Feeding trough for piglets

Description

Various attempts have been made to prevent or reduce these problems; for example, crossbars or partitions have been installed in the trough, spaced approximately the width of the piglet apart. While this makes it more difficult for piglets to walk around the trough and reduces the amount of feed being pushed out sideways, it does not prevent them from climbing onto the trough or contaminating the feed. Similarly, the well-known bar or bar running at a certain height along the entire length of the trough, which is attached to the trough in place of or in addition to these crossbars or partitions, does not prevent feed contamination, but only stops the piglets from walking around inside the trough. Piglets will not accept contaminated feed. If they eat it out of hunger due to a lack of milk from the sow, severe intestinal diseases will result, which can lead to their death. The new piglet feeder that is the subject of the invention eliminates these problems completely and in the simplest and most perfect way. While known piglet feeders cannot be installed in the sow pen at all, #30 because the sow can eat from them just as easily as the piglets, and because of their size, the sow is not hindered from contaminating the feed by the aforementioned bar or frame above them, the new feeder can easily be installed in any pen, so that even a temporary separation of the piglets from the sow and the partitioning off or provision of a separate piglet feeding area become completely unnecessary. Furthermore, the new piglet feeder is mounted on a side wall of the pen approximately above the floor and no longer rests on the floor. Therefore, it cannot be tipped over by the sow to get to the feed.Furthermore, this measure also saves space and facilitates the removal of manure. The trough according to the invention also has crossbars or partitions, but at much closer intervals than before, namely at slightly more than the width of the piglets' snouts. This prevents the piglets from pulling their snouts out of the feed when pushing against each other, thus preventing them from pushing the feed sideways and out of the trough. The space above the trough is covered by walls, bars, latticework, etc., in such a way that the piglets can only reach the feed with their heads, but cannot under any circumstances climb into the trough and therefore cannot contaminate the feed. Furthermore, a sturdy bar is positioned at an appropriate distance around the entire trough at the top, preventing the sow from the manger. Since this bar is positioned just high enough above the stall floor for the piglets to stand underneath, it also prevents them from climbing into the trough.This is particularly important because the new trough can also be used to feed so-called "weaner pigs," that is, piglets permanently separated from the sow after weaning. Since the height of the bar changes as the piglets grow, it, along with the feed trough, can be adjusted on the wall. It is also possible to equip it with a hinge and adjust its distance from the feed trough according to the size of the piglets. The entire assembly is covered from above by a slanted, hinged cover to prevent the sow from climbing up and contaminating the piglets' feed. This cover ends within the bar so that the sow cannot lift it with her snout or nibble on it. Alternatively, a locking mechanism can be provided to secure the cover in its position.This design of the feed trough now offers the particular advantage of constructing the space above the trough, behind the aforementioned boundary walls, as a feed container in the known manner. From this container, feed falls down as needed, keeping the trough constantly full. To prevent the feed from becoming stuck, the feed container, along with the attached feeding trough, is suspended from the wall within certain narrow limits, so that the piglets' movements while feeding cause it to strike the mounting wall or specially installed stops, thus facilitating and ensuring the continuous flow of feed. If crossbars are used instead of transverse walls in the feeding trough, their free rear ends can extend through the rear boundary wall of the trough into the shaft through which the feed from the feeding space falls into the feeding trough.Since the openings in the rear wall are somewhat larger than the cross-section of these crossbars, their rear ends create a stirring motion in the shaft under the piglets' snouts, thus preventing blockages in the settling of the dry feed. This effect can be further enhanced by connecting the rear ends of the crossbars in the shaft, for example with wire, so that this stirring motion extends across the entire shaft. the shaft length extends and is not limited to the immediate vicinity of the crossbar ends. Further features and details of the invention will be referred to in the following description of an embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing. The drawing shows: Fig. 2: A diagram showing the entire new feeding trough for piglets in its installation on a wall of the sow pen; Fig. 2: A vertical cross-section through the same, including its fastening parts. Fig. 3 shows a partial front view of the same with the bar partially cut away. As can be seen, the new feed trough is suspended from a wall of the sow pen by means of two vertical iron rails (a). Since the fixing bolts (b) embedded in the wall are guided through elongated holes in the rails (), the length of which is sufficiently chosen, the height of the trough on the wall can be adjusted according to the growth of the piglets. These rails (a) are connected to each other, as shown, by a sturdy U-shaped iron bracket (c), which can also be made of angle iron, flat iron, or the like. The front part of this bracket can also be hinged and can be folded up and down, and is locked in its set height. The bracket (n) is always adjusted just high enough above the pen floor so that the piglets, but not the sow, can stand underneath it.If the feed trough is used for feeding piglets that are completely separated from the sow, then the bracket c can be completely removed or its front part can be folded up if it is hinged. Support arms n are also located on the rails ↑, on which the feed trough is suspended freely at a certain distance from the mounting wall by means of the side pins d. In the exemplary embodiment, it consists of the lower actual feeding trough and the feed container / above it, which has a vertical rear wall h and a sloping front wall i and terminates downwards in the shaft 0 to the feed trough e. The container / has a lid k at the top, in which the hatches ng· for refilling the feed are located, which can be closed in any desired manner. At both ends, the trough e together with the feed container / is closed by side walls / ), which simultaneously serve for attaching pivot pins d. The sloping wall i.The height of the front end ridge of the container's lid above the feeding trough is such that the piglets can only enter the feeding trough with their heads, but cannot climb onto it. They are further prevented from doing so by the bar c, which, as can be seen, projects considerably further than the end ridge of the container's lid k and, as already mentioned, is only positioned at piglet height above the stall floor. The trough e is divided in a manner known per se by slightly angled crossbars m. However, their spacing is smaller than before and is only slightly more than the width of the piglets' snouts. Therefore, when pushing each other, the piglets can no longer move the feed sideways, but must remove their snouts from the feed if they are pushed sideways. These crossbars m are only attached to the front wall of the feeding trough e.Their rear ends are freely movable and protrude through openings into the feed trough 0, the diameter of which is a certain amount larger than the cross-section of the rods. The free ends of the rods m in the trough 0 can be connected by wire or the like to extend their stirring action along the entire length of the trough under the piglets' jostling, thereby preventing or eliminating blockages in the feed's descent. The effect of these stirring devices is, as already mentioned, supported by the pendulum motion of the trough or by its vibrations when it strikes the mounting wall or similar structure under the piglets' jostling. The entire assembly can be covered by a hinged board r, as shown, which is rotatably attached to the rails Σ by means of the pins s. It slopes downwards and rests laterally on the arms of the frame c with the lugs t, such that its front edge lies within the frame c and therefore cannot be lifted or ingested by the sow with its snout. This board r prevents the sow from climbing onto the feed trough and from contaminating the feed with urine or feces. With this protective board r in place, the lid k of the feed container / can be omitted, leaving the top open. However, this requires some additional reinforcement of the container. Galvanized sheet iron is appropriately used as the material for the manufacture of the feeding trough in conjunction with the feed container, which of course does not exclude the use of any other suitable materials. Finally, it should be noted that the new feed trough is specifically adapted to the needs of piglet breeding,

