KR20140137115A

KR20140137115A - Automatic excretion cleaner for cat

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Publication number: KR20140137115A
Application number: KR20130057584A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 명완철
Original assignee: 명완철
Priority date: 2013-05-22
Filing date: 2013-05-22
Publication date: 2014-12-02

Abstract

The present invention provides a cat excrement disposal apparatus, wherein the cat excrement disposal apparatus can automatically dispose of the feces and urine excreted by a cat and continuously circulate an excrement disposal material, thereby allowing hygienic maintenance. Also, the cat excrement disposal apparatus allows the excrement disposal material such as sand or wood pellets, etc. to be selectively used based on the preference of a user or a cat, and minutely operates at a speed of one revolution per 30 minutes, thereby providing a cat with a pleasant and comfortable environment at a minimum noise level even in a narrow space. According to a preferable embodiment of the present invention, the cat excrement disposal apparatus comprises: a main body having an installation space formed therein, an opened top, an opening and closing door formed on one side and a sensor means formed on the other side to sense the movement of a cat; an elevating screw installed to be operated on one side of the installation space and allowing the excrement disposal material on the lower side to be vertically transferred upwards according to the operation of the elevating screw; a conveyor belt which is installed to be open to the outside and to be operated on the upper side of the installation space, has one end adjoining the side of the elevating screw and allows the excrement disposal material transferred by the elevating screw to be horizontally transferred according to the operation of the conveyor belt; a filtering means formed on the other end side of the conveyor belt and filtering out the feces and urine included in the excrement disposal material; and an inclined plate member slopingly installed between the filtering means and the elevating screw and allowing the excrement disposal material in which the feces and urine have been filtered out by the filtering means to be retransferred to the lower side of the elevating screw.

Description

{AUTOMATIC EXCRETION CLEANER FOR CAT}

More particularly, the present invention relates to a device for treating a bowel movement of a cat, and more particularly, it relates to a bowel movement device capable of automatically handling feces and urine discharged from a cat, So that it can be selectively used for sand or wood pellets and the treatment device is finely operated at a speed of 1 rotation per 30 minutes so that a comfortable and comfortable environment is provided for the cat with minimum noise even in a small space And the like.

Generally, a cat toilet is a toilet for a cat which is made for indoor use so that a cat can be seen in a room. A toilet containing a so-called cat litter is generally used in a container made of plastic. Zeolite or steel sand, or bentonite hardened when urine or the like is absorbed, or cellulose particles formed by solidifying pulverized pulp or the like and granulated.

However, in the case of the cat toilet in the past, since the cat is seen on the cat litter accommodated in the container, a large amount of sand sticks to the feet or the body of the cat, so that the sand is dumped in various places in the room, The problem of so-called desertification, which is not good, was serious. In order to prevent such desertification, in the past, a method of spreading a newspaper or artificial grass mat in front of a cat toilet has been used. However, both of them can temporarily prevent desertification temporarily, but it is not a fundamental solution.

In order to overcome such a problem, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2011-0097263 (Aug. 31, 2011) discloses a catheter having a lower storage container having an opened upper surface and containing cat sands therein, And an upper left-side container in which a footrest is provided on a bottom surface of the footrest, and a toilet bowl is formed at a center of the footrest and opened at a predetermined size, and an entrance for entering and exiting the cat is formed on the front surface. (Hereinafter referred to as " prior art ").

However, in the case of the above-described conventional techniques, it is advantageous to reduce the consumption of sand by minimizing the contact with the sand. However, since the stool and the urine are left in the sand as they are left for a long time, they are not hygienic. There was a management hassle to remove the sand containing faeces and urine.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a catheter that can automatically treat feces and urine excreted by a cat, as well as continuously circulate the defecated material, thereby enabling hygienic maintenance. The present invention provides a cats-for-cat's treatment device that allows a catheter to be selectively used, and the treatment device is finely operated at a rate of one rotation per 30 minutes so that a comfortable and comfortable environment is provided to the cat with minimal noise even in a narrow space will be.

The object of the present invention is to provide a catheter for a catheter, comprising: a main body having an installation space formed therein, an upper portion thereof opened, an opening / closing door at one side thereof, An elevating screw for vertically transferring the defecated lower material to the upper side according to the operation of the elevating screw, and an elevating screw which is operatively installed on the upper side of the installation space so as to be open to the outside and has one end adjacent to the elevating screw side A filtering means provided at the other end of the conveyor belt for filtering out the faeces and urine contained in the defecation treatment material and a filtering means for filtering the faeces and urine contained in the defecation treatment material, And a filter disposed between the lifting and lowering screw and the filter, And a slope member for allowing the defecation material to be re-transferred to the lower side of the elevation screw.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, a collecting cylinder for collecting the defecated material transferred from the swash plate member is provided on the lower side of the lifting screw, and the upper side of the lifting screw includes the defecation processing And a guide bar for guiding the material to the conveyor belt side.

