JP3586445B2 - Capture cage - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a capture cage suitable for capturing harmful animals such as boars, monkeys, bears, and deer.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Generally, a rectangular cylindrical cage that has openings at each of the left and right ends and is installed on the ground, and is held vertically above the left and right openings of this cage, Captive cages with a pair of doors configured to simultaneously close the opening are known. Many of these are wire-hung (with wires wrapped), step-on (those that work when weight is added to the floor) or revolving-doors (with a vertical An operation member such as a rotatable movable member) is operated to drop the door and close the openings at the left and right ends, thereby closing the animal in the cage body.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional trap cage is configured so that the doors at both left and right ends are simultaneously dropped by the operation of the operation member, so if the animal comes into weak contact with the operation member or if there is a poor adjustment of the interlocking means or the like. However, looseness of the wire installed between the operating member and the holding means of the door, play (play) of the link node and the like cause damage to only one of the doors, and the animal escapes from the other door. there is a possibility. In this case, since one of the doors is closed, the animal is thereafter alert and becomes less likely to enter the cage.
[0004]
In addition, a normal trap cage is configured to use only a predetermined operating member (sensor part) according to the type of the trap cage (the basic operating principle is different even if there are several types of operating members). In many cases, it is difficult to modify the sensing method with a different operating principle according to the type of animal to be captured and the installation location.
[0005]
Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and the problem is to provide a trap cage with a low risk of animal escape by configuring the left and right doors to securely close a pair of openings of the cage body. To provide.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a capturing cage according to the present invention is configured such that a cage main body having an opening at each of left and right ends, and configured to be held above the opening, and to release the holding state. Left and right closing members each configured to be able to close the opening, left and right holding means respectively holding the closing members above the opening, and an operating member operably mounted inside the cage body A first interlocking unit that releases the holding state of the one closing member by one of the holding units according to the operation of the operating member; and the other interlocking unit according to the lowering operation of the one closing member. Second interlocking means for releasing the holding state of the other closing member.
[0007]
In the present invention, it is preferable that the operating member is configured to be swingable around a horizontal axis disposed above or above the cage main body inside the cage main body. This makes it difficult to hinder the movement of the animal and can detect the invasion of the animal with high sensitivity.
[0008]
In the present invention, the holding means includes a rotating member (pulley) rotatably attached to the closing member about a horizontal axis, and a lower portion of the rotating member by the first interlocking means or the second interlocking means. And a support member (stopper pin) arranged below the rotating member and supporting the rotating member. Accordingly, the holding state of the closing member can be smoothly released.
[0009]
In the present invention, the third interlocking means for releasing the holding state with respect to the other closure member by the other holding means in response to operation of the operation moving member, one of the in accordance with the lowering operation of the other closure member Fourth interlocking means for releasing the holding state of the one closing member by the holding means, and the first interlocking means when the one closing member contacts the operating member from the opening side to be closed. And one of the third interlocking means operates and the other of the first interlocking means and the third interlocking means operates when the other closing member contacts the operating member from the opening side to be closed. It is preferable that it is comprised so that it may be.
[0010]
The present invention is more specifically configured as follows. In other words, it has an opening at each of the left and right ends, a rectangular cylindrical cage body installed on the ground, and falls vertically down on the left and right openings to temporarily support a pair of left and right sliding doors, The pendulum moves when the swing bar (swing shaft) is moved back and forth, which has a fulcrum at the upper part of the ceiling inside the cage inside the main body. Is provided at two points (to cope with both left and right movement of the swing bar), the wire is transmitted to the slide stopper device that slides horizontally near the one-side opening slide door, and the tip stopper comes off. Starts dropping, and immediately after that, the return device, which is a very close distance and consists of a return arm and a variable force adjustment lever, depends on the weight of the slide door. Dynamic and, transmitted to the slide stopper device in the vicinity of the end face opening of the opposite surface by a wire, which is temporarily supported on the end face top, in which is configured to drop dropped sliding door. The unit of the operation start point and the operation origin is also unitized so that it can be replaced with the weight sensing type and rotary type with one touch according to the animal.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Next, an embodiment of a catch cage according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a rectangular cylindrical cage body 1 has openings on the left and right, and is made of a suitable material such as a metal square material, a metal plate material, a metal round bar material, etc., and a ceiling unit 2, a floor unit 3, and a pair of It has side units 4, 4 and a pair of left and right sliding door units 5, 5 for opening and closing the opening. The ceiling unit 2 and the floor unit 3 have a structure in which a mechanism having another operation principle can be easily mounted as shown in FIG. 6, so that the detection method can be changed according to the animal. Has become.
