KR20230084397A - Animal shelter with automatic door control - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an animal shelter with an automatic door control, comprising: a main body having an internal shelter space and having an entrance through which animals can enter and exit; an entrance door, one side of which is hinged to an upper portion of the entrance of the main body and configured to pivot, and which opens and closes the entrance according to the entry and exit of animals; a one-way locking member provided with a lower wing extending from an inner lower end of the door, the lower wing being hingedly rotated and bent only from the outside to the inside; The inner lower end of the lower wing of the one-way locking member is caught by the locking bar rising by the weight of the animal entering the shelter space, blocking the rotation of the door due to external force trying to enter from the outside, and from the inside It is configured to include a door control device that allows rotation of the door by an external force to go out.
According to the present invention, the animal shelter with automatic control of the door is configured so that when the animal opens the door and enters the shelter space, the door does not open from the outside without a separate power device, so that animals with a low rank can safely avoid animals with a high rank. can be avoided

Description

Animal shelter with automatic door control}

The present invention relates to an animal shelter with automatic control of a door, and more particularly, when an animal opens a door and enters a shelter space, the door is not opened from the outside without a separate power device, so that an animal with a low rank is an animal with a high rank. It is about an animal shelter with an automatic control of the entrance door made to safely avoid the body.

In general, in any animal group, a dominant hierarchy that monopolizes resources and mating opportunities is common throughout the animal kingdom. It is only the degree of steepness between the strata that differs from species to species.

Because only the strong survive according to the principle of strength, animals continue to fight to rise up the ranks when they gain strength.

Accordingly, when several animals such as cats or dogs live in one space, a battle for rank inevitably occurs, and when the rank is determined accordingly, the higher rank animal attacks or chases and harasses the lower rank animal. Occurs.

Usually, when breeding several animals, a hiding space or shelter is provided so that these low-ranking animals can escape.

However, in such a conventional hiding space or shelter, the entrance is open or the door is always open, so even if a low-ranking animal escapes to the shelter, the door is always open, so it can be attacked or harassed. There was only

Accordingly, when a high-ranking animal attacks or harasses a low-ranking animal, not only can the low-ranking animal avoid it, but also the door can be automatically closed to prevent the high-ranking animal from approaching. The situation is.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0087767 (published on July 30, 2015)

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and when an animal opens the door and enters a shelter space, the door is not opened from the outside without a separate power device, so that animals with a low rank safely avoid animals with a high rank. Its purpose is to provide an automatic controlled animal shelter with an entrance door made to avoid the body.

In order to achieve the above object, the animal shelter with automatic door control according to the present invention has a main body, a door, a one-way locking member, and a door control device.

The main body has a box shape having an internal escape space and has an entrance through which animals can enter and exit.

The entrance door is configured such that one side of the entrance is hinged to the upper part of the entrance of the main body to pivot, and opens and closes the entrance according to the entry and exit of the animal.

The one-way locking member is provided so that the lower wing extends at the inner lower end of the door, and the lower wing is hinged and bent only from the outside to the inside.

In the door control device, the inner lower end of the lower wing of the one-way locking member is caught by a locking rod that rises due to the weight of an animal entering the shelter space, blocking the rotation of the door due to an external force trying to enter the inside from the outside, On the other hand, rotation of the door by an external force to go out from the inside is allowed.

In a specific embodiment, the door control device may include: an elevation plate portion that forms a floor of the escape space and has a plate shape of a size in which an animal can be seated, and moves up and down according to the weight of an animal that has entered; a height adjusting unit having an elastic member connected to the lifting plate part and the upper plate of the main body unit and pulling the lifting plate part upward, and a gap bar having a set length and containing the elastic member therein; A support bar located adjacent to the gap bar, a lever bar connected to the end of the support bar and extending in the direction of the door, a support bar supporting one side of the lever bar to form a support point, and a rectangular frame having a locking bar at the lower end. A lever part having a control bar located inside the body part where the entrance is formed and connected to the end of the lever bar on the door side to ascend and descend; include

Here, the control bar moves up and down by riding one or more guide members formed inside the main body where the entrance is formed.

Here, the rise of the control bar is limited by a limit member protruding from the inside upper part of the main body where the entrance is formed.

Here, the door control device further includes a clearance adjuster in which an end of the lever bar is freely inserted into one side and the other side is integrally connected to the upper part of the control bar.

