CN110024700B

CN110024700B - Guinea pig rearging cage with automatic cleaning function

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Publication number: CN110024700B
Application number: CN201910301474.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈晓红
Original assignee: Hunan Taiping Biotechnology Co ltd
Current assignee: Hunan Taiping Biotechnology Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-04-16
Filing date: 2019-04-16
Publication date: 2021-09-17
Anticipated expiration: 2039-04-16
Also published as: CN110024700A

Abstract

The invention discloses a guinea pig rearing cage with an automatic cleaning function, and belongs to the field of animal rearing. The guinea pig rearing cage comprises a rearing cage main body, wherein a brush handle is arranged in the rearing cage main body, brush hairs are arranged on the brush handle, the brush handle is connected with a rotating shaft through a telescopic mechanism, and the rotating shaft is rotatably arranged in the rearing cage main body and is connected with a reciprocating mechanism for driving the rotating shaft to reciprocate clockwise and anticlockwise; the bottom of the rearing cage main body is also provided with a collecting mechanism for collecting garbage. According to the embodiment of the invention, the brush handle is connected with the rotating shaft through the telescopic mechanism, so that the brush bristles can be driven by the reciprocating mechanism to reciprocate clockwise and anticlockwise at the bottom of the rearing cage main body, and thus, the garbage at the bottom of the rearing cage main body can be automatically cleaned. In addition, the embodiment of the invention also provides a collecting mechanism at the bottom of the rearing cage main body, so that the cleaned garbage can be collected, and the convenience of the rearing cage can be further improved.

Description

Guinea pig rearging cage with automatic cleaning function

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of animal feeding, in particular to a guinea pig feeding cage with an automatic cleaning function.

Background

Guinea pigs, also known as guinea pigs, are tailless rodents that are compact, short, thick, large in head and short in neck. When guinea pigs are kept, special cages are often required to provide living spaces for the guinea pigs. Among them, guinea pigs produce wastes such as feces and residual feed in the cages, and thus the cages need to be periodically cleaned.

However, the existing rearing cage with the cleaning function at least has the problems of inconvenient operation, poor cleaning efficiency and the like. For example, chinese patent CN107810866A discloses a temperature-controlled feeding cage, wherein the bottom of the second side plate is provided with a brush, the top of the second side plate is engaged with a caliper inside the top plate through a gear, and the gear is provided with a pulling rope for driving the gear to rotate, so that the brush at the bottom of the second side plate can be driven by the gear to move, thereby cleaning up the sundries on the bottom plate; however, the feeding cage needs to pull the pulling rope in a reciprocating manner to clean up the sundries on the bottom plate, so that the cleaning efficiency is low, and the operation is inconvenient.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention has been made in an effort to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a guinea pig cage with an automatic cleaning function.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

a guinea pig rearing cage with an automatic cleaning function comprises a rearing cage main body, wherein a brush handle is arranged in the rearing cage main body, bristles are arranged on the brush handle, the brush handle is connected with a rotating shaft through a telescopic mechanism, the rotating shaft is rotatably arranged in the rearing cage main body and is connected with a reciprocating mechanism for driving the rotating shaft to reciprocate clockwise and anticlockwise; the bottom of the rearing cage main body is also provided with a collecting mechanism for collecting garbage.

According to a preferred scheme adopted by the embodiment of the invention, the telescopic mechanism comprises a connecting column, a sliding sleeve and a driving assembly for driving the sliding sleeve to slide, the connecting column is connected with the rotating shaft, the sliding sleeve is sleeved on the connecting column and is in sliding connection with the connecting column, and the brush handle is connected with the sliding sleeve.

According to another preferable scheme adopted by the embodiment of the invention, the driving assembly comprises a permanent magnet, an electromagnet and a spring, the electromagnet is connected with the connecting column through a first fixing plate, and the permanent magnet is connected with the sliding sleeve through a second fixing plate; the first fixing plate is connected with the second fixing plate through a spring, and the magnetic poles of the electromagnet and the permanent magnet are the same.

