TWI474209B - An automatic recording and marking system of eggs for breeding - Google Patents

Description

Automated breeder set egg marking system

The invention relates to a marking system, in particular to an automated breeder egg collecting and marking system.

Native chicken is a very unique industry in Taiwan. The meaty and juicy meat of the chicken is rich and important, and is an indispensable raw material for traditional Taiwanese cuisine. Taiwan currently produces more than 140 million chickens per year, and there are many countries in the world that use chickens as a source of meat, including Southeast Asian countries, European and African countries, and Chinese communities. It is a very important job.

In general, the upstream breeder farms are responsible for improving the performance of the chickens in order to provide high quality breeders. The screening methods for existing high-quality breeders must be manually collected and the information on laying eggs and breeders should be recorded and analyzed, but this requires considerable labor cost. Traditionally, however, chicken farms have not been able to invest a large amount of manpower to record individual breeds of chickens. Only the best-growing chickens in the same period can be selected as the production hens of the next generation. The problem of egg decline year by year. In order to supply enough breeders, the breeder farms must increase the number of breeders, but as the cost of feed is raised again and again, the cost of raising the crops is high, and the production of chickens is also affected.

In view of the fact that the screening method of the existing high quality breeder must consume a lot of labor costs, the object of the present invention is to provide an automated breeding chicken collection record. A labeling system that automates the recording of egg production information to aid in the screening of breeders.

In order to achieve the above object, the automated breeding chicken egg recording and marking system of the present invention comprises: an egg collecting device, comprising a plurality of egg conveying belts, a conveying device, a rail total belt and an egg box, the plural The strips of egg transport belts are arranged at intervals to transport the eggs to the transporting device, and each of the egg transport belts is provided with a plurality of positioning elements and a plurality of RFID tags at intervals, and the conveying equipment is located at the front end of each of the egg transport belts. And a plurality of egg laying spaces are arranged at intervals, and the laying eggs of each collecting egg conveyor belt are sequentially transported to the rail total belt, and the rail main belt is disposed in the side of the conveying device and is provided with a guide rail having An oblique section and a parallel section gradually approaching an edge of the rail main strip, the parallel section being connected to the oblique section closest to the edge of the rail, and the parallel section and the rail total The edge of the belt forms a passage, and the main belt of the guide rail can transport the egg laying passage to the collecting box, and the collecting box is disposed beside the main belt of the rail; the complex array positioning sensing device is respectively disposed corresponding to the plurality of Egg transport Each of the positioning sensing devices includes an egg-producing device, a positioning sensor, and an RFID reader, and the egg-producing device senses the laying of eggs on the corresponding egg transport belt, and the positioning sensing The device senses a positioning component on the corresponding egg transport belt, and the RFID reader reads the RFID tag on the corresponding egg transport belt; a two-dimensional barcode printer is disposed beside the rail belt And having an ink jet head that is formed toward a parallel section of the guide rail The two-dimensional barcode printer can print two-dimensional barcodes and characters on the eggs passing through the passage; and a control box electrically connected to the egg collection device to control the start of the egg collection device With off.

Preferably, the plurality of egg transport belts are arranged one above the other, and the conveying device is an egg ladder.

Preferably, each positioning component is a positioning iron piece, and each positioning sensor senses a proximity switch of the corresponding positioning iron piece.

Preferably, each egg-producing sensor is a photoelectric switch.

Preferably, the control box includes a programmable logic controller that controls the timing of the egg collection device or collects the egg production by setting.

Preferably, the control box further includes a touch panel, and the touch panel can set the programmable logic controller.

The specific efficiencies achievable by the invention include: 1. The invention can automatically and regularly collect the eggs produced by the breeder, and record the time of laying eggs and the information of the cage number, and can be used for laying eggs. The printing of the relevant 2D barcodes and texts makes it easy to analyze and record the eggs, which helps to identify breeders with excellent performance and thus provide high quality breeders for the chicken industry.

2. The invention can be fully automated and can save a lot of labor costs, and the invention can be set to operate 24 hours a day or in time, so the egg laying time can be completely recorded, further improving the integrity of the egg laying data and recording.

