TWI735213B - Feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

A feeder includes a housing unit and a partition unit. The housing unit surrounds and defines an internal space, and defines a first opening communicating with the front end of the internal space, and includes two side walls located on the left and right sides of the internal space. Each side wall is formed with a via hole group. The partition unit is inserted in the guide hole groups and can be oscillated relative to the housing unit in the internal space, and the internal space is partitioned by a partition located behind the partition unit and connected to the first opening. A first zone is spaced apart, and a second zone is located in front of the partition unit and communicates with the first opening and the first zone. Since the partition unit can swing relative to the housing unit, so that the size of the second area can be adjusted and changed, the present invention can facilitate various pet birds with different body sizes to eat bird feed.

Description

Feeder

The present invention relates to a feeder suitable for feeding pets, in particular to a feeder suitable for feeding pet birds.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, an existing feeder 1 is suitable for feeding a bird feed to a pet bird, and includes a housing unit 11 and a partition plate 12 installed in the housing unit 11 .

The housing unit 11 includes two sidewalls 13 spaced apart from the left and right, and surrounds and defines a first opening 14 that opens toward the front, a second opening 15 that opens upwards, and a connection between the first opening 14 and the second opening. The internal space 16 between the openings 15.

The left and right sides of the partition plate 12 are respectively immovably fixed on the side walls 13, and the partition plate 12 includes a first plate portion 121 extending from the front to the back and the rear end spaced from the housing unit 11. And a second plate portion 122 extending downward from the rear end of the first plate portion 121.

The second plate portion 122 is spaced back and forth from the housing unit 11 and up and down, and cooperates with the first plate portion 121 to partition the internal space 16 into a first area located at the rear and connected to the second opening 15 161, and a second area 162 located at the front and connecting the first opening 14 and the first area 161.

When this kind of existing feeder 1 is used, the bird feed is put in through the second opening 15. The bird feed will be able to move from the first area 161 to The second area 162 can be used for pet birds to extend their heads into the second area 162 to feed on the bird feed.

Although this type of existing feeder 1 can use gravity to automatically replenish bird feed below the second area 162 to feed automatically, its disadvantage is that the partition plate 12 is fixed between the side walls 13 and cannot be adjusted. Therefore, the second area 162 cannot be changed and cannot be adjusted according to the size of the pet bird, which needs to be improved.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a feeder that can overcome at least one of the disadvantages of the prior art.

The feeder includes a housing unit and a partition unit. The housing unit surrounds and defines an internal space, and defines a first opening communicating with the front end of the internal space, and includes two side walls located on the left and right sides of the internal space. Each side wall is formed with a via hole group. The partition unit is inserted in the guide hole groups and can be oscillated relative to the housing unit in the internal space, and the internal space is partitioned by a partition located behind the partition unit and connected to the first opening. A first zone is spaced apart, and a second zone is located in front of the partition unit and communicates with the first opening and the first zone.

The effect of the present invention is that the partition unit can swing relative to the housing unit, so that the size of the second area can be adjusted, which can facilitate the feeding of various pet birds of different sizes.

In the following description, similar or identical elements will be denoted by the same numbers.

Referring to FIGS. 3 to 5 and 8, a first embodiment of the feeder of the present invention is suitable for use with an expansion bottle 22 containing a bird feed 21 to automatically feed a pet bird. The mouth of the expansion bottle 22 is formed with a thread 221. The pet bird can be, for example, a parrot, a bird, a starling, or a bird.

The first embodiment includes a housing unit 3, a partition unit 4 pivotally connected to the housing unit 3 by a pivoting edge 413 and installed in the housing unit 3, and a partition unit 4 installed in the housing Screw cap 5 at the top of unit 3.

The housing unit 3 is shaped like a rectangular parallelepiped extending vertically and longitudinally, and includes a main housing 31 made of metal material, and two side walls 32 assembled on opposite sides of the main housing 31.

The main housing 31 includes a top wall 311 and a bottom wall 312 spaced up and down, an extension wall 313 located at the rear and extending up and down between the top wall 311 and the bottom wall 312, and spaced apart from the extension wall 313 An upper front wall 314 and a lower front wall 315 respectively extending from the top wall 311 and the bottom wall 312 up and down in the front.

