JP3180746U - Animal repellent device for vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

A vehicular animal repellent device is provided that has an extremely simple overall configuration, is very easy to handle, and can be manufactured at low cost.
A pair of device main bodies 1 for generating ultrasonic waves that animals avoid by air flowing in when the vehicle travels, and a fixture 2 for fixing the device main body 1 to the vehicle are provided. The frequency of the ultrasonic wave generated from each device main body 1 is different.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a veterinary animal repellent apparatus that is used by being attached to a vehicle in order to appropriately avoid a collision accident between a wild animal such as a deer or a shark and a vehicle such as an automobile or a motorcycle.

  In general, fatal accidents of wild animals that occur on roads are called “road kills” and occur when animals enter the road. In recent years, the number of road kills on expressways and the like has increased greatly, and it is currently impossible to grasp how many accidents have occurred nationwide, including those on ordinary roads. It is considered that the main cause of such road killing is that the habitat of animals is divided by the construction of roads. For this reason, install fences to block intrusion on the road, install dedicated equipment that allows animals to pass under and above the highway, use special animal repellent devices, etc. Various measures have been studied and implemented not only for ensuring traffic safety but also for protecting wildlife.

  Under such circumstances, conventionally, for example, the following devices exist as this type of animal repellent device. That is, this conventional animal repellent device has a sound transducer operable to generate sound at an ultrasonic frequency, and at least a first and a second plurality of at least predetermined and changing ultrasonic frequencies. Electrical means for electrically actuating the sound transducer to generate sound waves in a continuous manner, whereby the ultrasonic vibration effect of the siren is generated by the sound transducer to disrupt and disperse the animal; And a power source for operating the electrical means.

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  However, the above-mentioned conventional animal repellent device for a vehicle is composed of a very large electric device, so that the whole configuration becomes extremely complicated as well as its handling becomes very troublesome. There was a problem that the production cost was increased.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the object of the present invention is to make the entire configuration extremely simple, to handle it very easily, and to produce it at a low cost. An object of the present invention is to provide an animal repellent device for a vehicle.

  An animal repellent device for a vehicle according to the present invention includes a pair of device main bodies that generate ultrasonic waves repelled by an animal by air flowing in when the vehicle travels, and a fixture for fixing the device main body to the vehicle. The frequency of ultrasonic waves generated from the respective device bodies is different from each other.

  Each device body of the animal repellent device for a vehicle is fixed to a predetermined position of the vehicle where air can flow in when the vehicle travels, for example, a front bumper via a fixing tool. When the vehicle is driven, air flows into each device body, and ultrasonic waves having different frequencies are generated. The generated two types of ultrasonic waves are combined to generate new ultrasonic waves. This is emitted around the traveling vehicle.

  Ultrasound emitted in this way has never been recognized by animals for hearing until now. In general, animals stop moving to walking to recognize what the ultrasound is. It will be. Thereby, the invasion of the animal into the road can be temporarily delayed or evacuated from the vicinity of the road. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately avoid and suppress the occurrence of so-called road kill by the traveling vehicle.

  As used herein, the term “avoidance” refers to, for example, raising the attention of animals by ultrasound as described above, and delaying the invasion operation on the road by stopping the walking operation, or from the vicinity of the road It means to evacuate, and does not mean to escape by threatening or barking animals, for example. According to these, it is impossible to deny the possibility that a surprised animal will jump out just before the traveling vehicle.

  Moreover, the said fixing tool can be comprised so that fixing to the front bumper of the said vehicle is possible.

  If each device body is fixed to the front bumper of the vehicle through the fixture in this way, air can be satisfactorily flowed into each device body when the vehicle is running, so that ultrasonic waves are appropriately generated. Can do.

  Further, an inflow hole formed on the front side of the apparatus main body through which air flows, a flow hole formed in the front-rear direction so as to communicate with the inflow hole, and communicated with the front side of the flow hole. A through hole, and the rear part of the flow hole of the one apparatus main body may be opened and the rear part of the flow hole of the other apparatus main body may be closed.

