JP2006320295A - Toilet for animal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toilet for an animal designed to easily and sanitarily separate lumps of toilet sand and feces hardened with urine, dispose of the lumps of toilet sand and feces and reduce the cost of purchasing the toilet sand. <P>SOLUTION: The toilet for the animal comprises a supporting member 11 having a housing chamber 21 in the interior. The housing chamber 21 is provided with an upper opening 24 and three lateral openings 25a, 25b and 25c. A drawer plate 12 is supported with a drawer plate guide 26 in the interior of the housing chamber 21 and arranged under the upper opening 24. A drawer sieve 13 is supported with a sieve guide 27 in the interior of the housing chamber 21 and arranged under the drawer plate 12. The toilet sand 1 for a pet and feces 2 of the pet can be sieved with the drawer sieve 13. A drawer tray 14 is supported with a tray guide 28 in the interior of the housing chamber 21 and arranged under the drawer sieve 13. A stopper 15 is installed over the full length of the lateral opening 25a in the interior of the housing chamber 21 and contacts the top surface of the drawer plate 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an animal toilet.

  Generally, containers such as boxes and trays are used as toilets for animals such as dogs and cats (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this case, lay pet litter inside the container, and after dogs and cats excrete, litter and litter of litter that has hardened with urine are sorted out with a scoop, or all litter is replaced. Yes.

JP-A-8-37981

  However, in general animal toilets, when litter and litter of litter solidified with urine are selected and thrown away with a scoop, there is a problem that it is troublesome and may be touched and unsanitary. In addition, when the toilet sand is replaced every time it is excreted, the consumption of the toilet sand increases, and there is a problem that the cost for the purchase increases.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such a conventional problem, and litter and litter of litter solidified with urine can be easily and hygienically selected and discarded, and the cost of litter purchase is reduced. An object is to provide an animal toilet that can be used.

  In order to achieve the above object, an animal toilet according to the present invention includes a support member, a drawer plate, a drawer sieve, a drawer tray, and a stopper, and the support member has a storage chamber therein, and the storage chamber Has an upper opening and a side opening, and a drawer plate guide that supports the drawer plate and guides the slide from the side opening to the outside on opposite sides of the inner side of the side opening. A sieve guide that supports the drawer sieve below the drawer plate guide and guides the slide from the side opening to the outside, and supports the drawer tray below the sieve guide and extends from the side opening. A tray guide that guides the slide to the inside, the drawer plate being supported by the drawer plate guide inside the storage chamber and disposed below the upper opening, and the drawer sieve is pet toilet sand and pet Can be screened Thus, it is supported by the sieve guide inside the storage chamber and disposed below the drawer plate, and the drawer tray is supported by the tray guide inside the storage chamber and disposed below the drawer screen. The stopper extends over the entire length of the side opening inside the storage chamber so that the pet litter and pet feces on the stopper plate are kept inside the storage chamber when the drawer plate is pulled out of the storage chamber. And is in contact with the upper surface of the drawer plate.

  The animal toilet according to the present invention is used by spreading pet toilet sand on the upper surface of the drawer plate from the upper opening of the storage room. When pets such as small dogs and cats excrete urine and feces on toilet sand, slide the drawer plate out of the side opening and pull it out of the storage room. At this time, the stopper holds the pet toilet sand and pet feces on the drawer plate inside the storage room, and the pet toilet sand and pet feces that have come off the drawer plate are placed on the drawer screen below the drawer sand. Fall.

  The fallen pet litter and pet droppings are sieved by a pull-out sieve, lump of litter and dung solidified with urine remain on the pull-out sieve, and other pet litter sand is drawn below the pull-out sieve. Fall on the tray. If the drawer sieve is pulled out of the storage room, only lumps of litter and feces solidified with urine can be easily and hygienically selected and discarded. Next, the drawer tray is pulled out from the storage chamber, and pet toilet sand in the drawer tray is spread on the upper surface of the drawer plate. Accordingly, the available pet litter can be repeatedly used, and the cost of purchasing litter can be reduced as compared with the case where the litter is replaced every time the pet is excreted.

  In the animal toilet according to the present invention, the stopper may be fixed to the support member or may be detachably attached to the support member. Moreover, it is preferable that the upper surface of the support member is provided with a scissors-like sand drop outside the upper opening. In this case, when the pet passes over the sanddrop, the toilet sand attached to the sole of the foot during excretion is removed on the sanddrop, so that the toilet sand is not easily scattered in the room. Furthermore, it is preferable that the supporting member houses a step so that it can be pulled out in the lateral direction from below the sand dropper. In this case, it is possible to make it easy for a child's pet or a small pet that is difficult to climb on the drawer plate to rise on the platform and climb on the drawer plate.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a toilet for animals that is hygienic and can easily sort and discard litter and feces solidified with urine and can reduce the cost of purchasing toilet sand. it can.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 to 5 show an animal toilet according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the animal toilet 10 includes a support member 11, a drawer plate 12, a drawer screen 13, a drawer tray 14, a stopper 15, a sand drop 16, and a step platform 17.

