Piglet tail cutting device

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of animal husbandry equipment, in particular to a piglet tail cutting device which comprises tail cutting equipment, a positioning structure, a tail cutting structure and a medicine applying mechanism, the positioning structure is an L-shaped positioning table composed of a supporting flat plate and a positioning vertical plate, a hip arc groove matched with the hip of a piglet is formed in the positioning structure, and the hip arc groove is fixed through a sliding bolt and a locking bolt; the tail cutting structure adopts an electric heating mode, the tail cutting operation is completed through an electrifying seat, an electric heat conduction rod and a heating blade, the V-shaped design of the heating blade is matched with the tail of the piglet, the tail cutting effect is improved, and bleeding is reduced, and the medicine applying mechanism is composed of a stepping motor, a transmission shaft, a shifting piece and medicine applying cotton. The shifting pieces intersect to form a medicine applying area during rotation, automatic medicine applying of the wound is achieved in cooperation with a contact type sensor, and the infection risk is reduced. By means of the integrated design, automatic operation of tail cutting and medicine applying is achieved, the tail cutting efficiency, accuracy and wound treatment effect are improved, and the manual labor intensity and the infection risk are reduced.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of livestock equipment, in particular to a piglet tail docking device. BACKGROUND

[0002] In modern livestock breeding, piglet tail docking is a common and necessary operation. During the growth of piglets, due to the influence of various factors such as environment, feed, and disease, they may exhibit tail-biting behavior. Tail-biting not only causes pain and infection in the injured piglets, but also can lead to more serious health problems, and even death. Tail docking can effectively reduce the occurrence of self-injury and mutual injury behavior; the tail of the piglet after tail docking is longer, which is easy to contact with feces and dirt, leading to bacterial breeding and spread. Tail docking can reduce the spread of pathogens in the pig house, help maintain the cleanliness of the pig house, and reduce the risk of infectious diseases; and the piglet after tail docking is easier to observe, feed, and prevent and treat diseases during feeding, which helps to improve the efficiency and quality of feeding management.

[0003] The piglet after tail docking is easier to observe, feed, and prevent and treat diseases during feeding, which helps to improve the efficiency and quality of feeding management. Common tail docking devices mainly include traditional manual tail docking tools such as tail docking pliers, tail docking scissors, and electric tail docking devices. However, neither manual tools nor electric devices can accurately position the tail of the piglet. Inaccurate positioning can result in poor tail docking results, and even can cause harm to the piglet; and the wound after tail docking needs to be disinfected and treated in time to prevent infection. However, most of the existing tail docking devices lack automatic wound treatment function, and manual disinfection and medicine application operation is required, which increases the labor intensity and infection risk. SUMMARY

[0004] In view of the above problems of inaccurate positioning leading to poor tail docking results and even harming the piglet, and inconvenient wound treatment after tail docking, manual medicine application increasing labor intensity and infection risk, the present application provides a piglet tail docking device, which realizes accurate positioning, efficient tail docking, and timely medicine application, improves tail docking efficiency and quality, and reduces infection risk.

[0005] The technical problem is solved by the following solution: The utility model discloses a piglet tail cutting device, including tail cutting equipment, be provided with positioning structure, tail cutting structure and medicine applying mechanism on the tail cutting equipment, the positioning structure includes the L type locating table that is formed by the support flat plate and the locating vertical board, the L type locating table is slidably arranged on the tail cutting equipment and is positioned through the locking bolt, the locating vertical board of the locating table is opened the hip arc groove, the hip arc groove is adapted to the hip of piglet, the tail cutting structure is arranged behind the locating vertical board, including the electric seat that is installed on the tail cutting equipment left and right symmetry, the electric heat rod is vertically arranged on the electric seat, and the heating blade is installed on the top of the electric heat rod, the medicine applying mechanism includes the transmission shaft that is installed on the hip arc groove both sides of the locating table left and right symmetry, and a plurality of paddles are fixed on the transmission shaft, the outer end of the paddle is provided with medicine applying cotton, and the step motor that controls the rotation of the transmission shaft is installed on the locating table, and the step motor, the paddle and the transmission shaft of the same side form a medicine applying part, and the medicine applying part on both sides is between the locating vertical board and the tail cutting structure and is staggered arranged, and the rotating direction of two groups of medicine applying parts is opposite, and the paddle of the medicine applying part on both sides meets when rotating to the position of the hip arc groove, and forms the medicine applying area through the medicine applying cotton of the paddle end at the meeting position.

