Pig driving channel and automatic pig driving system

Abstract

The invention discloses a pig driving channel and an automatic pig driving system.The pig driving channel comprises two sets of guardrails, the guardrails are arranged on the two sides of a channel floor assembly, the channel floor assembly comprises a plurality of supporting battens which are arranged in parallel and close to one another, and electric pig driving elements are arranged on the supporting battens; discharging terminals of the electric pig driving elements are flush with the top faces of the supporting battens, and the total length of the discharging terminals is basically equal to the length of the supporting battens. The automatic pig driving system adopts the pig driving channel. The device has the advantages of high pig driving efficiency, convenience in pig driving and the like, and is beneficial to driving pigs to stably and quickly move forwards / forwards in a channel with a slope.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of pig driving facilities in pig farms, and in particular relates to a pig driving passage and an automatic pig driving system. Background Art

[0002] At present, the conventional pig driving channel in pig farms is mainly a concrete channel or steel structure channel slightly larger than the pigs to be slaughtered. When in use, the pigs are first driven into the pig driving channel, and then the pig driving tools (common pig driving tools are electric or manual pig driving devices) are used to drive the pigs along the pig driving channel to the target location.

[0003] The existing document CN209643540U discloses a pig-driving passage with a two-way fence gate, which is provided with a first guardrail and a second guardrail, which are arranged in parallel, and the first guardrail and the second guardrail enclose a pig-driving passage, an entrance is provided at one end of the pig-driving passage, and a first exit is provided at the other end of the pig-driving passage, a second exit is provided in the first guardrail near the first exit, a two-way fence gate is provided in the second exit, and both sides of the two-way fence gate are respectively hingedly connected to the first guardrails adjacent thereto through a latch shaft. Another existing document CN211510221U discloses a pig-driving device, including a discharge rod assembly and a connecting handle; the discharge rod assembly, the discharge rod assembly includes a PVC telescopic rod, the left end of the PVC telescopic rod is provided with two discharge copper terminals, and the right end of the PVC telescopic rod is provided with a connecting plug, and the inside of the connecting plug is provided with a conductive sheet connected to the discharge copper terminal through a wire; the connecting handle: the left end of the connecting handle is connected to the connecting plug on the discharge rod assembly. The aforementioned pig driving channel and pig driving device are essentially still part of the traditional pig driving technology route, which stimulates the pigs by applying a pulse voltage when the discharge terminal of the pig driving device touches the pig's body (usually the pig's buttocks or back), thereby driving the pigs to walk forward along the pig driving channel.

[0004] However, the conventional pig driving channel in conventional pig farms as mentioned above has the following problems during use: after the discharge terminal of the pig driving device touches the pig's body, it is easy for the pig to run around sideways or even hit the side wall of the channel, so the pig driving channel has to be designed to be very narrow (only slightly wider than the body of a single pig), and this narrow channel space is easy to cause obstacles to the movement of pigs (pigs do not like to move in a space with obstacles); the pig driving efficiency is low, and the discharge terminal of the pig driving device needs to intermittently touch the pig's body multiple times to drive the pigs away. Taking a ten-meter-long conventional pig driving channel in a pig farm as an example, it takes three to five minutes from the beginning to the end of the pig driving. Summary of the invention

[0005] The present invention aims at providing a pig driving channel and an automatic pig driving system, which can at least solve the technical problems mentioned in the background technology.

[0006] The present invention adopts the following technical solution.

[0007] A pig-driving passage includes two sets of guardrails, which are arranged on both sides of a passage floor assembly. The passage floor assembly includes a plurality of support slats arranged in parallel and close to each other, and an electric pig-driving element is arranged on the support slats. The discharge terminal of the electric pig-driving element is flush with the top surface of the support slats, and the total length of the discharge terminal is substantially equal to the length of the support slats. With such a scheme, the discharge terminal of the electric pig-driving element can be used to apply a pulse voltage to all the hoof shells of the pigs, which not only enables the pigs to instinctively move forward quickly / walk, but also effectively prevents the pigs from running sideways.

