CN223428996U

CN223428996U - Animal cage with automatic separation and collection of excrement

Info

Publication number: CN223428996U
Application number: CN202422725753.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 俞晓东
Original assignee: Suzhou Fengqiao Purification Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou Fengqiao Purification Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2024-11-08
Filing date: 2024-11-08
Publication date: 2025-10-14
Anticipated expiration: 2034-11-08

Abstract

The utility model relates to an animal cage for automatically separating and collecting excreta, which comprises a supporting frame, a cage box fixed in the supporting frame, a push plate movably arranged in the cage box, a drain opening arranged at the bottom of the cage box, a sliding plate movably arranged at the bottom of the supporting frame, at least two conveying rollers rotatably arranged at the top of the sliding plate, a conveying belt wound on the conveying rollers, sieve holes penetrating through the conveying belt, a urine collecting component fixed at the inner side of the conveying belt and an excreta collecting component arranged at the tail end of the conveying direction of the conveying belt.

Description

Animal cage for automatically separating and collecting excrement

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of animal raising cages, and particularly relates to an animal cage for automatically separating and collecting excrement.

Background

The animal cage is a technological experimental equipment instrument used in the field of biology and is used for raising laboratory mice so as to obtain accurate scientific research experimental data.

When the animal cage is used, urine and excrement of the mice are directly excreted at the bottom of the cage, and a breeder needs to open the cage regularly to clean animal excrement in the cage. As the breeder cannot finish the cleaning work in the first time, the excrement of the animals can stay in the cage for a period of time, bacteria are easy to breed, and the normal growth of the mice is not facilitated.

Disclosure of utility model

The utility model provides an animal cage frame for automatically separating and collecting excrement, which solves the defect that in the prior art, breeds bacteria which influence the normal growth of an experimental mouse are caused by the fact that breeder cannot clear the excrement in a cage at the first time.

In order to achieve the aim, the technical scheme adopted by the utility model is that the animal cage for automatically separating and collecting excrement comprises the following components:

The urine collecting device comprises a supporting frame, a cage box fixed in the supporting frame, a push plate movably arranged in the cage box, a drain opening formed in the bottom of the cage box, a sliding plate movably arranged at the bottom of the supporting frame, at least two conveying rollers rotatably arranged at the top of the sliding plate, a conveying belt wound on the conveying rollers, sieve holes penetrating through the conveying belt, a urine collecting component fixed on the inner side of the conveying belt and a excrement collecting component arranged at the tail end of the conveying direction of the conveying belt;

The conveying belt is used for receiving excrement falling in the excretory opening.

Optimally, the device also comprises a baffle plate fixed in the cage box, mesh holes penetrating through the baffle plate, a first guide plate obliquely fixed on one side of the drain hole and a second guide plate obliquely fixed on one side of the cage box, wherein the baffle plate divides the cage box into a feeding cavity and a processing cavity, and the push plate is movably arranged in the processing cavity;

The excrement falling in the excretory opening falls on the conveyer belt through the first guide plate and the second guide plate.

Optimally, the urine collection assembly comprises a collection bottom plate fixed at the top of the sliding plate and positioned at the inner side of the conveying belt, a collection side plate integrally connected with the periphery of the collection bottom plate, and a urine collection cavity surrounded by the collection bottom plate and the collection side plate, wherein urine in excrement on the conveying belt falls into the urine collection cavity through sieve holes.

Optimally, the excrement collecting assembly comprises an excrement collecting box fixed at the top of the sliding plate and a shovel plate obliquely fixed at one side of the excrement collecting box close to the conveying belt, and excrement in excrement on the conveying belt falls into the excrement collecting box through the shovel plate.

Preferably, the device further comprises an air inlet pipe connected to one side of the bottom of the feeding cavity, an air outlet pipe connected to the other side of the top of the feeding cavity and a top cover detachably arranged on the top of the cage.

Optimally, the device also comprises a ball screw fixed at the bottom of the processing cavity and a baffle plate obliquely fixed at the bottom of the partition plate, wherein the push plate is connected with the ball screw, and the top of the push plate is lower than the bottom of the partition plate.

Optimally, the device also comprises a sliding rail, a sliding block which is slidably arranged on the sliding rail and a supporting plate which is fixed on the top of the sliding plate, wherein the sliding plate is fixed on the sliding block, and the conveying roller is rotatably arranged on the supporting plate.

