Cricket breeding device

By designing a cricket breeding device that includes a belt conveyor and an intelligent control system, the problems of non-automation and difficulty in manure collection in existing technologies have been solved. This has enabled the automation and intelligentization of cricket breeding, reduced labor costs, and improved the hygiene quality of the breeding environment.

CN223554071UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-18SHANXI UNIV
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Application Number
CN202423197557.7
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-24
Publication Date
2025-11-18
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-24

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Technical Problem

Existing cricket farming methods cannot achieve automated and intelligent farming, and cricket droppings are difficult to collect, consuming a large amount of labor.

Method used

Design a cricket breeding device that includes a belt conveyor, camera, temperature sensor, humidity sensor, atomizer, and other components to achieve automated cleaning of waste and dead crickets, and provide a comfortable environment by combining intelligent control of the controller and lighting.

Benefits of technology

It has enabled the automation and intelligentization of cricket farming, reduced labor costs, improved the hygiene quality of the farming environment, and met the needs of large-scale operations.

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Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of artificial breeding of insects, and particularly relates to a cricket breeding device. Comprising a breeding box, a belt conveying device is arranged in the breeding box, a driving motor is installed outside the breeding box, the driving motor is used for driving the belt conveying device to rotate, baffles are arranged on the front side, the left side and the right side of the belt conveying device, and the baffles are fixedly installed on the breeding box; a collecting table is arranged on the rear side of the belt conveying device, an illuminating lamp is fixedly installed on a top plate of the breeding box, a battery and a controller are installed at the bottom of the breeding box, and the controller is connected with the belt conveying device and the illuminating lamp and used for controlling the belt conveying device and the illuminating lamp to work. According to the cricket breeding device, intelligent cleaning and automatic work are achieved, the manual labor cost is reduced, time is saved, and operation is easy.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of artificial insect breeding, and particularly relates to a cricket breeding device. BACKGROUND

[0002] As a new industry, cricket breeding has shown great market demand and profit potential in recent years. Crickets not only have high value due to their medicinal and edible values, but also can be processed into various foods due to their characteristics of eating less, growing fast and high protein content. At the same time, the excrement of crickets can be used as fertilizer for plant cultivation, which helps to reduce garbage and promote sustainable development. These social benefits make cricket breeding an interesting, creative and economically beneficial ecological economic activity.

[0003] In the prior art, crickets are bred by using a net cage on the ground. This breeding method cannot meet the automatic and intelligent breeding of crickets, and it is also difficult to collect the excrement of crickets, which requires multiple cleanings of the entire ground and consumes a large amount of labor. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0004] The utility model provides a cricket breeding device aiming at the problem that the above-mentioned automatic and intelligent breeding cannot be carried out.

[0005] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

[0006] The application relates to a cricket breeding device, which comprises a breeding box, a belt conveying device arranged in the breeding box, a driving motor mounted on the outside of the breeding box, the driving motor being used for driving the belt conveying device to rotate, baffle plates arranged on the front side, left side and right side of the belt conveying device, the baffle plates being fixedly mounted on the breeding box, a collecting table arranged on the rear side of the belt conveying device, the left and right sides of the collecting table being fixed on different stop blocks respectively, the stop blocks being fixedly connected with the breeding box, the gap between the baffle plates and the stop blocks and the belt conveying device being 1-2 mm, so that the crickets cannot fall into the lower part of the breeding box from the two sides of the belt conveying device, a No. 1 door mounted on the side wall of the breeding box, the No. 1 door corresponding to the collecting table, the rear wall of the breeding box being a transparent partition plate, and the rest being non-transparent partition plates, a large L-shaped plate arranged above the belt conveying device, a small L-shaped plate mounted above the large L-shaped plate, the large L-shaped plate being spaced from the small L-shaped plate, so that the crickets can hide, the two ends of the large L-shaped plate and the small L-shaped plate being fixedly mounted on the two sides of the breeding box, the large L-shaped plate and the small L-shaped plate being arranged in groups, the large L-shaped plate and the small L-shaped plate being arranged in the middle part or front side of the breeding box, a feeding tray arranged on the front side of the belt conveying device, the feeding tray being hung on the top plate of the breeding box through a suspender, the gap between the lower surface of the feeding tray and the belt conveying device being 1-2 mm, an operation hole being formed in the side wall of the breeding box, the operation hole being arranged close to the feeding tray, so that the operator can add feed and water to the feeding tray, an elastic baffle being mounted on the operation hole, so that the crickets cannot jump out of the breeding box, a lighting lamp being fixedly mounted on the top plate of the breeding box, the lighting lamp being arranged close to the rear side of the belt conveying device, the living crickets being driven to the front side of the breeding box by the light-avoiding habit of the crickets, so that the living crickets cannot enter the collecting table, a battery and a controller being mounted on the bottom of the breeding box, a No. 2 door being mounted on the side wall of the breeding box, so that the battery and the controller can be installed and maintained, the controller being connected with the belt conveying device and the lighting lamp, and being used for controlling the belt conveying device and the lighting lamp to work, and the battery being used for supplying power to the cricket breeding device.