  According to this, air flows into the inside of the device main body through the inflow hole by traveling of the vehicle, but the inflow air flows from the inflow hole because one device main body is opened at the rear part of the flow hole. It will be distributed to the hole. Since the air circulation speed is relatively high, external air is sucked from the through hole at that time, merged with the air flow flowing through the circulation hole, and discharged from the rear part of the circulation hole to the outside. At this time, ultrasonic waves are generated. On the other hand, the air flowing into the other device main body is not circulated to the rear side of the flow hole because the rear portion of the flow hole is blocked, and is discharged to the apparatus main body through the through hole. Will be. Also at this time, an ultrasonic wave having a frequency different from that of the ultrasonic wave is emitted.

  By combining these two types of ultrasonic waves having different frequencies, the animal can be appropriately repelled in the same manner as described above. In addition, each device main body has a very simple configuration and generates ultrasonic waves using inflow air when the vehicle travels, so that the handling is extremely easy and the manufacturing cost is reduced. Can be achieved.

  In addition, an air collection hole which is communicated with the inflow hole and expands toward the front side is formed in front of each apparatus body, and a front end portion of the apparatus body where the air collection hole is formed is a lower part in a side view. It can also be formed in a shape that inclines forward toward the side.

  According to this, air flows into the inflow hole through the air collection hole. The air collecting holes can guide air well to the inflow holes, and can sufficiently secure the amount of air flowing into the inflow holes. Further, since the front end portion of the apparatus main body in which the air collecting holes are formed is formed in a shape that is inclined forward toward the lower side in a side view, each apparatus main body must be inclined and fixed to the vehicle. Even if not, the amount of air flowing into the air collecting holes can be secured.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a veterinary repellent device for a vehicle that has a very simple overall configuration, is very easy to handle, and can be manufactured at low cost.

It is a front view which shows the animal repelling apparatus for vehicles which concerns on this invention. It is the same rear view. It is the same side view. It is the bottom view. The state which decomposed | disassembled the animal repellent device for vehicles is shown, (a) is a side view, (b) is sectional drawing. It is sectional drawing which shows one apparatus main body with which the fixing tool was mounted | worn. It is sectional drawing which shows the other apparatus main body with which the fixing tool was mounted | worn. It is a perspective view which shows the state which mounts an apparatus main body to a fixing tool. It is a side view which shows the state which has peeled the sticker paper from the fixing tool. It is a side view which shows the state which fixed the animal repellent device for vehicles to the front bumper of the motor vehicle. It is a side view which shows the animal repelling apparatus for vehicles fixed to the front bumper of the motor vehicle. It is a perspective view which shows the fixed position of the animal repellent device for vehicles in a motor vehicle. It is sectional drawing which shows the distribution | circulation state of the inflow air in one apparatus main body. It is sectional drawing which shows the distribution | circulation state of the inflow air in the other apparatus main body.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a vehicle animal repelling apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the veterinary animal repellent device A includes a device main body 1 having a function of generating ultrasonic waves and a fixture 2 for fixing the device main body 1 to the vehicle.

  The apparatus main body 1 is composed of two front and rear members 3 and 4, and a screw body 6 is inserted into a through hole 5 formed in the front and rear direction of the rear member 4 as shown in FIG. Both members 3 and 4 are fixed by screwing into the female screw portion 7 formed in the above. Moreover, the front end part of the front member 3 is formed in the shape which inclines to the front side toward the lower side in the side view.

