CN220733946U - Large animal metabolism cage for preventing water and food from falling into fecal/urine collection device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model discloses a large animal metabolism cage for preventing water and food from falling into a fecal/urine collecting device, which comprises a cage body, an automatic feeding device and an automatic water feeding device, wherein the automatic feeding device is arranged on the cage body, and the automatic water feeding device comprises the following components: the side of the cage body is provided with a cage door, a feeding area and a movable area are arranged in the cage body, the movable area is located above the excrement collecting device and the urine collecting device, the cage body protrudes outwards to form a feeding area, the automatic feeding device and the automatic water feeding device are arranged in the feeding area, and a receiving box for receiving water and food residues is arranged below the feeding area. The large animal metabolism cage can be used for preventing water and food residues from falling into the excrement collecting device and the urine collecting device when experimental animals eat, so that the accuracy of detection results is ensured.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of innovative medicine tests, in particular to a large animal metabolism cage for preventing water and food from falling into a fecal/urine collecting device.
Background
The current conventional large laboratory animal metabolism cage comprises two main parts: urine and excrement collecting rack and cage above the rack. The cage body is the living area of the experimental animal in the experimental process. The urine and excrement collecting frame comprises a funnel-shaped collecting part, a separating plate with holes is arranged on the collecting part for separating urine and excrement, a urine collecting opening is arranged at the bottom of the collecting part, and a urine collecting bottle is connected with the urine collecting opening. Urine and excrement excreted by the experimental animal are separated by the separating plate, the excrement is left on the separating plate, the urine passes through the separating plate and then flows into the funnel-shaped collecting part, and the urine is polymerized to the collecting opening and flows into the collecting bottle. When the excrement needs to be collected, the cage body is detached and separated from the metabolite collecting rack, and the excrement stored on the separating plate is taken out. When the separation plate needs to be cleaned, the separation plate is taken out of the installation groove.
However, existing metabolic cages have the following disadvantages:
in a conventional metabolism cage for experimental animals, a water outlet of a water fountain of the experimental animal is arranged in the cage body, and liquid drops which are not drunk by the experimental animal can flow into a urine and excrement collecting tray below and then flow into a urine collecting bottle when the experimental animal drinks water. Moreover, if the laboratory animal does not drink water, but only when playing with the outlet of the water fountain, the flowing liquid drops flow into the urine collecting bottle, and the drinking water dilutes the collected animal excrement, so that the concentration of the medicine and the metabolite in the excrement is influenced, and the detection of the real quantity of the urine collection is disturbed.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the technical problems described above, the present utility model provides a large animal metabolism cage for preventing water and food from falling into a fecal/urine collection device, which can be used to prevent water and food residues from falling into the fecal collection device and the urine collection device when an experimental animal is eating, thereby ensuring the accuracy of the detection result.
The scheme for solving the technical problems is as follows:
a large animal metabolism cage for preventing water and food from falling into a fecal/urine collection device, comprising a cage body, an automatic feeding device and an automatic water feeding device arranged on the cage body, wherein:
the side of the cage body is provided with a cage door, a feeding area and a movable area are arranged in the cage body, the movable area is located above the excrement collecting device and the urine collecting device, the cage body protrudes outwards to form a feeding area, the automatic feeding device and the automatic water feeding device are arranged in the feeding area, and a receiving box for receiving water and food residues is arranged below the feeding area.
Further, a sieve plate is arranged in the material receiving box, sieve holes are formed in the sieve plate, and the sieve plate divides the area in the material receiving box into an upper food residue material receiving area and a lower edible water material receiving area.
Further, the automatic feeding device comprises an automatic feeder mounted on the cage and a food tray positioned below the automatic feeder, wherein: the food tray is provided with a food weight detection sensor for detecting the weight of food on the food tray.
Further, the automatic water feeding device comprises an automatic water feeder arranged on the cage body and a water drinking tray arranged below the automatic water feeder, wherein: the drinking water tray is provided with a water quantity detection sensor for detecting the weight of drinking water on the drinking water tray.
