Bird water tank with improved water supply and cage cohesion

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new water container, and more specifically, to a new water container with improved drinking water supply and lattice connection capabilities. The new water tank according to the present invention comprises a cylindrical water storage tank with an open bottom; and The lower end of the water storage container is inserted into the interior and fixed at an intermediate height, and the lower lid has a drainage groove formed on its side from top to bottom, wherein the bottom surface of the lower lid forms an inclined surface inclined toward the direction of the drainage groove, and a horizontal projection is formed on the lower surface of the lower lid. A water bowl with a water supply groove formed on the side from top to bottom, and It includes a water tray having an upper open bottleneck-shaped connecting part that connects the drainage groove of the lower lid and the water supply groove of the water bowl.

Description

Technology Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a new water container, and more specifically, to a new water container with improved drinking water supply and lattice connection capabilities. Background Technology

[0002] Water containers are used to provide water to birds kept in cages, such as pet birds like parrots or companion birds.

[0003] Korean Registered Utility Model No. 20-0307269 discloses a drinking water supply container that is convenient for raising birds and prevents stress on the birds by eliminating the need for human entry into the cage for drinking water supply, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, in which a drinking water container located inside the cage that is fitted and fixed to the cage door and a drinking water supply container located outside the cage are connected to each other, allowing drinking water to be supplied from outside the cage.

[0004] However, since this method requires opening and closing the cage door, the installed water container must be removed and stored to allow the bird to enter and exit, and there is a problem with water overflowing if excessive water is supplied.

[0005] As one of the solutions to these problems, a water container that can be fixed to the bars of a birdcage and automatically supply water has been proposed as shown in Fig. 13, but it has the problem of frequent breakdowns and high cost due to its complex shape and structure, and has the disadvantage of requiring a water supply tube connected to the water supply.

[0006] Accordingly, a new water container (1) has been developed, comprising a cylindrical water storage container (10) with an open bottom as illustrated in FIG. 14, a bottom lid (21) in which the bottom of the water storage container is inserted and fixed at an intermediate height and has a drainage cut-out groove formed from the top to the bottom on one side, a water bowl (22) in which a water supply cut-out groove is formed on one side, and a bottleneck connecting part (23) formed between the drainage cut-out groove of the bottom lid and the water supply cut-out groove of the water bowl and has a bar connection groove formed vertically on the outer surface.

[0007] As shown in FIG. 15, when a water bowl (22) is pushed between the cage frames, the cage frames open and the water bowl (22) enters the cage. Then, the opened cage frames are narrowed by elasticity and are fitted into the lattice joint groove formed on the outer surface of the bottleneck connecting part (23) to be fixed. Afterwards, water is supplied to the water bowl (22) by the internal and external pressure difference applied to the water storage tank (10).

[0008] This method is advantageous in that, unlike automatic devices, it does not require a water supply tube and can be fixed between the bars of the birdcage, but there is a problem in that bird droppings that fall into the bowl-shaped water tray (40) flow into the bottom lid (20) through the cut groove (21) and cannot escape, contaminating the water and the water container.

[0009] In addition, if the water in the water storage tank runs out and only water remains in the water bowl (26), there is a problem that the water level is low and it is difficult for the bird to drink water.

[0010] In addition, there is a problem in that the birdcage frame made of metal wire does not return to its original state and bends as the water bowl (22) passes through the birdcage frame in a forced-fit manner during installation. The problem to be solved

[0011] The problem to be solved by this invention is to provide a new water container that can prevent contaminants falling into the water bowl from flowing into the bottom lid.

[0012] Another problem that this invention aims to solve is to provide a new water bottle that allows water to be drunk even when the water in the storage container runs out and water remains only in the bowl and lid.

[0013] Another problem that this invention aims to solve is to provide a new water bottle that is lightweight and has excellent uprightness, while having a structure that allows water to be drunk even when the water storage tank runs out and only water remains in the water bowl.

[0014] Another problem that this invention aims to solve is the issue where the birdcage window frame separates and does not return to its original state during the installation of the bird water container. means of solving the problem

[0015] In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the birdcage-integrated water tank according to the present invention

[0016] A cylindrical water storage tank with an open bottom; and

[0017] The lower end of the water storage container is inserted into the interior and fixed at an intermediate height, and the lower lid has a drainage groove formed on its side from top to bottom, wherein the bottom surface of the lower lid forms an inclined surface inclined toward the direction of the drainage groove, and a horizontal projection is formed on the lower surface of the lower lid.

[0018] A water bowl with a water supply groove formed on the side from top to bottom, and

[0019] It includes a water tray having an upper open bottleneck-shaped connecting part that connects the drainage groove of the lower lid and the water supply groove of the water bowl.

[0020] In the present invention, the water storage container is made of hard plastic, and the water tray may be made of soft plastic.

[0021] In the implementation of the present invention, the hard plastic is a transparent hard plastic and may be a styrene resin, SAN resin (scleren-acrylonitrile copolymer), or transparent ABS resin (styrene-butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymer) with excellent hardness.

[0022] In the present invention, the water storage container may have a flange-shaped locking projection formed on the lower outer surface so as to be inserted up to the middle height of the bottom lid.

[0023] In the present invention, the water lid may be composed of a circular bottom and a side wall of a predetermined height.

[0024] In the present invention, the water lid can be combined with the water storage container by opening the drainage cut groove.

