KR200198794Y1 - A feed automatic feeder for pet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pet food automatic feeding device, the purpose is to be able to automatically supply a certain amount of food at a set time.

According to the automatic pet food supply device according to the present invention, by operating the valve means 30 for opening and closing the outlet 21 of the reservoir 20 in accordance with the time set by the user, a predetermined amount of food is fed into the feed container ( 11) is supplied. Accordingly, a certain amount of food (A) can be given to the pet every time, and the user can artificially set the operating time, so that the pet does not have to be entrusted to a veterinary hospital even when he is away for a long time, such as when he is out or on vacation. There is this.

Description

A feed automatic feeder for pet}

The present invention relates to an automatic food feeder, and more particularly, to an automatic pet food feeder capable of automatically supplying a predetermined amount of food to a pet at a set time.

Recently, a variety of pets, such as dogs and cats, are raised at home due to improved living standards. In general, the owner sets the amount of food and the amount of feeding time through experience.

In addition, if you leave the house for a long time due to going out or vacation, etc. can not be fed, the pet will be entrusted to the animal hospital.

However, when pets are entrusted with a considerable cost, there is a problem that it is difficult to adapt to each pet's diet or habits.

The present invention is to solve this problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a pet food automatic feeding device that can automatically feed the pet by feeding a certain amount of food in the feeding container at a set time. .

1 is a schematic view showing an automatic pet food supply device according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an extract of the valve means and the drive means according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a control block diagram schematically showing the electrical configuration of the automatic feeding device according to the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 1, showing a state in which the discharge port is closed.

5 and 7 are cross-sectional views taken along the line V-V of Figure 4, showing the operating state of the opening control lever.

6 and 8 show the food discharge process.

* Description of symbols on the main parts of the drawings *

10. Housing 20. Storage bin

21. outlet 30. valve means

31. Valve plate 40. Driving means

41..rack 42..pinion

43.Motor 50.Guide

60. Control means 70. Opening lever

The present invention for achieving this object is;

In the pet food automatic feeding device for automatically feeding the food container, the storage container is installed in the housing and the food is stored and the outlet is provided at the bottom, and the opening of the outlet to guide the food in the container to the food container Valve means having a guide tube communicating with the other end and connected to the feed container, a valve plate sliding horizontally to open and close the opening of the outlet, drive means for driving the valve plate, and control for controlling the drive means. It is a structure characterized by including a means.

In addition, the valve plate is disposed directly below the opening of the discharge port, the sliding hole is provided at the rear end so as to communicate with the opening of the discharge port when sliding in one direction, the valve means is a pair of valve plate so that both sides of the valve plate is slidably coupled The guide rail is provided with a guide member provided.

In addition, the drive means is characterized in that the rack provided at the front end of the valve plate, and the pinion which is engaged with the rack to move the valve plate is provided on the rotating shaft and the motor capable of forward and reverse rotation.

In addition, the control means includes a control panel having an operation button so that the user can set the driving time of the driving means, and when the time reaches through the operation button, the motor is driven in the forward direction so that the opening of the discharge port and the communication hole of the valve plate coincide. And a microcomputer for controlling the current supply to drive the motor in the reverse direction after a predetermined time has elapsed.

In addition, the upper portion of the valve means is characterized in that the opening adjustment lever for adjusting the opening area of the discharge port is arranged, the opening adjustment lever is axially coupled to the center is installed to enable a predetermined angle rotational movement of the opening control lever Partly cut at one side of the discharge port is provided with a plate-shaped closing portion coming in and out through the horizontal groove provided in the horizontal direction, and the other end of the opening control lever is provided with a gripping portion extending to the outside of the housing to be operable from the outside It is a configuration.

According to this configuration, by dropping the food stored in the storage container in a predetermined amount in accordance with the set time, it is possible to feed the pet automatically.