Further, the food weight detection sensor and the water quantity detection sensor are both pressure sensors.
Further, the food waste receiving area on the upper part of the receiving box and the edible water receiving area on the lower part of the receiving box are both provided with weight measuring sensors, and the weight measuring sensors are used for detecting the weight of the food waste or the weight of the scattered drinking water.
Further, the cage body is provided with a cleaning door at a corresponding position of the feeding area.
Further, be provided with protection machanism in the cage, protection machanism sets up in feeding the district, and this protection machanism is including the grating door and be used for driving the grating door and do rectilinear motion in order to realize blockking experimental animals outside feeding the district actuating mechanism, wherein: the grid door is provided with an avoidance groove for avoiding the food tray and the drinking tray.
Further, the driving mechanism adopts a driving mode of combining a motor and a screw rod transmission mechanism.
Further, the driving mechanism further comprises four groups of linear guide mechanisms for guiding the movement of the grating door, and the four groups of linear guide mechanisms are respectively arranged on four opposite angles of the grating door; each group of linear guide mechanism comprises a guide hole arranged on the grid door and a guide rod arranged on the cage body.
Compared with the prior art, the method has the following advantages:
(1) The cage body in the application protrudes outwards to form a feeding area, and experimental animals eat and drink in the feeding area; meanwhile, the material receiving box for receiving water and food residues is arranged below the feeding area, so that food residues falling from the feeding process of experimental animals and water falling from the drinking process of the experimental animals can be guaranteed to be received by the material receiving box, and the probability that the food residues fall into the excrement collecting device and the falling water falls into the urine collecting device is reduced.
(2) Metabolism cage in this application is through feeding the food zone and the activity zone with the inner space divide into, and feeds the food zone and stagger with excrement and urine collection device, consequently can avoid the food waste that drops in the feeding process to get into excrement and urine collection device and drinking water in-process unrestrained water gets into among the urine collection device, can improve the degree of accuracy that detects the medicine nature in urine and the excrement to experimental animals like this.
Terms such as "left", "right", "front", "back", and the like, as used herein, refer to spatially relative positions and are used for ease of description to describe one feature's relationship to another feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be appreciated that the term spatially relative position is intended to encompass different orientations than those depicted in the figures, depending on the product placement location, and should not be construed as limiting the claims.
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Fig. 1-2 are schematic perspective views of two different views of a large animal metabolism cage of the present utility model preventing water and food from falling into the fecal/urine collection device.
Fig. 3 is a right side view of a large animal metabolic cage of the present utility model that prevents water and food from falling into the fecal/urine collection device.
Fig. 4 and 5 are schematic perspective views of the cartridge from two different perspectives.
Fig. 6 is a partial enlarged view at a in fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is a schematic view of the structure of the grating gate.
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the structure of a large animal metabolic cage of the present utility model for preventing water and food from falling into the fecal/urine collection device.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
As shown in fig. 1 to 8, the large animal metabolism cage for preventing water and food from falling into the fecal/urine collection device of the present utility model comprises a cage body 1, an automatic feeding device provided on the cage body 1, and an automatic water feeding device, wherein: the side of the cage 1 is provided with a cage door (not shown in the drawings of the specification), and experimental animals (such as monkeys, dogs, etc.) can be closed into the cage 1 or taken out of the cage 1 by opening the cage door; a feeding area 102 and an active area 101 are arranged in the cage body 1, wherein: the active area 101 is located above the fecal collection device 10 and the urine collection device 11; the cage 1 bulges outwardly to form a feeding area 102; the automatic feeding device and the automatic water feeding device are both arranged in the feeding area 102; a receiving box 5 for receiving water and food residues is arranged below the feeding area 102; the length and width of the receiving box 5 are greater than or equal to the length and width of the feeding area 102 in the cage 1 so as to cover the feeding area 101 completely and prevent food residues from falling onto the ground;
since the cage body 1 protrudes outwards to form a feeding area 102, the experimental animal takes food and water in the feeding area 102; meanwhile, the material receiving box 5 for receiving water and food residues is arranged below the feeding area 102, so that food residues falling from the feeding process of experimental animals and water scattered from the drinking process can be received by the material receiving box 5, and the probability that the food residues fall into the excrement collecting device 10 and the scattered water falls into the urine collecting device 11 is reduced.
