KR102413410B1 - Large artificial incubator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a large-sized incubation device, comprising: a body having a door operably opened and closed on one surface and having a space wide enough to accommodate a plurality of trays on which a person can enter and exit while fertilized eggs are mounted in multiple stages; a circulation fan rotatably provided in the body to circulate internal air; It provides a large incubator comprising a; cooler provided on both sides of the circulation fan, respectively, to exchange heat with the internal air discharged by the circulation fan and guide the heat-exchanged internal air to the tray side.

Description

Large artificial incubator

The present invention relates to a large incubator, and more particularly, to a large incubator capable of maintaining cooling and heating of the indoor temperature inside the large incubator that can be entered by a person with a water-cooled cooler using a thermoelectric element. is about

In general, an incubator is a device for artificially hatching a fertilized egg, and is usually used to hatch a fertilized egg of a bird.

These incubators are provided in a variety of sizes from small to large enough for people to enter and exit, and in the present invention, a large-sized artificial incubator will be described as an example.

On the other hand, in the incubator, constant temperature and humidity are provided so that the fertilized egg can be hatched, and the egg turning operation is also performed in which the position and direction of the fertilized egg are returned so that each part of the fertilized egg is evenly warmed.

As such incubator-related prior art, Republic of Korea Utility Model Publication No. 20-2010-0004226 (hereinafter referred to as 'prior art document 1') has been proposed, and in prior art document 1, a heating coil and a heating coil inside the incubator It is installed so that the wind from the fan to circulate the heat generated from the incubator inside the incubator is circulated while vortexing inside the incubator so that the temperature can always be kept constant regardless of the location of the tray containing the eggs. An incubator capable of providing optimal conditions for incubation of eggs placed on a tray is disclosed.

In addition, an incubator has been proposed in Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1232064 (hereinafter referred to as 'prior art document 2'), and in prior art document 2, without opening the opening and closing door of the container through the water pipe, it is Water can be supplied, air circulates inside the container efficiently, and the turning radius and egg turning frame can be modified according to the user's preference, and eggs can be rotated horizontally. , an incubator capable of automatically cutting off power or generating an alarm in an emergency, thereby reducing power consumption, lowering the cost, and increasing the hatching rate is disclosed.

In addition, an incubator has been proposed in Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1669718 (hereinafter referred to as 'Prior Art Document 3'), and in Prior Art Document 3, the highest and lowest heights are continuously changed along the edge of the egg-turning frame. Disclosed is an incubator having a three-dimensional egg turning angle that moves in the vertical direction to generate a three-dimensional egg turning angle.

In addition, an incubator has been proposed in Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1853849 (hereinafter referred to as 'Prior Art Document 4'), and in Prior Art Document 4, an incubator with a high hatching rate by arranging an air circulation unit between the heat transfer unit and the egg turning unit is disclosed.

However, prior art documents 1 to 4 are small incubators for hatching a small amount of fertilized eggs rather than hatching a large amount of fertilized eggs, and have a disadvantage in that the hatching efficiency is not very high.

In particular, as a large number of trays on which several dozen or more fertilized eggs are placed inside the conventional large incubation facility to solve the disadvantages of the small incubator are introduced, the large incubation facility has a machine room for internal temperature control as well as various facilities. That is, there is a disadvantage in that a separate auxiliary facility such as a boiler is required.

And, the biggest disadvantage in the existing large incubation facilities is that the circulation of heat-exchanged air is inhibited due to the tray accommodated inside the incubation facility, so it is not done evenly, causing a temperature deviation inside the incubation facility, which causes the temperature inside the hatching facility to decrease. There is a disadvantage in that the hatching rate is lowered because it is not kept constant.

