CN111972401A - Semen freezing and sterilizing box for storing Hu sheep semen - Google Patents

Semen freezing and sterilizing box for storing Hu sheep semen Download PDF

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CN111972401A
CN111972401A CN202010914549.7A CN202010914549A CN111972401A CN 111972401 A CN111972401 A CN 111972401A CN 202010914549 A CN202010914549 A CN 202010914549A CN 111972401 A CN111972401 A CN 111972401A
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马敏彪
杨金勇
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Abstract

The invention discloses a semen freezing and sterilizing box for preserving the sperm of a Hu sheep, which comprises a cabinet body, a control cabinet arranged on one side of the cabinet body, a freezing layer arranged in the cabinet body, a cabinet door, a sealing mechanism, a damping mechanism, a sterilizing mechanism and a clamping mechanism for clamping a semen storage tube, wherein the sterilizing mechanism comprises a plurality of elastic strips arranged on the cabinet door and a sterilizing tube matched with the elastic strips; the inside material that disinfects that can give out of the bactericidal tube disinfects to cabinet body internal environment, keeps the internal environment unified clean and tidy to improve the seminal fluid quality, and through the fixed pipe that disinfects of elasticity strip, it is very convenient to change.

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Semen freezing and sterilizing box for storing Hu sheep semen
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of Hu sheep breeding, and particularly relates to a semen freezing and sterilizing box for preserving Hu sheep semen.
Background
The Hu sheep is one of important domestic animals in Taihu plain and is a first-level protective local livestock and poultry variety in China. In Hu sheep physique, there are no corners on male and female, long and narrow head, humped nose bridge, large and drooping ears, long and thin neck, long and narrow trunk, flat back and waist, slight drooping abdomen, flat and round tail, upwarping tail tip, thin and high limbs. White quilt hair, thick, thin and short abdomen hair, and strong physique. The Hu sheep is a rare white lamb skin sheep variety, has the excellent properties of precocity, four-season estrus, two fetuses in one year, more lambs in each fetus, good lactation performance, quick growth and development, ideal meat production performance after improvement, high temperature and high humidity resistance and the like, is distributed in Taihu areas in China, is fed with the Chinese lamb skin sheep variety in houses in the last year, and is attractive in pattern of the small lake lamb skin which is peeled 1-2 days after delivery and is famous for the life.
The semen freezing preservation and artificial insemination technology plays a very important role in the production of modern animal husbandry, the artificial insemination by using the frozen semen can be free from the limitation of time, regions, varieties and individuals, the feeding quantity of the male livestock is greatly reduced, the production cost is reduced, the utilization rate of the male livestock with excellent varieties is improved, and the economic benefit of the breeding industry is improved. Semen can not be used for more than 30 minutes, and in order to ensure semen storage, semen needs to be frozen and stored after semen extraction is finished, and is thawed during use. However, most of the existing refrigerators do not have a disinfection function, and the aseptic environment in the refrigerators cannot be guaranteed.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a semen freezing and sterilizing box for preserving the sperm of the Hu sheep in order to overcome the defects of the prior art.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme: a semen freezing and sterilizing box for preserving the sperm of a Hu sheep comprises a cabinet body, a control cabinet arranged on one side of the cabinet body, a freezing layer arranged in the cabinet body, a cabinet door, a sealing mechanism, a damping mechanism, a sterilizing mechanism and a clamping mechanism for clamping a semen storage tube, wherein the sterilizing mechanism comprises a plurality of elastic strips arranged on the cabinet door and a sterilizing tube matched with the elastic strips; the inside material that disinfects that can give out of the bactericidal tube disinfects to cabinet body internal environment, keeps the internal environment unified clean and tidy to improve the seminal fluid quality, and through the fixed pipe that disinfects of elasticity strip, it is very convenient to change.
Preferably, the sealing mechanism comprises a sealing strip arranged on the cabinet door, a sealing groove arranged on the top of the cabinet body and an auxiliary sealing device; through the cooperation of sealing strip and seal groove, can improve the sealed effect of cabinet door, guarantee freezing effect.
Preferably, the auxiliary sealing device comprises a sealing plate arranged on the cabinet door and an elastic bulge arranged on the outer wall of the cabinet body, and a clamping groove for the elastic bulge to be clamped in is formed in the sealing plate.
Preferably, the damping mechanism comprises a base arranged at the bottom of the cabinet body and a plurality of groups of damping assemblies arranged on the base.
Preferably, the damping assembly comprises a supporting column arranged on the base, a plurality of elastic telescopic rods arranged on the supporting column and a protection component, one end of each elastic telescopic rod is hinged to the corresponding fixing column, and the other end of each elastic telescopic rod is hinged to the bottom of the cabinet body; through setting up a plurality of elastic telescopic rod can disperse the transmission to the vibrations of the cabinet body to a plurality of elastic telescopic rod on, and then reduce the vibrations of the cabinet body.
Preferably, the protection component comprises an installation groove arranged in the fixed column, a fourth elastic piece arranged in the installation groove and a buffer block arranged on the end part of the fourth elastic piece; prevent that the cabinet body bottom from directly striking on the support column.
Preferably, a fifth elastic piece is sleeved on the elastic telescopic rod, and two ends of the fifth elastic piece are fixedly connected to the end part of the elastic telescopic rod respectively; the vibration dispersed on the elastic telescopic rod can be dispersed on the fifth elastic piece, and the damping effect is further improved.
To sum up, the inside material that disinfects that can give out of the pipe of disinfecting disinfects the internal environment of cabinet, keeps the internal environment unified clean and tidy to improve semen quality, and through the fixed pipe of disinfecting of elasticity strip, it is very convenient to change.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of fig. 2 at a.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of fig. 2 at B.
Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of fig. 5 at a.
Detailed Description
