Intelligent feeding equipment applied to zebra fish culture

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of zebra fish culture, in particular to intelligent feeding equipment applied to zebra fish culture, and provides the following scheme that the intelligent feeding equipment comprises an equipment frame, a plurality of fish tanks are arranged on the inner wall of the equipment frame, sealing covers are arranged at the tops of the fish tanks, and feeding mechanisms are arranged at the tops of the sealing covers; an electric control conveying mechanism is arranged at the top of the equipment frame, a control mechanism is arranged at one end of the equipment frame, a feed table is arranged at one end of the equipment frame, a feed treatment mechanism is arranged in the feed table, and a plurality of storage boxes are arranged at the bottom of the equipment frame. According to the automatic feeding system, the characteristics that the zebra fish room is high in humidity and temperature and the fish tank is high in density are fully considered, the cost of the automatic feeding system is greatly reduced in a mode of conveying feed through a pipeline, and the probability that the system breaks down is fundamentally reduced by reducing application of moving devices in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of zebrafish breeding, and in particular to an intelligent feeding device used for zebrafish breeding. Background Art

[0002] As an important model organism, zebrafish is widely used in genetic research, drug screening, developmental biology and other fields. With the increase in breeding volume, researchers have also put forward higher requirements for the breeding and management of zebrafish, especially in feeding. In order to ensure the accuracy and repeatability of experimental results, scientific research users need to precisely control the feeding time, quantity and nutritional composition of fish. However, traditional manual feeding methods often cannot meet these requirements, resulting in unstable spawning and slow development of fish.

[0003] In the process of zebrafish management and breeding, the following problems are often encountered: Difficulty in controlling feeding time and frequency: Researchers often need to conduct multiple observations and data records during the experiment, making it difficult to ensure that the fish are fed on time, which may lead to malnutrition or uneven growth of the fish during the experiment; Imprecise feeding amount: Manual feeding is subjective in quantity control, which may cause the fish to overeat or starve, thereby affecting the stability and reliability of the experimental results; Complexity in managing multiple groups of experiments: Scientific research users usually need to breed multiple experimental groups at the same time. Manual feeding is not only cumbersome, but also easily leads to omissions in feeding of a certain group of experiments, affecting the comparability of the experiments; Experimental holidays and outings: When experimenters need to go on business trips or holidays, there is a lack of reliable feeding plans, which may cause the experimental fish to affect the progress of the experiment due to lack of food; The existing breeding system wants to add an automatic feeding system, but cannot find a suitable solution. Summary of the invention

[0004] Based on the technical problems existing in the background technology, the present invention proposes an intelligent feeding device applied to zebrafish farming.

[0005] The present invention proposes an intelligent feeding device for zebrafish farming, comprising an equipment frame, wherein a plurality of fish tanks are arranged on the inner wall of the equipment frame, a sealing cover is arranged on the top of the fish tank, a feeding mechanism is arranged on the top of the sealing cover, an electric-controlled conveying mechanism is arranged on the top of the equipment frame, a control mechanism is arranged at one end of the equipment frame, a feeding table is arranged at one end of the equipment frame, a feed processing mechanism is arranged inside the feeding table, and a plurality of storage boxes are arranged at the bottom of the equipment frame.

[0006] Preferably, the feed processing mechanism includes a feed cup and a dry powder conveyor, one end of the equipment frame is fixedly connected to a feed table, the feed cup is located on the inner wall of the feed table, a stirrer is fixedly connected to the bottom of the feed cup, the stirrer is fixedly connected to the bottom of the inner wall of the feed table, a stirring rod is fixedly connected to the top of the stirrer, the stirring rod is located inside the feed cup, the dry powder conveyor is fixedly connected to the feed table, a feed pipe is fixedly connected to the bottom of the dry powder conveyor, the feed pipe is located on the top of the feed cup, and a water pump is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the feed cup.

[0007] Preferably, the control mechanism includes a touch screen and an industrial computer, the equipment rack is fixedly connected with a bracket, the bracket is fixedly connected with a controller, the industrial computer and the controller are fixedly connected internally, the touch screen and the controller are fixedly connected, and the controller is fixedly connected internally with a bus interface.