[0012]
The typical dimensions of each part after the assembly is completed are: the width of the left and right openings is about 100 cm, the height is about 160 cm (the height of the top of the door when the door is opened is about 200 cm), and the depth (left and right) length is about 200 cm. However, each dimension may be appropriately increased or decreased depending on the animal to be captured. The ceiling unit 2, floor unit 3, both side units 4, and sliding door unit 5 are each provided with a metal lattice. This grid has a side of 5 cm to 15 cm and a thickness of 3 mm to 15 mm, for example. Note that each unit may be made of a plate material.
[0013]
Both front and rear sides of the sliding door units 5 and 5 are vertically movably guided by a guide rail 8 having a columnar U-shaped groove. These guide rails 8 are integrally formed with the side units 4. It is preferable that a reinforcing material is appropriately added to the mounting portion of the side surface unit 4 on the guide rail 8 and the slide door unit 5 in order to secure strength. At the lowermost end of the guide rail 8, a stopper 9 for preventing the slide door unit 5 from falling down is provided. Further, when the sliding door unit 5 drops and closes the opening at the left and right ends (the center of the end in the illustrated example) on the ceiling unit 2, the sliding door unit 5 rises so that the opening does not open. Hook-shaped stoppers 10 for preventing slipping are provided.
[0014]
In the vicinity of the center of the ceiling unit 2, an operation origin device 11 for swingably supporting a swing bar (swing shaft) 6, which will be described later, and transmitting a pendulum motion received from the swing bar 6 to each unit is formed. I have. The operation origin device 11 has an arm shaft 15 connected to or integrally provided with the swing bar 6, and a cross posture with the arm shaft 15 so as to swingably support the swing bar 6 via the arm shaft 15. A connected horizontal shaft member and a shaft support member rotatably supporting the horizontal shaft member are provided, and the shaft support member is fixed to the ceiling unit 2. Wires 12 are attached to both side positions of the arm shaft 15 that are separated from the attachment portion to the horizontal shaft member. The pair of wires 12 are integrated and connected to the horizontal slide stopper unit 7. The horizontal slide stopper unit 7 is connected to a wire 71 in which the pair of wires 12 are integrated, and a stopper pin 72 is connected to the opening side. On the other hand, a pulley 73 is rotatably attached to a lower portion of the slide door unit 5. The stopper pin 72 is arranged to support the pulley 73 from below, and holds the slide door unit 5 at an upper position shown in the figure via the pulley 73. The stopper pin 72 is constantly urged in a direction to protrude toward the pulley 73 by an elastic member such as a coil spring acting on the horizontal slide stopper unit 7.
[0015]
The stopper unit 10 for preventing the upper part of the slide door unit 5 from slipping is normally urged against the slide door unit 5 by an elastic member such as a spring, and the slide door unit 5 is held at an upper position as shown in the figure. In this case, the sliding door unit 5 is in contact with the door surface.
[0016]
The return unit 13 includes, for example, a return arm having a tip protruding downward at a position close to the lower end of one of the slide door units 5 (right side in the figure), and a return lever fixed or integrated with the return arm. And the whole is configured to be rotatable. When one of the sliding door units 5 falls, the entire backward movement unit 13 is rotated by a backward movement arm protruding below the slide door unit 5. A return wire 14 is connected to the rear end (return lever) of the return unit 13, and the return wire 14 is disposed on the ceiling unit 2 on the side of the slide unit 5 on the other side (left side in the figure). It is connected to one horizontal slide stopper unit 7. The horizontal slide stopper unit 7 includes the same wires 71, stopper pins 72, and pulleys 73 as described above. The pulley 73 is attached to the other (left side in the figure) slide door unit 5, and is held at an upper position together with the slide door unit 5 by a stopper pin 72. A stopper unit 10 similar to the above is provided for the other slide door unit 5.