[0007] Further, a warm lamp is fixedly mounted on the top plate of the breeding box, a temperature sensor is mounted on the side wall of the breeding box, and the temperature sensor is connected with the controller and used for adjusting the temperature in the breeding box.

[0008] Still further, an ultraviolet lamp is fixedly mounted on the top plate of the breeding box, and the ultraviolet lamp is connected with the controller.

[0009] Still further, a humidity sensor and an atomizer are fixedly mounted on the side wall of the breeding box, and the humidity sensor and the atomizer are connected with the controller.

[0010] Still further, a plurality of air flow holes are formed in the side wall of the breeding box, so that the air in the breeding box can flow.

[0011] Further, the upper surface of the baffle is provided as an inclined surface, so as to facilitate the dead crickets to fall above the belt conveying device.

[0012] Further, a time relay is further installed at the bottom of the breeding box, which is connected with the controller and used for controlling the intermittent operation of the belt conveying device.

[0013] Further, a scraper is provided below the belt conveying device, which is used for cleaning the waste adhered on the belt conveying device, and the two ends of the scraper are fixedly installed on the side walls of the breeding box, and a collecting box is provided directly below the scraper and is slidably arranged in the breeding box, so as to facilitate the cleaning of the collecting box.

[0014] Further, an inclined plate is provided between the collecting table and the belt conveying device, which is fixedly installed on the stop block, so as to facilitate the live crickets falling into the collecting table to climb out, and the gap between the inclined plate and the belt conveying device is 1-2mm.

[0015] Further, a camera is installed in the breeding box and used for collecting image information in the breeding box, the camera is connected with the controller, and the controller is connected with a control terminal in a wireless mode, so as to transmit signals to the control terminal and receive the control signals of the control terminal.

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following advantages:

[0017] 1. In the design of the utility model, the waste and the dead crickets are conveyed outside the breeding box through the belt conveying device, so that intelligent cleaning and automatic work are realized, the labor cost is reduced, time is saved, and the operation is simple.

[0018] 2. The utility model adopts the camera to monitor the dynamic in the box, and uploads the real-time picture to the control terminal, so that real-time detection is realized, and the operator can observe the situation in the breeding box.

[0019] 3. The temperature sensor is used in cooperation with the warm lamp, and the humidity sensor is used in cooperation with the atomizer through the connection of the controller, so that a more comfortable environment can be provided for the crickets.

[0020] 4. The breeding box designed in a unit can be increased or decreased according to the actual breeding condition, and compared with the prior art, the breeding box can more flexibly meet the demand of large-scale breeding.

