RU2800753C1 - Universal wheel simulator for animals - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: animal keeping.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to technical means for ensuring a mobile lifestyle of animals in cramped conditions, such as dogs in kennels and shelters. The charges formed on the dielectric protrusions and plates due to the triboelectric effect, being discharged through the metal plates, synchronously with the rotation of the inner ring control the devices connected to the outputs of the amplifiers. These devices can produce various light and/or sound effects synchronously with the rotation of the inner ring, thereby stimulating the animals to move.

EFFECT: creating an additional stimulating effect in order to increase the mobility of animals in cramped conditions of nurseries and shelters.

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Description

The invention relates to universal technical means for ensuring a mobile lifestyle of animals in cramped conditions, for example, dogs in kennels and shelters, with an additional stimulating effect in the form of lighting, the brightness and other visual effects of which depend on the speed of their movement.

There are animal simulators in the form of treadmills equipped with special fixing straps that are fastened to the collar, and built-in programs help set the pace of walking and the terrain along which the dog will walk [https://beg-dorozhki.ru/category/recommend- begovaja-dorozhka-dlya-sobak (accessed 05/30/2022)].

Known simulators for animals in the form of hydro-paths, which are reservoirs of water, the walls of which are made of durable glass. The speed of the tape, the duration of the session, distance, temperature and water level are calculated using a specially built-in program [https://zveridoma.ru/trenazhyory-dlya-sobak-kategorii-i-naznachenie/ (accessed 30.05.2022)].

Known simulators for animals in the form of wheels, consisting of a ring and a rack, while the ring rotates freely on the rack [https://www.livemaster.ru/item/32449950-zootovary-160-sm-begovoe-koleso-dlya-koshek- sobak-i-detej-s-p (accessed 05/30/2022)].

The “Running wheel” of Go Pet LLC [https://www.gopetusa.com/treadwheel-specs (accessed 05/30/2022)], containing a rotating ring vertically located on the racks, the diameter of which exceeds the size of the placed animal in it. The wheel has a soft running surface.

The disadvantages of the above simulators is that they perform only the function of the actual simulator, do not create an additional stimulating effect.

The technical result of the invention is the creation of a universal wheel simulator for animals in order to increase the mobility of animals in cramped conditions of nurseries and shelters due to an additional stimulating effect.

To achieve the specified technical result in a universal wheel simulator for animals outside the rotating inner ring in which the animal is located, an outer fixed ring is installed. On the outer surface of the inner ring in alternating order are protrusions of equal height, made of a solid dielectric and a metal conductor. The protrusions touch the inner surface of the outer ring. On the inner surface of the outer ring, plates of a dielectric (for example, plastic, durable glass, etc.) and a conductor (for example, metal: copper, aluminum, etc.) are located in an alternating order without gaps in such a way that their combination forms a smooth surface. The dielectrics on the contacting surfaces of the rings are on opposite sides of the triboelectric series. The conductors are made of the same material, or of different materials located side by side in a triboelectric series. The tabs and plates of conductors are grounded in polarity through the inputs of amplifiers (for example, switching amplifiers or DC amplifiers) connected in series with resistors having high electrical resistance, or grounded through other electrical circuits or components connected to the inputs of amplifiers, stepping down the voltage to nominal opening voltage of amplifiers. The outputs of the amplifiers are connected to light sources (such as colored incandescent lamps or LEDs) or sound sources (such as music chips). All amplifiers are powered.

What is new is that the charges formed on the dielectric protrusions and plates due to the triboelectric effect, being discharged through the metal plates, synchronously with the rotation of the inner ring control the devices connected to the outputs of the amplifiers. These devices can produce various light and/or sound effects synchronously with the rotation of the inner ring, thereby stimulating the animals to move.

The claimed invention is illustrated in the drawing. In FIG. 1 shows the structure of a universal animal trainer wheel.

The universal exercise wheel includes an outer ring 1, an inner ring 2 (in which the animal is placed), a dielectric plate 3, a conductor plate 4, a dielectric ledge 5, a conductor ledge 6, electric wires 7, matching circuits or devices (voltage absorbers ) 8, amplifiers 9, actuators (lamps, LEDs, chips) 10. Devices 8 and 9 can be connected either separately or simultaneously to several plates or protrusions, depending on the desired effect.

It is also possible to locate the dielectric protrusions 5 on the inner side of the outer ring 1, and the plates, together forming a smooth surface, on the outer side of the inner ring 2.

Universal wheel simulator for animals works as follows.

The animal is placed in the inner ring 2 and starts to move. For additional stimulation of the running activity of the animal, along with light or sound effects, a fixed bait suspended inside the ring can be used.

In this case, dielectric protrusions 5 and dielectric plates 3, the materials of which are located on different sides of the triboelectric series, periodically, during friction against each other, are charged (both positively and negatively). At other times, dielectric protrusions 5 are discharged through conductive plates 4, and dielectric plates 3 through conductive protrusions 6. Discharge currents pass to ground through wires 7 and matching devices (voltage absorbers) 8 and cause a nominal opening voltage at the inputs of amplifiers 9. At At the outputs of the amplifiers 9, a voltage is generated that drives the actuators (lamps, LEDs, chips) 10. The actuators 9 glow, make sounds in time with the rotation of the wheel: with a rotation period or a multiple (depending on the number of protrusions and plates) of the rotation period wheels.

The trainer wheel is available in different sizes for different sizes of animals.

Claims (1)

Wheel-simulator for animals, which includes two vertically arranged rings, an inner rotating one to accommodate an animal, and an outer fixed one, characterized in that on the outer surface of the inner ring or on the inner surface of the outer ring, protrusions of equal height, made of a solid dielectric, are located in alternating order and a metal conductor, the protrusions touch the inner surface of the outer ring or the outer surface of the inner ring, on which plates of a dielectric and a metal conductor are located in an alternating order without gaps in such a way that their combination forms a smooth surface, dielectrics on the outer surface of the inner ring and on the inner surface the outer ring are on opposite sides of the triboelectric series, the conductors on the surfaces of both rings are made of the same material or from different materials located side by side in the triboelectric series, the protrusions and plates of the conductors are grounded in polarity through the amplifier inputs connected in series with resistors having a high electric resistance, or grounded through other electrical circuits or components connected to the inputs of the amplifiers, lowering the voltage to the nominal opening voltage, the outputs of the amplifiers are connected to light sources or sound sources.