[0008] Preferably, the electrically controlled conveying mechanism comprises an electrical control box and a main conveying pipe; the electrical control box is fixedly connected to an equipment rack; a switching power supply, a leakage protection switch, a switching valve and a conveying pump are fixedly connected inside the electrical control box; the main conveying pipe is fixedly connected to the conveying pump; and the bottom of one end of the main conveying pipe is located at the bottom of the inner wall of the feed cup.

[0009] Preferably, the feeding mechanism includes a first valve and a second valve, both ends of the inner wall of the equipment frame are fixedly connected with fixing rods, the fixing rods are fixedly connected with a shell, the shell is located on the top of the sealing cover, a feeding tube is arranged on the top of the sealing cover, the second valve is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the feeding tube, the feeding tube is fixedly connected with a secondary delivery tube, the secondary delivery tube is fixedly connected to the main delivery tube, the first valve is fixedly connected to the main delivery tube, and the first valve and the second valve are electrically connected with a driving module.

[0010] Compared with the prior art, the present invention provides an intelligent feeding device for zebrafish farming, which has the following beneficial effects:

[0011] 1. This intelligent feeding equipment used in zebrafish farming fully considers the characteristics of high humidity, high temperature and high density of fish tanks in zebrafish fish rooms. By transporting feed through pipelines, the cost of the automatic feeding system is greatly reduced. By reducing the application of moving devices in high temperature and high humidity environments, the probability of system failure is fundamentally reduced. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the main structure of an intelligent feeding device for zebrafish farming proposed by the present invention;

[0013] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the back main structure of an intelligent feeding device for zebrafish farming proposed by the present invention;

[0014] Figure 3This is a schematic cross-sectional structure diagram of an intelligent feeding device for zebrafish farming proposed by the present invention;

[0015] Figure 4 for Figure 3 A is an enlarged structural diagram;

[0016] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the shell of an intelligent feeding device for zebrafish farming proposed by the present invention.

[0017] In the figure: 1 equipment rack, 2 electric control box, 3 housing, 4 sealing cover, 5 first valve, 6 fish tank, 7 storage box, 8 feeding table, 9 stirrer, 10 feeding cup, 11 dry powder gas delivery device, 12 controller, 13 bracket, 14 main delivery pipe, 15 fixing rod, 16 feeding pipe, 17 stirring bar, 18 secondary delivery pipe, 19 second valve, 20 feeding tube. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments.

[0019] Reference Figure 1-5 , an intelligent feeding device for zebrafish farming, including an equipment frame 1, a plurality of fish tanks 6 are arranged on the inner wall of the equipment frame 1, a sealing cover 4 is arranged on the top of the fish tank 6, a feeding mechanism is arranged on the top of the sealing cover 4, an electric control conveying mechanism is arranged on the top of the equipment frame 1, a control mechanism is arranged at one end of the equipment frame 1, a feed table 8 is arranged at one end of the equipment frame 1, a feed processing mechanism is arranged inside the feed table 8, and a plurality of storage boxes are arranged at the bottom of the equipment frame 1. The characteristics of high humidity, high temperature and high density of fish tanks in zebrafish fish rooms are fully considered. The cost of the automatic feeding system is greatly reduced by conveying feed through pipelines. The probability of system failure is fundamentally reduced by reducing the application of moving devices in high temperature and high humidity environments.

