Automatic egg collecting machine for poultry farm

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of poultry breeding equipment, and particularly discloses an automatic egg collecting machine for a poultry farm, an egg gathering and conveying mechanism is mounted at the rear part of a breeding and collecting mechanism, a partition plate separately conveys eggs, a separation and conveying mechanism is mounted at the rear part of the egg gathering and conveying mechanism, a separation net rope controls separation of the eggs, and a concave wheel conveying roller controls spacing to convey single eggs; an egg stirring conveying mechanism is installed on the rear portion of the separation conveying mechanism, an egg standing mechanism is installed on the rear portion of the egg stirring conveying mechanism, egg stirring plates are fixed to an egg stirring chain at intervals, and the egg stirring chain controls the egg stirring plates to move to stir eggs into egg standing grooves; an egg grabbing conveying mechanism is installed on the rear portion of the egg erecting mechanism, an egg grabbing chain is installed on an egg grabbing conveying rack, egg grabbing clamping jaws grab eggs in egg erecting grooves, an egg support conveying mechanism is installed below the egg grabbing conveying mechanism, and an egg collecting channel receives the eggs conveyed by the egg grabbing clamping jaws and controls the eggs to fall into storage grooves of trays. The egg collecting and loading efficiency is improved, and the egg breakage rate, the labor intensity and the cost are reduced.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of poultry breeding equipment, and particularly relates to an automatic egg collection machine for a poultry farm. Background Art

[0002] In order to facilitate egg collection in a poultry farm, a modern device, namely an egg collection machine, is adopted to collect eggs, which is used to efficiently and hygienically collect poultry eggs (such as chicken eggs, duck eggs, etc.), significantly improving the work efficiency of the farm and reducing labor costs. Currently, the egg collection machine mainly uses a conveyor belt, a roller or a robotic arm to automatically transport eggs from the poultry house to the egg collection point, reducing the labor of manual egg picking. Flexible materials or buffer designs are adopted to avoid egg collision and breakage during transportation, reduce manual contact and lower the pollution risk. Some devices are equipped with cleaning or disinfection functions. Functions such as weighing, grading, and dirt detection can be integrated, directly connecting to the packaging line. Some high-end models can count the daily egg production to assist in breeding management. Eggs roll down to the conveyor belt through the inclined design at the bottom of the chicken cage and are transported to the egg collection table (suitable for stacked cage farming). Multiple conveyor belts converge eggs onto the main conveyor line, which is suitable for large-scale farms. It is suitable for use in stacked cage chicken houses, where eggs directly roll onto the conveyor belt, suitable for high-density farming.

[0003] The existing egg collection machines are relatively mature devices with high egg collection rates and high integrity, improving the egg picking work efficiency and reducing the cost of manual egg picking. For example, an egg collection machine disclosed in Patent Application No. 201510929760.5 is such a fully automatic egg collection device. However, the current automated egg collection equipment only focuses on the egg picking link and is not a real egg collection machine in the true sense. Because the picked eggs still need to be manually placed into trays, this process also requires a large amount of work. Due to the high degree of automation of the egg picking equipment and high egg picking efficiency, there is a need for faster manual operations to match the work efficiency of the egg picking machinery. During the rapid manual operation process, eggs are easily damaged, and the labor intensity of manual tray loading is high, the tray loading efficiency is low, and the cost is high. Therefore, it is necessary to design an automatic egg collection machine for a poultry farm to solve the problems of low automation, low egg collection efficiency, and high cost existing in the existing automated equipment that only picks eggs but does not collect and tray-load eggs. Summary of the Invention

[0004] Aiming at the problems existing in the prior art, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic egg collection machine for a poultry farm.

[0005] The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve its technical problems is: an automatic egg collection machine for a poultry farm, including an egg gathering and conveying mechanism, an egg pushing and conveying mechanism, an egg standing mechanism, and an egg grasping and conveying mechanism. The egg gathering and conveying mechanism is installed at the rear of the breeding and collection mechanism. The egg gathering and conveying mechanism is provided with a partition plate, and the partition plate conveys eggs separately one by one. The rear of the egg gathering and conveying mechanism is installed with a partition and conveying mechanism. The partition and conveying mechanism adopts a roller conveyor. A partition mesh rope and a cam conveying roller are installed on the roller conveyor. The partition mesh rope controls the separation of eggs, and the cam conveying roller controls the spacing to convey a single egg. The rear of the partition and conveying mechanism is installed with an egg pushing and conveying mechanism. The rear of the egg pushing and conveying mechanism is installed with an egg standing mechanism. The egg standing mechanism is provided with an egg standing groove. The egg pushing and conveying mechanism is provided with an egg pushing chain and an egg pushing plate. The egg pushing plates are fixedly arranged at intervals on the egg pushing chain. The egg pushing chain controls the movement of the egg pushing plates to push the eggs into the egg standing groove.

