CZ32594U1 - Depot tanks (a technical system) for keeping amphibians, reptiles, crayfish, molluscs and plants - Google Patents

Description

Technical field

The technical solution concerns storage tanks, which allow short and long term keeping of animals and plants outdoors, while maintaining the light and heat periods.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Currently, it is possible to keep amphibians, reptiles, crayfish and molluscs in indoor (enclosed) areas where there is no natural heat and light period. The plants are kept in greenhouses or freely on flower beds or in plastic or concrete water tanks. Current outdoor breeding facilities are made of concrete, glass or other materials, where the fenced off ground or have a solid concrete bottom. These tanks do not allow easy spelling of animals, disinfection and reuse.

These are expensive devices, mostly without protection against predators and without the possibility of verbalization and disinfection without destroying the internal device.

The essence of the technical solution

The above mentioned problems and obstacles are solved by deposit tanks. The essence of the technical device is that the tanks are easily assembled from available materials. The tanks maintain a natural thermal and light period, as in the wild.

The tanks consist of sheet metal vertically oriented sheet metal sheets with curved edges having an outwardly oriented oblique bend at their lower edge, improving the stability of the tank. Preferably, the upper curvature of the flat sheet metal parts is formed by a double-sided horizontally oriented surface, to which they adjoin towards the lower edge of the curvature of the vertically oriented surface. The upper double-sided horizontal and vertical curvature is preferably designed to prevent both the escape of animals from the tank and the ingress of free-moving animals into the tank.

This maintains the genetic purity of the kept animals. The sheet metal parts described are preferably made of galvanized sheet. The individual sheet metal sheets are preferably inserted into one another and connected by screws or rivets.

The flat sheet metal parts are preferably connected to each other and fastened by screws or rivets to the earthing pins of a steel or L-profile. The earthing pins are preferably surface-treated with paint or hot-dip galvanizing.

The entire bottom is lined with waterproofing foil, which is resistant to rupture, ingrowth of vegetation, against UV radiation, acids (disinfectant solutions), not tested by rodents. The foil is firmly attached to the sheet metal by rivets or metal strips along its entire length. The authors developed six types of tanks, which are indicated as N1 to N6 in the attached figures. The tanks vary in size, height and aspect ratio with 1: 1, 1: 2 or 2: 2 side sheet metal.

The bottom of the tank may be flat or of different proportions of the size of the flat bottom with a depression to the aquatic environment and may have a different ratio of aquatic environment and land. From fully watered to completely dry. The third most used is the aquatic environment and two-thirds of land, or vice versa,

According to the species of bred animal. The depth of the water column is given by the depth of the depression at the bottom of the tank. The transition between the aquatic environment and land must be gradual.

The tanks have a top protective cover made of metal parts, coated with mesh, as protection against predators. Depending on the size of the tank, the top protective cap preferably has one or more doors to facilitate inspection, feeding, cleaning, catching of animals or picking up the plants and disinfecting the tank before reuse. The mesh allows the insects to flow freely into the tank, thereby providing a natural source of food for the insectivores. The cover can be completed with shielding (rasp knit) to protect against overheating of the indoor environment.

The inner device of the terrestrial part is formed by a small layer of substrate suitable for the animal or plant species to be kept. In the aquatic environment, the plants may be in a container or floating freely. On land and in the aquatic environment are hidden for animals.

In some type of tank, wintering grounds may be installed outside, consisting of a plastic drum filled with various materials suitable for animal hibernation. The hibemator must be covered from above to prevent rain and water from entering. The deposition tank can be easily spoken and disinfected before use. The tank can be flooded during the winter or completely dry, as required.

Clarification of drawings

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Figure 12 is a plan view and side view of the tank N 1-2x2-500 is a cross section, detail of the corner and a 3D view of the tank N 1-2x2-500 is a plan view and side view of the tank N2-2x4-500 is a cross section, detail of the corner and a 3D view of the tank N2 -2x4-500 is plan view and side view of tank N3-4x4-500 is cross section, detail of corner and 3D view of tank N3-4x4-500 is plan view and side view of tank N4-2x2-750 is cross section, detail of corner and 3D view of tank N4 -2x2-750 is plan view and side view of tank N5-2x4-750 is cross section, detail of corner and 3D view of tank N5-2x4-750 is plan view and side view of tank N6-4x4-750 is cross section, detail of corner and 3D view of tank N6 -4x4-750

The vertically oriented sheet metal sheet is marked with the number K in the figures. The anchoring pillar of the needle is marked with the number 2 in the figures. The safety cover of metal pipes connected to the A-shape covered by the protective mesh is marked with 3 in the figures.