[0006] Further, the front side of the locating vertical board is provided with a contact sensor near the hip arc groove, and the contact sensor is electrically connected with the step motor.

[0007] Further, when the paddles of the medicine applying parts on both sides rotate to the meeting position corresponding to the heating blade, a medicine applying area adapted to the curvature of the piglet tail is formed in front of the heating blade.

[0008] Further, the left and right sides of the support flat plate are symmetrically provided with straight grooves, and screw holes are formed on the tail cutting equipment corresponding to the straight grooves.

[0009] Further, the heating blade is a straight blade, and the two ends of the heating blade are installed on the upper ends of the two electric heat rods.

[0010] Further, a rectangular groove is formed in the middle position of the support flat plate, and the tail cutting structure is arranged in the rectangular groove.

[0011] Further, the rear side of the locating vertical board is provided with a liquid medicine box, and the medicine applying cotton at the front end of the paddle is immersed in the liquid medicine box after rotating through the hip arc groove.

[0012] Further, the tail cutting device is provided with a power socket and a switch.

[0013] Advantages of the present application: By setting the L-shaped positioning table composed of the supporting flat plate and the positioning vertical plate, and setting the hip arc groove on the positioning vertical plate, the piglets can be well positioned when cutting the tail, the tail of the piglets can be accurately positioned, the situation that the cutting effect is poor or the piglets are even hurt due to inaccurate positioning is avoided, the safety and accuracy of the tail cutting operation are improved, the straight groove and the locking bolt provided on the supporting flat plate facilitate flexible adjustment of the position of the positioning structure on the tail cutting device according to the size of the piglets, the universality and applicability of the device are improved, and the practicality is enhanced The cooperation of the power supply seat, the electrically conductive heat rod and the heating blade in the tail cutting structure can heat the heating blade by using electric heating, and then cut the tail of the piglet, the heating blade is adapted to the curvature of the tail of the piglet, the tail cutting effect is effectively improved, and the electric heating cutting can also play a certain hemostatic effect to a certain extent, thereby reducing the bleeding amount during the tail cutting process. The medicine applying mechanism is composed of the medicine applying components such as the transmission shafts, the push pieces, the medicine applying cotton and the stepping motors which are symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides, can timely apply medicine to the wound after the tail cutting, the medicine applying components on the two sides are staggered in front and back and opposite in rotation direction, the medicine applying area is formed by the intersection of the push pieces when the push pieces rotate to the position of the hip arc groove, the liquid medicine is uniformly applied to the periphery of the tail cutting wound, the automatic wound treatment is realized, the subsequent disinfection and medicine applying operation is not needed, the labor intensity and the infection risk are reduced, and the medicine applying effect is further improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0014] Figure 1 It is one of the overall structure schematic diagrams of the present application; Figure 2 It is a structure schematic diagram of the positioning structure and the tail cutting structure of the present application; Figure 3 It is the second overall structure schematic diagram of the present application; Figure 4 It is a structure schematic diagram of the medicine applying mechanism of the present application; Figure 5 It is a cooperation schematic diagram of the medicine applying mechanism and the tail cutting structure of the present application; Figure 6 It is a structure schematic diagram of the third embodiment of the present application.

[0015] In the figure: 1, tail cutting device; 11, power socket; 12, switch; 2, positioning structure; 21, support plate; 22, positioning vertical plate; 23, hip arc groove; 24, straight groove; 25, rectangular groove; 3, locking bolt; 4, tail cutting structure; 41, power seat; 42, electrically conductive heat rod; 43, heating blade; 5, medicine applying mechanism; 51, stepping motor; 52, transmission shaft; 53, push piece; 54, medicine applying cotton; 55, medicine applying area; 5a, left medicine applying part; 5b, right medicine applying part; 6, medicine box; 7, contact sensor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0016] The application will be further described below in conjunction with the drawings and examples.

