Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
119436000 | Permanent building (e.g., barn, stable, hog house, poultry house, etc.) | 58 |
20100064978 | MULTI-PURPOSE LIVESTOCK SHELTER - A multi-use hoop building structure which can be built of varying materials; it has a hoop rafter structure and a flexible fabric coating, and has multi-side wall options for configuration in a variety of different ways, i.e., curtains, solid sides, solid sides with window and/or door combinations, and combination sides using some or all of the above options. | 03-18-2010 |
20100101501 | URBAN ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND - A recreational structure for providing a cat with adequate shelter and play area. The structure comprises a central main living unit that connects to a rectangular litter housing member by means of hollow tubes. A multi-tiered unit is disposed on top the main living unit. The top tier of this unit connects to the first tube by means of a slanted second tube. An entrance/exit member provides access to the structure. This member is connected to the bottom tier of the multi-tiered unit by a third tube. The tiers connect to one another by means of stairs. | 04-29-2010 |
20120210945 | Cattle Feeding System and Shelter to Create a Controlled Environment - An improved cattle feeding system and shelter. The shelter has a building foundation frame extending upwardly from the ground with an awning frame extending upwardly from the foundation frame and over it. This allows for an awning to be placed over the shelter frame to at least partially enclose it. The awning has a portion which is optionally opened to selectively allow air ventilation or catching the warmth of a southern sun exposure. The shelter has a drover's alley gate configuration which may be placed within the interior of the building to help control animal movements. The entire system is built on a partial cement floor of a configuration which enhances cleanliness inside of the shelter. | 08-23-2012 |
20130220230 | Outdoor protective structure for cats - The present invention is used for outdoor protection of cats from predators and inclement weather conditions. A house of general rectangular shape may have three vertical walls attached between a top floor and a bottom floor to form a chamber that may be closed by a door. At least one intermediate floor may be attached between and generally parallel to the top and bottom floors. The multiple floors may have an opening formed at an edge or adjacent with an edge member so that the openings of adjacent floors are opposed and not aligned. A roof may be attached above the top floor and spaced apart to allow entry and exit of cats and protection from weather. A foundation with an access opening may be attached to the bottom floor and may subtend therefrom. | 08-29-2013 |
20160198685 | UPLAND BIRD ENCLOSURE WITH CONTROLLED EGRESS | 07-14-2016 |
119437000 | Poultry house | 20 |
20080202443 | POULTRY COOP - An improved poultry coop that facilitates the prevention of entry of predators and the transmission of pathogens to and between the housed birds. In a preferred embodiment, the coop, which advantageously meets bird flu guidelines, includes an insulated house, a covered run coupled to the house, and a covered feed house. All openings are preferably covered with ½″ hardware cloth or mesh wire. the same cloth or mesh wire is preferably buried beneath the earth below the coop and coupled to the coop. | 08-28-2008 |
20090025646 | Poultry flooring system - A poultry flooring system, comprising a housing structure having four walls and a floor; a substantially inelastic film member raised above the floor to provide a raised floor structure. The inelastic film member comprises apertures to permit waste products and ventilation to through said inelastic film member; wherein the inelastic film structure is maintained under tension to reduce need for independent support structures between the film member and the floor. In a preferred embodiment, an air bag system or other mechanical support system is used to reduce sag in the inelastic film supported under tension, whereby the inelastic film may me easily raised and lowered during use and harvest. | 01-29-2009 |
20100089334 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING POULTRY PRODUCTION - A method and apparatus is provided for raising poultry, such as chickens, for food production. In a first embodiment, the method includes the steps of: providing a facility for housing the poultry, providing at least one light-absorbing ventilation fan associated with the facility for ventilating the facility, exposing an interior of the facility to natural light cycles of an outside environment for a first period and regulating light cycles of the interior for a second period, thereby mimicking daylight duration variation representative of seasonal changes for stimulating sexual development of the poultry. In a second embodiment, the method includes the steps of: providing a facility for housing the poultry, providing at least one light-absorbing ventilation fan associated with the facility for ventilating the facility, limiting exposure of an interior of the facility to light to produce a brown-out effect therein for enhancing physical development of the poultry. | 04-15-2010 |
