CN214903009U

CN214903009U - Experimental animals cage watering device

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Publication number: CN214903009U
Application number: CN202120990288.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 曾莉茗; 姚婕; 董信怀; 魏子博; 林旭; 曾冲; 曾小康
Original assignee: Shunde Hospital Of Southern Medical University (the First People's Hospital Of Shunde)
Current assignee: Shunde Hospital Of Southern Medical University (the First People's Hospital Of Shunde)
Priority date: 2021-05-10
Filing date: 2021-05-10
Publication date: 2021-11-30
Anticipated expiration: 2031-05-10

Abstract

The utility model discloses an experimental animals cage watering device, include: the water inlet is formed at one end of the cylinder wall; the cover plate covers the water inlet; the water inlet and the water outlet are communicated with the accommodating cavity; the dropper is arranged on the bottom plate and is communicated with the water outlet, and a drip nozzle is arranged at the end part of the dropper far away from the bottom plate; the filter body is arranged on the inner side wall of the cylinder wall, the filter body is provided with a filtering inlet and a filtering outlet, a filtering cavity is arranged in the filter body, and the filtering cavity is communicated with the filtering outlet and the filtering inlet; the filter layer is arranged in the filter cavity. The running water is filtered through the filter layer, the cleanness degree of the fed water is guaranteed to be higher, the condition that experimental animals die accidentally due to the fact that the water quality does not reach the standard is reduced, and the accuracy of follow-up experiments is improved.

Description

Experimental animals cage watering device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a technical field of feeding device, especially an experimental animals cage watering device.

Background

Need the captive experiment usually in biological laboratory, laboratory animal utilizes the cage to enclose to cover captive generally, need place the basin in the cage and be used for flourishing drinking water, because the basin does not set up the apron, when laboratory animal drinking water, water spills from the basin easily to cause the humidity of packing material in the cage, long-term humid environment breeds bacterium and mosquito easily, leads to laboratory animal to be sick, is not conform to the laboratory animal welfare.

Aiming at the situation, a water fountain is developed and comprises a drinking bottle and a dropper connected to the bottom of the drinking bottle, water is stored in the drinking bottle, and when an experimental animal sucks water in the dropper, the water flows out of the dropper, so that the water can be prevented from randomly dripping on padding in a cage, and the growth condition is ensured to be dry and comfortable.

In actual cultivation, have certain requirement to experimental animals's food intake, in the experimenter usually supplied water tap outflow water to supply to the drinking water bottle, tap outflow water probably contains more impurity, and experimental animals probably produces the discomfort after drinking, influences the accuracy of follow-up experiment.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model is: aims to provide a water drinking device for experimental animal cages, which solves one or more technical problems in the prior art and at least provides a beneficial selection or creation condition.

The utility model provides a solution of its technical problem is:

an experimental animal cage watering device comprising:

the water inlet is formed at one end of the cylinder wall;

a cover plate covering the water inlet;

the bottom plate is arranged at the other end of the cylinder wall, a water outlet is formed in the bottom plate, an accommodating cavity is formed by surrounding the cover plate, the bottom plate and the cylinder wall, and the water inlet and the water outlet are communicated with the accommodating cavity;

the dropper is arranged on the bottom plate and is communicated with the water outlet, and a drip nozzle is arranged at the end part of the dropper, which is far away from the bottom plate;

the filter body is arranged on the inner side wall of the cylinder wall, the filter body is positioned between the water inlet and the water outlet, the filter body is sequentially provided with a filtering inlet and a filtering outlet along the water flow direction, a filtering cavity is arranged in the filter body, and the filtering cavity is communicated with the filtering outlet and the filtering inlet;

the filter layer is arranged in the filter cavity and is positioned between the filter inlet and the filter outlet;

the water quality monitor is arranged at the water outlet;

the display is arranged on the outer side wall of the cylinder wall, and the water quality monitor is electrically connected with the display.