On the other hand, in order to solve the disadvantages caused by the above-mentioned prior art documents, the present applicant proposed and registered "a large artificial incubator to which a thermoelectric element is applied" in Korean Patent Registration No. 10-2068778 (hereinafter referred to as 'prior art document 5'). have received

The large artificial incubator disclosed in Prior Art Document 5 includes thermoelectric elements at predetermined intervals on both sides of the rear surface of the container opposite to the opening/closing door, each comprising a plurality of heat exchange members so that the internal temperature of the container can be controlled. It includes a heat exchange unit. The heat exchange unit is connected to the control display panel and is operated to heat or cool according to a set value.

However, the heat transfer of the heat exchanger is made through the heat dissipation fins provided in the thermoelectric element, and the heat dissipation fins are provided in a state exposed to the atmosphere and heat transfer is made due to contact with the air. In this process, foreign substances such as chicken hair There is a problem that the heat dissipation performance may be deteriorated due to attachment, which makes it difficult to control the temperature in the incubator.

Republic of Korea Public Utility Model No. 20-2010-0004226 Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-1232064 Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1669718 Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1853849 Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-2068778

Therefore, the present invention has been devised to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and it cools and heats the room with a water-cooled cooler using a thermoelectric element while circulating the internal air of a large artificial incubator that can be entered by a person. An object of the present invention is to provide a large artificial incubator capable of maintaining the indoor temperature.

A large artificial incubation device according to the present invention for achieving the above object is provided with a door openable and openable on one side, and a space wide enough to accommodate a plurality of trays on which a person can enter and exit while fertilized eggs are placed in multiple stages. a body having a; a circulation fan rotatably provided in the body to circulate internal air; A cooler provided on the inner surface of the main body facing the circumferential surface of the circulation fan to exchange heat with the internal air discharged by the circulation fan while guiding the heat-exchanged internal air to the tray side; including, but the cooler is discharged from the blades of the circulation fan a heat transfer plate that is heat-exchanged facing the internal air; a cooling plate provided on the heat transfer plate to cool the heat transfer plate; a thermoelectric element provided to provide cold air to the cooling plate; On the other hand, the cooler is formed as a cabinet having an internal space such as a cabinet, and a heat transfer plate is hinged on the front surface facing the blade of the circulation fan, including; It is provided so as to be opened and closed, and the heat dissipation block is characterized by a large-scale artificial incubator provided with a water cooling type that radiates heat from the thermoelectric element while water enters and circulates therein.

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In addition, the thermoelectric element may be provided while being wrapped with an insulating material between the cooling plate and the heat dissipation block, and both sides of the thermoelectric element may be provided in a state in contact with the cooling plate and the heat dissipation block, respectively.

And, the circulation fan is provided with a blade projecting radially from its center, the blade includes a radial flat portion provided to face the inner surface of the main body face-to-face, and a vertical portion provided perpendicular to each flat portion, When the circulation fan is operated, the blade may be rotated in the protruding direction of the vertical part, and the internal air may be discharged in the circumferential direction of the circulation fan to be blown toward the cooler.

According to the large incubator of the present invention, heat transfer is maximized by maximizing heat transfer by cooling and heating the room with a water-cooled cooler using a thermoelectric element while circulating the internal air of the large incubator that can be entered by a person with a circulation fan. It has the effect of maintaining it firmly by precisely controlling it.

1 is a front configuration view of a large artificial incubator according to the present invention.
2 is a plan view of a large incubator according to the present invention.
3 is a front view of the cooler configured in the hatching device according to the present invention.
4 is a plan view of the cooler according to the present invention.
5 is a view showing a blade of a circulation fan according to the present invention.
6 is a view showing the air flow of the hatching device according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The terms used in the present invention are terms defined in consideration of the functions in the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention or custom of the user or operator, so the definitions of these terms correspond to the technical matters of the present invention and should be interpreted as a concept.

In addition, the embodiments of the present invention do not limit the scope of the present invention, but are merely exemplary matters of the components presented in the claims of the present invention, and are included in the technical spirit throughout the specification of the present invention and the scope of the claims. It is an embodiment including a substitutable component as an equivalent in the component.

In addition, optional terms in the examples below are used to distinguish one component from other components, and the components are not limited by the terms.