[0017]
The ceiling unit 2 is provided with a mounting hole for mounting an operating means having another operating principle different from that having the swing bar 6 and the operating origin device 11, and the other operating means are used as they are. It is configured so that it can be attached. Also, mounting holes for reinforcing material for reinforcing the cage body are provided at two places on the left and right sides of both end faces. The lattice member is stretched inside the ceiling unit 2, and has a structure in which the upper parts of the side units 4 are wrapped around by an outer angle material of the ceiling unit 2 when assembled.
[0018]
The swing bar (swing shaft) 6 includes a main shaft (for example, a round bar having a diameter of 6 mm to 15 mm) and a branch member (for example, a round bar having a diameter of 6 mm to 12 mm) 16 having an arbitrary angle resembling a tree branch. The upper end (for example, a diameter of 3 mm to 10 mm and a length of 10 mm to 25 mm) of the swing bar (swing shaft) 6 is connected to the arm axis of the operating origin device 11. The lowermost end of the swing bar (swing shaft) 6 is located, for example, at a height of 30 cm to 50 cm above the ground.
[0019]
The outer shape of the floor unit 3 is formed by four-sided angle materials and the like, and the same lattice material as the ceiling unit is stretched inside the floor unit 3, and has a structure that wraps around the lowermost edge of the side unit 4 during assembly. I have. In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, it is preferable that a mounting frame portion 31 to which a movable floor unit 30 described later can be mounted is provided.
[0020]
In the working origin device 11, it is preferable that the connection position between the arm shaft 15 and the pair of wires 12 is adjustable in the axial direction of the arm shaft 15. For example, if a screw is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the arm shaft 15 and a nut to which the wire 12 is connected is screwed to the arm shaft 15, the connection position can be adjusted by rotating the nut. Such a variable adjustment of the connection position of the two points adjusts the relationship between the operation amount of the wire 12 and the swing width of the pendulum motion of the swing bar 6, or adjusts the arm shaft 15 connected to the pair of wires 12. Necessary for adjusting the neutral posture and the like.
[0021]
[Operation of the present embodiment] In the present embodiment, when an animal enters the cage body and interferes with the swing bar (swing shaft) 6, as shown in FIG. In this manner, one of the wires 12 moves in the direction (2) shown in FIG. As a result, the slide stopper unit 7 near one end face is pulled in the direction of (3) in the drawing, and the stopper pin 72 at the tip is disengaged from the pulley 73 below one of the slide door units 5, and one (right side in the drawing) of the slide door unit 5 Falls as shown in FIG. As the slide door unit 5 falls, the return arm 131 moves downward due to the weight of the door, and the return lever 132 moves in the direction of (6) in the figure. Since the return wire 14 connected to the return lever 132 moves in the direction (7) shown in the figure, the other slide stopper unit 7 near the other end surface operates, and the stopper pin is moved to the position (8) in the figure. The sliding door unit 5 moves in the direction, comes off the pulley 73 pivotally supported at the lower part of the other (left side in the drawing), and the other sliding door unit 5 also falls.
[0022]
Here, when the left and right slide door units 5 and 5 drop and close the left and right openings of the cage body 1, the upper ends of the slide door units 5 and 5 come off the stopper unit 10, and the hook ends of the stopper unit 10 are spring-loaded. Since the animal is projected above the slide door unit 5 by the force, the animal trapped in the cage main body 1 cannot open the slide door unit 5 once dropped.
