CN217742682U

CN217742682U - Mouse metabolism cage

Info

Publication number: CN217742682U
Application number: CN202221415299.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘文斌; 黄玉娇; 胡海坤; 耿洁; 张翔宇; 霍瑰阳; 黄光瑞; 徐安龙
Original assignee: Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Current assignee: Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Priority date: 2022-06-08
Filing date: 2022-06-08
Publication date: 2022-11-08
Anticipated expiration: 2032-06-08

Abstract

The utility model discloses a mouse metabolism cage, include: the device comprises a cylinder body, a cover body, a connecting part and a metal net, wherein the top of the cylinder body is provided with the cover body, the bottom of the cylinder body is provided with a cone frustum part with gradually reduced diameter, the bottom of the cone frustum is provided with the connecting part, and the cylinder body is internally provided with the metal net along the radial direction; the support comprises a circular frame and a plurality of support columns connected to the bottom of the circular frame, the circular frame is sleeved on the periphery of the conical table part in a surrounding mode, and a plurality of elastic ropes are connected among the cover body, the cylinder body and the circular frame; the top of the collector is screwed on the periphery of the connecting part, and a filter screen is arranged in the collector along the radial direction. The utility model discloses simple structure, the preparation is convenient, and the cost is just practiced thrift in the transportation.

Description

Mouse metabolism cage

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an animal experiment technical field. More specifically, the utility model relates to a mouse metabolism cage.

Background

Because the mouse has the advantages of small size, fast breeding, stable biological background and characteristics, easy experimental operation and the like, the mouse is often used as a main model animal for researching human diseases. In the study of kidney disease and other fields, it is often necessary to collect mouse urine and feces for testing. In order to completely collect urine and excrement of mice, a plurality of metabolism cages are developed, but the existing metabolism cages have the problems of high cost, difficulty in transportation, difficulty in manufacturing and the like, and cannot be widely applied to most laboratory researches.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a mouse metabolism cage can effectively solve among the prior art metabolism cage with high costs, preparation difficulty scheduling problem.

To achieve these objects and other advantages in accordance with the purpose of the invention, according to one aspect of the invention, the invention provides a mouse metabolism cage, comprising:

the device comprises a cylinder body, a cover body, a connecting part and a metal net, wherein the top of the cylinder body is provided with the cover body, the bottom of the cylinder body is provided with a cone frustum part with gradually reduced diameter, the bottom of the cone frustum is provided with the connecting part, and the cylinder body is internally provided with the metal net along the radial direction;

the support comprises a circular frame and a plurality of supporting columns connected to the bottom of the circular frame, the circular frame is sleeved on the periphery of the conical table part in a surrounding mode, and a plurality of elastic ropes are connected among the cover body, the cylinder body and the circular frame;

the top of the collector is screwed on the periphery of the connecting part, and a filter screen is arranged in the collector along the radial direction.

Preferably, the cover body and the barrel body are provided with a plurality of small holes on the same horizontal line, the end part of each elastic rope penetrates through any small hole and is fixed through a U-shaped buckle, and the other end of each elastic rope is fixed on the circular frame.

Preferably, a plurality of apertures are evenly distributed along the circumference, so that a plurality of elastic ropes are evenly distributed along the circumference of the cylinder body.

Preferably, the diameter of the circular shelf is smaller than the maximum diameter of the conical frustum portion.

Preferably, the aperture of the filter screen is 2mm.

Preferably, still include the adapter, the adapter is provided with cup joint portion and grafting portion, cup joint portion and grafting portion are the tubular structure, and the inner wall of cup joint portion is provided with annular groove, and the top week edge of grafting portion is provided with the annular protruding edge that the perpendicular to lateral wall outwards extended, radially be provided with first horizontal graticule mesh in the grafting portion, radially be provided with the horizontal graticule mesh of second in the grafting portion, grafting portion pegs graft into cup joint portion, makes annular protruding edge match the card imbed in annular groove, and grafting portion free rotation in annular groove, and first horizontal graticule mesh is close to each other and laminates with the horizontal graticule mesh of second, the outer wall that fastening bolt butt annular protruding edge was worn to be equipped with perpendicularly in the lateral wall of cup joint portion, the top of cup joint portion connects in the bottom of barrel soon, the bottom and the collector of grafting portion connect soon.

Preferably, the outer side wall of the connecting part and the outer side wall of the inserting part are provided with external threads with the same size, and the inner side wall of the sleeving part and the inner top wall of the collector are provided with internal threads matched with the external threads.

The utility model discloses at least, include following beneficial effect: the utility model has simple structure, convenient assembly and disassembly, easy transportation and use, and convenient use for collecting the excrement and urine of the mice in a fasting water state for 4-6 hours; set up the adapter, through grafting portion and the relative rotation of cup jointing portion, can adjust the angle between two horizontal graticule meshes in the adapter at any time to adjustment net size effectively separates excrement and urine and the urine of mouse, avoids the filter screen on the collector to block up.

Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a technical solution of the present invention;

fig. 2 is an exploded structural view of a technical solution of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another technical solution of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a transfer joint according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a transfer joint according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the present invention when the first horizontal grid mesh and the second horizontal grid mesh are overlapped;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the present invention when the first horizontal grid mesh and the second horizontal grid mesh are staggered;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the present invention when the first horizontal grid mesh is perpendicular to the second horizontal grid mesh.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and the detailed description, so that those skilled in the art can implement the invention with reference to the description.

It will be understood that terms such as "having," "including," and "comprising," as used herein, do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements or groups thereof.

It is to be noted that the experimental methods described in the following embodiments are all conventional methods unless otherwise specified, and the reagents and materials described therein are commercially available unless otherwise specified; in the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected" and "disposed" are to be construed broadly, and may for example be fixedly connected, disposed, detachably connected, disposed, or integrally connected and disposed. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art. The terms "lateral," "longitudinal," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in the orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the invention.

In one of the technical solutions, as shown in fig. 1 to 8, the utility model provides a mouse metabolism cage, including:

a cylinder body 100, the top of which is provided with a cover body 101, the bottom of which is provided with a cone frustum part 102 with gradually reduced diameter, the bottom of the cone frustum is provided with a connecting part 103, and a metal net 104 is arranged in the cylinder body 100 along the radial direction;

the support comprises a circular frame 200 and a plurality of support columns 201 connected to the bottom of the circular frame 200, the circular frame 200 is sleeved on the periphery of the circular cone table part 102 in a surrounding manner, and a plurality of elastic ropes 202 are connected between the cover body 101, the barrel body 100 and the circular frame 200;

the top of the collector 300 is screwed on the periphery of the connecting part 103, and a filter screen 301 is arranged in the collector 300 along the radial direction.

In this technical scheme, mouse metabolism cage top-down has set gradually barrel 100, metal mesh 104, filter screen 301, collector 300 and support to connect through elasticity rope 202, the upper and lower both ends opening of barrel 100, top lock joint lid 101, the bottom sets up to circular cone platform portion 102, and the bottom of circular cone platform portion 102 is connected with connecting portion 103, collector 300 and connecting portion 103 swivelling joint, support are provided with circle frame 200 and a plurality of pillar 201, and circle frame 200 encircles the bottom that supports at circular cone platform portion 102, and pillar 201 sets up in the bottom of circle frame 200, is connected with many elasticity ropes 202 between lid 101, barrel 100 and the circle frame 200. During manufacturing, the plastic bottle can be placed upside down, the plastic bottle is horizontally cut into an upper part and a lower part, the upper part is a bottle bottom and serves as a cover body 101, the lower part is a bottle mouth and a bottle body and serves as a cylinder body 100, a bottle cover serves as a collector 300, a metal net 104 with the diameter slightly smaller than that of the bottle body is arranged in the cylinder body 100 and clamped above a conical table part 102, a mouse is arranged on the metal net 104, the height of the bottle body is higher than the height which can be vertically climbed by the mouse, the mouse is prevented from jumping and escaping by the smooth inner wall of the plastic water bottle, a filter screen 301 covers the collector 300 and is screwed outside a connecting part 103, the whole cylinder body 100 and the collector 300 are arranged on a support, and the cover body 101, the cylinder body 100 and the support are connected together by an elastic rope 202. The materials used in the technical scheme are simple and easy to obtain, the manufacturing is convenient, the cost is low, the transportation is convenient, the cover body 101 and the cylinder body 100 are fixed with the bracket by the elastic rope 202, the opening and closing are easy and convenient, and the metabolism cage can be effectively prevented from toppling over; the metal net 104 is arranged to facilitate free movement of the mouse in the barrel 100, and the collector 300 is used for collecting excrement of the mouse to facilitate collection and detection.

In another technical solution, as shown in fig. 1 to 8, the cover 101 and the barrel 100 are provided with a plurality of small holes on the same horizontal line, an end of each elastic string 202 passes through any small hole and is fixed by a U-shaped buckle, and the other end is fixed on the circular frame 200. In this embodiment, one end of the elastic cord 202 is fixed to the cover 101 and the barrel 100, and the other end is fixed to the circular frame 200, thereby improving the stability of the device.

In another technical solution, as shown in fig. 1 to 8, the plurality of small holes are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction, so that the plurality of elastic strings 202 are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction on the outer circumference of the cylinder 100. In this technical scheme, elastic cord 202 distributes in barrel 100 periphery, makes barrel 100 stable mounting on the support, improves device stability.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1-8, the diameter of the circular frame 200 is less than the maximum diameter of the frustum portion 102. In the present embodiment, a circular frame 200 is disposed around the bottom periphery of the frustum portion 102 for supporting the entire barrel 100 and collector 300.

In another technical solution, as shown in fig. 1 to 8, the aperture of the filter screen 301 is 2mm. The aperture of filter screen 301 sets up to 2mm among this technical scheme, can effectively separate the excrement and urine of mouse, is convenient for collect and detect.