20100236491 | ADJOINING EXTRUSIONS FOR ANIMAL HUSBANDRY TUNNEL DOOR PANELS - An animal husbandry tunnel door with adjoining extrusions for closing a tunnel ventilation opening typically in a broiler house has opposing faces with top, bottom and side edges. The faces sandwich an insulation layer. The adjoining extrusions have a first door top, bottom and side extrusion, along with a second door side edge extrusion. The first door top, bottom and side edge extrusions each have parallel inner prongs with barbs and adjacent parallel outer flanges forming two slots therebetween for receiving the top, bottom and side edges of the opposing door faces as the inner prongs with barbs pass into the insulation and are held thereat. The second door side edge extrusion has parallel inner prongs adjacent parallel outer flanges forming two slots therebetween for receiving the other side face edges as the inner prongs with barbs pass into the insulation and are held thereat. The second extrusion has second opposing parallel skirt flanges with inward distal barbs adapted to impinge upon, securely capture and hold the outer flanges of one of the first extrusions of a second adjacent tunnel door. | 09-23-2010 |
20100236492 | METALLIZED ANIMAL HOUSE CURTAIN - An animal house curtain comprising a metallized composite sheet can be made from a sheet layer having two outer surfaces, the sheet layer comprising at least one of a nonwoven fabric, woven fabric, nonwoven fabric-film laminate, woven fabric-film laminate, film and composites thereof, and at least one coating on at least one outer surface of the sheet layer, said coating comprising a metal coating layer having a thickness between about 15 nanometers and about 200 nanometers adjacent the outer surface of the sheet layer and wherein the emissivity of the composite sheet is less than about 0.50. Optionally, an organic coating layer of a composition containing a material selected from the group consisting of compounds, polymers, oligomers and combinations thereof, having a thickness between about 0.2 micrometer and about 2.5 micrometers can be deposited on the metal layer. | 09-23-2010 |
20100294205 | POULTRY RAISING SYSTEM, POULTRY RAISING METHOD AND LUMINESCENT DEVICE FOR RAISING POULTRY - A poultry raising system includes a poultry house and facilities attached to the poultry house. The facilities include lighting facilities irradiating poultry with light; and the lighting facilities include a semiconductor light source, for irradiation with light having peak wavelength in the range of 550 to 650 nm emitted from the semiconductor light source. The light in this wavelength range has positive influence on sexual maturation, appetite, need for sleep and condition of internal organs. Light of shorter peak wavelength includes ultraviolet rays that cause stress on the poultry and attract insects. Light of longer wavelength includes infrared rays that increase temperature of the poultry and of the poultry house. It is possible to emit light having peak wavelength in a specific range effective to growth and fattening. Because of high electricity-to-light conversion efficiency, high economic efficiency can be attained, and CO | 11-25-2010 |
20110011350 | APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING POULTRY PRODUCTION - An apparatus and method are described for raising poultry, such as chickens, for food production. A facility for housing the poultry includes a wall with at least one light-absorbing ventilation fan for ventilating the facility and a movable curtain covering a curtain opening. A controller operates the movable curtain to expose an interior of the facility to natural light cycles of an outside environment for a first period and regulating light cycles of the interior for a second period, thereby mimicking daylight duration variation representative of seasonal changes for stimulating sexual development of the poultry. Alternatively, the controller operates the movable curtain to limit exposure of an interior of the facility to light to produce a brown-out effect therein for enhancing physical development of the poultry. The light absorbing material of the fan facilitates the lighting effect achieved by the controller's operation of, for example, the movable curtain. | 01-20-2011 |