[0006] The rear of the egg standing mechanism is installed with an egg grasping and conveying mechanism. The egg grasping and conveying mechanism is provided with an egg grasping and conveying frame and egg grasping claws. An egg grasping chain is installed on the egg grasping and conveying frame. A number of egg grasping claws are installed at the bottom of the egg grasping chain. The egg grasping chain controls the cyclic movement of the egg grasping claws. The egg grasping claws grab the eggs in the egg standing groove. An egg tray conveying mechanism is installed below the egg grasping and conveying mechanism. The egg tray conveying mechanism is provided with a tray conveyor and an egg collection channel. The tray conveyor conveys trays. The egg collection channel receives the eggs conveyed by the egg grasping claws. The egg collection channel controls the eggs to fall into the storage groove of the tray.

[0007] Specifically, the breeding and collection mechanism is provided with a collection machine and a breeding rack conveyor. The breeding rack conveyor is installed on the breeding rack. The breeding rack is provided with multiple layers of breeding cages. The bottom of the breeding cage is provided with an egg dropping channel. The egg dropping channel adopts an inclined mesh plate structure. The egg dropping channel rolls the eggs onto the belt of the breeding rack conveyor. The breeding rack conveyor controls the movement of the eggs to the collection machine. An egg dropping and pushing rack is installed at the material dropping port of the collection machine. The egg dropping and pushing rack pushes the eggs on the collection machine onto the belt of the egg collection conveyor.

[0008] Specifically, the egg gathering and conveying mechanism is provided with an egg gathering conveyor. The egg gathering conveyor adopts a belt conveyor. The egg gathering conveyor is installed at the rear of the egg collection conveyor. Flared baffles are welded on both sides of the frame of the egg gathering conveyor. The inner sides of the two flared baffles gather and convey eggs. A partition plate is fixedly installed at the rear of the two flared baffles. There are a total of seven partition plates. The partition plates are fixedly connected to each other. The partition plates divide the egg gathering conveyor into six egg conveying channels. The egg conveying channels control the single eggs to pass through in sequence.

[0009] Specifically, the roller conveyor is installed at the rear of the egg gathering conveyor. The roller conveyor consists of a straight section at the front, a straight section at the rear, and an inclined section in the middle. The straight section at the front of the roller conveyor uses conveying rollers. Net rope frames are installed on the frames of the roller conveyor on both sides of the conveying rollers. Seven groups of partition net ropes are installed on the net rope frames. The partition net ropes divide the roller conveyor into six egg channels, and the egg channels are arranged opposite to the egg conveying channels of the egg gathering conveyor. The middle inclined section and the rear straight section both use concave wheel conveying rollers. There are six groups of concave wheel conveying rollers corresponding to the egg channels, and the concave wheel conveying rollers separate the spacing between the front and rear eggs to convey a single egg.

[0010] Specifically, a first gear and a second gear are provided on the central axes on one side of both the conveying rollers and the concave wheel conveying rollers. The first gear of the front conveying roller or the concave wheel conveying roller is meshed and connected to the second gear of the rear conveying roller or the concave wheel conveying roller through a transmission chain. All the conveying rollers and the concave wheel conveying rollers are driven to rotate synchronously through the transmission chain. The central axis of the conveying roller at the head is connected to the roller conveyor motor, and the roller conveyor motor drives the conveying rollers and the concave wheel conveying rollers to rotate synchronously in the same direction.

[0011] Specifically, the egg pushing and conveying mechanism is provided with a smooth platform, which is located at the rear of the roller conveyor. An egg pushing partition is installed on the smooth platform. The egg pushing partition divides the smooth platform into six egg pushing channels. Two groups of egg pushing chains are installed on both sides of the smooth platform. The driving wheels of the two groups of egg pushing chains are connected through a transmission shaft. The two groups of egg pushing chains are driven to rotate synchronously by an egg pushing motor. A plurality of egg pushing frames are installed between the two groups of egg pushing chains. Six egg pushing plates are installed on the egg pushing frames. The egg pushing plates are located at the positions corresponding to the egg pushing channels. The egg pushing plates push the eggs into the vertical egg grooves in the egg pushing channels.

