KR100357051B1 - Odor emission device in breeding cage for small animals - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is intended for breeding, rearing, mooring, and breeding small small animals such as mice, rats, hamsters, or raising small animals in breeding grounds of the Middle East such as rabbits, cats, and dogs, and for selling small pets. The present invention relates to a device for discharging odors in small animal cages, which can be useful for display or during creeping, and automatically discharges odors generated from urine and feces during the breeding of laboratory animals or pets in the cage. It is possible to control the temperature and humidity in the collecting and breeding cages of the dirt, and at the same time built a plurality of breeding barrels in the enclosure, so that the rodents can be classified by group.

To this end, the inner space is provided with a housing (1) having an insertion hole (3) formed on the upper surface and the plurality of cages (2) are coupled to maintain the airtight, and the dirt falling from the cage in the interior of the housing and fresh air in the room A waste collection container 6 in which two plates are inclined downward on the left and right sides to guide the downward direction, and a ventilation collection box 8 provided with a ventilation passage 9 below the waste collection container; It consists of a duct (11) installed in the enclosure so as to pass through the ventilation passage, a blower (12) installed on the duct to generate a suction force, and a door (10) installed on the side wall of the enclosure so as to be opened and closed.

Description

Odor emission device in breeding cage for small animals {.}

The present invention relates to a breeding cage for small animals, more specifically, when breeding small breeds such as mice, rats, and hamsters for breeding, rearing, mooring, and experimenting, breeding grounds of the Middle East such as rabbits, cats, and dogs. The present invention relates to a odor ejection apparatus in a small animal breeding cage which can be usefully used when raising a young and raising a small pet.

Modern high-tech science is the foremost field of life science. Experimental animals are inevitably used for research on food resources, environmental management, medicine development, genetic engineering, and medical technology development.

The experimental animals used in this way are tested for their biological changes while breeding for a few days to several years or decades.

In the long-term breeding process, the control of the experimental animals according to the experimental conditions (feed, drinking, feeding and drinking bowls, feces cleaning, different conditions depending on the experimental conditions and the type of animals, Scientists are eager to experiment under optimal environmental conditions by observing behavior.

Despite these requirements, however, despite the fact that the specification conditions must be different due to defects in existing breeding cages and economic reasons, experimental animals that require different specification conditions may be used in the same room. Often breeding.

In particular, even though the environmental temperature required according to the type of laboratory animals in the temperature control is different, the results of the experiment are frequently distorted due to the forced experiment.

In addition, in the process of breeding experimental animals, failure to obtain normal test results due to bad smell and fermentation gas generated from feces may result in different experimental results, or respiratory diseases may occur and ruin the entire experiment.

In particular, the development of an infectious disease has also led to the destruction of a long-term study when the entire experimental group becomes ill.

On the other hand, in the process of raising a large number of laboratory animals and pups in the breeding grounds, when an infectious disease occurs due to a bad breeding environment, many animals die at once or lose their value as experimental animals due to infection. Exposed, but there is no way to improve existing farms.

The interest in pets is increasing due to the improvement of people's living standards, and it is increasing the tendency for animals to be kept at animal hospitals, dog centers, and breeding grounds of dogs.

At this time, the veterinary hospital requires much manpower for management, as well as ventilation and waste excretion functions due to the lack of breeding barrels and mooring facilities, dog centers and breeding grounds and mooring facilities in the inpatient room for managing diseased animals. There is a risk that a lot of disease occurs.

Small animals as described above are placed in a quadrangular barrel, such as a plastic bowl with four sides and a bottom, so that urine and feces are absorbed by the rug and dried, so that they can not be processed quickly. It is acting as a major contaminant.

Therefore, the breeding room (facility) to accommodate the breeding box varies depending on the conditions, but despite the relatively good conditions, there is no individual ventilation device or individual discharge device, which is a defect of the breeding box classified by individual or group, so that gas and odor from urine and feces Since the breeding of air in the polluted state in the breeding room, the environment is prone to the development of airborne disease and developmental disorders due to odor.

In addition, the environmental temperature and breeding conditions required according to the purpose of the study or the type of laboratory animals should be different, but the existing breeding barrel is not equipped with a device that can adjust the temperature of the entire breeding room is bound to maintain the same conditions.

Therefore, it is necessary to use a separate breeding room, respectively, if necessary, the energy cost and management costs due to cooling, heating takes a lot of problems.