[0008] As a preferred solution, the length of the support slats is substantially equal to the width between the two sets of guardrails, and the width of each support slat is 2 to 4 cm.

[0009] Furthermore, a vertically arranged spring is installed at the bottom of each support slat, and the spring and the guardrail are installed on the support bridge. When the support slat is subjected to pressure in the vertical direction, the support slat moves downward, and when the pressure applied to the support slat is cancelled, the support slat is reset. With such a solution, the pigs can be driven forward / moved in the pig driving channel more effectively, and it is particularly helpful to drive the pigs to move forward / moved stably and quickly in a sloped channel (such as the pig driving channel corresponding to loading).

[0010] Furthermore, one end of the support bridge is hingedly connected to the pig farm exit, and the other end of the support bridge is a movable end and is used to adapt to the cargo box of the transport vehicle. The movable end close to the support bridge is connected to the winding mechanism through a lifting rope, and the winding mechanism controls the movable end of the support bridge to rise and fall to the target height. Such a solution is also conducive to more convenient loading of pigs.

[0011] Furthermore, a vertically arranged spring is installed at the bottom of each support slat, and the spring and support slat are installed on the foundation of the pig farm's delivery channel. When the support slat is subjected to vertical pressure, the support slat moves downward, and when the pressure applied to the support slat is removed, the support slat is reset.

[0012] Furthermore, a pressure sensor is arranged at the bottom of each spring.

[0013] The present invention also provides an automatic pig driving system using the aforementioned pig driving channel, wherein the electric pig driving element and the pressure sensor are both connected to a controller, and the processing module of the controller implements the following functions when executing a program: when the pressure sensor senses pressure, the electric pig driving element corresponding to the pressure sensor is controlled to be turned on; when the pressure sensed by the pressure sensor disappears, the electric pig driving element corresponding to the pressure sensor is controlled to be turned off.

[0014] As a preferred embodiment, when the pressure sensor senses pressure, the maximum height to which the support slats move downward is 10 mm.

[0015] As a preferred solution, the surface of the support slats is provided with anti-slip textures.

[0016] Beneficial effects: The scheme of the present invention not only enables pigs to instinctively move forward / walk quickly during the pig driving process, but also eliminates the problem of pigs running around horizontally in the pig driving channel or even hitting the side walls thereof. Even if the pig driving channel is 1-2 times wider than the pigs' bodies, it can be used smoothly. The scheme has the advantages of high pig driving efficiency and convenience. Taking a conventional pig farm pig driving channel with a length of ten meters as an example, it takes less than half a minute from the start of pig driving to the end of pig driving, and pigs can be effectively prevented from being stuck in the channel. More importantly, the present invention is conducive to driving pigs to move forward / advance stably and quickly in a sloped channel (such as the corresponding pig driving channel during loading), thus solving the problem of inconvenience and inefficiency in loading pigs out of the market. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 : is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the pig driving channel in the embodiment, in which only a single discharge terminal is schematically shown; Figure 2 2. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of a pig driving passage in the embodiment; Figure 3 2. It is a schematic diagram of the pig driving passage in the embodiment from above; Figure 4 Schematic diagram of an electric pig-driving element of a pig-driving channel in an embodiment; DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] The technical solution of the present invention is described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention. In the present invention, substantially equal means that the length difference is not greater than two centimeters. Example

[0019] Combination Figures 1 to 4 As shown, a pig-driving passage includes two groups of guardrails 1, the guardrails 1 are arranged on both sides of the passage floor assembly, the passage floor assembly includes a plurality of support slats 3 arranged in parallel and close to each other, the gap between adjacent support slats 3 is no more than 3mm, an electric pig-driving element is arranged on the support slats 3, the discharge terminal 6 of the electric pig-driving element is flush with the top surface of the support slats 3, and the total length of the discharge terminal 6 is substantially equal to the length of the support slats 3. Among them, the length of the support slats 3 is substantially equal to the width between the two groups of guardrails 1, the width between the two groups of guardrails 1 (i.e., the width of the pig-driving passage) is 1-1.5 times larger than the body width of the pig, each support slat 3 is 3cm wide, and each support slat 3 is provided with anti-slip patterns on its surface.

