CN101574061B - Container for effectively increasing water drinking efficiency of animal - Google Patents
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The first embodiment of the invention provides a rectangular cubic container which comprises five subsidiary chambers which are roughly separated by parallel partitions; the bottom of each partition is provided with a small drain hole which is designed to be convenient for balancing the water level of each subsidiary chamber; and each subsidiary chamber has an elongated length and a width which isrelatively narrow and is designed to be approximate to the width of a tongue of an animal. When an animal drinks water from one of the subsidiary chambers in the first embodiment, the margin of the t ongue approaches the inner wall of the subsidiary chamber when the animal uses the tongue to lick water to prevent the water which remains on the tongue from falling when the water is sucked in the mouth of the animal. Thus, the water drinking efficiency is increased by adopting the water licking technology. The rectangular cubic container can comprise subsidiary chambers with different widths to be suitable for animals with different sizes and different tongue widths. In the other embodiment, the second subsidiary chamber is provided with a water reservoir for replenishing the first subsidiary chamber when the first subsidiary chamber pumps water through the small drain holes near the bottom of the common wall among the subsidiary chambers. The second subsidiary chamber is designed into an inverted bottle filled with water to be used for continuously replenishing water drinking subsidiary chambers by communicating the drain holes of water supplying subsidiary chambers.
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Background of invention
The present invention relates to a kind of container of effective increasing water drinking efficiency of animal.Animal is used their tongue drinking-water.They immerse tongue in the container being filled with water, and its tip of the tongue is bending backward also upwards to be lifted the tongue with certain water gaging and sends in mouth subsequently.This is the method for water being sent into their very poor efficiencys in the mouth.Specifically, recurvate tongue part is relatively flat, therefore lifts along with having on it on tongue of certain water yield, and water spills from the side of that part of tongue.In being entitled as in " behavior of dog " book of chairman Bonnie doctor Beaver of Veterinary Medical Association of the U.S., be described below content:
" tongue is curling and as water lifting being entered to the ladder of mouth backward.Because crimping portion is almost flat instead of cup-shaped, dog, water to be sent into before face, much water spills from limit.Probably can lose half ".
As explained in the author Stan Coren of the psychology professor of University of British Columbia and " how dog is thought deeply " this book:
" tongue of dog with a kind of fish hook shape downwards with to backrush bent and he be the mouth end of water being lifted and poured into he completely.How soon dog can drink water and depend on the size of its tongue ".
Larger animal has larger tongue each and licks and can lift more substantial water.In general, animal is wider more with a thick tongue.Suppose that tongue is equal in length, wider tongue can each be licked and lift more substantial water.
The tass of animal of manufacturing now and drinking vessel are mainly to fill the tun of water and the mode of not considering to improve drinking-water efficiency designs their shape.Such as animal, other pet or other animal of dog, cat only from bowl or container is licked water and kept the action of licking before being full always.If the structure of water container is designed to improve the efficiency of drinking-water, this container will make animal happy.
No. D302755 of Zaliti with the people's such as McGrath D335940 United States Patent (USP) disclose a kind of have lengthen and the feeding pet dish of relative narrow container part.But these patents do not consider that the low efficiency problem of licking water does not propose a solution yet.
The D288650 United States Patent (USP) of Mintz discloses multiple general cells, but does not consider related problem andsolution herein.
No. 5323733 United States Patent (USP)s of Youngs-McVicker disclose a kind of bird machine of feeding that is spread the next door of spattering for reducing food by bird that wherein has.In Youngs-McVicker device, next door comprises two sizable openings that are communicated with adjacent chamber 38 and 40.Actual chamber is neither the very narrow inefficient problem that does not also realize Youngs-McVicker principle or lick water for animal provides a solution.
Summary of the invention
The present invention relates to the container with the disclosed a kind of effective increasing water drinking efficiency of animal of some embodiment.The present invention includes the following object that is mutually related, aspect and feature.
(1) first aspect, the first embodiment of the present invention visualizes a kind of cube container of essentially rectangular, and this container comprises roughly by five separate sub-chamber of parallel next door, and each next door has a little spilled water hole in its bottom.Spilled water hole is designed to be convenient to the water level of balanced each sub-chamber.Each sub-chamber has the length dimension of lengthening and relatively narrow and be designed to approach the width of animal tongue width.In the time that animal drinks water from of the sub-chamber of the present embodiment, along with the water of licking of tongue, the limit of tongue is near the inwall of sub-chamber, prevents that thus some water of staying on tongue when water lifting is entered to animal face from falling from tongue.Like this, by use this lick water technology make to drink water efficiency improve.