Example of technical solution implementation

The sides of the storage tank are formed by sheet metal vertically oriented flat sheet metal panels having bends on their lower and upper edges. The sheet metal parts are connected to each other and fastened by screws or rivets to the grounding pins made of either a needle or a steel L-profile. The sheet metal parts have a special bend on the upper side from inside and outside. The upper curvature is formed by a horizontally oriented surface, to which a vertically oriented surface is adjoined on both sides towards the lower curvature; This oblique surface facing outside the tank is below the level of the surrounding terrain and forms a support for the foil at the bottom.

In a preferred embodiment, the yoke anchoring pillar is provided with a flattening at its lower edge to facilitate its hammering into the ground. At its upper edge it is provided with a cover to prevent water from entering its cavity. The corner post may be the same or is made of L-shaped steel

-2GB 32594 U1 (vingl) to stabilize both corner panels.

The bottom of the storage tank is lined with a solid waterproofing foil, which is attached to the side sheet metal by rivets and metal strips along the entire length. The bottom is flat or with a depression that forms the aquatic environment. The transition from the aquatic environment to the land must be gradual in order to facilitate the animals to climb out of the water.

The storage tank has a safety cover made of metal tubes connected in the shape of letter A. At the bottom edge of the cover is a steel profile L (vingl), which is welded to the steel tubes forming the cover. Each cover has an integrated door. They are also made of steel tubes and hinges are connected to the housing body. The entire enclosure, including the door, is coated with mesh to protect the tank from attacking predators. The entire housing body is freely laid on the tank and is removable. If necessary, the cover walls are provided with a shielding fabric. There is no space between the tank body and the housing to allow the animals to escape.

The size of the storage tank is given by the height and number of side panels, the ratio of side panels.

Only two workers, equipped with electric or cordless hand tools, riveting machine, shovel, pickaxe, rakes, mallet and fasteners, are enough to assemble the designed storage tank.

The advantage of these storage tanks is that the tanks allow easy inspection, feeding, cleaning, speaking and disinfection before further use. The interior equipment is simple and easy to change as needed. Aquatic and terrestrial vegetation can be in containers.

The advantage of these tanks is the maintenance of light and heat periods, as is the case in the wild. Therefore, kept animals are exposed to the same conditions as at their original habitat.

The tanks fitted with mesh cover provide insect flying and thus a source of natural food for insectivores, with the possibility of feeding. Carnivores are necessary but easy to feed. Fish-eating inmates will embark on the aquatic environment or a separate reservoir.

Industrial applicability

These tanks are used for short and long term deposition of animals and plants that are endangered in the wild. The tanks can also be used for other conservation or research purposes. It serves as a didactic aid for the public and schools of all levels.

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Claims (9)

1. The storage tanks are characterized in that they consist of sheet metal vertically oriented flat parts with curved edges having an upper bend and an outwardly inclined bend at their lower edge, and further that the bottom of the tank is formed by a hydro-insulating foil over the entire surface. the metal panels attached by rivets and metal strips along their entire length, and furthermore having an upper protective cover consisting of metal panels coated with mesh to protect against the penetration of predators. Storage tanks according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper curvature of the flat sheet metal parts is formed by a double-sided horizontally oriented surface, which is adjacent to the lower edge of the curvature of the vertically oriented surface, to prevent leakage of animals from the tank and . Storage tanks according to claims 1 to 2, characterized in that the flat parts are formed U1 made of galvanized sheet. Storage tanks according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the individual flat parts are inserted into each other and connected by screws or rivets. Storage tanks according to claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the flat sheet metal parts are fastened to the grounding pins made of needle or steel L-section by screws. Storage tanks according to claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the grounding pins are surface-treated with paint or hot-dip galvanizing. Storage tanks according to claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the tank size is formed by a height and a ratio of side panels of 1: 1.1: 2 or 2: 2. Storage tanks according to claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the bottom can be flat or with different proportions of the size of a flat bottom with a depression on the aquatic environment. Storage tanks according to claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the protective cover has, depending on the size of the tank, one or more doors to facilitate inspection, feeding, cleaning, catching of animals or picking up plants and disinfecting the tank before further use.