A grate constructed in accordance with the present invention is used in connection with HVAC applications and systems and may be placed in an opening of an air duct in a floor. The grate has a plurality of grate bars and cross bars that are formed from strips of prefinished metal cut from a sheet of metal that are bent around a form to provide an upside down U shaped cross-section defining a channel. Pairs of grooves are formed across a top of each cross bar and portions of the grate bar. The grate bars are positioned above the cross bars in a perpendicular manner and portions of the grate bars are received in the pairs of grooves. The grate bars and the cross bars are coupled together by moving the portions of the grate bars received in the grooves away from each other, thereby wedging them together.

A system for prevention of infectious diseases in a habitat of animals. This system comprises articles consisting at least one antimicrobial additive. Some or all those articles are situated within a bedding of a habitat of animals.

Tile cleaning systems and associated methods are disclosed. The tile cleaning system can include a plurality of tiles and a plurality of movers. The movers can move the tiles along a floor in a circuit while the plurality of tiles directly contact the floor. The tile cleaning system can include a cleaner they can clean the tiles in the circuit.

An animal toilet has a front-rear direction, a right-left direction and an up-down direction that intersect each other. The animal toilet is provided with an upper container that is provided with a plurality of holes through which urine passes below, a lower container that is positioned below the upper container and has formed an insert hole on a front face, and a tray that is housed from the insert hole into the lower container in a manner being allowed to be pulled out forward, and made to receive and store the urine that falls through the holes of the upper container. A front part of the tray is not protruding in front of the front face of the lower container when seen from the right-left direction. The front part of the tray has an exposed portion. An upside and a downside of the exposed portion are exposed to an outside space. An upper part and a lower part of the exposed portion are respectively provided with a geometrically deformed portion having a shape changed from a surrounding portion.

A flooring system includes a flooring panel and a support element. The flooring panel has an outer periphery and defines an upper panel plane and a lower panel plane that is offset from the upper panel plane. The flooring panel includes a plurality of openings formed therethrough within the outer periphery. The support element extends lengthwise between opposing ends and includes an upper edge and a lower edge. The support element extends through and operatively connects with the flooring panel such that the upper edge is disposed in approximate alignment with the upper panel plane and the lower edge is disposed in offset relation to the lower panel plane in a direction opposite the upper panel plane. Methods of assembly are also included.

Apparatus for use to remove and/or replace cement slat, cement supports in a cement slatted flooring of an animal pen, comprising a manually operable engine driven wheeled vehicle characterized by being supportable on a slotted concrete slat flooring and on the area proximate thereto, an elevated extendible boom pivotably attached to the vehicle at the boom's proximate end and having grasping members at the boom's distal end, a hydraulic device coupled between the vehicle and the boom and between the ends of the boom for pivotally raising and lowering the boom, and manually operable controls for operating the hydraulic device located on the vehicle whereby the vehicle and the boom are manually operable to place the grasping members into the vicinity of a flooring cement slat or a flooring support for attachment thereto to raise the flooring cement slat or flooring support and carry it to an alternate site.

Apparatus for use in repairing and replacing flooring consisting of slotted concrete slats over a gathering pit in an animal barn, comprising a manually operable engine driven wheeled vehicle characterized by being supportable on a slotted concrete slat flooring and on the area proximate thereto, a pair of spaced apart parallel rigid forward extending arms pivotally mounted to the vehicle at their proximal ends, slat engaging tools extending from the distal ends of the arms for releasably engaging a flooring concrete slat, and a manually operated hydraulic actuated member coupled between the arms and the vehicle for selectively pivotally raising and lowering the arms to lift and deposit an engaged slat.

The invention relates to a system to carry out a floor related action. The system comprises an animal enclosure for detaining at least one animal and provided with an enclosure floor surface, a first autonomous vehicle configured to navigate over the floor surface to carry out the floor related action, and a feed providing device to provide feed to the animal. The system comprises a communication signal configured to transmit a communication signal representative for an actual or planned feeding action of the feed providing device to the first vehicle, which action influences the position of animals with the animal enclosure. In order to move the first vehicle more efficiently over the stable floor, in particular to avoid interference with animals on the stable floor, the first vehicle is capable to adapt its navigation based on the communication signal representative for the actual or planned feeding action.

A gating system comprising a gate, footplate, formed latch assemblies, formed tab end assemblies, c-bracket, and parallel structural members which provides infinite mounting points to connect gates to slotted floor slates with a footplate. The gating system simplifies the design, manufacture, installation, and operation of animal management.

The automatic bird cage is a bird housing provided with at least two containers that the user can control wirelessly via a mobile application, and the user will also control a wiper placed at the ground of the cage for cleaning. The system is also supported with a camera that displays the bird actions inside the cage, and to monitor the food level.