Due to the application of the technical scheme, compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following advantages:

The animal cage frame for automatically separating and collecting the excreta is simple in structure, excreta generated by the mice falls into the processing cavity below through the meshes on the partition plate, the push plate is driven to move through the ball screw, and then the excreta falling into the processing cavity is pushed to the excreta port on one side of the cage box, and finally falls onto the conveyer belt below through the first guide plate and the second guide plate to separate urine from the excreta, so that manual cleaning is not needed, the excreta of the mice can be timely cleaned out of the cage box, bacterial breeding caused by the excreta retention is avoided, and the living environment of the mice is ensured.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the cage of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of the separator of the present utility model;

Reference numerals illustrate:

1. Slide rail, 2, slide block, 3, slide plate, 4, support plate, 5, conveying roller, 6, conveying belt, 7, sieve mesh, 8, fixing plate, 9, collecting bottom plate, 10, collecting side plate, 11, urine collecting cavity, 12, excrement collecting box, 13, shovel plate, 14, support frame, 15, cage box, 16, partition plate, 17, mesh, 18, feeding cavity, 19, processing cavity, 20, air inlet pipe, 21, exhaust pipe, 22, top cover, 23, baffle plate, 24, ball screw, 25, push plate, 26, drain port, 27, first guide plate, 28 and second guide plate.

Detailed Description

The utility model will be further described with reference to examples of embodiments shown in the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the animal cage for automatically separating and collecting excreta is a schematic structure of the animal cage, which is commonly used for raising mice, can automatically clean up the excreta of the mice, can separate urine and feces in the excreta, reduces pollution and improves resource utilization.

The support frame 14 is formed by aluminium alloy welding, and erects in the region of raising through the section bar, and support frame 14 is propped ground by the section bar, makes things convenient for the business turn over of urine collection subassembly and excrement and urine collection subassembly. The cage box 15 has a plurality ofly, fixes in support frame 14, is used for raising the mouse in the cage box 15, and the excrement that the mouse daily produced falls on conveyer belt 6 of below, and then the urine separation in the excrement falls on urine collection subassembly, and the excrement separation in the excrement falls on excrement collection subassembly.

As shown in fig. 2, which is a schematic structural view of the cage 15, a partition 16 is horizontally fixed in the cage 15 and divides the area in the cage 15 into an upper feeding chamber 18 and a lower processing chamber 19. Mice are housed in a housing chamber 18 and the excreta produced by the mice falls through a mesh 17 in the partition 16 into a processing chamber 19 below. Excrement is not left in the feeding chamber 18, so that bacteria are prevented from breeding, and the living of the mice is affected.

As shown in FIG. 3, the partition 16 is provided with a plurality of mesh openings 17 at intervals, so that the mice can be supported in the upper feeding chamber 18 while the excretions generated by the mice can fall through the mesh openings 17 into the lower treatment chamber 19.

The air intake pipe 20 is connected to one side of the bottom of the feeding chamber 18, and the air exhaust pipe 21 is connected to the other side of the top of the feeding chamber 18, as shown in fig. 2, the air intake pipe 20 and the air exhaust pipe 21 being disposed opposite to each other. In order to ensure the air quality of the mouse raising environment, it is necessary to periodically introduce filtered air into the raising chamber 18, and the air is introduced through the air inlet pipe 20 and discharged through the air outlet pipe 21. The air inlet pipe 20 and the air outlet pipe 21 are opposite and are arranged in a high-low mode, so that the air can be ensured to be uniformly distributed in the whole feeding cavity 18, and dead angles are avoided.

The top cover 22 is mounted on the top of the cage 15 by means of a screw connection or a snap connection for taking and placing mice or for putting food or water into the feeding chamber 18.

The ball screw 24 is fixed at the bottom of the processing cavity 19, the push plate 25 is connected with the ball screw 24, and the ball screw 24 drives the push plate 25 to move so as to push the excrement falling in the processing cavity 19 to the drain opening 26 at one side of the cage 15. The baffle plate 23 is obliquely fixed at the bottom of the baffle plate 16, the baffle plate 23 and the drain hole 26 are oppositely arranged, the top of the push plate 25 is lower than the bottom of the baffle plate 23, and the push plate 25 can be ensured to move below the baffle plate 23 under the driving of the ball screw 24.

