Poultry raising system, poultry raising method and luminescent device for raising poultry

• US 8,468,976 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2009
• Issued: 06/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kakimi, Satoshi, Kakimi, Naoki, Yamazaki, Noriaki, Fukugawa, Yozo
• Primary Examiner(s): Abbott, Yvonne
• Application Number:
  US12/864,111
• Publication Number:
  US 20100294205A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,624 Days
• Field of Search: 119/437, 119/174, 119/531, 119/537, 119/6.8
• US Class Current: 119/437
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 31/18 Chicken coops or houses for baby chicks; Brooders including auxiliary features, e.g. feeding, watering, demanuring, heating, ventilation battery breeding cages A01K31/005
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 31/19 Brooders ; Foster-mothers; Hovers
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 45/00 Other aviculture appliances, e.g. devices for determining whether a bird is about to lay
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/23 Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with a single fitting for each light source, e.g. for substitution of incandescent lamps with bayonet or threaded fittings
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

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 CO₂ emission can be reduced. Risk of shattering of a globe by abrupt cooling can be reduced, and temperature increase in the poultry house can be prevented. Longer life reduces danger, labor and cost of exchange. Thus, meat and egg yield can be increased and economical efficiency can be improved.

Claims

1. A poultry raising system including a poultry house and facilities attached to said poultry house, wherein

said facilities include lighting facilities for irradiating poultry with light;

and

said 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, wherein

the light emitted from said lighting facilities attains illuminance of 1 to 30 lux at the eye level of said poultry, wherein

said lighting facilities are attached to said poultry house and they include a height adjusting mechanism such that a height of said semiconductor light source can be adjusted and the emitted light attains illuminance in the range of 1 to 30 lux at the eye level of said poultry.

2. The poultry raising system according to claim 1, wherein

said lighting facilities further include an illuminance adjusting mechanism capable of continuous or stepwise adjustment of illuminance of emitted light, from the highest illuminance in the range of 1 to 30 lux at the eye level of said poultry to illuminance at the time of power off.

3. The poultry raising system according to claim 1, wherein

said lighting facilities further include a swing reducing mechanism for reducing swing of said semiconductor light source.

4. The poultry raising system according to claim 3, wherein

said height adjusting mechanism is a fixing rope suspending the semiconductor light source from an anchor point where said semiconductor light source is mounted on said poultry house, allowing adjustment of length between said semiconductor light source and said anchor point;

and

said swing reducing mechanism is an auxiliary rope capable of limiting amplitude of pendulum motion of said semiconductor light source suspended from said anchor point.

5. The poultry raising system according to claim 1, wherein

the light emitted from said lighting facilities is in a color temperature range of incandescent lamp color.

6. The poultry raising system according to claim 1, wherein

the light emitted from said lighting facilities is in a chromaticity coordinate range of incandescent lamp color.

7. The poultry raising system according to claim 1, wherein

said poultry house is a windowless poultry house.

8. The poultry raising system according to claim 1, wherein

said semiconductor light source includes a light emitting diode or a laser diode.

9. The poultry raising system according to claim 1, wherein

said semiconductor light source is a light-bulb-shaped LED lamp for illumination.

10. The poultry raising system according to claim 1, wherein

said poultry includes chickens.

11. A method of raising poultry in a poultry raising system including a poultry house and facilities attached to said poultry house, wherein

lighting facilities included in said attached facilities for irradiating poultry with light include a semiconductor light source emitting light having peak wavelength in the range of 550 to 650 nm, wherein

the light emitted from said lighting facilities attains illuminance of 1 to 30 lux at the eye level of said poultry, wherein

said lighting facilities are attached to said poultry house and they include a height adjusting mechanism such that a height of said semiconductor light source can be adjusted and the emitted light attains illuminance in the range of 1 to 30 lux at the eye level of said poultry.

12. The method of raising poultry according to claim 11, wherein

said lighting facilities adjust continuously or stepwise illuminance of emitted light from the highest illuminance in the range of 1 to 30 lux at the eye level of said poultry to illuminance at the time of power off.

13. The method of raising poultry according to claim 11, wherein

said semiconductor light source includes a light emitting diode or a laser diode.

14. The method of raising poultry according to claim 11, wherein

said semiconductor light source is a light-bulb-shaped LED lamp for illumination.

15. The method of raising poultry according to claim 11, wherein

said poultry includes chickens.

16. A luminescent device for raising poultry, comprising a semiconductor light source having peak wavelength in a range of 550 to 650 nm, wherein

the light emitted from said semiconductor light source attains illuminance of 1 to 30 lux at the eye level of said poultry, wherein

said luminescent device is attached to said poultry house and it includes a height adjusting mechanism such that a height of said semiconductor light source can be adjusted and the emitted light attains illuminance in the range of 1 to 30 lux at the eye level of said poultry.

17. The luminescent device for raising poultry according to claim 16, wherein

the light emitted from said semiconductor light source is in a color temperature range of incandescent lamp color.

18. The luminescent device for raising poultry according to claim 16, wherein

the light emitted from said semiconductor light source is in a chromaticity coordinate range of incandescent lamp color.

19. The luminescent device for raising poultry according to claim 16, wherein

said semiconductor light source includes a light emitting diode or a laser diode.