US 12,274,236 B2
System, vehicle and method for removing manure from a stall floor
Robin Andreas Albertus Van Kester, Maassluis (NL); and Frank Hendrik Steeneveld, Maassluis (NL)
Assigned to LELY PATENT N.V., Maassluis (NL)
Appl. No. 18/035,785
Filed by LELY PATENT N.V., Maassluis (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/061402
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 8, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/130121, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2027114 (NL), filed on Dec. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0404025 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 1/01 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/0128 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for removing manure from a floor in an animal shed, the system being provided with:
an autonomous manure removal vehicle configured to autonomously travel along at least one route between animals in the animal shed, the manure removal vehicle comprising:
a manure storage container provided with an interior, and a manure discharge opening for discharging manure from the interior of the manure storage container; and
a manure introduction device for introducing manure from the floor and moving the introduced manure to the interior of the manure storage container; a dump provided with a dump opening in the floor for dumping, via the dump opening, manure from the manure discharge opening of the manure storage container into a manure reservoir extending under the floor; and
a flushing device for flushing the interior of the manure storage container with flushing liquid,
wherein the flushing device is arranged in or near the dump opening of the dump, wherein the flushing device is configured for spraying flushing liquid through the manure discharge opening into the interior of the manure storage container when the manure discharge opening of the manure removal vehicle is situated over the dump opening.