FR2839245A1

FR2839245A1 - Sanitary treatment unit used for ducklings has cradle with sensor actuating beak tip cutter and injection syringe

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Publication number: FR2839245A1
Application number: FR0205763A
Authority: FR
Inventors: Daniel Trouilloux
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2002-05-03
Filing date: 2002-05-03
Publication date: 2003-11-07
Anticipated expiration: 2022-05-03
Also published as: FR2839245B1

Abstract

Sanitary treatment unit combining beak tip cutting and vaccination operations, has a cradle (5a) to support each duckling by the breast, positioned so that the beak goes into a slot (12) with the beak tip cutter behind it. A sensor (35) with a feeler (35a) detects the presence of a bird as it is pressed against the cradle and actuates a vaccination syringe (38) and the beak cutter at the same time, both operated by pneumatic cylinders (9, 20).

Description

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L'invention est relative a un posse de traitement sanitaire de canetons. Dans les elevages de canards, il est necessaire, lorsque les canetons ont entre 15 et 20 jours, de les soumettre a une vaccination. Cette operation est en general accompagnee d'autres operations consistent a couper le bec et les ongles des canetons, afin qu'il ne puisse pas blesser leur The invention relates to a health treatment for ducklings. In duck farms, it is necessary, when the ducklings are between 15 and 20 days old, to subject them to vaccination. This operation is generally accompanied by other operations consist in cutting the beak and the nails of the ducklings, so that it cannot injure their

congeneres en cas de mouvement de panique dans leur deplacement. congeneres in case of panic movement in their movement.

Dans son brevet fran,cais, public sous le n 2 781 333, le deposant decrit une installation comprenant differents posses assurant successivement, la vaccination, le sectionnement du bee, puis le sectionnement des ongles, ces posses etant alimentes par un seul operateur pouvant ainsi traiter plus de In his French patent, cais, public under No. 2 781 333, the applicant describes an installation comprising different possibilities ensuring successively, vaccination, sectioning of the bee, then sectioning of the nails, these possibilities being supplied by a single operator who can thus process more than

1300 canetons a l'heure, sans que ceux-ci soient stresses. 1300 ducklings per hour, without these being stressed.

A ['usage, il se revere que, avec la fatigue consecutive a la repetitivite des gestes, I'operateur peut mal positionner les canetons aux posses, respectivement, de vaccination et de sectionnement du bee, en entranant ainsi une mauvaise execution de ces deux operations. Si le mauvais sectionnement du bec ou ['absence de sectionnement est immediatement visible et peut etre corrige par la reprise de ['operation, il n'en est pas de meme pour la vaccination dont la non execution est invisible. II en resulte que des canetons echappent a celle-ci et vent sojets a des maladies pouvant entraner In practice, it turns out that, with the tiredness consecutive to the repetitivity of the gestures, the operator can badly position the ducklings with the possibilities, respectively, of vaccination and of sectioning of the bee, thus causing a bad execution of these two operations. If the bad sectioning of the beak or the absence of sectioning is immediately visible and can be corrected by the resumption of the operation, it is not the same for the vaccination whose non execution is invisible. As a result, ducklings escape it and are prone to diseases that can cause

leur mort et des pertes de gain pour l'eleveur. their death and loss of earnings for the breeder.

La presente invention a pour objet de remedier a ces inconvenients en fournissant un posse de traitement garantissant la bonne execution de ces The object of the present invention is to remedy these drawbacks by providing a treatment posse guaranteeing the proper execution of these

deux operations, respectivement, de vaccination et de sectionnement du bee. two operations, respectively, of vaccination and sectioning of the bee.