20110061601 | Method and apparatus for reduction of ammonia, carbon dioxide and pathogens in chicken houses - A chicken or fowl grow out facility utilizes a ventilated floor assembly including a ventilated floor through which liquid and gas can flow, but which retains manure and other solids deposited thereon, and a bottom floor plenum underneath the ventilated floor. A liquid and vapor barrier sheet preferably covers the ground surface underneath the floor assembly which together insulate the high temperature of the grow-out facility from the heat sink effect of the lower temperature ground. Conventional tunnel ventilation of the chicken house through the ends of the house creates a negative pressure inside the house relative to the outside environment which is vented to the floor assembly plenum. As a result of this tunnel ventilation and negative pressure, moisture in the manure from urine and otherwise evaporates into the air in the growth chamber and floor assembly plenum to effectively keep dry the manure retained on the floor and reduce ammonia formation and pathogen growth. | 03-17-2011 |
20120067292 | CONTROL OF AMMONIA EMISSIONS FROM ANIMAL AGRICULTURE OPERATIONS - An apparatus is disclosed for applying a chemical, such as an ammonia control chemical, in an animal house. The apparatus includes spreading apparatus adapted to be installed at an elevated position in the animal house and adapted for spreading the chemical onto the floor in the house. The apparatus also includes feeding apparatus adapted for feeding the chemical from a supply to the spreading apparatus. A method of controlling ammonia emissions from an animal agriculture operation includes applying an ammonia control chemical during both the early part and the late part of the grow out of the animals so that the chemical contacts ammonia from animal waste and reduces or prevents its emission into the air. | 03-22-2012 |
20120255501 | Swiftlets Farming for Production of Edible Bird's Nests - A swiftlet breeding facility, for use in creating and harvesting edible bird's nests. The facility includes sub-systems for injecting live insect and worm prey, and water, into an aerial enclosure to provide a feeding system imitative of a natural swiftlet feeding environment. | 10-11-2012 |
20140318468 | SWIFTLETS FARMING FOR PRODUCTION OF EDIBLE BIRD'S NESTS - An edible bird's nests production facility, for use in creating and harvesting edible bird's nests. A plurality of arrangement of swiftlet's nesting substrates configured to maximize efficiency, productivity and high net worth value of the edible nests products created. The facility includes mechanized equipment and apparatus for harvesting swiftlet's edible nests at great heights; carriage of goods and equipment in swiftlets farming houses; safe and efficient collection of nests. | 10-30-2014 |
20160120144 | LIVESTOCK HOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a livestock house management system for managing a rearing environment of livestock. The livestock house management system includes an environment monitoring sensor unit installed in each of divided zones within a livestock house and configured to measure an environment variable indicating a state of a rearing environment of each of the zones, analyze the measured environment variable, and independently generate a command corresponding to an abnormal situation of each of the zones when the abnormal situation of each of the zones is checked, and a livestock house facility control unit installed in each of the zones and configured to receive the command from the environment monitoring sensor unit installed in a corresponding zone according to a wired or wireless communication scheme, and drive a livestock house facility according to the received command to independently control a rearing environment of each of the zones. | 05-05-2016 |
20190141960 | PREMIXED VENTILATED HENHOUSE | 05-16-2019 |
119442000 | With droppings handling | 7 |
20100186677 | POULTRY MANURE SKIMMER - A method and apparatus for sorting and removing waste from a poultry house is described. The apparatus sorts and deposits waste litter to a central location where it is then cleared using a separate machine. | 07-29-2010 |
20110303157 | Methods of Treating Waste from a Chicken House using Short Paper Fibers - A method of treating waste from poultry such as chickens in a chicken house is described wherein the method includes applying a layer of short paper fibers over a floor of the chicken house horizontally below the chickens in the chicken house, mixing manure from the chickens with the layer of short paper fibers, and removing the mixed manure and short paper fibers from the chicken house. The manure is turned with the layer of short paper fibers such that the manure and the short paper fibers are intimately mixed together. The removed mixture can be spread over land as fertilizer, mulch, or the like. | 12-15-2011 |