[0021] 5, The utility model discloses a big L type board and small L type board with slope, when the cricket produces excrement or dies on the big L type board and small L type board, the waste can drop to the belt conveying device along the slope of big L type board and small L type board, prevent the waste from staying in the breeding case, and the sanitary environment quality in the breeding case is improved significantly. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0022] Figure 1 It is the structure schematic drawing of the utility model;

[0023] Figure 2 It is the structure schematic drawing of the utility model;

[0024] Figure 3 It is the sectional view of the utility model;

[0025] Figure 4 It is the sectional view of the utility model;

[0026] In the drawing, breeding case 1, belt conveying device 2, driving mechanism 3, baffle 4, collection table 5, stopper 6, no. 1 door 7, big L type board 8, small L type board 9, feeding tray 10, suspender 11, operation hole 12, elastic baffle 13, illuminating lamp 14, battery 15, controller 16, no. 2 door 17, temperature sensor 18, warm lamp 19, ultraviolet lamp 20, humidity sensor 21, air flow hole 22, time relay 23, scraper 24, collection box 25, inclined plate 26, camera 27, atomizer 28. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] In order to further illustrate the technical scheme of the utility model, the utility model is further illustrated by the following examples.

[0028] As Figures 1-4As shown, a cricket breeding device, including breeding box 1, the breeding box 1 is provided with belt conveyor 2, the breeding box 1 is externally mounted with drive motor 3, the drive motor 3 is used to drive the belt conveyor 2 rotation, in the front side, left side and right side of the belt conveyor 2 are provided with baffle 4, the baffle 4 is fixedly installed on the breeding box 1, the lower of the belt conveyor 2 is provided with scraper 24, for cleaning the belt conveyor 2 on the sticky waste, the both ends of the scraper 24 are fixedly installed on the side wall of the breeding box 1, the directly below of the scraper 24 is provided with collecting box 25, the collecting box 25 is slidingly arranged in the breeding box 1, in order to facilitate the cleaning of the collecting box 25, the rear side of the belt conveyor 2 is provided with collecting table 5, the collecting table 5 and the belt conveyor 2 are provided with inclined plate 26, the inclined plate 26 is fixedly installed on the stop block 6, in order to facilitate the live cricket that falls into the collecting table 5 to climb out, the gap between the inclined plate 26 and the belt conveyor 2 is 1-2mm, the left and right sides of the collecting table 5 are respectively fixed on different stop blocks 6, the stop block 6 is fixedly connected with the breeding box 1, the gap between the baffle 4 and the stop block 6 and the belt conveyor 2 is 1-2mm, in order to prevent the cricket from falling into the lower part of the breeding box 1 from both sides of the belt conveyor 2, a first door 7 is installed on the side wall of the breeding box 1, the first door 7 corresponds to the collecting table 5, the rear wall of the breeding box 1 is transparent partition, the rest part is non-transparent partition, in order to observe the situation in the breeding box 1 through the rear wall of the breeding box 1, at the same time, the light-avoiding habit of the cricket is utilized to drive the cricket to move in the front side of the breeding box 1, a large L-shaped plate 8 is arranged above the belt conveyor 2, a small L-shaped plate 9 is installed above the large L-shaped plate 8, the large L-shaped plate 8 and the small L-shaped plate 9 are spaced, in order to facilitate the cricket to hide, both ends of the large L-shaped plate 8 and the small L-shaped plate 9 are fixedly installed on both sides of the breeding box 1, the large L-shaped plate 8 and the small L-shaped plate 9 are several groups, the large L-shaped plate 8 and the small L-shaped plate 9 are located in the middle or front side of the breeding box 1, a feeding tray 10 is arranged in the front side of the belt conveyor 2, the feeding tray 10 is hung on the top plate of the breeding box 1 through a suspender 11, the gap between the lower surface of the feeding tray 10 and the belt conveyor 2 is 1-2mm, an operation hole 12 is formed in the side wall of the breeding box 1, the operation hole 12 is arranged close to the feeding tray 10, in order to facilitate the operator to add feed and water to the feeding tray 10, the operation hole 12 can also be used to put or collect the cricket in the breeding box 1, a resilient baffle 13 is installed on the operation hole 12, in order to prevent the cricket from jumping out of the breeding box 1, a lighting lamp 14 is fixedly installed on the top plate of the breeding box 1, the lighting lamp 14 is arranged close to the rear side of the belt conveyor 2, the light-avoiding habit of the cricket is utilized to drive the live cricket to the front side of the breeding box 1, in order to prevent the live cricket from entering the collecting table 5, a battery 15 and a controller 16 are installed on the bottom of the breeding box 1, a second door 17 is installed on the side wall of the breeding box 1,In order to facilitate the installation and maintenance of the battery 15 and the controller 16 connected with the belt conveying device 2 and the illuminating lamp 14 for controlling the belt conveying device 2 and the illuminating lamp 14 to work, the battery 15 is used to power the cricket breeding device; The top plate of the breeding box 1 is fixedly installed with a warm lamp 19, and a temperature sensor 18 is installed on the side wall of the breeding box 1 for adjusting the temperature in the breeding box 1, and the temperature sensor 18 and the warm lamp 19 are both connected with the controller 16; The top plate of the breeding box 1 is fixedly installed with an ultraviolet lamp 20, and the ultraviolet lamp 20 is connected with the controller 16; The top plate of the breeding box 1 is fixedly installed with a humidity sensor 21, and the side wall of the breeding box 1 is fixedly installed with a humidifier 28, and the humidity sensor 21 and the humidifier 28 are both connected with the controller 16, and a plurality of air flow holes 22 are formed in the side wall of the breeding box 1 to facilitate the circulation of air in the breeding box 1, and the upper surface of the baffle 4 is inclined to facilitate the falling of dead crickets above the belt conveying device 2, and a time relay 23 is further installed at the bottom of the breeding box 1, and the time relay 23 is connected with the controller 16 for controlling the intermittent operation of the belt conveying device 2,