[0017] Please refer to Figures 1-6 , the application provides a piglet tail cutting device technical solution: EXAMPLE

[0018] According to Figure 1 , a piglet tail cutting device mainly includes a tail cutting device 1, a positioning structure 2 and a tail cutting structure 4 are arranged on the tail cutting device 1, the positioning structure 2 and the tail cutting structure 4 are arranged on the tail cutting device 1 in front and back, the distance between the two is the length of the tail left after tail cutting, and the front and back positions of the positioning structure 2 can be changed to adjust the tail cutting length of the piglet.

[0019] As Figure 2 shown, the positioning structure 2 includes an L-shaped positioning table composed of a support plate 21 and a positioning vertical plate 22, the L-shaped positioning table is arranged on the tail cutting device 1 in front and back slidingly, and is positioned by a locking bolt 3. Among them, the left and right sides of the support plate 21 are symmetrically provided with straight grooves 24, the tail cutting device 1 is provided with screw holes corresponding to the positions of the straight grooves 24, the locking bolt 3 is inserted through the straight grooves 24, and the lower end is screwed into the screw hole. When it is necessary to adjust the distance between the positioning structure 2 and the tail cutting structure 4, the locking bolt 3 is loosened, the fixing of the support plate 21 is released, and the front and back positions of the positioning table can be adjusted. When adjusting, the locking bolt 3 is always inserted in the straight groove 24 to provide a limiting effect, after the position adjustment is completed, the locking bolt is tightened, the positioning structure 2 is repositioned and fixed on the tail cutting device 1, and the adjustment of the piglet tail cutting length can be realized. The middle position of the support plate 21 is provided with a rectangular groove 25, and the tail cutting structure 4 is arranged in the rectangular groove 25. When the positioning structure 2 moves to change the front and back positions on the tail cutting device 1, the rectangular groove 25 can provide a space for the positioning structure 2 to move smoothly forward and backward; the hip arc groove 23 is provided on the positioning vertical plate 22, the curvature of the hip arc groove 23 matches the curve of the hip of the piglet in a sitting position, and the tail naturally passes through, and the tail of the piglet can pass through the hip arc groove 23 and extend to the tail cutting structure 4 behind the positioning table.

[0020] The tail cutting structure 4 is arranged behind the positioning vertical plate 22, and comprises power supply seats 41 symmetrically arranged on the tail cutting device 1, and electrically conductive heat rods 42 vertically arranged on the power supply seats 41, and heating blades 43 arranged on the top of the electrically conductive heat rods 42, and the heating blades 43 generate Joule heat through the electrically conductive heat rods 42 to reach the required cutting temperature, and the two ends of the heating blades 43 are straight blades, and the two ends are respectively arranged on the upper ends of the two electrically conductive heat rods 42, and the middle section of the heating blades 43 is arranged as a V-shaped blade, and the root of the V-shaped blade has a certain arc, so that the blade structure can be matched with the tail of the piglet, and the tail cutting effect can be effectively improved.

[0021] The tail cutting device 1 is further provided with a power socket 11 and a switch 12, the power socket 11 is connected with an external power supply to provide stable electric energy for the electrically conductive heat rods 42 and the heating blades 43 in the tail cutting structure 4, so as to ensure that the heating blades 43 reach the required working temperature, and the switch 12 is arranged on the surface of the device in a position convenient for operation, and the start and stop of the whole device are realized by controlling the on-off of the circuit.

[0022] In specific use, the piglet tail cutting device is used to adjust the position of the positioning structure 2 on the tail cutting device 1 according to the size of the piglet and the length of the tail to be cut, and the positioning structure 2 is fixed by the locking bolt 3, in the process of tail cutting, the power supply seats 41 are powered to heat the electrically conductive heat rods 42, the hips of the piglet are placed in the hip arc groove 23, the tail passes through the hip arc groove 23 and extends to the V-shaped blade of the heating blades 43 of the tail cutting structure 4, the tail of the piglet is cut by the high-temperature heating blades 43, and the tail cutting operation is completed. Embodiment