When not in use, the ball screw 24 drives the push plate 25 to move to the lower part of the baffle plate 23, the baffle plate 23 which is obliquely arranged can ensure that excrement falls on one side of the push plate 25 for pushing, and the push plate 25 can ensure that excrement in the treatment cavity 19 is pushed to the drain port 26 for discharging when moving forwards. Avoiding the excrement falling behind the push plate 25, causing the excrement to remain in the cage 15 for a long time and bacteria to grow.

The first guide plate 27 is fixed at the bottom of the drain opening 26 in an inclined manner, the second guide plate 28 is fixed at one side of the cage 15 in an inclined manner, and the bottom of the first guide plate 27 abuts against the second guide plate 28. The excreta generated by the mice falls into the processing cavity 19 below through the mesh 17 on the partition plate 16, and the ball screw 24 drives the push plate 25 to move, so that the excreta falling into the processing cavity 19 is pushed to the excreta port 26 on one side of the cage 15, and finally falls onto the conveyer belt 6 below through the first guide plate 27 and the second guide plate 28 to separate urine and excrement. As shown in fig. 1, the second guide plate 28 disposed obliquely inward gathers the excrement on the conveyer belt 6 below, and at the same time, can also play a role in guiding and buffering the excrement, so as to avoid splashing and pollution caused by the excrement on the first guide plate 27 falling directly on the conveyer belt 6.

The slide rail 1 is fixed on the ground of the feeding area, the slide block 2 is slidably mounted on the slide rail 1, and the slide plate 3 is fixed on the slide block 2 and positioned below the supporting frame 14. The sliding plate 3 is controlled to move under the drive of the moving cylinder, so that urine and feces after separation can be conveniently cleaned (the moving cylinder is not shown in the figure).

The backup pad 4 is vertical to be fixed at the top of slide 3, and conveying roller 5 rotates to be installed between backup pad 4, and conveyer belt 6 winds to be established on conveying roller 5, and servo motor fixes on backup pad 4 and links to each other with one of them conveying roller 5, drives conveying roller 5 through servo motor and rotates, and then drives conveyer belt 6 and rotate the separation of accomplishing the excrement (servo motor is not shown in the figure).

The sieve holes 7 are arranged on the conveyer belt 6, the excrement on the second guide plate 28 falls on the conveyer belt 6 below, urine in the excrement passes through the sieve holes 7 and falls on the urine collecting components between the conveyer belts 6, and the excrement in the excrement remains on the conveyer belt 6 and finally falls on the excrement collecting components at the tail end of the conveyer belt 6 in the conveying direction.

The apertures 7 are smaller in size than the apertures 17 so that both urine and faeces in faeces can fall through the apertures 17 into the treatment chamber 19, whereas urine in faeces can only fall through the apertures 7 onto the urine collection assembly and faeces in faeces cannot pass through the apertures 7.

The urine collection subassembly includes fixed plate 8, collection bottom plate 9, collection curb plate 10 and urine collection chamber 11, and fixed plate 8 is vertical to be fixed at the top of slide 3, and collection bottom plate 9 is fixed at the top of fixed plate 8 and is located between upper and lower two-layer conveyer belt 6. The collecting side plate 10 is integrally connected around the collecting bottom plate 9, and urine in excrement on the conveying belt 6 falls into the urine collecting cavity 11 through the sieve holes 7.

The excrement collecting assembly comprises an excrement collecting box 12 and a shovel plate 13, wherein the excrement collecting box 12 is fixed on the sliding plate 3 and positioned at the tail end of the conveying direction of the conveying belt 6, and the shovel plate 13 is fixed on one side of the excrement collecting box 12, which is close to the conveying belt 6, and is abutted against the conveying belt 6. The excrement on the conveyer belt 6 falls into the excrement collecting box 12 through the shovel plate 13, and residual excrement on the conveyer can be scraped through the shovel plate 13, so that the phenomenon that the excrement is stuck on the conveyer belt 6 to block the sieve holes 7 is avoided.

