CN209105925U - Running wheel and the cage for accommodating animal - Google Patents

Abstract

Cage this application involves running wheel and for accommodating animal.A kind of running wheel (5), it is used in particular for animal cage, the wheel (5) includes: main body, and the lateral sidewall (7) of the generic cylindrical of predetermined length is extended to rear wall (6) and from the rear wall (6)；Bracket (9), with pin (11), which has the length shorter than the half of the predetermined length of the lateral sidewall (7) for taking turns (5)；The pin (11) is accepted in the seat (13) limited by the rear wall (6) of the main body.

Description

Running wheel and the cage for accommodating animal

Technical field

The utility model relates generally to the nest house (housing) of animal especially experimental animal.Particularly, this is practical new Type is related to the equipment and/or attachment of the cage for the above-mentioned type.Specifically, the utility model relates to one kind to be used for above-mentioned class The rotatable wheel of the cage of type.In more detail, the utility model relates to a kind of rotatable wheel for animal cage, have Improved rotatability and the fixation device simplified allow that wheel is fixed to cage according to operation rapidly and simply.This is practical It is novel to further relate to a kind of cage equipped with rotatable wheel.

Background technique

Rotatable wheel (hereinafter also referred to " running " wheel (" running " wheel)) is especially tested for accommodating animal Be widely used and apply in the cage of animal such as Small rodents, main purpose be provided for animal amusement and/or Environmental enrichment and the body movement for promoting and monitoring them.In fact, having been clearly illustrated by multinomial research, body is living Dynamic and/or amusement and/or environmental enrichment represent the key factor of animal health.

Running wheel is with suitable satisfactory manner and according to various solutions and/or implementation according to prior art Scheme serves the purpose of above-mentioned determination.However, running wheel nevertheless suffers from some problem and/or disadvantage according to prior art Influence, therefore the main purpose of the utility model is to overcome or at least reduce these problems and/or disadvantage.

First disadvantage of wheel of influencing to run according to prior art relates to the fact that, in order to place in cage And/or fixed running wheel, it is accordingly required in particular to dedicated cage, however, wherein lead to the problem of it is other, such as increased design and/ Or manufacturing cost and the multifunctionality of reduction；On the contrary, the running wheel suitable for various cages will be highly desirable to 's.

As another disadvantage for influencing cage according to prior art, may should be mentioned that, feature is often can Rotatory reduces, it means that for the purpose of rotating wheel, animal needs to carry out significant body effort, the result is that causing animal It avoids using wheel.

Utility model content

In view of the above, the purpose of the utility model is to overcome or at least reduce above-mentioned influence and run according to prior art The shortcomings that step wheel.

In addition, another purpose of the utility model is to provide one kind suitable for various cages and may not Need to change and/or modify the running wheel of at least the most frequently used and commercialization existing cage.

In addition, the another object of the utility model is to provide a kind of running wheel, it is suitable for less and/or reduction Effort is rotated, and is suitable for still keeping it can during long-time use and in spite of inevitable consumption (ware) Rotatory.

As another object, though clast or the like those of (such as generated from the pad grass in cage) unexpectedly by It is trapped in rotary system and/or in-house, the rotatability of wheel according to the present utility model will not be by clast or the like Negative effect.

As further object or target, wheel according to the present utility model is further characterized in that with good-looking outer It sees, the mechanical complexity of reduction, size and weight, it should it is required that the maintenance of reduction, and shall be appropriate for reduction or extremely Few controlled cost is designed, manufactures and produces.

The utility model is caused by generally considering, according to the general consideration, above-mentioned influence is run according to prior art The defect of wheel can be by being overcome for wheel equipment clamping component or at least minimizing, which allows the wheel that will run It is mounted on the stainless steel bar lid or wall (stainless wire bar lid or wall) of cage；According to simple behaviour Make, which, which especially allows to take turns, is easily securely fixed in inside cage.In addition, by clamping component, wheel can be fixed on In substantially any cage, as long as cage includes at least one bar wall, especially bar lid.