[0023] On the basis of the first embodiment, the same parts of the present embodiment and the first embodiment will not be described again, and the different parts are as follows: Figure 3 and Figure 4As shown, the tail cutting device 1 is provided with a medicine applying mechanism 5, which is arranged between the positioning structure 2 and the tail cutting structure 4, and includes a transmission shaft 52 symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides of the hip arc groove 23 of the positioning table, a plurality of pokers 53 are fixedly arranged on the transmission shaft 52 in a circumferential direction, preferably eight pokers, the outer end of each poker 53 is provided with a medicine applying cotton 54, the medicine applying cotton 54 can be replaceable medical absorbent cotton, a stepping motor 51 is arranged on the front side of the positioning vertical plate 22 of the positioning table, the output end of the stepping motor 51 is connected with the transmission shaft 52 to control the rotation of the transmission shaft 52, (here, the stepping motor can be reasonably arranged according to the overall layout of the device, which can be directly arranged on the front side of the positioning vertical plate, or can be arranged on the rear side of the positioning vertical plate, and a gear is arranged on the output shaft of the motor and the transmission shaft to drive the transmission shaft to rotate through the gear), the stepping motor 51 rotates 45° after receiving a pulse signal, and the stepping motor 51, the poker 53 and the transmission shaft 52 on the same side form a medicine applying component, so that the left medicine applying component 5a and the right medicine applying component 5b are formed between the positioning table and the tail cutting structure 4, the left medicine applying component 5a and the right medicine applying component 5b are staggered in front and back, and the rotation directions of the left medicine applying component 5a and the right medicine applying component 5b are opposite. Figure 5 As shown, when the corresponding pokers 53 on the left medicine applying component 5a and the right medicine applying component 5b rotate to the position of the hip arc groove 23, they intersect, and the medicine applying area 55 is formed at the intersection position by the medicine applying cotton 54 at the end of the poker 53, Figure 5 It can be seen that the medicine applying area 55 is formed above the hip arc groove 23 and moves to the position corresponding to the heating blade 43 with the rotation of the poker 53, when the pokers 53 of the two medicine applying components rotate to the intersection position corresponding to the heating blade 43, the medicine applying area 55 which is adapted to the curvature of the piglet's tail is formed in front of the heating blade 43, so that the tail cutting position can be better treated by applying medicine.

[0024] A contact sensor 7 is arranged on the front side of the positioning vertical plate 22 close to the hip arc groove 23, the contact sensor 7 is electrically connected with the stepping motor 51, when the hip of the piglet contacts the hip arc groove 23 of the positioning vertical plate 22, the contact sensor 7 detects the pressure signal and triggers the stepping motor 51 to start, after receiving a single trigger signal, the stepping motor 51 drives the transmission shaft 52 to rotate by a set angle, so that the current poker 53 in the medicine applying area 55 moves out of the working area, and the next group of pokers 53 carrying unused medicine applying cotton 54 enters the medicine applying area 55, this process is automatically executed after the positioning of each piglet is completed, ensuring that independent medicine applying cotton 54 is used for each piglet when the tail is cut.

[0025] A medicine liquid box 6 is arranged on the rear side of the positioning vertical plate 22, the medicine applying cotton 54 at the front end of the poker 53 can be immersed in the medicine liquid in the medicine liquid box 6 after rotating through the hip arc groove 23, so as to supplement the medicine liquid for the medicine applying cotton 54, in order to apply medicine when rotating to the intersection position next time.

[0026] In use, the piglet tail cutting device is used to place the piglet's buttocks in the buttocks arc groove 23, so that the tail extends to the tail cutting structure 4 through the buttocks arc groove 23, and at this time, the plurality of pushers 53 intersect above the buttocks arc groove 23, and the tail of the piglet can be supported by the intersection position, then the contact sensor 7 detects that the piglet is in place, triggers a signal to control the stepper motor 51 to rotate 45°, drives the pushers 53 to rotate, and the pushers 53 above the buttocks arc groove 23 rotate to the front of the heating blade 43 to form the medicine applying area 55, the high-temperature heating blade 43 cuts the tail of the piglet, and after the tail is cut, the tail is pulled out forward, and the tail passes through the medicine applying cotton 54 in the medicine applying area 55, and the medicine applying cotton 54 absorbs the liquid medicine to apply the medicine to the tail cutting wound in time, reduces the risk of infection, and the plurality of pushers 53 arranged in a ring can realize continuous operation, and in the tail cutting process, the adjacent pushers 53 enter the standby state, so that the continuous operation of large-scale piglet tail cutting operation is realized. Embodiment

[0027] On the basis of the second embodiment, as shown in Figure 6 In order to further make the medicine applying area 55 formed by the outer end of the pusher 53 match the shape of the tail of the piglet, the front end of the pusher 53 can be arranged in an arc structure, so that when the intersecting pushers 53 rotate to the cutting position of the heating blade 43, the arc-shaped medicine applying area 55 can better match the tail of the piglet, further improve the medicine applying effect on the tail cutting position, ensure that the liquid medicine can be evenly applied around the wound, and enhance the disinfection effect.