[0012] Specifically, the vertical egg groove is installed on the vertical egg support, and the vertical egg support is installed on the outside of the smooth platform. The vertical egg groove has a flared structure with a smaller bottom and a larger top, and the eggs in the vertical egg groove are placed vertically.

[0013] Specifically, driving gears are installed at the four corners of the upper part of the egg grasping and conveying frame. One group of driving gears is installed on the motor shaft of the egg grasping motor. The four driving gears are meshed and connected to the same egg grasping chain. The egg grasping motor controls the egg grasping chain to make a square circular motion. Two groups of driving gears on the side close to the vertical egg mechanism are located above the vertical egg groove, and the egg grasping chain is located above the vertical egg groove. A support arm is fixedly connected to the lower part of the egg grasping chain, and a clamping jaw cylinder is installed at the bottom of the support arm. The clamping jaw cylinder is a finger cylinder, and egg grasping jaws are installed on the two fingers of the clamping jaw cylinder. An arc-shaped soft pad is installed on the inner side of the egg grasping jaws.

[0014] Specifically, there are three groups of the tray conveyors. Lifting cylinders are installed on both sides of the frame of the tray conveyor. The top of the cylinder rod of the lifting cylinder is installed with a channel support. A plurality of egg collection channels are installed on the channel support. The egg collection channel adopts a cylindrical structure with two relatively arranged soft semi-circular plates. When the lifting cylinder controls the channel support to move upward, the clamping plate at the bottom of the channel support moves inward to squeeze the bottom of the egg collection channel to form a constriction to receive eggs; when the lifting cylinder controls the channel support to move downward, the clamping plate at the bottom of the channel support moves outward to release the bottom of the egg collection channel, and the eggs in the egg collection channel fall into the storage groove of the tray.

[0015] A working method of an automatic egg collection machine for a poultry farm includes the following steps:

[0016] 1) The breeding rack conveyor receives the eggs dropped from the breeding cages and collects and conveys them into the collector. The collector uses a falling egg dialing rack to dial the eggs onto the egg collection conveyor;

[0017] 2) The eggs on the egg collection conveyor are conveyed to the egg gathering conveyor. On the egg gathering conveyor, the eggs are gathered by a flared baffle and are separated into six routes for conveyance by a partition plate;

[0018] 3) The egg gathering conveyor conveys the six routes of eggs to the roller conveyor. On the roller conveyor, the eggs are further separated and conveyed by a partition wire rope, and the distance between the front and rear eggs is controlled by a cam conveyor roller;

[0019] 4) The roller conveyor conveys the eggs to a smooth platform and uses a dialing egg chain to control the dialing egg plate to dial six groups of single eggs one by one into the standing egg grooves, and the eggs wait to be grabbed in the standing egg grooves;

[0020] 5) The circulating moving egg grabbing chain controls the egg grabbing jaws to reach the upper opening of the standing egg groove. The jaw cylinder controls the egg grabbing jaws to close and grab the eggs, and moves to the egg collection channel. The jaw cylinder controls the egg grabbing jaws to release the eggs, and the eggs fall into the egg collection channel;

[0021] 6) When the lifting cylinder controls the channel support to move downward, the clamping plate at the bottom of the channel support moves outward to release the bottom of the egg collection channel, and the eggs in the egg collection channel fall into the storage groove of the tray.

[0022] The present invention has the following beneficial effects:

[0023] The automatic egg collection machine for a poultry farm designed by the present invention adds an egg separation and conveyance process and an automatic egg loading process in the subsequent process of the existing egg collection machine, realizes a pipeline-type full-automatic operation of egg picking, egg conveying, and egg loading, improves the efficiency of egg collection and loading, reduces the breakage rate and labor intensity of eggs, and reduces the cost of egg collection and loading. Description of the Drawings

[0024] Figure 1 It is a schematic structural diagram of the existing egg collection machine.

[0025] Figure 2 It is a side view of an automatic egg collection machine in a poultry farm.

[0026] Figure 3 It is a schematic structural diagram of an egg tray conveying mechanism.

[0027] Figure 4 It is Figure 2 An enlarged view of part A in

[0028] Figure 5 It is a top view of an automatic egg collection machine in a poultry farm.