[0029] A camera 27 is installed in the breeding box 1 for collecting image information in the breeding box 1, and the camera 27 is connected with the controller 16, and the controller 16 is connected with a control terminal through wireless connection for transmitting signals to the control terminal and receiving control signals from the control terminal.

[0030] Workflow: The temperature sensor 18 and the humidity sensor 21 transmit detection signals to the controller 16, the controller 16 controls the warm lamp 19 and the humidifier 28 through the detection signals of the temperature sensor 18 and the humidity sensor 21, the camera 27 as a monitoring device monitors the inside of the breeding box 1, and real-time information is transmitted to the control terminal to more accurately adjust the regular operation of each part, and to provide a more comfortable environment for crickets, according to the real-time information of the camera 27 to the control terminal, the controller 16 controls the intermittent operation of the belt conveying device 2 through the time relay 23, the belt conveying device 2 intermittently transports waste and cricket corpses to the collection table 5, the operator opens the first door 7 to clean the collection table 5, if there is waste and cricket corpses adhering to the upper surface of the belt conveying device 2, the waste and cricket corpses are treated into the collection box 25 below the scraper 24 through the scraper 24 installed on the lower surface, and the operator cleans the collection box 25, which saves a lot of manual labor.

[0031] The main features and advantages of the present application are shown and described above, for those skilled in the art, it is clear that the present application is not limited to the details of the above exemplary embodiments, and can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or basic characteristics of the present application. Therefore, from any point of view, the embodiments should be regarded as exemplary and non-limiting, the scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims rather than the above description, therefore all changes falling within the meaning and scope of the equivalent elements of the claims are intended to be included in the present application.

[0032] In addition, it should be understood that, although the present application is described in terms of embodiments, not every embodiment contains only one independent technical solution, the description of the specification is only for the sake of clarity, those skilled in the art should consider the specification as a whole, the technical solutions in each embodiment can also be combined appropriately to form other embodiments that those skilled in the art can understand.