[0028] The above only describes the preferred embodiments of the present application, and does not limit the present application, and any modification, equivalent replacement and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A piglet tail-docking apparatus comprising a tail-docking device (1), characterized in that, The tail cutting device (1) is provided with a positioning structure (2), a tail cutting structure (4) and a medicine applying mechanism (5), the positioning structure (2) comprises an L-shaped positioning table composed of a supporting flat plate (21) and a positioning vertical plate (22), the L-shaped positioning table is slidingly arranged on the tail cutting device (1) and is positioned by a locking bolt (3), the positioning vertical plate (22) of the positioning table is provided with a hip arc groove (23), the hip arc groove (23) is matched with the hip of the piglet, the tail cutting structure (4) is arranged behind the positioning vertical plate (22) and comprises electrically conductive seats (41) which are symmetrically arranged on the tail cutting device (1), the electrically conductive seats (41) are vertically provided with electrically conductive heat rods (42), and the top of the electrically conductive heat rods (42) is provided with a heating blade (43); the medicine applying mechanism (5) comprises transmission shafts (52) which are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the hip arc groove (23) of the positioning table, a plurality of paddles (53) are fixedly arranged on the transmission shafts (52) in a circumferential direction, the outer ends of the paddles (53) are provided with medicine applying cottons (54), and step motors (51) for controlling the rotation of the transmission shafts (52) are arranged on the positioning table, the step motor (51), the paddle (53) and the transmission shaft (52) on the same side form a medicine applying component, the medicine applying components on both sides are arranged between the positioning vertical plate (22) and the tail cutting structure (4) and are staggered in front and back, and the rotation directions of the two groups of medicine applying components are opposite, the paddles (53) of the medicine applying components on both sides meet at the position of the hip arc groove (23) and form a medicine applying area (55) at the meeting position through the medicine applying cottons (54) at the ends of the paddles (53).

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein: The front side of the positioning vertical plate (22) is provided with a contact sensor (7) near the position of the hip arc groove (23), the contact sensor (7) is electrically connected with the step motor (51), the contact sensor (7) triggers a signal to control the step motor (51) to rotate by a certain angle and drive the paddle (53) to rotate and change position.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein: When the paddles (53) of the medicine applying components on both sides rotate to the meeting position corresponding to the heating blade (43), the medicine applying area (55) matched with the curvature of the tail of the piglet is formed in front of the heating blade (43).

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein: The left and right sides of the supporting flat plate (21) are symmetrically provided with straight grooves (24), and the tail cutting device (1) is provided with screw holes corresponding to the straight grooves (24), the locking bolt (3) passes through the straight grooves (24) and is arranged in the screw holes, and the locking bolt (3) limits and fixes the positioning structure (2) on the tail cutting device (1) through the straight grooves (24).

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein: The two ends of the heating blade (43) are straight blades, the two ends of the heating blade (43) are arranged on the upper ends of the two electrically conductive heat rods (42), and the middle section of the heating blade (43) is a V-shaped structure, and the blade structure is matched with the tail of the piglet.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein: The middle position of the supporting flat plate (21) is provided with a rectangular groove (25), the tail cutting structure (4) is arranged in the rectangular groove (25), and the rectangular groove (25) provides a space for the positioning structure (2) to change the front and back positions on the tail cutting device (1).

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein: The rear side of the positioning vertical plate (22) is provided with a liquid medicine box (6), and the upper medicine cotton (54) at the front end of the dial piece (53) is immersed in the liquid medicine box (6) after rotating through the hip arc groove (23).

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein: The tail cutting equipment (1) is provided with a power socket (11) and a switch (12).

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