KR20190073048A - Apparatus for automatic treatment of companion animal defecation - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically processing defecation of a companion animal, which reduces the consumption of cat sand, comprising: a holder; a drum having an entrance of a companion animal, and an outlet for discharging defecation of the companion animal; a filterer for filtering the defecation from sand; and a discharge pipe for moving the defecation transferred by being filtered by the filterer to the outlet.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TREATMENT OF COMPANY ANIMAL DEFECATION [0002]

The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically processing companion bowel movements.

A companion animal is a person living with a person and re-recognizes the conventional value of pets such as horses, dogs, cats, birds, and is called a companion animal.

One of the biggest problems when living with such companion animals in the home can be considered feces. Although it is often the case that a person is allowed to drink in a relatively designated place by training or instinct, the treatment of secreted feces is still the responsibility of the person. Therefore, various countermeasures have been proposed to enable the fecal matter to be collected and treated in a clean place.

In general, the animal's habit is different for each species, especially cats have the habit of covering their own excrement with soil or sand. Failure to meet these habits can lead to a number of problems due to increased stress in pets. For this reason, granular or powder-like materials called cat sands are widely used in cat toilet or toilet.

The Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1748035 entitled "Pet Contraceptive Collection Device," (Patentee: Choi, Sang-hak, June 27, 2017) Discloses a technical construction of a pet stool collecting device that not only can be automatically handled but also minimizes the external emission of cat litter that is imposed on a cat during a stool operation.

In the above-described prior art, there is provided a catheter-shaped feces collecting means in a catheter-filled cage filled with cat sands to selectively remove feces from cat sands, and an outlet cover is provided on the catheter cage, So as to minimize the amount of loss.

However, in the method of collecting the defecation of the prior art, there is a problem that a large amount of cat sands are discarded together with the defecation by rake-collecting means for raking the sand and scooping and discharging the sand covered with defecation laterally.

In addition, the driving elements of the rake-shaped feces collecting means are provided at a position close to the sand or in a horizontal portion with respect to the sand, so that there is a problem that the durability is degraded due to contamination by fine dusts generated in the sand.

Patent Document (0001) "Korean Registered Patent Publication No. 10-1578491, Title of the invention: Device for defecating a companion animal, (Patentee: Kim Il Hwan, Notice: Dec. 18, 2015)"

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a technique for reducing consumption of cat sash used when treating a cat's defecation.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a technique for reducing the problem of contamination of a driving part caused by sand dust generated when a cat's defecation is selected in cat sands and a problem of desertification of indoor pollution caused by external leakage of sand.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for controlling the same.

According to an aspect of the present invention, A receiving space for accommodating the litter containing the sand therein is formed and an opening for allowing the companion animal to enter and exit is formed on one side of the coupling surface with the cradle A drum having an outlet for discharging the defecation of the companion animal; The drum is installed inside the drum so as to cross the axial direction of the drum and is inclined in the direction of one surface of the drum. When the drum rotates, the drum rotates about the axis of the drum to filter the defecation from the sand Filter; And a drum having a semi-cylindrical shape with both ends thereof opened. The drum has a shape in which the radius decreases from one surface of the drum toward the other surface, and is coupled to the squeezing net along the axial direction of the drum. And a discharge pipe for allowing the defecation transferred and delivered by the squeezing net to move in the direction of the discharge port.

The apparatus may further include a defecation storage box coupled to the other surface of the drum on which the discharge port is formed and accommodating the defecation discharged to the discharge port through the discharge pipe.

Further, the squeezing net may be bent toward the end of the drum in the rotating direction of the drum, and fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the drum.

The mesh is formed at the front end of the drum with respect to the rotation direction of the drum, and has a gap larger than the particle size of the sand. And a receiving plate which is composed of the remaining part except for the mesh plate and accommodates the sand having passed through the gap of the mesh plate.

In addition, the cradle may be provided with an asymmetric structure with respect to the rotating direction of the drum.

The solution of the above-mentioned problems is merely illustrative and should not be construed as limiting the present invention. In addition to the exemplary embodiments described above, there may be additional embodiments described in the drawings and the detailed description of the invention.

As described above, the present invention has the following effects.

First, after the cat's bowel movements are raised by the rotation of the drum by the rotation of the drum, the bowel movement of the cat is lowered along the discharge path by its own weight and discharged through the discharge port, thereby extending the movement path of the cat's bowel movement, The amount of sand buried in the drum can be merged into the accommodating space in the drum again, and the use amount of cat sand can be greatly reduced.

