JP2014045717A - Water feeder for pet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water feeder for a pet from which a pet can drink water easily, which can be easily attached to and detached from a fence for a pet, and whose water feed container can be exchanged easily.SOLUTION: A water feeder for a pet includes: a water receiving plate where a pet drinks water; a retainer for retaining the water receiving plate; a support for removably supporting a water feed container for replenishing water to the water receiving plate; and fixing means for fixing the retainer and the support holding fences for a pet therebetween.

Description

  The present invention relates to a water supply device that is attached to a pet fence called pet cage, pet circle, pet gate, etc., and supplies drinking water to the pet.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-228561 is known as a container having a drinking water receiving tray inside a pet cage and a water supply container outside the cage.
However, the water feeder disclosed in the publication is difficult to attach the water receiving tray and the water supply container to the cage, and the water supply container is not easily attached and detached.
The present applicant has previously proposed a water dispenser for pets in which a water supply device to which a water supply container is detachably attached can be easily and surely attached to and detached from a fixture with a buckle mechanism (Patent Document 2).
The present invention further improves this pet water supply device.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-138555 JP 2004-215613 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a pet water dispenser that is easy for a pet to drink, can be easily and reliably attached to and detached from a pet fence, and the water supply container can be easily replaced.

The pet water dispenser according to the present invention includes a water receiving tray for drinking pet animals, a holder for holding the water receiving tray, and a water supply container for supplying water to the water receiving tray. A support tool for freely supporting and a fixing means for fixing the pet fence so as to be sandwiched between the holding tool and the support tool are provided.
Here, the expression “pet fence” means that the fence is not limited to a cage, a circle, a gate, or the like as long as it is a fence used to keep a pet.
In this case, the holder has a holding and fixing portion, the support has a supporting and fixing portion, and the fixing means can hold the side portion of the pet fence between the holding and fixing portion and the supporting and fixing portion, and the pet It is preferable that it can be fixed to the fence.
Here, the fixing means is not limited, and examples thereof include a screw structure, a locking structure, and a wedge structure.
The holding fixing portion and the supporting fixing portion each have a fixing hole on one side and a fixing screw portion on the other side, and the fixing means has a knob portion and a fastening screw portion, the holding fixing portion and the supporting fixing portion. The fastening screw portion of the fixture may be fixed to the other fixing screw portion through the one fixing hole so that the side portion of the pet fence is sandwiched from both sides by the fixing portion.
Here, the fixing screw portion may be a female screw or a male screw.
For example, when a fixing hole is provided in the holding and fixing part of the holding tool and a female screw is provided in the supporting and fixing part of the supporting tool, the fastening screw part of the fixing tool is a bolt-shaped male screw and the male screw part of the fixing tool is used as the holding tool. Is inserted into the fixing hole and screwed into the female thread portion on the support tool side.
On the contrary, when the fastening screw portion of the fixture is a nut-like female screw, the fixing screw portion on the support side may be a bolt-like male screw.

In the present invention, the water receiving tray has a drinking water part located on one side of the area partitioned by a pet fence, and a water receiving part extended from the drinking part to the other side of the water, and the mouth of the water supply container The valve device has a connectable valve device, the valve device has a water passage portion having a valve mechanism inside, and a locking portion, and the support is a mounting portion for mounting the water flow portion. And a locked portion that is detachably locked with the locking portion.
There is no limitation on the valve mechanism and mounting method of the valve device, but the valve mechanism has a valve rod having a valve body biased and supported toward the water receiving portion inside the water passage portion, A mounting portion for inserting and attaching the water passage portion from above; connecting the valve device to the mouth portion of the water supply container; and attaching the water passage portion of the valve device to the attachment portion of the support, You may make it open by a valve rod being pushed in by the water-receiving part of a water-receiving tray.
If it does in this way, since a valve apparatus will be attached to the mouth part of a container like a plastic bottle and water will not leak even if it reverses, attachment replacement | exchange to a water feeder is easy.

