Class 119/442 - With droppings handling

Subclass of Class 119 - Animal husbandry
Definition: Subject matter including means for collecting, treating,
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 10/12/2010

Number	Title	Issue Date
7810453	Poultry flooring system A poultry flooring system, comprising a housing structure having four walls and a floor; a substantially inelastic film member raised above the floor to provide a raised floor structure. The inelastic film member comprises apertures to permit waste products and vent...	10/12/2010
7341024	Apparatus, method and business methods for processing animal waste in a farm building A mobile apparatus is used to process animal waste in a farm building and to spread the processed animal waste back on the floor of the farm building as the apparatus moves through the farm building. The apparatus includes a processing mechanism that heats the anima...	03/11/2008
7293529	Kennel system A kennel system having a floor assembly including at least one floor unit having a floor pan and a grate. The floor pan has a drain, an integral water receptacle and a trough for guiding fluid to the drain. The grate is positioned over the floor pan. The grate has a...	11/13/2007
7144558	Wood gasification apparatus A wood gasification apparatus in which cellulosic material is transported by an auger through a housing and heated to vaporize at least a portion of the cellulosic material by frictional heating. The auger and housing define a spiral void through which the cellulosi...	12/05/2006
7104220	Overhead livestock enclosure washing system An overhead livestock enclosure washing system for cleaning the pens of a livestock confinement building. The overhead livestock enclosure washing system includes a track member coupled to the ceiling of the building. A mobile unit operationally engages the track me...	09/12/2006
7047905	Animal stall soil agitator The animal stall soil agitator includes a mounting plate assembly pivotally attached to a tractor loader boom for pivotal movement about a transverse horizontal loader boom axis. An elongated frame assembly has an inboard frame end attached to the mounting plate ass...	05/23/2006
6968807	Cage arrangement for poultry The invention relates to a cage arrangement for poultry having cage batteries arranged above a manure pit, each battery displaying two cages facing each other, the cages being placed one atop another in tiers, in which arrangement ...	11/29/2005
6948450	Scraper for animal stalls A scraper for removing debris from the floor of an animal stall is provided with a first motorized drum, a second motorized drum, a cable extending between the first and second drums, a scraper and a switch tripper carried by the cable. The switch tripper actuates a...	09/27/2005
6939218	Method and apparatus of removing dead poultry from a poultry house A method and apparatus for removing carcasses of dead poultry randomly scattered throughout a poultry house are disclosed which reduce the amount of time and labor required to remove dead poultry during an entire growing session. ...	09/06/2005
6860236	Method for processing and recycling animal waste and method for doing business using the same A method for processing animal waste reduces ammonia levels and moisture and eliminates darkling beetles by heating and compressing the animal waste (such as soiled litter). In the preferred embodiments, the heating and compressing are done simultaneously using a sc...	03/01/2005
6830011	Removal of a paper strip for rearing hatchlings Hatchlings are raised initially on a strip of sheet material which is laid on the floor of a containment pen with a layer of a feed material for the hatchlings. After the hatchlings have grown to a stage where they can move from the paper, the strip is removed by a ...	12/14/2004
6494167	Solid and liquid separation device A solid and liquid separation device includes a housing provided with a heater so that liquid contained in the housing will not freeze. A filter net layer may divide the housing into an upper space and a lower space. A conveying assembly includes a plural...	12/17/2002
6467432	Poultry house litter implement A tractor-drawn implement for breaking up caked litter on the floor of a poultry house includes a stationary blade which passes beneath the surface of the litter and a rotary rake whose tines are flattened and are inclined at an oblique angle to radial pl...	10/22/2002
6412439	Sitting pole for poultry A sitting pole for poultry having a surface designed substantially straight on an incline, forcing the poultry perching on the sitting pole to sit in a defined alignment. The inclined plane is set at an angle of approximately 35°. The surface has a U-sha...	07/02/2002
6340000	Cleaning poultry manure from support surfaces of an egg-laying installation A method of cleaning poultry manure from support surfaces of an egg-laying installation which comprises contacting the manure with an aqueous solution obtained by combining water and one or more compounds selected from alkali metal polyphosphates, organo-...	01/22/2002
5865143	High-rise laying hen rearing facility and method Atmospheric growing conditions in high-rise animal rearing facilities are proved by spraying liquid alum periodically over the manure collection area. Improved high rise animal rearing facilities provided with a liquid alum treatment delivery system for m...	02/02/1999
