KR20220076141A - Automatic live food feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

The automatic feed feeder 90 according to the present invention is configured as follows.
A tray 100 in which the raw food F is accommodated, a pole 200 fixed to the tray 100 and erected, and a receiving part in which the raw food F is accommodated as being mounted on the pole 200 ( 300) and a discharge unit 400 mounted on the pole 200 to discharge the raw food F stored in the receiving unit 300.
Therefore, there is an effect of automatically and smoothly supplying fresh and quantitative raw food (F) to companion animals.

Description

Automatic live food feeder

The present invention relates to an automatic feeder for live food, and more particularly, to an automatic feeder for live feed, characterized in that it is configured to supply raw food to companion animals in a live state.

In recent years, as keeping companion animals indoors has become a new culture, the scope of companion animals is not limited to dogs and cats, but also reptiles such as snakes, lizards, and turtles.

In order to keep these companion animals healthy and living their life span, it is necessary to supply them with the right amount of food at the right time. To this end, in the prior art literature, a feed supplying device for automatically supplying feed has been proposed.

A hopper for accommodating the feed is configured, a discharge pipe is horizontally connected to a lower portion of the hopper from which the feed is discharged, a screw pipe is embedded in the discharge pipe to rotate, and a motor is connected to the screw pipe to be configured.

Accordingly, when the screw tube is rotated by the motor, the feed is discharged through the discharge tube. At this time, whenever the feed filled in the discharge pipe is emptied, the feed filled in the hopper is concentrated into the discharge pipe by gravity.

However, such a feed supply device had the following problems.

Since companion animals such as reptiles are not domesticated, they mainly eat live food such as insects as feed. In other words, it likes live and wriggling prey by its habit. Therefore, if such raw food is filled in the feed supply device and the motor rotates at a predetermined number of rotations at a predetermined time, it is possible to supply a fixed amount of live food in a timely manner. However, since the live food is a living organism, when the hopper is filled, the movable space is narrow and the case of death due to insufficient oxygen supply is rare. In addition, when the screw rotates in a state in which a plurality of live feed is filled in the discharge pipe, the live feed rubs against each other and rubs against the inner surface of the discharge pipe to be damaged and die easily. Therefore, it is impossible to properly supply fresh live food to companion animals such as reptiles, and there is a serious problem in that the dead live food decays inside the feed supply device and a bad odor is generated.

Korea Utility Model Registration No. 20-0241309 (July 24, 2001)

The problems to be solved through the automatic feeding machine for live food according to the present invention are as follows.

To ensure that live food can be kept fresh for a long time, it is possible to provide sufficient space and oxygen supply for each live food, and to provide a technology that can smoothly provide live food without damage to companion animals such as reptiles. do.

In order to solve the above problems, the automatic feeding machine for live food according to the present invention is configured as follows.

A tray for accommodating live food, a pole fixed to the tray and erected, a receiving part mounted on the pole to receive live food, and a discharge for discharging the raw food stored in the accommodating part by being mounted on the pole includes wealth.

The accommodating part includes a rectangular box that is opened downward and formed long in the front and rear, a L-shaped angle formed on the left and right sides of the lower end of the box and facing each other, and inserted into the angles on both sides to cover the lower part of the box. Includes a cover that mounts to the pole.

In addition, the box includes partitions arranged in the front and rear inside, and the discharge unit pushes the box forward so as to open the inside of the box downward.

The discharge unit includes a guide hole that is opened front and rear in a portion corresponding to the box in the pole, a bar corresponding to the box because it is fitted into the guide hole, and a driving unit mounted on the pole to push the bar include

The driving unit may include a support plate connected to the opposite surface of the box in the pole and disposed on the side of the guide hole, a servomotor fixed to the outer surface of the support plate and having a rotation shaft stacked on top of the bar, and fixed to the rotation shaft and a roll that is in close contact with the upper surface of the bar.

The automatic feeding machine for live food according to the present invention can exhibit the following effects by the above solution.

Since it is possible to accommodate an appropriate amount of live food in the compartmentalized space inside the box, the live food F can be stored fresh for a long time because a space is secured and oxygen is smoothly supplied. In this state, the boxes are opened one by one at a set time, so fresh and quantitative raw food can be automatically and smoothly supplied to companion animals. Therefore, there is an effect that can eliminate the serious problem that a large amount of live food dies and decays as in the background art.