According to another preferred scheme adopted by the embodiment of the invention, a limiting column is arranged right below the sliding sleeve, and the limiting column is rotatably arranged in the rearing cage main body; when the sliding sleeve slides to be in contact with the limiting column, the bristles on the brush handle are in contact with the bottom of the feeding cage main body.

According to another preferred scheme adopted by the embodiment of the invention, the rotating shaft, the connecting column and the brush handle are all of hollow structures, and the rotating shaft is communicated with the sliding sleeve through the connecting column; the sliding sleeve is communicated with the brush handle, and the bottom of the brush handle is provided with a plurality of groups of liquid outlet holes; the rotating shaft is also connected with the liquid feeding mechanism.

According to another preferred scheme adopted by the embodiment of the invention, the liquid feeding mechanism comprises a pump, the pump is communicated with a rotary joint through a communicating pipe, and the rotary joint is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft.

According to another preferred scheme adopted by the embodiment of the invention, the reciprocating mechanism comprises a gear, a rack and a turntable, wherein the gear is connected with the rotating shaft and meshed with the rack; the rack is arranged at the top of the rearing cage main body in a sliding manner and is connected with the turntable through a connecting rod; the both ends of connecting rod rotate with rack and carousel respectively and be connected, the carousel link to each other with the motor.

According to another preferable scheme adopted by the embodiment of the invention, the collecting mechanism comprises a collecting box, and the collecting box is arranged in the groove of the base in a sliding manner and is communicated with the through hole at the bottom of the rearing cage main body.

According to another preferable scheme adopted by the embodiment of the invention, a stop block is arranged right above the through hole, the stop block and the through hole are both of fan-shaped structures, and the area of the stop block is smaller than that of the through hole.

Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following technical effects:

(1) according to the embodiment of the invention, the brush handle is connected with the rotating shaft which can rotate through the telescopic mechanism with the permanent magnet, the electromagnet and the spring, and the rotating shaft is connected with the reciprocating mechanism with the turntable, the gear and the rack, so that the brush hair on the brush handle can be driven by the reciprocating mechanism to reciprocate clockwise and anticlockwise at the bottom of the rearing cage main body, and the automatic cleaning work with high convenience and high efficiency can be carried out on the garbage at the bottom of the rearing cage main body.

(2) The embodiment of the invention also provides the through hole and the collecting mechanism with the collecting box at the bottom of the rearing cage main body, and the stop block is arranged right above the through hole, so that the cleaned garbage can be collected, and the convenience of the rearing cage can be further improved.

(3) In the embodiment of the invention, the liquid feeding mechanism with the pump is communicated with the rotating shaft with the hollow structure and the brush handle with the liquid outlet hole, so that the cleaning liquid can be fed into the rotating shaft and the brush handle through the pump, and the cleaning liquid in the brush handle flows into the bottom of the rearing cage main body along the brush hair through the liquid outlet hole, thereby further improving the cleaning effect on the bottom of the rearing cage main body.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a guinea pig rearging cage with an automatic cleaning function provided in example 1.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the bottom of the main body of the rearing cage provided in embodiment 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the reciprocating mechanism provided in embodiment 1.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a guinea pig rearging cage with an automatic cleaning function provided in example 2.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the handle provided in example 2.

In the figure: 1-a rearing cage main body, 2-a base, 3-a top plate, 4-a rotating shaft, 5-a connecting column, 6-a sliding sleeve, 7-a brush handle, 8-brush hair, 9-a first fixing plate, 10-a second fixing plate, 11-a permanent magnet, 12-an electromagnet, 13-a spring, 14-a limiting column, 15-a through hole, 16-a block, 17-a groove, 18-a collecting box, 19-a gear, 20-a rack, 21-a sliding block, 22-a rotating disc, 23-a connecting rod, 24-a motor, 25-a pump, 26-a rotating joint, 27-a communicating pipe and 28-a liquid outlet hole.

Detailed Description

The following specific embodiments are specifically and clearly described in the technical solutions of the present application with reference to the drawings provided in the present specification. The drawings in the specification are for clarity of presentation of the technical solutions of the present application, and do not represent shapes or sizes in actual production or use, and reference numerals of the drawings are not limited to the claims involved.

