KR20120045187A - Automatic equipment for treating excreta of a pet animal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An automatic pet waste processing device is provided to hygienically process pet waste and to prevent bad smell due to waste. CONSTITUTION: An automatic pet waste processing device comprises a pet door(2), a waste separating box(3), an air purifying unit, a waste processing agent storage box(5), and wheels(6). The pet door is formed in a rectangular plate shape. In the waste separating box, the upper side thereof is opened and the bottom is formed in a net structure. The air purifying unit is equipped with a filter, a deodorizing agent, and an exhaust fan.

Description

Automatic equipment for treating excreta of a pet animal}

The present invention relates to a device for automatically processing the feces of pets, more specifically, the feces of pets can be treated hygienically without borrowing a person's hands, automatic treatment of pet excrement does not pollute the surrounding environment Relates to a device.

Conventionally, pets such as dogs and cats have been trained to see toilets in designated places such as toilets and verandas, which are relatively easy to clean.However, after the pets have seen toilets, the owner removes the feces by hand and places where feces were present. There was always a lot of trouble, such as cleaning the house, and sometimes, if you do not remove the excrement on time, there was a problem, such as to excrete in the place other than the designated place to stress the owner.

As a solution to this problem, Patent Literature 1 detects when a pet excretes on a toilet with a weight sensor and detects this and automatically pushes the feces on the toilet into a fecal hangar using a motor and a pusher. A waste treatment apparatus is disclosed, and Patent Document 2 discloses that when a pet is excreted on a bowel belt with a roller, the excrement is washed in a bowel movement in a bowel movement, collected in a dropping box and connected to a flush toilet by a hose connected to the dropping container. A pet automated toilet is disclosed that is configured to be moved and disposed of by an automatic flushing device installed in a water tank of a flush toilet.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2004-0095064 Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2008-0057947

      The excreta treatment device described in Patent Document 1 uses powdered charcoal as the excreta treatment agent, and in the case of a pet such as a cat that instinctively digs up the soil before looking at the toilet, the charcoal powder is scattered and opened. Not only does it pollute the environment, but it also causes wasteful waste treatment by collecting waste products on the stool when it is collected, and also wastes waste treatment agent, and requires manual replenishment of waste treatment on the stool every time. There was.

  In addition, the pet automated toilet described in Patent Literature 2 is open to prevent odor due to excretion, and there is a problem in that the excrement splashes by spraying of a shower and contaminates the toilet as well as the surrounding environment.

Therefore, the present invention is proposed to solve the above problems of the conventional feces processing apparatus, the collection of pet feces, replenishment of the excreta treatment agent, etc. is automatically made to remove the feces of the human hand It is an object of the present invention to provide a pet waste treatment apparatus that can be sanitized without borrowing, can prevent odor caused by excretion without polluting the surrounding environment, and can reduce waste of excretion treatment agent.

       When the pet excretes shit, urine, etc. on the feces disposed on the excreta treatment agent in the closed space of the pet excreta treatment apparatus, the air contaminated by these excreta is purged out using an exhaust fan. Excreted and treated with excreta treatment is transported to fecal sequestration using excreta collection means, supplementing the excreta treatment consumed by the excreta treatment from the excreta treatment reservoir, and supplementing the excreta treatment with fecal treatment flattening means By automatically repeating the operation of smoothly spreading the work on the stage, the inventors have found that the above problems can be solved, and have completed the present invention. More specifically, the present invention provides the following.

       (1) a stool with litter processing agent, a slurry storage container for replenishing the fecal processing agent in the feces processing container, a manure storage to isolate and collect the excreta treated by the excreta treatment agent, and the treated excrement A manure collection means for collecting and transferring the manure to an excrement separator, a manure flattening means for spreading the manure treatment agent evenly on the toilet, and a driving force of the motor to the manure collection means and the manure handling agent flattening means A pet waste treatment apparatus including a power transmission chain, wherein the toilet, the waste treatment bin, the excretion isolator, the waste collection means, the waste treatment flattening means, the pet transmission chain is installed in one closed space Automatic animal waste treatment.

       (2) the waste collection means connected to the power transmission chain; The pet excretion automatic treatment device according to (1), wherein the excretion treatment agent flattening means is fixedly connected to the power transmission chain.

       (3) The automatic pet waste treatment apparatus according to (1) or (2), wherein the waste collection means has a semi-cylindrical structure having a filterable structure such as a net shape.

       (4) wherein the excrement treating agent flattening means is formed in a cylindrical roller shape with a spiral projecting on the surface, and the protruding spiral is made of a spiral structure returning to both sides from the center of the excrement treating agent flattening means (1) or ( The pet waste treatment apparatus described in 2).