[0029] Figure 6 It is Figure 5 An enlarged view of part B in

[0030] Figure 7 It is Figure 5 An enlarged view of part C in

[0031] In the figure: 1 - Breeding and collection mechanism, 1.1 - Collection machine, 1.2 - Breeding rack conveyor, 1.3 - Egg dropping channel, 1.4 - Egg dropping deflector, 1.5 - Egg collection conveyor;

[0032] 2 - Egg gathering and conveying mechanism, 2.1 - Bellmouth baffle, 2.2 - Partition board, 2.3 - Egg gathering conveyor;

[0033] 3 - Partition and conveying mechanism, 3.1 - Roller conveyor, 3.2 - Conveyor roller, 3.3 - Partition net rope, 3.4 - Net rope support, 3.5 - Cam conveyor roller, 3.6 - Driving chain;

[0034] 4 - Egg pushing and conveying mechanism, 4.1 - Egg pushing rack, 4.2 - Egg pushing board, 4.3 - Egg pushing chain, 4.4 - Egg pushing channel, 4.5 - Egg pushing partition;

[0035] 5 - Egg standing mechanism, 5.1 - Egg standing groove, 5.2 - Egg standing support;

[0036] 6 - Egg grasping and conveying mechanism, 6.1 - Egg grasping and conveying machine frame, 6.2 - Egg grasping clamp, 6.3 - Clamp cylinder, 6.4 - Egg grasping chain, 6.5 - Egg grasping motor;

[0037] 7 - Egg tray conveying mechanism, 7.1 - Tray conveyor, 7.2 - Lifting cylinder, 7.3 - Egg collection channel, 7.4 - Channel support;

[0038] 8 - Breeding rack. Detailed implementation mode

[0039] The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0040] As Figures 1-7 shown, an automatic egg collecting machine for a poultry farm includes a breeding and collecting mechanism 1, an egg gathering and conveying mechanism 2, a separating and conveying mechanism 3, an egg pushing and conveying mechanism 4, an egg standing mechanism 5, an egg grasping and conveying mechanism 6, and an egg tray conveying mechanism 7. The breeding and collecting mechanism 1 is provided with a collecting machine 1.1, a breeding rack conveyor 1.2, and a breeding rack conveyor 1.5. The breeding and collecting mechanism 1 adopts a structure similar to the egg collecting machine disclosed in the patent application number 201510929760.5, aiming to collect eggs onto the egg collecting conveyor 1.5. The breeding rack conveyor 1.2 is installed on the breeding rack 8. The breeding rack 8 is provided with three layers of breeding cages. The bottom of the breeding cages is provided with a falling egg channel 1.3. The falling egg channel 1.3 adopts an inclined mesh plate structure. The falling egg channel 1.3 rolls the eggs onto the belt of the breeding rack conveyor 1.2. The breeding rack conveyor 1.2 controls the eggs to move to the collecting machine 1.1. A falling egg deflector 1.4 is installed at the falling material opening of the collecting machine 1.1. The falling egg deflector 1.4 deflects the eggs on the collecting machine 1.1 onto the belt of the egg collecting conveyor 1.5.

[0041] The egg gathering and conveying mechanism 2 is installed at the rear of the breeding and collecting mechanism 1. The egg gathering and conveying mechanism 2 is provided with a bell mouth baffle 2.1, a separating plate 2.2, and an egg gathering conveyor 2.3. The separating plate 2.2 conveys eggs separately one by one. The egg collecting conveyor 1.5 and the egg gathering conveyor 2.3 adopt soft belt conveyors. The egg gathering conveyor 2.3 is installed at the rear of the egg collecting conveyor 1.5. The bell mouth baffles 2.1 are welded on both sides of the frame of the egg gathering conveyor 2.3. The inner sides of the two bell mouth baffles 2.1 gather and convey eggs. The separating plate 2.2 is fixedly installed at the rear of the two bell mouth baffles 2.1. There is a gap between the separating plate 2.2 and the conveyor belt support. There are a total of seven separating plates 2.2. The separating plates 2.2 are fixedly connected to each other. The separating plate 2.2 divides the egg gathering conveyor 2.3 into six egg conveying channels. The egg conveying channels control the eggs to pass through one by one in sequence.

[0042] The separating and conveying mechanism 3 is installed at the rear of the egg gathering and conveying mechanism 2. The separating and conveying mechanism 3 adopts a roller conveyor 3.1. A separating wire rope 3.3 and a cam conveying roller 3.5 are installed on the roller conveyor 3.1. The separating wire rope 3.3 controls the separation of eggs. The cam conveying roller 3.5 controls the spacing to convey eggs one by one.

