US 11,716,977 B2
Continuous feeding device for predatory mites and feeding method thereof
Jie Su, Shihezi (CN); Jianping Zhang, Shihezi (CN); and Zhiping Cai, Shihezi (CN)
Assigned to SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY, Shihezi (CN)
Filed by SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY, Shihezi (CN)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/955,780.
Claims priority of application No. 202111184972.7 (CN), filed on Oct. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0110670 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 67/033 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 67/033 (2013.01) [A01K 2227/706 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A continuous feeding device for predatory mites, comprising:
a feeding part includes a plurality of feeding assemblies and an isolation part includes a pool and a base, wherein the feeding part is on the isolation part, and the feeding assemblies arranged in sequence are detachably connected by a connector with each other and the base of the isolation part;
wherein the feeding assemblies include feeding boxes with top and bottom ends, bottom screens with top and bottom ends and supporting bases with top and bottom ends, which are arranged in a sequence as the feeding boxes are fixedly connected with the top ends of the bottom screens, the bottom ends of the bottom screens are fixedly connected with the top ends of the supporting bases, and the bottom end of the supporting base of any feeding box is detachably connected with the top end of an adjacent feeding box through the connector;
climbing pieces for facilitating movements of predatory mites are arranged inside the feeding boxes;
an inducer for inducing predatory mites to move is arranged outside the feeding boxes;
each climbing piece includes a plurality of climbing wires circumferentially arranged in each feeding box, the climbing wires are fixedly connected with inner walls of each feeding box, and the climbing wires abut against the bottom end of the bottom screen of the adjacent feeding box;
the inducer includes a bracket arranged outside the feeding boxes, wherein the bracket is provided with an air outlet, and the air outlet is arranged corresponding to the top end of an uppermost feeding box; and
a second feeding box is installed at a top end of a first feeding box when a number of predatory mites in the feeding boxes reach a predetermined requirement, and the inducer simultaneously induce predatory mites to prey; predatory mites enter the second feeding box under an action of the climbing pieces, and a third feeding box is installed at a top end of the second feeding box until predatory mites are harvested after the number of predatory mites in the second feeding box reach the predetermined requirement.