20120006279 | POULTRY REARING PROCESS - This invention relates to a process of rearing poultry. The process comprises the steps of housing the poultry in a heated poultry shed, collecting poultry litter from the poultry shed, thermally treating the poultry litter and harnessing heat generated by the thermally treated poultry litter, and heating the poultry shed using the harnessed heat. In this way, the poultry litter may be used to heat the poultry in the shed and other expensive fuels will not have to be purchased to carry out this task, thereby reducing the operating cost of the poultry rearing process. Furthermore, the poultry litter will be available in an abundant supply. Due to the fact that the fuel is so readily available, it is possible to preheat the sheds to the ideal temperature prior to receiving the poultry and ventilate the poultry sheds both of which will result in the poultry thriving. | 01-12-2012 |
20130092095 | Windrower Machine - A windrower machine having a pair of forward rotating augers mounted in parallel with one another in overlapping relationship with one another to work in conjunction with a blade and a backstop to form windrows to disrupt and reduce caked material to particulate in windrows as said machine is moved forwardly through a work area. | 04-18-2013 |
20130298842 | Deodorizing, sterilizing and moisture reduction system for chicken litter - A portable system for recycling used chicken litter in place which one can use to accommodate a succession of flocks, in the same commercial chicken house, with the same bedding material. The system comprises a litter pulverizer mounted within a hood-like housing, a high output ozone generator, fluidly connected thereto, which, in use, discharges ozone into a flux of pulverized chicken litter and pathogen-laden dust particulates, killing pathogens and neutralizing ammonia odors in the process, and an ultraviolet light source for further sterilizing pulverized litter and for destroying excess ozone discharged with it from the hood-like housing's base. Enhancing the system's pathogen-killing capacity are at least one hot air blower also fluidly connected to the hood-like housing and a moisture detector. The latter measures, in real time, the dryness of ozone-treated litter being discharged from the hood-like housing onto the chicken house floor. | 11-14-2013 |
20150083051 | POULTRY HOUSE WITH COMBINATION LITTER AND SLATS - A poultry house has a floor with a surface area. Litter covers substantially the entire surface area of the floor. A nourishment dispensing device, which is preferably a water trough or other watering device, is preferably positioned above the floor and litter in a nourishment area. A platform is located in the nourishment area above the litter and floor, and below the nourishment dispensing device. The platform is preferably comprised of a grate or a series of slats, and preferably extends throughout substantially the entire nourishment area. The platform is constructed with through-holes or slits which are structured to allow liquids, such as, to pass through the platform to the litter below. However, the through-holes or slits are not so large as to allow the feet of chicken or other poultry from passing there through to make contact with the wet litter below. | 03-26-2015 |
119443000 | Having combined roost and droppings board | 1 |
20120210946 | ENVIRONMENTAL HOUSING FOR LAYING HENS - The present invention provides an environmentally friendly housing for laying hens. A preferred embodiment includes a covered structure having perching area having a porous floor, a worm bed under the perching area in which worms feed upon the manure that falls through the porous floor, a back door for access to the worm bed, and nesting boxes for laying eggs. Some embodiments are modular and can be readily expanded in sections, with each section including the parts described above. Some embodiments include an enclosed yard area in which the hens can go outside the structure and still be safe from predators. Grain can be grown in a part of the enclosed yard, with irrigation for the grain being provided by a rainwater collection system on the roof of the structure. | 08-23-2012 |
119444000 | Hog house | 6 |
20090071409 | PIG FARMING METHOD - A pig-raising method is provided that decreases the bad odors of pig excreta, improves pig-raising efficiency, and stimulates the growth of the pigs so as to improve the quality of their meat so as to enable pig farmers to obtain good-quality meat. With the pig-raising method of the present invention (1) a pig house is provided with a water-supply system that passes water through first ceramic particles, with said activated water then supplied to pigs for drinking, and (2) pigs are fed a blended feed that consists of ordinary feed and second ceramic particles whose main component is silica obtained from plant materials and which constitutes 0.1%-3.0% of the weight of said blended feed. Further, there is spread over the floors of the pig houses a floor covering that consists of a mixture of sawdust and the second ceramic particles, with said second ceramic particles constituting 1.0%-10% of the weight of said floor covering. | 03-19-2009 |
