KR101321953B1 - Automatic feeder of meal and snack for pets - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An automatic feeding device for pets is provided to prevent feed from being exposed and to improve sanitation. CONSTITUTION: An automatic feeding device (1) for pets comprises: a case body (2) which is formed with an outlet on the front bottom thereof, is formed with a feed discharge groove and a snack discharge groove on the inner bottom thereof, and includes a load cell, a control unit, and a speaker; a cylindrical feed container holder which is installed on the top of the feed discharge groove of the case body, rotates by a second motor, is open on the top and bottom thereof, and is formed with partitions; feed containers which are installed on the top of the snack discharge groove of the case body, rotate by a third motor, are open on the top and bottom thereof, are formed with hanging protrusions on both sides thereof, and are hinged to an opening and closing plate, and snack containers which are inserted into a snack container holder.

Description

Automatic feeder of meal and snack for pets}

The present invention relates to a pet food and snack automatic feeding device, more specifically, a certain amount of pet food and several kinds of snacks necessary for breeding pets are stored together and set at the same time to be stored hygienically The alarm message or voice message recorded by the owner's friendly voice is generated at each feeding time, so that the feed and snacks can be automatically supplied separately, thereby greatly improving the efficiency and practicality of the feeding. Even if the pet does not approach near the feeding device, the food or snacks are not discharged to the outside of the feeding device to prevent the food or snacks from being exposed to moisture, which may cause the food to become wet or spoiled. Of pet food and snack automatic feeding device to be.

In general, pets are animals that humans mainly breed for pleasure, and today they are called pets in the sense of treating them as companions (friends) rather than human toys.

In order to keep these pets healthy, special affection and management are essential. In particular, if you do not supply the right amount of food or snacks in a timely manner, there may be nutritional deficiency, obesity or overeating problems. It is becoming.

However, in the case of busy modern people, it is very cumbersome to provide pets with a fixed amount of food and snacks at a fixed time every day, and when the family goes out or travels without pets due to their inability to leave, they are left alone. The problem of feeding pets to lose was also a serious situation.

As a result, a large amount of feed is provided to a pet at a time, and when they go out, a large amount of feed is provided at a time. During the rainy season, as the feed becomes damp or easily spoiled due to moisture, not only pet health problems may occur, but also due to the large amount of feed exposed to the air, an unpleasant smell may be absorbed in the house.

In order to solve this problem, the conventional pet food automatic feeding machine which can automatically supply a fixed amount of feed at a predetermined time after storing the feed in the feeder is disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2009-80836 (published date: July 27, 2009).

However, the conventional pet food automatic feeder as described above is most of the screw feed method is to move the feed stored in the feeder is supplied because the feed is easily broken due to the friction with the screw is not stable feed supply is unstable Not suitable for the feeding of elongated snacks such as dog gum or beef jerky, there was a problem that the efficiency and practicality of feeding is significantly reduced.

In addition, the conventional pet food automatic feeding machine automatically discharges the feed to the outside of the feeder only when the set time even when the pet does not have an appetite, so that the smell is not generated because the pet is not eaten and left unattended. In particular, during the rainy season, the discharged food is exposed to moisture, so that it becomes wet or spoiled.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2009-80836

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, it is possible to store a certain amount of pet food and several kinds of snacks necessary for breeding pets together to be stored hygienically and at the same time set the alarm every alarm By generating a voice message recorded with a signal or a friendly voice of the owner, it is possible to automatically supply separate quantities of feed and snacks, which not only enhances the efficiency and practicality of the meal, but also allows the pet to The technical task is to prevent food or snacks from being discharged to the outside of the feeding apparatus when it is not approached near the feeding apparatus so as to prevent the feed or snack from being wet or spoiled by being exposed to moisture to further improve hygiene. .