In another technical scheme, as shown in fig. 1 to 8, the adapter 400 further includes an adapter 400, the adapter 400 is provided with a sleeve portion 401 and an insertion portion 402, the sleeve portion 401 and the insertion portion 402 are both of a cylindrical structure, an inner wall of the sleeve portion 401 is provided with an annular groove, a top peripheral edge of the insertion portion 402 is provided with an annular convex edge 403 extending outward perpendicular to a side wall, the sleeve portion 401 is internally provided with a first cross grid 404 along a radial direction, the insertion portion 402 is internally provided with a second cross grid 405 along a radial direction, the insertion portion 402 is inserted into the sleeve portion 401 so that the annular convex edge 403 is matched and clamped into the annular groove, the insertion portion 402 freely rotates in the annular groove, the first cross grid 404 and the second cross grid 405 are close to each other and attached to each other, a fastening bolt 406 vertically penetrates through a side wall of the sleeve portion 401 and abuts against an outer wall of the annular convex edge 403, the top of the sleeve portion 401 is screwed to the bottom of the cylinder 100, and the bottom of the insertion portion 402 is screwed to the collector 300.

In this technical scheme, still be provided with adapter 400 between connecting portion 103 and collector 300, adapter 400 includes cup joint portion 401 and the grafting portion 402 that connects soon with collector 300 that connects soon with connecting portion 103, cup joint portion 401 and grafting portion 402 coaxial rotation, the inner wall of cup joint portion 401 is provided with annular groove, annular groove is coaxial with cup joint portion 401, and the top week of grafting portion 402 is provided with perpendicular and the outside annular protruding edge 403 that extends of lateral wall along being provided with, annular protruding edge 403 matches and holds into in the annular groove, and the top of annular groove is cup jointed portion 401 internal diameter and is provided with first horizontal graticule mesh 404, and annular protruding edge 403's top is radial is provided with second horizontal graticule mesh 405, and first horizontal graticule mesh 404 is close to and laminates each other with second horizontal graticule mesh 405, the lateral wall of cup joint portion 401 is provided with fastening bolt 406 and penetrates perpendicularly to the outer wall of the protruding edge 403 of butt. This technical scheme plug-in connection portion 402 is for cup jointing portion 401 coaxial rotation, and the angle of two adjustable horizontal graticule meshes, and then adjusts the aperture in real time, carries out effectual solid-liquid separation to the excrement of mouse, prevents that excrement and urine from taking place cross infection's danger, guarantees the authenticity of excrement, prevents that filter screen 301 from blockking up, guarantees the effect of collecting the mouse metabolite.

In another technical scheme, as shown in fig. 1 to 8, external threads 407 with the same size are respectively disposed on the outer side wall of the connecting portion 103 and the outer side wall of the inserting portion 402, and internal threads 408 matched with the external threads are respectively disposed on the inner side wall of the sleeve portion 401 and the inner wall of the top portion of the collector 300. In this technical scheme, be provided with on the adapter 400 with connecting portion 103 and the supporting interior external screw thread of collector 300, convenient rotatory installation or dismantlement, flexible operation.

While the embodiments of the invention have been described above, it is not intended to be limited to the details shown, or described, but rather to cover all modifications, which would come within the scope of the appended claims, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the art are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

Claims

1. A mouse metabolic cage, comprising:

the support comprises a circular frame and a plurality of support columns connected to the bottom of the circular frame, the circular frame is sleeved on the periphery of the conical table part in a surrounding mode, and a plurality of elastic ropes are connected among the cover body, the cylinder body and the circular frame;

2. The mouse metabolism cage of claim 1, wherein the cover and the barrel are provided with a plurality of small holes on the same horizontal line, an end of each elastic cord passes through any one of the small holes and is fixed by a U-shaped buckle, and the other end is fixed on the circular frame.

3. The mouse metabolism cage of claim 2, wherein the plurality of apertures are circumferentially evenly distributed such that the plurality of elastic cords are circumferentially evenly distributed about the outer periphery of the barrel.

4. The mouse metabolism cage of claim 1, wherein the circular shelf has a diameter less than a maximum diameter of the frustum portion.

5. The mouse metabolism cage of claim 1, wherein the mesh size is 2mm.

6. The mouse metabolism cage of claim 1, further comprising an adapter, wherein the adapter is provided with a sleeve portion and an insertion portion, the sleeve portion and the insertion portion are both of a cylindrical structure, an inner wall of the sleeve portion is provided with an annular groove, a top peripheral edge of the insertion portion is provided with an annular convex edge extending outwards perpendicular to the side wall, a first cross grid is radially arranged in the sleeve portion, a second cross grid is radially arranged in the insertion portion, the insertion portion is inserted into the sleeve portion, the annular convex edge is matched and clamped in the annular groove, the insertion portion freely rotates in the annular groove, the first cross grid and the second cross grid are close to each other and are attached to each other, a fastening bolt vertically penetrates through the side wall of the sleeve portion, the top of the sleeve portion is rotatably connected to the bottom of the cylindrical body, and the bottom of the insertion portion is rotatably connected to the collector.

7. The mouse metabolism cage of claim 6, wherein the outer side wall of the connecting portion and the outer side wall of the insertion portion are provided with external threads of the same size, and the inner side wall of the sleeve portion and the inner top wall of the collector are provided with internal threads matched with the external threads.