Comme dans le brevet anterieur, ce posse de traitement comprend, sur un meme chassis des moyens de sectionnement du bec composes d'une lame tranchante deplac,able derriere un guichet d'introduction du bec et des moyens de vaccination composes d'une seringue, de moyens pour actionner la seringue et de moyens pour deplacer la seringue entre une position effacee et une position avancee de vaccination dans laquelle son aiguille est en saillie d'une plaque de protection et penetre dans le caneton applique contre cette plaque. Dans le posse de traitement selon ['invention, les moyens de sectionnement vent disposes au-dessus des moyens de vaccination et ces derniers vent associes a un berceau de positionnement du poitrail d'un caneton, ledit berceau etant dispose verticalement de maniere que le bec du caneton soit sensiblement au niveau du guichet des moyens de sectionnement, ce berceau comportant, en outre, dans sa zone recevant l'appui du poitrail, une ouverture pour le passage de l'aiguille de la seringue, et une ouverture pour un detecteur de presence du poitrail autorisant, ou non, la mise en fonctionnement, par une commande distincte, des moyens de deplacement et As in the previous patent, this treatment posse comprises, on the same chassis, means for sectioning the beak composed of a moving cutting blade, able behind a window for introducing the beak and vaccination means composed of a syringe, means for actuating the syringe and means for moving the syringe between an erased position and an advanced vaccination position in which its needle protrudes from a protective plate and enters the duckling applied against this plate. In the treatment posse according to the invention, the wind sectioning means arranged above the vaccination means and the latter wind associated with a positioning cradle for the chest of a duckling, said cradle being arranged vertically so that the beak duckling is substantially at the window of the sectioning means, this cradle further comprising, in its zone receiving the support of the chest, an opening for the passage of the needle of the syringe, and an opening for a detector of presence of the chest authorizing, or not, the operation, by a separate command, of the displacement means and

d'actionnement de la seringue.syringe actuation.

Avec cet agencement, la mise en fonctionnement des moyens de vaccination, bien que commandes par l'operateur, n'est declenchee que si le caneton est parfaitement positionne dans le berceau et actionne, par son poitrail, le detecteur de presence. II en resulte, qu'en cas de mauvais positionnement pouvant entraner une absence de vaccination, le posse de With this arrangement, the putting into operation of the vaccination means, although controlled by the operator, is only triggered if the duckling is perfectly positioned in the cradle and actuates, by its chest, the presence detector. As a result, in the event of poor positioning which could lead to a lack of vaccination, the posse of

traitement n'entre pas en fonctionnement. processing does not start.

Dans une forme d'execution de ['invention, le chassis porte des moyens qui, detectant le fonctionnement des moyens de vaccination, vent In one embodiment of the invention, the chassis carries means which, detecting the functioning of the vaccination means, wind

relies aux moyens de commande des moyens de sectionnement du bee. connected to the control means of the bee sectioning means.

Ainsi, les moyens de sectionnement n'entrent en fonctionnement que si les moyens de vaccination vent eux-memes en cours de fonctionnement. Thus, the sectioning means only come into operation if the vaccination means themselves are in operation.

D'autres caracteristiques et avantages ressortiront de la description Other characteristics and advantages will emerge from the description

qui suit en reference au dessin schematique annexe representant une forme which follows with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawing representing a form

d'execution du posse de traitement sanitaire selon ['invention. of execution of the health treatment posse according to the invention.

Figure 1 est une vue en perspective de ['ensemble du posse, Figure 2 en est une vue en coupe longitudinale et verticale pendant Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire posse, Figure 2 is a view in longitudinal and vertical section for

['operation de traitement.['processing operation.

Dans ce dessin, la reference numerique 2 designe, de maniere In this drawing, the numerical reference 2 designates, so

generale, un chassis compose d'une semelle 3 portent une plaque verticale 4. general, a chassis composed of a sole 3 carry a vertical plate 4.

Cette plaque supporte, dans sa partie avant, un berceau 5 de positionnement du poitrail du canard. Ce berceau peut etre constitue par une tole cintree, comme montre en 5a a la figure 2, ou par une tole conformee avec un embouti central 5b, comme montre a la figure 1. Qu'elle soit cintree ou conformee, la tole du berceau 5 est soutenue par une entretoise 6 et s'etend vers ['avant par rapport a cette entretoise pour presenter un bord libre 7 dont l'utilite sera This plate supports, in its front part, a cradle 5 for positioning the breast of the duck. This cradle can be constituted by a curved sheet, as shown in 5a in FIG. 2, or by a sheet conformed with a central stamped 5b, as shown in FIG. 1. Whether bent or conformed, the sheet of the cradle 5 is supported by a spacer 6 and extends forwards with respect to this spacer to present a free edge 7 whose utility will be

precisee plus loin.further details.