In addition, in the description of the present application, terms used should be construed broadly, and specific meanings of the terms may be understood by those skilled in the art according to actual situations. For example, the term "mounted" as used in this application may be defined as a fixed mounting that is removable or a fixed mounting that is not removable, etc.; the terms "set" and "provided" as used herein may be defined as either a contact or a non-contact arrangement, etc.; the terms "connected" and "coupled" as used herein may be defined as mechanically, electrically, or both fixedly and removably coupled; the terms "first", "second", and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated; all the terms of orientation used are used with reference to the drawings or are based on the direction defined by the actual situation and the common general knowledge.

Example 1

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the embodiment provides a guinea pig cage with an automatic cleaning function, which includes a cage main body 1, the cage main body 1 is a cylindrical structure, the bottom thereof is fixedly installed on a base 2, and the top thereof is fixedly installed with a top plate 3. The interior of the rearing cage main body 1 is provided with a brush handle 7, and the bottom of the brush handle 7 is provided with brush hairs 8 for cleaning garbage at the bottom of the rearing cage main body 1.

Specifically, the brush handle 7 is fixedly connected with the telescopic mechanism. Wherein, telescopic machanism include spliced pole 5, sliding sleeve 6 and be used for driving sliding sleeve 6 and carry out gliding drive assembly, spliced pole 5 and rotation axis 4 fixed link to each other, 6 covers on spliced pole 5 of sliding sleeve to carry out sliding connection with spliced pole 5,

brush holder

7 and 6 fixed links to each other of sliding sleeve.

Specifically, the driving assembly comprises a permanent magnet 11, an electromagnet 12 and a spring 13, the electromagnet 12 is fixedly connected with the connecting column 5 through a first fixing plate 9, and the permanent magnet 11 is fixedly connected with the sliding sleeve 6 through a second fixing plate 10; the first fixing plate 9 is connected with the second fixing plate 10 through a spring 13, and the electromagnet 12 and the permanent magnet 11 have the same magnetic pole. When the electromagnet 12 is electrified, the electromagnet 12 can be provided with the magnetism with the same magnetic pole as the permanent magnet 11, so that repulsive force is generated between the permanent magnet 11 and the electromagnet 12, and the brush holder 7 can be driven by the sliding sleeve 6 to move downwards; when the electromagnet 12 is powered off, the sliding sleeve 6 will drive the brush handle 7 to move upwards to the initial position under the action of the resilience of the spring 13. Through the arrangement of the telescopic mechanism with the driving assembly, the brush holder 7 and the brush bristles 8 can be positioned at a certain height when the brush holder 7 and the brush bristles 8 are not used, so that the moving space of a guinea pig can not be influenced.

Furthermore, in order to facilitate the bristles 8 to just contact with the bottom of the rearing cage main body 1 under the driving of the telescopic mechanism, a limiting column 14 is arranged right below the sliding sleeve 6; when the sliding sleeve 6 slides downwards to be contacted with the limiting column 14, the brush bristles 8 on the brush handle 7 are contacted with the bottom of the rearing cage main body 1.

Further, in order to improve the convenience of operation and the efficiency of cleaning, the brush handle 7 is connected with the rotating shaft 4 through a telescopic mechanism, and the rotating shaft 4 is rotatably arranged in the rearing cage main body 1 and is connected with a reciprocating mechanism for driving the rotating shaft 4 to reciprocate clockwise and anticlockwise; the limiting column 14 is also rotatably arranged in the feeding cage main body 1, and the central lines of the rotating shaft 4, the connecting column 5, the sliding sleeve 6 and the limiting column 14 are coincided with each other.