       (5) The pet waste treatment apparatus according to (1) or (2), wherein the waste treatment agent storage box is provided with a waste treatment agent refilling controller for automatically controlling replenishment of the waste treatment agent at its outlet.

According to the pet excretion automatic treatment device of the present invention can treat the feces of the pet hygienically without borrowing the human hand, can prevent contamination of the surrounding environment, such as bad smell by the excreta, and also prevent waste of excreta treatment agent can do.

In addition, in addition to the automatic pet waste treatment device of the present invention, if the automatic food and water supply device is provided, the owner can rest in peace for a long time to see the effect.

In addition, the pet waste treatment apparatus of the present invention can be manufactured in a compact household furniture, such as a washing machine or an air purifier, it is effective in the interior.

1 is a perspective view of the pet waste automatic treatment device of the present invention seen from the front side with the feces isolation box slightly open.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a movable part package mounted inside the pet waste treatment apparatus of FIG. 1.
3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1.
4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 3.
5 is the excrement collection means connected to the power transmission chain? Detailed view of the structure to be fixed.
6 is a detailed view of the structure in which the excrement treating agent flattening means is rotatably connected to the power transmission chain.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the pet waste automatic processing apparatus of this invention is demonstrated, referring drawings for based on the preferable embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pet waste treatment apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes a pet door 2 at the front lower side, a waste insulator 3 at the middle of the side surface, and air at the upper side. Purification means 4, a waste treatment reservoir 5 and a wheel 6 at the bottom four corners.

The pet door 2 consists of a rectangular plate and rotates the hinge 21 around its axis. It can be rotated later, and the air inlet 22 of the net structure is provided.

The excrement isolator (3) is the top surface is open, the bottom surface is composed of a net structure 31, the upper portion is wide and the bottom is a narrow drawer structure, as shown in Figure 2 fixed to the rack plate 75 Left fixed with bolt nuts (33) It is supported by a pair of guide plates 34 and guide rails 35, as shown in FIG. A handle 32 formed on the rear side, a pair of excreta insulator outlet 36 drilled through the rack plate 75 shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and the pet excretion automatic processing device shown in Fig. The left side of the automatic pet waste treatment apparatus 1 through the pair of excreta containment outlets 37 drilled on both sides of (1). It is configured to open and close on the right side.

In addition, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the excrement isolation box 3 is provided with an auxiliary guide plate 38 extending to one side of the guide plate 34.

As shown in Fig. 3, the air purifying means 4 is composed of a filter 41, a deodorant 42, and an exhaust fan 43 from bottom to top.

The excreta treatment agent storage box 5 includes the excreta treatment agent 51 as shown in FIG. 3, has a slanted structure at the bottom thereof, and has a excreta treatment agent replenishment controller 52 for automatically controlling the replenishment of the treatment agent at the lower end thereof. It is.

In the pet waste treatment apparatus 1 of the present invention, the movable part package 7 shown in FIG. 2 is mounted inside thereof using a fixed bolt nut 76 as shown in FIG. 7 shows one power transmission gear 71, four pairs of power transmission auxiliary gears 73 connected to four rotary shafts 72, and one pair of power transmission chains 74 as shown in FIG. ), A pair of rack plates 75, excrement collecting means 100, and excrement treating agent flattening means 110.

The power transmission gear 71 is for transmitting the driving force of the motor 8 to the power transmission auxiliary gear 73. The power transmission gear 71 has a smaller radius than the power transmission auxiliary gear 73 and the power transmission auxiliary gear 73 and the rotation shaft 72. It is configured to share.

The excrement collecting means 100 is formed of a substantially semi-cylindrical filterable net structure having a bottom surface bulging in an outward direction and having an upper side open, and both ends thereof in the longitudinal direction are fixed bolts (as shown in FIG. 5). 101 to the auxiliary connecting rod (102) by? It is fixed, the auxiliary connecting rod 102 is pulled out of one of the chain link connector 104 so as to function as a chain link connector 104 of the power transmission chain 74, and inserted into its vacancy and welded to the chain link 105 (103). Connected to a pair of power transmission chains (74). It is fixed and configured to move in the same direction as the traveling direction of the power transmission chain 74.

The fixing bolt 101 of the excrement collecting means 100 of the excrement collecting means 100 so that the excrement collecting means 100 can take an easy position to collect the excrement while moving in the advancing direction of the power transmission chain 74. It also plays a role in fixing posture.