La plaque verticale 4 porte les moyens 8 de sectionnement du bec qui comprennent des moyens d'actionnement, tel qu'un verin pneumatique 9 a double effet, dont le corps 9a est fixe sur la plaque, une lame tranchante 10 deplac,able verticalement dans des glissieres, non representees, et liee par son talon a la tige 9b du verin 9, un guichet 12 constitue par une ouverture traversant de part en part la plaque 4, et une butee 13 limitant ['engagement du bec du caneton a travers le guichet. Cette butee est reglable en position et, S dans la forme d'execution representee, est calee a l'extremite d'une tige filetee 14 se vissant dans une paste 15 disposee a l'arriere de la plaque 4 et The vertical plate 4 carries the means 8 for sectioning the spout which comprise actuating means, such as a double-acting pneumatic cylinder 9, the body 9a of which is fixed on the plate, a sharp blade 10 moved, able to be vertically in slides, not shown, and linked by its heel to the rod 9b of the jack 9, a window 12 formed by an opening passing right through the plate 4, and a stop 13 limiting the engagement of the duckling's beak through the counter. This stopper is adjustable in position and, S in the embodiment shown, is wedged at the end of a threaded rod 14 screwed into a paste 15 disposed at the rear of the plate 4 and

depla,cable en meme temps que la lame 10. flat, cable at the same time as the blade 10.

Les moyens de vaccination 11 vent disposes au-dessous des moyens de sectionnement 8 et vent constitues par une seringue 16 a levier 16a dont le corps 16b portent la reserve de vaccin 17 est monte coulissant sur des glissieres horizontales 18, perpendiculaires a la plaque 4. Son levier d'actionnement 16a est lie a l'extremite de la tige 20a d'un verin pneumatique a double effet dont le corps 20a est fixe sur une platine 21 du chassis. La course du verin 20 est superieure a la course du corps 16b de la seringue qui est delimitee entre une butee arriere 22 et une butee avant, constituee a la The vaccination means 11 wind disposed below the sectioning means 8 and wind constituted by a syringe 16 with lever 16a whose body 16b carry the vaccine reserve 17 is mounted sliding on horizontal slides 18, perpendicular to the plate 4. Its actuating lever 16a is linked to the end of the rod 20a of a double-acting pneumatic cylinder whose body 20a is fixed on a plate 21 of the chassis. The stroke of the actuator 20 is greater than the stroke of the body 16b of the syringe which is delimited between a rear stop 22 and a front stop, constituted at the

figure 2, par la face arriere de la plaque 4. Figure 2, by the rear face of the plate 4.

Lorsque le corps 16 est dans sa position de butee avant, il actionne, par exemple par un doigt 23, un contacteur 24 ou tout autre detecteur de position. Ce dernier est relic par un circuit pneumatique 25 a l'organe de pilotage 26 d'une vanne a plusieurs positions 27 regissant l'alimentation du When the body 16 is in its front stop position, it actuates, for example by a finger 23, a contactor 24 or any other position detector. The latter is connected by a pneumatic circuit 25 to the control member 26 of a multi-position valve 27 governing the supply of the

verin 9 des moyens de sectionnement 8. jack 9 sectioning means 8.

Le verin pneumatique 20 est lui-meme alimentd par une vanne 28 a plusieurs positions dont l'organe de pilotage 29 est sous le controle d'un bo^'tier , lui-meme raccorde par des circuits pneumatique 32 et 33, respectivement, The pneumatic cylinder 20 is itself supplied by a valve 28 having several positions, the piloting member 29 of which is under the control of a housing, itself connected by pneumatic circuits 32 and 33, respectively,

a une pedale de commande 34 et a un detecteur 35. has a control pedal 34 and a detector 35.

Le detecteur 35 est dispose sous le berceau 5 et comporte un palpeur 35a qui passe a travers une ouverture 36 de ce berceau pour faire The detector 35 is placed under the cradle 5 and includes a feeler 35a which passes through an opening 36 in this cradle to make

saillie de la surface sur laquelle doit prendre appui le poitrail du caneton. protrusion from the surface on which the breast of the duckling must rest.

Lorsque le posse de traitement est au repos, le corps 16b de la seringue est en appui contre sa butee arriere 22, sa canule 38 traverse une ouverture 31 de la plaque 4, tandis que l'aiguille 37, saillant de la canule 38, est en retrait d'une ouverture 39, menagee dans le berceau 5 et est done protegee When the treatment posse is at rest, the body 16b of the syringe is in abutment against its rear stop 22, its cannula 38 passes through an opening 31 of the plate 4, while the needle 37, projecting from the cannula 38, is set back from an opening 39, made in the cradle 5 and is therefore protected

par ce berceau.by this cradle.