[0023]
In a conventional catch cage, a pair of right and left closing members have been simultaneously operated by the operation of an operating member for detecting an animal. However, with such a configuration, a holding means (stopper) for holding the closing member and an operating member are provided. Since there is always a processing dimensional error, an adjustment accuracy error, looseness, and play (play) of the interlocking means (wires and links, etc.) that interlocks the member and the holding means, only one of the closing members will fall. sell.
[0024]
On the other hand, in the present embodiment, when the animal comes into contact with the operating member (swing bar 6), only one of the closing members (the slide door unit 5 on the right side in the figure) is dropped in conjunction with the contact, and the other is closed. Although the opening is closed, the other closing member (the slide door unit 5 on the left side in the figure) is configured to drop and close the other opening in conjunction with the dropping operation of the one closing member. If one closing member operates, the other closing member can also be operated reliably. In particular, the animal may come into weak contact with the operating member, but once one closing member operates, the other closing member operates reliably regardless of the degree of contact of the animal due to the drop operation. Can be prevented from closing only the other closing member and not closing the other closing member.
[0025]
In the case of this embodiment, there may be a slight time lag in the operation of the pair of left and right closing members, but even with ordinary interlocking means (wires, links, etc.), the time lag is set sufficiently small as compared with the reaction and operation of the animal. It doesn't matter.
[0026]
(Modification) In contrast to the above embodiment, one of the pair of wires 12 is connected to the pair of left and right horizontal slide stopper units 7, 7, respectively, to allow the slide door unit 5 on the left side in the drawing to drop. By providing another reversing unit configured to operate in the same manner as described above and a wire connecting the reversing unit to the horizontal slide stopper unit 7 on the right side in the figure, the swing bar 6 When tilted, the horizontal slide stopper unit 7 on the right side in the figure is operated, the slide door unit 5 on the right side in the figure is dropped first, and then the slide door unit 5 on the left side in the figure is dropped via the reversing unit 13. On the other hand, when the swing bar 6 is tilted to the other side, the horizontal slide stopper unit 7 on the left side in the figure is Succinate, dropped the slide door unit 5 of the left side first and then, the slide door unit 5 of the right side through the other of the added backward unit may be configured to fall.
[0027]
With this configuration, for example, when an animal enters the cage body from the right side, the slide door unit on the left side in the figure can be dropped first, and then the slide door unit on the right side in the figure can be dropped. When invading, the sliding door unit on the right side of the figure can be dropped first, and then the sliding door unit on the left side of the figure can be dropped, so that the animal runs through the cage body from one opening to the other opening. Can be prevented.
[0028]
Also, depending on the animal's habit, it may escape in the direction of invasion, so on the contrary, when the animal enters the cage body from the right side, drop the right slide door unit first and then When the left sliding door unit is dropped and the animal enters from the left side, the sliding door unit on the left side in the drawing can be dropped first, and then the sliding door unit on the right side in the drawing can be dropped.
[0029]
[Correspondence to other structures applicable to the embodiment]
(Gravity sensing type operation unit) The movable floor unit 30 is mounted on the mounting frame 31 provided at the center of the floor unit 3, and the wire 32 connected to the movable floor unit 30 is connected to the operation unit installed on the ceiling unit 2. Connect to the direction change unit 33. Another wire 34 is connected to the other end of the operation direction changing unit 33. This wire 34 is connected to the horizontal slide stopper unit 7 instead of the wire 12 of the above embodiment.
[0030]
Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the movable floor unit 30 includes a plurality of (three in the illustrated example) plate materials of a predetermined shape (a triangular shape in the illustrated example) each attached to the mounting frame 31 of the floor unit 3. It is attached rotatably (using a hinge or the like). The free end of each plate is connected to the wire 32 described above.
[0031]
(Rotary Actuating Unit) A bearing 41 is provided at the center of the floor unit 3, and the lower end of the rotating unit 42 is rotatably supported by the bearing 41. The rotation unit 42 is connected in the rotation direction to a rotation conversion unit 43 installed on the ceiling unit 2. The rotation conversion unit 43 supports a vertical axis configured to rotate together with the rotation unit 42 with a bearing, and connects a horizontal arm extending horizontally to the vertical axis. The wire 12 of the above embodiment is connected to this horizontal arm. Since the rotation unit 42 is configured to be rotatable about a vertical axis in the cage body, when an animal enters the cage body and comes into contact with the animal, the rotation unit 42 rotates, and the slide door is rotated via the rotation conversion unit 43. The unit is closed.