[0043] The roller conveyor 3.1 is installed at the rear of the egg gathering conveyor 2.3. The roller conveyor 3.1 consists of a straight section at the front and rear and an inclined section in the middle. The front straight section of the roller conveyor 3.1 uses conveying rollers 3.2. On the frames of the roller conveyor 3.1 on both sides of the conveying rollers 3.2, wire rope frames 3.4 are installed. On the wire rope frames 3.4, seven - component separating wire ropes 3.3 are installed. The separating wire ropes 3.3 divide the roller conveyor 3.1 into six egg channels, and the egg channels are arranged opposite to the egg conveying channels of the egg gathering conveyor 2.3. The middle inclined section and the rear straight section both use cam - shaped conveying rollers 3.5. There are six groups of cam - shaped conveying rollers 3.5 corresponding to the egg channels, and the cam - shaped conveying rollers 3.5 separate the spacing between the front and rear eggs to convey a single egg.

[0044] On the central shafts on one side of both the conveying rollers 3.2 and the cam - shaped conveying rollers 3.5, a first gear and a second gear are provided. The first gear of the front conveying roller 3.2 or the cam - shaped conveying roller 3.5 is meshed and connected to the second gear of the rear conveying roller 3.2 or the cam - shaped conveying roller 3.5 through a transmission chain 3.6. All the conveying rollers 3.2 and the cam - shaped conveying rollers 3.5 are driven to rotate synchronously through the transmission chain 3.6. The central shaft of the conveying roller 3.2 at the head is connected to the roller conveyor motor, and the roller conveyor motor drives the conveying rollers 3.2 and the cam - shaped conveying rollers 3.5 to rotate synchronously in the same direction.

[0045] At the rear of the separating and conveying mechanism 3, an egg - pushing and conveying mechanism 4 is installed. The egg - pushing and conveying mechanism 5 is provided with a smooth platform, an egg - pushing chain 4.3, and egg - pushing plates 4.2. The egg - pushing plates 4.2 are fixedly arranged at intervals on the egg - pushing chain 4.3. The egg - pushing chain 4.3 controls the movement of the egg - pushing plates 4.2 to push the eggs into the egg - standing groove 5.1. The smooth platform is located at the rear of the roller conveyor 3.1. On the smooth platform, an egg - pushing partition 4.5 is installed. The egg - pushing partition 4.5 divides the smooth platform into six egg - pushing channels 4.4. On both sides of the smooth platform, two groups of egg - pushing chains 4.3 are installed. The driving wheels of the two groups of egg - pushing chains 4.3 are connected through a transmission shaft. The two groups of egg - pushing chains 4.3 are driven to rotate synchronously by an egg - pushing motor. Between the two groups of egg - pushing chains 4.3, a plurality of egg - pushing frames 4.1 are installed. Six egg - pushing plates 4.2 are installed on each egg - pushing frame 4.1. The egg - pushing plates 4.2 are correspondingly inserted into the egg - pushing channels 4.4. At the position of the egg - pushing channels 4.4 corresponding to the egg - pushing plates 4.2, the egg - pushing plates 4.2 push the eggs into the egg - standing groove 5.1 in the egg - pushing channels 4.4.

[0046] At the rear of the egg - pushing and conveying mechanism 4, an egg - standing mechanism 5 is installed. The egg - standing mechanism 5 is provided with an egg - standing groove 5.1. The egg - standing groove 5.1 is installed on an egg - standing bracket 5.2. The egg - standing bracket 5.2 is installed on the outside of the smooth platform. The egg - standing groove 5.1 has a flared - mouth structure with a smaller bottom and a larger top, and the eggs in the egg - standing groove 5.2 are placed vertically.

[0047] An egg grabbing and conveying mechanism 6 is installed at the rear of the egg standing mechanism 5. The egg grabbing and conveying mechanism 6 is provided with an egg grabbing and conveying frame 6.1 and an egg grabbing claw 6.2. An egg grabbing chain 6.4 is installed on the egg grabbing and conveying frame 6.1. A plurality of egg grabbing claws 6.2 are installed at the bottom of the egg grabbing chain 6.4. The egg grabbing chain 6.4 controls the cyclic movement of the egg grabbing claws 6.2, and the egg grabbing claws 6.2 grab the eggs in the egg standing groove 5.1.

