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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7234281 | Above-joist, integrated deck-gutter system A deck with an integrated gutter system includes at least two separated joists and a plurality of planks. Each plank includes longitudinal grooves, is disposed above and supported by the joists, has an undersurface which is juxtaposed with the joists, and is secured... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6923145 | Flume flush floor for livestock A floor arrangement for use with livestock such as in a barn is in the form of a concrete panel and includes plural spaced, elongated, linear flumes, or channels, disposed within the panel and extending its length. Each flume is generally cylindrical in shape and op... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6854424 | Kennel floor system A kennel floor system for use in a building including a lower floor unit and an upper floor unit supported on walls that extend between the lower and upper floor units. ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6531057 | Method and apparatus for separating solid material from water used to flush livestock flush lanes A method and apparatus for flushing flush lanes comprising providing a process pit to recycle flushed water; providing a solid waste separator; providing a storage lagoon; pumping a first selected volume of water from the storage lagoon and a second volum... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6450125 | Floor overlay and drainage chute for livestock enclosures The present invention is directed to an enclosure for the containment of livestock. Preferably, the livestock enclosure includes a floor assembly forming a planar floor surface and an overlay assembly operably coupled to the floor assembly for selectable ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6382133 | Method of treating manure A method of increasing the feed efficiency of an animal, the method including applying a suppression agent to surfaces of manure that are exposed to atmosphere, the suppression agent including acidulated plant-based soapstock, the manure located proximate... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6095235 | Heating element for a floor A heating element (12) is described for use in flooring, preferably for pigstys (3). The heating elements consist of a liquid filled chamber (16). The liquid in the chamber is brought into heat transmitting connection with a conduit (24) connected with a ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6083386 | Method of treating animal waste A method for treating waste from animal husbandry sites. The process is a closed loop system with no need for an anerobic lagoon.... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5950565 | Animal husbandry containment apparatus A system for housing animals in animal husbandry, particularly for raising pigs comprises a separately transportable container (15) manufactured from metal walls (20-24) which is individually supplied with a fan ventilation system (37), a bottom manure co... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5865145 | Livestock flooring system A new livestock flooring system for providing an inexpensive, durable, and convenient floor for animal pens such as the pens used for pigs, horses, cows and calves. The inventive device includes a rammed sand base, and a cement and pine chock floor, slope... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5810943 | Washer apparatus with waste water pH neutralization system and method for the pH neutralization of waste water A washer apparatus (10) includes a washing chamber (W) with a plurality of spray nozzles (N) and a pump (P1) for circulating the washing fluid (F) through the spray nozzles (N) for cleaning the contents of the washing chamber (W). A pH sensor (20) contact... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5732658 | Stable provided with manure collection pit with V-shaped bottom, and method for reducing ammonia emission Stable (1) comprising a collection chamber (6) with a bottom (7) below a stable grid. The bottom (7) is covered by a bottom plate (9) formed by parallel V-shaped gutters (10). The walls of the gutters (10) form an angle with the horizontal, which is betwe... | 03/31/1998 |
| 4892058 | Portable pet potty and wetting wall A portable pet potty and a wetting wall for male dogs or the like. The potty includes an elongate trough for receiving animal waste and a pair of pet constraining blocks to the left and right of the trough. A set of latching bars connect the trough to the... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4656067 | Flush tray manufactured by rotational molding The invention relates to a rotationally molded plastic flush tray having a drain opening and a plurality of ribs or rib portions projecting upwardly from the horizontal interior portion of the tray for channeling flushing fluids to the drain opening. The ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4520759 | Waste flushing unit for hog farrowing A gutter system is disclosed for use in raising animals. The system includes a plurality of channels for carrying animal waste. Enclosures are mounted above the gutter system and a waste-permeable floor is provided to allow waste from the animals to pass ... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4386581 | Animal breeding conveyor house An animal breeding conveyor house has a stationary part and two independent conveyors of which one conveyor is a main conveyor and is formed as a spatial vertical frame, and the other is a secondary conveyor arranged so that said conveyor can rotate indep... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4323033 | Mobile arrangement for a group stabling and handling of farm animals A mobile arrangement for a group stabling and treatment of farm animals, especially of milk cows, in rectangular large-capacity cow-houses, in which animals are confiningly stabled and transported for milking. The arrangement combines the advantages of co... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4207837 | Apparatus for a dairy barn An apparatus used in a dairy barn that facilitates access to the dairy animals for milking, which comprises a fixed platform on which the animals stand during milking, a fixed support surface adjacent and lower than the platform, a floor adjacent the plat... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4169048 | Anaerobic fermentation of excreta in a collapsible bag A waste treatment system and method for anaerobic fermentation of animal excreta. The system includes a collection gutter for containing the excreta until a predetermined portion becomes liquified. When the liquid excreta reaches a predetermined level it ... | 09/25/1979 |
| 3982499 | Conversion of animal waste Dry and liquid feed supplements are recovered from treating animal wastes collected from a confinement feeding area for livestock and the like by a closed loop type of collection system including a primary liquid storage tank. Solids and liquids are separ... | 09/28/1976 |