The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, to provide a pleasant environment for the receiving animal by automatically discharging the odor generated from the urine and feces outdoors during the breeding of experimental animals or pets in the kennel. The purpose is.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a plurality of breeding barrels in the housing, to be able to breed by dividing the experimental animals into groups in the breeding barrel (Group).

1 is a side view showing a first embodiment of the present invention

Figure 2 is a side view showing a part of the first embodiment of the present invention cut out

3 is a plan view showing a first embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG.

5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a second embodiment of the present invention;

6a and 6b is a longitudinal cross-sectional view and plan view of the breeding barrel

7 is a partial longitudinal sectional view showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B of FIG.

9A and 9B are partial longitudinal sectional views showing the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols for main parts in the drawings

1: enclosure 2: breeding barrel

6: waste collection container 8: ventilation collection box

9: ventilation passage 10: door

11: Doc 12: blower

13: control lever 15: bulkhead

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the inner space is provided and the upper surface of the enclosure having a plurality of breeding barrels are inserted and coupled to maintain the airtight, the inside of the housing and dirt falling from the breeding barrel inside the enclosure and fresh air in the room A sewage collecting passage installed inclined downward to guide the downward passage, a ventilation collection passage installed to provide a ventilation passage under the waste collecting passage, a duct installed in the housing through the ventilation passage, and installed on the duct There is provided a malodorous discharge device in a small animal breeding cage comprising a blower for generating and a door provided to be opened and closed on the side wall of the enclosure.

Hereinafter, with reference to Figures 1 to 9 showing an embodiment of the present invention in more detail as follows.

FIG. 2 is a side view partially showing the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG. On the upper surface of the formed enclosure (1) is formed a plurality of feeding holes (2) coupled to maintain the airtight is formed, the packing for maintaining the airtight at the site where the side wall of the breeding container (2) is connected ( It is more preferable to position 4).

The bottom surface of the breeding barrel 2 coupled to the insertion hole 3 formed on the upper surface of the housing 1 may form a distribution hole 5 over the entire bottom surface, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6B, the distribution hole 5 may be formed only in a portion (about 2/3) of the bottom surface of the breeding barrel 2.

As such, the reason for forming the distribution hole only in a part of the breeding barrel 2 without forming the distribution hole 5 is due to the wind passing through the distribution hole 5 in the case of a relatively small rodent such as a mouse. The sensory temperature of the mouse will be changed so that the mouse moves by itself to maintain the proper temperature.

That is, when the mouse is hot, the heat is cooled at the site where the distribution holes 5 are formed, and on the contrary, when the mouse is cold, it is intended to sleep and rest at the site where the distribution hole is not formed.

In addition, the inside of the enclosure (1) is provided with a sludge collecting container (6) formed with a waste collecting hole (7) to guide the dirt falling from the breeding container (2) downward, and the waste collecting container (6) Directly underneath the ventilation assembly 8 is provided so that the ventilation passage (9) between them is provided on the side wall of the enclosure (1) can be opened and closed while maintaining the airtight with the enclosure (1) It is installed to, so that the waste discharged through the waste collecting container (6) is accumulated on the bottom surface of the housing 1, so that the manager can remove the dirt in the open state of the door (10).

In addition, the ventilation passage 9 is provided with a duct 11 which sucks air from the inside of the housing 1 through the distribution hole 5 of the breeding tube 2 and discharges it to the outside. A blower 12 for generating a suction force is installed, and the amount of exhaust air discharged downward through the distribution holes 5 formed in the respective breeders 2 is placed on the duct 11 located in the enclosure 1. The control lever 13 to adjust constantly is installed in close proximity to each breeding barrel (2).

This is the place where the cage 2 is installed, that is, the suction force generated from the blower 12 is different depending on the position of the cage 2 so that the degree of sound pressure is different, the control lever ( 13) to operate so that the sound pressure in the enclosure (1) can be matched.

On the other hand, when the control lever 13 is located in the enclosure 1, the outside of the enclosure (1) where the opening and closing window 14, as shown in Figure 1 to operate the control lever from the outside of the enclosure (1) Since the control lever 13 is installed, it is more preferable to install the control lever so as to be exposed to the outside of the housing 1 so that the control lever 13 can be operated without opening the opening / closing window 14.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the second embodiment of the present invention, in which the partition walls 15 for partitioning the insertion holes 3 in the enclosure 1 are provided.