As shown in fig. 1-8, a sieve plate 502 is arranged in the material receiving box 5, sieve holes 504 are arranged on the sieve plate 502, and the sieve plate 502 divides the area in the material receiving box 5 into an upper food residue material receiving area and a lower edible water material receiving area; food waste and spilled water falling from the feeding zone 102 may first come into contact with the screen 502, wherein: food waste may rest on screen plate 502 and water may pass through screen holes 504 into the lower edible water receiving area for separate collection to calculate the weight of food waste and spilled water, respectively; for this purpose, weight measuring sensors for detecting the weight of the food waste or the weight of the spilled drinking water are provided in both the food waste receiving area in the upper part of the receiving box 5 and in the drinking water receiving area in the lower part.
In this embodiment, the sieve plate 502 is movably mounted on the box body 501 of the receiving box 5 through a drawer structure, and food residues in the sieve plate 502 can be poured out by drawing out the sieve plate 502; the lower part of the box body 501 of the receiving box 5 is provided with a drain opening 503, which drain opening 503 can be connected to a drain pipe for draining the spilled water.
As shown in fig. 1 to 8, the automatic feeding apparatus includes an automatic feeder 3 mounted on a cage 1 and a food tray 6 positioned below the automatic feeder 3, wherein: the food tray 6 is provided with a food weight detection sensor for detecting the weight of food on the food tray 6, and when the food on the food tray 6 is less than a preset value, the automatic feeder 3 automatically adds the food to the food tray 6;
in addition, the construction and operation principle of the automatic feeder 3 can be implemented with reference to the existing automatic feeders on the market.
As shown in fig. 1 to 8, the automatic water feeding apparatus includes an automatic water feeder 2 mounted on a cage 1 and a water tray 4 positioned below the automatic water feeder 2, wherein: the water drinking tray 4 is provided with a water quantity detection sensor; the water quantity detection sensor is used for detecting the weight of the drinking water on the drinking water tray 4, and when the drinking water on the drinking water tray 4 is less than a preset value, the automatic water adder 2 automatically adds the drinking water to the drinking water tray 4;
in addition, the structure and the working principle of the automatic water feeder 2 can be implemented by referring to the existing automatic water drinkers on the market.
In this embodiment, the food weight detection sensor and the water amount detection sensor are both pressure sensors. In addition to the above functions, the inflow and intake of the experimental animals for a certain period of time were calculated by calculating the weight of food residues and the weight of water scattered on the receiving box 5, and calculating the total decrease in the food on the food tray 6 and the total decrease in the drinking water tray 4.
As shown in fig. 1 to 8, the cage 1 is provided with a cleaning door 103 at a corresponding position of the feeding area 102; a protection mechanism is also arranged in the cage body 1 and is arranged in the feeding area 102; the experimenter cleans the feeding area 102 and the food tray 6 and the drinking tray 4 located within the feeding area 102 by opening the cleaning door 103.
As shown in fig. 1-8, the protection mechanism comprises a grating gate 7 and a driving mechanism 8 for driving the grating gate 7 to do linear motion so as to push the experimental animal out of the feeding area 102, wherein: the grid door 7 is provided with an avoiding groove 701 for avoiding the food tray 6 and the drinking tray 4; when an experimenter needs to open the cleaning door 103 to clean the feeding area 102 and the food tray 6 and the drinking tray 4 inside the feeding area, the driving mechanism 8 drives the grid door 7 to move, so that the experimenter is promoted to return to the activity area 101; after the grill door 7 has driven the laboratory animal back into the activity area 101, the cleaning door 103 may be opened to facilitate the laboratory personnel to clean the feeding area 102.