(2) device of the present invention can form to adapt to the animal of different sizes and different tongue width by the sub-chamber with different in width.In one embodiment, container can comprise having the sub-chamber of multiple different in width separately and make the animals of different sizes use same container from different sub-chamber's drinking-water.
(3) in another embodiment, if needed, can make the bending towards each other of upper end of the wall of each sub-chamber, thereby increase the maintenance dose of the water on the animal tongue of drinking-water therefrom.
(4) in another embodiment, container of the present invention can comprise the first long and narrow sub-chamber that animal therefrom drinks water and have the second sub-chamber of same or different size structure and/or volume, and the second sub-chamber only comprises the cistern of supplementary the first sub-chamber in the time of near the downward draining of the little spilled water hole common wall bottom by between sub-chamber.In another embodiment, container of the present invention can comprise the long and narrow sub-chamber being connected with the second sub-chamber via spilled water hole, and this second sub-chamber is designed to hold water-filled inverted bottle to realize the spilled water hole continuous supplementation drinking-water sub-chamber by connecting water supply sub-chamber.The product that uses this inverted bottle technology is known, for example, by all trade mark LE BISTRO of Microban Products company
a kind of product that name is sold.
Therefore, the first object of the present invention is to provide a kind of container of increasing water drinking efficiency of animal effectively.
Another object of the present invention is to provide so a kind of device, and the sidewall of the sub-chamber of wherein drinking water is enough close so that they approach the width of animal tongue to improve drinking-water efficiency each other.
Another object of the present invention is to provide so a kind of device, and the sub-chamber of different in width is wherein provided for different animals.
Another object of the present invention is to provide so a kind of device, and multiple sub-chamber with equal wide are wherein provided.
A further object of the present invention is to provide so a kind of device, wherein drink water sub-chamber be used for being provided to the water supply sub-chamber of drinking-water sub-chamber supplementing water via little spilled water hole.
A further object of the present invention is to provide so a kind of device, and the cistern that wherein supplies water comprises the inverted bottle being filled with water.
Below reading by reference to the accompanying drawings to the detailed description of preferred embodiment after, will have clearer understanding to these and other object, aspect and feature of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 illustrates the vertical view of first embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 illustrates along the cross-sectional view of the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 illustrates the front view of first embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4 illustrates the end view of first embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 5 illustrates the upward view of first embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 6 illustrates the stereogram of first embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 7 illustrates two adjacent sub-chamber walls and the schematic diagram in animal tongue therebetween.
Fig. 8 illustrates another structure of the sidewall of sub-chamber.
Fig. 9 illustrates the vertical view of another structure.
Figure 10 illustrates the vertical view of another embodiment.
Figure 11 illustrates the vertical view of another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 12 illustrates along the cross-sectional view of the line 12-12 of Figure 11.
The detailed description of preferred embodiment
First describe with reference to Fig. 1-6 pair first embodiment of the invention totally representing with drawing reference numeral 10.As shown in Figure 1, the inwall 13,15,17 and 19 that device comprises perisporium 11 and device 10 is divided into five sub-chamber 21,23,25,27 and 29.Adjacent sub-chamber is interconnected by being used for each spilled water hole 31 of balanced all sub-chamber middle water level.Each sub-chamber preferably has the slightly flat bottom lower than spilled water hole 31 positions, as the most clearly seen in Fig. 2.
Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 illustrate the part of the perisporium 11 of container 10, and Fig. 5 illustrates the bottom 12 of container.
In the embodiment of Fig. 1-6, water is injected into chamber 21,23,25,27 and 29.Water level in these chambers or sub-chamber is by Fig. 2, the spilled water hole 31 of clear demonstration is balanced.Thus, if animal drinks water from sub-chamber 21, supplement sub-chamber 21 from the water of adjacent sub-chamber 23 via the spilled water hole 31 between two chambers, other spilled water hole 31 is also beneficial to water level equilibrium treatment simultaneously.