In one embodiment, the one-way locking member includes an anti-rotation plate integrally coupled to the lower inner side of the door, an upper wing coupled to the inner side of the anti-rotation plate, and a lower end of the anti-rotation plate and a hinge located at the upper portion at a set height. It is hinged to the lower part of the wing, and the hinge rotation from the inside to the outside includes the lower wing blocked by the anti-rotation plate.

According to the present invention, the animal shelter with automatic control of the door is configured so that when the animal opens the door and enters the shelter space, the door does not open from the outside without a separate power device, so that animals with a low ranking can safely avoid animals with a high ranking. have an avoidable effect.

1 is a view showing an animal shelter with an automatic door control according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is an exploded view showing an animal shelter with automatic control of the door according to the present invention.
3 is a view for showing an embodiment of a door control device applied to an animal shelter with automatic door control according to the present invention.
4 is a view showing an embodiment of a one-way locking member applied to an animal shelter with an automatic door control according to the present invention.
Figures 5 (a) to 5 (e) are views showing the state of use of the door automatically controlled animal shelter according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The terms used in the present invention are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or custom of the user or operator, so the definitions of these terms are meanings consistent with the technical details of the present invention. and should be interpreted as a concept.

1 to 5, in the animal shelter 1 with automatic control of the door according to the present invention, the animal opens the door 20 so that the low-ranking animal can safely escape from the high-ranking animal, and the shelter space (S) is configured so that the door 20 is not opened from the outside without a separate power device when entering.

Specifically, referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the animal shelter 1 with automatic door control according to the present invention includes a main body 10, a door 20, a door control device 30, and a one-way locking member 40. includes

First, the body portion 10 has an internal escape space S having a size and shape into which the animal P can stably enter.

Preferably, the main body portion 10 has a box shape with top, bottom, left and right sides blocked, and forms an entrance A through which animals P can push in and out at one side.

Referring to Figure 2, in one embodiment, the main body portion 10 has a front plate 11 forming the entrance (A), the same size as the front plate 11, and the distance between the shelter space (S) opposite to this. The rear plate 12, the front plate 11, the left and right sides of the rear plate 12 are blocked, and the left plate 13 and the right plate 14, the front plate 11 and the rear plate It has a structure including a top plate 15 blocking the open top of (12).

If necessary, a bottom plate (not shown) may be included to block the open lower portions of the front plate 11 and the rear plate 12, and the lifting plate unit 31 described later may be configured according to the structure and configuration described below. Of course, the bottom plate may not be provided as in the city if necessary as a bar that can replace the bottom plate.

On the other hand, the entrance door 20 is configured to open and close the entrance (A) formed on the front plate 11 of the main body 10, preferably the same as or smaller than the entrance (A), but the animal (P) Passing through the entrance A without any resistance has a size that can be prevented.

In one embodiment, such an entrance door 20 is configured such that one side of the entrance (A) of the body portion 10 is hinged by a hinge hinge 21 to rotate the hinge, and the entrance and exit according to the entry and exit of the animal (P) (A) is opened and closed.

In addition, the one-way locking member 40 is configured at the inner lower end of the door 20, and the lower wings 44 are provided to extend, and the lower wings 44 are hinged and folded only in the outer to inner direction. have

In addition, the door control device 30 has a locking rod 33d-1 that rises according to the weight of the animal P entering the shelter space S, and this locking rod 33-1 operates. According to the control, the lower wing 44 of the lower wing 44 of the one-way locking member 40 is configured to be caught, and accordingly, the rotation of the door 20 due to an external force trying to enter from the outside is blocked, and the attempt to go out from the inside is blocked. Only rotation of the door 20 by external force is allowed.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the door control device 30 constituting the automatically controlled animal shelter 1 of the present invention is described in more detail as follows.

The door control device 30 applied to the present invention is characterized in that it is configured to control the opening and closing of the door 20 using the weight of the animal P's own weight without a separate power device.

To this end, the door control device 30 includes a lifting plate unit 31, a height adjusting unit 32, and a lever unit 33.

The elevation plate unit 31 is disposed within the escape space S of the main body 10 to form the bottom of the escape space S.

Preferably, the lifting board 31 has a plate shape of a size on which the animal P can be seated, and can move up and down by the height adjusting unit 32 described later according to the weight of the animal P that has entered. made so that

Depending on installation, the lifting plate unit 31 may be configured to move up and down only in one part or as a whole to move up and down.

In the elevation plate part 31 configured to allow only one part to move up and down, one side is integrally fixed to the front plate 11 of the body part 10, and the other side - the side close to the rear plate 12 - enters. It moves up and down by the weight of one animal (P). At this time, it is preferable that one side of the lifting plate part 31 be positioned at a height with a gap greater than the lower end of the front plate 11 where the entrance A is formed for ease of seesaw movement.

