JPS6337811Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Field of industrial application] This invention relates to an egg transfer mechanism of an automatic egg collection device for a chicken house.

In a poultry house housing tens of thousands of chickens, it is common to provide multiple rows of multi-tiered cages in the longitudinal direction of the poultry house, and to manage the raising of chickens within these cages. For this reason, egg collection is carried out by installing an egg collection belt on the front of each stage of cages to transport the eggs, and driving this belt with an egg collection device placed at the end of each row of cages. , the eggs collected in each row of cages are collected at the end of the cage row, and are then washed and sorted as necessary, or transported to another egg collection site and packed in boxes. There is.

[Prior art]

In conventional egg collection devices, eggs transferred from each stage of cages by an egg collection belt are first diverted by a deflector and positioned below the guide members between several guide members. placed on the finger belt. These eggs are then picked up one by one by a number of movable fingers attached to the finger belt and conveyed downwards, and are in turn scooped from the movable fingers by a fixed finger before being transferred to the transfer belt. This belt continuously transports the eggs to the outside for washing, sorting, etc.

However, when the eggs are diverted from the egg collection belt by the deflector and transferred onto the guide member, more than one egg passes through at a time.
This has resulted in inconveniences such as errors in egg counting and eggs being pushed by subsequent eggs and breaking as they pass through narrow passages.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

This invention attempts to eliminate such drawbacks in conventional egg collection devices. For this reason, in this invention, the configuration is such that the eggs are reliably transferred one by one from the egg collection belt to the guide member, and the deflector is also configured to deform and prevent the eggs from breaking even if they are pushed in by subsequent eggs. This is what I am trying to do.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to solve the above problems, according to this invention, an egg collection belt that runs vertically along a large number of cages housing chickens is driven, and the eggs collected at the end of the cage row are collected at the end of the cage row. In an automatic egg collecting device for a poultry house, the eggs are transferred one by one to a fixed finger by a movable finger attached to a swinger belt and transferred to a transfer belt, thereby continuously transferring the eggs to the outside. a guide trough having an egg outlet located along the egg belt;
an elastic deflector disposed diagonally across the egg collecting belt and having a tip directed toward the discharge port of the trough; a tension spring pressing the deflector from the back surface; and an elastic deflector disposed diagonally across the egg collection belt; Provided is an egg transfer mechanism for an automatic egg collection device for a poultry house, characterized in that it is configured with a flag that suppresses the intrusion of eggs.

[Effect]

Since this device is constructed as described above, the eggs are reliably transferred one by one from the outlet of the guide trough, the counting of eggs is performed accurately by the counter, and the deflector is operated by a tension spring. Since the egg is elastically guided to the outlet, there is no risk of the egg breaking.

〔Example〕

Next, one embodiment of the egg transfer mechanism according to this invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the device of this invention in a perspective view. An egg collection belt 2 running longitudinally of the chicken house along the front of a number of cages (not shown) housing chickens.
is placed. This egg collection belt is configured as an endless conveyor that runs across both ends of the cage row. A guide trough 4 is arranged along the egg collection belt to guide the belt and the eggs from the cage egg receptacle to the egg lifting device. The trough 4 has an egg discharge port 8 at the connection with the egg lifting device 6. A deflector 10 made of a thin plate of stainless steel or the like is arranged across the egg collecting belt 2, and the tip of the deflector 10 is curved and directed toward the outlet 8 of the guide trough 4. A large number of eggs transferred by the egg collecting belt 2 are aligned toward the discharge port. Deflector 10
A tension spring 12 is attached near the discharge port of the guide trough 4 so as to elastically press the eggs from the back surface of the guide trough 4, so that the eggs transferred by the egg collection belt 2 and aligned by the deflector 10 are transferred to the discharge port 8. Prevents two or more from entering. Tension springs are made from elastic metal plates such as stainless steel.

A flag 16 made of a plastic plate is fixed by a retainer 18 above the upper transfer finger 14 of the egg lifting device 6. This flag 16 faces the deflector 10 across the discharge port 8, and prevents eggs from jumping out from the discharge port onto the fingers. Ensure egg counts.

〔effect〕

The dimension between the outlet end and the deflector tip is
It is set slightly larger than the average short axis of the eggs, thus preventing more than one egg from coming out from the outlet.
Moreover, although the eggs near the discharge port are pushed by the following eggs, there is no fear that the eggs will break because the deflector 10 is bent by the action of the tension spring 12. Furthermore, the flag 16 provided opposite the deflector 10 prevents the egg from jumping out onto the transfer finger 14 quickly, thereby effectively preventing the egg from breaking.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the egg rolling mechanism according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the mechanism shown in FIG. 1. 2... egg collecting belt, 4... guide trough, 6...
Egg lifting device, 8...egg discharge port, 10...deflector, 12...tension spring, 14...transfer finger, 16...flag, 18...retainer, 20...egg counter.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An egg collection belt that runs vertically along a large number of cages housing chickens is driven, and the eggs are collected at the end of a row of cages, one by one, by a movable finger attached to the finger belt of an egg lifting device. An automatic egg collection device for a poultry house configured to transfer eggs to a fixed finger and transfer them to a transfer belt, thereby continuously transferring the eggs to the outside, the egg collection device having an egg discharge port disposed along the egg collection belt. a guide trough which is arranged diagonally across the egg collection belt, an elastic deflector whose tip is directed toward the discharge port of the trough, a tension spring which presses the deflector from the back surface of the deflector; An egg transfer mechanism for an automatic egg collection device for a poultry house, characterized by comprising a flag that faces a deflector and suppresses the intrusion of eggs.