Global Patent Index - EP 0518437 B1

EP 0518437 B1 19940914 - Birth alarm for livestock.

Title (en)

Birth alarm for livestock.

Title (de)

Vieh-Geburtsmelder.

Title (fr)

Dispositif d'alarme de parturition pour animaux d'élevage.

Publication

EP 0518437 B1 19940914 (EN)

Application

EP 92201671 A 19920609

Priority

NL 9100994 A 19910610

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0518437A1] A wireless birth alarm for livestock, such as mares, cows or ewes, comprising position sensing and signal emitting means to be secured to the animal, which means close a contact and emit a signal when the animal takes up a position that may be characteristic of the onset of parturition for that animal, as well as a signal receiver comprising a circuit which, upon receiving an uninterrupted signal, after a settable threshold interval has elapsed, can activate an alarm, wherein at the receiver the circuit can be set in a position where the alarm is only activated if the continuously received signal is interrupted for a period of time the length of which depends on the animal species and then resets again. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

A61D 17/00; A01K 29/00

IPC 8 full level

A61D 17/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61D 17/008 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE FR GB NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0518437 A1 19921216; EP 0518437 B1 19940914; DE 69200408 D1 19941020; DE 69200408 T2 19950216; NL 9100994 A 19930104

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 92201671 A 19920609; DE 69200408 T 19920609; NL 9100994 A 19910610