As shown in fig. 1-6, a semen freezing and sterilizing box for preserving the sperm of a hu sheep comprises a cabinet body 1, a control cabinet 2, a freezing layer 3, a cabinet door 11, a sealing mechanism, a damping mechanism, a sterilizing mechanism and a clamping mechanism, wherein the control cabinet 2 is fixed on one side of the cabinet body and used for controlling the temperature in the cabinet body; the freezing layer 3 adopts a conventional refrigerating structure and is fixed on the inner wall of the cabinet body; the cabinet door 11 is hinged to the top of the cabinet body.
Concretely, disinfection mechanism is including disinfecting pipe 71 and elastic strip 72, elastic strip 72 chooses for use the rubber band to support, and it evenly fixes on the cabinet door, the pipe 71 that disinfects chooses for use conventional hollow pipe that disinfects, can insert the elastic strip in, then disinfect intraduct can distribute out the material that disinfects and disinfect to cabinet body internal environment, keeps internal environment unified clean and tidy to improve the seminal fluid quality, and through the fixed pipe that disinfects of elastic strip, it is very convenient to change.
Specifically, the sealing mechanism comprises a sealing strip 81, a sealing groove 82, a sealing plate 83 and an elastic bulge 84, wherein the sealing strip 81 is fixed on the bottom surface of the cabinet door; the sealing groove 82 is formed in the top of the cabinet body and can be used for clamping a sealing strip; the sealing plates 83 are respectively fixed on the side surfaces of the cabinet doors, and clamping grooves 831 are formed in the sealing plates; the elastic protrusions 84 are made of rubber and fixed on the outer wall of the cabinet body.
Specifically, the damping mechanism comprises a base 91, a support column 92, an elastic telescopic rod 93, a mounting groove 94, a fourth elastic part 95, a buffer block 96 and a fifth elastic part 97, the base is arranged below the cabinet body, and the cabinet body can slide up and down relative to the base; the supporting column 92 is fixed on the base; the elastic telescopic rods 93 are conventional metal elastic telescopic rods, preferably 4, one end of each elastic telescopic rod is hinged to the support column, the other end of each elastic telescopic rod is hinged to the bottom of the cabinet body, and the vibration transmitted to the cabinet body can be dispersed to the plurality of elastic telescopic rods through the elastic telescopic rods, so that the vibration of the cabinet body is reduced; the fifth elastic element 97 is a spring 97, which is sleeved on the elastic telescopic rod, and two ends of the spring 97 are respectively fixed on the end parts of the elastic telescopic rod, so that the vibration dispersed on the elastic telescopic rod can be dispersed on the fifth elastic element, and the damping effect is further improved; the mounting groove 94 is formed in the support column; the fourth elastic member 95 is a spring, and one end of the fourth elastic member is fixed at the bottom of the mounting groove; buffer block 96 chooses for use rubber to make, and it is fixed in fourth elastic component upper end, prevents that cabinet body bottom direct striking from to the support column.
Specifically, the clamping mechanism comprises a clamping pipe 4, a connecting device, a clamping plate 41 and an adjusting device, wherein a plurality of through grooves 40 are uniformly formed in the outer wall of the clamping pipe 4 and detachably fixed at the bottom of the cabinet body through the connecting device; specifically, the connecting device comprises a fixed sleeve 51, a connecting plate 52, a first sliding groove 53, a limiting rod 54, a connecting block 59, a second elastic piece 55, a third elastic piece 56, a top plate 57 and a second ball 58, the fixed sleeve 51 is fixed at the bottom in the cabinet body, a rotating groove 511 and a second sliding groove 512 are formed in the inner wall of the fixed sleeve, and the second sliding groove 512 is communicated with the rotating groove; the connecting plate 52 is fixed on the outer wall of the bottom of the connecting pipe; the first sliding chute 43 is arranged on the connecting plate; the limiting rod 54 is fixed in the first sliding groove; the connecting block 59 is arranged on the limiting rod in a penetrating mode and provided with an inclined surface; the second elastic piece 55 is a spring, which is sleeved on the limiting rod, and one end of the second elastic piece is fixed on the connecting block, and the other end of the second elastic piece is fixed on the side wall of the first chute; the third elastic part 56 is a spring which is uniformly fixed at the bottom of the fixed sleeve; the top plate 57 is fixed at the upper end of the third elastic part, so that when the clamping pipe is fixed, the connecting plate is aligned to the fixing sleeve, the clamping pipe is pressed downwards, the inner wall of the fixing sleeve extrudes the inclined surface of the connecting block, the connecting block is further extruded into the first sliding groove, when the connecting block moves to the rotating groove, the second elastic part pushes out the connecting block to enter the rotating groove, and the clamping pipe is further locked in the fixing sleeve; when the clamping pipe needs to be taken out, the clamping pipe is rotated, and when the connecting block is aligned with the second sliding groove, the third elastic piece pushes the clamping pipe to automatically move upwards, so that the clamping pipe is convenient to take out, and the third elastic piece can also play a certain buffering and damping effect; the second ball 58 is rotatably connected to the lower end of the clamping pipe, so that friction between the clamping pipe and the top plate is reduced, and the clamping is convenient to rotate.
Specifically, the adjusting device comprises a sliding rod 61, a rotating disc 62, a first ball 63, a push block 64, a limiting plate 65, a first elastic piece 66 and an elastic buffer plate 67, wherein the sliding rod 61 symmetrically penetrates through the clamping pipe and can slide relative to the pipe wall of the clamping pipe; the clamping plate 41 is curved in an arc shape and is fixed on the end part of the sliding rod; the rotary table 62 is rotationally connected to the clamping pipe, and an installation cavity is arranged in the rotary table; the first ball 63 is a conventional ball which is rotatably connected to the end of the sliding rod; the push block 64 is fixed on the inner wall of the mounting cavity and provided with an arc-shaped curved surface, the push block is driven to rotate by rotating the rotary table, and the push block can continuously push the slide rod to move in the clamping tube in the rotating process due to the arc-shaped curved surface, so that the distance between the two clamping plates is adjusted; the limiting plate 65 is fixed on the sliding rod; the first elastic piece 66 is a spring, is sleeved on the sliding rod, and has one end fixed on the limiting plate and the other end fixed on the outer wall of the clamping tube, when the push block is not in contact with the first ball, the limiting plate is pulled by the first elastic piece to drive the sliding rod to extend towards the clamping tube, so that the distance between the two clamping plates is increased, and the semen storage tube is conveniently inserted into the clamping tube; the elastic buffer plate 67 is made of elastic rubber and fixed on the clamping plate, so that the clamping effect on the semen storage tube can be guaranteed, and the semen storage tube can be prevented from being damaged by too large clamping force.