According to a preferred feature of the present invention, the defecated material described above is a selected one of wood pellets or sand.

According to a preferred feature of the present invention, the above-described filtering means is provided at the other end of the conveyor belt so as to be rotatable by weight, and when the defecation material bundled by the urine and the feces transferred along the conveyor belt is positioned, A first filter member detachably mounted on the inclined plate member and having the size of the particle reduced due to absorption of urine and the decomposed material being filtered downward; And a filter member provided below the first filter member and being filtered by the pivoting member and the first filter member to absorb the defecation material and urine collected by the feces and the urine, And a defecation receptacle to be drawn out to the outside through the opening / closing door .

According to a preferred feature of the present invention, the above-mentioned filtering means is provided with a filter which is provided on the side of the other end of the conveyor belt so that the defecated material, which is gathered by the faeces and urine, falls on the slope, A second filter member detachably mounted on the swash plate member and having a reduced particle size due to absorption of urine among the defecated treatment substances filtered by the second filter member, A third filter member disposed on the lower side of the second filter member and the third filter member and being filtered by the second filter member and the third filter member to absorb the defecated material and the urine collected by the feces and the urine, The defrosted material is collected and can be drawn out to the outside through the opening / closing door And to be included bowel receptacle is mounted.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, when the movement or the weight of the cat moved on the conveyor belt by the sensor means is detected, after a lapse of at least 5 minutes to 10 minutes, And when the movement or weight of the cat moved onto the conveyor belt is detected again during the operation of the elevating screw and the conveyor belt, the elevating screw and the conveyor belt are stopped again, After a lapse of at least 5 minutes to a maximum of 10 minutes, which is the time required for the cats to undergo bowel movement, the elevation screw and the conveyor belt are reactivated to treat the faeces and urine at once.

As described above, according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the catheter-excreted faeces and urine can be automatically processed and the sanitary maintenance can be performed by continuously circulating the defecated materials. , According to the preference of users and cats, sand and wood pellets can be selectively used, and the treatment device is finely operated at a speed of 1 rotation per 30 minutes, so that the cat is comfortable and comfortable Environment can be provided.

1 is a perspective view of a bowel movement device for cats according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a bowel movement device for cats according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B are explanatory diagrams showing a state of use of the catsuit for cats according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIGS. 4A to 5 are views illustrating a state of use of a crib treatment apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bowel movement device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a bowel movement device for bowel movement according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 3a and 3b 4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating a state of use of the cat recovery device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for treating a bowel movement for a cannon has an installation space 110 formed therein, an upper portion thereof opened, an opening / closing door 120 provided at one side thereof, An elevating screw 200 operatively installed at one side of the installation space 110 and adapted to vertically transfer the defecated material at the lower side according to operation, And one end of which is adjacent to the side of the lifting screw 200 and is operated by the lifting screw 200 according to the operation of the lifting screw 200, A filtering means provided at the other end side of the conveyor belt 300 for filtering the faeces and urine contained in the defecation treatment material, And an inclined plate member 500 installed at an angle between the flow 200 and the filtering means for re-transferring the defecation treatment material filtered through the faeces and urine to the lower side of the lifting screw 200.

Hereinafter, the constituent members of the cat recovery device 1 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention and the connection relationship thereof will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. FIG.

Here, the main body 100 serves to install the components to be described later, and has an installation space 110 formed therein, an upper portion thereof opened, and an opening / closing door 120 provided at one side thereof. The upper portion of the main body 100 is opened so that the conveyor belt 300 to be described later is exposed to the outside. The above-described opening and closing door 120 is rotatably installed in the main body 100, and is pivotally opened and closed by the main body 100 as needed during entrance and exit of the defecation receptacle 450 to be described later.

It is preferable that the main body 100 is made of wood so that the feeling of furniture can be changed. However, the main body 100 can be changed into various sizes and shapes, and the outside of the main body 100 can be decorated with various colors and shapes. And a scratch panel and a cat tower can be additionally installed on the upper part thereof. Although not shown, a controller (not shown) for controlling the operation of the lifting screw 200 and the conveyor belt 300, which will be described later, is provided at one side of the main body 100, A power cord (not shown) connected to an external power source is provided.

