CN113892437A

CN113892437A - Pet feeder

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Publication number: CN113892437A
Application number: CN202111195936.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈焯燊
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2021-10-14
Filing date: 2021-10-14
Publication date: 2022-01-07

Abstract

The invention discloses a pet feeder, which comprises a material cylinder, a funnel and a base, wherein the funnel is arranged in the material cylinder and is provided with a material leaking port, and the base is arranged at the lower end of the material cylinder, and is characterized in that: the blanking hopper is characterized by also comprising a blanking cabin which is arranged at the lower end of the blanking hopper and is provided with a material accommodating space, wherein the blanking cabin is provided with a feeding hole communicated with the material leaking hole and a discharging hole for discharging; a motor is arranged in the base, an output shaft of the motor is connected with a rotating rod, at least one blanking shifting piece positioned in the blanking cabin is arranged on the rotating rod, and when the motor drives the rotating rod to rotate, the blanking shifting piece arranged on the rotating rod discharges materials from a discharge hole; the utility model has good dampproof effect, can prevent material blockage, can quantitatively put in feed, can realize automatic feed putting and convenient pet feeding.

Description

Pet feeder

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of pet supplies, in particular to a pet feeder.

Background

At present, most of pets such as cats, dogs and the like are fed with feed in a manual mode, the feeding amount of each time is small or large, the feeding is not accurate enough, and the pets need to be manually grabbed with feed each time, so that the pet feeding device is not convenient and quick enough; when the breeder goes to work or goes on a business for a long time, the pet store or other people need to be entrusted to breed, and the breeding cost is increased.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the invention provides the pet feeder which has a good moisture-proof effect, can prevent material blockage, can quantitatively feed, can realize automatic feed feeding and is more convenient for feeding pets.

A pet feeder comprises a charging barrel, a funnel which is arranged in the charging barrel and is provided with a material leaking opening, a base which is arranged at the lower end of the charging barrel, and a blanking cabin which is arranged at the lower end of the blanking funnel and is provided with a material containing space, wherein the blanking cabin is provided with a material inlet which is communicated with the material leaking opening and a material outlet which is used for discharging; install the motor in the base, be connected with the dwang on the output shaft of motor, install at least one blanking plectrum that is located the blanking under-deck on the dwang, the inner wall direction of the free end toward the blanking under-deck of blanking plectrum extends, the motor drives when the dwang rotates, the setting is in on the dwang the blanking plectrum is expected to be followed the discharge gate and is discharged.

Further, the upper end of dwang extends to and is close to material leakage mouth department in the funnel the upper end of dwang is installed and is used for stirring the agitating unit in order to avoid material leakage mouth to be blocked by the material, and agitating unit rotates with the dwang is synchronous, stirs the pine with the material of material leakage mouth top, makes the material enter into in the material leakage mouth more easily.

Furthermore, the stirring device comprises a connecting seat which is detachably connected with the upper end of the rotating rod, and at least one stirring sheet which is radially arranged on the outer wall of the connecting seat; the connecting seat can be disassembled, so that the installation, the disassembly and the replacement are convenient; the free end of the stirring sheet extends to the upper part of the material leakage port, so that the material can enter the material leakage port more easily.

Furthermore, the upper end of the charging barrel is detachably provided with the upper cover, so that the charging barrel is convenient to open and close, and is cleaner and more sanitary; and a moisture-proof agent is arranged below the upper cover or in the charging barrel, so that the material is prevented from deteriorating after being wetted and the material with smaller particles is prevented from caking.

Further, the storage lid that has the air vent is installed to the below detachable of upper cover, the dampproof agent is placed in the storage lid, avoid with material direct contact, clean health is convenient for place and change the dampproof agent.

Furthermore, a plurality of first grooves distributed in an annular shape are regularly arranged on the outer wall of the upper cover, and a plurality of first protrusions distributed in an annular shape are regularly arranged on the inner wall of the upper end of the charging barrel correspondingly; the upper cover and the charging barrel are detachably connected through the matching of the first groove and the first bulge, and the installation and the disassembly are convenient by adopting the mode.

Furthermore, a mounting ring is arranged below the upper cover, a plurality of second grooves distributed in an annular shape are regularly arranged on the outer wall of the mounting ring, and a plurality of second protruding parts distributed in an annular shape are regularly arranged on the inner wall of the storage cover correspondingly; the mounting ring with between the storing lid, through the second recess with the cooperation of second bellying can be dismantled is connected, adopts above-mentioned mode, and installation and dismantlement are convenient.

Further, correlation type photoelectric sensor is installed to one side of funnel, and it is including relative transmitting element and the receiving element who sets up, is used for detecting whether lack the material in the funnel through correlation type photoelectric sensor, sends the suggestion through light, sound etc. when lacking the material, is convenient for in time toward the feed supplement in the feed cylinder.