Hereinafter, one preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2, the pet food automatic feeding device according to the present invention is provided with a housing 10, the housing 10 is provided with a feeding container 11 on the lower side, the discharge port 21 is installed in the lower housing 21 Is formed in the reservoir 20, the valve means 30 for opening and closing the outlet 21, the drive means 40 for driving the same, and the food (A) falling through the outlet 21 to feed the feed container (11) And guide pipe 50 to guide to the side, and the control means 60 for controlling the drive means (40).

The housing 10 has a dome shape, and an installation plate 13 is provided to allow the reservoir 21, the valve means 30, the driving means 40, and the like to be installed therein. And the lower portion of the housing 10, the outward flange portion 12 is integrally configured to be firmly installed on the installation bottom surface, the feed container 11 is provided there is to feed the food (A) falling through the guide tube 50 is collected. . Reference numeral '14' is a cover provided on the top of the housing 10 to cover the upper part of the storage container 21. The cover 14 is opened to feed the food A into the storage container 21. '15' is a power cord for supplying power to the driving means 40, the control means 60 and the like.

Storage bin 21 is provided in an inverted conical shape consisting of a gradually smaller inner diameter from the top to the lower portion so as to gather to the bottom by the weight as the food (A) gradually exits, the lower end extending in the downward shape The discharge port 21 of is comprised integrally.

The valve means 30 slides in the horizontal direction while being in close contact with the lowermost part of the outlet 21, that is, the opening 21 a of the outlet 21, and the valve plate 31 having the communication hole 32 perforated at the rear end thereof. And a guide member 33 on which the valve plate 31 is slidably coupled. The valve plate 31 is provided in a rectangular plate shape, and the communication hole 32 at the rear end is drilled to have a diameter D1 substantially the same as the diameter of the opening portion 31a of the discharge port 21. In addition, the guide member 33 is installed on the mounting plate 13, wherein a pair of guide rails 34 and 35 are configured to be symmetrical, and an opening 21a of the outlet 21 is disposed therebetween. It is located at the same height. One side surface 31a and the other side surface 31b of the valve plate 31 are slidably coupled to the pair of guide rails 34 and 35 so that the valve plate 31 is guide rails 34 and 35. Will move along.

The driving means 40 for driving the valve means 30 is a rack 41 which is integrally provided at the tip of the valve plate 31 to have a predetermined length, and is installed on the mounting plate 13 and the rack 41. ) And a motor 43 having a pinion 42 mounted at the tip of the rotating shaft 44 so as to rotate while being engaged. The motor 43 is configured to be capable of forward and reverse rotation. When the forward or reverse driving of the motor 43 is performed, the rotational force thereof is converted into a linear reciprocating motion by the rack 41 and the pinion 42 so that the valve plate 31 is rotated. Will move. The driving of the motor 43 is controlled by a control signal set in the control means 60. The valve plate 31 is advanced so that the communication hole 32 and the opening 21a of the discharge port 21 can coincide. Until the motor 43 is driven.

On the other hand, means for detecting whether the communication hole 32 and the outlet 21 is matched separately is not required separately, and through the gear ratio of the rack 41 and the pinion 42 and the rotation speed control of the motor 43 The coincidence point of the outlet 21 and the communication hole 32 can be set. (In this embodiment, the rotation speed of the motor 43 is set to one rotation.)

In addition, the upper opening of the valve means 30 is provided with an opening control lever 70 for varying the opening cross-sectional area of the discharge port 21 so that the amount of feed exiting when the valve means 30 is operated. The opening control lever 70 is coupled to the shaft 71 on the center of the guide member 33 so as to allow a predetermined angle rotational movement. 72 is provided. And the other end of the opening adjustment lever 70 is made of a gripping portion 73 that extends to the outside of the housing 10 that the user can operate by hand. In order to install the opening control lever 70, the side of the discharge port 21 is partially cut in the horizontal direction so that the horizontal groove 22 through which the closing portion 72 can freely enter and exit is provided to be opened, and the housing ( 10) is provided with a guide groove 16 so that the grip portion 73 of the opening control lever 70 extends to the outside. At this time, the guide groove 16 is also provided in the horizontal direction. Accordingly, when holding the grip portion 73 and rotating the opening control lever 70 in the left direction (arrow L direction), the area of the closed portion 72 accommodated into the discharge port 21 through the horizontal groove 22 is maximum When the maximum rotation is made in the right direction (arrow R direction), the closing portion 72 is removed from the ejection opening 21 to maximize the opening area of the ejection opening 21.

