JP2007275319A - Swimming pool for animal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a swimming pool for an animal where a safety and sufficient rehabilitation effect, a swimming practice and health promotion for an animal are obtained. <P>SOLUTION: The swimming pool is provided with: a water course tub 2 which is obtained by recessing a floor surface circulaly or ellipticly; a water flow generator 3 which generates water flow toward the inside of the water course tub 2; a slope 4 for an entrance lowered gradually in the direction of the water flow on an outside wall 2a of the inside of the water course tub 2; and a slope 5 for an exit raised gradually in the direction of the water flow on an outside wall 2a of the inside of the water course tub 2. In the vicinity of the downstream side of a slope 5 for an exit, an opening and closing means 6 for closing the water tub 2 to the degree of not hindering the water flow is provided. Thus, the safety and sufficient rehabilitation effect, the swimming practice and the health promotion for the animal are obtained. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an animal pool, and more particularly to a circulating animal pool.

  Conventionally, various circulatory pools have been proposed. In the pool, there has been a method of performing rehabilitation while performing walking training and swimming.

  As an example of such a pool, in order to form a circulation along the outer periphery of the pool, a circulation generator that imparts kinetic energy in the same direction to the water in the pool, entering the circulation generated in the pool A start training entrance, a walking training section in which the floor of the pool is formed in a gentle mountain shape to form a walking zone, and handrails are arranged along both sides of the walking zone, A recirculation rehabilitation pool comprising a suspension training section comprising a suspension valley formed above the suspension belt by forming the suspension floor in a gentle valley shape inside the circulation in the pool. was there.

And this recirculation type rehabilitation pool had the effect that rehabilitation can be performed using the recirculation in a pool, selecting the load of water freely.
(See Patent Document 1).
JP 7-259363 A

  However, the circulating pool described in Patent Document 1 is a pool for use by humans and is not suitable for use by animals. Specifically, since animals such as dogs and cats enter the pool on their own and out of the pool on their own, there is a problem that a sufficient rehabilitation effect cannot be obtained. In addition, the conventional pool has a problem that it is not suitable as a pool for swimming practice of healthy animals and animal health promotion for the same reason as above, not only for rehabilitation.

  Furthermore, there was a problem in safety because it was possible to go in and out without permission.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an animal pool capable of achieving a safe and sufficient rehabilitation effect, swimming practice, and health promotion for animals.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a water channel tank formed in a substantially circular or substantially elliptical shape, a water flow generating device that generates water flowing in one direction along the outer wall of the water channel tank, and the water channel tank. An inlet slope that gradually decreases in the flowing direction along the inner outer wall and an outlet slope that gradually increases in the flowing direction along the outer wall in the water channel tank are provided.

  According to the present invention, when an animal enters the water channel tank, the animal is pushed by the outer wall in the water channel tank by the centrifugal force of the flowing water and is directly guided to the exit slope, so that Even if there is, we can plan rehabilitation effect, swimming practice, health promotion safely.

  Further, if provided with an opening / closing means for closing the water channel tank to the downstream side of the outlet slope so as not to disturb the water flow, the animal can be surely guided to the outlet slope, The entrance slope is provided with a weight sensor or an optical sensor, and an opening / closing means is operated according to the sensor, or an optical sensor is provided in a water channel tank between the entrance slope and the exit slope, and the opening / closing means according to the sensor. It is preferable to operate.

  Moreover, it is good to provide the shielding means (what is called a fence) which prevents an invasion of an animal in the floor surface by the side of the outer wall of a water channel tank except the entrance of the entrance slope and the exit of the exit slope.

  Moreover, if the bottom plate which can be raised / lowered is provided in part or all of the bottom of a water channel tank, safety | security can be improved more.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the pool for animals which can aim at the safe and sufficient rehabilitation effect, swimming practice, and health promotion with respect to an animal can be provided.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an animal pool of the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the opening / closing means of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a bottom plate of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a side view of FIG. FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an animal pool according to another embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the animal pool 1 of the present embodiment includes a water channel tank 2 that is circularly recessed in a concrete floor, and a water flow generator 3 that generates water flowing into the water channel tank 2. And an inlet slope 4 that gradually falls in the direction of flowing water on the outer wall 2a in the water channel tank 2, and an outlet slope 5 that gradually rises in the direction of flowing water on the outer wall 2a in the water channel tank 2. An opening / closing means 6 (see FIG. 2) for closing the water channel tank 2 is provided in the vicinity of the downstream side of the slope 5 for preventing the water flow. Further, the inlet slope 4 is provided with a weight sensor 7 (may be an optical sensor), the water tank 2 between the inlet slope 4 and the outlet slope 5 is provided with an optical sensor 8, and according to these sensors 7, 8. The opening / closing means 6 is activated. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, a fence 9 (shielding means) for preventing the invasion of animals on the floor surface of the outer wall 2a of the water channel tank 2 excluding the entrance of the entrance slope 4 and the exit of the exit slope 5 is provided. ). And as shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 4, the bottom plate 10 which can be raised / lowered is provided in the whole bottom (or a part may be sufficient) of the water channel tank 2. As shown in FIG.

  The water channel tank 2 is formed to have a width of about 1.2 m, a depth of about 1 m, and a diameter of about 5 m. The depth of water supplied into the water channel tank 2 is about 0.8 m. In addition, what is necessary is just to set a shallow water depth when the animal using this embodiment is a small dog, and what is necessary is just to set a deep water depth in the case of a large dog.