20150320010 | METHOD AND BARN FOR KEEPING LIVESTOCK - Method and barn ( | 11-12-2015 |
119445000 | Farrowing house or shed | 1 |
20140202394 | Heat Lamp - An electrical heat lamp for pig breeding includes a housing and an electrical heating source. The heating source is a U-shaped, infrared electromagnetic radiation heating element, and includes an electric member portion for connecting to an external electric energy source. The heat lamp includes a reflector arranged in the housing, the reflector being adapted to reflect the electromagnetic radiation emitted from the heating source, is adapted to fit the shape of the heating source, and has a U-shaped groove which in turn has a parabolic cross section. The heat lamp includes a sealing member sealing the space or electrical connection between the heating source and the electric member portion against water; optionally, one or two more sealing members are provided. | 07-24-2014 |
119447000 | With building sanitary device or system | 3 |
20090101073 | Animal breeding plant - The inventive animal breeding plant comprises an animal stall area ( | 04-23-2009 |
20090301402 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CLEAN AIR TO ANIMAL ENCLOSURES - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for economically filtering air into swine farms and other animal enclosures. Advantageously, the invention substantially reduces the risk to airborne transfer of disease into animal enclosures. In one embodiment, a method for providing clean air to an animal enclosure includes providing an animal enclosure having an animal containing volume for containing a plurality of animals, removing air from the internal volume via at least one exhaust fan, and filtering air being pulled into the enclosure by the at least one exhaust fan using a fully sealed filter, the fully sealed filter having a particle separation sufficiently efficient to prevent detection of live (PRRS-) virus downstream the of filter, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of samples collected with a cyclonic aerosol collector. | 12-10-2009 |
20190144304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT OF CULTIVATION POLLUTION IN SCALABLE PIG FARM | 05-16-2019 |
119448000 | Building heating or forced air ventilation | 15 |
20110048333 | CLIMATE CONTROLLED PET SHELTER - An apparatus and method for moderating the environment of a pet shelter is provided. The apparatus may include a climate control device which may be attached to the pet shelter in order to regulate the temperature and environment within the pet shelter. The apparatus may also include a photoelectric control element electrically connected to the climate control device and operable based on the ambient light input from outside the pet shelter. The apparatus may regulate the environment of the pet shelter based on the ambient light outside of the pet shelter. | 03-03-2011 |
20110146582 | INDIVIDUAL ROOM DUCT AND VENTILATION SYSTEM FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION BUILDING - A livestock production building includes an automatically controllable ventilation system which provides ventilation to livestock containment rooms. Incoming air may be heated, cooled and/or filtered, and is mixed and tempered before being delivered to livestock rooms. Substantially all exhaust air is filtered to mitigate environmental impact. | 06-23-2011 |
20110214615 | ANIMAL CONFINEMENT HOUSING CONFIGURED FOR IMPROVED FORCED AIR VENTILATION - An animal confinement housing includes an air intake section and an animal confinement section. Air is drawn into the housing through the air intake section and directed through the confinement section to ventilate the confinement section and the animals confined therein. The height of the confinement section can be selectively varied between a raised position of sufficient height to permit personnel and equipment to enter the confinement section and a lowered position that is of sufficient height to accommodate the animals confined therein by reduces the cross-sectional area through the confinement section to increase the air flow rate through the confinement section, without requiring an increase in the rate of intake of air into the air intake section. | 09-08-2011 |