On the other hand, the height adjusting unit 32 enables the above-described lifting plate 31 to seesaw, and is connected to the lifting plate 31 and the upper plate 15 of the main body 10, so that the lifting plate 31 ) is composed of an elastic member 32a always pulling upward, and a gap rod 32b having a set length in the form of a pipe tube including the elastic member 32a therein.

Needless to say, the height adjusting unit 32 can also be configured on the lifting plate unit 31 close to the front plate 11, if necessary.

Preferably, one or more height adjusting units 32 are configured in proportion to the size of the animal shelter 1 in order to stably perform the operation of the lifting plate unit 31 .

In addition, the lever unit 33 performs a lever motion by the weight of the animal P entering the escape space S, and the control bar 33d for controlling the operation of the one-way locking member 40 is caught. The rod 33d-1 is configured to move up and down.

To this end, the lever unit 33 includes a support bar 33a having the same length as the gap bar 32b and located adjacent thereto, and a lever bar connected to the end of the support bar 33a and extending in the direction of the door 20. (33b), a support bar (33c) that supports one side of the lever bar (33b) to form a support point (C), and a rectangular frame shape having a locking bar (33d-1) at the lower end. It includes a lever part 33 having a control bar 33d located inside the formed body part 10 and connected to the end of the lever bar 33b on the side of the door 20 to move up and down.

In a specific embodiment, the support rod 33c is formed integrally by being inserted into the upper portions of the left plate 13 and the right plate 14 or coupled by a coupling member, and has a disposition crossing the lever bar 33b.

And, the control bar (33d) having a rectangular frame shape rides on one or more guide members (50) formed inside the main body front plate (11) where the entrance (A) is formed to stably move up and down. In one embodiment, the guide member 50 has a ring shape through which the control bar 33d moves.

In addition, the control bar 33d having a square frame shape is restricted from rising excessively by a limit member 60 protruding from the inner upper part of the main body 10 where the entrance 15 is formed.

On the other hand, since the length of the lever bar 33b is fixed, the end of the lever bar 33b is freely inserted into one side and the other side is controlled so that the control bar 33d can be raised and lowered stably during the movement of the lever. A gap adjuster 33b-1 integrally connected to the upper part of the bar 33d is provided.

On the other hand, as described above, the door control device 30 eventually restricts the hinge rotation direction of the one-way locking member 40 so that the door 20 is not opened by an animal trying to enter from the outside, and an animal trying to leave the inside to allow them to open freely.

Referring to Figure 4, such a one-way locking member 40 has the following configuration in one embodiment.

The one-way locking member 40 applied to the present invention includes an anti-rotation plate 41 integrally coupled to the inner lower portion of the door 20, an upper wing 42 coupled to the inner side of the anti-rotation plate 41, and an anti-rotation plate It is hinged to the lower part of the upper wing 42 by the hinge 43 located at the upper part at the lower end of the 41 and the height h1 of the setting, and the hinge rotation from the inside to the outside is caught on the anti-rotation plate 41 It is composed of a blocked lower wing 44.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 and FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (e), the operating state of the animal shelter 1 with automatic control of the door according to the present invention is as follows.

Fig. 5(a) shows a state in which an animal (P) of a lower rank is harassed by an animal of a higher rank and moves to escape to an animal shelter (1).

At this time, the automatic door control type animal shelter 1 is in a normal state, and the elevating plate unit 31 is lifted by the elastic member 32a of the height adjusting unit 32 in a state where there are no animals in the shelter space S. Along the length of the gap bar 32b, it maintains a parallel state with the top plate 15 of the main body 10.

The lower wing 44 of the one-way locking member 40 protrudes from the lower end of the door 20, and the locking rod 33d-1 is not lifted, and the door 20 can be moved from the outside or inside without any jamming. It is a state in which the entrance (A) can be freely opened if force is applied.

As shown in FIG. 5(b), when the animal P pushes the door 20 from the outside to the inside and evacuates to the escape space S, continuously as shown in FIG. 5(c), the weight of the animal P As a result, the lifting plate part 31 goes down.

At this time, as the support bar 33a also goes down together, the lever bar 33b moves as a lever around the support point C with the support bar 33c, and the square control bar 33d connected to the lever bar 33b will also rise.

Accordingly, the locking rod 33d-1 constituting the lower part of the control bar 33d also rises.