The present invention for achieving the above technical problem is formed in the front lower portion of the outlet opening and closing the door by the first driving motor and the door opening and closing cam and the feed discharge groove and snacks connected to the outlet through the discharge passage on the inner bottom The discharge groove is formed through, and a load cell for weighing is installed at one side of the feed discharge groove, and a case main body is provided with a power supply and a control unit and a speaker at the lower part of the inner bottom, It is rotated by a two-drive motor, the upper and lower part is opened, and a cylindrical feed container holder having a plurality of partitions radially therein, and installed in the upper portion of the snack discharge groove of the case body to be rotated by a third drive motor. Snack container holder formed of the same structure as the feed container holder, and shoveled vertically inside the feed container holder The upper and lower portions are opened, and the outer surface is formed on both sides of the engaging projection and the lower portion of the feed container is hinged rotatably up and down, and inserted into the interior of the snack container holder vertically the same structure as the feed container A plurality of snack containers formed as a plurality of feed containers, respectively, is coupled to the upper portion of the case body, and feed feed holes corresponding to the plurality of feed containers inserted into the feed container holder are formed on the upper side thereof, and the other side is inserted into the snack container holder. The upper cover is formed with a snack input hole corresponding to each of the plurality of snack containers, and is coupled to the upper portion of the feed input hole of the upper cover, the upper portion is opened and the lower portion is made of a closed cylindrical shape and the lower one side is the feed input A feed tray having a fan-shaped through hole communicating with the ball, and the feed tray It is inserted into the inside and rotated by the fourth driving motor, the upper and lower portions are opened, and a cylindrical feed-injection rotating body having a plurality of blades formed radially therein; And a cover detachably coupled to an upper portion of the case body so as to cover the feed hopper, and an operation panel installed on the front of the case body. do.

In addition, the present invention is formed on the inner bottom of the case body guide grooves for guiding the rotation of the feed container inserted into the feed container holder and the snack container inserted into the snack container holder in the circumferential direction, respectively, the feed container and snack container The lower surface of the opening and closing plate hinged to each of the lower portion is characterized in that the guide projection is inserted into the guide groove is formed.

In addition, the present invention is characterized in that the front of the discharge port is characterized in that the proximity sensor is installed to automatically open and close the discharge port by detecting the approach of the pet.

According to the pet food and snack automatic feeding device according to the present invention configured as described above, it is possible to store a certain amount of pet food and several kinds of snacks required for breeding pets to be stored hygienically At the same time, an alarm signal or voice message recorded by the owner's friendly voice can be generated at each feeding time, thereby automatically supplying a fixed amount of food and snacks, respectively, thereby greatly improving the efficiency and practicality of feeding. If a pet does not approach near the feeding device even at one feeding time, the food or snack will not be discharged to the outside of the feeding device, which prevents the food or snack from being exposed to moisture, which will cause it to become damp or spoiled. There is an effect that becomes possible.

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the pet food and snack automatic feeding device according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of the pet food and snack automatic feeding device according to the present invention.
Figure 3 and Figure 4 is a front and side cross-sectional view showing the assembled state of the pet food and snack automatic feeding device according to the present invention.
5 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the electric circuit of the pet food and the automatic snack food feeding device according to the present invention.
Figure 6 (a) (b) is an explanatory diagram showing the opening and closing process of the outlet of the pet food and snack automatic feeding device according to the present invention.
Figure 7 is an explanatory view showing a feed and snack feeding process of the pet food and snack automatic feeding device according to the present invention.
Figure 8 (a) (b) is a plan view showing the feed metering process of the pet food and snack automatic feeding device according to the present invention.
Figure 9 (a) (b) is a plan view showing the feed quantitative measurement and automatic discharge process of the pet food and snack automatic feeding device according to the present invention.
10 is an explanatory diagram showing a feed process of the pet food and snacks automatic feeding device according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention for achieving the above object will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10.

As the pet food and snack automatic feeding device according to the present invention is shown in Figures 1 to 10, the front lower portion of the door (4) by the first drive motor (5) and the door opening and closing cam (6) A discharge opening 3 is formed to be opened and closed, and the feed discharge groove 7 and the snack discharge groove 8 connected to the discharge opening 3 through the discharge passage 3a are formed in the inner bottom through the feed discharge. One side of the groove (7) is provided with a load cell for weighing (9), the lower portion of the inner bottom is provided with a case body (2), the power supply and control unit 10 and the speaker 11 is installed.

As shown in (a) of FIG. 6, the outlet 3 formed in the front lower portion of the case body 2 is normally kept closed by the lowered door 4, and the set feeding time is 6, the door 4 slides upward as the door opening / closing cam 6 rotates by the first driving motor 5, as shown in FIG.