Here, the locking portion of the valve device is a locking claw having a curved portion, and the locked portion of the support has an insertion hole for inserting the locking claw from above, and the locking claw is When inserted into the insertion hole, the locking step or locking projection provided on the locking claw is locked to the lower end of the insertion hole, so that the water supply container can be easily attached and detached and the curved portion is elastic. Since it is deformed, breakage of the locking claw is prevented.
Further, the valve device has an insertion restricting portion outside the water flow portion, the support has a stopper portion inside the mounting portion, and the water flow portion of the valve device is mounted on the mounting portion of the support device, When the locking portion is locked to the locked portion of the support, the locking claw is further protected when the restricting portion is brought into contact with the stopper portion.

In the present invention, the valve device has a valve rod having a head protruding from the tip of the water flow portion, and the water receiving portion of the water receiving tray is elongated in the front-rear direction and the width is larger than the size of the head of the valve rod. You may make it have a pushing part provided with the small top part.
In this way, when the water supply container is attached to the water supply device, the width of the pushing portion is smaller than the head portion of the valve rod, so that water can easily flow from there, and the pushing portion is elongated in the front-rear direction. Therefore, even if the position of the valve stem varies back and forth depending on the thickness of the fence and the thickness of the wire, the variation can be absorbed.

In the present invention, the water receiving tray has a reinforcing rib on the side wall of the water receiving portion, and the holder has a holding piece for holding the water receiving portion from the bottom surface and a holding groove for holding the reinforcing rib. May be.
If it does in this way, when making a holder hold | maintain a water receiving tray, it can hold | maintain stably and reliably.
In addition, when the holder and the support have a positioning protrusion on one side and a positioning hole into which the positioning protrusion is inserted, the holder and the support are easily positioned when the water feeder is attached to the fence.
Furthermore, when the drinking part of the water receiving tray has a collar portion and the holder has an insertion recess for inserting the collar portion, the water receiving tray is firmly held and stabilized.

In the present invention, the water passage portion of the valve device may have a support rib near the tip, and the water receiving portion of the water receiving tray may have a support receiving portion for supporting the support rib on the inner side.
In this way, the valve mechanism of the valve device can be protected.

  In the present invention, the one or both of the holding fixing portion and the supporting fixing portion are provided with an uneven portion for sandwiching the wire forming the fence, and a protective protrusion for protecting the uneven portion when the pet water dispenser is not used. A part may be provided.

In the water dispenser for pets according to the present invention, the water receiving part is arranged facing the other side of the fence so that the holder holds the water receiving dish and the drinking part of the water receiving dish becomes one side of the fence. The water supply can be securely and easily attached to the fence simply by holding the fence between the holder and the support of the water supply container and fixing the holder and the support to the fence with the fixing means. it can.
In addition, it is easy to attach and detach a water supply container such as a plastic bottle.

The state which attached the water feeder which concerns on this invention to the fence for pets is shown. The procedure for attaching the water supply device to the fence is shown, (a) shows before installation, and (b) shows after installation. The state which attached the water supply container to the water supply is shown. The top view of the procedure of attaching a water supply to a fence is shown. Sectional drawing at the time of attaching a water supply device to a fence is shown. The principal part enlarged view of a water supply support part and a valve apparatus is shown. The front view seen from one side of the state which attached the water supply device to the fence is shown. The figure which looked at the state which attached the water feeder to the fence from the other side is shown. The bottom view of the state which attached the water feeder to the fence is shown. A state in which the water receiving tray is held by the holder and arranged on one side of the fence is shown. (A) shows the structural example of the holding | maintenance fixing | fixed part of a holder, (b) shows sectional drawing of the state holding the water receiving part of the water receiving tray. (A) shows the external perspective view of a valve apparatus, (b) shows the positional relationship of a water receiving part and a water flow part front-end | tip. The positional relationship between the holder and the support is shown. The perspective view of a support tool is shown. Sectional drawing of a drinking part is shown. The other Example of a water feeder is shown. Sectional drawing of another Example is shown.