The excretion treatment agent flattening means 110 is formed in the shape of a cylindrical roller with spirals protruding from the surface, and the protruding spiral 111 uses a stiff feather made of a plastic material, etc., in the center of the excretion treatment agent flattening means 110. It consists of a spiral structure to return to both sides, both ends of the longitudinal direction of the waste treatment flattening means 110, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, the pinion 112 is engaged with the rack plate 75, the auxiliary connecting rod ( 114 is rotatably connected, and the auxiliary connecting rod 114 removes one chain link connector 116 so as to function as the chain link connector 116 as in the case of the waste collection means 100, It is fitted and connected to a pair of power transmission chain 74 by welding 115 to the chain link 117. The excrement treatment agent flattening means 110 is fixed so as to move in the same direction as the traveling direction of the power transmission chain 74.

The excrement treating agent flattening means 110 is connected to the power transmission chain 74 at both ends thereof in the longitudinal direction by an auxiliary connecting rod 114. The excrement collecting means 100 and the moving mechanism are the same in that it is fixed and moves in the same direction as the traveling direction of the power transmission chain 74, but in the case of the excretion treatment agent flattening means 110, the excretion treatment agent flattening means 110 Connect to both ends of longitudinal direction Since the pinion 112 is fixed while moving to the rack plate 75, the waste treatment flattening means 110 rotates by itself while moving along the power transmission chain 74. There is a difference in structure from the excrement collecting means 100 that only moves along the chain 74.

In addition, the movable part package 7 except the excrement collecting means 100 and the excretion treatment agent flattening means 110 is covered so that the structure does not come out before being incorporated into the automatic pet excretion processing apparatus 1.

The toilet 120 has a tray shape having a substantially rectangular bottom surface and a low wall height, and the excrement collecting means 100 is used to increase the efficiency of the excrement collection at the corner where the bottom surface and the wall of the toilet 120 meet. The edge portion where the bottom surface and the wall surface of the stool 120 meet so as to move in close contact with the edge portion of the stool 120 is rounded in consideration of the rotation radius of the excrement collecting means 100.

Referring to Figure 3 with respect to the operation of the automatic pet waste treatment apparatus 1 of the present invention.

First, in the standby state of the pet waste treatment apparatus 1 in which the waste treatment flattening means 110 is located in section A, and the waste collection means 100 is located in section C, the toilet bowl containing the excreta treatment agent 51 is contained. 120 is installed on the inner bottom surface of the pet waste treatment apparatus (1).

When the pet enters the inside of the pet excretion processing apparatus 1 through the door 2 to see the toilet, the light 140 inside the device is detected by the detector 130 and an automatic controller (not shown). It turns on and the exhaust fan 43 is operated.

When the pet ends the excretion and exits the entrance door 2, the lamp 140 is turned off by an automatic controller (not shown), but the exhaust fan 43 is continuously driven to contaminate the inside of the pet excrement processing device 1. The purified air is purged and discharged by the air purifying means 4, and the driving force of the motor 8 is reduced by the speed reducer 9, the power transmission gear 71, the power transmission auxiliary gear 73, and the power transmission chain 74. It is transmitted while passing through, and the waste treatment agent flattening means 110 waiting in section A and the waste collection means 100 waiting in section C move in the direction of the arrow.

When the exhaust fan 43 is operated by the sensor 130, the air purifying means 4 is driven, and the outside air flows into the pet waste automatic treatment device 1 from the air inlet 22, thereby automatically processing the pet waste. Together with the contaminants in the apparatus 1, it is purified via the filter 41, the deodorant 42 and discharged to the outside through the exhaust fan 43.

The excrement collection means 100 is to move to the section D where the toilet 120 is installed in the section C of the pet excretion automatic processing device 1 in accordance with the progress of the power transmission chain 74 to collect the excrement, The excrement treated with the excreta treatment agent by the net composition of the excrement collecting means 100 is contained in the excrement collecting means 100 and not used for the treatment of the excrement treatment agent passes through the net structure of the excrement collecting means 100 It is left on the base 120.

 When the excrement collecting means 100 collects the excrement while passing section D, the excrement treating agent flattening means 110 passes through section B, and when the excrement collecting means 100 passes the section A, the excrement treating agent flattening means 110 ) Passes section C.

 While the excrement collecting means 100 passes section A, the excretion treatment agent replenishing controller 52 is operated so that the excretion treatment agent 51 is replenished on the toilet 120 from the excretion treatment reservoir 5, and the excretion treatment agent 51 Is commercially available for pets, it is preferable to use liquid excretion to absorb and agglomerate, and solid excretion to adhere to its surface to surround the excretion well.