  The apparatus main body 1 is composed of two types capable of generating ultrasonic waves having different frequencies. FIG. 6 shows one apparatus main body 1a, and FIG. 7 shows the other apparatus main body 1b. As shown in these drawings, the front member 3 of each apparatus main body 1 is formed with an air collection hole 10 whose diameter increases toward the front side. The air collecting hole 10 is formed in order to guide air well to an inflow hole 11 described later and to secure a sufficient amount of the inflowing air. A small-diameter inflow hole 11 having a substantially circular cross section is formed in communication with the rear of the air collection hole 10. A flow hole 12 having a substantially circular cross section is formed in the front-rear direction of the apparatus main body 1 so as to communicate with the rear of the inflow hole 11. A through-hole 13 having a substantially circular cross section is formed on the lower peripheral surface of the front member 3 of each apparatus body 1 so as to communicate with the lower part on the front side of the circulation hole 12. It should be noted that the inner diameter of the through hole 13 is narrowed down at the communication position between the flow hole 12 and the through hole 13. As shown in FIG. 6, the rear part of the flow hole 12 formed in one apparatus main body 1a is open and is in a state of communicating with the outside air. As shown in FIG. 7, the rear portion of the flow hole 12 formed in the other apparatus main body 1 b is closed by a partition wall 14. In the present embodiment, when the vehicle travels at a speed of about 48 km / h or higher, an ultrasonic wave having a frequency of about 16 KHz is generated from one apparatus body 1a, and similarly, the other apparatus body 1b is configured. Is configured to generate an ultrasonic wave having a frequency of about 20 KHz.

  Legs 15 are provided on the lower surface of the rear member 4 of each apparatus body 1. The leg portion 15 has a substantially flat pedestal 16 at the lower end, and a concave portion 17 is formed at a substantially central portion of the lower surface of the pedestal 16.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the fixture 2 is applied to a substantially flat fixture body 21, a locking portion 22 formed in a substantially U-shape in a plane except for the front side, and a back surface of the fixture body 21. The adhesive layer 23 and the sticker paper 24 adhered to the adhesive layer 23 are included. The locking portion 22 includes an outer peripheral wall 25 that protrudes upward and an inward wall 26 that is curved inward along the upper end portion thereof, and is formed in a substantially L-shaped cross section. Further, a convex portion 27 that can be fitted into the concave portion 17 of the pedestal 16 projects from a substantially central portion of the upper surface of the fixture main body 21.

  When the apparatus main body 1 is attached to the fixture 2, as shown in FIG. 8, the apparatus main body 1 is inserted into the locking portion 22 of the fixture 2 from the rear side of the base 16 of the apparatus main body 1 and attached. This prevents the device body 1 from being unintentionally detached from the fixture 2 because the convex portion 27 of the fixture body 21 is fitted to the concave portion 17 of the base 16 as shown in FIGS. it can.

  The vehicular animal repelling apparatus A according to the present embodiment has the above-described configuration, and a case where this is used for an automobile B as a vehicle will be described below. First, the apparatus main body 1 is fixed to the vehicle via the fixture 2, but as shown in FIG. 9, the sticker paper 24 attached to the back surface of the fixture 2 is peeled off from the adhesive layer 23, and FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 is adhered and fixed to the front bumper 31 of the automobile B. In this case, as shown in FIG. 12, when the front bumper 31 of the automobile B is viewed from the front, the fixture 2 having one device main body 1a is bonded to the point X located at a distance of about one third of the right. At the same time, the other apparatus main body 1b is bonded and fixed at a point Y located at a distance of about one third of the left. In that case, it is preferable to fix each apparatus main body 1a, 1b so that it may substantially face with respect to the advancing direction of the motor vehicle B. However, since the front end portion of the front member 3 of each device main body 1a, 1b is formed in a shape that is inclined forward toward the lower side in a side view, each device main body 1a, 1b is inclined and fixed downward. Even if it is unavoidable, a sufficient amount of air flowing into the air collecting holes 10 can be secured. Thus, the fixing operation of the vehicle animal repellent device A is completed.