[0020] In the present invention, the feed processing mechanism includes a feed cup 10 and a dry powder conveyor 11, one end of the equipment frame 1 is fixedly connected to a feed table 8, the feed cup 10 is located on the inner wall of the feed table 8, a stirrer 9 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the feed cup 10, the stirrer 9 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the inner wall of the feed table 8, a stirrer 17 is fixedly connected to the top of the stirrer 9, and the stirrer 17 is located inside the feed cup 10, the dry powder conveyor 11 is fixedly connected to the feed table 8, a feed pipe 16 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the dry powder conveyor 11, the feed pipe 16 is located on the top of the feed cup 10, and a water pump is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the feed cup 10. The feed table 8 is used to prepare brine shrimp or dry feed required for feeding zebrafish. When wet feed such as brine shrimp is used for feeding, brine shrimp of corresponding quantity and concentration are added to the feed cup 10. In order to prevent the brine shrimp from settling to the bottom, the feed cup 10 is equipped with a stirrer 17, and the stirrer 17 rotates at a high speed driven by the stirrer 9, so that the brine shrimp is in a uniform suspension state in the liquid. When using granular dry feed for feeding, the dry feed needs to be added to pure water. During operation, the dry feed conveyor 11 adds a corresponding amount of dry powder feed to the feed cup according to the system's instructions. At the same time, the water pump starts and adds a corresponding amount of pure water to the feed cup according to the system's instructions. Further operation is the same as the feeding process of brine shrimp wet feed;

[0021] The control mechanism includes a touch screen and an industrial computer. The equipment frame 1 is fixedly connected to a bracket 13, the bracket 13 is fixedly connected to a controller 12, the industrial computer and the controller 12 are internally fixedly connected, the touch screen and the controller 12 are fixedly connected, the controller 12 is internally fixedly connected to a bus interface, the touch screen is used for human-computer interaction for selecting and starting the equipment operation mode, the industrial computer can realize the sequence and process of system operation through software, set the parameters of each link operation, and send operation instructions to the electric control box 2 and the feeder through the bus;

[0022] The electric control delivery mechanism includes an electric control box 2 and a main delivery pipe 14. The electric control box 2 is fixedly connected to the equipment frame 1. A switching power supply, a leakage protection switch, a switching valve and a delivery pump are fixedly connected inside the electric control box 2. The main delivery pipe 14 and the delivery pump are fixedly connected. The bottom of one end of the main delivery pipe 14 is located at the bottom of the inner wall of the feed cup 10. The components in the electric control box 2 receive instructions from the controller, drive the action of the switching valve, and cooperate with the delivery pump or the air pump to deliver the feed, air or pure water to the corresponding feeder according to the set speed;

[0023] The feeding mechanism includes a first valve 5 and a second valve 19. The inner wall of the equipment frame 1 is fixedly connected with a fixing rod 15 at both ends. The fixing rod 15 is fixedly connected with a housing 3. The housing 3 is located at the top of the sealing cover 4. A feeding tube 20 is arranged on the top of the sealing cover 4. The second valve 19 is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the feeding tube 20. The feeding tube 20 is fixedly connected with a secondary delivery pipe 18. The secondary delivery pipe 18 is fixedly connected to the main delivery pipe 14. The first valve 5 is fixedly connected to the main delivery pipe 14. The first valve 5 and the second valve 19 are electrically connected with a driving module. The feeder is designed to be installed below the upper fish tank and above the lower fish tank, and the gap between the support beams of most breeding systems is utilized, so as to achieve the effect of smoothly installing the feeder without changing the original breeding frame structure. The driving module is used to drive the action of the valve, and the valve is used to control the connection of the feeding tube. Each feeding tube is connected to the corresponding fish tank 6. The driving module and the valve are installed in a closed and waterproof housing. The number of feeding ports can be adjusted according to the number of fish tanks on each layer. The interface is used to connect the pipeline and control cable of each feeder.

