POULTRY MANAGEMENT DEVICE HAVING A DRYING DEVICE
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Abstract
A poultry management device comprises a living area for the poultry, a collection device having a collection face for poultry droppings, the collection device being disposed below the living area, and a drying device configured for drying the poultry droppings on the collection device. The drying device comprises a fan element which is mounted so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis which is aligned at an angle of 45° to 90° in relation to the collection face.
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34 Claims
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15. A poultry management device, comprising:
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a living area for the poultry; a collection device having a collection face for poultry droppings, said collection device being disposed below the living area; and a drying device for drying the poultry droppings on the collection device, wherein the drying device comprises a fan element pivotably mounted about a pivot axis aligned at an angle of 45°
to 90°
in relation to the collection face. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A poultry management device, comprising:
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a living area for the poultry; a collection device having a collection face for poultry droppings, said collection device being disposed below the living area; and a drying device for drying the poultry droppings on the collection device, wherein the drying device comprises a fan element pivotably mounted about a pivot axis aligned at an angle of 45°
to 90°
in relation to the collection face and a drive installation which is configured for setting the fan element in a rotating movement about the pivot axis;wherein the drive installation comprises a drive unit which by means of a coupling element is mechanically connected to the fan element. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A drying device for drying poultry droppings lying on a collection face of a collection device in a poultry management device, the drying device being disposed between an animal living area of the poultry management device and the collection face, wherein the drying device comprises:
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a plurality of fan elements each mounted so as to be pivotable about a respective pivot axis aligned at an angle of 45°
to 90°
in relation to the collection face, each of the plurality of fan elements comprising a first plate-shaped element extending in a first radial direction relative the respective pivot axis and a second plate-shaped element extending in a second radial direction relative the respective pivot axis opposite the first radial direction, the first and the second plate-shaped elements comprising an elastomeric material and having an elastic deformation capability such that the first and second plate-shaped elements are elastically deformed when driven within the drying device, the plurality of fan elements being installed below the animal living area and extending along a row in mutually spaced apart fashion along a longitudinal direction of the poultry living area; anda drive installation configured for driving the plurality of fan elements in a reciprocating pivoting movement about the respective pivot axes of each of the plurality of fan elements, the frequency of the reciprocating pivoting movement being within a range near a resonant frequency of the drying device, the drive installation further comprising a drive unit operably coupled with the drying device; wherein the poultry living area has a width that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the poultry living area, the drive unit is configured for driving the fan element in the reciprocating pivoting movement about a predetermined pivot angular range, the length of each of the first and second fan elements in each of the first and second radial directions is larger than the width of the poultry living area, and the predetermined pivot angular range is chosen such that the first and second fan elements do not extend beyond the width of the poultry living area in any movement portion of the reciprocating pivoting movement.
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Specification