Further, one side upper end of base be provided with the discharge gate is linked together and the feed opening that the slope set up, the food tray is installed to one side lower extreme correspondence of base, and it is used for receiving the warp the material that the feed opening fell avoids the material to drop ground, and clean health makes things convenient for the pet to get the food.

Furthermore, at least one insertion part with a slot is radially arranged on the rotating rod, and the blanking shifting piece has elasticity and is inserted into the slot; the blanking shifting sheet adopts inserted movable connection, is convenient to replace after being worn, and is quick and convenient; the blanking shifting sheet is elastic, so that the blanking shifting sheet can deform and can automatically recover after the material shifting work is finished, the material blocking caused by the uneven size of material particles and the like is avoided, the blanking shifting sheet can deform, the rotating rod cannot rotate due to the material blocking and the damage to the motor are avoided; the blanking shifting piece is provided with at least one notch, the notch extends from the top of the blanking shifting piece to the lower end, after the notch is arranged, the elasticity of the blanking shifting piece is better under the same material, and when the used material is harder, the elasticity of the blanking shifting piece can be enhanced.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: the moisture-proof agent is arranged in the feed, so that the feed is prevented from going bad after being wetted and the feed with smaller particles is prevented from caking; the stirring device is arranged and rotates synchronously with the rotating rod to stir the feed above the feed leaking opening loose, so that the feed can enter the feed leaking opening more easily, and blockage is avoided; the opposite type photoelectric sensor is arranged, when the material is short, the prompt is given through light, sound and the like, so that a user can conveniently and timely supplement the material into the charging barrel; through controlling the rotation angle of the motor at each time and the number of the blanking plectrums, the blanking plectrums can equally divide the material containing space into a plurality of intervals with the same volume, so that the amount of the discharged feed at each time is the same, accurate feeding is realized, the phenomenon that a pet is too full or not full is avoided, and the waste of the feed is also avoided.

Drawings

The invention is further illustrated with reference to the following figures and examples.

FIG. 1 is a schematic external view of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic partial split structure of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a detailed split structure of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the detachable structure of the upper cover and the storage cover of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic bottom view of the present invention with the base removed;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the hopper, the blanking chamber and the motor of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 6 with the funnel removed;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the partially disassembled structure of FIG. 7 after removal of the drop bin;

fig. 9 is an enlarged view at a in fig. 7.

Detailed Description

The following further describes embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the description of the embodiments is provided to help understanding of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, the technical features involved in the embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

Referring to fig. 1-9, a pet feeder comprises a material barrel 1, a funnel 3 installed in the material barrel 1 and having a material leakage port 2, a base 4 installed at the lower end of the material barrel 1, and a blanking cabin 5 installed at the lower end of the blanking funnel 3 and having a material containing space, wherein a material inlet 6 communicated with the material leakage port 2 and a material outlet 7 for discharging are arranged on the blanking cabin 5; a motor 8 is installed in the base 4, an output shaft of the motor 8 is connected with a rotating rod 9, at least one blanking shifting piece 10 which is preferably two or more than two pieces which are regularly arranged is installed on the rotating rod 9, so that the material containing space can be divided into a plurality of spaces with the same volume, and when the rotating rod 9 rotates once, such as rotates 45 degrees or 90 degrees every time, the blanking shifting piece 10 discharges a corresponding amount of feed from the discharge hole 7 to be eaten by pets every time; the free end of blanking plectrum 10 extends toward the inner wall direction of blanking cabin 5, motor 8 drives when dwang 9 rotates, set up on the dwang 9 blanking plectrum 10 is expected from discharge gate 7 discharge.