Secondly, since the driving elements that enable the rotation of the drum are installed in the spaces separated from the sand filled in the accommodation space, there is an advantage that contamination of the driving elements by the dust generated in the sand can be reduced.

Third, since the entrance of the cat rotates together with the rotation of the drum, the desiccation phenomenon can be alleviated by reducing the outflow of dust generated when catheter is selected from the cat litter.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing the outline configuration of a companion animal defecation processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view showing the external configuration of a companion animal defecation processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
3 is a projection perspective view showing an internal configuration of a companion animal defecation processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a partial view for explaining a shape and a structure of a drainage pipe and a discharge pipe according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a discharging process of defecation by a rotating operation of a drum according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing the construction of a switch operating in accordance with rotation of a drum according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a conceptual view showing a configuration of a defecation storage box for aligning defecation stacked inside by rotating at a predetermined angle in accordance with rotation of a drum according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which the technical parts already known will be omitted or compressed for simplicity of explanation.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing the outline configuration of a pet animal defecation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view showing an outline configuration of an pet animal defecation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, 3 is a projection perspective view showing an internal configuration of a companion animal defecation processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 3, a companion animal defecation apparatus DA (hereinafter, referred to as a defecation processing apparatus) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a screen 240 for filtering defecation from cat litter The driving motor 500 for driving the driving motor 500 and the driving elements connected to the driving motor 500 are spaced upward from the cat sands to reduce contamination from dust generated in the sands, So that the sand falling from the bowel movement can be re-merged into the receiving space 220 of the sand so that the loss of the used sand can be reduced .

Also, when the drum 200 rotates, the entrance 210 formed on one side of the drum 200 also moves upward, thereby distancing the sand from the receiving space 220, And it is possible to prevent the room from being polluted by the dust.

The defecation processing apparatus DA of the present invention includes the structure of the cradle 100, the drum 200, and the defecation storage box 300 to perform the above-described functions.

The support 100 is for supporting a drum 200 to be described later on the ground, and is provided to form a plurality of supports. In view of the rotation of the drum 200 in one direction, The drum 200 may be provided asymmetrically in a direction in which the drum 200 is rotated, or may be provided to support the drum 200 in an integrated form according to the purpose.

For example, the supporting table of the cradle 100 in the rotating direction of the drum 200 is formed with a support bar having a gentle angle of 30 degrees, and the support table in the direction opposite to the rotation direction is formed with a support bar having a sharp angle of 45 degrees .

It is preferable that a foot plate 110 is formed around the entrance 210 of the drum 200 to facilitate access of the cat to the cradle 100.

Here, in order to mitigate the desertification problem in which the cat sand is buried in the foot of a cat after the cat's bowel movement, the foot plate 110 is provided with a pad (not shown) (Not shown) for collecting the collected sand.

The drum 200 is rotatably coupled to the above-mentioned stand 100 in a horizontal direction so as to provide a driving operation for filtering defecation from sand by its own weight, The catheter can be smoothly flowed smoothly and the catheter can be smoothly flowed through the inlet 210, the accommodation space 220, the rotation shaft 230, 240, a discharge pipe 250, and a discharge port 260. As shown in FIG. At this time, the overall shape of the drum 200 may be a cylindrical shape as described above, but it is also obvious that the drum 200 is provided in a spherical or polygonal shape.

The entrance 210 is formed on one side of the width of the drum 200 so that the cat can enter and exit the drum 200 for the purpose of defecation. At this time, it is preferable that the position of the entrance 210 is formed to be higher than the height of the sand filled in the accommodation space 220 in the drum 200, and it is possible to assist the cat accessing activity by using the above- have.

The accommodation space 220 is a space on the lower side of the drum 200 which is hollow and filled with cat sands for bowel movement.

The rotary shaft 230 is formed along the center of the drum 200 to transmit the rotational driving force transmitted from the driving motor 500, which will be described later, along the axial direction of the drum 200. Although the rotary shaft 230 installed on one side of the width of the drum 200 is illustrated and described in the embodiment of the present invention, the rotary shaft 230 may be connected to one side of the width of the drum 200, Needless to say, the rotary shaft may be provided.