In front of the outlet 3 of the case body (2) it is preferable to install an access sensor 30 to automatically open and close the outlet (3) by detecting the approach of the pet, the outlet (3) When the access sensor 30 is installed in front of the), even if the feeding time is set, if the pet does not approach near the feeding device, the feed or snack can be prevented from being automatically discharged to the outside of the feeding device. do.

The feed container holder 12 and the third drive motor rotated by the second driving motor 14 in the upper portion of the feed discharge groove 7 and the snack discharge groove 8 formed on the inner bottom of the case body (2) ( 16 is rotated by the snack container holder 15 is installed, respectively, the feed container holder 12 and the snack container holder 15 is made of a cylindrical shape with the upper and lower openings and a plurality of partitions 13 therein. It is configured to be formed radially.

Inside the feed container holder 12 and the snack container holder 15, a plurality of feed containers 17 and the snack container 20 are detachably inserted vertically, and the feed container 17 and the snack container ( 20 is configured to open the upper and lower parts, the engaging projection 18 is formed on both sides of the outer surface and the opening and closing plate 19 is hinged to be rotated up and down.

At this time, when the feed container 17 and the snack container 20 is inserted vertically into the inside of the feed container holder 12 and the snack container holder 15, the locking projections 18 formed on both sides of the outer surface are When the feed container holder 12 and the snack container holder 15 is inserted to be caught on the top of the partition 13, the locking projections 18 formed on both sides of the outer surface are inserted to be caught on the top of the partition 13. , Loads of feed or snacks filled in the feed container 17 and the snack container 20 are not transmitted to the opening and closing plate 19 coupled to the lower portion of the feed container 17 and the snack container 20 without being stuck. Since it is dispersed by the group 18, the friction force between the case body 2 and the feed container 17 and the snack container 20 is reduced to enable a more smooth rotation.

And, the locking projections 18 formed on both sides of the outer surface of the feed container 17 is distributed as the load of the feed to be filled in the feed container 17 during the quantitative measurement by the weighing load cell (9) Accurate quantitative measurement is not made, in this case, as shown in FIG. 10, the portion in which the weighing load cell 9 is installed is formed higher than other portions so that the feed container 17 has a weighing load cell 9. It is preferable that the engaging projection 18 is spaced apart from the upper end of the partition 13 when it is placed on the top of the).

In addition, a guide groove for guiding the rotation of the snack container 20 inserted into the feed container 17 and the snack container holder 15 is inserted into the feed container holder 12 on the inner bottom surface of the case body 2 ( 2a) are formed in the circumferential direction, respectively, and the guide protrusions 19a inserted into the guide grooves 2a on the lower surfaces of the opening and closing plates 19 hinged to the lower portions of the feed container 17 and the snack container 20, respectively. Is preferably formed.

As such, when the guide groove 2a is formed in the case body 2 and the guide protrusion 19a is formed on the opening and closing plate 19 of the feed container 17 and the snack container 20, the feed container holder When the 12 and the snack container holder 15 is rotated, the friction force between the case body 2 and the feed container 17 and the snack container 20 is reduced, thereby enabling a smoother rotation, as well as the feed container. (17) and the snack container 20 can be rotated in the state inserted in the correct position in the feed container holder 12 and the snack container holder 15, respectively, so that the opening and closing action of the opening and closing plate 19 more smoothly It can be done.

In addition, the feed container 17 and the snack container 20 is configured to be detachably inserted into the feed container holder 12 and the snack container holder 15, respectively, long-term use of the feed container 17 and snacks When the container 20 is messy due to food or snack residues, the container 20 can be separated from the feed container holder 12 and the snack container holder 15 so as to be easily cleaned.

The upper cover 21 is coupled to the upper portion of the case body 2, the upper cover 21 is a feed corresponding to each of the plurality of feed container 17 inserted into the feed container holder 12 on one side of the upper surface An input hole 22 is formed, and the snack input hole 23 corresponding to each of the plurality of snack containers 20 inserted into the snack container holder 15 is formed on the other side of the upper surface.

The feed tray 24 is coupled to the upper portion of the feed hole 22 of the upper cover 21, the feed tray 24 is formed in a cylindrical shape of the upper portion is opened and the lower portion is closed and the feed on the lower side It is configured to form a fan-shaped through hole 24a in communication with the input hole 22.

The feed tray 24 is inserted into the feed input rotating body 25 which is rotated by the fourth drive motor 26, the feed input rotating body 25 is opened in the upper and lower parts and a large number therein. Wings 25a are formed in a cylindrical shape that is radially formed.