As shown in fig. 1-8, the driving mechanism 8 is disposed above the cage 1, and is a linear motor, or an electric push rod, or a driving mode of combining a motor with a screw rod transmission mechanism, and a plurality of groups of linear guiding mechanisms 9, such as a sliding block and sliding rail mechanism, are disposed between the grille door 7 and the cage 1, for guiding the linear motion of the grille door 7.
In addition, can also be provided with wiper mechanism in the cage body 1, for example set up the washing spray tube in the cage body 1, after experimental animal accomplishes the experiment, wash the bottom of the cage body 1 through the washing spray tube water spray, the pollutant after the washing is collected through excrement and urine discharge port simultaneously, can further alleviate experimenter's working strength like this.
While the foregoing is directed to the preferred embodiments of the present utility model, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes and modifications may be made without departing from the principles of the utility model, such changes and modifications are also intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
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1. A large animal metabolic cage for preventing water and food from falling into a fecal/urine collection device, characterized by: including the cage body, set up automatic feeding device and automatic water feeding device on the cage body, wherein:
the side of the cage body is provided with a cage door, a feeding area and a movable area are arranged in the cage body, the movable area is located above the excrement collecting device and the urine collecting device, the cage body protrudes outwards to form a feeding area, the automatic feeding device and the automatic water feeding device are arranged in the feeding area, and a receiving box for receiving water and food residues is arranged below the feeding area.
2. The large animal metabolic cage for preventing water and food from falling into the fecal/urinary collection device according to claim 1, wherein a sieve plate is provided in the receiving box, wherein sieve holes are provided on the sieve plate, wherein the sieve plate divides the area in the receiving box into an upper food-residue receiving area and a lower edible water receiving area.
3. The large animal metabolic cage for preventing water and food from falling into the fecal/urinary collection device according to claim 1, wherein the automatic feeding device comprises an automatic feeder mounted on the cage body and a food tray positioned below the automatic feeder, wherein: the food tray is provided with a food weight detection sensor for detecting the weight of food on the food tray.
4. A large animal metabolic cage for preventing water and food from falling into a fecal/urinary collection device according to claim 3, wherein the automatic water feeding device comprises an automatic water feeder mounted on the cage body and a drinking water tray positioned below the automatic water feeder, wherein: the drinking water tray is provided with a water quantity detection sensor for detecting the weight of drinking water on the drinking water tray.
5. The large animal metabolic cage for preventing water and food from falling into the fecal/urinary collection device according to claim 4, wherein the food weight detection sensor and the water amount detection sensor are both pressure sensors.
6. The large animal metabolism cage for preventing water and food from falling into the fecal/urinary collection device according to claim 2, wherein the food waste receiving area of the upper part of the receiving box and the edible water receiving area of the lower part are both provided with weight measuring sensors for detecting the weight of food waste or the weight of spilled drinking water.
7. The large animal metabolic cage for preventing water and food from falling into the fecal/urinary collection device according to claim 5, wherein the cage body is provided with a cleaning door at a corresponding position of the feeding area.
8. The large animal metabolic cage for preventing water and food from falling into a fecal/urine collection device according to claim 7, wherein a protection mechanism is provided in the cage body, the protection mechanism being provided in the feeding area, the protection mechanism comprising a grating gate and a driving mechanism for driving the grating gate in a linear motion to effect blocking of the laboratory animal outside the feeding area, wherein: the grid door is provided with an avoidance groove for avoiding the food tray and the drinking tray.
9. The large animal metabolic cage for preventing water and food from falling into the fecal/urinary collection device according to claim 8, wherein the driving mechanism is driven by a motor in combination with a screw drive mechanism.
10. The large animal metabolic cage for preventing water and food from falling into the fecal/urinary collection device according to claim 9, wherein the driving mechanism further comprises four sets of linear guide mechanisms for guiding the movement of the barrier gate, the four sets of linear guide mechanisms being disposed at four opposite corners of the barrier gate, respectively; each group of linear guide mechanism comprises a guide hole arranged on the grid door and a guide rod arranged on the cage body.
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