[0048] The four upper corners of the egg grabbing conveyor frame 6.1 are all equipped with driving gears, one of which is installed on the motor shaft of the egg grabbing motor 6.5. The four driving gears are meshed and connected with the same egg grabbing chain 6.4. The egg grabbing motor 6.5 controls the egg grabbing chain 6.4 to rotate in a square cycle. The two sets of driving gears close to one side of the egg standing mechanism 5 are located above the egg standing groove 5.1. The egg grabbing chain 6.4 is located above the egg standing groove 5.1. The lower part of the egg grabbing chain 5.1 is fixedly connected to the support arm. The bottom of the support arm is equipped with a clamping claw cylinder 6.3. The clamping claw cylinder 6.3 adopts a finger cylinder. The two fingers of the clamping claw cylinder 6.3 are equipped with egg grabbing claws 6.2. The inner side of the egg grabbing claw 6.2 is equipped with an arc-shaped soft pad, which protects the eggs from being easily damaged.

[0049] An egg tray conveying mechanism 7 is installed below the egg grabbing conveying mechanism 6. The egg tray conveying mechanism 7 is provided with a tray conveyor 7.1 and an egg collecting channel 7.3. The tray conveyor 7.1 adopts a soft belt conveyor. The tray conveyor 7.1 conveys the tray. The egg collecting channel 7.3 receives the eggs conveyed by the egg grabbing clamp 6.2. The egg collecting channel 7.3 controls the eggs to fall into the storage groove of the tray.

[0050] The tray conveyor 7.1 is provided with three groups. Lifting cylinders 7.2 are installed on both sides of the frame of the tray conveyor 7.1. A channel bracket 7.4 is installed on the top of the cylinder rod of the lifting cylinder 7.2. Six egg collecting channels 7.3 are installed on the channel bracket 7.4 (the number of egg collecting channels 7.3 is adapted to the number of storage grooves on the tray). Cards are relatively provided at the bottom of the channel bracket 7.4. The card plates slide on the inclined track at the bottom of the channel bracket 7.4. When the channel bracket 7.4 rises, the card plates on both sides are pulled inward and close together. When the channel bracket 7.4 descends, the card plates on both sides are automatically reset to the outside. The egg collecting channel 7.3 adopts a cylindrical structure with two soft semicircular plates arranged opposite to each other. When the lifting cylinder 7.2 controls the channel bracket 7.4 to move upward, the clamping plate at the bottom of the channel bracket 7.4 moves inward to squeeze the bottom of the egg collecting channel 7.3 to form a constricted opening to receive eggs; when the lifting cylinder 7.2 controls the channel bracket 7.3 to move downward, the clamping plate at the bottom of the channel bracket 7.4 moves outward to release the bottom of the egg collecting channel 7.3, and the eggs in the egg collecting channel 7.3 fall into the storage groove of the tray.

[0051] A working method of an automatic egg collecting machine in a poultry farm comprises the following steps:

[0052] 1. The breeding rack conveyor 1.2 receives the eggs dropped by the breeding cages 8 and collects and conveys them into the collector 1.1. The collector 1.1 conveys the eggs to the egg collection conveyor 1.5 through the egg dropping rack 1.4.

[0053] 2. The eggs on the egg collection conveyor 1.5 are conveyed to the egg gathering conveyor 2.3. The eggs are gathered on the egg gathering conveyor 2.3 through the flared baffle 2.1 and are separated into six paths for conveyance through the partition plate 2.2.

[0054] 3. The egg gathering conveyor 2.3 conveys the six - path eggs to the roller conveyor 3.1. On the roller conveyor 3.1, the eggs are further separated and conveyed through the partition net ropes 3.3, and the distance between the front and rear eggs is controlled by the cam - shaped conveying rollers 3.5.

[0055] 4. The roller conveyor 3.1 conveys the eggs to a smooth platform and controls the egg - pushing plate 4.2 through the egg - pushing chain 4.3 to push the six groups of single eggs one by one into the egg - standing grooves 5.1. The eggs wait to be grabbed in the egg - standing grooves 5.1.

[0056] 5. The circulating moving egg - grabbing chain 6.4 controls the egg - grabbing jaws 6.2 to reach the upper opening of the egg - standing groove 5.1. The jaw cylinder 6.3 controls the egg - grabbing jaws 6.2 to close and grab the eggs, and then moves to the egg - collecting channel 7.3. The jaw cylinder 6.3 controls the egg - grabbing jaws to release the eggs, and the eggs fall into the egg - collecting channel 7.3.

[0057] 6. When the lifting cylinder 7.2 controls the channel support 7.4 to move downward, the clamping plate at the bottom of the channel support 7.4 moves outward to release the bottom of the egg - collecting channel 7.3, and the eggs in the egg - collecting channel 7.3 fall into the storage grooves of the tray.