Specifically, the reciprocating mechanism comprises a gear 19, a rack 20 and a turntable 22, wherein the gear 19 is sleeved on the rotating shaft 4 and is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft 4; the gear 19 is also meshed with the rack 20; the rack 20 is arranged on the top plate 3 at the top of the main body 1 of the rearing cage in a sliding way through a sliding block 21 and is connected with a turntable 22 through a connecting rod 23; two ends of the connecting rod 23 are respectively connected with the rack 20 and the turntable 22 in a rotating manner, and the turntable 22 is fixedly connected with the motor 24. The motor 24 is the common motor among the prior art, it is installed on roof 3, can drive the carousel 22 through motor 24 and rotate, the rotation of carousel 22 can drive connecting rod 23 and rotate, the rotation of connecting rod 23 can drive rack 20 and carry out reciprocal seesaw, alright drive gear 19 and rotation axis 4 and carry out clockwise and anticlockwise reciprocating motion, make brush hair 8 on the brush holder 7 rotate in the bottom of rearging cage main part 1 reciprocally, thereby can carry out the automatic operation of clearing up of efficient to the rubbish in the rearging cage main part 1.

Further, in order to collect the cleaned garbage, a collecting mechanism for collecting the garbage is further arranged at the bottom of the rearing cage main body 1. Specifically, the collecting mechanism comprises a collecting box 18, and the collecting box 18 is slidably arranged in the groove 17 of the base 2 and is communicated with the through hole 15 at the bottom of the rearing cage main body 1, so that the garbage falling from the through hole 15 can be collected through the collecting box 18. In addition, a stopper 16 is arranged right above the through hole 15, and a gap is formed between the stopper 16 and the through hole 15. In addition, the stopper 16 and the through hole 15 are both fan-shaped structures, and the area of the stopper 16 is smaller than that of the through hole 15. Handle 7 just contacts stop 16 when handle 7 completes a clockwise or counterclockwise rotation. The arrangement of the stop 16 can ensure that the guinea pig cannot fall into the through hole 15 when moving; moreover, the through holes 15 and the collecting box 18 are matched through the stop blocks 16, so that the garbage at the bottom of the rearing cage main body 1 can be automatically swept into the collecting box 18 by the bristles 8, and the cleaned garbage can be conveniently collected.

When the guinea pig rearing cage provided by the embodiment needs to be cleaned, the electromagnet 12 is electrified firstly, so that the sliding sleeve 6 moves downwards to be in contact with the limiting column 14; then, the motor 24 is started to drive the brush holder 7 and the brush 8 to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise in a reciprocating manner, so that the garbage at the bottom of the rearing cage body 1 can be cleaned into the collection box 18.

In summary, the embodiment connects the brush holder 7 with the rotatable rotating shaft 4 through the telescopic mechanism with the permanent magnet 11, the electromagnet 12 and the spring 13, and connects the rotating shaft 4 with the reciprocating mechanism with the rotary disc 22, the gear 19 and the rack 20, so that the brush 8 on the brush holder 7 can be driven by the reciprocating mechanism to reciprocate clockwise and anticlockwise on the bottom of the rearing cage main body 1, thereby performing automatic cleaning work with high convenience and high efficiency on the garbage at the bottom of the rearing cage main body 1. In addition, the embodiment also comprises a through hole 15 and a collecting mechanism with a collecting box 18 arranged at the bottom of the rearing cage main body 1, and a stop 16 arranged right above the through hole 15, so that the cleaned garbage can be collected, and the convenience of the rearing cage can be further improved.

Example 2

Referring to fig. 4-5, in order to further improve the cleaning effect, the embodiment is improved on the basis of embodiment 1, specifically, the rotating shaft 4, the connecting column 5 and the brush handle 7 are all hollow structures, and the rotating shaft 4 is communicated with the sliding sleeve 6 through the connecting column 5; the sliding sleeve 6 is communicated with the brush handle 7, and a plurality of groups of liquid outlet holes 28 are arranged at the bottom of the brush handle 7.

Further, the rotating shaft 4 is also connected with a liquid feeding mechanism, the liquid feeding mechanism comprises a pump 25, the pump 25 is communicated with a rotary joint 26 through a communication pipe 27, and the rotary joint 26 is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft 4. The pump 25 can be a micro centrifugal pump which is common in the prior art and is communicated with a cleaning liquid storage box, and cleaning liquid can be fed into the rotating shaft 4 and the brush handle 7 through the pump 25; the cleaning liquid in the brush handle 7 can flow into the bottom of the rearing cage main body 1 along the brush hair 8 through the liquid outlet hole 28, thereby further improving the cleaning effect on the bottom of the rearing cage main body 1.

