Poultry Feeder With Separable Pan And Adjustable Height
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing poultry feeders fail to efficiently manage feed access for day-old chicks and fully grown birds, leading to feed wastage and hygiene issues due to uncontrolled access, which increases labor and management costs and mortality rates.
Innovation Solution
A poultry feeder assembly with a separable pan and adjustable height system, featuring a Feeder Pan-Cone and Drop Tube-Sleeves middle piece for easy cleaning and adaptable feed distribution, along with a Feeder Grill that minimizes chick entry while providing comfortable access for birds of all sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If feed is made accessible to day-old chicks by placing it in shallow pans on the floor, then chicks can easily access the feed, but feed wastage and soiling increase due to uncontrolled access
Solution Approach 1:
The feeder is divided into separate functional components: a hopper for feed storage, a controlled discharge mechanism with adjustable openings, and a collection pan. This segmentation allows feed to be stored centrally and distributed controllably, preventing the need to place large amounts of feed accessible to chicks while reducing wastage through controlled access.
Solution Approach 2:
A controlled discharge mechanism acts as an intermediary between the feed hopper and the collection pan. This intermediary device regulates feed flow through adjustable openings, allowing feed to be delivered to chicks in a controlled manner rather than being freely accessible, thus reducing soiling and wastage while maintaining accessibility.
2Productivity
If a single feeder is designed to serve both day-old chicks and grown-up birds, then labor and management costs are reduced, but the feeder structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The feeder incorporates multiple functional elements within a single structure: adjustable discharge openings that can be modified for different bird sizes, a hopper that serves all stages, and a collection pan that accommodates various bird types. This multi-functionality allows one feeder to serve day-old chicks, growing birds, and adult birds throughout their development, improving productivity while managing complexity through integrated design.
Solution Approach 2:
The feeder includes adjustable components such as movable discharge openings and height-adjustable elements that can be dynamically modified as birds grow. This dynamic adaptability allows the same feeder structure to accommodate changing needs of birds at different growth stages, achieving universality without requiring completely different feeders for each stage.
3Ease of repair
If the pan is made separable from the drop tube, then cleaning and feed retrieval are simplified, but the assembly and disassembly process requires additional time
Solution Approach 1:
The feeder is designed with separable components including a removable pan and detachable drop tube sections. This segmentation allows the pan to be easily removed for thorough cleaning and complete feed retrieval, addressing hygiene requirements. The modular design enables quick reassembly using simple connection mechanisms, minimizing the time penalty for disassembly and assembly.
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AI summary
This invention comprises a poultry feeder assembly (3) for providing access to feed to chicks of small breeds as well as growing and fully grown up birds from the same poultry feeder assembly, provided with a barrier to minimize entry of the chicks inside a feed containing pan (25) of the poultry feeder assembly. The poultry feeder assembly being attachable to a feeder pipe (4) that has spiral auger for automatic conveying of feed from a small hopper (2) to the poultry feeder assembly attached to the pipe, and the pipe is provided with a system for level adjustment or height adjustment from ground or floor of a poultry house; wherein, the pan for holding the feed is separable for cleaning purposes from the tube that conveys feed received from a feeding pipe to the pan.