阅读说明：本技术 饲养系统和用于饲养动物的方法以及饲料抓具 (Feeding system and method for feeding animals and feed gripper ) 是由 J·范德林德 于 2020-04-16 设计创作，主要内容包括：一种用于饲养动物、特别是乳牛的饲养系统包括：饲料储存系统,所述饲料储存系统用于储存用于所述动物的饲料；以及饲料装载装置,所述饲料装载装置用于将来自所述饲料储存系统的一批饲料装载到自主饲养装置的容器中,以便饲养所述动物。所述饲料装载装置设置有饲料抓具,所述饲料抓具包括能够在打开位置与闭合位置之间铰接的两个抓斗。所述饲料抓具包括用于将所述抓斗从所述打开位置致动到所述闭合位置的致动装置。所述致动装置包括连接到所述抓斗中的一个抓斗并且包括卷绕圆周的可旋转驱动的卷起本体,以及连接在所述卷起本体与另一个抓斗之间的臂。所述臂包括多个相互铰接地连接的臂区段,所述臂区段由不锈钢或者具有与不锈钢基本上相同的强度和耐腐蚀性的材料制成。在所述抓斗的打开位置,所述臂区段基本上彼此成直线延伸。当所述卷起本体被可旋转地驱动时,所述臂区段从所述抓斗的打开位置围绕所述卷起本体的卷绕圆周卷绕,以便将所述抓斗拉向所述闭合位置。所述臂区段以此方式被配置为使得所述卷起本体的卷绕圆周能够基本上全部被至多8个臂区段、优选地至多6个臂区段、特别是2个或3个或4个或5个臂区段覆盖。(A feeding system for feeding animals, in particular dairy cattle, comprising: a feed storage system for storing feed for the animal; and a feed loading device for loading a batch of feed from the feed storage system into the container of the autonomous feeding device for feeding the animal. The feed loading device is provided with a feed gripper comprising two grapples that can be articulated between an open position and a closed position. The feed grab comprises an actuating means for actuating the grab from the open position to the closed position. The actuating device comprises a rotatably driven roll-up body connected to one of the grapples and comprising a winding circumference, and an arm connected between the roll-up body and the other grapple. The arm comprises a plurality of hingedly interconnected arm sections made of stainless steel or a material having substantially the same strength and corrosion resistance as stainless steel. In the open position of the grab, the arm sections extend substantially in line with each other. When the roll-up body is rotatably driven, the arm segments are wound from the grapple open position around a winding circumference of the roll-up body to pull the grapple towards the closed position. The arm sections are configured in such a way that the winding circumference of the roll-up body can be substantially completely covered by at most 8 arm sections, preferably at most 6 arm sections, in particular 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 arm sections.)

1. A feeding system for feeding animals (9), in particular dairy cattle, comprising:

-a feed storage system (7) for storing feed for the animals (9),

-an autonomous feeding device (10) for feeding the animals (9) with feed from the feed storage system (7), wherein the feeding device (10) is provided with a container (12) for receiving a batch of feed,

-a feed loading device (20) for loading feed from the feed storage system (7) into a container (12) of the autonomous feeding device (10), wherein the feed loading device (20) is provided with a feed gripper (24) comprising two grabs (41, 42) which can be articulated between an open position and a closed position, and wherein the feed gripper (24) is provided with an actuating device for actuating the grabs (41, 42) from the open position to the closed position,

characterized in that the actuating device is provided with a rotatably driven roll-up body (60) connected to one of the grapples (41) and comprising a winding circumference, and an arm (61) connected between the roll-up body (60) and the other grapple (42), wherein the arm (61) comprises a plurality of arm sections (62, 63, 64, 65) hingedly connected to each other, which are made of stainless steel or a material having substantially the same strength and corrosion resistance as stainless steel, wherein in the open position of the grapples (41, 42) the arm sections (62, 63, 64, 65) extend substantially in line with each other, and wherein the arm sections (62, 63, 64, 65) are wound from the open position of the grapples (41, 42) around the winding circumference of the roll-up body when the roll-up body (60) is rotatably driven, in order to pull the grapple (41, 42) towards the closed position, and wherein the arm sections (62, 63, 64, 65) are configured in such a way that the winding circumference of the roll-up body (60) can be substantially completely covered by at most 8 arm sections, preferably at most 6 arm sections, in particular 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 arm sections.

2. The feeding system according to claim 1, wherein the grapple (41, 42) and/or the roll-up body (60) and/or the arm (61) are all made of stainless steel or a material having substantially the same strength and corrosion resistance as stainless steel.

3. The feeding system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the roll-up body (60) performs more than 1 turn, such as substantially 1.5 turns, when the grapple (41, 42) is moved from the open position to the closed position, and wherein only one further arm section (65) extends on top of or beside the roll-up body (60) after its winding circumference is substantially entirely covered by the plurality of arm sections (62, 63, 64).

4. The feeding system according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein each arm section (62, 63, 64, 65) has a pitch length (s1, s2) determined by the distance between the two hinge axes (67) of the arm section (62, 63, 64, 65), and wherein the sum of the pitch lengths (s1) of the arm section (62) connected to the roll-up body (60) and the adjacent 2 or 3 arm sections (63, 64) is substantially equal to or greater than the winding circumference of the roll-up body (60) in order to substantially completely cover the roll-up body (60) in the closed position.