5832873	Device for separating and dehydrating droppings A device for separating and dehydrating droppings includes a body having two walls and a bottom which includes a meshed portion and a plain portion connected to one of two ends of the meshed portion. A first shaft and a second shaft are respectively and t...	11/10/1998
5740763	Chicken coop litter removal apparatus This chicken coop litter removal apparatus that incorporates a frame under which a blade is pivotally mounted to extend outside the side of the frame to scrape along the walls of chicken coops. The blade is pivotally mounted to the frame held in its norma...	04/21/1998
5737850	Method and apparatus for drying poultry manure A chicken manure drying system is placed in a hen house. A platform of the system is disposed underneath a plurality of chicken cages. As chicken manure drops from the chicken cages, it collects on the platform. Drying fans of the system are disposed adja...	04/14/1998
5660145	Chicken housing and egg receiving system An egg laying assembly wherein eggs are laid onto an endless belt, and a roller at one end of the belt effects a reversal in direction of the belt, and a brush is positioned against the belt where it passes under the roller, wherein debris is loosened fro...	08/26/1997
5179912	Waste-receiving plate for chicken cages A waste-receiving plate for chicken cages comprising a plate member and four feet supporting the plate member high above the ground, the plate member having many net-like holes, four receptacles for fitting with the feet to secure the feet with the plate ...	01/19/1993
4936257	Arrangement for coops for poultry farm 1. Coop arrangement for poultry farms. 2.1 In the prior art, the droppings conveyor belts which are disposed below the superimposed rows of coops are conveyed back in the region of the coop arrangement below the coops. This results in various drawbacks. 2.2 To...	06/26/1990
4844011	Cat waste disposal system A waste disposal system for providing and removing a controlled flow of absorbent cat litter is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a hopper for receiving and storing the litter in a flowable form. The hopper is provided with an exit passage at its lower e...	07/04/1989
4768465	Flooring for poultry pen Flooring for raising poultry and particularly broiler birds comprises a subfloor in the form of a grid formed by strips at right angles defining openings therebetween of the order of four inches across which will support the foot of a person but provides ...	09/06/1988
4711403	Method and apparatus for cleaning chicken manure from chicken houses The present invention relates to a chicken manure handling machine and system. The chicken manure handling machine is designed to be maneuvered inside a chicken house and is particularly used to automatically clean chicken manure from the chicken house be...	12/08/1987
4708294	Method and apparatus for conditioning the floor of a poultry rearing area The floor of a poultry rearing area is conditioned for reuse for raising a new batch of chicks, by revitalizing the litter and droppings on the floor of the area. This a accomplished by scraping the litter from the floor with an elongated blade, so that t...	11/24/1987
4489675	Scraper assembly A manure scraper assembly for removal of manure from collecting sheets used in association with poultry cage systems. The scraper assembly includes a blade member which is angularly disposed with respect to the manure collecting sheets and which has the l...	12/25/1984
4357904	Conveyor for the removal of droppings for battery-designed poultry cage installations The invention relates to a conveyor for the removal of poultry droppings, preferably for battery-designed poultry cage installations, the same running over dropping pans, equiped with scraper bars which are fastened to aligned swivel shafts at a right ang...	11/09/1982
4341492	Method for pneumatically handling agglomerative materials A method for pneumatically handling material having a slurry-like consistency such as chicken hatchery waste material includes a hopper for accepting the waste material, a receiver for accumulating the waste material and duct work which is connected betwe...	07/27/1982
4316432	Battery cage arrangement for laying hens A dung removal conveyor (18, 20) for multi-deck poultry battery-nest installations with dropping plates arranged under the roost grates, including a single chain (12) centrally connected to scraper crosspieces (14) so as to allow limited movement therebet...	02/23/1982
4242809	Method and apparatus for preserving protein in animal droppings A method and apparatus for collecting and drying animal droppings at room temperature to substantially prevent the decomposition of the protein and urea therein. The droppings are collected on boards positioned beneath cages for the animals, and air at am...	01/06/1981
3948219	Battery farming equipment Battery farming equipment suitable for breeding, rearing or fattening purposes has a multi-tiered structure comprising movable perforated flooring for the livestock, and separate plates beneath the flooring for collecting excrement. The flooring extends w...	04/06/1976

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Class 119/442 - With droppings handling