Accordingly, in describing the present invention, detailed descriptions of related known technologies that may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention will be omitted.

1 to 6 are views showing a large-sized artificial incubation device according to the present invention and a circulation fan, a cooler, etc. constituted therein.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the large incubation device 100 according to the present invention is provided with a door openable and openable on one side, and a person can enter and exit the inside thereof, while a fertilized egg (not shown) is multi-stage. A body 110 having a space wide enough to accommodate a plurality of trays 1, 2, and 3 that are raised and provided, and a circulation that is rotatably provided on one side of the inside of the body 110 to circulate the internal air It is provided on both sides of the fan 120 and the circulation fan 120 to exchange heat with the internal air discharged by the circulation fan 120 while guiding the heat-exchanged internal air toward the trays (1), (2) and (3). A cooler 200 is included.

As shown in FIG. 1, the main body 110 is provided with hatching chambers accommodating the respective trays 1, 2, and 3 on both sides based on the front central portion, and the central portion between the two hatching chambers is to be described later. Each circulation fan 120 is provided.

A plurality of trays 1, 2, and 3 are arranged in several rows in the inside of the main body 110, that is, in the hatching chamber, and in this embodiment, three trays are arranged in three rows and accommodated as an example. do.

In addition, a control panel capable of controlling the incubation device 100 is provided on the front surface of the main body 110 , and the control panel is connected to a temperature sensor (not shown) provided in the main body 110 , the main body 110 . ) to accurately detect the internal temperature.

Accordingly, the administrator can accurately and simply grasp the internal situation of the main body 110 through the control panel from the outside of the main body 110 .

In addition, the circulation fan 120 is installed in the inner central portion of the main body 110 to face in opposite directions to each other.

The circulation fan 120 is provided with a blade 122 protruding radially from the rotation shaft 121 at the center thereof, and the blade 122 is radially provided to face the bottom surface or the ceiling surface of the main body 110 to face. It includes a flat portion 122a of , and a vertical portion 122b provided perpendicular to each flat portion 122a.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 5 , the vertical portion 122b is vertically bent in one direction at one end of the flat portion 122a close to the central portion of the main body 110 on the flat portion 122a. Accordingly, since the vertical portion 122b is positioned toward the central portion of the main body 110, the internal air by the blade 122 rotated when the circulation fan 120 is operated is directed toward one side of the main body 110, as shown in FIG. It has a circulating flow that is discharged and introduced only through the That is, the internal air discharged in one direction of the main body 110 is blocked from being discharged in the other direction by the vertical portion 122b of the blade 122 .

In particular, when the circulation fan 120 is operated, the blade 122 is rotated in a direction in which the vertical portion 122b protrudes from the flat portion 122a, so that a larger amount of the blade 122 is generated by the flat portion 122a and the vertical portion 122b. The internal air is discharged in the circumferential direction of the circulation fan 120 , and the discharged internal air flows toward the inner surface of the main body 110 and then circulates inside the main body 110 .

On the other hand, the cooler 200 is provided on the inner surface of the main body 110 , and the cooler 200 is provided on the inner surface of the main body 110 facing the circumferential surface of the circulation fan 120 , in this embodiment. Although the cooler 200 is provided as an example in a state of being erected on the inner front side (the side with the door) and the rear side of the main body 110 as in FIGS. 2 and 3, as an example, the main body 110 of It may be provided on the inner ceiling surface and the floor surface.

As shown in FIG. 4 , the cooler 200 includes a heat transfer plate 210 that is provided to face the internal air discharged from the blade 122 of the circulation fan 120 and exchanges heat, and on the inner surface of the heat transfer plate 210 . A cooling plate 220 provided to cool the heat transfer plate 210, a thermoelectric element 240 provided on one surface of the cooling plate 220 to provide cool air to the cooling plate 220, and one surface of the thermoelectric element 240 and a heat dissipation block 250 provided in the thermoelectric element 240 to dissipate heat generated by the thermoelectric element 240 .