Referring to the first figure, the second figure and the third figure, a chicken farm is provided with a plurality of long-shaped arrays of chicken cages (50) arranged in parallel, and each chicken cage group (50) contains plural numbers. An adjacently arranged chicken cage (51), each chicken cage (51) is provided with a chicken (52), and a preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises an egg collection device (10), and a complex array is provided in the collection egg a positioning sensing device (20) beside the device (10), a two-dimensional barcode printer (30) disposed beside the egg collecting device (10), and a control box disposed beside the egg collecting device (10) ( 40), wherein the egg collecting device (10) comprises a plurality of egg transport belts (11), a conveying device (12), a rail main belt (13) and an egg box (14), the plurality of strips The egg transport belts (11) are arranged at intervals and are respectively arranged in front of the complex array chicken cage group (50), so that the laying eggs (53) produced by the breeding chickens (52) in each chicken cage (51) are It can fall into the corresponding egg transport belt (11), and each egg transport belt (11) can collect the egg production (53) and transport it to the transport equipment (12), corresponding to each set of egg transport belts (11). Each chicken cage (51) is provided with a plurality of positioning elements (111) at intervals. a plurality of RFID tags (112), each of the positioning elements (111) may be a positioning iron piece, and the conveying device (12) is located at the front end of each egg conveying belt (11) to collect each Producing eggs (53) on the egg transport belt (11), the transport device (12) is provided with a plurality of egg trays (121), and the eggs are transported by the egg transport belt (11) (53) ) can be placed in the corresponding egg tray (121) in sequence, and the laying eggs (53) are transported to the conveyor belt (13) in the order of the conveying device (12), when each chicken cage group (50) is arranged up and down, and when the egg transport belts (11) are also arranged up and down, the conveying device (12) can be an egg ladder and can receive eggs at different heights and positions. (53); the rail main belt (13) is disposed beside the conveying device (12) to transport the laying egg (53) into the collecting box (14) and is provided with a guide rail (131), the guide rail ( 131) has an oblique section and a parallel section which gradually approaches an edge of the rail main strip (13) in the direction in which the laying egg (53) moves, so that the laying egg (53) passes the guide rail At this time, the laying egg (53) gradually moves toward the edge of the rail total strip (13), and the parallel section is connected to the edge of the oblique section closest to the guide rail (131), and the parallel section and the rail total belt The edge of (13) forms a passage through which the laying egg (53) can pass, so that the laying egg (53) is positioned in the passage through the guide rail (131), and the collecting box (14) is disposed on the guiding rail. The egg (53) conveyed by the main belt (13) of the guide rail can be collected beside the main belt (13); the complex array positioning sensing device (20) is respectively disposed corresponding to the plurality of egg transport belts (11) The front end, each positioning sensing device (20) comprises an egg-producing device (21), a positioning sensor (22) and an RFID reader (23), the egg-producing device (21) is perceptible Is there any delivery of eggs on the egg conveyor belt (11)? (53), which may be a photoelectric switch, the positioning sensor (22) senses a positioning component (112) on the corresponding egg transport belt (11), and the egg transport belt (11) Positioned at a specific position, which may be a proximity switch for sensing a corresponding positioning iron piece, and when the egg-producing sensor (21) senses that there is egg laying on the egg collecting belt (11), the signal is transmitted to The positioning sensor (22) positions the egg transport belt (11), and the RFID reader (23) reads information in the RFID tag (111) on the corresponding egg transport belt (11). When the egg transport belt (11) is positioned, the RFID reader (23) reads the information in the RFID tag (111) corresponding to the egg laying (53), and further knows that the egg is produced (53). Bit And transmitting the information and other required information (such as recording time) to the two-dimensional barcode printer (30); the two-dimensional barcode printer (30) is disposed on the rail total belt (13) Next, and having an inkjet head (31), the inkjet head (31) is oriented toward a parallel segment of the guide rail (131), and the two-dimensional barcode is used when the laying egg (53) passes through the passage. The printer (30) can print 2D barcodes and characters on the laying eggs (53), so that the corresponding materials can be displayed on the laying eggs (53) (such as egg laying position, cage number text and egg laying time). The control box (40) is electrically connected to the egg collecting device (10) to control the starting and closing of the egg collecting device (10), the control box (40) comprising a programmable logic controller and a touch The control panel, the programmable logic controller controls the egg collection device (10) to collect the egg production periodically or in a timely manner, and the touch panel is electrically connected to the programmable logic controller, and the programmable program can be manually set. Logic controller.

When the preferred embodiment is started, the timing (such as every hour) or the artificial egg collection can be started. After the startup, the various egg collecting mechanisms in the egg collecting device (10) are transported, and each positioning sensing device (20) The components in the middle are the sensing work of laying eggs and laying positions. When the eggs are produced (53), the egg production records and materials are established, and the corresponding materials are printed on the laying eggs (53), and then the eggs are laid. (53) that is transported to the collection box (14) for collection. After the collection of the egg collection operation, the egg collection belts (11) in the egg collecting device (10) are returned to the positioning point for standby, and the collections are closed. The egg mechanism and components are waiting for the next egg collection operation, and the established egg production records can be uploaded to the computer database for later analysis, which can help the future breeding of chickens and provide for the chicken industry. high quality Breeder. In addition, since the preferred embodiment can be fully automated, a large amount of labor cost can be saved, and the preferred embodiment can be operated 24 hours a day or hourly, so that the egg laying time can be completely recorded, and the egg production data can be further improved. With the integrity of the record.