A feed hopper 27 for feeding the feed into the feed tray 24 is installed at the upper portion of the feed tray 24, and the feed hopper 27 is placed at the top of the upper cover 21. It is rotatably coupled to the left and right.

The cover 28 is installed on the upper portion of the feed hopper 27 to cover the feed hopper 27, the cover 28 is detachably coupled to the upper portion of the case body (2).

An operation panel 29 is installed on the front upper portion of the case body 2, and the operation panel 29 includes an input unit for setting a current time, a feeding time, a feeding cycle, an alarm signal, or directly recording a voice message. And a display unit for displaying the input set value.

On the other hand, the electrical circuit of the pet food and snack automatic feeding device according to the present invention is a load cell (9) for weighing to measure the quantitative amount of feed to the power supply and control unit 10 as shown in FIG. , The approach detection sensor 30 for detecting the approach of the pet, the speaker 11 for outputting an alarm signal or voice message, the first driving motor 5 for opening and closing the outlet 3, feed Second to fourth drive motors 14, 16 and 26 for rotating the container holder 12, the snack container holder 15, and the feeding body rotating body 25, respectively, for setting and operating the device. The operation panel 29 is configured to be connected.

In addition, the pet food and snacks automatic feeding device according to the present invention, the case body (2) and the cover (to prevent the device from suddenly operating when supplementing the insufficient feed or snacks inside the case body (2) ( If the cover 28 is removed from the case body 2 by installing a contact switch between 28), the power is automatically cut off, or when the pet pushes the automatic feeding device 1, it operates while falling down. In order to prevent a failure from occurring, it is preferable to install a conduction detection switch in the lower part of the case body 2 so that the power is automatically cut off when the device is dropped.

Referring to the use and working relationship of the pet food and snacks automatic feeding device according to the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

In the case of using the pet food and snack automatic feeding device according to the present invention, first, as shown in Figure 7, the feed 28 is detachably coupled to the cover 28 detachably attached to the upper portion of the case body (2) After the pet food 40 is put into the hopper 27, the feed hopper 27 is rotated so that the snack input hole 23 of the upper cover 21 is exposed, and then the exposed snack input hole. Put the pet snacks (50) such as dog gum or beef jerky into the interior of each snack container 20 through the 23, and after the feed and snacks are completed, installed on the front of the case body (2) After setting the current time, the feeding time, the feeding cycle, the alarm signal, etc. using the setting button provided on the operation panel 29, using the microphone provided on the operation panel 29 to give to the pet every feeding time By recording voice messages directly into the owner's friendly voice. This completes the setup.

As described above, the pet food and snack automatic feeding device according to the present invention is set to generate an alarm signal or a voice message recorded by a friendly voice of the owner when the feeding time is notified, and then the feeding time is determined. Will release food or snacks.

That is, the pet food 40 stored in the feed hopper 27 flows downward little by little, and the feed tray 24 installed on the upper portion of the upper cover 21 as shown in FIG. After being introduced into the inside of the), as shown in (b) of FIG. 8, the feed is rotated by the blades 25a of the rotating body 25 for feeding according to the rotation of the feeding body. The inside of the feed container 17 which is discharged downward through the through hole 24a of the tray 24 and then mounted on the top of the weighing load cell 9 as shown in FIGS. 9A and 10. It is introduced into the quantitative measurement by the load cell (9) for weighing, and then feed with the feed container (17) in accordance with the rotation of the feed container holder 12 as shown in Figure 9 (b) and 10 Opening and closing of the feed container 17 in the weight of the feed 40 contained in the inside of the feed container 17 after moving to the upper portion of the discharge groove (7) 19 through the next outlet port (3) flows out to the exhaust passage (3a) through the instantaneous feed discharge groove 7 is open and is discharged to the outside.

In addition, the pet snack 50 introduced into the snack container 20 is moved to the upper portion of the snack food discharge groove 8 together with the snack container 20 in accordance with the rotation of the snack container holder 15, the snack. As soon as the opening and closing plate 19 of the snack container 20 is opened by the self-weight of the snack 50 contained in the container 20, it is discharged into the discharge passage 3a through the snack discharge groove 8, and then the discharge port 3. Is discharged to outside.