The utility model has the advantages that: the tap water is filtered through the filter layer, the filtered water is monitored through the water quality monitor, whether the water quality meets the feeding requirement is judged, the cleanness degree of the fed water is guaranteed to be higher, the condition that experimental animals die accidentally due to the fact that the water quality does not reach the standard is reduced, and the accuracy of follow-up experiments is improved.

As a further improvement of the technical scheme, the filter layer sequentially comprises a quartz sand layer, a cotton layer, an activated carbon layer and a dialysis layer along the flowing direction of water, and the quartz sand layer, the cotton layer, the activated carbon layer and the dialysis layer are all arranged in the filter cavity.

The quartz sand layer is mainly to the interception of large granule impurity, and cotton layer and activated carbon layer mainly clear away chlorine and other solubility organic matter that contain, and the dialysis layer is then as required, and different molecules are held back to the pertinence, and the clean degree of the water of guaranteeing to feed is higher, thereby reduces the experimental animal because of quality of water condition accident death's the condition that appears not up to standard, helps improving the accuracy of follow-up experiment.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the dropper includes:

the vertical section is arranged on the bottom plate and is communicated with the water outlet;

the slope section, the slope section set up in vertical section, the slope section with vertical section intercommunication, the angle that slope section and vertical section are connected and are formed is the obtuse angle, drip nozzle set up in the slope section is kept away from the tip of vertical section.

The slope section is the slope setting, and it is convenient for experimental animals drinking water of raising one's head.

As a further improvement of the technical scheme, a water level sensor is arranged on the inner side wall of the cylinder wall and is electrically connected with the display.

The water level sensor can monitor the water quantity in real time, avoid the hunger and thirst of experimental animals for a long time, ensure continuous and stable water supply and contribute to improving the accuracy of subsequent experiments.

As a further improvement of the technical scheme, the cylinder wall is made of transparent materials, and the outer side wall of the cylinder wall is provided with a graduated scale along the length direction.

When the water level sensor breaks down, the amount of water can be observed through the cylinder wall, and the water drinking amount of the experimental animal can be calculated by taking the graduated scale as reference, so that the subsequent experiment is facilitated.

As a further improvement of the technical scheme, a sealing ring is arranged around the side edge of the cover plate, a tooth-shaped bulge is formed on the outer side wall of the sealing ring, and the bulge is abutted to the inner side wall of the cylinder wall.

The sealing ring is additionally arranged to ensure the sealing performance of the cover plate and the cylinder wall, so that external pollutants are prevented from entering the accommodating cavity between the cover plate and the cylinder wall, and the water body is ensured to be relatively clean.

As a further improvement of the technical scheme, the vertical section of the bottom plate is in an inverted V shape, and the water outlet is formed in the lowest position of the bottom plate.

When the water amount in the accommodating cavity is less, the bottom plate can completely guide the residual water into the dropper due to the inclined arrangement of the surface of the bottom plate, so that the condition that the water is accumulated on the bottom plate is reduced.

As a further improvement of the technical scheme, an air pump is arranged on the outer side wall of the cylinder wall and connected with an air outlet pipe, the air outlet pipe extends into the accommodating cavity, and the end part of the air outlet pipe extending into the accommodating cavity faces the water outlet.

When the experimental animal drinks water, food residues in the mouth can be brought to the dropper, the dropper can be blocked by the food residues, the air pump is used for ventilating the dropper, the conduction degree of the dropper is ensured, the experimental animal is prevented from being hungry and thirsty for a long time, the continuous and stable water supply is ensured, and the accuracy of subsequent experiments is improved; before water is introduced into the dropper, the dropper can be cleaned by spraying air to the dropper.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is clear that the described figures represent only some embodiments of the invention, not all embodiments, and that a person skilled in the art can also derive other designs and figures from these figures without inventive effort.

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of the experimental animal cage drinking device of the utility model.

