CN220402690U - Screen cloth connection structure - Google Patents
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The application discloses screen cloth connection structure relates to pet articles for use technical field, including screen cloth cooperation subassembly and rotary drum cooperation subassembly; the screen matching assembly is arranged on the screen body and comprises a first screen matching part and a second screen matching part; the rotary drum matching assembly is arranged on the rotary drum body and comprises a first rotary drum matching part and a second rotary drum matching part; the first rotary drum matching part is connected with the first screen matching part; the second rotary drum matching part is connected with the second screen matching part; the first screen mating portion and/or the second screen mating portion are resiliently connected to the screen body such that they can switch between an unlocked position and a locked position to unlock or lock the connection between the screen body and the drum body. The screen cloth body can be installed and disassembled between the screen cloth body and the rotary drum body rapidly, and the installation and the disassembly are more convenient.
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Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of pet articles, in particular to a screen connecting structure for pet articles.
Background
Pet cats are one of the most common feeding pets for which a pet cat owner is a necessary thing, and for this reason, the pet cat owner is often also referred to as "spatula", but spatula is a time consuming task. In order to solve the problem, automatic cat toilet equipment is proposed in the market, and the working principle is as follows: paving cat litter in the rotary drum and being equipped with the screen cloth in the rotary drum, after the cat is defecation on cat litter, the cat litter can combine with cat excrement and form the caking, and the separation of cat litter and caking is realized to the rotation of rethread rotary drum and cooperation screen cloth, and is discharged the caking in the collection just storehouse again.
The screen cloth in the rotary drum of current cat lavatory facility is used for connecting the connection structure of rotary drum mostly to be rigid structure, consequently, need adopt corresponding fastener to carry out fastening connection during the installation, and installation and dismantlement are comparatively inconvenient.
Disclosure of Invention
Accordingly, an object of the present application is to provide a screen connecting structure, so as to solve the technical problem that the installation and the disassembly of the existing screen are inconvenient.
In order to achieve the technical purpose, the application provides a screen connecting structure, which comprises a screen matching assembly and a rotary drum matching assembly;
the screen mesh matching assembly is arranged on the screen mesh body and comprises a first screen mesh matching part and a second screen mesh matching part;
the rotary drum matching assembly is arranged on the rotary drum body and comprises a first rotary drum matching part and a second rotary drum matching part;
the first rotary drum matching part is connected with the first screen matching part;
the second rotary drum matching part is connected with the second screen matching part;
the first screen matching part and/or the second screen matching part are/is elastically connected with the screen body so that the screen body can be switched between an unlocking position and a locking position;
when the first screen mesh matching part and/or the second screen mesh matching part are/is in an unlocking position, the screen mesh matching assembly and the rotary drum matching assembly are in a connecting unlocking state;
when the first screen matching part and the second screen matching part are in the locking position, the screen matching assembly and the rotary drum matching assembly are in a connecting and locking state.
Further, the first rotary drum matching part is in rotary connection matching with the first screen mesh matching part by a certain rotation angle;
the second rotary drum matching part is in rotary connection matching with the second screen mesh matching part with a certain rotation angle.
Further, one of the first rotary drum matching part and the first screen matching part is a first mounting shaft, and the other is a first mounting sleeve for inserting the first mounting shaft and rotationally matching the first mounting shaft at a certain rotation angle;
one of the second rotary drum matching part and the second screen matching part is a second installation shaft, and the other is a second installation sleeve which is used for inserting the second installation shaft and is in rotating fit with the second installation shaft by a certain rotating angle.
Further, a first protruding part is arranged on the first mounting shaft along the axial direction of the first mounting shaft;
the first mounting sleeve is provided with a first clamping groove part which is used for the first protruding part to extend in along the axial direction of the first mounting sleeve and is used for limiting the rotation angle of the first protruding part.
Further, a second bulge part is arranged on the second installation shaft along the axial direction of the second installation shaft;
the second mounting sleeve is provided with a second clamping groove part which is used for the second protruding part to extend in along the axial direction of the second mounting sleeve and is used for limiting the rotation angle of the second protruding part.