1 is a perspective view showing an automatic feeding machine for live food according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an automatic feeding machine for live food according to the present invention.
Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the receiving unit mounted on the automatic feeding machine for raw food according to the present invention with the lower portion facing the upper portion.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present document will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this is not intended to limit the technology described in this document to specific embodiments, and it is to be understood that various modifications, equivalents, and/or alternatives of the embodiments of this document are included. In connection with the description of the drawings, like reference numerals may be used for like components.

In addition, expressions such as "first," "second," used in this document may modify various elements regardless of order and/or importance, and in order to distinguish one element from another element, It is used only and does not limit the corresponding components. For example, 'first part' and 'second part' may represent different parts regardless of order or importance. For example, without departing from the scope of the rights described in this document, a first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be renamed as a first component.

In addition, terms used in this document are used only to describe specific embodiments, and may not be intended to limit the scope of other embodiments. The singular expression may include the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, may have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art described in this document. Among the terms used in this document, terms defined in a general dictionary may be interpreted as having the same or similar meaning as the meaning in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in this document, ideal or excessively formal meanings is not interpreted as In some cases, even terms defined in this document cannot be construed to exclude embodiments of the present document.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention, an automatic feeder for live feed 90 for solving the above problems will be described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing an automatic feeder for live feed according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the automatic feeder for live feed according to the present invention, and FIG. It is a perspective view shown facing upward.

A tray 100 in which live food F such as live insects is accommodated is configured, and a pole 200 fixed to the tray 100 and erected is configured. In addition, as being mounted on the pole 200 , the receiving part 300 for accommodating the raw food F is configured, and it is mounted on the pole 200 to discharge the raw food F accommodated in the accommodating part 300 . The discharge unit 400 is configured.

The pole 200 is disposed on the front left and right sides, respectively, as shown in FIG. 2 , opposite to each other, and an A-shaped angle 210 open to the inside is formed. That is, when viewed from above, the angle 210 is bent in an A-shape toward each other.

The configuration of the accommodating part 300 will be described with reference to FIG. 3 as follows.

A rectangular box 310 that is opened downward and formed long in the front and rear is configured, and is formed in the lower left and right sides of the box 310 and is formed with a mutually opposing L-shaped angle 311 is configured. The angle 311 is bent inwardly in the shape of a.

In addition, a cover 340 that is inserted into the angle 311 on both sides to cover the lower portion of the box 310 and is mounted on the pole 200 is configured. In order to be mounted on the pole 200 , that is, to be inserted into the angle 210 , an insertion part 345 bent downward is formed.

In addition, the box 310 has partitions 313 arranged in the front and rear directions therein, so that the partitioned space is disposed in the front and rear directions. Therefore, it is possible to accommodate the raw food (F).

In addition, an air hole (not shown) is formed in the box 310 to enable smooth oxygen supply to the live food F accommodated therein.

The configuration of the discharge unit 400 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 .

The discharge unit 400 is configured to open the inside of the box 310 downward since it pushes the box 310 forward.

To this end, a guide hole 410 that is open front and rear is configured in a portion corresponding to the box 310 in the pole 200, and is inserted into the guide hole 410, so that the bar corresponding to the box 310 ( 420, bar) is configured. In addition, a driving unit 430 mounted on the pole 200 to push the bar 420 is configured. Since the bar 420 is configured to be seated on the upper surface of the cover 340 mounted on the angle 210 while being inserted into the guide hole 410 , the bar 420 is horizontally stably transported without being inclined when transported. configured to do so.

The configuration of the driving unit 430 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 .

The driving unit 430 is connected to the opposite surface of the box 310 in the pole 200 and includes a support plate 431 disposed on the side of the guide hole 410 . In addition, a servomotor 433 fixed to the outer surface 432 of the support plate 431 and having a rotating shaft (not shown) stacked on top of the bar 420 is configured, and fixed to the rotating shaft, the bar ( A roll 435 (roll) that is in close contact with the upper surface of the 420 is configured.

In addition, since the servomotor 433 rotates only a predetermined number of times at a predetermined time, a control unit (not shown) that controls power so that the box 310 moves only one space at a predetermined time is configured. In addition, a timer (not shown) for transmitting time data to the control unit is configured, and an input unit (not shown) for inputting an operation time to the control unit is configured. Therefore, if a time is set in the input unit like an alarm, the control unit checks the time while receiving time data from the data. When the set time comes, power is applied to the servo motor 433 to rotate the servo motor 433 a predetermined number of times. In this way, each time the servomotor 433 operates, the box 310 moves one by one, so that it is opened one by one.