[0032]
(Capture notification unit) In a capture cage having an opening in a cage main body and having a closing member capable of closing the opening, a detector such as a limit switch for detecting that the closing member closes the opening, and a detector of this detector And a transmitter that receives the detection signal and performs wireless transmission to a specific receiver. Here, the transmitter may have a function of transmitting identification information associated with the catch cage by the control signal to the receiver. For example, the detector is connected to a mobile phone via a signal circuit such as a timer circuit, and a transmission start command is sent from the signal circuit to the mobile phone so that the mobile phone calls a specific telephone number or sends an e-mail. Or can be sent. At this time, the mobile phone may send the sound inside the catch cage to the receiver, or may send the identification information of the catch cage prepared in advance to the receiver. In particular, when the transmitter is configured to transmit the identification information of the capture cage in the above configuration, when a plurality of capture cages are installed, it is possible to immediately know in which capture cage the animal was captured. .
[0033]
Further, in general, in a catch cage having an opening in the cage body and having a closing member capable of closing the opening, the closing member closes the opening, so that the flag rises by the recoil thereof, fireworks and wolf smoke etc. It can also be configured to go up.
[0034]
Note that the trap cage of the present invention is not limited to the above-described illustrated example, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.
[0035]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when an animal enters and comes into contact with the operating member, one of the closing members closes the opening by the first interlocking means, and the operation of the one of the closing members causes the operation of the second interlocking means. Since the other closing member is configured to close the opening, there is no danger that one of the closing members will not operate due to looseness or play of the interlocking means, and it is possible to securely capture the animal Become.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing the structure of an embodiment of a trap cage according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a right side view of the capture cage.
FIG. 3 is a plan view of a capture cage.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an operating member, an interlocking unit, and a holding unit of the catch cage.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of the operation principle of the catch cage.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which another operation principle unit is applied.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... cage body, 2 ... ceiling unit, 3 ... floor unit, 4 ... side unit, 5 ... slide door unit, 6 ... swing bar, 7 ... horizontal slide stopper Unit, 8: Guide rail, 10: Stopper unit, 11: Operation origin device, 12: Wire, 13: Return unit, 14: Wire, 15: Arm shaft , 16: Branch material, 72: Stopper pin, 73: Pulley

Claims (4)

A cage body having an opening at each of the left and right ends, and a left and right closure configured to be held above the opening and configured to be capable of closing the opening by releasing the holding state, respectively. A member, left and right holding means for holding the closing member above the opening, an operating member operably mounted inside the cage body, and one of the holding members according to the operation of the operating member First interlocking means for releasing the holding state of the one closing member by means, and second interlocking means for releasing the holding state of the other closing member by the other holding means in response to the lowering operation of the one closing member. And a means. 2. The trap cage according to claim 1, wherein the operating member is configured to be swingable about a horizontal axis disposed above or above the cage body inside the cage body. 3. The holding means is configured to be rotatable about a horizontal axis with respect to the closing member, and to be movable in a tangential direction below the rotating member by the first interlocking means or the second interlocking means. The capturing cage according to claim 1, further comprising a support member configured to be disposed below the rotating member and supporting the rotating member. Wherein according to the third interlocking means and said one holding means in response to lowering operation of the other closure member to release the holding state with respect to the other closure member by the other holding means in response to operation of the operation moving member Fourth interlocking means for releasing the holding state of the one closing member,
When the one closing member contacts the operating member from the opening side to be closed, one of the first interlocking means and the third interlocking means operates, and the other closing member closes the opening to be closed. 4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the other of the first interlocking means and the third interlocking means operates when the operating member contacts the operating member from the side. 5. Capture cage according to paragraph.

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