Further, the screen mating assembly further includes a third screen mating portion;
the bowl mating assembly further includes a third bowl mating portion;
the third rotary drum matching part is connected with the third screen matching part and is used for limiting the movement of the screen body so as to limit the movement of the first screen matching part or the second screen matching part towards the unlocking position.
Further, the first screen mesh matching part or the second screen mesh matching part which is elastically connected with the screen mesh body is arranged on the pressing rib;
the pressing rib is arranged on one side of the screen body, and a pressing gap is formed between the pressing rib and the screen body.
Further, the first screen mesh matching part or the second screen mesh matching part fixedly connected with the screen mesh body is arranged on the fixed rib;
the fixing rib is arranged on one side of the screen body.
Further, the first screen matching part is fixedly connected to one side of the screen body;
the second screen mesh matching part is elastically connected to the other side of the screen mesh body.
Further, the first screen mating portion is a first mounting shaft;
the second screen mesh matching part is a second installation sleeve.
From above technical scheme can see, the screen cloth connection structure that this application designed, it sets up first screen cloth cooperation portion and second screen cloth cooperation portion respectively on the screen cloth body, and then set up on the rotary drum body with first screen cloth cooperation portion first rotary drum cooperation portion and with second rotary drum cooperation portion that second screen cloth cooperation portion is connected to realize being connected between rotary drum body and the screen cloth body. The first screen mesh matching part and/or the second screen mesh matching part are/is designed to be elastically connected with the screen mesh body, so that the screen mesh body can be switched between the unlocking position and the locking position, and the installation and the disassembly between the screen mesh body and the rotary drum body can be rapidly completed by changing the position of the elastically connected first screen mesh matching part or second screen mesh matching part, so that the installation and the disassembly are more convenient.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive faculty for a person skilled in the art.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a screen connecting structure for connecting a screen body and a drum body provided in the present application;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of a drum body of a screen attachment structure provided herein;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a first rotor engaging portion of a screen attachment structure provided herein;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a second bowl mating section of a screen attachment structure provided herein;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a screen body of a screen attachment structure provided herein;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a first screen engagement portion of a screen connection structure provided herein;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a second screen engagement portion of a screen attachment structure provided herein;
FIG. 8 is a schematic illustration of the engagement of a first rotor engagement portion with a first screen engagement portion of a screen connection structure provided herein;
in the figure: 100. a screen body; 200. a drum body; 11. a first screen mating portion; 111. a first boss; 12. a second screen mating portion; 121. a second clamping groove part; 13. a third screen mating portion; 21. a first rotary drum mating part; 211. a first clamping groove part; 212. a third boss; 22. a second drum mating portion; 221. a second protruding portion; 31. a fixing rib; 32. pressing the rib.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden from the embodiments of the present application, are within the scope of the embodiments of the present application.
In the description of the embodiments of the present application, it should be noted that, directions or positional relationships indicated by terms such as "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., are based on directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the embodiments of the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific direction, be configured and operated in the specific direction, and thus should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the description of the embodiments of the present application, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, interchangeably connected, integrally connected, mechanically connected, electrically connected, directly connected, indirectly connected through an intermediary, or in communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the terms in the embodiments of the present application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art in a specific context.
The embodiment of the application discloses a screen cloth connection structure.
Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of a screen connection structure provided in an embodiment of the present application includes:
a screen mating assembly and a bowl mating assembly.
The screen matching assembly is arranged on the screen body 100 and comprises a first screen matching part 11 and a second screen matching part 12; the rotary drum matching component is arranged on the rotary drum body 200 and comprises a first rotary drum matching part 21 and a second rotary drum matching part 22; the first rotary drum engaging portion 21 is connected to the first screen engaging portion 11; the second bowl mating section 22 is connected to the second screen mating section 12.