[0020] In this embodiment, a vertically arranged spring 4 is installed at the bottom of each support slat 3. The spring 4 and the guardrail 1 are installed on the support bridge 7. When the support slat 3 is subjected to pressure in the vertical direction, the support slat 3 moves downward. After the pressure applied to the support slat 3 is removed, the support slat 3 is reset. A pressure sensor 2 is arranged at the bottom of each spring 4. When the pressure sensor 2 senses pressure, the maximum height of the support slat 3 moving downward is 10 mm. Among them, one end of the support bridge 7 is hingedly connected to the pig farm outlet, and the other end of the support bridge 7 is a movable end and is used to adapt to the cargo box of the transport vehicle. The movable end close to the support bridge 7 is connected to the winding mechanism through a lifting rope, and the movable end of the support bridge 7 is controlled by the winding mechanism to rise and fall to the target height.

[0021] In this embodiment, a vertically arranged spring 4 is installed at the bottom of each support slat 3. The spring 4 and the support slat 3 are installed on the foundation of the pig farm's discharge channel 8. When the support slat 3 is subjected to pressure in the vertical direction, the support slat 3 moves downward. After the pressure applied to the support slat 3 is removed, the support slat 3 is reset.

[0022] In this embodiment, the host of the electric pig-driving element and the pressure sensor 2 are both connected to the controller, and the processing module of the controller implements the following functions when executing the program: when the pressure sensor 2 senses pressure, the electric pig-driving element corresponding to the pressure sensor 2 is controlled to be turned on; when the pressure sensed by the pressure sensor 2 disappears, the electric pig-driving element corresponding to the pressure sensor 2 is controlled to be turned off.

[0023] In this embodiment, the pig farm discharge passage 8 and the pig driving passage (i.e., the bridge passage 9) on the supporting bridge frame 7 are collectively referred to as the pig driving passage. The pig farm discharge passage 8 is set inside and outside the pig house and is the necessary passage area for pigs to be discharged. The pig farm discharge port is the end of the necessary passage area, and the supporting bridge frame 7 is matched at the end of the necessary passage area. When the pigs are discharged, the pigs are first introduced into the pig farm discharge passage 8 for driving, and then loaded through the pig driving passage on the supporting bridge frame 7.

[0024] In the process of driving pigs, on the one hand: when the pigs step on the support slats 3, the support slats 3 move downward under the action of the pigs' gravity (the support slats 3 in this process are similar to the situation where piano keys or keyboard keys are pressed), and the pigs will feel a momentary "stepping on a pit", which will instinctively drive the pigs to move forward / advance. On the other hand: when the pigs step on the support slats 3, a pulse voltage is applied through the discharge terminal 6 of the electric pig driving element, and the pigs will instinctively move forward / advance after feeling the electrical stimulation. Since the electrical stimulation is applied to the four soles (hoof shells) of the pigs (this is essentially different from the unidirectional stimulation of the pigs' body surface in the traditional scheme), the pigs will not run around horizontally in the pig driving channel or even hit its side walls, and the stimulation to the pigs is relatively milder, which can effectively prevent the pigs from getting stuck in the channel.

[0025] The scheme of this embodiment is adopted in the process of driving pigs, and the operation of driving pigs is convenient, and there is no need for manual intermittent multiple operations of the electric pig drive. Taking a ten-meter-long straight pig farm discharge channel 8 as an example, it only takes twenty to twenty-seven seconds from the beginning to the end of driving pigs (while the traditional cement channel + electric pig drive combination takes three to five minutes). It can be seen that the scheme of the present invention significantly improves the efficiency of driving pigs and is more convenient to operate.