Fig. 7 illustrates have standoff distance two walls 21 and 23 of inwall embodiment 22 and 24, Fig. 1-6 of " a ".Animal tongue 1 is shown as that to have vertical sloping portion 3 bending to lick the horizontal component 5 of water from sub-chamber with relative vertical component 3.The width of the lateral margin 5 of the part 5 of tongue 1 is represented by letter " c ".
In one embodiment, a half width of the tongue of small-sized Da Kesi hunting dog is 3/4 inch-1 inch.This is the size " c " in Fig. 7." b " is less for size, and in the time of drinking water for animals, the lateral margin of the part 5 of tongue 1 is the closer to inwall 22,24.Therefore, in tongue width is the example of small-sized Da Kesi hunting dog of 1 inch, make size " a " be 1 inch of lateral margin that means tongue part 5 in the time of drinking water for animals near surface 22 and 24, can improve thus drinking-water efficiency.In this embodiment, size " b " can be zero.
In another program, with reference to Fig. 8, wall 21 ' and 23 ' can have respectively upper end 26 and 28, and they are bending towards each other to improve the drinking-water efficiency of tongue 1.Surface 30 and 32 shown in Fig. 8 is easy to facilitate in the long as far as possible time water as much as possible is maintained to " funnelling " on tongue 1.
With reference to Fig. 9, the second embodiment of the present invention is represented and is comprised periphery wall 41 and an inwall 43 by drawing reference numeral 40, and inwall 43 defines with perisporium 41 the first sub-chamber 45 and the second sub-chamber 47 that are interconnected by spilled water hole 49.Sub-chamber's 45 parts are defined by the longwell 51 and 53 that adds towards each other at the interval " a " that is designed to approach very much the animal tongue width of drinking water from sub-chamber 45.Sub-chamber 47 is made up of cistern, this cistern be designed to when animal therefrom drink water and make water level reduce time water is replenished to sub-chamber 45.Certainly, animal also can drink water from sub-chamber 47, but does not resemble while drinking-water from sub-chamber 45 so efficient.If needed, sub-chamber 47 can comprise the lid that prevents that animal from therefrom drinking water.In the time that sub-chamber 47 is covered, at least one air vent is set in lid (not shown) so that by the water level in the balanced sub-chamber 45 and 47 of spilled water hole 49.
Figure 10 illustrate the another embodiment that totally represented by drawing reference numeral 60 and wherein three sub-chamber 61,63 and 65 be provided with the spilled water hole 67 and 69 of balanced water level in the above described manner.In container 60, these three sub-chamber have the animal that is designed to be convenient to three kinds of completely different dimension width tongues with the width of effective means drinking-water.Or device 60 is identical with Fig. 1-6 shown device 10.
Another embodiment is illustrated in Figure 11 and is represented by drawing reference numeral 70, can see that it comprises the first sub-chamber 71 and the second sub-chamber 73 being interconnected by spilled water hole 75.Sub-chamber 71 comprises that being designed to each interval approaches the therefrom inwall 77 and 79 of the distance " a " of the animal tongue width of drinking-water.As shown in figure 12, the size of sub-chamber 73 is designed to hold an inverted bottle 81, and this inverted bottle 81 has containing the inner chamber of certain water gaging 63 and has opening 85.Be appreciated that by this structure, in the time that animal drinks water from sub-chamber 71, water is supplemented to sub-chamber 71 via spilled water hole 75 from sub-chamber 73.Along with water flows through spilled water hole 75 from sub-chamber 73, water is supplemented to sub-chamber 73 from bottle 81.This structure allows to supply water to animal in more significant long-time section, for example, in the time that the owner of animal goes out because of tourism.
In an embodiment of the present invention, container of the present invention is preferably made up of molded plastics.Certainly, can use such as other material of wood or various metals and construct device of the present invention.
In the method that uses the embodiment of the present invention to supply water to animal, any one embodiment of the present invention provides and is full of water or other liquid can be for one or more animals.In the time that animal drinks water from each sub-chamber, its water level is able to equilibrium by adjacent one or more sub-chamber.Can water be supplemented to sub-chamber by refilling or closing demanding party's formula by the inverted bottle shown in Figure 12 or any other.
In the above-described embodiments, the spilled water hole that adjacent chamber is communicated with is described as and is positioned on common wall.Or, can make independent chamber or sub-chamber be positioned at the housing having a style of one's own, their spilled water hole communicates with each other by pipe or pipeline.