In the figure, 1, the wall of the cylinder; 11. a water inlet; 12. a display; 13. a water level sensor; 14. a second stop collar; 2. a cover plate; 21. a seal ring; 22. a handle; 3. a base plate; 31. a water outlet; 32. an accommodating chamber; 33. a water quality monitor; 4. a dropper; 41. a drip nozzle; 42. a vertical section; 43. an inclined section; 5. a filter body; 51. a filtration inlet; 52. a filtration outlet; 53. a filter chamber; 54. a first limit ring; 6. a filter layer; 61. a quartz sand layer; 62. a cotton layer; 63. an activated carbon layer; 64. a dialysis layer; 7. an air pump; 71. and an air outlet pipe.

Detailed Description

This section will describe in detail the embodiments of the present invention, the preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the attached drawings, the function of which is to supplement the description of the text part of the specification through the figures, so that the person can understand visually and vividly every technical feature and the whole technical solution of the present invention, but it cannot be understood as the limitation of the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated with respect to the orientation description, such as up, down, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, if words such as "a plurality" are used, the meaning is one or more, the meaning of a plurality of words is two or more, and the meaning of more than, less than, more than, etc. is understood as not including the number, and the meaning of more than, less than, more than, etc. is understood as including the number.

In the description of the present invention, unless there is an explicit limitation, the words such as setting, installation, connection, etc. should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above words in combination with the specific contents of the technical solution.

Referring to fig. 1, the utility model discloses a laboratory animal cage watering device makes following embodiment:

a water drinking device for an experimental animal cage comprises a cylinder wall 1, a cover plate 2, a bottom plate 3 and a dropper 4, wherein a water inlet 11 is formed at one end of the cylinder wall 1; the cover plate 2 can be detachably covered on the water inlet 11; the base plate 3 is arranged at the other end of the cylinder wall 1, the base plate 3 is provided with a water outlet 31, the cover plate 2, the base plate 3 and the cylinder wall 1 are surrounded to form an accommodating cavity 32, and the water inlet 11 and the water outlet 31 are communicated with the accommodating cavity 32; the dropper 4 is arranged on the bottom plate 3, the dropper 4 is communicated with the water outlet 31, and the end part of the dropper 4, which is far away from the bottom plate 3, is provided with a drip nozzle 41; specifically, the length direction is defined along the length direction of the cylinder wall 1, the position close to the cover plate 2 is an upper position, the position close to the bottom plate 3 is a lower position, the water flow direction flows from the upper position to the lower position, the cylinder wall 1 is vertically arranged, the horizontal section of the cylinder wall 1 is circular, the horizontal section of the cover plate 2 is circular, a sealing ring 21 is arranged around the side edge of the cover plate 2, the thickness of the sealing ring 21 is the same as that of the cover plate 2, a toothed bulge is formed on the outer side wall of the sealing ring 21, and the outer diameter of the bulge is larger than the inner diameter of the cylinder wall 1, so that the cover plate 2 and the cylinder wall 1 are in interference fit; in order to facilitate lifting of the cover plate 2, the top surface of the cover plate 2 is provided with a handle 22; in order to reduce the accumulation of residual water on the bottom plate 3, the vertical section of the bottom plate 3 is in an inverted V shape, and the water outlet 31 is arranged at the lowest position of the bottom plate 3.

