US 12,302,869 B2
System and devices for managing a poultry farm
Shankar Babaji Jagdale, Pune (IN)
Assigned to PAKSHIMITRA POULTRY TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED, Pune (IN)
Appl. No. 18/034,862
Filed by PAKSHIMITRA POULTRY TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED, Maharashtra (IN)
PCT Filed Jun. 2, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IN2022/050514
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/195016, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 12, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202221021027 (IN), filed on Apr. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0341288 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 45/00 (2006.01); A01K 1/00 (2006.01); A01K 1/01 (2006.01); A01K 31/16 (2006.01); A01K 39/04 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/22 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 45/00 (2013.01) [A01K 1/0047 (2013.01); A01K 1/0082 (2013.01); A01K 1/0135 (2013.01); A01K 31/165 (2013.01); A01K 39/04 (2013.01); A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2/22 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for managing a poultry farm, the system comprising:
an automated guided vehicle adapted to traverse inside the poultry farm, the automated guided vehicle comprising:
a body adapted to mount a plurality of devices configured to perform one or more operations inside the poultry farm;
a plurality of driving wheels coupled to the body and adapted to move the automated guided vehicle inside the poultry farm;
a plurality of sensors configured to sense environmental parameters at a floor level inside the poultry farm;
a collection bin at a rear end of the automated guided vehicle configured to receive at least one of litter, eggs, and wastewater; and
a detachable protection arrangement at a front end of the automated guided vehicle;
an overhead power railing coupled to the automated guided vehicle via a connector line and configured to moves synchronously with the automated guided vehicle using a railing housing coupled to a sliding contact head and a plurality of motor-driven wheels configured to move on a wheel track;
an open overhead utility line fluidically coupled to a vertically disposed water supply line and a pump, the water supply line and the pump configured to supply fresh water from a fresh water line of the open overhead utility line to the collection bin of the automated guided vehicle; and
a vertical conveyor arrangement adapted to retrieve the litter, eggs, and/or wastewater from the collection bin and dispose of the litter, eggs, and/or wastewater in a retriever channel of the open overhead utility line.