The first screen engagement portion 11 and/or the second screen engagement portion 12 are elastically connected with the screen body 100 so as to be switchable between an unlock position and a lock position by itself; when the first screen matching part 11 and/or the second screen matching part 12 are/is at the unlocking position, the screen matching assembly and the rotary drum matching assembly are in a connection unlocking state; when the first screen fitting portion 11 and the second screen fitting portion 12 are in the locked position, the screen fitting assembly and the drum fitting assembly are in a connected and locked state. It will be appreciated that when one of the first and second screen engagement portions 11, 12 is in the unlocked position, the screen engagement assembly is in a connected unlocked condition with the bowl engagement assembly; when the first screen fitting portion 11 and the second screen fitting portion 12 are both in the locked position, the screen fitting assembly and the drum fitting assembly are in a connected and locked state.
The screen cloth connection structure of this application design, it sets up first screen cloth cooperation portion 11 and second screen cloth cooperation portion 12 respectively on screen cloth body 100, and set up on the rotary drum body 200 then with the first rotary drum cooperation portion 21 that first screen cloth cooperation portion 11 is connected and with the second rotary drum cooperation portion 22 that second screen cloth cooperation portion 12 is connected to realize being connected between rotary drum body 200 and the screen cloth body 100. The first screen matching portion 11 and/or the second screen matching portion 12 are/is designed to be elastically connected with the screen body 100, so that the screen body can be switched between the unlocking position and the locking position, and thus, the installation and the disassembly between the screen body 100 and the drum body 200 can be rapidly completed by changing the position of the elastically connected first screen matching portion 11 or second screen matching portion 12, and the installation and the disassembly are more convenient.
The foregoing is an embodiment one of a screen connection structure provided in the embodiments of the present application, and the following is an embodiment two of a screen connection structure provided in the embodiments of the present application, specifically please refer to fig. 1 to 8.
Based on the scheme of the first embodiment:
further, the first rotary drum matching part 21 is in rotary connection matching with the first screen matching part 11 with a certain rotation angle; the second bowl mating section 22 is in rotational engagement with the second screen mating section 12 at an angle of rotation. That is, the first drum matching portion 21 and the first screen matching portion 11 and the second drum matching portion 22 and the second screen matching portion 12 can be in plug-in matching, so that the positions of the first screen matching portion 11 or the second screen matching portion 12 which are elastically connected can be changed more conveniently, and the installation and the disassembly between the screen body 100 and the drum body 200 can be completed rapidly.
The range of the rotation angle can be set according to actual needs, and is not limited.
As shown in fig. 2 and 5, further, taking the above-mentioned rotational connection design as an example, one of the first drum engaging portion 21 and the first screen engaging portion 11 may be designed as a first mounting shaft, and the other one thereof may be designed as a first mounting sleeve into which the first mounting shaft is inserted and which is rotationally engaged with the first mounting shaft at a certain rotational angle.
Correspondingly, one of the second drum engaging portion 22 and the second screen engaging portion 12 is a second mounting shaft, and the other is a second mounting sleeve into which the second mounting shaft is inserted and which is rotatably engaged with the second mounting shaft at a certain rotation angle.
Further, as shown in fig. 6, in order to achieve the limitation of the rotation angle range between the screen body 100 and the drum body 200, a first boss 111 may be provided on the first mounting shaft in the self axial direction.
Correspondingly, as shown in fig. 3, a first clamping groove portion 211 is formed on the first mounting sleeve along the axial direction thereof, into which the first protruding portion 111 extends, and is used for limiting the rotation angle of the first protruding portion 111. The engagement between the first protrusion 111 and the first slot 211 may be as shown in fig. 8, where the first protrusion 111 extends into the first slot 211 and is limited by the slot width of the first slot 211, so as to define a rotation angle range.
Further, as shown in fig. 4, the second mounting shaft is provided with a second boss 221 in the own axial direction.
As shown in fig. 7, the second mounting sleeve is provided with a second clamping groove 121 for extending the second protruding portion 221 along the axial direction thereof, and for limiting the rotation angle of the second protruding portion 221. The principle is the same as the design of the first protruding portion 111 and the first clamping groove portion 211, and will not be described again.