In order to improve the cleanliness of water drunk by experimental animals, a filter body 5 is arranged on the inner side wall of the cylinder wall 1, the filter body 5 is positioned between the water inlet 11 and the water outlet 31, the filter body 5 is sequentially provided with a filtering inlet 51 and a filtering outlet 52 along the water flow direction, the filtering inlet 51 is close to the water inlet 11, a gap is reserved between the filtering inlet 51 and the water inlet 11, the filtering outlet 52 is close to the water outlet 31, a gap is reserved between the filtering outlet 52 and the water outlet 31, a filtering cavity 53 is arranged in the filter body 5, and the filtering cavity 53 is communicated with the filtering outlet 52 and the filtering inlet 51; a filter layer 6 is arranged in the filter cavity 53, and the filter layer 6 is positioned between the filter inlet 51 and the filter outlet 52; specifically, the filter body 5 is a cylindrical frame structure, the sidewall of the filter body 5 horizontally extends along the circumferential direction thereof to form a first limit ring 54, the inner sidewall of the cylindrical wall 1 horizontally extends along the circumferential direction thereof to form a second limit ring 14, the inner diameter of the second limit ring 14 is smaller than the outer diameter of the first limit ring 54, the filter body 5 is arranged in the second limit ring 14 in a penetrating manner, the first limit ring 54 is located above the second limit ring 14, the bottom surface of the first limit ring 54 abuts against the top surface of the second limit ring 14, the side edge of the first limit ring 54 abuts against the inner sidewall of the cylindrical wall 1, the first limit ring 54 and the second limit ring 14 form a rigid seal, and water entering the accommodating cavity 32 from the water inlet 11 can completely flow into the filter body 5.

In order to monitor the quality of water, the water outlet 31 is provided with a water quality monitor 33, the outer side wall of the cylinder wall 1 is provided with a display 12, the water quality monitor 33 is electrically connected with the display 12, and the water quality monitor 33 transmits monitored related information to the display 12, so that an experimenter can conveniently check the monitored related information.

In this embodiment, in order to monitor the amount of water, the inner side wall of the cylindrical wall 1 is provided with the water level sensor 13, the water level sensor 13 is embedded in the cylindrical wall 1, the water level sensor 13 does not affect the disassembly and assembly of the filter body 5, the water level sensor 13 is electrically connected with the display 12, the cylindrical wall 1 is made of a transparent material, and the outer side wall of the cylindrical wall 1 is provided with a scale along the length direction thereof.

In this embodiment, in order to remove large particulate matters and soluble organic matters contained in water, the filter layer 6 sequentially includes a quartz sand layer 61, a cotton layer 62, an activated carbon layer 63 and a dialysis layer 64 along a flow direction of water, the quartz sand layer 61, the cotton layer 62, the activated carbon layer 63 and the dialysis layer 64 are all disposed in the filter chamber 53, specifically, the quartz sand layer 61 is provided with a plurality of layers, and the diameters of particles of adjacent quartz sand layers 61 gradually decrease along the flow direction of water.

In the embodiment, in order to facilitate the experiment animal to drink water, the dropper 4 comprises a vertical section 42 and an inclined section 43 which are communicated with each other, the vertical section 42 is arranged on the bottom plate 3, and the vertical section 42 is communicated with the water outlet 31; the inclined section 43 is arranged on the vertical section 42, the angle formed by the connection of the inclined section 43 and the vertical section 42 is an obtuse angle, and the drip nozzle 41 is arranged at the end part of the inclined section 43 far away from the vertical section 42.

In this embodiment, the experimental animals is when drinking water, probably leave over the granule of feeding on the mouth 41 of dripping, thereby lead to the situation that the mouth 41 of dripping blocks up, in order to guarantee the smoothness nature of burette 4, the lateral wall of section of thick bamboo wall 1 is provided with air pump 7, air pump 7 is connected with outlet duct 71, outlet duct 71 stretches into and holds in the chamber 32, outlet duct 71 stretches into the tip that holds in the chamber 32 towards delivery port 31, and outlet duct 71 stretches into and holds and leave the interval between tip and the delivery port 31 in the chamber 32, guarantee that delivery port 31 can normally water conservancy diversion.