The sensor means 130 is installed on the inner side wall of the body 100, which is preferably exposed to the exterior of the conveyor belt 300 to be described later, And the elevation screw 200 and the conveyor belt 300, which will be described later, are activated, thereby allowing the faeces and urine to be automatically processed. One of the sensors according to the related art which can detect the movement of the cat or the body temperature can be selectively used.

That is, when the cat is sensed by the sensor means 130, after a lapse of at least 5 minutes to 10 minutes, which is the time required for the cat to be defecated, the elevation screw 200 and the conveyor belt 300 are operated, . When the cats moving on the conveyor belt 300 are detected again during the operation of the lifting screw 200 and the conveyor belt 300, the lifting screw 200 and the conveyor belt 200 are attached to the cat to ensure psychological stability and comfort of the environment. The catheter 300 is restarted. After the catheter has been taken for a minimum of 5 minutes to 10 minutes, the catheter 200 and the conveyor belt 300 are re-actuated, and the catheter and the urine are temporarily handled do.

On the other hand, an elevating screw 200 is operatively installed at one side of the installation space 110. The elevating screw 200 serves to vertically transfer the defecation material from the lower side to the upper side.

The collecting cylinder 210 for collecting the defecated material transferred from the inclined plate member 500 to be described later is provided on the lower side of the elevating screw 200 and the elevating screw 200 is provided on the elevating screw 200, And a guide tube 220 for guiding the defecated treatment material vertically conveyed along the conveyor belt 300 to the conveyor belt 300 side.

That is, the defecation material in the collecting cylinder 210 is conveyed along the lifting screw 200 to the guide cylinder 220, and the defecation material conveyed into the guide cylinder 220 is conveyed onto the conveyor belt 300. To this end, the inside of the guide barrel 220 is formed to be inclined downward toward the upper part of the conveyor belt 300, and a guide hole 221 for dropping the defecation material in the guide barrel 220 toward the conveyor belt 300 is formed .

Such an elevating screw 200 may be automatically controlled by the sensor means 130 described above or may be manually controlled by the controller (not shown).

The above-described lifting and lowering screw 200 is a screw that is continuously rotated by the driving motor 240 except that the cylindrical member 230 is provided on the outer side in order to prevent the defecation material from falling during the lifting process. And the detailed description thereof will be omitted. And the above-described defecation material is a selected one of wood pellets or sand.

A conveyor belt 300 is operatively installed above the installation space 110. The conveyor belt 300 senses cats and detects the cats and transports the defecated materials vertically conveyed through the ascending screw 200 So as to be horizontally conveyed.

The conveyor belt 300 is installed on the upper side of the installation space 110 so as to be open to the outside and one end of the conveyor belt 300 is adjacent to the side of the uprising screw 200 and is operated by the uprising screw 200 The transported defecated material is transported horizontally.

As the conveyor belt 300 rotates once for 20 to 30 minutes, the cat with improved hearing, sight, and smell can see the stool and urine in a comfortable state even when the conveyor belt 300 is in operation In addition, there is little noise, so you can live comfortably and comfortably in a small space without feeling anxiety. The conveyor belt 300 may be automatically controlled by the sensor means 130 as in the lift screw 200 described above, and its operation may be manually controlled by the above-described controller (not shown) It is possible.

The conveyor belt 300 is the same as the conveyor apparatus continuously driven by the drive motor 240 according to the prior art, and the detailed description will be omitted for the sake of simplification of the description.

On the other hand, at the other end side of the conveyor belt 300, a filtering means is provided to filter out the faeces and urine contained in the above-mentioned defecation treatment material.

3A and 3B, the filtering means is provided on the other end side of the conveyor belt 300 so as to be rotatable with respect to the conveyor belt 300. The filtering means includes a feces conveyed along the conveyor belt 300, A swivel member 410 that is detachably mounted on the swash plate member 500 and that has a reduced particle size due to absorption of urine, A first filter member 420 that is provided on the lower side of the tiltable member 410 and the first filter member 420 and is filtered by the tiltable member 410 and the first filter member 420, And a defecation receptacle 450 for collecting defecated material having a small particle size due to the absorption of urine and gathering the defecated material and being attached to the outside through the opening and closing door 120 so as to be drawn out.

First, as shown in FIG. 3A, when sand is used as a defecation treatment material, the feces is aggregated with a part of the sand, and the urine is also aggregated with the sand to form a lump. Therefore, the faeces and urine transported along the conveyor belt 300 are crashed into the lower defecation receptacle 450 by the pivoting member 410 pivoted by the weight, and the remaining sand is transferred to the collecting container 210 ).