First, the cooler 200 is formed as a housing having an internal space, such as a cabinet, and a heat transfer plate 210 is hinged to the front surface facing the blade 122 of the circulation fan 120 to be opened and closed.

The heat transfer plate 210 is provided to be inclined from the central portion of the main body 110 toward both inner sides of the trays 1 and 2 in which the flow of internal air discharged from the blades 122 of the circulation fan 120 is accommodated in the main body 110 . )(3) side. The heat transfer plate 210 is a part that directly heats up with the internal air of the body 110, and is preferably made of SUS material having good thermal conductivity and good durability.

In addition, the cooling plate 220 is provided in surface contact with the rear surface of the heat transfer plate 210 , that is, one surface positioned inside the body 110 , and the cooling plate 220 may be provided with a copper plate having very good thermal conductivity.

The cooling plate 220 may be provided as a single plate having an area corresponding to the heat transfer plate 210 one-to-one, or may be provided as a plurality of plates having an area smaller than this.

In addition, a thermoelectric element 240 is provided on the rear surface of the cooling plate 220 , that is, on one surface opposite to the heat transfer plate 210 , to directly cool the cooling plate 220 .

As the thermoelectric element 240 changes the phases of (+) and (-), both cooling and heating operations are possible, so that the internal temperature of the incubation device 100 can be maintained at the best suitable temperature.

In addition, a heat dissipation block 250 is provided on the back surface of the thermoelectric element 240 , that is, on one side opposite to the cooling plate 220 , and the heat dissipation block 250 is a heat sink, and cooling water, which is a refrigerant, enters and exits therein. It is composed of a water cooling type that radiates heat generated during operation of the thermoelectric element 240 while being circulated.

As such, by dissipating heat in the water cooling type instead of the air cooling type, the heat dissipation performance is maximized, and accordingly, the thermoelectric element 240 operates stably without malfunction, so that the temperature can be easily controlled and the optimum temperature can be maintained.

In addition, the thermoelectric element 240 is provided wrapped with an insulating material 230 without external exposure between the cooling plate 220 and a heat dissipation block 250 to be described later, thereby maximally preventing heat loss of the thermoelectric element 240 . .

On the other hand, a flow path through which the cooling water can pass is formed inside the heat dissipation block 250 . This flow path may be formed so that one flow path is bent several times, or by the fitting 251 as in this embodiment. A plurality of adjacent flow paths may be provided to be connected.

In addition, a water tank 270 is connected to the heat dissipation block 250 through a pipe, and the water tank 270 is provided with a water pump 260 that pressurizes and supplies stored water to the heat dissipation block 250 .

At this time, a condenser (not shown) for cooling the water supplied to the heat dissipation block 250 is provided in the pipe connecting the water pump 260 and the heat dissipation block 250 . is supplied

On the other hand, although the cooler 200 as described above has been described with a focus on the cooling means in this embodiment, when hot water is supplied instead of cooling water by providing a heating coil in the water tank 270, it is also used as a heating means. configurable.

A plurality of trays (1) (2) (3) on which fertilized eggs are placed are inserted and accommodated in the main body 110 of the large incubation device 100 according to the present invention as described above.

At this time, the accommodated plurality of trays (1), (2) and (3) are arranged in rows 1, 2, and 3 in the order away from the circulation fan 120 side, and in the tray 1 in row 1, the oldest fertilized egg from a chicken is arranged, freshly fertilized eggs are placed on the tray 2 in the second row, and fertilized eggs in the middle stage are placed in the tray 3 in the third row.

Accordingly, fertilized eggs in row 1 require cooling, fertilized eggs in row 2 require heating, and fertilized eggs in row 3 require an intermediate step between cooling and heating.

On the other hand, when the circulation fan 120 in the main body 110 is operated in a state in which the plurality of trays 1, 2, and 3 are accommodated in this way, the radial blade 122 is rotated.