The top wall 311, the bottom wall 312, the extension wall 313, the upper front wall 314, the lower front wall 315 and the side walls 32 cooperate to define a cuboid-shaped internal space 33, and a connection with the The front end of the internal space 33 is a rectangular first opening 34 extending in the left and right longitudinal directions.

The top wall 311 includes a hole rim 317 surrounding and defining a second opening 316 in the shape of a circular hole, and a protrusion 318 located in the second opening 316 and projecting radially inward and forward from the hole rim 317 .

The extension wall 313 includes two slot segments 61 formed on the front wall, extending left and right and spaced up and down. The cross section of each slot segment 61 is C-shaped, and the slot segments 61 are provided with a plurality of screws 62 to fasten the side walls 32 to the left and right sides of the extension wall 313 respectively.

The upper front wall 314 extends downward from the front end of the top wall 311. Each of the upper front wall 314 and the lower front wall 315 includes a slot section 61 formed on the rear wall surface and extending left and right, for a plurality of screws 62 to screw the side walls 32 to the upper front wall. 314 and the left and right sides of the lower front wall 315. The upper front wall 314 is also formed with a pivoting groove 319 located below the slot section 61 and for inserting the pivoting edge 413 of the partition unit 4. The pivoting groove 319 extends left and right, and has a semicircular cross section.

The lower front wall 315 extends upward from the front end of the bottom wall 312 and is spaced up and down from the upper front wall 314, and cooperates with the upper front wall 314 and the side walls 32 to define the first opening 34.

The side walls 32 are located on the left and right sides of the inner space 33, and each side wall 32 is made of a transparent acrylic material, and forms a curved extending through hole group 321 that penetrates right and left. Each guide hole group 321 includes a plurality of assembly holes 322 arranged in an arc direction with the pivoting edge 413 as the center and communicated with each other. Since the assembly holes 322 of each guide hole group 321 are partially overlapped and communicated with each other, the edge of each guide hole group 321 is wavy. In other embodiments of the present invention, the assembly holes 322 of each via hole group 321 can also be arranged at intervals.

The partition unit 4 includes a partition plate 41 arranged in the internal space 33, two assembly parts 42 inserted into the partition plate 41 and respectively inserted into the guide hole groups 321, and one partition plate 41 is separated by the partition plate 41. The adjusting plate 43 protruding downward from the plate 41, several adjusting members 44 screw-locking and fixing the adjusting plate 43 on the partition plate 41, and one set in the internal space 33 and located between the partition plate 41 and the partition plate 41. The curved guide plate 45 between the extension walls 313 of the housing unit 3.

The partition plate 41 includes a first plate portion 411 extending backward from the upper front wall 314 of the housing unit 3 and a second plate portion 412 extending downward from the rear end of the first plate portion 411.

The first plate portion 411 obliquely extends from the front to the back to the bottom, and includes the pivoting edge 413 located in the front and inserted into the pivoting groove 319 of the upper front wall 314. The first plate portion 411 includes a slot section 61 formed on the bottom surface and extending left and right for the assembling members 42 to be inserted.

The included angle between the second plate portion 412 and the first plate portion 411 is an obtuse angle, and a plurality of groups of holes 414 arranged at intervals from left to right and penetrating back and forth are formed for the adjustment members 44 to be assembled.

The adjusting plate 43 is assembled with the second plate portion 412 of the partition plate 41 and protrudes downward from the second plate portion 412, and the width of the adjusting plate 43 is equal to the width of the second plate portion 412, and A concave hole 431 that is concave from bottom to top and penetrates back and forth is formed, and a plurality of holes 432 that penetrate back and forth and can respectively be inserted into the adjusting members 44 are formed. The adjustment holes 432 are a group. The adjustment holes 432 of each group are spaced left and right from the adjustment holes 432 of other groups, and the adjustment holes 432 of each group are arranged up and down at intervals. In other embodiments of the present invention, the adjustment holes 432 of each group can also communicate with each other to form a long hole for the corresponding adjustment member 44 to move up and down.