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1. The utility model provides a seminal fluid freezing and disinfecting case for hu sheep seminal fluid is preserved, includes the cabinet body (1), locates switch board (2) of cabinet body one side, locate freezing layer (3), cabinet door (11), sealing mechanism, damper, disinfection mechanism in the cabinet body and be used for the fixture of centre gripping seminal fluid storage tube, its characterized in that: the disinfection mechanism comprises a plurality of elastic strips (72) arranged on the cabinet door (11) and a sterilization pipe (71) matched with the elastic strips.
2. The semen freezing and sterilizing box for the preservation of the sperm of the Hu sheep as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: the sealing mechanism comprises a sealing strip (81) arranged on the cabinet door (11), a sealing groove (82) arranged on the top of the cabinet body and an auxiliary sealing device.
3. The semen freezing and sterilizing box for the preservation of the hu-sheep semen as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the auxiliary sealing device comprises a sealing plate (83) arranged on the cabinet door (11) and an elastic bulge (84) arranged on the outer wall of the cabinet body (1), and a clamping groove (831) for the elastic bulge to be clamped in is formed in the sealing plate (83).
4. The semen freezing and sterilizing box for the preservation of the sperm of the Hu sheep as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: the damping mechanism comprises a base (91) arranged at the bottom of the cabinet body and a plurality of groups of damping assemblies arranged on the base.
5. The semen freezing and sterilizing box for Hu sheep semen preservation according to claim 4, characterized in that: the damping assembly comprises a supporting column (92) arranged on the base (91), a plurality of elastic telescopic rods (93) arranged on the supporting column (92) and a protection component, one end of each elastic telescopic rod is hinged to the corresponding fixing column, and the other end of each elastic telescopic rod is hinged to the bottom of the cabinet body.
6. The semen freezing and sterilizing box for the preservation of the hu-sheep semen as claimed in claim 5, wherein: the protection component comprises a mounting groove (94) arranged in the fixing column, a fourth elastic piece (95) arranged in the mounting groove and a buffer block (96) arranged on the end part of the fourth elastic piece.
7. The semen freezing and sterilizing box for the preservation of the hu-sheep semen as claimed in claim 5, wherein: the elastic telescopic rod (93) is sleeved with a fifth elastic piece (97), and two ends of the fifth elastic piece are fixedly connected to the end part of the elastic telescopic rod respectively.
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