Pour traiter un caneton, I'operateur preleve ce dernier manuellement et le positionne, poitrail en avant, dans le berceau 5 en prenant vein, comme montre a la figure 2, que chacune des articulations A entre paste et cuisse, se positionne contre le bord libre 7 du berceau. En pratique la tete du caneton est saisie entre le pouce et ['index et de maniere que la partie de la paume de la main qui est opposee au pouce soit en appui sur le dos du caneton. Grace a cela, le bec du caneton est sensiblement a la hauteur du guichet 12 des moyens de sectionnement, et peut etre engage manuellement a travers ce guichet jusqu'au contact de la butee 13, pendant que son corps est To treat a duckling, the operator takes the duck manually and positions it, chest in front, in the cradle 5 taking vein, as shown in Figure 2, that each of the joints A between paste and thigh, is positioned against the edge free 7 of the cradle. In practice, the head of the duckling is grasped between the thumb and the index finger and so that the part of the palm of the hand which is opposite the thumb rests on the back of the duckling. Thanks to this, the beak of the duckling is substantially at the height of the window 12 of the sectioning means, and can be engaged manually through this window until contact with the stop 13, while its body is

maintenu fermement sur le berceau 5. held firmly on the cradle 5.

Par appui sur la pedale 34, I'operateur commande la mise en fonctionnement des moyens de vaccination, mais ceux-ci n'entrent en action que si la touche 35a du detecteur 36 est elle-meme actionnee par le poitrail du caneton. En d'autres termes, si le caneton est mal positionne, le bo^'tier 30 ne command e pas l'organe de pilotage de la van ne 28, ce q u i oblige l'operateur a By pressing on the pedal 34, the operator controls the putting into operation of the vaccination means, but these only come into action if the key 35a of the detector 36 is itself actuated by the breast of the duckling. In other words, if the duckling is badly positioned, the box 30 does not control the steering member of the van 28, which requires the operator to

verifie le positionnement.checks the positioning.

Quand le verin 20 est alimente en air comprime, le corps 16b de la seringue est deplace contre la plaque 4 formant butee avant, en engageant When the actuator 20 is supplied with compressed air, the body 16b of the syringe is moved against the plate 4 forming a front stop, engaging

l'aiguille 37 dans le poitrail du caneton, comme represente a la figure 2. needle 37 in the breast of the duckling, as shown in FIG. 2.

Simultanement, le doigt 23 solidaire du deplacement du corps, actionne le contacteur ou detecteur 24 qui pilote pneumatiquement l'organe 26 d'actionnement de la vanne 27 d'alimentation du verin 9. II en resulte que le piston du verin 9 est deplace vers le teas en provoquant le deplacement de sa lame 10 contre la paroi 4 et sur une course qui est suffisante pour que cette lame sectionne ltelement superieur du bec traversant le guichet 12. Durant ce mouvement de sectionnement, le piston du verin 20 continue son deplacement et deplace le levier 16a de la seringue en direction du corps 16b, afin qu'une Simultaneously, the finger 23 secured to the displacement of the body, actuates the contactor or detector 24 which pneumatically controls the member 26 for actuating the valve 27 for supplying the actuator 9. It follows that the piston of the actuator 9 is moved towards teas by causing the displacement of its blade 10 against the wall 4 and over a stroke which is sufficient for this blade to cut the upper part of the spout passing through the window 12. During this cutting movement, the piston of the actuator 20 continues its displacement and moves the lever 16a of the syringe in the direction of the body 16b, so that a

dose de vaccin soit injectee, a travers l'aiguille 37, dans le poitrail du caneton. dose of vaccine be injected, through needle 37, into the breast of the duckling.

Des que les deux phases du traitement vent terminees, une temporisation, ou un autre automatisme, pilote les vannes 27 et 28 pour qu'elles commandant le retour des verins 9 et 20 a leur position initiale. ll en resulte que la lame 10 revient a la position de repos, montree a la figure 2, tandis que, d'abord le levier 16a reprend sa position d'origine par rapport au corps 16b de la seringue, puis tire le corps 16b jusqu'a ce qutil vienne contre As soon as the two wind treatment phases are completed, a time delay, or another automation, controls the valves 27 and 28 so that they control the return of the cylinders 9 and 20 to their initial position. As a result, the blade 10 returns to the rest position, shown in FIG. 2, while first the lever 16a returns to its original position relative to the body 16b of the syringe, then pulls the body 16b up to what it comes against

sa butee arriere 22.its rear stopper 22.