Hereinafter, although the structural example of the water dispenser for pets which concerns on this invention is demonstrated based on drawing, this invention is not limited to this.
FIG. 1 shows a state in which a pet water supply apparatus (hereinafter simply referred to as a water supply apparatus) according to the present invention is attached to a pet fence 1 using a wire.
In the figure, the entire water supply container 60 such as a plastic bottle is indicated by a two-dot chain line, and only the vicinity of the mouth is indicated by a solid line.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the water feeder includes a water receiving portion 11 for drinking pet animals, a water receiving tray 10 having a water receiving portion 12 for receiving water from a water supply container 60, and the water receiving portion. A holding tool 20 for holding the dish 10 and a support tool 30 for detachably supporting the water supply container 60 are provided.
The water receiving tray 10 is arranged in one area where the drinking part 11 is partitioned by a fence, and the water receiving part 12 protrudes to the other area side so as to pass between the fences.
As shown in FIG. 10, the holding tool 20 has a holding and fixing part 23 in which an uneven part 23a is formed on the surface of the base 22, and the support 30 is a support and fixing in which an uneven part 31b is formed on the base surface as shown in FIG. Part 31.
In this embodiment, a fixing hole 25 is formed in the holding and fixing portion 23 of the holding tool, and a screwing portion 31a made of a female screw is formed on the supporting and fixing portion 31 side of the supporting tool 30, and the holding and fixing portion 23 and the supporting and fixing portion are fixed. In this example, the fastening screw portion 42 of the fixture 40 is fastened to the screwing portion 31 a via the fixing hole 25 so that the fence is sandwiched from both sides with the portion 31.
The combination of the fixing hole and the screwing portion may be reversed, and the screwing portion may protrude in a male screw shape, and the fastening screw portion of the fixing tool may have a nut shape.
The fixture 40 has a knob 41 for facilitating the tightening operation.
Further, as shown in FIG. 13, the holder has a positioning protrusion 26, and the support tool 30 has a positioning hole 31c into which the positioning protrusion 26 is inserted, and is positioned when the water feeder is attached to the fence. It is easy to do.
Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 11 (a) and 14, both the holding and fixing portion 23 and the supporting and fixing portion 31 are provided with uneven portions 23a and 31b for sandwiching the wire forming the fence, In this example, a protective projection 24 is provided on the holding and fixing portion side to protect the uneven portion when the device is not used.