 When the excrement collecting means 100 moves from section A to section B, and the waste treatment flattening means 110 moves from section C to section D, the slurry treatment agent supplement controller 52 is operated to The replenishment is stopped, and the excrement collection means 100 discards the collected excreta in the excreta quarantine (3) while moving section B.

 The upper and lower strait structure and the auxiliary guide plate 38 of the excreta isolation box 3 have a function of collecting the excrement so that the excreted waste can be easily collected, and the net structure of the bottom surface collects the excrement. By returning the excreta treatment agent 51 that came with the time to the feces 120 has a function of reducing the consumption of the excreta treatment agent (51).

 While the excrement collecting means 100 moves the section B and discards the excrement in the excrement isolator 3, the excrement treating agent flattening means 110 moves the section D while the excreta treatment agent 51 replenished on the toilet seat 120. Flatten out.

 As shown in FIG. 4, the excretion agent flattening means 110 has a spiral structure in which the protruding spiral 111 of the surface returns from the center to both sides, so that when the excretion agent flattening means 110 rotates, Accordingly, the excreta treatment agent 51 may be evenly deployed from the central portion of the toilet 120 to both side walls and to provide a comfortable excretion environment for the pet.

 The excrement collecting means 100 passes the section B to the original starting point of section C, and the excrement treating agent flattening means 110 passes through the D section to the original starting point of the section A and the excrement collecting means 100 and the excrement treating agent flattening means ( When 110 finishes the endless track movement, an automatic controller (not shown) is activated to stop the motor 8 and the exhaust fan 43, and the pet waste treatment apparatus 1 is ready for reuse. It is put in a state, which completes the treatment of feces.

In addition to the above function, the pet waste automatic processing device of the present invention, when the pet comes into the device during the operation of the automatic pet waste processing device 1, the detector 130 detects this, the automatic controller (not shown) is a motor ( 9) by stopping the operation of the pet can prevent a safety accident, to enable the lamp 140 to be turned on manually and to install an internal confirmation window (not shown) on one side of the device inside the device You can also add the ability to check the status.

In addition, in order to reduce power consumption, the operation of each pet is limited to the detector 130 and the air purifying means 4, the waste collection means 100 and the waste treatment flattening means 110 is set by the user It can also be operated at intervals of time, limiting its ability to process feces.

While the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be able to variously modify and change the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. It will be appreciated.

1: pet waste processing equipment
2: pet door
21: hinge
22: air inlet
3: excretion quarantine
31: net structure
32: handle
33: Fixing bolt nut
34: guide plate
35: guide rail
36, 37: fecal containment outlet
38: auxiliary guide plate
4: air purifying means
41: filter
42: deodorant
43: exhaust fan
5: dropping container
51: excreta treatment
52: excreta replacement controller
6: wheels
7: movable part package
71: power transmission gear
72: axis of rotation
73: power transmission auxiliary gear
74: power transmission chain
75: rack plate
76: fixing bolt nut
8: motor
9: reducer
100: dropping means
101: fixing bolt
102: auxiliary connecting rod
103: welding
104: chain link connector
105: chain link
110: waste treatment flattening means
111: protrusion spiral
112: pinion
113: rotating bearing
114: auxiliary connecting rod
115: welding
116: chain link connector
117: chain link
120: toilet
130: detector
140: lighting

Claims (5)

    A stool with a waste treatment agent, a waste treatment container for replenishing the waste treatment agent with the waste treatment agent, a waste storage for collecting the waste treated by the waste treatment agent, and a waste waste collection by collecting the treated waste A moving manure collection means, a manure flattening means for evenly spreading the manure treatment agent on the stool, and a power transmission chain which transmits the driving force of the motor to the manure collection means and the manure handling agent flattening means and performs an endless track motion. A pet excretion processing device comprising: a toilet, a feces storage box, a waste storage box, a waste collection means, a waste treatment flattening means, and a power waste chain that is installed in one closed space. .     The method of claim 1, wherein the waste collection means is connected to the power transmission chain. Is fixed, the excretion treatment agent flattening means is a pet waste treatment apparatus that is rotatably connected to the power transmission chain.     The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the excrement collection means is a pet excrement automatic processing device is a bottom surface is made of a semi-cylindrical structure of the filter, such as a net shape.     According to claim 1 or 2, wherein the excretion treatment flattening means is made of a cylindrical roller shape with a spiral protruding on the surface, the protruding spiral is made of a spiral structure to return to both sides from the center of the fecal treatment flattening means. Pet waste automatic processing device.     3. The pet waste treatment apparatus of claim 1 or 2, wherein the waste treatment agent storage box is provided with an excretion treatment agent replenishment controller for automatically controlling replenishment of the waste treatment agent at an outlet portion thereof.

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