Referring to fig. 8 again, at least one insertion portion 12 having a slot 11 is radially disposed on the rotating rod 9, the blanking shifting piece 10 is elastic and inserted into the slot 11, and a free end of the blanking shifting piece 10 extends out of the insertion portion 12; the blanking shifting piece 10 adopts plug-in movable connection, is convenient to replace after being worn, and is quick and convenient; the blanking shifting sheet 10 with elasticity is adopted, so that the blanking shifting sheet 10 can be contacted with or infinitely close to the inner wall of the blanking cabin 5, feed is limited in each independent space, material leakage to the discharge port 7 is avoided, in addition, the blanking shifting sheet 10 can deform and can automatically recover after the material shifting work is finished, material blockage caused by uneven material particle size and other reasons is avoided, the blanking shifting sheet 10 can deform, and the phenomenon that the rotating rod 9 cannot rotate and the motor 8 is damaged due to material blockage is avoided; at least one slot 13 is formed in the blanking shifting piece 10, the slot 13 extends from the top to the lower end of the blanking shifting piece 10, after the slot 13 is formed, the blanking shifting piece 10 is better in elasticity under the same material, and when the used material is harder, the elasticity of the blanking shifting piece 10 can be enhanced, so that the material is more widely and flexibly selected.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 6 again, the upper end of dwang 9 extends to being close to material leakage mouth 2 department in the funnel 3 the upper end of dwang 9 is installed and is used for stirring the material in order to avoid material leakage mouth 2 by the agitating unit 14 that the material was blocked, agitating unit 14 rotates with dwang 9 is synchronous, stirs the material of material leakage mouth 2 top loose, makes the material enter into more easily in the material leakage mouth 2. Specifically, the stirring device 14 comprises a connecting seat 141 detachably connected to the upper end of the rotating rod 9, and at least one stirring blade 142 radially arranged on the outer wall of the connecting seat 141, preferably two stirring blades oppositely arranged; the connecting seat 141 can be disassembled, so that the installation, the disassembly and the replacement are convenient; the free end of stirring piece 142 extends to in the top of drain hole 2 makes the material enter into in the drain hole 2 more easily, one side upper end of base 4 be provided with the feed opening 15 that just the slope set up that discharge gate 7 is linked together, the food tray 16 is installed to one side lower extreme correspondence of base 4, and it is used for receiving the warp the material that feed opening 15 fell avoids the material to drop ground, and sanitation and convenience pet are got and are eaten.

Referring to fig. 2 to 4 again, the upper end of the charging barrel 1 is detachably provided with an upper cover 17, specifically, the outer wall of the upper cover 17 is regularly provided with a plurality of first grooves 18 distributed in an annular shape, and the inner wall of the upper end of the charging barrel 1 is correspondingly regularly provided with a plurality of first protrusions 19 distributed in an annular shape; the upper cover 17 is detachably connected with the charging barrel 1 through the matching of the first groove 18 and the first bulge 19, and by adopting the mode, the mounting and the dismounting are convenient, and the convenience and the connection stability are realized; of course, the upper cover 17 and the barrel 1 can be detachably connected by screw connection, sleeve connection, etc.

Referring to fig. 2-4 again, in order to prevent the material from deteriorating after being wetted and from caking of the smaller particles, a moisture-proof agent 20 is mounted below the upper cover 17 or in the material barrel 1, the moisture-proof agent 20 is wrapped by a breathable wrapping object, which is preferably mounted below the upper cover 17, specifically, a storage cover 22 with a vent hole 21 is detachably mounted below the upper cover 17, the moisture-proof agent 20 is placed in the storage cover 22 to avoid direct contact with the material, and the storage cover is clean and sanitary and is convenient for placing and replacing the moisture-proof agent 20; further, a mounting ring 23 is arranged below the upper cover 17, a plurality of second grooves 24 distributed annularly are regularly arranged on the outer wall of the mounting ring 23, and a plurality of second protrusions 25 distributed annularly are correspondingly regularly arranged on the inner wall of the storage cover 22; between the mounting ring 23 and the storing lid 22, through the second recess 24 with the cooperation of second bellying 25 can the dismantlement be connected, adopt above-mentioned mode, installation and dismantlement are convenient.

Referring to fig. 6 again, the opposite type photoelectric sensor 26 is installed on one side of the funnel 3, and includes an emitting element 261 and a receiving element 262 which are arranged oppositely, the emitting element 261 emits infrared light, the receiving element 262 is responsible for receiving, and when an object is cut off by light, the object outputs a signal, and is used for detecting whether the funnel 3 is short of material through the opposite type photoelectric sensor 26, and when the material is short of material, the material is supplemented into the material barrel 1 in time by light, sound and the like.