20110283952 | THERMAL CONDUCTIVE COOLING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LIVESTOCK FARM OPERATIONS - A system and method for the conductive cooling and warming of livestock. Heat exchangers are positioned beneath the cushion bedding areas of the animal so as to utilize on-site water, either in a single pass or a re-circulating system. In a single pass system the on-site water supply is diverted to the heat exchangers below the animal cushion bedding before returning to its original use for purposes such as drinking, wash down, or other processes. With the re-circulating system, a separate heat exchanger is located between the on-site water and the re-circulating water to the cushion bedding areas so as to exchange heat transferred from the animal lying on the cushion bedding above the heat exchanger. | 11-24-2011 |
20120055414 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCTION OF AMMONIA AND BACTERIA IN CHICKEN HOUSES AND OTHER POULTRY HOUSES - A chicken or poultry grow out facility utilizes a ventilated floor assembly including a ventilated floor through which liquid and gas can flow, but which retains manure and other solids deposited thereon, and a bottom air plenum underneath the ventilated floor which is vented to the poultry growth chamber. A liquid and vapor barrier sheet preferably covers the ground surface underneath the floor assembly which together insulate the high temperature of the grow-out facility from the heat sink effect of the lower temperature ground. Conventional tunnel ventilation of the chicken or poultry house through the ends of the house creates a negative pressure inside the growth chamber and air plenum relative to the outside environment. As a result of this tunnel ventilation and negative pressure, moisture in the manure evaporates into the air in the growth chamber and into the bottom air plenum to effectively dry the manure retained on the floor and reduce ammonia formation and bacteria growth. | 03-08-2012 |
20120067293 | Biofiltration Applicator for Controlling and Accessing the Initial Point of Contact - A woodchip based bio-filtration system for odor and particulate matter removal from exhaust fan emissions from confined animal feeding operation buildings where visual inspection of the initial point of contact between the airflow from the building and the organic media can be made, and where the initial point of contact is directly sprayed with nozzles and/or stirred or agitated manually or mechanically to disperse matter (feathers, dust, fecal matter, etc.) which might tend to restrict airflow through the media. | 03-22-2012 |
20120199080 | Climate Controlled Animal Shelter and Method of Using and Controlling Same - A climate controlled animal shelter and method of controlling a climate controlled animal shelter is presented. The animal shelter includes an interior volume and a climate unit. The climate unit comprises an air conditioner, an evaporative cooler, an electric heater, and a radiant heater. The radiant heater includes a length of tubing attached to the animal shelter, a quantity of heating material disposed within the length of tubing. The heating material is configured to receive thermal energy and radiate the received thermal energy into the interior volume of the animal shelter. | 08-09-2012 |
20130036985 | Synchonrous oscillating fan system for livestock shelter - A synchronous fan system is provided which intermittently calibrates the fans by rotating periodically the fans each to a common stop position. | 02-14-2013 |
20130087103 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION IN ANIMAL CONFINEMENT HOUSES - A method and apparatus for enhancing animal production in the animal confining house for raising the animals by improving health of the animals and reducing their rate of respiratory infections using an aerosol. The apparatus includes an animal confining house, containing an enclosed structure, a fan means, an aerosol generating means, and an aerosol delivery means. | 04-11-2013 |
20130098306 | LOOSE-HOUSE BARN WITH FLOOR HEATING - A barn in which dairy animals can freely move about, lie down and eat includes a floor, a light-transmitting roof construction, and a wall construction. The floor consists for the greater part of a moisture absorbing, pourable layer which is able to collect moisture from manure and urine. This moisture is removed by means of solar heat and wind drying, and if this is not sufficient, by means of a floor heating. There is thus only required a very limited stationary sub-floor with a manure collecting device, i.e. only below the milking implement. | 04-25-2013 |
20140000527 | ANIMAL CONFINEMENT HOUSING CONFIGURED FOR IMPROVED FORCED AIR VENTILATION | 01-02-2014 |