[0026] When loading the pigs, since the transport vehicle has multiple layers of cargo boxes of different heights and the cargo boxes of different trucks have different heights, it is necessary to adjust the end of the pig-driving passage corresponding to the support bridge 7 to different heights. In this case, the pig-driving passage corresponding to the support bridge 7 is often in a non-horizontal state, which is not conducive to driving pigs, because it is very inconvenient for pigs to move forward / walk in such a narrow passage with a slope. However, the scheme in this embodiment is adopted. Since the support slats 3 move downward when the pigs step on the support slats 3, the top surfaces of all the support slats 3 are in a non-planar state at this time. When the pigs walk, it is similar to walking on a small step. In combination with the discharge of the electric pig-driving element, the pigs can move forward / move stably and quickly. Therefore, the scheme in the present invention is conducive to driving the pigs to move forward / move stably and quickly in a sloped passage (such as the corresponding pig-driving passage when loading), solving the problem of inconvenience and inefficiency in loading the pigs.

Claims

1. A pig driving passage, comprising two sets of guardrails (1), characterized in that: The guardrails (1) are arranged on both sides of the passage floor assembly. The passage floor assembly comprises a plurality of support slats (3) arranged in parallel and close to each other. An electric pig-chasing element is arranged on the support slats (3). The discharge terminal (6) of the electric pig-chasing element is flush with the top surface of the support slats (3), and the total length of the discharge terminal (6) is substantially equal to the length of the support slats (3).

2. The pig driving passage according to claim 1, characterized in that: The length of the support slats (3) is substantially equal to the width between the two sets of guardrails (1), and the width of each support slat (3) is 2 to 4 cm.

3. The pig driving passage according to claim 2, characterized in that: A vertically arranged spring (4) is installed at the bottom of each support slat (3), and the spring (4) and the guardrail (1) are installed on the support bridge (7). When the support slat (3) is subjected to pressure in the vertical direction, the support slat (3) moves downward, and when the pressure applied to the support slat (3) is removed, the support slat (3) is reset.

4. The pig driving passage according to claim 3 is characterized in that: One end of the support bridge (7) is hingedly connected to the pig farm exit, and the other end of the support bridge (7) is a movable end and is used to adapt to the cargo box of the transport vehicle. The movable end close to the support bridge (7) is connected to the winding mechanism via a lifting rope, and the movable end of the support bridge (7) is controlled by the winding mechanism to be lifted to a target height.

5. The pig driving passage according to claim 3, characterized in that: A vertically arranged spring (4) is installed at the bottom of each support slat (3). The spring (4) and the support slat (3) are installed on the foundation of the pig farm's pig delivery channel (8). When the support slat (3) is subjected to pressure in the vertical direction, the support slat (3) moves downward. When the pressure applied to the support slat (3) is removed, the support slat (3) is reset.

6. The pig driving passage according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that: A pressure sensor (2) is arranged at the bottom of each spring (4).

7. An automatic pig-driving system using the pig-driving channel according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: The electric pig-chasing element and the pressure sensor (2) are both connected to a controller, and the processing module of the controller implements the following functions when executing a program: when the pressure sensor (2) senses pressure, the electric pig-chasing element corresponding to the pressure sensor (2) is controlled to be turned on; when the pressure sensed by the pressure sensor (2) disappears, the electric pig-chasing element corresponding to the pressure sensor (2) is controlled to be turned off.

8. The automatic pig driving system for the pig driving passage according to claim 7 is characterized in that: When the pressure sensor (2) senses pressure, the maximum height to which the support strip (3) moves downward is 10 mm.

9. The automatic pig driving system for the pig driving channel according to claim 8, characterized in that: The surface of the support strip (3) is provided with anti-slip textures.

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