JP4025352B1 - Pet food - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pet food used for letting pets such as dogs and cats drink a drug, particularly a pet food that can be favored by a pet and does not spill the medicine. provide.
SOLUTION: A columnar pet food with a low height made of a combination of solid cheese and agar. The solid cheese 1 is provided with a cutout portion 2 that opens on one side and gradually increases in diameter from the opening toward the back. A notch 11 for inserting a tablet is provided on the exposed surface of the agar 10 filled in the cut-out portion 2. The size of the whole pet food A is set to a size that can be swallowed by a pet.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a pet food used for pets such as dogs and cats, and more particularly to a pet food suitable for giving drugs to these pets.

  Recently, pets such as dogs, cats, etc. are treated as importantly as human children or more in ordinary households, and their health care is taken care of, and if the pet's physical condition is not interesting, Pets are immediately taken to a so-called dog and cat hospital.

  In dog and cat hospitals, pets with poor physical condition are given medication according to their symptoms. Like humans, drugs are given to owners as injections at hospitals and medications taken at home.

  However, dogs and cats with excellent olfaction do not take the medicine given by their owner so easily, so various proposals have been made so that dogs and cats can take medicine without feeling uncomfortable. (See Patent Documents 1 and 2).

Utility Model Registration No. 3042830 (FIG. 1) Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-80752 (Fig. 1)

  The medical drug for pets described in Patent Document 1 is a pet food in which a solid drug is inserted, and the animal food described in Patent Document 2 has a drug enclosed in gelatin. Is.

  However, if a drug is inserted into the pet food, depending on the material of the pet food, it may be difficult to insert the drug, and if it is inserted forcibly, the surface will crack and the smell of the drug will be generated from the crack. May leak to the outside or spill the medicine.

  In addition, a drug encapsulated in gelatin is not very effective because dogs and cats do not like gelatinous foods with low hardness like gelatin in the first place.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pet food that can be used by dogs, cats, and the like and that does not spill any medicine.

  In order to achieve the above object, the pet food of the present invention has a gel-like substance that is safe to eat by a pet, wrapped in solid cheese except for a part thereof, and the solid cheese is a bite of a pet A configuration is adopted in which the size is set so as to be swallowed, and the cut surface for tablet insertion is provided on the exposed surface of the gel substance.

  When the tablet to be administered to the pet is pushed into the gel-like substance through the cut on the exposed surface of the gel-like substance, the tablet is embedded in the gel-like substance. The slits widened at the time of tablet insertion facilitate the embedding of the tablet, and are almost closed after insertion of the tablet by the elasticity of the gel-like substance, so that the tablet can be surely inserted into the solid cheese regardless of its shape. Can be held fixed. And pets especially like solid cheese, and has the habit of swallowing such solids without chewing too much. By using this habit and making the solid cheese swallowed with a single bite, the pet swallows the solid cheese without noticing the tablet inside, and surely swallows the tablet.

  Regarding solid cheese, a solid cheese is provided with a cutout portion that opens on one side and gradually increases in diameter from the opening toward the back, and the gelled substance is filled in the cutout portion and exposed to the opening. The structure which provides the cut | interruption for tablet insertion in the exposed surface of a granular material is preferable. The gel-like substance filled in the hollow portion of the solid cheese has a gradually increasing diameter from the exposed surface toward the back as in the shape of the hollow portion, so that the exposed surface is on the bottom and the back is on the top. In the state, the outer surface of the gel substance and the inner surface of the cut-out portion are particularly strongly pressed.

  As for the gel-like substance, agar or jelly that is safe as a food and tasteless and odorless is preferable, and agar is particularly preferable. This is because agar gels at room temperature and does not return to sol even when the temperature rises, so handling is particularly easy.

  The overall shape of the solid cheese is preferably a columnar shape. This is because pets such as dogs and cats are easier to eat. As a kind of solid cheese, cheese for dogs and cats is preferable. This is because dog and cat cheese has the hardness preferred by dogs and cats, and has removed substances undesirable for dogs and cats.

  The pet food of the present invention is filled with gel-like substance in solid cheese, but since the whole is formed in a size that can be swallowed by a pet, the pet feels uncomfortable with the texture of the gel-like substance. Eat without feeling and do not vomit because of its uncomfortable feeling. Also, solid cheese is easy to handle for owners. Therefore, it becomes very easy to administer drugs to pets.

  Since the cut surface is provided on the exposed surface of the gel-like substance, it is easy to insert the tablet into the gel-like substance, and after the insertion, the extended notch is closed when the tablet is inserted due to the elasticity of the gel-like substance. Therefore, the tablet once inserted does not come out of the agar.