Another general consideration of the utility model relates to the fact that, that is, by by rotary shaft or pinion gear (pinion) and/or the abutment surface of respective seat (seat) (accommodate axis or pinion gear) be shaped so as to reduce the pinion gear and Friction between the surface of seat, can improve the rotatability of wheel.

From consideration summarized above, what the utility model relates to as described in the appended claims for animal cage can Rotate (running) wheel.

According to an embodiment, the utility model relates to a kind of running wheels, are used in particular for animal cage, the wheel packet Include: main body, with rear wall and substantially cylindrical lateral sidewall, the lateral sidewall extends to predetermined length from the rear wall； Bracket has the first pin, which has the length of the half of the predetermined length of the lateral sidewall less than the wheel Degree；First pin is accommodated in the seat limited by the rear wall of the main body, wherein first pin and the seat quilt It is designed and configured to so that it faces only partially contacting with each other for surface, in the main body relative to during the first pin rotation Therefore the friction of generation reduces.

According to an embodiment, first pin is hollow pin, wherein the seat is by being screwed to the hollow pin First screw of internal screw thread and be rotatably fastened to it is described first pin.

According to an embodiment, plain washer is between first screw and the seat.

According to an embodiment, first pin has frusto-conical outer surface.

According to an embodiment, the inner surface of the seat limits the stepped portion with reduced internal diameter.

According to an embodiment, the outer surface of first pin limits the stepped portion with the diameter increased.

According to an embodiment, the wheel further includes the knob (knob) for being rotatably connected to the bracket, described Knob is suitable for rotating between the first final position (first end position) and the second final position, wherein described In the case that knob is in first final position, the knob can be mounted across (be fitted across) described cage The bar lid or the like of son, and wherein when the knob is in the position in addition to the first position, the knob It is fixed firmly to described bar lid or the like.

According to an embodiment, the knob includes the second pin being rotatably received in the through-hole of the bracket.

According to an embodiment, second pin is hollow pin, and second pin is by means of being screwed to described the Second screw of the thread inner surface of two pins is fixed to the bracket.

The utility model further relates to a kind of for accommodating the cage of animal especially experimental animal, and the cage includes bar Wall or part of it, the cage, which is further equipped with, is fixed to the bar wall or part of it according to one of foregoing embodiments Wheel.

According to an embodiment, the cage includes bar lid or part of it, and the wheel be fixed to it is described Bar lid or part of it.

According to an embodiment, the bar wall or lid or part of it are removable bar wall or lid or one portion Point.

Detailed description of the invention

Hereinafter, by the embodiments of the present invention described in attached drawing are described；It is to be noted, however, that The utility model is not limited to the embodiment described in following public and attached drawing, and disclosed embodiment only relates to practical Novel particular example, the scope of the utility model are defined by the following claims.Specifically, in the accompanying drawings:

In Fig. 1 a to Fig. 1 c, the side view of the running wheel of embodiment according to the present utility model is depicted, side view is cut Face figure and top view；

In Fig. 2, the perspective side elevation view of the running wheel of embodiment according to the present utility model is depicted；

In Fig. 3 a and 3b, the perspective back view and decomposition of the running wheel of embodiment according to the present utility model are depicted Figure.

Specific embodiment

Although hereafter illustrating the utility model by the described in detail below of embodiment as shown in the drawings, answer It should be appreciated that described in detail below and attached drawing is not intended to limit the invention to disclosed certain illustrative reality Scheme is applied, but described illustrative embodiment only illustrates the various aspects of the utility model, the utility model Range is defined by the following claims.

From disclosure is given above it is evident that when being used to accommodate animal especially experimental animal for the utility model If the field of Small rodents or similar animal is in application, the utility model is understood to be particularly advantageous；Particularly, When by the utility model, applied to animal cage, especially including at least cage of the separate ventilation of bar part or wall, this Utility model is understood to be particularly advantageous, and why this below will be according to the present utility model in the example provided if being also The reason of corresponding embodiment of running wheel is finally described in conjunction with animal cage.It has to be noted, however, that the utility model Using and using being not limited to use in the concrete condition for accommodating the cage of animal, and can be used for needing to the contribution of the prior art It reliably and easily to fix rotating wheel and improve in any other situation of rotatability of rotating wheel.