  The support member 11 has a slightly elongated hexahedral box shape and has isosceles trapezoidal both end faces 11a and 11b whose bottom is shorter than the top. The support member 11 has a storage chamber 21 and a sand collection chamber 22 that are adjacent to each other along the length direction. The storage chamber 21 and the sand collection chamber 22 are partitioned by a partition wall 23. The storage chamber 21 has an upper opening 24 on the upper surface 11 c of the support member 11, and three side openings 25 a, 25 b, 25 c on one end surface 11 a of the support member 11. The storage chamber 21 has a drawer plate guide 26, a sieve guide 27, and a tray guide 28, respectively, at positions facing each other on both inner side surfaces sandwiching the side openings 25a, 25b, and 25c.

  The drawer plate guide 26 is provided to support the drawer plate 12 and guide the slide from the side opening 25a to the outside. The sieve guide 27 is provided so as to support the drawer sieve 13 below the drawer plate guide 26 and guide the slide outward from the side opening 25b. The tray guide 28 is provided to support the drawer tray 14 below the sieve guide 27 and guide the slide outward from the side opening 25c. The bottom surface of the tray guide 28 forms the bottom surface 11 d of the support member 11. The sand collection chamber 22 has a sand removal opening 29 on the upper surface 11 c of the support member 11, and a step platform opening 30 at the lower part of the other end surface 11 b of the support member 11.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the drawer plate 12 includes a rectangular bottom plate 31, and both side edges 31 a and 31 b of the bottom plate 31 and a side wall 32 provided at one end 31 c so as to stand on the same side of the bottom plate 31. . The drawer plate 12 has a handle 33 outside the side wall 32 located at one end 31 c of the bottom plate 31. The drawer plate 12 is inserted from the side opening 25a with the other end 31d of the bottom plate 31 having no side wall 32 at the top, and is supported by the drawer plate guide 26 inside the storage chamber 21 as shown in FIG. 24 is arranged below 24.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the drawer screen 13 includes a rectangular plate-shaped screen 34 and a peripheral wall 35 provided around the screen 34 so as to rise on the same side of the screen 34. The drawer sieve 13 has a handle 36 on the outer side of the peripheral wall 35 located at one end 34 a of the sieve 34. The drawer sieve 13 is inserted from the side opening 25b with the other end 34b of the sieve 34 at the head, and is supported by the sieve guide 27 inside the storage chamber 21 and disposed below the drawer plate 12 as shown in FIG. Has been. The drawer sieve 13 is configured so that the pet toilet sand and pet feces can be sieved by the sieve 34. In a specific example, the size of the screen 34 is 5 mm × 30 mm, and the space between the screens 34 is 3 mm.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the drawer tray 14 includes a rectangular bottom plate 37 and a peripheral wall 38 provided around the bottom plate 37 so as to rise on the same side of the bottom plate 37. The drawer tray 14 has a handle 39 on the outer side of the peripheral wall 38 located at one end 37 a of the bottom plate 37. The drawer tray 14 is inserted from the side opening 25c with the end 37b of the bottom plate 37 as the head, and is supported by the tray guide 28 inside the storage chamber 21 and arranged below the drawer sieve 13 as shown in FIG. Has been.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the stopper 15 is formed by making a large number of cuts at equal intervals on one side of a thin and thin flexible plastic plate. The stopper 15 is provided over the entire length of the side opening 25 a inside the storage chamber 21. The stopper 15 is fixed to the support member 11 while being inclined in the direction opposite to the direction of pulling out the drawer plate 12 along the edge 24a of the upper opening 24 on the side close to the side opening 25a. The stopper 15 is provided so as to contact the upper surface of the bottom plate 31 of the drawer plate 12 and the inner surfaces of the side walls 32 of both edges 31 a and 31 b of the bottom plate 31. Thereby, the stopper 15 keeps the pet litter and pet feces on the inside of the storage chamber 21 when the drawer plate 12 is pulled out from the storage chamber 21. The stopper 15 has a reinforcing member 40 on the side opening 25a side so as to prevent deformation or breakage when the drawer plate 12 is pulled out.

The sand drop 16 has a cage shape and is provided in a sand drop opening 29 located outside the upper opening 24.
The step platform 17 is box-shaped and has a collection space 41 inside. The step 17 is accommodated in the step opening 30 so that it can be pulled out from the bottom of the sand drop 16 in the lateral direction, and is disposed below the sand drop 16 inside the sand collection chamber 22. The step platform 17 has a recovery opening 42 on the upper surface located inside the sand recovery chamber 22 so that the toilet sand falling from the sand drop 16 is recovered inside the recovery space 41.