The working principle is as follows: when the feeding device is used, the upper cover 17 is firstly opened, feed is poured into the charging barrel 1, the feed enters a material containing space of the blanking cabin 5 through the feeding hole 6 under the action of gravity through the material leakage hole 2 of the funnel 3, the material containing space can be equally divided into a plurality of intervals with the same volume by the blanking plectrums 10 which are regularly arranged, the motor 8 is in a non-working state, the feed inlet 6 is arranged at one end of the top of the blanking cabin 5, the discharge hole 7 is arranged at the other end of the bottom of the blanking cabin 5 and is staggered, and the feed cannot be directly discharged from the discharge hole 7 due to the interval blocking of the blanking plectrums 10; after a certain amount of feed is filled in the charging barrel 1, the cover 17 is closed, and the moisture-proof agent 20 placed in the storage cover 22 can keep the feed in the charging barrel 1 dry for a long time; when the feed needs to be discharged, the start and stop of the motor 8 can be controlled through a manual switch, and the start and stop of the motor 8 can also be automatically controlled at regular time, for example, the motor 8 is automatically started once every 30 minutes, 1 hour and the like; when the motor 8 rotates, the rotating rod 9, the blanking shifting piece 10 arranged on the rotating rod 9 and the stirring device 14 synchronously rotate, the stirring device 14 can prevent the feed from blocking the discharge port 2 through rotary stirring, the insertion part 12 and the blanking shifting piece 10 can move the feed to the upper part of the discharge port 7 during rotation, and at the moment, the feed falls into the food tray 16 through the discharge port 7 and the discharge port 15 for the pet to eat; according to actual needs and the number of the blanking shifting pieces 10, the rotating rod 9 driven by the motor 8 can rotate by 45 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 360 degrees and the like every time, and different rotating angles can discharge different amounts of feed; referring to fig. 7 and 9 again, an inductive switch 30 is installed on the blanking chamber 5 at the side of the rotating rod 9, at least one arc-shaped groove 32 corresponding to the touch switch key 31 of the inductive switch 30 is formed in the side wall of the rotating rod 9, when the rotating rod 9 rotates by a preset angle, the touch switch key 31 of the inductive switch 30 is released to extend into the arc-shaped groove 32, power supply to the motor is stopped, the motor 8 stops working, and other modes can be adopted to realize the same functions; when the manual switch is pressed again, the motor 8 can be started; the motor 8 can also automatically work by a timer every time a preset interval is reached; when lacking the material in the feed cylinder 1, the correlation type photoelectric sensor 26 detects the lack of material signal, then sends the suggestion through light, sound etc. and the user of being convenient for in time supplies the material in the feed cylinder 1, in addition control panel 27 is installed to the lateral wall of feed cylinder 1 install battery 28 in the base 4, battery 28 is preferred rechargeable battery, is provided with the power connection seat 29 that is used for being connected with outside commercial power at the base 4 side.

It should be noted that: in this document, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Finally, it is to be noted that: although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that changes may be made in the embodiments and/or equivalents thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a pet feeder, includes the feed cylinder, installs in the feed cylinder and have the funnel of drain hole, install the base of feed cylinder lower extreme, characterized by: the blanking hopper is characterized by also comprising a blanking cabin which is arranged at the lower end of the blanking hopper and is provided with a material accommodating space, wherein the blanking cabin is provided with a feeding hole communicated with the material leaking hole and a discharging hole for discharging; install the motor in the base, be connected with the dwang on the output shaft of motor, install at least one blanking plectrum that is located the blanking under-deck on the dwang, the inner wall direction of the free end toward the blanking under-deck of blanking plectrum extends, the motor drives when the dwang rotates, the setting is in on the dwang the blanking plectrum is expected to be followed the discharge gate and is discharged.

2. The pet food dispensing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the upper end of dwang extends to and is close to leak material mouth department in the funnel the upper end of dwang is installed and is used for stirring the material in order to avoid the material leakage mouth by the agitating unit of material shutoff.

3. The pet food dispensing device of claim 2, further comprising: agitating unit is including the connection that can dismantle connecting seat, the radial at least stirring piece that sets up on the connecting seat outer wall of dwang upper end, the free end of stirring piece extends to the top of drain hole.

4. A pet food dispensing device as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein: the upper end of the charging barrel is detachably provided with an upper cover, and a moisture-proof agent is arranged below the upper cover or in the charging barrel.

5. The pet food dispensing device of claim 4, wherein: the storage cover with the vent hole is detachably mounted below the upper cover, and the moisture-proof agent is placed in the storage cover.

6. The pet food dispensing device of claim 4, wherein: a plurality of first grooves distributed in an annular shape are regularly arranged on the outer wall of the upper cover, and a plurality of first bulges distributed in an annular shape are regularly arranged on the inner wall of the upper end of the charging barrel correspondingly; the upper cover is detachably connected with the charging barrel through the matching of the first groove and the first bulge.

7. The pet food dispensing device of claim 5, wherein: a mounting ring is arranged below the upper cover, a plurality of second grooves distributed in an annular shape are regularly arranged on the outer wall of the mounting ring, and a plurality of second protruding parts distributed in an annular shape are regularly arranged on the inner wall of the storage cover correspondingly; the mounting ring with between the storing lid, through the second recess with the cooperation of second bellying can the dismantlement be connected.

8. The pet food dispensing device of claim 2, further comprising: a correlation type photoelectric sensor is installed on one side of the funnel and comprises a transmitting element and a receiving element which are oppositely arranged.

9. The pet food dispensing device of claim 8, wherein: the food tray is characterized in that a feed opening communicated with the discharge opening is formed in the upper end of one side of the base, and a food tray is correspondingly installed at the lower end of one side of the base and used for receiving materials falling from the feed opening.

10. A pet food dispensing device as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein: the automatic blanking device is characterized in that at least one inserting part with a slot is radially arranged on the rotating rod, the blanking shifting piece has elasticity and is inserted into the slot, at least one notch is formed in the blanking shifting piece, and the notch extends from the top of the blanking shifting piece to the lower end.