A valve device 50 can be connected to the mouth 61 of the water supply container 60.
As shown in FIG. 5, the valve device 50 includes a connecting portion 51 formed with a female screw portion 51 a that is screwed into a screw portion 61 a that is provided in the mouth portion 61 of the water supply container 60, and a substantially cylindrical water passage portion 54 that communicates therewith. Have
The structure of the connecting part 51 is not limited as long as it can be connected to a mouth part such as a plastic bottle.
A valve mechanism is provided inside the lower portion of the water passage portion 54.
The valve mechanism is arranged so that the head portion 55b of the valve rod 55 protrudes from the tip opening 54a of the water flow portion 54, and is biased in the protruding direction by the spring 55a.
A valve body 56 is attached to the upper part of the valve rod 55 so as to contact and seal the valve seat 58 on the water passage 54 side.
The valve rod 55 is held as shown in FIGS. 6 and 12B.
By providing the slide support part 57 provided with the slide hole 57b on the inner side of the water flow part 54 with the support part connection wall 57a, the cylindrical slide support part 57, the inner wall of the water flow part 54, and the support part connection wall 57a The valve rod 55 is slidably held in the slide hole 57b while securing the water passage portion 57c therebetween.
The valve device 50 has a locking portion 53 outside the water flow portion 54.
The locking portion 53 has a claw shape that hangs downward from a claw support portion 52 that extends in the horizontal direction, and has a demounting operation portion 53c at the end thereof via a bending portion 53a.
A locking step portion 53b is formed at the connecting portion between the bending portion 53a and the detachment operation portion 53c.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the support tool 30 that supports the valve device includes a mounting portion 32 into which the water passage portion 54 is inserted and mounted, and a locked portion that detachably locks the locking portion 53 on the valve device side. Part 33.
The locked portion 33 has an insertion hole 33a opened at the lower end side for inserting the claw-shaped locking portion 53, and when the water passage portion 54 of the valve device is inserted into the mounting portion 32 of the support tool 30, FIG. 6, the head portion 55 b of the valve rod enters the opening 12 b of the water receiving portion 12, and the operation portion 53 c of the locking portion 53 passes through the insertion hole 33 a while being elastically deformed inward, so that the locking step portion The elastic recovery is performed so that 53b is engaged with the lower end 33b of the insertion hole.
In this embodiment, the insertion restricting portion 59 is provided outside the water passage portion 54, and the support 30 is provided with the stopper portion 34 inside the attachment portion 32, so that the water passage portion 54 of the valve device is attached to the support attachment portion. When the locking portion 53 is locked to the locked portion 33 of the support, the restricting portion 59 comes into contact with the stopper portion 34 and the locking portion 53 is protected.
Further, the head portion 55b of the valve rod 55 abuts against the bottom portion of the water receiving portion 12 of the water receiving tray 10, and is pushed in against the spring 55a, so that the valve is opened.
In the present embodiment, the water receiving portion 12 of the water receiving tray is a rib-like pushing portion 12a having a top portion 12c that is elongated in the front-rear direction and has a width smaller than the size of the valve head portion 55b.
In this way, when the water supply container 60 is attached to the water supply device, the width of the pushing portion 12a is smaller than the head portion 55b of the valve rod, so that water can easily flow from there, and the pushing portion 12a is elongated in the front-rear direction. Therefore, even if the position of the valve stem varies back and forth depending on the thickness of the fence and the thickness of the wire, the variation can be absorbed.
As shown in FIG. 5 (b), a vent 54b is formed in the vicinity of the lower portion of the water passage. When the amount of water 2 decreases, air enters and water is supplied from the water supply container.
Further, as shown in FIG. 12, the water passage portion 54 of the valve device has a support rib 59a near the tip, and the water receiving portion 12 of the water receiving tray is on the inside, a support receiving portion 12d that supports the support rib 59a. And the valve mechanism of the valve device is protected.
As shown in FIG. 15, the water receiving tray 10 has a reinforcing rib 13 on the side wall of the water receiving portion 12, and the holder 20 holds the holding piece 21 and the reinforcing rib 13 that hold the water receiving portion 12 from the bottom surface. Holding groove 21a.
Moreover, it has the collar part 11a in the drinking part 11 of a water-receiving tray, and it has the insertion recessed part 22a which inserts the collar part 11a in the holder 20, and the holding | maintenance of the water-receiving tray 10 becomes firm and becomes stable. ing.

The previous embodiment was a type in which the valve device connected to the mouth of the water supply container was mounted on the support from above, but FIGS. 16 and 17 show examples in which the water supply container is mounted from the side.
The water receiving tray 110 has a drinking portion 111 and a U-shaped water receiving portion 112 extending from the drinking portion.
The water receiving portion 112 is inserted and held in the holding hole 122 of the holder 120.
The valve device 150 connected to the mouth of the water supply container 60 has a mounting portion 151 for mounting from a lateral direction to a mounting portion 131 made of an elastic material provided on the support tool 130.
This attachment state is shown in FIG.
In this embodiment, a positioning protrusion 111 a is formed on the bottom of the drinking water section 111, and the positioning protrusion 111 a is fitted into a positioning hole 121 a provided in the holding piece 121 of the holder 120.
The tip of the holding piece 121 is provided with an inclined piece 121b that is inclined downward, so that it can be easily attached to the holding tool 120 when the water receiving tray 110 is held by the elastic force of the holding piece 121.
In the present embodiment, the valve rod of the valve device is attached to the fence so as to be fastened to the holding tool 120 via the female thread part 132 of the support tool 130 using the fixing tool 140 while pressing the valve rod against the pressing portion 112a.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fence 10 Water receiving tray 20 Holding tool 30 Supporting tool 40 Fixing tool 50 Valve device 60 Water supply container

