Patent ID: 7827938
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A manure conveyor device, comprising: a liquid-permeable conveyor belt drivable around first and second return rollers; a manure collection channel associated with a discharge end of an upper half of the conveyor belt; a urine collection channel associated with a discharge end of a lower half of the conveyor belt; and a liquid-tight trough through which the lower half of the conveyor belt travels, wherein the conveyor belt comprises a perforated plastic circulating manure conveyor belt arranged underneath a manure permeable floor associated with livestock operations, and a ground side of the trough is formed by a plastic sheet; wherein the first return roller is driven faster than the second return roller during a first interval, the second return roller is driven faster than the first return roller during a second interval, the first return roller and the second return roller are not driven during a time period between a first interval and a second interval.