And the guide tube 50 is one end 51 is in communication with the opening portion 21a of the discharge port 21, the other end 52 is disposed inclined downward so as to communicate with the feed container 11 side, the discharge port 21 Guide the falling food through the feeding container (11). At this time, one end of the guide tube 50 is made up of the expansion tube 51 is expanded diameter, all the food (A) falling through the opening 21a and the communication hole 32 of the discharge port 21 is all the guide tube You will come to (50).

In addition, referring to Figures 1 and 3 control means 60 is installed in the housing 10, it is possible to set the operating time of the feeding device, and to control the driving of the motor 43 for a predetermined time in accordance with the set time. . To this end, the control means 60 includes a control panel 63 in which a microcomputer 62 is built and provided with a plurality of operation buttons 61, and a time set by the operation button 61 provided on the control panel 63. And a display unit 64 to be displayed. And the operation button 61 is electrically connected to the input side of the microcomputer 62, and the display part 64 and the motor 43 are electrically connected to the output side. Accordingly, the artificially set feeding time is displayed on the display unit 64 through the operation button 61, and the motor 43 is driven when the set time is reached.

That is, when the user reaches the set time, the microcomputer 62 drives the motor 43 in the forward direction in the direction in which the opening 21a of the outlet 21 and the communication hole 32 coincide, and the outlet ( When the opening portion 21a of the 21 and the communication hole 32 coincide with each other, the electric signal for driving the motor 43 in the reverse direction to stop the driving of the motor 43 for a predetermined time and then close the outlet 21 again is outputted. This control of the motor 43 is preprogrammed into the microcomputer 62. In this embodiment, the predetermined time at which the motor 43 stops after driving in the forward direction is set to about 5 seconds. Therefore, the food (A) is discharged for 5 seconds, which will be described in detail in the operation description.

Next will be described the operation and effect of the automatic pet food supply device according to the present invention configured as described above.

First, a large amount of food (A) is put into the reservoir 20 and the operating time is set to 7 am and 5 pm, the operation of the opening control lever 70 in the left direction 4 to 6 It will be described with reference to. At this time, since the opening portion 21a of the outlet 21 is closed by the valve plate 31, and the closing portion 72 of the opening control lever 70 is inserted into the horizontal groove 22 at maximum, The opening area of the discharge port 21 is reduced.

When it arrives at 7:00 AM in this state, the microcomputer 62 of the control means 60 supplies a current so that the motor 43 rotates one forward direction. As a result, the rack 41 and the pinned pinned member 42 are rotated so that the valve plate 31 slides along the guide rails 34 and 35, whereby the opening 21a of the discharge port 21 and The communication hole 32 of the valve plate 31 is matched. As shown in FIG. 6, when the outlet 21 and the communication hole 32 coincide with each other, the food A stored in the storage container 20 is discharged into the feeding container 11 through the guide tube 50. This food feeding time is performed for about 5 seconds (time when the drive of the motor 43 is stopped in the state that the discharge port and the communication hole is in agreement).

Subsequently, 5 seconds after the driving of the motor 43 is stopped, the microcomputer 62 of the control means 60 supplies a current so that the motor 43 rotates in the reverse direction. Therefore, the valve plate 31 slides along the guide rails 34 and 35, and as a result, the opening 21a of the outlet 21 is completely closed as shown in FIG. 4.

Therefore, the drive means 40 is operated once at 7 am, which is the time set by the user, and the appropriate amount of food A is automatically discharged to the feed container 11, thereby allowing the pet to eat it. And when it arrives at 5 pm, such an operation is performed again so that the same amount of food (A) is supplied to the feed container (11).