Also, as shown in FIG. 3B, when wood pellets are used as a defecation treatment material, the feces are disintegrated with a part of the wood pellets and the particle size of the wood pellets is small as the urine is absorbed. Therefore, the feces transported along the conveyor belt 300 is lowered to the lower feces container 450 by the pivoting member 410 pivoted by the weight, and the wood pellets whose particle size is reduced by the absorption of the urine, And the remaining wood pellets are transported to the collecting barrel 210 by the inclined plate member 500. The collected wood pellets are transported to the collecting barrel 210 through the inclined plate member 500.

Accordingly, the first filter member 420 having different sizes of eyes may be selectively used depending on whether the sand is used as a defecation treatment material or the wood pellet is used. That is, when the sand is used, the first filter member 420 having an eye smaller than the sand is selectively used so that the sand does not escape to the first filter member 420, and when the wood pellet is used, The first filter member 420 having the medium-sized eye is selectively used so that the disassembled member can escape and the unscaled member can not escape.

It is preferable that the above-described feces container 450 is made of a synthetic plastic material or a metal material so that water cleaning is possible for hygienic management. Although not shown, the feces container 450 may be covered with a disposable plastic , And only the disposable vinyl can be used instead of the feces container 450.

As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the filtering means is provided so as to be inclined on the side of the other end of the conveyor belt 300 so that the defecated material, which is gathered by the feces and the urine, The second filter member 430 is detachably mounted on the inclined plate member 500 and the particle size of the defecated material filtered by the second filter member 430 due to the absorption of the urine is The third filter member 440 is disposed below the second filter member 430 and the second filter member 440 to filter the second filter member 430 and the second filter member 430, The size of the particles is reduced due to absorption of the defecation material and urine collected by the third filter member 440 and gathered by the feces and the urine. The defecated material is collected and discharged through the opening / closing door 120 to the outside May contain bowel movements sump 450 which can be mounted.

First, as shown in FIG. 4A, when sand is used as a defecation treatment material, the feces is aggregated with a part of the sand, and the urine is also aggregated with the sand to form a lump. The faeces and urine conveyed along the conveyor belt 300 are crashed into the feces container 450 along the inclination of the second filter member 430 and the remaining sand is conveyed to the lower side of the second filter member 430, . For this purpose, the eyes of the second filter member 430 described above should be formed larger than the size of the sand and wood pellet particles, and formed smaller than sand or wood pellets containing feces, urine, or cohesion.

Also, as shown in FIG. 4B, when wood pellets are used as a defecation treatment material, the faeces is clumped with a part of the wood pellets, and the urine is condensed inside the wood pellets by decomposing the particle size of the wood pellets. The wood pellets conveyed along the conveyor belt 300 fall into the feces container 450 along the inclination of the second filter member 430 and the particles are contracted by the urine, 3 filter member 440 to the feces container 450 and the remaining wood pellets are re-transported to the collecting barrel 210 on the inclined plate member 500.

At this time, depending on whether sand or wooden pellets are used as a defecation treatment material, a third filter member 440 having a different eye size may be selectively used. That is, when the sand is used, the third filter member 440 having an eye smaller than the sand is selectively used so that the sand does not escape to the third filter member 440, and when the wood pellet is used, A third filter member 440 having the medium-sized eye is selectively used so that the disassembled member can escape and the unscaled member can not escape.

The inclined plate member 500 is inclined between the filtering means and the lifting screw 200. The inclining plate member 500 is moved in the lifting direction of the lifting screw 200 through the filtering means, To the lower guide barrel 220. [0064] The first filter member 420 and the third filter member 440 are installed on the lower side of the inclined plate member 500. The first filter member 420 and the third filter member 440, A guide plate 510 through which the shrunk wooden pellets are guided can be additionally provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the defecation receptacle 450 is fully charged, the opening and closing door 120 is opened to treat and sanitize the dust, and then the sanitary washing and disinfecting device is coupled to the main body 100 to close the opening and closing door 120 and reuse .

Hereinafter, the overall operating relationship of the bowel movement device 1 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

First, the elevating screw 200 and the conveyor belt 300 are operated using a controller (not shown) to transfer the sand in the collecting cylinder 210 into the upper guide cylinder 220, and the sand conveyed at the same time is conveyed to the conveyor belt 300 ) So that the sanded cats are prepared on the upper surface of the conveyor belt 300 in a state in which the cats can be seen. After the sand is laid on the lifting screw 200, the operation of the lifting screw 200 and the conveyor belt 300 is stopped using a controller (not shown).