Further, as shown in fig. 3, to add a limit guard, the screen mating assembly further includes a third screen mating portion 13, and the drum mating assembly further includes a third drum mating portion (not shown).
The third drum engaging portion is connected to the third screen engaging portion 13 for restricting movement of the screen body 100 to restrict movement of the first screen engaging portion 11 or the second screen engaging portion 12 toward the unlocking position.
The movement of the screen body 100 in the direction from the locking position to the unlocking position is limited by the cooperation between the third screen mesh cooperation portion 13 and the third drum cooperation portion, so that the movement of the screen body 100 in the direction from the locking position to the unlocking position due to the gravity of the screen body 100 and other factors can be avoided, the first screen mesh cooperation portion 11 is forced to be switched to the unlocking position or the second screen mesh cooperation portion 12 is forced to be switched to the unlocking position, the situation that the screen body 100 is misunderstood to be locked is avoided, and the reliability of use is further improved.
The third screen matching portion 13 may be disposed on a side of the screen body 100 and have an L-shaped structure, and the third drum matching portion may be disposed on the drum body 200 for the third screen matching portion to be clamped in, which may be a limiting slot or a limiting hole structure, without limitation.
The third protruding portion 212 is arranged on the first rotary drum matching portion 21 or the second rotary drum matching portion 22, and the third protruding portion 212 can play a role of reinforcing ribs, so that the overall structural strength is improved, and the device can be specifically arranged according to actual needs without limitation. .
Further, in the case of the elastic connection, the first screen engagement portion 11 or the second screen engagement portion 12 provided in elastic connection with the screen body 100 is attached to the pressing rib 32, and the pressing rib 32 is attached to one side of the screen body 100 with a pressing gap formed between the screen body 100. That is, by providing a pressing rib 32 having a certain pressing gap on one side of the screen body 100 to provide elastic support, the pressing rib 32 itself is made of a material having a certain elastic deformation, which can be consistent with the material of the screen body 100, and is integrally formed with the screen body 100, and the first screen fitting portion 11 or the second screen fitting portion 12 is mounted on the pressing rib 32 without limitation, so that an elastic connection with the screen body 100 can be achieved, and the position of the pressing rib itself can be changed by pressing.
Further, the first screen fitting portion 11 or the second screen fitting portion 12 fixedly connected to the screen body 100 is mounted on the fixing rib 31, and the fixing rib 31 is mounted on one side of the screen body 100. It will be appreciated that the fixing ribs 31, i.e. the rib structure in a fixed state, may also be integrally formed with the screen body 100 to achieve a fixed arrangement of the first screen engagement portion 11 or the second screen engagement portion 12.
In this application, first screen cloth cooperation portion 11, second screen cloth cooperation structure can with screen cloth body 100 integrated into one piece, and the same reason, first rotary drum cooperation subassembly, second rotary drum cooperation subassembly can with screen cloth body 100 integrated into one piece, do not do the restriction.
Further, the first screen fitting portion 11 may be fixedly coupled to one side of the screen body 100, and the second screen fitting portion 12 may be elastically coupled to the other side of the screen body 100. That is, only one of the screen mesh mating portions is required to achieve elastic connection.
Further, the first screen fitting portion 11 may be designed as a first mounting shaft, and the corresponding first drum fitting portion 21 may be a first mounting sleeve; the second screen mating portion 12 is a second mounting sleeve and the corresponding second bowl mating portion 22 is a second post-mounting. In connection with the above-mentioned second screen fitting portion 12, for example, when in installation, the first installation shaft is inserted into the first installation sleeve, then the pressing rib 32 is pressed against and the second installation sleeve is aligned with the second installation, then the pressing rib 32 is released, and the pressing rib 32 is restored to deformation, so that the second installation sleeve is sleeved on the second installation shaft, and the installation between the screen body 100 and the drum body 200 is completed. Of course, the application is not limited to the above, but may be other application after combination and collocation, and is not particularly limited.