Claims

that it can of course also be used for feeding other animals in stables, game enclosures, etc., namely wherever one wants to prevent the contamination and waste of feed. With appropriate widening of the board, the new feeding trough is well protected against rain, etc. Patent claims: I. Feeding trough for piglets with a feeding trough equipped with crossbars, dividing walls or the like, and above it a shaft connected to the '5 Feeding trough connected to a feed container, characterized in that the feeding trough hangs in a support frame provided with a movable trough protective lid, which is not adjustable relative to the support frame, and the support frame together with the trough and lid is attached to a wall in a height-adjustable manner and is designed as a protective bar, the horizontal and vertical distance of which from the floor and the front edge of the trough is dimensioned so that the piglets can eat, but it is impossible for the sow to reach the trough, 2. Feed trough for piglets according to claim ←, characterized in that the front wall (i) of the feed container ( / ) is guided in such a way that the piglets can only reach into the trough (e) with their heads, but cannot climb into it.

3. Feeding trough for piglets according to claim 3 and 2, characterized in that '# that the mutual distance of the crossbars, partition walls, etc., attached to the feeding trough (e), which are known in themselves, is only slightly greater than the snout width of the piglets.

4. Feeding trough for piglets according to claims ↑ to 3, characterized in that the crossbars (W) are only attached to the front wall of the feeding trough (e), but their rear free ends extend through openings in the front wall (i) of the feed container ( / ) into the sinking shaft (0), the diameter of which is a certain degree larger than the diameter of the crossbars (m).

5. Feeding trough for piglets according to claim ↑ to 4, characterized in that the rear free ends of the crossbars (to) in the shaft (0) are connected to each other, for example, with wire, in such a way that the stirring movement under the feeding movements of the piglets extends over the entire length of the sinking shaft (0).

6. Feed trough for piglets according to claims ↑ to 5, characterized in that the feed container (f) which is connected to the feeding trough as a whole is suspended by means of laterally attached pivot pins (d) on the support frame at a certain short distance from the wall of the sow pen in such a way that, during the feeding movements of the piglets, its back wall (h) strikes the wall or stops attached to the support frame intermittently, so that the resulting vibrations prevent blockages in the lowering of the feed from the feed container ( / ) into the feeding trough (e).

7. Feed trough for piglets according to claim 1, characterized in that the support frame of the feed trough consists of two vertical U-shaped iron rails (a) which are held by screw bolts embedded in the mounting wall, which protrude through elongated holes in the rails (&agr;), wherein the length of the elongated holes is selected so that the feed trough can be adjusted in its height on the mounting wall according to the growth of the piglets.

8. Feeding trough for piglets according to claim 1, characterized in that the front part of the iron bar (c) is articulated to its rear part and can be folded upwards or downwards as required and locked in its position.

9. Feeding trough for piglets according to claim i, characterized in that a foldable cover board (?#) is attached above the feeding trough by means of the pivot pins (s) on the rails (a), which is supported laterally on the iron frame (c) by means of the lugs (t) in such a way that it is directed obliquely downwards and its front edge is located inside the iron frame (c). This includes 1 sheet of drawings.