The movement of the cat raised to the conveyor belt 300 for the purpose of viewing the toilet is sensed by the sensing means 130 and the operation of the conveyor belt 300 is started after five minutes have elapsed. At this time, the sand containing the bowl is sequentially dropped to the side of the inclined plate member 500, and the falled sand is continuously replenished by the sand vertically moved by the lifting screw 200. At this time, the conveyor belt 300 is operated at a speed of one rotation every 30 minutes, and the operation of the lifting screw 200 and the conveyor belt 300 is automatically stopped after one rotation is completed.

When a cat is stooled, the stool and the urine lump that are conveyed along the conveyor belt 300 and fall to the side of the swash plate 500, And the remaining sand is re-transported to the collecting barrel 210 on the inclined plate member 500. As a result, the swinging member 410 is rotated to the lower defecation storage container 450, At this time, the eyes of the first filter member 420 are selectively formed so as to be smaller than the sand, so that the sand can be transported along the swash plate member 500 without being removed. On the other hand, the manager empties the feces storage bin 450 through the opening / closing door 120 at predetermined intervals and charges the collection bin 210 when the amount of sand is insufficient.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It is not limited.

1: Cats for cats
100:
110: Installation space
120: Opening and closing door
130: Sensor means
200: lifting screw
210: Collecting column
220:
221: Guide ball
230: cylindrical member
240: drive motor
300: Conveyor belt
410:
420: first filter element
430: second filter member
440: third filter element
450: Defecation bin
500: inclined plate member
510: guide plate

Claims

A main body having an installation space formed therein, an upper portion thereof opened, an opening / closing door at one side, and sensor means for detecting movement of the cat at the other side;
An elevating screw operatively installed at one side of the installation space and adapted to vertically transfer the defecated material downward according to operation;
A conveyor belt operatively installed on the upper side of the installation space so as to be open to the outside and having one end adjacent to the elevating screw and being horizontally conveyed by the elevating screw;
A filtering means provided at the other end side of the conveyor belt for filtering the faeces and urine contained in the defecation treatment material; And
And an inclined plate member inclined between the filtering means and the elevating screw so that the defecated material, which is inclined and filtered through the filtering means, is retreated to the lower side of the elevating screw. Device.

The method according to claim 1,
A collecting cylinder for collecting the defecated material transferred from the swash plate member is provided on the lower side of the elevating screw and the defecation processing material vertically conveyed along the elevating screw is guided to the conveyor belt side on the upper side of the elevating screw And a guide barrel for guiding the bowel movement.

The method of claim 2,
Wherein the defecation material is one selected from wood pellets or sand.

The filtering device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A pivoting member rotatably attached to the other end of the conveyor belt by weight to rotate the pivoting member in a downward direction when the feces conveyed along the conveyor belt and the defecation material bundled by urine are positioned;
A first filter member detachably installed on the swash plate member, the first filter member having the size of the particles reduced due to absorption of urine, And
And a second filter member provided below the pivoting member and the first filter member and being filtered by the pivoting member and the first filter member to collect the defecation material and urine collected by the feces and urine, And a defecation receptacle for collecting the treating material and being mounted to the outside through the opening and closing door.

The filtering device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A second filter member which is inclined at the other end of the conveyor belt, the second filter member having the defecation material bundled by the feces and the urine falls down on the inclination and the remaining defecation material is filtered downward;
A third filter member detachably mounted on the swash plate member, the third filter member having a reduced size of particles due to the absorption of urine among the defecated treatment substances filtered by the second filter member and filtering the debris treatment material downwardly; And
The second filter member, and the third filter member, the size of the particle is reduced due to the absorption of the urine and the defecation material, which is gathered by the feces and the urine by being filtered by the second filter member and the third filter member. And a defecation receptacle for collecting the disassembled defecation material and being mounted to the outside through the opening / closing door so as to be drawn out.

The method according to claim 1,
When the movement or the weight of the cat moved on the conveyor belt by the sensor means is detected, after a lapse of at least 5 minutes to a maximum of 10 minutes, which is the time required for the cat's bowel movement, the elevating screw and the conveyor belt are operated, When the movement or weight of the cat moved onto the conveyor belt is detected again during the operation of the elevation screw and the conveyor belt, the elevation screw and the conveyor belt are stopped again. 5 minutes to 10 minutes, and then the elevation screw and the conveyor belt are reactivated to treat the faeces and urine at once.