At this time, the blade 122 is rotated in the protrusion direction of the vertical portion 122b perpendicular to the flat portion 122a as shown in FIG. It is discharged in the circumferential direction of the circulation fan 120 by centrifugal force while rotating in a state enclosed between 122a) and the vertical portion 122b.

The internal air thus discharged is discharged toward the inner surface of the body 110, as shown in FIG. 6, and its internal air is induced to flow along the inclined heat transfer plate 210 of the cooler 200 to the body 110. It flows toward the trays (1) (2) (3) accommodated therein.

At this time, the internal air in contact with the low-temperature heat transfer plate 210 is heat-exchanged to take on cold air, and the cold air passes through the tray 1 in the first row to cool the oldest row of fertilized eggs that need cooling.

Thereafter, the internal air that has cooled the first row of fertilized eggs is formed as air warmed by heat exchange, and the warmed internal air passes through the second row of trays 2 to heat the freshly released fertilized eggs of the second row that require heating.

And, the internal air that has heated the fertilized eggs in the 2nd row passes through the 3rd row of trays 3, but in the 3rd row of trays 3, in addition to the heat-exchanged internal air, the internal air of some cold air that has been heat-exchanged with the cooler 200 is directly in the 3rd row From the tray 3, the second row and the first row of trays 1 and 2 are passed in reverse order.

As a result, the three rows of fertilized eggs allow internal air of an appropriate temperature mixed with cold and warm air to pass through, thereby maintaining the respective temperatures required for the fertilized eggs placed on each tray (1), (2) and (3) at a constant level. All fertilized eggs on the trays 1, 2, and 3 accommodated in the incubation device 100 can be hatched at a similar time.

Although the present invention has been described in detail through specific examples, this is for the purpose of describing the present invention in detail, and the present invention is not limited thereto. It is clear that the modification or improvement is possible.

All simple modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the present invention, and the specific scope of protection of the present invention will be clarified by the appended claims.

100: incubation device 110: body
120: circulation fan 121: rotation shaft
122: blade 122a: flat part
122b: vertical part 200: cooler
210: heat plate 220: cooling plate
230: insulation 240: thermoelectric element
250: heat dissipation block 251: fitting
260: water pump 270: water tank

Claims (5)

a body having a door openable and openable on one side and having a space wide enough to accommodate a plurality of trays on which a person can enter and exit while fertilized eggs are mounted in multiple stages;
a circulation fan rotatably provided in the body to circulate internal air;
A cooler provided on the inner surface of the main body facing the circumferential surface of the circulation fan to exchange heat with the internal air discharged by the circulation fan while guiding the heat-exchanged internal air to the tray side; including,
The cooler includes: a heat transfer plate that exchanges heat with internal air discharged from the blades of the circulation fan;
a cooling plate provided on the heat transfer plate to cool the heat transfer plate;
a thermoelectric element provided to provide cold air to the cooling plate;
On the other hand, including; a heat dissipation block provided in the thermoelectric element to dissipate heat generated by the thermoelectric element.
The cooler is formed in a housing having an internal space like a cabinet, and a heat transfer plate is hinged to the front facing the blade of the circulation fan to be opened and closed,
The heat dissipation block is a large artificial incubator equipped with a water cooling type that dissipates the heat of the thermoelectric element while water enters and circulates therein.
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A thermoelectric element is a large-sized artificial incubator provided with a heat insulating material wrapped between the cooling plate and the heat dissipation block, and both sides of the thermoelectric element are provided in a state in contact with the cooling plate and the heat dissipation block, respectively.
The method according to claim 1,
The circulation fan is provided with a blade projecting radially from its center, and the blade includes a radial flat portion provided to face the inner surface of the main body and a vertical portion provided perpendicular to each flat portion, the circulation fan A large artificial incubator provided so that the inner air is discharged in the circumferential direction of the circulation fan and blown toward the cooler while the blade rotates in the protruding direction of the vertical part during operation.

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