| CPC A01K 67/033 (2013.01) | 15 Claims |
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1. A device for breeding, comprising
a plurality of individual boxes which are to be arranged in a stack comprising a plurality of planes of boxes, said boxes each being filled with larvae and substrate which contains food, and
an observation system for obtaining observable information relating to amount of the substrate and status of the insects in each individual box, in order to output instructions to breed further insects, or to harvest, or dispose of, the insects in the individual boxes, and
a food dispensing system adapted to dispense the food automatically and individually into the relevant box,
wherein the device comprises
at least one stack of boxes, which is located on a chassis, and
a gantry, the gantry at least having a supply module, a cleaning module, an upward vertical transporter, a downward vertical transporter, an upper transverse transporter and a lower transverse transporter, and
wherein a guide system is provided for moving the gantry to the at least one stack of boxes, and
wherein a conveying system is provided for conveying boxes from and to the at least one stack of boxes and, using the gantry, for cyclical restacking, and supplying and cleaning of the insects within the boxes, within the at least one stack of boxes, and
wherein the conveying system and the gantry are configured to load boxes into and unload boxes from the at least one stack of boxes, the supply module being divided into at least two containers, said containers each being equipped individually with at least one metering roller, at least one container being filled with substrate and at least one other container being filled with food, such that in the event of transport by the upper transverse transporter the substrate and subsequently food are dispensed into a box by an adjustable advancement of the at least one metering roller.
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