Looking at the operation process of the automatic feed feeder 90 according to the present invention as described above, it is as follows.

First, as shown in FIG. 3 , the inside of the box 310 is opened by pulling the cover 340 backward. Then, the live feed (F) is accommodated in the space partitioned by the partition (313). At this time, the input quantity is taken into account so that the active space of the live food F is sufficient. Therefore, the movement of the live prey (F) is possible and oxygen is smoothly supplied to the air hole (not shown), so that the live prey (F) can be kept fresh.

After accommodating the raw food F in this way, the cover 340 is pushed forward so that each space is covered.

Next, after turning over the accommodating part 300 so that the cover 340 faces downward, the insertion part 345 is inserted into the angle 210 of the pole 200 from the top to the bottom.

Next, the bar 420 (bar) is inserted into the guide hole 410 from the driving unit 430 side to correspond to the box 310 .

Next, a time is set in the input unit (not shown) and power is applied to the control unit (not shown). Then, the control unit checks the time while receiving time data from a timer (not shown). When the set time comes, the control unit applies power to the servomotor 433 to rotate only a set number of times, and then turns off the power. Then, the roll 435 is rotated a predetermined number of times, and the bar 420 is transferred as much as the set amount, so that only one box 310 is transferred. At this time, since the bar 420 is transported by being seated on the upper surface of the cover 340, it can be stably transported without being inclined.

Then, since the cover 340 is mounted on the pole 200 , only one compartment is opened inside the box 310 , and the raw food F contained therein falls downward and is accommodated in the tray 100 . When the time set in this way comes, the box 310 is transported one by one, so that a fixed amount of raw food F is accommodated in the tray 100 at a predetermined time. Afterwards, companion animals such as reptiles come to the tray 100 and eat raw food F.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to accommodate an appropriate amount of raw food (F) in the partitioned space inside the box (310). In this state, live food (F) can be stored fresh for a long time because a space for activity is secured and oxygen is smoothly supplied. In this state, since the box 310 is opened one by one at a predetermined time, fresh and quantitative raw food F can be automatically and smoothly supplied to the companion animal. Therefore, there is an advantage that can eliminate the serious problem that a large amount of live food dies and decays as in the background art.

90: live feed automatic feeding machine 100: tray
200: pole 210: angle
300: receiving unit 310: box
311: angle 313: partition
340: cover 345: insert
400: discharge unit 410: guide hole
420: bar (bar) 430: driving unit
431: support plate 432: outer surface
433: servomotor 435: roll

Claims (4)

A tray 100 in which raw food (F) is stored, and
A pole (200, pole) fixed to the tray (100) and erected;
A receiving part 300 in which raw food (F) is accommodated as being mounted on the pole 200;
The automatic feeding machine for live feed, which is mounted on the pole (200) and includes a discharge unit (400) for discharging the live feed (F) stored in the receiving unit (300).
The method of claim 1,
The accommodating part 300,
A rectangular box 310 that is opened downward and formed long in the front and rear, and
A-shaped angles 311 formed on the lower left and right sides of the box 310 and facing each other,
It is inserted into the angle 311 on both sides to cover the lower portion of the box 310 and includes a cover 340 mounted on the pole 200,
The box 310 includes a partition 313 arranged in the front and rear inside,
The discharge unit 400 pushes the box 310 forward, so that the inside of the box 310 is opened downward.
3. The method of claim 2,
The discharge unit 400,
In the pole 200, a guide hole 410 opened forward and backward in a portion corresponding to the box 310,
Since it is fitted into the guide hole 410, a bar 420, bar corresponding to the box 310, and
Automatic feeding machine for live food, characterized in that it is mounted on the pole (200) and comprises a driving unit (430) for pushing the bar (420).
4. The method of claim 3,
The driving unit 430 is
a support plate 431 connected to the opposite surface of the box 310 in the pole 200 and disposed on the side of the guide hole 410;
A servo motor 433 fixed to the outer surface 432 of the support plate 431 and having a rotating shaft (not shown) stacked on top of the bar 420,
The automatic feeding machine for live food, characterized in that it comprises a roll (435, roll) fixed to the rotation shaft and in close contact with the upper surface of the bar (420).

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