This is to allow different animals to be bred using one enclosure (1) by varying the flow rate of the discharged air because their haptic temperatures are different when the breeding animals are different.

In addition, when the partition wall 15 is to be installed in multiple stages in a narrow space in a narrow space, the height of the enclosure extremely limited to the distribution hole (5) and the waste collection container (6) formed on the bottom surface of the breeding container (2) This is to keep the flow of air uniformly in each breeding barrel 2 when the gap between the drainage holes 7 formed in the) is small.

FIG. 7 is a partial longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 7, wherein at least one lid 16 is installed above the enclosure 1 and the lid ( The inside of the 16 is provided with an air supply port 18 for supplying cold or warm air generated from the cold, warm generator 17, the water supply tank 19 for the humidification is installed on the air supply, The inside of the lid 16 is provided with a temperature sensor 20 for sensing the temperature in the cage 2 to control the operation of the cold, warm generator 17.

The lid 16 installed on the upper side of the housing 1 is fixed lid 16a fixed to the housing 1 and the opening and closing lid 16b accommodated in the fixed lid or closing one side of the housing 1. It is divided into pieces.

When the small animals in the cage 2 are managed, the opening and closing lid 16b is opened from the fixed lid 16a, and in the normal state, the opening and closing lid 16b is closed as shown in FIG. This is to avoid.

9A and 9B are partial longitudinal cross-sectional views showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention, in which an air inlet 21a is provided at the center so as to close the opening of the breeding barrel 2 provided in the insertion hole 3 of the housing 1. It is made by installing the cover 21 provided.

The cover 21 may be installed so as to completely surround the breeding barrel 2 individually as shown in FIG. 9A, and may open and close only the opening of the breeding barrel 2 using the locking device 22 as illustrated in FIG. 9B.

This is to narrow the cross-sectional area of the air inlet (21a) so that the air in the room more stably flows into the inside of the breeding barrel ().

Reference numeral 23 in the drawings is a drawer installed on the side wall of the housing 1 for storing tools or objects necessary for animal breeding.

In an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, the operation of breeding mice in the breeding barrel 2 will be described as an example.

First, the present invention configured as described above can be bred in a laboratory or a laboratory, and in a large breeding facility, the small animals can be reared in two or more rows arranged in two or more shelves, the upper surface of the housing 1 When the cage 2 is inserted into the insertion hole 3 formed therein, the outer circumferential surface of the cage is in close contact with the packing 4 installed on the connection surface of the insertion hole, thereby maintaining airtightness therebetween.

In general, when raising a mouse or a hamster as a pet, it is not unusual to raise one by one except when special experiments, minimization of air pollution, or the risk of disease transmission should be considered.

Therefore, in case of raising mice for the experiment, at least 6 or more experimental groups are raised as one group. As the above feces of mice excrete small amounts of urine and dry feces easily, they are placed on the bottom surface of the feeding barrel (2). Pallets, such as large rice, are laid so that urine is absorbed by the rugs, and the rugs are replaced 2-3 times a week to maintain cleanliness.

The feces generated from the mouse is accumulated on the bottom surface, but a portion of the feces fall down through the distribution hole (5) formed on the bottom, so that the feces through the waste gutter holes (7) of the waste collection container (6) ( It builds up on the bottom of 1), where feces are mostly dried.

When the amount of feces accumulated on the bottom surface increases, the manager may collect the feces in a state in which the door 10 formed at the front of the enclosure 1 is opened.

In addition, when urine is repeatedly absorbed in the rug, a severe odor is generated from the absorbed urine. The odor generated is so unusual that it contaminates not only the entire laboratory or the breeding room but also the entire building. This makes it possible to completely remove these odors.

In this way, when suction power is generated on the ventilation passage 9 by driving the blower 12 installed on the duct 11 to discharge the odor generated during breeding of the mouse to the outside, the air in the room is upper side of the breeding barrel 2. According to the breeding of mice through the opening, the odor generated from urine, faeces, etc. is introduced into the inside of the enclosure 1 through the distribution hole 5 and then discharged to the outside through the duct 11 together with the odor inside the enclosure. When looking at the discharge path of the contaminated air, the air introduced into the interior of the enclosure (1) through the upper opening and the distribution hole (5) of the breeding barrel (2) with the contaminated air in the enclosure (1) Drip hole (7)-Ventilation passage (9) formed between the waste collector (6) and the ventilation assembly (8) is forced out to the outside through the duct (11), so that the odor does not escape to the interior, accordingly There is no bad smell indoors.