The screen 240 is rotated by the rotation of the drum 200 to rotate around the rotary shaft 230 in the drum 200 and enter the sand filled in the accommodation space 220 to thereby remove the defecation of the cat from the sand, Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, a mesh plate 241 having a predetermined size of air gap at a front end portion of the drum 200 with respect to the rotational direction of the drum 200, And a receiving plate 242 which is the remaining portion for receiving the sand that has passed through it.

Here, the screen 240 is provided in a direction transverse to the axial direction of the drum 200 from one side of the inside of the drum 200 to the other side, and is refracted in the rotating direction of the drum 200 toward the end, Thereby reducing the fracture of the sieve 240 that is drawn into the sand due to the bending load so that the discharge path of the defecation filtered by the sieve 240 is streamlined.

The mesh plate 241 has one end, that is, a portion drawn in the sand, in a linear shape, and the other end in an oblique shape. At this time, the size of the pores of the mesh plate 241 is formed to be small enough to allow the sand particles to pass therethrough, and is preferably formed smaller than the size of the mass of the defecation, It is preferable to be made of a synthetic resin material or metal material having a certain strength or more in order to withstand the load.

The receiving plate 242 is the remainder of the mesh screen 240 excluding the mesh plate 241 and is provided without the formation of a gap to receive the sand passing through the gap of the mesh plate 241, And may be made of a synthetic resin material or a metal material having a constant strength.

1 to 3, the discharge pipe 250 is provided with a U-shaped structure with one side of the elevation open, and is coupled along the axial direction of the drum 200, So that the defecation of the cat moving along the rotation direction of the catheter 200 is guided in the axial direction of the drum 200.

At this time, the end of the discharge pipe 250 is connected to the discharge port 260 to be discharged through the discharge port 260. When the cat's discharge moves along the discharge pipe 250, It is preferable that the sand dropping grooves 251 are formed in a slant or spiral shape.

Generally, the sand dropping groove 251 is formed along the longitudinal direction of the discharge pipe 250 so as not to interfere with the movement of the defecation moving along the discharge path of the discharge pipe 250, or alternatively, The shape of the dropping groove 251 may be formed in a sloping or spiral shape so that separation of the defecation is suppressed and the discharge port 260 Can be smoothly moved.

The discharge port 260 is formed at the center of the axis of the drum 200 and is connected to the end of the discharge path of the discharge pipe 250 described above to guide the defecation discharged to the defecation storage box 300 to be described later.

The defecation storage box 300 accommodates and stores the defecation discharged through the discharge port 260 by being coupled to the other side of the width of the drum 200. At this time, it is preferable that a vents (not shown) for preventing decay of internal defecation are formed in the defecation storage box 300, and a carbon filter is preferably installed in the above-mentioned ventilation holes to prevent odor.

FIG. 4 is a partial view for explaining a shape and structure of a drainage pipe and a drain pipe according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a conceptual view illustrating a discharging process of a defecation by a rotating operation of a drum according to an embodiment of the present invention to be.

4 and 5, the defecation processing device DA of the embodiment of the present invention includes a drum 200, a rotation shaft 230, The defecation is filtered out from the sand through the suction pipe 240 and the defecated defecation is moved to the upper part of the drum 200 again to be discharged to the defecation storage box 300 through the discharge pipe 250, Is moved along the discharge path.

When the sieve 240 is lifted up to a certain height by the rotation of the drum 200, one end of the drum 200, which is the starting end of the discharge path of the discharge pipe 250 (The surface on which the discharge port 260 is formed) of the drum 200, which is the terminating end of the discharge path, from the discharge surface of the drum 200. [

The sieve 240 may also be disposed on one side of the drum 200 from the other side of the drum 200 so that defecation filtered by the sieve 240 can be moved to a position on one side of the drum 200, Is preferably formed so that the inclination (alpha DEG) is lowered.

The discharge pipe 250 has a structure in which an inclination (?) Is formed. The discharge pipe (250) has a structure in which the radius of the discharge pipe (250) becomes narrower from one surface of the drum (200) toward the other surface of the drum It is possible to easily guide the discharge path of the defecation moved to the starting end of the deflation valve 250.

In addition, the distance between the sieve 240 and the discharge pipe 250 may be increased toward the one side of the drum 200 due to the inclination α ° of the sieve 240, The discharge path formed by the discharge pipe 250 and the supply pipe 240 may be formed without being separated from each other.