Wheel 5 is depicted in the accompanying drawings, and wheel 5 includes the wall 7 of rear wall 6 and lateral generic cylindrical, the rear wall 6 and side It is concatenated and/or is molded together to wall 7 to limit inner space, the inner surface of lateral sidewall 7 is provided with multiple steps or protrusion 8；It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that wheel can be set to by wheel in (in its inner space mentioned above) and And the animal in protrusion 8 (Small rodents or similar animal, and even bird or similar animal) is stepped down in about rotation axis R-R rotation.Particularly, wheel 5 is suitable for rotating about two direction of rotation, i.e., clockwise and counterclockwise relative to attached drawing.This Outside, within the meaning of the utility model, the main body formed by rear wall 6 and lateral sidewall 7 for taking turns 5 can be any suitable material Material, such as plastic material, metal, metal alloy and the like.

Still as depicted in the figures, wheel 5 includes bracket 9, and bracket 9 has in 6 side (beside) extension of rear wall Rear portion 10, the main body for taking turns 5 are fixed to bracket 9, are especially fixed to the rear portion 10 of bracket 9, as described below.

Cannulated part 11 extends from rear portion 10, and cannulated part 11 includes generally cylindrical interior spiral shell Pit 12, the outer surface of cannulated part 11 be opposite conical butt, outer diameter with away from plate rear portion 10 away from It is slightly reduced from increase.

About rear wall 6, which defines be suitable for (accommodating cannulated part by the engagement of cannulated part 11 with matching way 11) seat 13；13 (referring particularly to Fig. 1 c) of seat include substantial cylindrical outer surface and inner hole 14 (Fig. 3 b), and inner hole 14 includes Reduce the step neck end part 15 of internal diameter.In the corresponding way, cannulated part 11 includes from frusto-conical portion Divide the stepped portion (abutting stepped portion) 16 of the adjoining of the enlarged diameter extended, the step of the adjoining The diameter of part 16 is greater than the diameter of frusto-conically shaped portion.In detail, the outer diameter of adjacent stepped portion 16 is generally The internal diameter of the non-stepped portion of cylinder corresponding to seat 13, and the internal diameter of step neck end part 15 substantially corresponds to The minimum outer diameter of cannulated part 11；In view of the above, as discribed in Fig. 1 c, seat 13 is assembled in tubular portion 11 In in the case where, only the outer surface of the inner surface of step neck portion 15 and adjacent stepped portion 16 respectively with tubular portion Divide 11 outer surface and the inner surface contact of seat 13, the frictional force generated between tubular portion 11 and seat 13 during taking turns rotation Therefore it is effectively reduced.Moreover, in order to further decrease frictional force, tubular portion 11 is made of self-lubricating thermoplastic material.

Also as depicted in the figures, by the way that cannulated part 11 is assembled in seat 13 and screw 40 is screwed to hole 12 female thread portion, the main body for taking turns 5 are fixed to bracket 9, and wherein plain washer 41 is placed between screw 40 and seat 13.

Again about bracket 9, bracket 9 includes extending at a certain angle from rear portion 10 to be located in by lateral sidewall 7 The upper part 20 on side.As depicted, upper part 20 includes through-hole 21, and the hollow internal thread pin 22 of knob 23 is accepted in In the through-hole 21.Knob 23 is rotatably fixed to upper part 20 by means of screw 24, which is screwed to hollow pin 22 Interior threaded surface, plain washer 25 is between screw 24 and hollow pin 22.Therefore, knob 23 is suitable in about substantially corresponding to The rotation axis K-K of the longitudinal asymmetric axis of empty pin 22 is rotated both clockwise and counterclockwise relative to attached drawing.In addition, two stopper sections 26 and 27 are divided to upwardly extend from upper part 20, two stop portions define the termination travel position (end of knob 23 stroke position).Along the rotating path setting of knob 23 there are two inclined surface 28 and 29, inclined surface 28 along The rotating path of knob 23 is arranged close to protrusion 26, and inclined surface 29 is arranged along the rotating path of knob 23 close to protrusion 27. Moreover, each of inclined surface 28 and 29 limits step 30 and 31 respectively.In view of the above, those skilled in the art will be managed Solution, for the knob 23 in the initial position of Fig. 2, knob 23 can be rotated clockwise, wherein during rotation, knob 23 Top bottom surface (facing upper part 20) is inclined by the engagement of surface 28 and 29 first, therefore knob 23 is gradually pushed up. During further rotating, knob 23 is caused more than two steps 30 and 31, wherein therefore, the accident of knob 23 is (inverse backward Hour hands) rotation is prevented from, and wherein rotation (clockwise) can be performed forward, until knob 23 and two protrusions 26 and 27 It is adjacent.