Next, a case in which the opening adjustment lever 70 is operated in the right direction (arrow R direction) will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. At this time, since the closing portion 72 of the opening control lever 70 is out of the horizontal groove 22, the opening area of the discharge port 21 is the maximum state.

In this state, when the motor 43 is driven in the forward direction and the opening 21a of the outlet 21 and the communication hole 32 of the valve plate 31 coincide for 5 seconds, at this time, the opening control lever 70 Through a large amount of food (A) is supplied to the feed container (11) than when the opening of the outlet 21 is partially closed. After 5 seconds have elapsed, the motor 43 is driven in the reverse direction to close the opening 21a of the discharge port 21 and stop feeding the food.

Therefore, in the case of a small pet that does not have a large amount of food intake (A), as described in the former, the dog opening 21 is partially closed by manipulating the dog opening control lever 70, and the large amount of food intake is relatively large. In the case of pets, it is preferable to maximize the opening area of the outlet 21 by operating the opening control lever 70 as described in the latter.

As described in detail above, according to the automatic pet food supply device according to the present invention, the valve means for opening and closing the outlet of the reservoir is operated in accordance with the time set by the user, a predetermined amount of food is supplied to the feed container . Accordingly, a certain amount of food can be fed to the pet every time, and the user can artificially set the operating time, so there is an advantage that the pet does not have to be entrusted to the animal hospital even when he is away for a long time by going out or on vacation.

Claims (6)

In the pet food automatic feeding device for automatically supplying food to the food container (11), It is installed in the housing 10, the food (A) is stored and the reservoir 20 is provided with a discharge port 21 at the bottom, and one end to guide the food (A) in the reservoir 20 to the feed container (11). In communication with the opening portion 21a of the outlet 21 and the other end is connected to the guide tube 50 connected to the feed container 11, and sliding in the horizontal direction to open and close the opening portion 21a of the outlet 21. A valve means (30) having a valve plate (31), a drive means (40) for driving the valve plate (31), and a control means (60) for controlling the drive means (40). Pet food automatic feeding device, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The valve plate 31 is disposed directly below the opening portion 21a of the discharge port 21, and is slid in one direction so that the valve plate 31 communicates with the opening portion 21a of the discharge port 21 so as to communicate with the rear end portion thereof. 32) is prepared, The valve means 30 is characterized in that it comprises a guide member 33 is provided with a pair of guide rails 34, 35 so that the valve plate 31, both sides 31a, 31b are slidably coupled. Automatic pet food feeder. The method of claim 2, The drive means 40 has a rack 41 provided at the front end of the valve plate 31 and a pinion 42 that is engaged with the rack 41 so as to move the valve plate 31. Automatic food supply for pets, characterized in that provided in the 44 having a motor (43) capable of forward and reverse rotation. The method of claim 3, The control means 60 includes a control panel 62 having an operation button 61 so that a user can set the driving time of the driving means 40, and the control means 60 reaches the set time through the operation button 61. The motor 43 is driven in the forward direction so that the opening 21a of the outlet 21 and the communication hole 32 of the valve plate 31 coincide with each other, and the motor 43 is driven in the reverse direction after a predetermined time. Automatic feeding device for pets, characterized in that it comprises a micom (62) for controlling the current supply. The method of claim 1, Automatic opening of the pet food, characterized in that the opening adjustment lever 70 for adjusting the opening area of the discharge port 21 is disposed on the valve means (30). The method of claim 5, The opening control lever 70 is coupled to the shaft 71 is installed on the center of the predetermined angle rotational movement, One end of the opening control lever 70 is provided with a plate-shaped closing portion 72 which enters and exits through a horizontal groove 22 provided in the transverse direction by being partially cut off at the side of the discharge port 21, The other end of the opening control lever 70 is provided with a gripping portion (73) extending to the outside of the housing 10 to be manipulated from the outside, the pet food automatic supply device.