After long-time cleaning, the movable air cylinder drives the sliding plate 3 to move out of the bottom of the supporting frame 14, and the new excrement collecting box 12 is replaced, so that urine in the urine collecting cavity 11 can be pumped by a water pump.

The animal cage frame for automatically separating and collecting the excreta is simple in structure, excreta generated by the mice falls into the processing cavity 19 below through the mesh 17 on the partition plate 16, the push plate 25 is driven to move through the ball screw 24, the excreta falling into the processing cavity 19 is pushed to the excreta port 26 on one side of the cage box 15, the excreta finally falls onto the conveying belt 6 below through the first guide plate 27 and the second guide plate 28 to separate urine from the excreta, manual cleaning is not needed, the excreta of the mice can be cleaned out of the cage box 15 in time, bacterial breeding caused by the excreta retention is avoided, and the living environment of the mice is ensured.

The above embodiments are provided to illustrate the technical concept and features of the present utility model and are intended to enable those skilled in the art to understand the content of the present utility model and implement the same, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present utility model. All equivalent changes or modifications made in accordance with the spirit of the present utility model should be construed to be included in the scope of the present utility model.

Claims

1. An animal cage for automatic separation and collection of excrement, characterized in that it comprises:

A support frame (14), a cage box (15) fixed in the support frame (14), a push plate (25) movably arranged in the cage box (15), an excretion port (26) provided at the bottom of the cage box (15), a slide plate (3) movably arranged at the bottom of the support frame (14), at least two conveying rollers (5) rotatably mounted on the top of the slide plate (3), a conveyor belt (6) wound around the conveyor rollers (5), a sieve hole (7) passing through the conveyor belt (6), a urine collection component fixed on the inner side of the conveyor belt (6), and a feces collection component arranged at the end of the conveying direction of the conveyor belt (6);

The conveyor belt (6) is used to receive the excrement dropped from the excrement outlet (26).

2. An animal cage for automatic separation and collection of excrement according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a partition (16) fixed in the cage box (15), a mesh (17) passing through the partition (16), a first guide plate (27) fixed obliquely to one side of the excretion port (26), and a second guide plate (28) fixed obliquely to one side of the cage box (15), wherein the partition (16) separates the cage box (15) into an upper feeding chamber (18) and a lower processing chamber (19), and the push plate (25) is movably arranged in the processing chamber (19);

Excrement dropped from the excrement outlet (26) falls onto the conveyor belt (6) through the first guide plate (27) and the second guide plate (28).

3. An animal cage with automatic separation and collection of excrement according to claim 1, characterized in that: the urine collection component includes a collection base plate (9) fixed to the top of the slide (3) and located on the inner side of the conveyor belt (6), a collection side plate (10) integrally connected to the four sides of the collection base plate (9), and a urine collection chamber (11) surrounded by the collection base plate (9) and the collection side plate (10), and the urine in the excrement on the conveyor belt (6) passes through the sieve holes (7) and falls into the urine collection chamber (11).

4. An animal cage with automatic separation and collection of excrement according to claim 1, characterized in that: the excrement collection component includes a excrement collection box (12) fixed on the top of the slide (3) and a shovel plate (13) obliquely fixed to the excrement collection box (12) on the side close to the conveyor belt (6), and the excrement in the excrement on the conveyor belt (6) falls into the excrement collection box (12) through the shovel plate (13).

5. An animal cage with automatic separation and collection of excrement according to claim 2, characterized in that it also includes an air inlet pipe (20) connected to one side of the bottom of the feeding chamber (18), an exhaust pipe (21) connected to the other side of the top of the feeding chamber (18), and a top cover (22) detachably mounted on the top of the cage box (15).

6. An animal cage for automatic separation and collection of excrement according to claim 2, characterized in that it also includes a ball screw (24) fixed to the bottom of the processing chamber (19) and a baffle (23) fixed obliquely to the bottom of the partition (16), the push plate (25) is connected to the ball screw (24), and the top of the push plate (25) is lower than the bottom of the partition (16).

7. An animal cage for automatic separation and collection of excrement according to claim 1, characterized in that it also includes a slide rail (1), a slider (2) slidably mounted on the slide rail (1), and a support plate (4) fixed on the top of the slider (3), the slider (3) is fixed on the slider (2), and the conveying roller (5) is rotatably mounted on the support plate (4).