[0058] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, for those of ordinary skill in the art, it can be understood that various changes, modifications, substitutions, and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

[0059] The technologies, shapes, and structures not detailed in the present invention are all well - known technologies.

Claims

1. An automatic egg collection machine for a poultry farm, characterized in that, It includes an egg gathering and conveying mechanism, an egg separating and conveying mechanism, an egg standing mechanism, and an egg grasping and conveying mechanism. The egg gathering and conveying mechanism is installed at the rear of the breeding and collecting mechanism. The egg gathering and conveying mechanism is provided with a partition plate which conveys eggs separately one by one. The rear of the egg gathering and conveying mechanism is installed with a separating and conveying mechanism which adopts a roller conveyor. A separating mesh rope and a cam conveying roller are installed on the roller conveyor. The separating mesh rope controls the separation of eggs, and the cam conveying roller controls the conveying of single eggs at intervals. The rear of the separating and conveying mechanism is installed with the egg separating and conveying mechanism, and the rear of the egg separating and conveying mechanism is installed with the egg standing mechanism which is provided with an egg standing groove. The egg separating and conveying mechanism is provided with an egg separating chain and an egg separating plate. The egg separating plates are fixedly arranged at intervals on the egg separating chain. The egg separating chain controls the movement of the egg separating plates to move the eggs into the egg standing groove. The rear of the egg standing mechanism is installed with the egg grasping and conveying mechanism which is provided with an egg grasping and conveying frame and egg grasping claws. An egg grasping chain is installed on the egg grasping and conveying frame. A number of egg grasping claws are installed at the bottom of the egg grasping chain. The egg grasping chain controls the cyclic movement of the egg grasping claws. The egg grasping claws grasp the eggs in the egg standing groove. An egg tray conveying mechanism is installed below the egg grasping and conveying mechanism. The egg tray conveying mechanism is provided with a tray conveyor and an egg collecting channel. The tray conveyor conveys trays. The egg collecting channel receives the eggs conveyed by the egg grasping claws and controls the eggs to fall into the storage grooves of the trays.

2. The automatic egg collection machine for poultry farms according to claim 1, characterized in that, The breeding and collecting mechanism is provided with a collector and a breeding rack conveyor. The breeding rack conveyor is installed on the breeding rack. The breeding rack is provided with multiple layers of breeding cages. The bottom of the breeding cage is provided with an egg dropping channel which adopts an inclined mesh plate structure. The egg dropping channel rolls the eggs onto the belt of the breeding rack conveyor. The breeding rack conveyor controls the movement of the eggs to the collector. An egg dropping deflector is installed at the egg dropping port of the collector. The egg dropping deflector deflects the eggs on the collector onto the belt of the egg collecting conveyor.

3. The automatic egg collection machine for poultry farms according to claim 2, characterized in that, The egg gathering and conveying mechanism is provided with an egg gathering conveyor which adopts a belt conveyor. The egg gathering conveyor is installed at the rear of the egg collecting conveyor. Flared baffles are welded on both sides of the frame of the egg gathering conveyor. The eggs are gathered and conveyed inside the inner sides of the two flared baffles. A partition plate is fixedly installed at the rear of the two flared baffles. There are seven partition plates in total. The partition plates are fixedly connected to each other. The partition plates divide the egg gathering conveyor into six egg conveying channels which control the single eggs to pass through in sequence.

4. The automatic egg collection machine for poultry farms according to claim 3, characterized in that, The roller conveyor is installed at the rear of the egg gathering conveyor. The roller conveyor adopts a straight section at the front, a straight section at the rear, and an inclined section in the middle. The front straight section of the roller conveyor adopts conveying rollers. Mesh rope frames are installed on the frames of the roller conveyor on both sides of the conveying rollers. Seven groups of separating mesh ropes are installed on the mesh rope frames. The separating mesh ropes divide the roller conveyor into six egg channels which are arranged opposite to the egg conveying channels of the egg gathering conveyor. The middle inclined section and the rear straight section both adopt cam conveying rollers. There are six groups of cam conveying rollers corresponding to the egg channels. The cam conveying rollers convey single eggs by separating the spacing between the front and rear eggs.

5. The automatic egg collection machine for poultry farms according to claim 4, characterized in that, On the central axes on one side of the conveying rollers and the cam conveying rollers, there are a first gear and a second gear respectively. The first gear of the front conveying roller or the cam conveying roller is meshed and connected to the second gear of the rear conveying roller or the cam conveying roller through a transmission chain. All the conveying rollers and the cam conveying rollers are synchronously rotated through the transmission chain. The central axis of the conveying roller at the head is connected to the roller shaft conveying motor, and the roller shaft conveying motor drives the conveying rollers and the cam conveying rollers to rotate synchronously in the same direction.