The adjustment plate 43 cooperates with the partition plate 41 to partition the internal space 33 into a first area 331 located behind the partition unit 4 and spaced from the first opening 34 and connected to the second opening 316, And a second area 332 located at the front and connected to the first opening 34. The adjusting plate 43 also partitions the inner space 33 into a gate 333 located between the adjusting plate 43 and the curved guide plate 45 and connecting the first area 331 and the second area 332.

The bending guide plate 45 is located at intervals behind the partition plate 41 and the adjustment plate 43, and includes a plate located on the bottom wall 312 of the main housing 31 and centered on the pivot edge 413 from top to bottom The curved plate portion 451 is curved and extends forward, and a straight plate portion 452 extends up and down and abuts against the front wall surface of the extension wall 313 of the main housing 31.

Referring to Figures 5 and 6, the screw cover 5 is circular and pivotally connected to the top wall 311 of the main housing 31, and can be pivotally transformed from a covering position covering the second opening 316 to an enabling The second opening 316 is exposed and is in an open position as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 6.

Referring to FIGS. 5 to 8, when the first embodiment is used with the expansion bottle 22, the screw cap 5 is first pivoted to the open position, so that the second opening 316 is exposed. Then insert the mouth of the expansion bottle 22 into the second opening 316, and make the protrusion 318 of the top wall 311 snap into the thread 221 of the expansion bottle 22, so that the expansion bottle 22 is firmly inserted in the In the second opening 316.

When the expansion bottle 22 is inserted upside down into the second opening 316, the bird feed 21 contained in the second opening 316 will fall into the first area 331 under the action of gravity, and will travel along the curved guide plate 45. The gateway 333 moves to the second area 332, as shown in FIG. 8. At this time, in the first embodiment, a pet bird can feed the bird feed 21 located in the second area 332 through the first opening 34.

8 to 10, the first embodiment is characterized in that the partition plate 41 can pivot relative to the housing unit 3 with the pivoting edge 413 as the pivot center, and drive the assembly parts 42 to be respectively along the arc direction. Move in the guide hole groups 321 so that each assembly member 42 can move from one assembly hole 322 of a respective guide hole group 321 to the other assembly hole 322 of the guide hole group 321.

Specifically, when the assembling pieces 42 of the first embodiment are loosened and moved from the assembling holes 322 at the center to the assembling holes 322 at the top, the first embodiment is The partition plate 41 can be pivotally transformed from the state shown in FIG. 8 to the state shown in the solid line in FIG. Larger pet birds feed on bird feed 21, and when the assembling parts 42 of the first embodiment are moved from the assembling holes 322 at the center to the assembling holes 322 at the bottom, they can also be changed to In the state shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 9, the range of the second area 332 is reduced, and the adjustment is quite convenient.

The second feature of the first embodiment is that the adjustment plate 43 can move relative to the second plate portion 412 of the partition plate 41 to change the length of the second plate portion 412 protruding. For example, when the adjusting members 44 are inserted into the adjusting holes 432 with the lowest height from the adjusting holes 432 with the middle height, the length of the adjusting plate 43 protruding from the second plate portion 412 will be as shown in the figure. 10 is shortened, and the gate 333 is enlarged, thereby facilitating the movement of the bird feed 21 with a larger size from the first zone 331 through the gate 333 to the second zone 332.

The assembling holes 322 are arranged in the arc direction with the pivoting side 413 as the center, which is advantageous for the pivotal change of the position of the partition plate 41, and the bending guide plate 45 is centered on the pivoting side 413 from the top. The advantage of extending downward and forward in a curved arc is that, without adjusting the protruding length of the adjusting plate 43 protruding from the second plate portion 412, when the partition plate 41 and the adjusting plate 43 pivot, the The gate 333 can maintain approximately the same size.

The adjustment plate 43 is formed with the recessed hole 431. The advantage is that when the bird feed 21 is stuck and cannot be moved to the second area 332, the recessed hole 431 can allow the pet bird’s beak to extend into the first area 331 for pecking. Take the bird feed 21 so that the bird feed 21 has a chance to loosen and enter the second area 332.

Referring to FIG. 11, the second embodiment is similar to the first embodiment, except that the side walls 32 of the second embodiment are made of a metal material that cannot be seen through, and include two sheet-shaped and separate The hooks 7 assembled on the side walls 32.