[0024] When in use, the feed table 8 is used to prepare the brine shrimp or dry feed required for feeding zebrafish. When wet feed such as brine shrimp is used for feeding, brine shrimp of corresponding quantity and concentration is added to the feed cup 10. In order to prevent the brine shrimp from settling to the bottom, the feed cup 10 is equipped with a stirrer 17, which rotates at high speed under the drive of the stirrer 9, so that the brine shrimp is in a uniform suspension state in the liquid. When granular dry feed is used for feeding, the dry feed needs to be added to pure water. During operation, the dry feed conveyor 11 adds a corresponding amount of dry powder feed to the feed cup according to the system's instructions, and the water pump is started at the same time, and a corresponding amount of pure water is added to the feed cup according to the system's instructions. Further operation is the same as the feeding process of brine shrimp wet feed. The feeder is designed and installed below the upper fish tank and above the lower fish tank, utilizing the gap between the support beams of most aquaculture systems, thereby achieving the effect of smoothly installing the feeder without changing the original aquaculture frame structure. The driving module is used to drive the action of the valve, and the valve is used to control the connection of the feeding tube. Each feeding tube is connected to the corresponding fish tank 6. The driving module and the valve are installed in a closed and waterproof shell. The number of feeding ports can be adjusted according to the number of fish tanks on each layer. The interface is used to connect the pipeline and control cable of each feeder.

[0025] The above are only preferred specific implementation modes of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any technician familiar with the technical field can make equivalent replacements or changes according to the technical solutions and inventive concepts of the present invention within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention, which should be covered by the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An intelligent feeding device for zebrafish farming, comprising a device frame (1), characterized in that: The inner wall of the equipment rack (1) is provided with a plurality of fish tanks (6), the top of the fish tank (6) is provided with a sealing cover (4), the top of the sealing cover (4) is provided with a feeding mechanism, the top of the equipment rack (1) is provided with an electric control conveying mechanism, one end of the equipment rack (1) is provided with a control mechanism, one end of the equipment rack (1) is provided with a feed table (8), a feed processing mechanism is provided inside the feed table (8), and the bottom of the equipment rack (1) is provided with a plurality of storage boxes.

2. The intelligent feeding device for zebrafish farming according to claim 1, characterized in that: The feed processing mechanism comprises a feed cup (10) and a dry powder conveyor (11); one end of the equipment frame (1) is fixedly connected to a feed table (8); the feed cup (10) is located on the inner wall of the feed table (8); the bottom of the feed cup (10) is fixedly connected to a stirrer (9); the stirrer (9) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the inner wall of the feed table (8); the top of the stirrer (9) is fixedly connected to a stirrer (17); the stirrer (17) is located inside the feed cup (10); the dry powder conveyor (11) is fixedly connected to the feed table (8); the bottom of the dry powder conveyor (11) is fixedly connected to a feed pipe (16); the feed pipe (16) is located on the top of the feed cup (10); and the inner wall of the feed cup (10) is fixedly connected to a water pump.

3. The intelligent feeding device for zebrafish breeding according to claim 2, characterized in that: The control mechanism comprises a touch screen and an industrial computer; the equipment frame (1) is fixedly connected to a bracket (13); the bracket (13) is fixedly connected to a controller (12); the industrial computer and the controller (12) are internally fixedly connected; the touch screen and the controller (12) are fixedly connected; and the controller (12) is internally fixedly connected to a bus interface.

4. The intelligent feeding device for zebrafish farming according to claim 3, characterized in that: The electric-controlled conveying mechanism comprises an electric control box (2) and a main conveying pipe (14); the electric control box (2) and the equipment frame (1) are fixedly connected; a switching power supply, a leakage protection switch, a switching valve and a conveying pump are fixedly connected inside the electric control box (2); the main conveying pipe (14) and the conveying pump are fixedly connected; and the bottom of one end of the main conveying pipe (14) is located at the bottom of the inner wall of the feed cup (10).

5. The intelligent feeding device for zebrafish farming according to claim 4, characterized in that: The feeding mechanism comprises a first valve (5) and a second valve (19); both ends of the inner wall of the equipment frame (1) are fixedly connected with a fixing rod (15); the fixing rod (15) is fixedly connected with a housing (3); the housing (3) is located on the top of the sealing cover (4); a feeding tube (20) is arranged on the top of the sealing cover (4); the second valve (19) is fixedly connected with the outer wall of the feeding tube (20); the feeding tube (20) is fixedly connected with a secondary delivery tube (18); the secondary delivery tube (18) is fixedly connected with the main delivery tube (14); the first valve (5) is fixedly connected with the main delivery tube (14); and the first valve (5) and the second valve (19) are electrically connected with a driving module.

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