ANIMAL KEEPING APPARATUS Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture, in particular, animal farming.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus has rectangular construction with manure and feed remains collecting room arranged in end section of construction, room with manure fermentation ground, ventilation and filtering chambers. In cow keeping room, manure channels are widened from manure passage strips to feeders and divided by triangular projection provided with litter into trough for cow's fore legs and trough for hind legs. Said channels are deepened to the level of surface of transverse manure passages. Conveyors of unified construction and dimensions are mounted on bottom of troughs and feeders to form circular contour. Conveyors have upper part made in the form of strip of pivotally connected elastic plates of length equal to width of stall and lower part made in the form of rings of anchor chain, which is laid in slots formed on feeder and trough bottom, with charging hoppers. Hoppers are arranged in transverse feed and manure passage, to which milking room adjoins. Milking room is furnished with driven cleaning stations made in the form of, for example, strings. Cleaning stations are arranged in transverse passage, to which manure and feed remains collecting room adjoins. Perforated air duct is hung under roof ridge of cow room and is connected through X-shaped branch pipe with tubular ozonizer, air heater and high-pressure fan, which are arranged in ventilation chamber. X-shaped branch pipe is fitted with gates. High-pressure fan is connected through collector with set of perforated pipes mounted in bottom of manure fermentation ground. Air ducts built in triangular projections of cow's room are equipped with branch pipes serving as fastening members for side partitions and with perforations arranged at the level of surface of manure passage strips. Suction flare is positioned in room with manure fermentation ground at 1.5 m height, said flare being communicated with outside air. Filtering system has high-pressure fan connected with ammonia and carbonic acid assimilator.

EFFECT: reduced contamination of environment, improved animal keeping conditions and microclimate in keeping room and reduced labor intensity.

9 cl, 5 dwg