Each side wall 32 is formed with a window 323 penetrating left and right and extending up and down (due to the viewing angle, only one is shown in the figure). The housing unit 3 also includes two see-through members 35 (the viewing angle relationship, only one of which is shown in the figure) respectively covering the window holes 323 and made of a see-through material. In addition, the assembling holes 322 of each guide hole group 321 are also communicated with each other in a large-scale overlapping manner, so that each guide hole group 321 is smooth and extends with the pivotal side 413 as the center arc. Look like.

Each hook 7 includes a piece 70 that extends up and down and abuts on a corresponding side wall 32, and the piece 70 protrudes forward from the corresponding side wall 32 and is suitable for hooking a birdcage. A first hook body 71, a second hook body 72 and a third hook body 73 on the two horizontally extending bars 8 are provided.

Each piece 70 is formed with a plurality of through holes 701 for the corresponding screws 62 to be assembled.

The first hook body 71 and the second hook body 72 of each hook 7 are respectively located on the upper and lower sides of the first opening 34, and the hook opening faces downward. Each third hook body 73 is located at intervals below the corresponding second hook body 72, with the hook opening facing upward, and cooperates with the corresponding second hook body 72 to define a hook space 74 extending up and down, and a A hook passage 75 extending back and forth and capable of allowing one of the bars 8 to enter and exit the hook space 74.

An extension length L1 of each hook space 74 extending up and down is approximately equal to a hook inner length L2 of the corresponding first hook body 71 extending up and down. A vertical width W1 of each hook 75 is equivalent to the diameter of the corresponding grid 8.

Since the side walls 32 of the second embodiment are made of metal material, in addition to the effect of changing the size of the second region 332, the second embodiment also has better durability. The design of the window holes 323 and the see-through parts 35 has the advantage of facilitating the owner to observe the remaining amount of the bird feed 21.

In addition to the hooks 7 that facilitate the hooking of the second embodiment on the bars 8 of the birdcage, the hook openings of each second hook 72 and the corresponding third hook 73 are opposite to each other. Cooperating with the design of the hook 75, it can also prevent the second embodiment from being teased by the pet bird from leaving the bird cage, which is quite safe and reliable.

In summary, the effect of the feeder of the present invention is that the partition unit 4 can swing relative to the housing unit 3, so that the size of the second area 332 can be adjusted, which is beneficial for pet birds of different sizes to feed.

The above are only examples of the present invention, and cannot be used to limit the scope of patent application of the present invention, and simple equivalent changes and modifications according to the scope of patent application and patent specification of the present invention shall also be the present invention. Covered by the scope of the patent application.

21: Bird feed

22: Expansion bottle

221: Thread

3: Housing unit

31: main shell

311: top wall

312: Bottom Wall

313: Extension Wall

314: On the front wall

315: lower front wall

316: second opening

317: Hole Edge

318: Bump

319: Pivot Slot

32: side wall

321: Pilot Hole Group

322: Assembly hole

323: window hole

33: Internal space

331: District One

332: Second District

333: Gateway

34: first opening

35: perspective pieces

4: partition unit

41: divider

411: First Board

412: Second Board

413: Pivot Edge

414: Group Hole

42: Assembled parts

43: adjustment board

431: Hole

432: adjustment hole

44: adjustment piece

45: curved guide plate

451: Bent Board

452: Straight

5: screw cap

61: slot segment

62: Screw

7: hook

70: sheet body

701: Through Hole

71: The first hook

72: second hook

73: third hook

74: hook space

75: Hook Road

8: fence

L1: extended length

L2: Length inside the hook

W1: width

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating an existing feeder; Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the existing feeder; Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating a first embodiment of the feeder of the present invention; Figure 4 is a perspective exploded view illustrating the first embodiment; Figure 5 is a combined cross-sectional view illustrating the first embodiment; Fig. 6 is a top view illustrating that a screw cover of the first embodiment is in a cover position, and an imaginary line indicates that the cover is in an open position; Figure 7 is an incomplete cross-sectional view illustrating that a protrusion of the first embodiment snaps into a thread of an expansion bottle; Figure 8 is an incomplete cross-sectional view illustrating the use of the first embodiment; Fig. 9 is an incomplete cross-sectional view, similar to Fig. 8, illustrating the way of swinging a partition unit of the first embodiment; Figure 10 is an incomplete cross-sectional view, similar to Figure 8, illustrating the change in the length of the partition unit of the first embodiment; and Fig. 11 is a side view illustrating a second embodiment of the feeder of the present invention.