Claims

1. A cricket breeding device, characterized in that: The system includes a breeding box (1), a belt conveyor (2) inside the breeding box (1), a drive motor (3) installed outside the breeding box (1), the drive motor (3) driving the belt conveyor (2) to rotate, baffles (4) on the front, left and right sides of the belt conveyor (2), the baffles (4) being fixedly installed on the breeding box (1), a collection platform (5) on the rear side of the belt conveyor (2), the left and right sides of the collection platform (5) being fixedly fixed to different blocks (6), the blocks (6) being fixedly connected to the breeding box (1), and the gap between the baffles (4) and the blocks (6) and the belt conveyor (2) being 1-2mm. To prevent crickets from falling into the lower part of the breeding box (1) from both sides of the belt conveyor (2), a No. 1 door (7) is installed on the side wall of the breeding box (1). The No. 1 door (7) corresponds to the collection platform (5). The rear side wall of the breeding box (1) is a transparent partition, and the rest of the part is a non-transparent partition. A large L-shaped plate (8) is set above the belt conveyor (2), and a small L-shaped plate (9) is installed above the large L-shaped plate (8). There is a gap between the large L-shaped plate (8) and the small L-shaped plate (9) so that the crickets can hide. The two ends of the large L-shaped plate (8) and the small L-shaped plate (9) are fixedly installed on both sides of the breeding box (1). There are several sets of the large L-shaped plate (8) and the small L-shaped plate (9). The large L-shaped plate (8) and the small L-shaped plate (9) are located in the middle or front of the breeding box (1). A feeding tray (10) is provided in front of the belt conveyor (2). The feeding tray (10) is suspended from the top plate of the breeding box (1) by a hanging rod (11). The gap between the lower surface of the feeding tray (10) and the belt conveyor (2) is 1-2 mm. An operation hole (12) is provided on the side wall of the breeding box (1). The operation hole (12) is located close to the feeding tray (10) to facilitate the operator to add feed and water to the feeding tray (10). An elastic baffle (13) is installed on the operation hole (12) to prevent crickets from jumping out of the breeding box (1). The top plate of the breeding box (1) A lighting lamp (14) is fixedly installed on the top. The lighting lamp (14) is set near the rear side of the belt conveyor (2). The crickets' habit of avoiding light is used to drive the live crickets to the front side of the breeding box (1) to prevent them from entering the collection platform (5). A battery (15) and a controller (16) are installed at the bottom of the breeding box (1). A second door (17) is installed on the side wall of the breeding box (1) to facilitate the installation and maintenance of the battery (15) and the controller (16). The controller (16) is connected to the belt conveyor (2) and the lighting lamp (14) and is used to control the operation of the belt conveyor (2) and the lighting lamp (14). The battery (15) is used to power the cricket breeding device.

2. The cricket breeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A heat lamp (19) is fixedly installed on the top plate of the breeding box (1), and a temperature sensor (18) is installed on the side wall of the breeding box to regulate the temperature inside the breeding box (1). The temperature sensor (18) and the heat lamp (19) are both connected to the controller (16).

3. The cricket breeding device according to claim 2, characterized in that: An ultraviolet lamp (20) is fixedly installed on the top plate of the breeding box (1), and the ultraviolet lamp (20) is connected to the controller (16).

4. The cricket breeding device according to claim 3, characterized in that: A humidity sensor (21) and an atomizer (28) are fixedly installed on the side wall of the breeding box (1), and both the humidity sensor (21) and the atomizer (28) are connected to the controller (16).

5. A cricket breeding device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The breeding box (1) has multiple air circulation holes (22) on its side wall to facilitate air circulation inside the breeding box (1).

6. A cricket breeding device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The upper surface of the baffle (4) is set as an inclined surface so that the dead crickets fall onto the belt conveyor (2).

7. A cricket breeding device according to claim 6, characterized in that: A time relay (23) is also installed at the bottom of the breeding box (1). The time relay (23) is connected to the controller (16) and is used to control the intermittent operation of the belt transmission device (2).

8. A cricket breeding device according to claim 7, characterized in that: A scraper (24) is provided below the belt conveyor (2) for cleaning up the waste stuck to the belt conveyor (2). The two ends of the scraper (24) are fixedly installed on the side wall of the breeding box (1). A collection box (25) is provided directly below the scraper (24). The collection box (25) is slidably installed inside the breeding box (1) to facilitate cleaning of the collection box (25).

9. A cricket breeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: An inclined plate (26) is provided between the collection platform (5) and the belt conveyor (2). The inclined plate (26) is fixedly installed on the stop block (6) so that live crickets that fall into the collection platform (5) can climb out. The gap between the inclined plate (26) and the belt conveyor (2) is 1-2 mm.

10. A cricket breeding device according to claim 9, characterized in that: A camera (27) is installed inside the breeding box (1) to collect image information inside the breeding box (1). The camera (27) is connected to the controller (16). The controller (16) is connected to the control terminal via wireless connection to transmit signals to the control terminal and receive control signals from the control terminal.