It should be noted that the electrical devices mentioned in the above two embodiments can be electrically connected to the household 220V power, so that each mechanism can operate normally.

In addition, the above embodiments are only specifically and clearly described with respect to the technical solutions and technical features of the present application. However, to those skilled in the art, aspects or features that are part of the prior art or common general knowledge are not described in detail in the above embodiments.

Of course, the technical solutions of the present application are not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and those skilled in the art should take the description as a whole, and the technical solutions in the embodiments may also be appropriately combined, so that other embodiments that may be understood by those skilled in the art may be formed.

Claims

1. A guinea pig rearing cage with an automatic cleaning function comprises a rearing cage main body (1), wherein a brush handle (7) is arranged in the rearing cage main body (1), and brush hairs (8) are arranged on the brush handle (7), and the guinea pig rearing cage is characterized in that the brush handle (7) is connected with a rotating shaft (4) through a telescopic mechanism, and the rotating shaft (4) is rotatably arranged in the rearing cage main body (1) and is connected with a reciprocating mechanism for driving the rotating shaft (4) to reciprocate clockwise and anticlockwise; the bottom of the rearing cage main body (1) is also provided with a collecting mechanism for collecting garbage;

the telescopic mechanism comprises a connecting column (5), a sliding sleeve (6) and a driving assembly for driving the sliding sleeve (6) to slide, the connecting column (5) is connected with the rotating shaft (4), the sliding sleeve (6) is sleeved on the connecting column (5) and is in sliding connection with the connecting column (5), and the brush handle (7) is connected with the sliding sleeve (6);

the driving assembly comprises a permanent magnet (11), an electromagnet (12) and a spring (13), the electromagnet (12) is connected with the connecting column (5) through a first fixing plate (9), and the permanent magnet (11) is connected with the sliding sleeve (6) through a second fixing plate (10); the first fixing plate (9) is connected with the second fixing plate (10) through a spring (13), and the magnetic poles of the electromagnet (12) and the permanent magnet (11) are the same;

a limiting column (14) is arranged right below the sliding sleeve (6), and the limiting column (14) is rotatably arranged in the rearing cage main body (1); when the sliding sleeve (6) slides to be in contact with the limiting column (14), the bristles (8) on the brush handle (7) are in contact with the bottom of the rearing cage main body (1);

the rotating shaft (4), the connecting column (5) and the brush handle (7) are all hollow structures, and the rotating shaft (4) is communicated with the sliding sleeve (6) through the connecting column (5); the sliding sleeve (6) is communicated with the brush handle (7), and a plurality of groups of liquid outlet holes (28) are formed in the bottom of the brush handle (7); the rotating shaft (4) is also connected with a liquid feeding mechanism;

the liquid feeding mechanism comprises a pump (25), the pump (25) is communicated with a rotary joint (26) through a communication pipe (27), and the rotary joint (26) is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft (4);

the reciprocating mechanism comprises a gear (19), a rack (20) and a turntable (22), wherein the gear (19) is connected with the rotating shaft (4) and is meshed with the rack (20); the rack (20) is arranged at the top of the rearing cage main body (1) in a sliding manner and is connected with the turntable (22) through a connecting rod (23); two ends of the connecting rod (23) are respectively in rotating connection with the rack (20) and the turntable (22), and the turntable (22) is connected with the motor (24);

the collecting mechanism comprises a collecting box (18), the collecting box (18) is arranged in a groove (17) of the base (2) in a sliding mode and is communicated with a through hole (15) in the bottom of the rearing cage main body (1);

a stop block (16) is arranged right above the through hole (15), the stop block (16) and the through hole (15) are both of fan-shaped structures, and the area of the stop block (16) is smaller than that of the through hole (15).