In addition, the pet food and snack automatic feeding device according to the present invention detects the approach of the pet in front of the outlet (3) of the case body (2) approach detection sensor to automatically open and close the outlet (3) When the 30 is installed, even if the set feeding time, the pet can be prevented from automatically discharging the feed or snack to the outside of the feeding device when the pet does not approach near the feeding device.

In addition, the pet food and snacks automatic feeding device according to the present invention automatically maintains by generating a voice message when an error occurs in use or supplementation of feeds or snacks stored in the case body (2) is notified by the automatic maintenance Becomes easy.

The pet food and snack automatic feeding device according to the present invention configured as described above is set at the same time to be stored in a sanitary storage by storing a certain amount of pet food and several kinds of snacks necessary for breeding pets Alarm messages or voice messages recorded by the owner's friendly voice are automatically generated at each feeding time, so that the feed and snacks can be automatically supplied separately, thereby greatly improving the efficiency and practicality of the feeding. Even if the pet does not approach near the feeding device, the feed or snack is not discharged to the outside of the feeding device, which prevents the feed or snack from being damp or spoiled due to moisture, thereby further improving hygiene. .

1: automatic feeding device 2: case body 2a: guide groove
3: outlet 3a: discharge passage 4: door
5: first driving motor 6: door opening and closing cam 7: feed discharge groove
8: snack discharge groove 9: weighing load cell 10: power supply and control unit
11 speaker 12 feed container holder 13 partition
14 second drive motor 15 snack container holder 16 third drive motor
17: feed container 18: jamming projection 19: opening and closing plate
19a: guide protrusion 20: snack container 21: top cover
22: feed hole 23: snack feed 24: feed tray
24a: through hole 25: feeder rotating body 25a: wings
26: fourth driving motor 27: feed hopper 28: cover
29: operation panel 30: approach detection sensor

Claims (3)

The front lower portion is formed with an outlet opening and closing the door by the first driving motor and the door opening and closing cam, the inner bottom is formed through the feed discharge groove and the snack discharge groove connected to the discharge through the discharge passage through one side of the feed discharge groove The weighing load cell is installed in the lower part of the inner bottom case the main body and the power supply and control unit and the speaker is installed,
Cylindrical feed container holder is installed in the upper portion of the feed discharge groove of the case body and rotated by the second drive motor, the upper and lower portions are opened and a plurality of partitions are formed radially therein;
A snack container holder installed at an upper portion of the snack discharge groove of the case body and rotating by a third driving motor, the snack container holder having the same structure as the feed container holder;
Is inserted into the inside of the feed container holder vertically, the upper and lower portions are opened, the engaging projection is formed on both sides of the outer side and the lower portion of the plurality of feed containers hinged to be rotated up and down;
Is inserted into the interior of the snack container holder vertically, a plurality of snack containers formed of the same structure as the feed container,
It is coupled to the upper portion of the case body, the upper surface side is formed with a feed injection hole corresponding to each of the plurality of feed containers inserted in the feed container holder, and the other side corresponds to a plurality of snack containers inserted in the snack container holder, respectively. The top cover is formed with a snack injection hole is,
The feed tray is coupled to the upper portion of the feed hole of the upper cover, the upper portion is opened and the lower portion is made of a closed cylindrical shape and the lower one side is formed with a fan-shaped through-hole communicating with the feed hole;
It is inserted into the feed tray is rotated by the fourth drive motor, the upper and lower portions are opened, and the cylindrical feed feeding rotating body in which a plurality of blades are formed radially therein;
Feed hopper coupled to the left and right rotatable on the upper portion of the upper cover to be located on the feed tray,
A cover detachably coupled to an upper portion of the case body to cover the feed hopper;
Pet food and snacks automatic feeding device, characterized in that it comprises a control panel installed on the upper front of the case body. The method of claim 1,
On the inner bottom of the case body, guide grooves for guiding rotation of the feed container inserted into the feed container holder and the snack container inserted into the snack container holder are formed in the circumferential direction, respectively.
Pet food and snacks automatic feeding device characterized in that the guide projection is inserted into the guide groove is formed on the bottom of the opening and closing plate hinged to the lower portion of the feed container and snack container. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The pet food and snacks automatic feeding device, characterized in that the front of the discharge port is installed to detect the approach of the pet to automatically open and close the discharge opening.

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