As described above, the screen 240 is extended in the direction transverse to the axial direction of the drum 200, and is provided in a structure that is refracted in the rotating direction of the drum 200 toward the end. As a result, The bending load can be easily dispersed.

In addition, the filter screen 240 is obliquely installed in a manner that the inclination (?) Becomes lower toward the one surface of the drum 200, so that the end of the filter screen 240 is drawn into the sand without inclination (? The load applied to the end can be made to flow so that the durability life due to the breakage of the sieve 240 can be reduced.

After the discharge of the cat's bowel movement is completed after the drum 200 reaches the height for discharging the bowel movement, the drum 200 is rotated back again so that the feeding bar 240 returns to its original position, The sand that has been received in the receiving space 242 also returns to the receiving space 220.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual view showing the construction of a switch operating according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a cross- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of a defecatory storage box for sorting bowel movements. FIG.

6 is a view of the drum 200 in the direction of the defecation storage box 300. As shown in FIG. 5, between the outlet 260 of the defecation treatment device DA of the present invention and the defecation storage box 300 And an opening / closing device 400 for opening / closing the outlet 260 is included.

The catheter is accommodated in the catheter storage 300, so that it is preferable that the catheter is opened only when the catheter enters the inside of the catheter 300 in view of the odor problem of the catheter.

The swab 240 is rotated at a predetermined angle or height to guide the swab to the discharge tube 250 and to discharge the swab from the swab sleeve 300 through the discharge port 260. [ The switch 400 must be switched from the closed state to the open state for a certain period of time to be seated in the defecation container 300 and then switched to the closed state after the defecation is received in the defecation container 300. [

To this end, the switch 400 of the present invention includes the configuration of the cover rotation cam 410, the cover roller 420, the outlet cover 430, the cover pivot shaft 440, and the cover protrusion chin 450.

The lid rotation cam 410 is axially coupled to the rotation center of the drum 200 with respect to the discharge port 260 so as to transmit periodical rotational driving force and a lid roller 420 is provided on one side of the lid rotation cam 410 Thereby pressing the lid protrusion chuck 450, which will be described later.

The discharge port cover 430 is coupled to the cover rotation axis 440 formed on the other surface of the drum 200 and serves as a cover for opening and closing the discharge port 260. The discharge port cover 430 is provided to correspond to the shape of the discharge port 260, The cover protruding protrusion 450 protrudes in a direction to form a rotation center through engagement with the cover rotating shaft 440. The tip of the cover protruding protrusion 450 contacts the cover roller 420 to transmit a torsional driving force Receive.

Here, the cover roller 420 is preferably formed at a rotation radius of the cover protrusion chin 450, and it is preferable that the cover rotation roller 410 is formed by a friction generated when the cover rotation cam 410 presses the cover protrusion chin 450 Vibration, noise and wear. The lid roller 420 is provided in a plurality along the rotation radius of the lid protrusion chin 450 so that the lid cover 430 is opened until the cat's bowel movement reaches the defecation storage box 300 through the discharge port 260 Is set to be proportional to the contact area and the contact time.

Accordingly, the opening time of the discharge cover 430 can be maintained for a predetermined time at a certain height of the screen 240 as the drum 200 rotates.

Here, the lid pivot shaft 440 extends from the other side of the drum 200, and the lid roller 420 is extended in the direction of the defecation storage box 300 to eliminate mutual interference.

7 is a view showing the direction of the defecation storage box 300 from the other side of the drum 200. As shown in the figure, the defecation storage box 300 of the present invention accommodates a defecation guided through the discharge port 260, The defecation bag 300 can not be used in the entire space of the defecation storage box 300 and the defecation bag used for the defecation storage box 300 can be used frequently There is a problem in that the use time of the defecation processing device DA can not be prolonged due to the problem that it needs to be changed.

Accordingly, it is necessary to periodically flow the bowel movement container 300 or to apply a constant impact so that the bowel cages stacked in the bowel movement container 300 are aligned without blind spots. To this end, the bowel rotation cam 310, The rollers 320, the storage lever 330, the storage container supporting jaw 340, and the storage container fixing jaw 350 are provided.

The storage container rotation cam 310 rotates with respect to the rotation center of the drum 200 and is coupled with a discharge port 260 formed on the other surface of the drum 200. The storage container rotation roller 310 protrudes in the direction of the rotation axis 230, So as to pressurize the storage lever 330 periodically. At this time, the structure of the storage roller 320 is the same as that of the cover roller 420 described above, and thus its detailed description is omitted.