Claims (13)

A receiving tray for pet animals to drink,
A holder for holding the water tray;
A support for detachably supporting a water supply container for replenishing the water tray,
A pet waterer comprising a fixing means for fixing the pet fence so as to be held between the holding tool and the support tool. The holder has a holding and fixing portion; the support has a supporting and fixing portion;
2. The pet water supply device according to claim 1, wherein the fixing means can hold the side portion of the pet fence between the holding fixing portion and the support fixing portion and can be fixed to the pet fence. Of the holding fixing part and the supporting fixing part, each has a fixing hole on one side and a fixing screw part on the other side,
The fixing means is a fixture having a knob portion and a fastening screw portion,
The fastening screw portion of the fixture is fixed to the other fixing screw portion through the one fixing hole so that the side portion of the pet fence is sandwiched from both sides by the holding fixing portion and the supporting fixing portion. The pet water supply device according to claim 2. The water tray has a drinking part located on one side of the area partitioned by a pet fence, and a receiving part extended from the drinking part to the other side,
There is a valve device that can be connected to the mouth of the water supply container,
The valve device has a water passage portion having a valve mechanism inside, and a locking portion,
The pet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the support has a mounting portion for mounting the water flow portion and a locked portion that is detachably locked to the locking portion. Water supply. In the valve mechanism, a valve rod having a valve body is urged and supported toward the water receiving portion inside the water passage portion,
The support has a mounting portion for inserting and mounting the water passage portion of the valve device from above,
When the valve device is connected to the mouth portion of the water supply container and the water passage portion of the valve device is attached to the mounting portion of the support, the valve body is pushed by the water receiving portion of the water receiving tray. The pet water supply device according to claim 4, wherein the pet water supply device is opened. The locking portion of the valve device is a locking claw having a curved portion,
The locked portion of the support has an insertion hole for inserting the locking claw from above,
6. The pet water supply according to claim 5, wherein when the locking claw is inserted into the insertion hole, a locking stepped portion or a locking projection provided on the locking claw is locked to a lower end portion of the insertion hole. vessel. The valve device has an insertion restricting portion outside the water flow portion,
The support has a stopper portion inside the mounting portion,
The water flow portion of the valve device is mounted on the mounting portion of the support tool, and the restricting portion comes into contact with the stopper portion when the locking portion is locked to the locked portion of the support tool. Pet waterer. The valve device has a valve stem having a head protruding from the tip of the water flow portion,
The water receiving portion of the water receiving tray has a pushing portion having a top portion that is elongated in the front-rear direction and has a width that is smaller than the size of the head portion of the valve stem. Pet waterer. The water tray has a reinforcing rib on the side wall of the water receiver,
The pet water supply device according to any one of claims 4 to 8, wherein the holder has a holding piece for holding the water receiving portion from the bottom surface and a holding groove for holding the reinforcing rib.   The water supply for pets according to claim 1, wherein the holding tool and the support tool have a positioning protrusion on one side and a positioning hole into which the positioning protrusion is inserted. The water passage portion of the valve device has a support rib near the tip,
The water supply part of the said water receiving tray has a support receiving part which supports the said support rib inside, The water dispenser for pets in any one of Claims 5-10 characterized by the above-mentioned.   An uneven portion for sandwiching a wire forming a pet fence into one or both of the holding fixing portion and the support fixing portion, and a protective protrusion for protecting the uneven portion when the pet water dispenser is not used. The pet water supply device according to any one of claims 2 to 11, wherein a portion is provided. The drinking part of the water tray has a collar part,
The pet water feeder according to any one of claims 4 to 12, wherein the holder has an insertion recess into which the collar portion is inserted.

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