles in the litter.
Darkling beetles reside in the soiled litter in the poultry house, increasing the risk of spreading disease to the new flock because the beetle population is usually left unchecked.
Without a way to reduce the turnaround time for poultry houses, and for better addressing the problems of bacteria, moisture, ammonia, darkling beetles, and other pests, the poultry industry will continue to suffer undue losses associated with the drawbacks in the prior art discussed above.

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[0062] Referring now to FIG. 8, an apparatus 800 in accordance with a first embodiment includes a processing mechanism 820 and a spreader mechanism 830. Soiled litter 810 is received by the processing mechanism 820, which heats the soiled litter to a predetermined temperature. The processed (i.e., sanitized) litter is passed to the spreader mechanism 830, which then spreads the sanitized litter 840 onto the floor of the poultry house. In the most preferred implementation, spreader mechanism 830 spreads the sanitized litter 840 across the entire width of the poultry house in a single pass. Note, however, that spreader mechanism 830 expressly extends to any spreader mechanism that spreads the sanitized litter 840 to a width of at least 1.2 meters.

[0063] An overhead outline view of a poultry house 910 and the apparatus 800 is shown in FIG. 9. Soiled litter 810 is on the floor of the poultry house 910. The apparatus 800 is mobile. As apparatus 800 is moved through the poultry house 910,...

third embodiment

[0075] An apparatus in accordance with the third embodiment is shown in FIG. 18. Apparatus 1800 includes the pickup mechanism 1100, processing mechanism 820, and spreader mechanism 830 shown in FIG. 11. Apparatus 1800 additionally includes a belly spreader mechanism 1810, an automatic material adding mechanism 1820, a sprayer mechanism 1830, an automatic control mechanism 1840, a steam cleaning mechanism 1850, and a spreader bypass mechanism 1860. The belly spreader mechanism 1810 is any suitable spreader for spreading dry material. In the most preferred implementation, belly spreader mechanism 1810 is located on the underside (belly) of the processing apparatus 1800, and spreads dry material directly on the floor of the poultry house after the soiled litter is picked up by the pickup mechanism 1110 and before the spreader mechanism 830 spreads the sanitized litter 840. The belly spreader mechanism 1810 could spread any desired dry product on the floor of the poultry house. Examples...

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Abstract

A mobile apparatus is used to process animal waste in a farm building and to spread the processed animal waste back on the floor of the farm building as the apparatus moves through the farm building. The apparatus includes a processing mechanism that heats the animal waste to a predetermined temperature to eliminate insects, bacteria, and ammonia from the animal waste. The apparatus also includes a spreader mechanism for distributing the processed animal waste onto the farm building floor. The most preferred implementation of the apparatus is a single-pass machine that takes in animal waste in the front using a pickup mechanism, processes the animal waste to sanitize the animal waste, and spreads the sanitized animal waste in the rear, allowing the operator to move the machine through the farm building and thereby sanitize all of the animal waste in a single pass.

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RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This patent application is a continuation of my copending application of the same title, U.S. Ser. No. 10 / 819,407 filed on Apr. 7, 2004, which is a continuation-in-part of my patent application, “METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND RECYCLING ANIMAL WASTE AND METHOD FOR DOING BUSINESS USING THE SAME”, U.S. Ser. No. 10 / 199,624 filed on Jul. 19, 2002, which is now abandoned. Both of these related applications are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Technical Field [0003] This invention generally relates to the field of animal husbandry, and more specifically relates to an apparatus for processing soiled litter in a poultry house, a method for processing soiled litter in a poultry house, and a method for doing business using the apparatus and method. [0004] 2. Background Art [0005] Commercial poultry operations provide the majority of poultry consumed in the United States. In most turkey and chicken operations, large buildings are used...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A01K31/04
CPCA01K1/01A01K31/04A01K1/0128
Inventor WOOD, JAMES L.
Owner GREEN L