The foregoing describes a screen connection structure provided in the present application in detail, and those skilled in the art should not understand the present application to limit the scope of the present application according to the concepts of the embodiments of the present application.
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1. The screen connecting structure is characterized by comprising a screen matching assembly and a rotary drum matching assembly;
the screen matching assembly is arranged on the screen body (100) and comprises a first screen matching part (11) and a second screen matching part (12);
the rotary drum matching assembly is arranged on the rotary drum body (200) and comprises a first rotary drum matching part (21) and a second rotary drum matching part (22);
the first rotary drum matching part (21) is connected with the first screen matching part (11);
the second drum mating portion (22) is connected to the second screen mating portion (12);
the first screen mating part (11) and/or the second screen mating part (12) are/is elastically connected with the screen body (100) so that the screen body can be switched between an unlocking position and a locking position;
when the first screen matching part (11) and/or the second screen matching part (12) are/is in an unlocking position, the screen matching assembly and the rotary drum matching assembly are in a connecting unlocking state;
when the first screen matching part (11) and the second screen matching part (12) are in the locking position, the screen matching assembly and the rotary drum matching assembly are in a connecting and locking state.
2. A screen connection structure according to claim 1, wherein the first cylinder engagement portion (21) is engaged with the first screen engagement portion (11) by a rotational engagement having a certain rotational angle;
the second rotary drum matching part (22) is in rotary connection matching with the second screen matching part (12) with a certain rotation angle.
3. A screen connecting structure according to claim 2, wherein one of the first cylinder engaging portion (21) and the first screen engaging portion (11) is a first mounting shaft, and the other is a first mounting sleeve into which the first mounting shaft is inserted and which is rotatably engaged with the first mounting shaft at a rotation angle;
one of the second rotary drum matching part (22) and the second screen matching part (12) is a second installation shaft, and the other is a second installation sleeve which is used for inserting the second installation shaft and is in rotating fit with the second installation shaft at a certain rotation angle.
4. A screen connection according to claim 3, wherein the first mounting shaft is provided with a first projection (111) in its own axial direction;
the first mounting sleeve is provided with a first clamping groove part (211) which is used for enabling the first protruding part (111) to extend in along the axial direction of the first mounting sleeve and limiting the rotation angle of the first protruding part (111).
5. A screen connection according to claim 3, wherein the second mounting shaft is provided with a second boss (221) in its own axial direction;
the second mounting sleeve is provided with a second clamping groove part (121) which is used for enabling the second protruding part (221) to extend in the axial direction of the second mounting sleeve and limiting the rotation angle of the second protruding part (221).
6. A screen connection according to claim 1, wherein the screen engagement assembly further comprises a third screen engagement portion (13);
the bowl mating assembly further includes a third bowl mating portion;
the third rotary drum matching part is connected with the third screen matching part (13) and is used for limiting the movement of the screen body (100) so as to limit the movement of the first screen matching part (11) or the second screen matching part (12) towards the unlocking position.
7. A screen connecting structure according to claim 1, wherein the first screen fitting portion (11) or the second screen fitting portion (12) provided in elastic connection with the screen body (100) is mounted on a pressing rib (32);
the pressing rib (32) is mounted on one side of the screen body (100), and a pressing gap is formed between the pressing rib and the screen body (100).
8. A screen connection structure according to claim 7, wherein the first screen fitting portion (11) or the second screen fitting portion (12) fixedly connected to the screen body (100) is mounted on a fixing rib (31);
the fixing rib (31) is mounted on one side of the screen body (100).
9. A screen attachment structure according to claim 3, wherein the first screen engagement portion (11) is fixedly attached to one side of the screen body (100);
the second screen fitting portion (12) is elastically connected to the other side of the screen body (100).
10. A screen connection according to claim 9, wherein the first screen engagement portion (11) is a first mounting shaft;
the second screen mesh mating portion (12) is a second mounting sleeve.
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