(10)‧‧‧ Egg collecting device

(11)‧‧‧ Egg conveyor belt

(111)‧‧‧ Positioning components

(112)‧‧‧RFID tags

(12)‧‧‧Conveying equipment

(121)‧‧‧ Eggs

(13) ‧ ‧ rail total belt

(131)‧‧‧ Guide rails

(14) ‧ ‧ set egg box

(20)‧‧‧Location sensing device

(21)‧‧‧ egg-producing device

(22)‧‧‧ Positioning Sensor

(23)‧‧‧RFID reader

(30)‧‧‧Two-dimensional barcode printer

(31)‧‧‧Inkjet head

(40) ‧‧‧Control box

(50)‧‧‧ Chicken cage group

(51)‧‧‧ Chicken Cage

(52) ‧‧‧ breeders

(53)‧‧‧ eggs laying

The first figure is a schematic diagram of a system in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The second figure is a block diagram showing the positional change of laying eggs in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The third figure is a schematic flow chart of the operation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

(10)‧‧‧ Egg collecting device

(11)‧‧‧ Egg conveyor belt

(111)‧‧‧ Positioning components

(112)‧‧‧RFID tags

(12)‧‧‧Conveying equipment

(121)‧‧‧ Eggs

(13) ‧ ‧ rail total belt

(131)‧‧‧ Guide rails

(14) ‧ ‧ set egg box

(20)‧‧‧Location sensing device

(21)‧‧‧ egg-producing device

(22)‧‧‧ Positioning Sensor

(23)‧‧‧RFID reader

(30)‧‧‧Two-dimensional barcode printer

(31)‧‧‧Inkjet head

(40) ‧‧‧Control box

(50)‧‧‧ Chicken cage group

(51)‧‧‧ Chicken Cage

(52) ‧‧‧ breeders

(53)‧‧‧ eggs laying

Claims (13)

An automatic breeding chicken egg recording and marking system comprises: an egg collecting device, comprising a plurality of egg collecting belts, a conveying device, a rail total belt and an egg box, the plurality of egg collecting belts The egg laying can be transported to the conveying device at intervals, and each of the collecting belts is provided with a plurality of positioning elements and a plurality of RFID tags at intervals, and the conveying device is located at the front end of each egg conveying belt and is provided at a plurality of intervals An egg grid, wherein the eggs of each set of egg conveyor belts can be sequentially transported to the rail belt, the rail main belt is disposed in the side of the conveying device and is provided with a guide rail having an oblique section and a a parallel segment that gradually approaches an edge of the rail strip, the parallel segment being attached to the edge of the oblique section closest to the rail, such that the parallel segment forms a passage with the edge of the rail strip The rail main belt can transport the egg laying passage to the collecting egg box, and the collecting egg box is disposed beside the main rail of the rail; the complex array positioning sensing device is respectively disposed at the front end of the plurality of egg transport belts Sense of positioning The device comprises an egg-producing device, a positioning sensor and an RFID reader, wherein the egg-producing device senses the egg laying on the corresponding egg transport belt, and the positioning sensor senses the corresponding a positioning component on the egg transport belt, the RFID reader reads the RFID tag on the corresponding egg transport belt; a two-dimensional barcode printer is disposed beside the rail belt and has an inkjet head The ink jet head is oriented toward a passage formed by parallel segments of the guide rail, and the two-dimensional barcode printer is capable of printing a two-dimensional barcode and text on the laying eggs passing through the passage; A control box electrically connected to the egg collecting device controls the starting and closing of the egg collecting device. The automatic breeding chicken egg recording and marking system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of egg transport belts are arranged one above another, and the conveying device is an egg ladder. The automatic breeding chicken egg recording and marking system according to claim 2, wherein each positioning component is a positioning iron piece, and each positioning sensor senses a proximity switch of the corresponding positioning iron piece. The automatic breeding chicken egg recording and marking system according to claim 3, wherein each of the egg-producing sensors is a photoelectric switch. The automated breeder egg collection marking system of claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4, wherein the control box comprises a programmable logic controller, the programmable logic controller controls the set egg through setting The device collects eggs at regular or immediate intervals. The automatic breeding chicken egg recording and marking system of claim 5, wherein the control box further comprises a touch panel, wherein the touch panel is configured to set the programmable logic controller. The automatic breeding chicken egg recording and marking system according to claim 1, wherein each positioning component is a positioning iron piece, and each positioning sensor senses a proximity switch of the corresponding positioning iron piece. The automatic breeding chicken egg recording and marking system according to claim 7, wherein each of the egg-producing sensors is a photoelectric switch. The automated breeding chicken egg recording and marking system of claim 8, wherein the control box comprises a programmable logic controller, The programmable logic controller controls the egg collection device to set the egg production timing or by setting. The automatic breeding chicken egg recording and marking system of claim 9, wherein the control box further comprises a touch panel, wherein the touch panel is configured to set the programmable logic controller. The automatic breeding chicken egg recording and marking system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each of the egg-producing sensors is a photoelectric switch. The automatic breeding chicken egg recording and marking system according to claim 11, wherein the control box comprises a programmable logic controller, wherein the programmable logic controller controls the timing of the egg collecting device or collects the product in real time. egg. The automatic breeding chicken egg recording and marking system of claim 12, wherein the control box further comprises a touch panel, wherein the touch panel is configured to set the programmable logic controller.