5. The feeding system according to claim 4, wherein a pitch length (s1) of an arm section (62) connected to the roll-up body (60) and a pitch length (s1) of the adjacent arm section (62, 63) which together substantially completely cover the winding circumference in the closed position of the grapple (41, 42) are substantially equal to each other, wherein the pitch length (s2) of a following arm section (65) is larger than the pitch length (s1) of an arm section (62) connected to the roll-up body (60).

6. The feeding system according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the roll-up body (60) is provided with a winding core (69) determining the winding circumference and a crank arm (71) attached to the winding core (69) and projecting radially with respect to the winding core (69), and wherein an arm section (62) connected to the roll-up body (60) is hingedly connected to the crank arm (71), and wherein the arm section (62, 63, 64, 65) is wound around the winding core (69) from the open position of the grapple (41, 42) when the roll-up body (60) is rotatably driven.

7. The feeding system according to claim 6, wherein the winding core (69) comprises a substantially cylindrical outer surface (70), and wherein arm sections (62, 63, 64) wound from an open position of the grapple (41, 42) around the winding core (69) and in contact with the outer surface (70) on a longitudinal side thereof when the roll-up body (60) is rotatably driven are provided with longitudinal edges (72) on the longitudinal side, the edges having a shape at least partially corresponding to the outer surface (70).

8. The feeding system according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the feed gripper (24) is suspended from a crane (22) so as to be vertically displaceable by means of a lifting device (50) comprising a first electric motor (52) fitted to the crane (22), and wherein the actuating device for actuating the grabs (41, 42) from the open position to the closed position is provided with a second electric motor (53) fitted to the crane (22), and a transmission for transmitting a driving torque from the second electric motor (53) to a roll-up body (60) connected to one of the grabs (41).

9. The feeding system according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein each grapple (41, 42) comprises a grapple bottom (45) having a bottom edge (46), and wherein each grapple (41, 42) is provided with grapple side walls (47) extending on either side of the grapple bottom (45) of the grapple (41, 42), wherein each grapple side wall (47) is delimited by side edges (48), wherein the bottom edge (46) of the grapple bottom (45) and the side edges (48) of the grapple side walls (47) substantially abut each other in the closed position of the grapple (41, 42).

10. The feeding system according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the feed storage system (7) comprises a plurality of feed storage locations (19) separated from each other, wherein the feed gripper (24) is arranged above the feed storage locations (19) so as to be displaceable in a substantially horizontal plane and substantially vertically so as to grip in each case a quantity of feed from one of the feed storage locations (19) and transfer it to a container (12) of the autonomous feeding device (10) so as to load it with a batch of feed for the animal (9).

11. The feeding system according to one or more of claims 1-9, wherein the feed gripper is integrated with the autonomous feeding device.

12. The feeding system according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the feeding system (1) comprises at least one feed pen (31) for feeding the animals (9), and wherein the feeding apparatus (10) is configured to autonomously move a batch of feed contained in the container (12) from the feed storage system (7) to the feed pen (31) and autonomously distribute and/or meter the feed along the feed pen (31).

13. A feed gripper comprising two grabs (41, 42) which can be articulated between an open position and a closed position, wherein the feed gripper (24) is provided with actuating means for actuating the grabs (41, 42) from the open position into the closed position, characterized in that the actuating means are provided with a rotatably driven roll-up body (60) which is connected to one of the grabs (41) and comprises a winding circumference, and an arm (61) which is connected between the roll-up body (60) and the other grabs (42), wherein the arm comprises a plurality of mutually hingedly connected arm sections (62, 63, 64, 65) which are made of stainless steel or a material having substantially the same strength and corrosion resistance as stainless steel, wherein in the open position of the grabs (41, 42), the arm sections (62, 63, 64, 65) extend substantially in line with each other, and wherein the arm sections (62, 63, 64, 65) are wound from an open position of the grapple (41, 42) around a winding circumference of the roll-up body when the roll-up body (60) is rotatably driven, in order to pull the grapple (41, 42) towards the closed position, and wherein the arm sections (62, 63, 64, 65) are configured such that the winding circumference of the roll-up body (60) can be substantially completely covered by at most 8 arm sections, preferably at most 6 arm sections, in particular 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 arm sections.

14. A feed gripper according to claim 13, wherein the feed gripper (24) is configured according to one or more of claims 2-9.

15. Method for keeping animals (9), in particular cows, by means of a keeping system (1) according to one or more of claims 1 to 12, and wherein the method comprises the following steps:

a) -gripping a quantity of feed from the feed storage system (7) by means of the feed gripper (24), and moving the feed gripper (24) with the gripped feed until it is above a container (12) of the rearing device (10) in order to introduce the feed into the container (12),

b) repeating step a) to load a batch of feed into the receptacle (12) of the feeding device (10),

c) moving the feeding device (10) containing the batch of feed in the container (12) autonomously towards the animal (9).