Wheel 5, which is fixed in cage and (is not described for clarity and conciseness), to be summarized as follows.

By way of non-limiting example, it is assumed that cage includes bar lid or part of it, and when taking turns 5 in cage, wheel can be with It is raised to push knob 23 (in the figure 2 position) by lid, especially between two adjacent bars of lid.As Next step, knob 23, which is rotated against, terminates stroke protrusion 26 and 27, or is at least rotated up its two relative to lid The position of adjacent bar lateral arrangement, so that falling for wheel is prevented by the reaction that bar applies, wheel 5 is therefore securely and reliably Lid fixed to cage.

In addition, it would be recognized by those skilled in the art that the above process will in the case where having the cage of removable lid Be further simplified, this is because can by lid or top plate or covering be placed on cage main body on before be fixed It journey and does not need that wheel 5 is arranged in cage in advance.

Therefore, by means of the foregoing detailed description for the embodiments of the present invention described in such as attached drawing it has been proved that The utility model allows to obtain desired as a result, especially overcoming the shortcomings that influencing running wheel according to prior art.

Particularly, and also as illustrated, the utility model allows to provide a kind of running wheel, it is especially useful in cage for animal Son, the running wheel are suitable for implementing in various cages and having no need to change and/or modify at least most common and quotient The existing cage of product.

In addition, the utility model allows to provide a kind of running wheel, it is suitable for being revolved with less and/or reduction effort Turn, and is suitable for keeping its rotatability during long-time use and in spite of inevitable consumption.

In addition, even if clast or the like those of (such as generated from pad grass) be unexpectedly trapped in rotary system and/or In mechanism, the rotatability of wheel according to the present utility model will not be by the negative effect of clast or the like.

Moreover, wheel according to the present utility model is characterized by having good-looking appearance, the mechanical complexity of reduction, size And weight, it is desirable to reduce maintenance and can be with reduction or at least controlled at original design, manufacture and production.

Although illustrating the utility model by means of the above description of its embodiment depicted in the drawing, The utility model is not limited to the embodiment described in disclosed above and attached drawing；On the contrary, the scope of the utility model is by appended Claim limits.

Claims (21)

1. (5) are taken turns in a kind of running, it is used for animal cage, the running wheel (5) to include:

Main body extends to the lateral sidewall (7) of the generic cylindrical of predetermined length with rear wall (6) and from the rear wall (6)； Bracket (9), has the first pin (11), and first pin (11) has the institute of the lateral sidewall (7) than the running wheel (5) State the short length of the half of predetermined length；First pin (11), which is accepted in, to be limited by the rear wall (6) of the main body Seat (13) in, which is characterized in that it is described first pin (11) and the seat (13) be designed and configured to so that its face surface in Only partially contact with each other, therefore reduce in the main body relative to the friction that generates during the first pin (11) rotation.

2. (5) are taken turns in running according to claim 1, wherein first pin (11) is hollow pin, and the wherein seat (13) it is rotatably fastened to first pin (11) by means of the first screw (40), first screw (40) is screwed to described The internal screw thread of hollow pin.

3. (5) are taken turns in running according to claim 2, wherein plain washer (41) is placed in first screw (40) and the seat (13) between.