At this time, the odor generated from the urine and feces on the rug, and the gas and odor from the urine and feces on the inner inclined surface of the waste collection container 6 are discharged to the outside through the duct 11 together with the contaminated air. Therefore, the odor does not come out indoors unless the blower 12 is turned off.

In addition, the inside of the housing 1 always flows at a constant speed inside the cage because fresh air of the same amount as the amount of air discharged by forced ventilation is introduced into the housing 1 through the opening of the cage 2. Since only fresh air exists, it is possible to keep the interior of the cage in a comfortable state.

At this time, by operating the control lever 13 installed on the duct 11 to maintain a constant sound pressure inside the housing 1, or by adjusting the rotational speed of the fan installed in the blower 12, the most comfortable environment for the animal Ventilation can be achieved at a ventilation speed (0.2-0.4m / sec) that can be maintained.

On the other hand, according to the driving of the blower 12 in a state in which the cage 2 is entirely or individually closed using the lid 16 or the cover 21 to the upper side of the housing 1 as in the third and fourth embodiments. It is understood that the odor generated from the breeding barrel 2 can be more stably discharged.

As described so far, the present invention quickly discharges the odor generated in the breeding box when breeding small animals to the outside, so that there is always fresh air that is not polluted indoors, so that the enclosure is placed on a table such as a laboratory, a laboratory, or an animal hospital hospital It is understandable that small animals such as mice, rats and hamsters can be raised.

As described above, the present invention has the following advantages over the conventional breeding barrel.

First, it has a function to clean odor, ammonia gas and excretion generated from urine and feces that animals excrete, so that small animals in the breeding can always drink fresh air in a pleasant environment, so the small animals are in a healthy state. It becomes the maintenance.

Second, since each breeding barrel independently functions to ventilate air and discharge urine and feces, disease propagation can be prevented due to group breeding at the breeding facility in the same place.

Third, even in a small space, it is economical because facility management costs can be drastically reduced because it can accommodate a variety of small animals at the same time without managing partitions, but can be managed in different conditions depending on the purpose.

Fourth, because the odor generated in the breeding barrel is always air flows in a constant direction, the urine and feces are quickly dried, which can drastically reduce the labor costs for suppressing the odor generated by the most manpower.

Claims (8)

The inner space is provided and the upper surface is provided with a housing having a plurality of cages are inserted in the airtight and coupled to the inside, and the waste collection container installed inclined downward so that the dirt and air falling from the cage inside the housing downwards, and the waste collection container A ventilation set passage provided with a ventilation passage below the duct, a duct installed in the enclosure so as to pass through the ventilation passage, a blower installed on the duct to generate suction force, and a door installed to be opened and closed on the side wall of the enclosure. Odor discharge device in the cage for small animals, characterized in that configured. The method of claim 1, The control lever for adjusting the amount of exhaust air discharged downward of each cage on the duct located in the housing, characterized in that installed in close proximity to the cage for odor discharge device in small animal breeding cage. The method of claim 1, Odor discharge device in a small animal breeding cage, characterized in that partitions are provided for partitioning the insertion hole in the enclosure. The method of claim 1, Odor discharge device in the cage for small animals, characterized in that the distribution hole is formed over the entire bottom surface of the breeding barrel coupled to the insertion hole. The method of claim 1, Odor discharge device in the cage for small animals characterized in that the distribution hole is formed only in the bottom portion of the breeding barrel coupled to the insertion hole. The method of claim 1, A odor discharge device in a small animal breeding cage, characterized in that a partition wall for partitioning a plurality of breeding barrels independently is provided in the enclosure. The method of claim 1, A lid for closing the entire cage to the upper side of the enclosure is installed to open and close the inside of the lid, the air supply port for supplying the cold, hot air generated from the cold, warm generator is installed in the small animal cage Odor emission device. The method of claim 1, Cover is installed on the upper side of the housing individually closing the barrel and the odor discharge device in the cage for small animals, characterized in that the air inlet is formed in the center of the cover.