The storage lever 330 is pivotally coupled to a lever pivot shaft 331 formed on the other surface of the drum 200. The load transmitted from the storage container rotation cam 310 is stored in a defecation storage box 300). ≪ / RTI >

By the cyclical pressing of the storage container rotation cam 310, the storage compartment 300 rotates at a predetermined angle with respect to the rotation center of the drum 200 and returns to its original position, Cat cattle can be aligned without blind spots.

In order to align the bowel movement, a bowel movement fixing jaw is formed at the original position of the bowel movement storage box 300 so as to transmit a constant amount of the impact to the bowel movement storage box 300 returned to the original position, It is preferable to collide with the defecation storage box 300.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the rotating motion of the defecation storage box 300 and the switch 400 is operated in conjunction with the rotational motion of the drum 200, and is operated at a constant cycle by the rotating cam, The servomotor may be provided in the defecation storage box 300 and the disposal box 400 so that the servomotor can be driven in accordance with the rotational motion of the drum 200 without being interlocked with each other. It can rotate at a certain angle.

1, the defecation processing apparatus DA of the present invention may be configured such that the structure of the driving motor 500 for providing the rotational driving force of the drum 200 can be used, The driving operation of the motors provided respectively in the switch 400 and the defecation storage box 300 can be controlled in addition to the driving operation of the drum 200 and the sleep time of the defecation processing device DA Setting, driving time setting, waiting time setting, and the like can be additionally controlled.

Here, the operation panel 700 may be provided in the form of a touch panel or a touch screen.

In order to secure the cat using the defecation processing device DA, a configuration of a proximity sensor (motion sensor) for sensing the operation of the cat may be provided in the drum 200, A weight sensor for detecting the proper amount of the sand filled in the accommodation space 220 in the drum 200 and a storage compartment 300 for the user's convenience are provided, It is needless to say that a weight sensor for sensing the capacity of the body can be installed separately.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. And the scope of the present invention should be understood as the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.

DA: defecation device
100: Cradle
110: Scaffolding
200: Drums
210: Entrance
220: reception space
230:
240: Filter
241: mesh plate
242: receiving plate
250: discharge pipe
251: sand falling groove
260: Outlet
300: Bowel archives
310: Storage Rotation Cam
320: Storage roller
330: Storage lever
331: Lever rotating shaft
340: Storage box jaw
350: Storage bin fixing jaw
400: Actuator
410: cover rotating cam
420: cover roller
430: Outlet cover
440: cover rotating shaft
450: lid protruding jaw
500: drive motor
600: Operation panel

Claims (5)

holder;
A receiving space for accommodating the litter containing the sand therein is formed and an opening for allowing the companion animal to enter and exit is formed on one side of the coupling surface with the cradle A drum having an outlet for discharging the defecation of the companion animal;
The drum is installed inside the drum so as to cross the axial direction of the drum and is inclined in the direction of one surface of the drum. When the drum rotates, the drum rotates about the axis of the drum to filter the defecation from the sand Filter; And
The drum has a semi-cylindrical shape with both ends opened. The drum has a shape in which the radius decreases from one side of the drum to the other side. The drum is coupled to the squeezing net along the axial direction of the drum. And a drain pipe provided to the drain pipe so that the defecation, which is caught by the squeezing net and is transmitted, is moved in the direction of the discharge port
Automatic device for companion animal defecation. The method according to claim 1,
And a defecation storage box coupled to the other surface of the drum on which the discharge port is formed and accommodating the defecation discharged to the discharge port through the discharge pipe
Automatic device for companion animal defecation. The method according to claim 1,
Preferably,
And is fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the drum as it goes toward the end, in the direction of rotation of the drum.
Automatic device for companion animal defecation. The method according to claim 1,
Preferably,
A mesh plate formed at a front end of the drum with respect to a rotation direction of the drum and having a gap larger than a particle size of the sand; And
And a receiving plate which is made up of the remaining portion except for the mesh plate and accommodates the sand having passed through the gap of the mesh plate
Automatic device for companion animal defecation. The method according to claim 1,
The cradle,
And the drum is provided with an asymmetrical structure with respect to the rotating direction of the drum
Automatic device for companion animal defecation.

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