3: Housing unit

31: main shell

311: top wall

312: Bottom Wall

313: Extension Wall

314: On the front wall

315: lower front wall

316: second opening

317: Hole Edge

318: Bump

32: side wall

321: Pilot Hole Group

322: Assembly hole

33: Internal space

331: District One

332: Second District

333: Gateway

34: first opening

4: partition unit

41: divider

411: First Board

412: Second Board

42: Assembled parts

43: adjustment board

431: Hole

45: curved guide plate

451: Bent Board

452: Straight

5: screw cap

Claims (9)

A feeder, comprising: a housing unit surrounding and defining an internal space and defining a first opening communicating with the front end of the internal space, and including two side walls on the left and right sides of the internal space, each side wall forming There is a guide hole group; a partition unit is inserted in the guide hole groups and can be oscillated relative to the housing unit in the internal space, and the internal space is partitioned by one located behind the partition unit And a first area spaced apart from the first opening, and a second area located in front of the partition unit and connecting the first opening and the first area; wherein, the partition unit includes an inner space area A partition plate that separates the first area and the second area, and two assembly parts inserted into the partition plate and inserted into the guide hole groups respectively, the partition plate includes a housing unit A first plate portion extending backward, and a second plate portion extending downward from the first plate portion. The first plate portion includes a pivotal edge located forward and pivotally connected to the housing unit. Each guide The hole group includes a plurality of assembly holes arranged in an arc direction with the pivotal edge as the center, and the partition plate can pivot relative to the housing unit with the pivotal edge as the pivot center, and drive the assembly parts Therefore, each assembly can be changed from one assembly hole of a respective guide hole group to another assembly hole of the guide hole group. The feeder according to claim 1, wherein the partition unit further includes a curved guide plate arranged in the internal space and spaced apart behind the partition plate, and the curved guide plate moves from top to bottom and faces forward bending. The feeder according to claim 2, wherein the curved guide plate has the pivotal edge It is a curved extension of the center of the circle. The feeder according to claim 1, wherein the partition unit further includes an adjustment plate that is assembled with the second plate portion and protrudes from the second plate portion, and the adjustment plate also divides the internal space by a communication In the gate between the first zone and the second section, the adjusting plate can move relative to the second plate portion to change the length of the protruding second plate portion, thereby changing the size of the gate. The feeder according to claim 4, wherein the adjusting plate is formed with a concave hole that is concave from bottom to top and penetrates back and forth. The feeder according to claim 1, wherein the housing unit is further formed with a second opening that penetrates and communicates with the first area, and the feeder further includes a second opening that is pivotally connected to the housing unit and covers the second opening The screw cover can be pivotally transformed from a covering position covering the second opening to an open position exposing the second opening. The feeder according to claim 1, wherein the housing unit is further formed with a second opening in the shape of a circular hole penetrating and communicating with the first area, and a second opening located in the second opening and formed by the housing A block projecting radially inward of the unit. The feeder according to claim 1, wherein one of the side walls is made of a material that cannot be seen through, and is formed with a window hole that penetrates right and left and extends up and down, and the housing unit further includes a window covering the window A see-through piece made of a see-through material with a hole. The feeder according to claim 1, further comprising two hooks respectively assembled on the side walls, each hook includes a piece body extending up and down and arranged on a corresponding one of the side walls, and the piece Body protruding forward The side wall is suitable for hooking a first hook body, a second hook body, and a third hook body on two of the horizontally extending bars of a birdcage. The first hook body of each hook A hook body and the second hook body are respectively located on the upper and lower sides of the first opening with the hook opening facing downward, each third hook body is located at intervals below the corresponding second hook body with the hook opening facing upward, and Cooperating with the corresponding second hook body, it defines a hook space extending up and down, and a hook path extending back and forth and allowing one of the bars to enter and exit the hook space.

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