20140096719 | HOG CONFINEMENT BUILDING VENTILATION SYSTEM - A ventilation system is provided for a hog confinement building having a slatted floor, a manure reservoir beneath the floor, and a pump out pit in communication with the reservoir. The ventilation system includes a fan on top of the pump out pit, with an air conduit extending downwardly from the fan. A gate is slidably mounted on the conduit, with a float on the bottom end of the gate. The float sits on the surface of the manure, such that the gate rises and falls with changes in the manure level. A ventilation opening on the lower end of the gate allows air to be drawn from the manure reservoir adjacent the surface of the manure, upwardly through the conduit for expulsion by the fan. Air turbulence beneath the slatted floor is minimized to reduce or eliminate rising noxious gases through the slatted floor. | 04-10-2014 |
20150068466 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HOUSING AND PROTECTION DURING ADVERSE ENVIORNMENTAL CONDITIONS - An enclosure pod for housing and protection of an animal comprises a water-proof hardened structural shell defining a chamber; a door providing entry and exit from the chamber; an air supply system configured to provide sufficient life-sustaining air to the chamber; a lighting system configured to provide ambient lighting to the chamber; a food/water/medicine dispenser; a vitals measuring device; a camera including a speaker and microphone; a global positioning system; a communication system including a transceiver and an antenna; a strobe light; a beacon; | 03-12-2015 |
20160037743 | INDIVIDUAL ROOM DUCT AND VENTILATION SYSTEM FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION BUILDING - A livestock production building includes an automatically controllable ventilation system which provides ventilation to livestock containment rooms. Incoming air may be heated, cooled and/or filtered, and is mixed and tempered before being delivered to livestock rooms. Substantially all exhaust air is filtered to mitigate environmental impact. | 02-11-2016 |
20160106056 | Method and System for Housing and Protection During Adverse Environmental Conditions - An enclosure pod for housing and protection of an animal comprises a water-proof hardened structural shell defining a chamber; a door providing entry and exit from the chamber; an air supply system configured to provide sufficient life-sustaining air to the chamber; a lighting system configured to provide ambient lighting to the chamber; a food/water/medicine dispenser; a vitals measuring device; a camera including a speaker and microphone; a global positioning system; a communication system including a transceiver and an antenna; a strobe light; a beacon; a waste containment system; and a computer in communication with the door, the air supply system, lighting system, food/water/medicine dispenser, global positioning system, camera, vitals measuring device, and communication system, the computer being configured to automatically control and in response to remote control of the operations of these elements. | 04-21-2016 |
119449000 | Building with feeding related means | 4 |
20100116218 | FEEDING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a feeding apparatus ( | 05-13-2010 |
20130055961 | APPARATUS FOR COVERING A FEEDING APERTURE OF AN ANIMAL SHELTER AND AN ANIMAL SHELTER - Apparatus for covering a feeding aperture ( | 03-07-2013 |
20140230744 | Swiftlets Farming for Production of Edible Bird's Nests - A swiftlet breeding facility, for use in creating and harvesting edible bird's nests. The facility includes sub-systems for injecting live insect and worm prey, and water, into an aerial enclosure to provide a feeding system imitative of a natural swiftlet feeding environment. | 08-21-2014 |
20150296749 | Swiftlets Farming for Production of Edible Bird's Nests - A swiftlet breeding facility, for use in creating and harvesting edible bird's nests. The facility includes sub-systems for injecting live insect and worm prey, and water, into an aerial enclosure to provide a feeding system imitative of a natural swiftlet feeding environment. | 10-22-2015 |
119450000 | Building floor having waste collecting gutter or draining means | 8 |
20100012046 | ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY - A method of separating the liquid waste from solid waste produced by a farm animal in order to capture and separate environmentally undesirable components from animal waste, the method comprising providing an animal shelter structure that comprises a canopy above a floor that includes a plurality of openings to allow waste produced by animals standing on the floor to pass through the floor and into a basement below the floor, wherein the basement includes a fluid outlet to allow a draining of fluid received in the basement to pass through the opening and into a reservoir, and allowing draining of at least some of the liquid from the basement and into the reservoir prior to removing the remaining waste from the basement. | 01-21-2010 |