Next, the operation will be described.
The animal toilet 10 is used by spreading pet toilet sand 1 on the upper surface of the drawer plate 12 from the upper opening 24 of the storage chamber 21. At this time, the pet litter 1 may be made uniform with a scoop 43 as shown in FIG. When a pet such as a small dog or cat excretes urine or feces on the toilet sand 1, the drawer plate 12 is slid out of the side opening 25a and pulled out from the storage chamber 21. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the stopper 15 holds the pet litter 1 and pet feces 2 on the drawer plate 12 inside the storage chamber 21, and the pet litter removed from the top of the drawer plate 12. 1 and pet feces 2 fall onto the drawer screen 13 below.

  The fallen pet litter 1 and pet droppings 2 are sieved by a drawing sieve 13, and lump 3 and droppings 2 of litter solidified with urine remain on the drawing sieve 13, and other pet litter 1a falls on a drawer tray 14 below the drawer screen 13. If the drawer sieve 13 is pulled out from the storage chamber 21, only the lump 3 and feces 2 of the toilet sand 1 solidified with urine can be easily and hygienically selected and discarded in a garbage bag or the like. Next, the drawer tray 14 is pulled out from the storage chamber 21, and the pet toilet sand 1 a therein is spread on the upper surface of the drawer plate 12. As a result, the available pet litter 1a can be used repeatedly, and the cost of purchasing litter can be reduced compared to the case where the litter 1 is completely replaced every time the pet is excreted. It is.

  The animal toilet 10 can make it easy for even a child's pet or a small pet that is difficult to climb on the drawer plate 12 to rise on the platform 17 and climb on the drawer plate 12. Further, when the pet passes over the sand drop, the toilet sand 1 attached to the sole of the foot is excreted on the sand drop 16 during excretion, so that the toilet sand 1 is not easily scattered in the room. The toilet sand 1 removed by the sand drop 16 falls from the collection opening 42 into the collection space 41 of the step platform 17 inside the sand collection chamber 22. If the step platform 17 is pulled out from the sand collection chamber 22 and the pet litter 1 for pet is spread on the upper surface of the drawer plate 12, the litter for pet 1 can be used repeatedly.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the animal toilet 10 may include a cover 51 that secures a pet entrance 50 at the position of the sand drop 16 and covers the upper opening 24. In this case, when the pet kicks the toilet sand 1, the cover 51 can prevent the pet toilet sand 1 from being scattered around the animal toilet 10. In addition, since the pet always passes the sand drop 16 when entering and exiting the entrance 50, the toilet sand 1 attached to the soles of the pet's feet can be more reliably removed by the sand drop 16, and the toilet sand 1 is scattered in the room. Can be difficult.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS (a) Top view which shows the toilet for animals of embodiment of this invention, (b) AA sectional view, (c) It is a front view. 2A is a perspective view showing a drawer plate of the animal toilet shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2B is a perspective view showing a drawer screen, and FIG. 2C is a perspective view showing a drawer tray. It is (a) side view and (b) top view which show the scoop used for the toilet for animals shown in FIG. It is the (a) top view which shows the use condition of the toilet for animals shown in FIG. 1, (b) It is the BB sectional drawing. It is a rear view which shows the modification which attached the cover of the toilet for animals shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toilet sand 2 Feces 3 lump 10 Toilet for animals 11 Support member 12 Drawer plate 13 Drawer screen 14 Drawer tray 15 Stopper 16 Sand drop 17 Step board 21 Storage room 22 Sand collection room 23 Partition wall 24 Upper opening 25a, 25b, 25c Side part Opening 26 Drawer guide 27 Sieving guide 28 Tray guide 29 Sand removal opening 30 Opening for step

Claims (1)

A support member, a drawer plate, a drawer screen, a drawer tray, and a stopper;
The support member has a storage chamber therein, the storage chamber has an upper opening and a side opening, and supports the drawer plate at positions facing each other on both side surfaces sandwiching the side opening. A drawer plate guide that guides the slide from the side opening to the outside, a sieve guide that supports the drawer screen below the drawer plate guide and guides the slide from the side opening, and the sieve guide A tray guide that supports the drawer tray below and guides the slide outward from the side opening;
The drawer plate is supported by the drawer plate guide inside the storage chamber and disposed below the upper opening,
The drawer sieve is capable of sieving pet toilet sand and pet feces, and is supported by the sieve guide inside the storage chamber and disposed below the drawer plate,
The drawer tray is supported by the tray guide inside the storage chamber and is arranged below the drawer sieve,
The stopper covers the entire length of the side opening inside the storage chamber so that the pet litter and pet droppings on the stopper plate are kept inside the storage chamber when the drawer plate is pulled out from the storage chamber. Being provided and contacting the upper surface of the drawer plate,
Characteristic animal toilet.

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