So, disclose the present invention in conjunction with the preferred embodiment of fulfiling the present invention above-mentioned each and each object and disclosed, and a kind of container largely novelty and practicality, new and useful increasing water drinking efficiency of animal efficiency that has is provided.
Certainly the various changes in the technology of the present invention,, modifications and variations can be visualized and do not departed from its spirit and scope by those skilled in that art.
So, the present invention is limited by the fund of appended claims.
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1. a drinking water for animals container, comprising:
(a) the first sub-chamber, this first sub-chamber has the first and second sidewalls that separate, described sidewall has upper end and is linear and parallel, described the first sub-chamber is also defined by end wall shorter than described sidewall in length, described end wall has upper end, the upper end of this end wall and the upper end of described sidewall are in a common horizontal plane
(b) the second sub-chamber, this second sub-chamber is wider than described the first sub-chamber, in described the second sub-chamber, holds certain quantity of fluid, and one side is defined by described the second sidewall, and each sub-chamber has bottom, and described each sub-chamber is interconnected via Qi Gebi,
(c) described the first and second sidewalls separate a distance, described distance is closely corresponding with the width of the animal tongue from described container drinking-water, by this in the time that described animal drinks water to lick action with their tongue, utilize the interaction between described tongue and described sidewall, with (1) lack described interaction and (2) in described distance not with the described width of described tongue closely compared with corresponding situation, in the time licking water, can make more substantial water rest on for more time on described tongue at every turn, improve thus the drinking-water efficiency of described animal.
2. container as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described the first and second sub-chamber utilize passage to be interconnected via described the second sidewall.
3. container as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, each described sub-chamber has the one group of parallel side wall that defines each described sub-chamber, every group of parallel side wall interval equidistance.
4. container as claimed in claim 3, is characterized in that, comprises five sub-chamber, and each sub-chamber is defined by the parallel side wall of organizing equal intervals more.
5. container as claimed in claim 2, is characterized in that, described the second sub-chamber comprises via the supplementary cistern of drinking the water of getting from described the first sub-chamber of described passage.
6. container as claimed in claim 5, is characterized in that, described cistern comprises the larger volume than described the first sub-chamber.
7. container as claimed in claim 5, is characterized in that, the size of described cistern is designed to hold the inverted bottle that is full of the liquid for supplementing described cistern and sub-chamber.
8. container as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described liquid comprises water.
9. container as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, the upper end of described sidewall separates described distance.
10. container as claimed in claim 9, is characterized in that, the upper end of described sidewall is tapered toward each other.
11. containers as claimed in claim 3, is characterized in that, also comprise the 3rd, the 4th and the 5th sub-chamber, and all five sub-chamber have one group of parallel walls, and every group of parallel walls separates equal distance.
12. containers as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, also comprise the 3rd sub-chamber, and each described sub-chamber is defined by one group of parallel walls, and described one group of wall is separated by the different interval of the different tongue width corresponding to different animals.
13. containers as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described distance is 1 inch.
14. containers as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, it is made up of molded plastics.
The drinking vessel of 15. 1 kinds of animals, comprising:
(a) the first sub-chamber that there is parallel walls and hold certain quantity of fluid;
(b) described parallel walls separates a distance, described distance is closely corresponding with the width of the animal tongue from described container drinking-water, by this in the time that described animal drinks water to lick action with their tongue, utilize the interaction between described tongue and described parallel walls, with (1) lack described interaction and (2) in described distance not with the described width of described tongue closely compared with corresponding situation, in the time licking water, can make to cause more substantial water to rest on for more time on described tongue at every turn, improve thus the drinking-water efficiency of described animal;
(c) the second sub-chamber, this second sub-chamber is wider than described the first sub-chamber, and described sub-chamber has common wall and communicates with each other via the little spilled water hole in described common wall;
(d) described the second sub-chamber comprises via the supplementary cistern of drinking the water of getting from described the first sub-chamber of described spilled water hole.
16. containers as claimed in claim 15, is characterized in that, described cistern comprises the larger volume than described the first sub-chamber.
17. containers as claimed in claim 15, is characterized in that, the size of described cistern is designed to hold the inverted bottle that is full of the liquid for supplementing described cistern and sub-chamber.
18. containers as claimed in claim 15, is characterized in that, described liquid comprises water.
19. containers as claimed in claim 15, is characterized in that, it is made up of molded plastics.
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