INSTALLATION FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID FEED TO AN ANIMAL AND AN AUTONOMOUSLY DISPLACEABLE VEHICLE FOR USE IN SUCH AN INSTALLATION
First Claim
1. An installation for supplying liquid feed to an animal, wherein the installation comprises one or more feed loading places and one or more feed unloading places, one or more vehicles that are autonomously displaceable, controlled by a processor, between one or more feed loading places and one or more feed unloading places, each vehicle comprising a drinking nozzle.
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Abstract
An installation for supplying liquid feed to an animal, such as a calf. The installation comprises one or more feed loading places (1) and one or more feed unloading places (2-5), and one or more vehicles (9) that are autonomously displaceable, controlled by a microprocessor or the like, between one or more feed loading places and one or more feed unloading places, each vehicle comprising a drinking nozzle (10), such as a flexible teat.
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23 Claims
- 1. An installation for supplying liquid feed to an animal, wherein the installation comprises one or more feed loading places and one or more feed unloading places, one or more vehicles that are autonomously displaceable, controlled by a processor, between one or more feed loading places and one or more feed unloading places, each vehicle comprising a drinking nozzle.
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22. An installation for supplying liquid feed to an animal, wherein the installation comprises:
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an automatic milking robot; one or more feeding places, each for containing one or more animals; an autonomously displaceable vehicle, comprising a milk reservoir, a drinking nozzle and an animal identification device for identifying an animal, the vehicle being arranged to load milk into the milking reservoir from the automatic milking robot, to move to a feeding place, and to supply feed to an animal at the feeding place on the basis of its identity.
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23. In an installation for supplying liquid feed to an animal, comprising a feed loading place, an animal feeding place and an autonomously displaceable vehicle having a drinking nozzle, a method of supplying feed to an animal comprising:
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moving the vehicle to the feed loading place; loading the vehicle with liquid feed; moving the vehicle to a feeding place; identifying an animal at the feeding place; and supplying the identified animal with a quantity of feed.
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