  When a hollow portion having a gradually larger diameter is provided in the solid cheese from the opening toward the back, the gel-like substance filled in the hollow portion has a shape corresponding to the inner surface of the hollow portion. For this reason, even when the opening of the cut-out portion is positioned downward, the gel-like substance itself is not likely to fall out of the cut-out portion, and the tablet in the gel-like substance is not likely to drop off from the gel-like substance.

  In addition, when the gel-like substance is agar, it is easy to handle, and since it is originally a highly safe substance and the amount retained in the solid cheese is small, There is no risk of adverse effects.

  When the whole shape of the solid cheese is a cylindrical shape, the pet is more easily eaten, can roll and can attract the pet's interest.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the pet food of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of pet food, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a production process of pet food.

  As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, the food for pets of this embodiment (A) has the column shape with the low height as a whole, and the hollow part provided in solid cheese (1) ( 2) is filled with agar (10). Solid cheese (1) is a cheese for dogs and cats marketed in pet shops.

  The overall size of the pet food (A) should be changed according to the type of pet so that the pet prefers to swallow it. For example, when targeting small dogs and cats, the height is 11 mm and the diameter. In the case of a medium-sized dog, the height is set to about 14 mm and the diameter is set to about 19 mm. By changing the size according to the object in this way, most pets can eat it with a single bite. The overall size is not particularly limited, but if it is too large, it cannot be eaten with a bite, and if it is too small, the tablet cannot be inserted.

  The cut-out portion (2) has an opening (3) on the upper surface of FIGS. 1 and 2, and is formed so as to gradually increase in diameter from the diameter of the opening (3) toward the back (bottom). The agar (10) filled in the cut-out portion (2) has a shape corresponding to the inner surface of the cut-out portion, and even if the opening (3) of the cut-out portion is positioned downward, the agar (10) There is no possibility that it will fall off from the cut-out portion (3).

  On the exposed surface of the agar (10), a tablet insertion cut (11) is engraved in a cross shape.

  The pet food (A) of the present embodiment is manufactured as follows, for example.

  As shown in the same figure (b), a column-shaped solid cheese having a low height as shown in FIG. 3 (a) is cut and separated into a bottom part (1b) and a main body (1a).

  Next, the main body (1a) is cut out from the upper surface through the lower surface, and a hollow portion (2) whose inner diameter gradually increases from the upper surface opening toward the lower surface opening as shown in FIG. .

  Then, as shown in FIG. 4D, the main body 1a is exactly overlapped on the bottom portion 1b without changing the vertical relationship of FIG.

  Finally, the molten agar (10) is quickly poured from the opening (3) of the main body (1a) into the cut-out portion (2) while it is not hardened. And the agar (10) hardens and this pet food (A) is completed. The agar (10) in the solid cheese (1) also functions as an adhesive between the main body (1a) and the bottom (1b) of the solid cheese (1), and the main body (1a) and the bottom (1b) are firmly integrated. To do.

  When the tablet (J) is pushed into the agar (10) through the tablet insertion cut (11) on the upper surface of the agar (10), as shown by a chain line in FIG. Regardless of its shape, that is, any shape of the tablet (J) is embedded in the agar (10) as long as it is sized to fit in the agar (10). After embedding, the tablet insertion cut (11) is automatically closed by the elasticity of the agar (10).

  When this pet food (A) is given to pets such as dogs and cats, most of the outside is formed from solid cheese (1) which is a favorite food of dogs and cats, and the size can be swallowed with a bite. Dogs, cats, etc. will eat happily because of their size.

  As a result, since the tablet (J) embedded in the agar (10) in the cut-out portion is automatically provided to the pet, it is possible to perform the medication smoothly and reliably without receiving the resistance of the pet.

  Moreover, since this dog food cat likes solid cheese (1), this pet food (A) can also be used as a normal snack. For this reason, it is easy to always keep it, and by keeping this always, even when medication is actually needed, it does not panic. Moreover, the situation that dogs and cats dislike when essential medication is necessary can be avoided by giving them as snacks from the usual days.

1 is an overall perspective view of a pet food according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the II-II sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the manufacturing process of the foodstuff for pets.

Explanation of symbols

A Pet food J Tablet 1 Solid cheese 2 Cut out part 3 Opening 10 Agar 11 Cut for tablet insertion

Claims (4)

  A gel-like substance that can be eaten by pets such as dogs and cats is wrapped in solid cheese except for a part thereof, and the solid cheese is set to a size that can be swallowed by a pet. A pet food characterized in that a cut-in slit for tablet insertion is provided on the exposed surface of the gel-like substance.   The solid cheese is provided with a cutout portion that opens on one side and gradually increases in diameter from the opening toward the back, and the gelled substance is filled in the cutout portion and exposed to the opening. The pet food according to claim 1, wherein a cut-in slit for tablet insertion is provided on the exposed surface of the particulate substance.   The pet food according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the gel substance is agar.   The pet food according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the whole shape of the solid cheese is cylindrical.

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