Use the utility model discloses a during experimental animals cage watering device, start air pump 7, gas flow through outlet duct 71 then spouts to burette 4, guarantee that burette 4 is the on-state, open apron 2, pour into the running water through water inlet 11 and hold the intracavity 32, the running water flows into filter body 5 and filters, water after the filtration is to burette 4, meanwhile, water quality monitoring appearance 33 can monitor water, the relevant data transmission of monitoring is to display 12 on, owing to add filter layer 6, the running water after the filtration is comparatively clean, reduce the sick condition of experimental animals, help improving the accuracy of experiment.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the embodiments shown, but is capable of various modifications and substitutions without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an experimental animals cage watering device which characterized in that includes:

the water-saving device comprises a cylinder wall (1), wherein a water inlet (11) is formed at one end of the cylinder wall (1);

a cover plate (2), the cover plate (2) covering the water inlet (11);

the base plate (3) is arranged at the other end of the cylinder wall (1), the base plate (3) is provided with a water outlet (31), an accommodating cavity (32) is formed by enclosing the cover plate (2), the base plate (3) and the cylinder wall (1), and the water inlet (11) and the water outlet (31) are communicated with the accommodating cavity (32);

the dropper (4) is arranged on the bottom plate (3), the dropper (4) is communicated with the water outlet (31), and a drip nozzle (41) is arranged at the end part, far away from the bottom plate (3), of the dropper (4);

the filter body (5) is arranged on the inner side wall of the cylinder wall (1), the filter body (5) is positioned between the water inlet (11) and the water outlet (31), the filter body (5) is sequentially provided with a filtering inlet (51) and a filtering outlet (52) along the water flow direction, a filtering cavity (53) is arranged in the filter body (5), and the filtering cavity (53) is communicated with the filtering outlet (52) and the filtering inlet (51);

a filter layer (6), the filter layer (6) being disposed within the filter chamber (53), the filter layer (6) being located between the filter inlet (51) and the filter outlet (52);

the water quality monitor (33), the water quality monitor (33) is arranged at the water outlet (31);

the display (12), the display (12) set up in the lateral wall of section of thick bamboo wall (1), water quality monitoring appearance (33) with the display (12) electricity is connected.

2. The experimental animal cage watering device according to claim 1, wherein the filter layer (6) comprises a quartz sand layer (61), a cotton layer (62), an activated carbon layer (63) and a dialysis layer (64) in sequence along the flow direction of water, and the quartz sand layer (61), the cotton layer (62), the activated carbon layer (63) and the dialysis layer (64) are all arranged in the filter chamber (53).

3. Laboratory animal cage watering device according to claim 1, characterized in that the dropper (4) comprises:

a vertical section (42), wherein the vertical section (42) is arranged on the bottom plate (3), and the vertical section (42) is communicated with the water outlet (31);

an inclined section (43), the inclined section (43) set up in vertical section (42), inclined section (43) with vertical section (42) intercommunication, the angle that inclined section (43) and vertical section (42) are connected and are formed is the obtuse angle, drip mouth (41) set up in inclined section (43) is kept away from the tip of vertical section (42).

4. The watering device for laboratory animal cages according to claim 1, characterized in that the inner side wall of the cylinder wall (1) is provided with a water level sensor (13), and the water level sensor (13) is electrically connected with the display (12).

5. The experimental animal cage drinking device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the material of the cylinder wall (1) is transparent, and the outer side wall of the cylinder wall (1) is provided with a graduated scale along the length direction thereof.

6. The experimental animal cage drinking device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side edge of the cover plate (2) is surrounded by a sealing ring (21), and the outer side wall of the sealing ring (21) is formed with a tooth-shaped bulge, and the bulge is abutted with the inner side wall of the cylinder wall (1).

7. The watering device for laboratory animal cages according to claim 1, wherein the vertical section of the bottom plate (3) is inverted V-shaped, and the water outlet (31) is arranged at the lowest position of the bottom plate (3).

8. The experimental animal cage watering device according to claim 7, wherein an air pump (7) is arranged on the outer side wall of the cylinder wall (1), the air pump (7) is connected with an air outlet pipe (71), the air outlet pipe (71) extends into the accommodating cavity (32), and the end of the air outlet pipe (71) extending into the accommodating cavity (32) faces the water outlet (31).