  The flowing water generating device 3 employs a conventionally known device such as rotating the wing member with an electric motor to generate flowing water. And since this flowing water generator 3 generates flowing water in the water channel tank 2 in a predetermined direction (clockwise), the animal using the pool swims clockwise while entrusting himself / herself to this flowing water. . In addition, the animal which got on the flow is made to flow so that it may be pushed by the outer side wall 2a with the centrifugal force of a circulation.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the inlet slope 4 has a shape that gradually falls in the direction of flowing water on the outer wall 2 a in the water channel tank 2, and a weight sensor 7 is provided in the vicinity of the inlet. The weight sensor 7 determines whether or not there is an animal in the animal pool 1. When the animal is detected by the sensor 7, the opening / closing means 6 (see FIG. 2) is opened and closed. Let

  The exit slope 5 gradually rises in the direction of flowing water toward the outer wall 2a in the water channel tank 2, and the animals riding on the flow in the animal pool 1 are automatically guided to the exit slope 5. Is.

  The inner wall 2b near the downstream side of the outlet slope 5 is rotatably provided with an opening / closing means 6 that closes the water channel tank 2 so as not to disturb the water flow. As shown in FIG. 2, the opening / closing means 6 is formed in a comb shape including a base portion 6a, a plurality of branch portions 6b, and a support hole 6c for rotation. The opening / closing means 6 is opened and closed by a driving source (not shown). The opening / closing means 6 operates in accordance with the sensors 7 and 8 as described above. Then, as shown in FIG. 1, when the opening / closing means 6 is closed, the animals in the animal pool 1 can be more reliably guided to the outlet slope 5.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the bottom plate 10 is a plate formed in substantially the same shape as the bottom surface of the water channel tank 2, and most of the bottom plate 10 is meshed. When the bottom plate 10 moves up and down, most of it is formed in a mesh shape, so that the resistance of water can be reduced and the bottom plate 10 can move up and down more smoothly. The bottom plate 10 moves up and down by a drive source (not shown). The drive source is preferably a hydraulic cylinder (see Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 55-143345). In addition, 8 shown to a figure is an optical sensor, Comprising: It is provided in the water channel tank 2 between the slope 4 for entrances, and the slope 5 for exits. This optical sensor 8 is for operating the opening / closing means 6.

  According to the animal pool 1 of the present embodiment, when an animal enters the water channel tank 2, the animal is pushed by the outer wall 2 a in the water channel tank 2 by the centrifugal force caused by the flowing water and is directly guided to the outlet slope 5. Therefore, even an animal that behaves smoothly can achieve a rehabilitation effect, swimming practice, and health promotion safely. Furthermore, since the opening / closing means 6 is provided in the vicinity of the downstream side of the outlet slope 5, the animal can be reliably guided to the outlet slope 5, and the weight sensor provided in the inlet slope 4 for the opening / closing means 6 is provided. 7 or according to the optical sensor 8 of the water channel tank 2, safety can be ensured. Moreover, if the bottom plate 10 which can be raised / lowered is provided in the bottom of the water channel tank 2, safety can be improved further.

  In the present embodiment, the opening / closing means 6 is operated according to the sensors 7, 8. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the flowing water generator 3 may be configured to operate.

  Further, the shape of the water channel tank 2 may be recessed in an elliptical shape as shown in FIG. Furthermore, an outer wall and an inner wall may be provided on the floor surface to form the circular or elliptical water channel tank 2.

  Further, the water tank 2 may be provided with a water purification device that generates low frequency, high frequency, negative ions, far infrared rays, and the like.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 6, a filter water purifier 12 may be provided in the water channel tank 2. This filter type water purifier 12 absorbs water from the water inlet 12a provided on the outer wall 2a of the water channel tank 2, purifies the water with the filter type water purifier 12, and then sends it to the water flow generator 3 through the water distribution channel 12b to generate water flow. Clean water is supplied from the device 3 into the water channel tank 2.

  The present invention relates to an animal pool, and more particularly to a circulating animal pool, and can satisfy industrial applicability.

It is a top view which shows the pool for animals which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the opening / closing means of FIG. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the baseplate of FIG. It is a BB side view of FIG. It is a top view which shows the pool for animals of other embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Animal pool 2 Water channel 2a Outer wall 3 Flowing water generator 4 Inlet slope 5 Outlet slope 6 Opening / closing means 7 Sensor (weight sensor or optical sensor)
8 Light sensor 9 Shielding means (fence)
10 Bottom plate

Claims (6)

A water channel tank formed in a substantially circular shape or a substantially elliptical shape, a water flow generator for generating water flowing in one direction along the outer wall in the water channel tank, and a water flow direction along the outer wall in the water channel tank And an outlet slope that gradually rises in the direction of flowing water along the outer wall of the water channel tank. The animal pool according to claim 1, further comprising an opening / closing means for closing the water channel tank to a downstream side of the outlet slope so as not to disturb the water flow. The animal pool according to claim 2, wherein the entrance slope is provided with a weight sensor or an optical sensor, and the opening / closing means operates in accordance with the sensor. The animal pool according to claim 2 or 3, wherein an optical sensor is provided in a water channel tank between the inlet slope and the outlet slope, and the opening / closing means operates in accordance with the sensor. The animal use according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a shielding means for preventing invasion of animals is provided on the floor surface on the outer wall side of the water channel tank excluding the entrance of the entrance slope and the exit of the exit slope. Pool. The animal pool according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a bottom plate that can be raised and lowered at a part or all of the bottom of the water channel tank.

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