4. (5) are taken turns in running according to any one of claim 1 to 3, wherein first pin (11) has frustum of a cone Shape outer surface.

5. (5) are taken turns in running according to any one of claim 1 to 3, wherein the inner surface restriction of the seat (13) has The stepped portion (15) of reduced internal diameter.

6. (5) are taken turns in running according to claim 4, wherein the inner surface of the seat (13), which limits, has reduced internal diameter Stepped portion (15).

7. running wheel (5) described in any one of -3 and 6 according to claim 1, wherein the outer surface limit of first pin (11) The fixed stepped portion (16) with the diameter increased.

8. (5) are taken turns in running according to claim 4, wherein the outer surface of first pin (11), which limits, has the straight of increase The stepped portion (16) of diameter.

9. (5) are taken turns in running according to claim 5, wherein the outer surface of first pin (11), which limits, has the straight of increase The stepped portion (16) of diameter.

10. running wheel (5) described in any one of -3,6 and 8-9 according to claim 1, wherein running wheel (5) further includes It is rotationally coupled to the knob (23) of the bracket (9), the knob (23) is suitable for terminating in the first final position and second It is rotated between position, wherein in the case where the knob (23) is in first final position, the knob (23) can Be installed through the bar lid of the cage, and wherein the knob (23) be in addition to first final position it In the case where outer position, the knob (23) is fixed firmly to the bar lid.

11. (5) are taken turns in running according to claim 4, wherein running wheel (5) further include be rotationally coupled to described in The knob (23) of bracket (9), the knob (23) are suitable for rotating between the first final position and the second final position, wherein In the case where the knob (23) is in first final position, the knob (23) can be installed through the cage The bar lid of son, and wherein in the case where the knob (23) are in the position other than first final position, The knob (23) is fixed firmly to the bar lid.

12. (5) are taken turns in running according to claim 5, wherein running wheel (5) further include be rotationally coupled to described in The knob (23) of bracket (9), the knob (23) are suitable for rotating between the first final position and the second final position, wherein In the case where the knob (23) is in first final position, the knob (23) can be installed through the cage The bar lid of son, and wherein in the case where the knob (23) are in the position other than first final position, The knob (23) is fixed firmly to the bar lid.

13. (5) are taken turns in running according to claim 7, wherein running wheel (5) further include be rotationally coupled to described in The knob (23) of bracket (9), the knob (23) are suitable for rotating between the first final position and the second final position, wherein In the case where the knob (23) is in first final position, the knob (23) can be installed through the cage The bar lid of son, and wherein in the case where the knob (23) are in the position other than first final position, The knob (23) is fixed firmly to the bar lid.

14. running wheel according to claim 10, wherein the knob (23) includes rotatably being received in the bracket (9) the second pin (22) in through-hole (21).

15. running wheel described in any one of 1-13 according to claim 1, wherein the knob (23) includes rotatably receiving The second pin (22) in the through-hole (21) of the bracket (9).

16. running wheel according to claim 14, wherein the second pin (22) of the knob (23) is hollow pin, and its Described in knob (23) the second pin (22) by being screwed to the of the thread inner surface of the second pin (22) of the knob (23) Two screws (24) are fixed to the bracket (9).

17. running wheel according to claim 15, wherein the second pin (22) of the knob (23) is hollow pin, and its Described in knob (23) the second pin (22) by being screwed to the of the thread inner surface of the second pin (22) of the knob (23) Two screws (24) are fixed to the bracket (9).

18. a kind of for accommodating the cage of animal, which is characterized in that the cage includes bar wall or part of it, the cage Son is further equipped with according to claim 1 to running wheel (5) described in any one of 17, and the running wheel is fixed to the bar wall Or part of it.

19. cage according to claim 18, wherein the animal is experimental animal.

20. cage described in 8 or 19 according to claim 1, wherein the cage includes bar lid or part of it, and wherein The running wheel (5) is fixed to the bar lid or part of it.

21. cage according to claim 20, wherein the bar wall or lid or part of it are removable bar walls Lid or part of it.