Fly Larvae Breeding Apparatus with Movable Quadrangle Chambers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fly larvae breeding apparatuses face inefficiencies due to increased feed management, stress from noise and vibrations, and poor space utilization, leading to decreased breeding efficiency and high maintenance costs.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus features quadrangle-shaped breeding chambers that move along a rail, with a vertically moving cover providing optimized habitat environments, allowing for automated and efficient breeding by staging the growth of larvae and separating breeding and metamorphosis chambers for optimized space use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the breeding box is secured to a conveyor belt and driven, then the larvae can be moved through different breeding stages, but the amount of feed increases and excretion treatment becomes difficult, decreasing breeding efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the breeding chamber movable along a guide rail instead of using a conveyor belt system. The breeding chamber can be moved to different positions (first position for breeding, second position for collection) while maintaining a fixed overall structure. This dynamic positioning allows for efficient feed management and excretion treatment without requiring continuous conveyor operation, thereby improving breeding efficiency while controlling feed consumption.
2Productivity
If the breeding chambers are arranged in a circle, then consecutive breeding can be performed, but the area of the breeding chamber increases and space application becomes poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a circular horizontal arrangement to a linear arrangement with vertical movement. The breeding chamber moves along a guide rail in a linear path, utilizing vertical space and linear configuration instead of circular horizontal space. This dimensional change allows for consecutive breeding while optimizing the use of available space and reducing the overall area required for the breeding chamber.
3Ease of operation
If the breeding box is driven on a conveyor belt, then larvae can be transported, but noise and vibrations increase causing stress to the larvae
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the harmful conveyor belt system and replaces it with a simpler moving mechanism. The breeding chamber is moved along a guide rail using a more controlled and quieter mechanism, separating the transport function from the noisy conveyor belt system. This extraction of the harmful element (conveyor belt) eliminates the source of noise and vibrations while maintaining the essential larvae transport capability.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the metamorphosis chamber is not directly connected, then larvae can be bred separately, but manual selection and movement are required, reducing work efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by positioning the metamorphosis chamber in direct connection with the breeding chamber before larvae need to be transferred. The breeding chamber is moved to a second position that directly connects to the metamorphosis chamber, allowing grown-up larvae to automatically enter the metamorphosis chamber without manual intervention. This preliminary positioning enables automated transfer while maintaining separate breeding control.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an apparatus for breeding fly larvae, and more particularly, to an apparatus for breeding fly larvae in which a breeding chamber is divided into multiple square sections to enable larvae to progressively grow and to complete the growth thereof, the larvae with the exception of those having escaped to an emergency chamber, are collected, and the larvae having escaped to the emergency chamber emerge as flies and are moved to a fly habitat chamber arranged above the breeding chamber to live and oviposit into the breeding chamber, and the above-described process is repeated so as to automatically breed larvae. To this end, the apparatus for breeding fly larvae of the present invention comprises: a fly habitat; a larvae-breeding area installed in the fly habitat; and a lid covering an upper portion of the larvae-breeding area, wherein the larvae-breeding area includes a pillar unit installed on the bottom of the fly habitat, and multiple breeding chambers installed in the pillar unit such that the breeding chambers operate independently.