Then, as the entrance door 20 is returned to its original position, the lower wing 44 passes through the raised locking bar 33d-1, and the lower wing 44 is held by the gravity and force generated while the door 20 is hinged. 33d-1), it passes through the hinge 43 while pivoting from the outside to the inside.

Then, when the door 20 is finally closed, the lower wing 44 of the one-way locking member 40 contacts and is caught from the inside by the locking bar 33d-1, as shown in FIG. 5(d).

Accordingly, when trying to push the door 20 in from the outside, the lower wing 44 is caught on the raised locking bar 33d-1 and is not pushed, and eventually the door 20 is not pushed open from the outside.

And, as shown in FIG. 5 (e), when an animal (P) with a low rank wants to go out of the shelter (1) again, if the animal (P) pushes in the shelter space (S), that is, it is pushed from the inside to the outside. At this time, the rotary blade 44 is not hindered by the hanging bell 33d-1, and the entrance door 20 is hinged outward to open, and the animal in the shelter space S can go outside.

As such, the present invention is configured so that the door 20 is not opened from the outside without a separate power device when the animal (P) of the low rank opens the door 20 and enters the escape space (S), so that the animal of the low rank You can safely evade an animal with this high rank.

The embodiments described above are merely those of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not extremely limited to these embodiments, and various modifications and variations, etc. It will be said that this can be done, which will fall within the scope of the technical rights of the present invention.

1: Animal shelter with automatic door control
10: body part
20: entrance door
30: door control device
40: one-way locking member

Claims (7)

a body part 10 having an enclosure shape having an internal escape space S and having an entrance A through which animals P can enter and exit;
an entrance door (20), one side of which is hinged to an upper portion of the entrance (A) of the main body part (10) and configured to pivot, and which opens and closes the entrance (A) according to the entry and exit of an animal (P);
A one-way locking member 40 provided with lower wings 44 extended at the inner lower end of the door 20 and configured such that the lower wings 44 are hinged and bent only from the outside to the inside;
The inner lower end of the lower wing 44 of the one-way locking member 40 is caught by the locking rod 33d-1, which is raised by the weight of the animal P entering the escape space S, and is caught from the outside. Blocking the rotation of the door 20 by an external force trying to enter the inside, while allowing the rotation of the door 20 by an external force trying to go out from the inside is configured to include a door control device 30 An animal sanctuary with automatic gate control.
According to claim 1,
The door control device 30,
an elevating plate part 31 that forms the bottom of the escape space S and has a plate shape of a size on which the animal P can be seated and moves up and down according to the presence or absence of the weight of the entered animal P;
An elastic member 32a connected to the lifting plate part 31 and the upper surface plate 15 of the body part 10 and pulling the lifting plate part 31 upward, and the elastic member 32a included therein, An animal shelter with an automatic door control, characterized by having a height adjusting unit 32 having a gap bar 32b having a set length.
According to claim 2,
The door control device 30,
A support bar 33a positioned adjacent to the gap bar 32b, a lever bar 33b connected to an end of the support bar 33a and extended in the direction of the door 20, and the lever bar 33b Located on the inside of the main body 10 in which a support bar 33c supporting one side to form a support point C and an entrance A having a locking bar 33d-1 at the lower end are formed, and the lever bar 33b A lever unit 33 having a control bar 33d that is connected to the end of the door 20 and moves up and down; The door automatically controlled animal shelter, characterized in that configured to further include.
According to claim 3,
The control bar (33d) is moved up and down on one or more guide members (50) formed inside the body portion (10) where the entrance (A) is formed.
According to claim 3,
The control bar (33d) is an animal shelter with automatic control of the entrance, characterized in that the elevation is limited by the limit member 60 protruding from the upper inner portion of the body portion 10 where the entrance A is formed.
According to claim 3,
The door automatically controlled animal shelter, characterized in that it further comprises a gap adjuster (33b-1) in which the end of the lever bar (33b) is freely movable and the other side is integrally connected to the upper part of the control bar (33d).
According to claim 1,
The one-way locking member 40,
An anti-rotation plate 41 integrally coupled to the inner lower part of the door 20,
An upper wing 42 coupled to the inside of the anti-rotation plate 41,
The lower part of the anti-rotation plate 41 is hinged to the lower part of the upper wing 42 by the hinge 43 located at the upper part at the height h1 of the setting, and the hinge rotation from the inside to the outside is the anti-rotation plate An automatic control animal shelter, characterized in that it comprises a lower wing 44 blocked by (41).

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