Removable Collar for Poultry Drinking Trough Adaptability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional suspended drinking troughs for poultry lack the ability to adapt to the size of the birds as they grow, leading to inefficiencies in water consumption and splashing due to a fixed provisioning rim.
Innovation Solution
A removable collar with crescent-shaped surfaces that can be easily attached to the drinking trough, increasing the capacity and extension of the provisioning rim, allowing for adaptation to larger birds like turkeys.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed provisioning rim is used in conventional drinking troughs, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the trough cannot adapt to the size of growing poultry leading to water waste and splashing
Solution Approach 1:
The drinking trough is divided into two separate components: a base trough and a removable collar. The collar can be detached and replaced to adapt to different poultry sizes, allowing the system to maintain simplicity in each individual component while achieving overall adaptability through modular combination.
Solution Approach 2:
The collar is designed with removable and replaceable characteristics, transforming the static fixed rim into a dynamic adjustable component. This allows the provisioning rim to change size according to poultry growth stages, improving adaptability without permanently complicating the base trough structure.
2Loss of substance
If the provisioning rim extension is increased to accommodate larger birds, then water retention improves and splashing reduces, but the manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The collar component can be manufactured separately using standard molding processes, then attached to the base trough. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining manufacturing simplicity, as the collar can be produced in advance and assembled when needed rather than requiring complex integrated manufacturing.
Solution Approach 2:
The collar is designed to fit over and surround the base trough, creating a nested configuration. This nesting approach allows the collar to be attached without requiring modification of the base trough structure, simplifying manufacturing while achieving the desired increased rim extension for better water retention.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a removable collar is added to increase capacity and rim extension, then adaptability to poultry size improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The drinking trough system is segmented into a base trough and a removable collar component. This segmentation enables adaptability to different poultry sizes through simple attachment and detachment of the collar, while keeping each individual component relatively simple in design and manufacturing.
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AI summary
A collar (5) for a drinking trough for poultry rearing of the type comprising a bowl (2) provided with two diametrally opposite side supports (3) provided for hanging said bowl in an operative condition of the drinking trough. The collar (5) is pre-arranged for being mounted in a removable way on the bowl (2) of the drinking trough so that it surrounds the latter, and has a peripheral surface (6,7), which, in the condition where the collar is mounted, increases the capacity and extension of the provisioning rim of the drinking trough.