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, the installation comprising one or more feed loading places and one or more feed unloading places, and further comprising one or more vehicles that are autonomously displaceable, controlled by a processor, between one or more of the feed loading places and one or more of the feed unloading places, each vehicle comprising a drinking nozzle, the drinking nozzle movably mounted relative to the remaining part of the displaceable vehicle, and the vehicle further comprising a height adjusting device for adjusting a height of the 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 and one or more feed unloading places, and one or more vehicles 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, such as a flexible teat, which is movably mounted relative to the remaining part of the displaceable vehicle, and a height adjusting device for adjusting a height of the drinking nozzle.
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- 1. An installation for supplying liquid feed to an animal, the installation comprising one or more feed loading places and one or more feed unloading places, and further comprising one or more vehicles that are autonomously displaceable, controlled by a processor, between one or more of the feed loading places and one or more of the feed unloading places, each vehicle comprising a drinking nozzle, the drinking nozzle movably mounted relative to the remaining part of the displaceable vehicle, and the vehicle further comprising a height adjusting device for adjusting a height of the drinking nozzle.
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