20110155074 | SYSTEM FOR A FREE STALL BARN WITH A GROOVED FLOOR, CORRESPONDING PRECAST CONCRETE SLAB AND ANIMAL KEEPING METHOD - A cubicle barn or the like for keeping livestock, in particular for cattle, having a grooved floor. Preferably U-profile members comprised of fracture-resistant rigid plastic or metal are introduced part-way into said grooves, wherein each U-profile member has a base for transporting the manure along said base, and side walls projecting in part above said concrete, and an anti-slip covering is provided filling the space above the concrete floor and between projecting side-walls of adjacent U-shaped profiles to form with the upper edges of said side walls a planar walking surface between said grooves. The grooves are thus less liable to break over time. | 06-30-2011 |
20120024236 | LIVESTOCK HOUSE - An improved livestock house includes a slanted floor, a funnel-shaped ditch coupled to a lower end of the slanted floor, a hole board installed at a connecting position of the slanted floor and the ditch, and a flush pipe installed at the front of the ditch. The slanted floor can make animals to excrete manure with their bottom facing downward involuntarily, and most of the animal's manures together with urines are flushed into the ditch through the hole board and the manures entering into the ditch become smaller, and the smaller manures are collected by the urines or flushed by water in the flush pipe to a lower position of the ditch and then discharged to a wastewater treatment facility. The livestock house maintains a dry environment, improves problems of fermentations and bad smells, removes stinky wastewater, and maximizes the utility to achieve the economic, power-saving and environmental protection effects. | 02-02-2012 |
20130047930 | MODULAR TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR ANIMALS - A system for handling animals includes: a movable series of modules to contain the animals; a plurality of stations at a first location in a facility, at least one station to communicate with at least one module, whereby substances may be dispensed to a module from a station and/or materials may be collected from a module by a station; a first transporter for transporting the series in a first direction and to transport a module from a second location in the facility to a first position between the first and second locations; a second transporter for transporting the series in a second direction and to transport a module from the first position to a second position nearer the stations; a source of a first motive force to move modules on the first transporter; and a source of a second motive force to move modules to the second transporter. | 02-28-2013 |
20150034017 | WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An enclosure for retaining animals within a closure wall. The enclosure includes a false floor panel having a multiplicity of orifices formed therethrough. The panel has a generally horizontal surface on which the animals can be supported. A subfloor includes a surface which is angled downwardly relative to the horizontal surface of the false floor. A plurality of generally vertical stem walls engage an underside of the false floor panel to support the panel. | 02-05-2015 |
20150334980 | Cattle Floor - Floor for animals such as cattle, comprising a base structure and a top layer, wherein the top layer is permeable to fluid portions of animal faeces and/or animal urine, but impermeable to solid parts of the animal faeces, wherein the base structure comprises voids for receiving said fluid portions and/or urine passing through the top layer, wherein the base structure comprises an array base elements forming a substantially continuous deck supporting the top layer, wherein the deck is arranged for passing said fluids into internal volumes of the base elements forming said voids, the internal volumes of at least a number of said base elements being in fluid communication with each other, preferably such that fluids received in said internal volumes can be removed from the base elements by flow through said internal volumes. | 11-26-2015 |
119451000 | With mechanical scraper or conveyor | 2 |
20110297099 | DEVICE FOR REMOVING MANURE FROM A FLOOR - The present invention relates to a device for removing manure present on a floor, including a frame, a drive for moving the device over the floor and at least one manure slide which has an upper edge, wherein the manure slide is held by the frame by means of a connection structure, wherein the connection structure includes a first rotational connection with a first substantially horizontal rotational centre line which is located below at least a portion of the upper edge of a manure-pushing wall portion of the manure slide. | 12-08-2011 |
20120291714 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR A DUNG SCRAPING DEVICE - A dung scraping device includes a safety system, a dung scraper ( | 11-22-2012 |