II ressort de ce qui precede que le posse de traitement permet d'assurer simultanement les operations de vaccination et de sectionnement du bee, ce qui evite les manipulations entre deux posses, et les reprises de canetons et augmente de maniere generale le nombre de canetons pouvant etre traites dans une heure par une seule personne. Toutefois, en plus de cette amelioration de la rentabilite, le posse de travail garantit la realisation de la vaccination, puisq u' il ne fo nctionne pas si le caneton n'est pas da ns une It emerges from the foregoing that the treatment posse makes it possible to simultaneously ensure the operations of vaccination and sectioning of the bee, which avoids handling between two possessions, and the recovery of ducklings and generally increases the number of ducklings which can be treated in one hour by one person. However, in addition to this improvement in profitability, the work station guarantees the achievement of vaccination, since it does not work if the duckling is not in one

position permettant son poitrail d'etre traverse par l'aiguille. position allowing his chest to be crossed by the needle.

Dans une forme d'execution, non representee, le berceau 5 est lie a la plaque 4 par des moyens permettant de regler sa position verticale par rapport au guichet et sa position transversale par rapport a la plaque, pour les In an embodiment, not shown, the cradle 5 is linked to the plate 4 by means making it possible to adjust its vertical position relative to the window and its transverse position relative to the plate, for the

adapter a la taille des canetons.adapt to the size of the ducklings.

Enfin, les divers moyens d'actionnement, de pilotage et de commande, qui vent decrits comme etant pneumatiques, peuvent aussi etre Finally, the various actuation, piloting and control means, which are described as being pneumatic, can also be

hydrauliques ou electriques, sans que l'on sorte du cadre de ['invention. hydraulic or electrical, without departing from the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. Sanitary treatment station for ducklings, comprising, on the same frame (2), means (8) for cutting the beak composed of a sharp cutting blade (10), cable relative to a window (12) for introducing the spout and vaccination means (11) composed of a syringe (16) of means (20) for actuating the syringe and of means for moving the syringe between an erased position, in which its needle 37 is set back from a plate protection, and an advanced vaccination position, in which its needle (37) protrudes from the protection plate and enters the duckling held manually, characterized in that the means (8) for wind sectioning are disposed above the means ( 11) vaccination and the latter wind associated with a cradle (5) for positioning the chest of a duckling, said cradle (5) being arranged vertically so that the duckling's beak is substantially at the level of the window (12) of the means (8) sectioning, this cradle (5 ) comprising, in addition, in its zone receiving the support of the breast of the duckling, an opening (39) for the passage of the needle (37) of the syringe (16), and an opening (36) for a detector ( 35) presence of the chest allowing, or not, the putting into operation, by a separate control (34), of the means (20) ensuring the displacement and

actuation of the syringe (16).

2. duckling sanitary treatment station according to claim 1, characterized in that the frame (2) carries means (24) which, detecting the operation of the means (11) of vaccination, wind connected

control means (26, 27) means (8) for cutting the bee.

3. duckling sanitary treatment station according to claim 1, characterized in that the frame (2) comprises a vertical plate (4) comprising, in the lower part and on ['front, a sheet (5) conformed in receiving cradle duckling chest and, substantially

mid height, the window (12) of the sectioning means (8).

4. duckling sanitary treatment station according to claim 3, characterized in that the plate (5) is stamped in the form of

duck breast, rests on a spacer (6) and extends on the front,

beyond this spacer (6), to form by its free edge a stop for positioning the joints (A) between the pastes and the thighs of the ducklings.

5. duckling sanitary treatment station according to claim 3, characterized in that the body (1 6b) of the syringe is disposed behind the vertical plate (4) of the frame (2) on slides (18) substantially horizontal, perpendicular to this vertical plate and is connected to means (20) able to move it on these slides between two stops, respectively, front (4) and rear (22), while, on the one hand, its cannula (38) freely crosses an opening (31) of the vertical plate (4), and on the other hand, its injection control lever (16a) is linked to the means (20) ensuring

its translational displacements between the two stops (4 and 22).

6. duckling sanitary treatment station according to claim 1 and claim 5, characterized in that the body (1 6b) of the syringe cooperates, at the end of the front stroke, with a detector (24) for the presence of this body, reacting on the control means (26, 27) of the means (8)

sectioning of the bee.

7. duckling sanitary treatment station according to claim 1 characterized in that the cradle (5) is connected to the plate (4) by means for adjusting its vertical position and its position