  Next, when the automobile B is run in this state, air flows into the interiors of the apparatus main bodies 1a and 1b through the air collecting holes 10 and the inflow holes 11; Therefore, the inflow air flows from the inflow hole 11 to the flow hole 12 as shown in FIG. Since the air circulation speed is relatively high, external air is sucked from the through-hole 13 at that time, merges with the air flow flowing through the circulation hole 12, and is discharged to the outside from the rear part of the circulation hole 12. .

  On the other hand, the air flowing into the other apparatus main body 1b does not flow to the rear side of the circulation hole 12 as shown in FIG. 14 because the rear part of the circulation hole 12 is closed by the partition wall 14. Then, it is discharged to the apparatus main body 1b through the through hole 13.

  When such air is discharged, ultrasonic waves are generated from the apparatus main bodies 1a and 1b. When the speed of the automobile B is about 48 km or more, ultrasonic waves generated from the apparatus main bodies 1a and 1b are used. Are predetermined different frequencies as described above. These two types of ultrasonic waves are combined to generate new ultrasonic waves. This is emitted around the traveling automobile B. Ultrasound emitted in this way has never been recognized by animals for hearing until now. In general, animals stop moving to walking to recognize what the ultrasound is. It will be. This makes it possible to temporarily delay the entry of animals into the road or to evacuate from the vicinity of the road. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately avoid and suppress the occurrence of so-called road kill by the automobile B.

  Further, each of the apparatus main bodies 1a and 1b has a very simple configuration and generates ultrasonic waves using inflow air when the vehicle is running, so that the handling is easy and the production cost is low. There is a practical advantage that the cost can be reduced.

  In the above embodiment, by forming the air collecting hole 10, the inflow hole 11, the flow hole 12, and the through hole 13 in each apparatus main body 1, a predetermined ultrasonic wave is generated using the inflow air during vehicle travel. Configured to get. However, the specific means for generating the ultrasonic waves is not limited to this, and any means may be used as long as the ultrasonic waves can be generated by the air flowing in when the vehicle travels. The air collecting holes 10 can be omitted.

  The specific frequency of the ultrasonic wave generated from each device main body 1a, 1b is not limited to that in the above embodiment. For example, it is possible to arbitrarily change the frequency in consideration of the type of animal to be avoided.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the apparatus main bodies 1a and 1b are fixed to the front bumper 31 of the automobile B. However, the fixing position is not limited to this, and may be appropriately changed according to the form of the vehicle, for example. Is possible.

  Further, the vehicle to which the vehicular animal repelling apparatus A according to the present invention can be applied is not limited to the automobile B as in the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that it can be widely applied to other vehicles such as motorcycles. Yes. In this case, for example, it is used by being fixed to a front fender or the like.

  In addition, the external shape of the apparatus main body 1 and the fixture 2 and the specific configuration of each part can be arbitrarily changed within the range intended by the present invention.

1 Device body 2 Fixing tool

Claims (4)

A pair of device main bodies that generate ultrasonic waves that animals avoid by air flowing in when the vehicle is running;
A fixing tool for fixing the apparatus main body to the vehicle,
An animal repellent device for vehicles, wherein the frequencies of ultrasonic waves generated from the device bodies are different from each other.   The vehicular animal repellent device according to claim 1, wherein the fixture is configured to be fixable to a front bumper of the vehicle. An inflow hole formed on the front side of the apparatus body and into which air flows;
A flow hole formed in the front-rear direction in communication with the inflow hole;
A through hole communicated with the front side of the flow hole intersecting,
The animal repellent device for vehicles according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a rear portion of the flow hole of the one device main body is opened and a rear portion of the flow hole of the other device main body is closed.   In front of each apparatus main body, an air collecting hole which is communicated with the inflow hole and expands toward the front side is formed, and a front end portion of the apparatus main body in which the air collecting hole is formed has a lower side in a side view. The vehicular animal repellent device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the vehicular animal repellent device is formed in a shape inclined forward.

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