6. The automatic egg collection machine for poultry farms according to claim 1, characterized in that, The egg dialing conveying mechanism is provided with a smooth platform, which is located at the rear of the roller shaft conveyor. An egg dialing partition is installed on the smooth platform. The egg dialing partition divides the smooth platform into six egg dialing channels. Two groups of egg dialing chains are installed on both sides of the smooth platform. The driving wheels of the two groups of egg dialing chains are connected through a transmission shaft. The two groups of egg dialing chains are driven by an egg dialing motor to rotate synchronously. A plurality of egg dialing frames are installed between the two groups of egg dialing chains. Six egg dialing plates are installed on the egg dialing frames. The egg dialing plates are located at the positions corresponding to the egg dialing channels. The egg dialing plates dial the eggs into the egg standing grooves in the egg dialing channels.

7. The automatic egg collection machine for poultry farms according to claim 6, characterized in that, The egg standing grooves are installed on the egg standing brackets, and the egg standing brackets are installed on the outside of the smooth platform. The egg standing grooves adopt a flared structure with a smaller bottom and a larger top. The eggs in the egg standing grooves are placed vertically.

8. The automatic egg collection machine for poultry farms according to claim 1, characterized in that, Driving gears are installed at the four corners of the upper part of the egg grasping conveying frame. One group of driving gears is installed on the motor shaft of the egg grasping motor. The four driving gears are meshed and connected to the same egg grasping chain. The egg grasping motor controls the egg grasping chain to make a square circular motion. The two groups of driving gears on the side close to the egg standing mechanism are located above the egg standing grooves. The egg grasping chain is located above the egg standing grooves. The lower part of the egg grasping chain is fixedly connected to a support arm. A clamping jaw cylinder is installed at the bottom of the support arm. The clamping jaw cylinder adopts a finger cylinder. Egg grasping jaws are installed on the two fingers of the clamping jaw cylinder. An arc-shaped soft pad is installed on the inner side of the egg grasping jaws.

9. The automatic egg collection machine for poultry farms according to claim 1, characterized in that, There are three groups of tray conveyors. Lifting cylinders are installed on both sides of the frame of the tray conveyor. The top of the cylinder rod of the lifting cylinder is installed with a channel support. A plurality of egg collecting channels are installed on the channel support. The egg collecting channels adopt a cylindrical structure with two relatively arranged soft semi-circular plates. When the lifting cylinder controls the channel support to move upward, the clamping plate at the bottom of the channel support moves inward to squeeze the bottom of the egg collecting channel to form a constriction to receive the eggs; when the lifting cylinder controls the channel support to move downward, the clamping plate at the bottom of the channel support moves outward to release the bottom of the egg collecting channel, and the eggs in the egg collecting channel fall into the storage grooves of the trays.

10. The working method of the automatic egg collection machine for poultry farms according to any one of claims 1-9, characterized in that, Including the following steps: 1) The breeding rack conveyor receives the eggs dropped from the breeding cages and collects and conveys them into the collector. The collector dials the eggs onto the egg collecting conveyor through the egg dropping dialing rack; 2) The eggs on the egg collecting conveyor are conveyed onto the egg gathering conveyor. The egg gathering conveyor gathers the eggs through the flared baffle and divides the eggs into six-way conveyance through the partition plate; 3) The egg gathering conveyor conveys the six-way eggs onto the roller shaft conveyor. The roller shaft conveyor further divides and conveys the eggs through the partition net ropes and controls the distance between the front and rear eggs through the cam conveying rollers; 4) The roller shaft conveyor conveys the eggs to the smooth platform and controls the egg dialing plates through the egg dialing chains to dial the six groups of single eggs into the egg standing grooves one by one. The eggs wait to be grasped in the egg standing grooves; 5) The circulating egg-grabbing chain moves the egg-grabbing claw to the upper opening of the egg-standing groove. The claw cylinder controls the egg-grabbing claw to close and grab the egg, and then moves to the egg-collecting channel. The claw cylinder controls the egg-grabbing claw to release the egg, and the egg falls into the egg-collecting channel; 6) When the lifting cylinder controls the channel support to move downward, the clamping plate at the bottom of the channel support moves outward to release the bottom of the egg-collecting channel, and the eggs in the egg-collecting channel fall into the storage groove of the tray.

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