[0025] In the implementation of the present invention, the inner diameter of the water lid may be smaller than the lower outer diameter of the water storage container.

[0026] In one embodiment of the present invention, the inner diameter of the water lid may be wider at the top and narrower at the bottom.

[0027] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the drainage groove formed in the water lid may be a groove that is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom.

[0028] In the implementation of the present invention, the water supply cut groove may be formed opposite to the drainage cut groove.

[0029] In the implementation of the present invention, the width of the water bowl may be smaller than or substantially the same as the upper width of the drainage cut-out groove when the lower lid is attached to the water storage container.

[0030] In the present invention, the bottom surface of the water bowl may be flat.

[0031] In the present invention, one side of the bottleneck-shaped connecting part may have a shape corresponding to a drainage cut, and the other side may have a shape corresponding to a water supply cut.

[0032] In the implementation of the present invention, the bottleneck-shaped connecting part may have a shape that is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom.

[0033] In the implementation of the present invention, a grate coupling groove may be formed in the vertical direction on the outer surface of the bottleneck-shaped connecting part.

[0034] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the grate coupling groove may have a steep slope closer to vertical than the outer surface slope of the bottleneck-shaped connecting part.

[0035] In the present invention, the water tray may be made of a soft plastic, such as polypropylene resin, to facilitate the opening and diameter increase of the drainage cut formed in the water bowl when combined with the water storage container, and to ensure flexibility when inserting the slats. Effects of the invention

[0036] The bird water container according to the present invention has a slanted surface formed on the bottom surface of the bottom lid in the direction of a bottleneck-shaped connection, thereby preventing contaminants that have fallen into the water bowl from flowing into the bottom lid. Furthermore, even if contaminants do flow in, they can easily escape with the flow of water and be removed together when the bird drinks water, thus preventing contaminants from being left in the water for a long period of time.

[0037] In addition, the new water bottle according to the present invention enables smooth water intake even when the water in the water storage tank runs out and water remains only in the water bowl and lid.

[0038] In addition, the bird water container according to the present invention has an internally inclined bottom surface, and can maintain a light and thin bottom due to the horizontal leveling protrusions; furthermore, despite having an inclined surface, it does not tip over and possesses excellent uprightness even when not attached to a bird cage.

[0039] In addition, the bird water container according to the present invention has a narrow width, which can prevent damage to the birdcage frame. Brief explanation of the drawing

[0040] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a new water tank according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of a new water tank according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a new water tank according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a plan view of a water tray forming the new water tank of FIG. 3 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The dotted line indicates the boundary line between the bottom and the side wall. Figure 5 is a cross-section along the line segment AA' of Figure 4. FIG. 6 is a plan view illustrating the state in which a water storage tank is attached to the water tray of FIG. 4 and the drainage cut is opened. The solid line represents the state before opening, and the dotted line represents the opened state. FIG. 7 is a plan view illustrating the state in which the water tray with the drainage cutout of FIG. 5 is passed through the cage bars. (a) before the water tray enters the bars, (b) the state in which the bars are spread apart to the left and right after the water tray has entered the bars to its maximum width, with the dotted line indicating the state where they are not spread apart, (c) the state in which the water tray has passed through the bars and the bars are restored and joined to the bars' connecting grooves. FIG. 8 is a side view of a bird water container according to one embodiment of the present invention in a state where it is coupled to a birdcage frame. Fig. 9 is a side cross-sectional view of Fig. 8. Specific details for implementing the invention

[0041] The present invention will be described in detail below through examples. The following examples are not intended to limit the present invention but are for illustrative purposes.

[0042] As illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4, the new water tank (10) according to the present invention is

[0043] A cylindrical water storage tank (100) with an open bottom, and

[0044] The water tray (200) includes a bottom lid (210) in which the bottom of the water storage container is inserted inside and fixed at an intermediate height, and a drainage groove is formed on the side from top to bottom, a water bowl (220) in which a water supply groove is formed on the side from top to bottom, and an open-top bottleneck connecting part (230) connecting the drainage groove of the bottom lid and the water supply groove of the water bowl.

[0045] The bottom open cylindrical water storage container (100) is made of transparent plastic so that the remaining amount of water can be easily checked, has a scale marked on it, and has a smooth outer surface so that the bottom of the water storage container (100) can be in close contact with the inner surface of the bottom lid (210).

[0046] A cylindrical water storage tank (100) with an open bottom has a flanged locking projection (110) formed on the lower outer surface, and the distance from the flanged locking projection (110) to the bottom is formed to correspond to half the depth of the bottom lid (210).

[0047] The diameter of the lower open cylindrical water storage tank (100) can be inverted based on the flange-shaped locking projection (110), and is formed to become narrower toward the top in the upper region (100') of the flange-shaped locking projection (110), and to become narrower toward the bottom in the lower region (100") of the flange-shaped locking projection (110). Accordingly, the diameter of the cylindrical water storage tank (210) is largest in the upper region at the upper boundary (111) where the flange-shaped locking projection (110) and the upper region (100') meet, and is largest in the lower region at the lower boundary (112) where the flange-shaped locking projection (110) and the lower region (100") meet.

[0048] The above water storage tank (100) may have a capacity of 100 to 300 ml, a diameter of 20 to 50 mm, and is made of hard polystyrene.

[0049] The lower lid (210) forming the water tray (200) is a cap-shaped lid that is joined with its inner surface wrapping around the lower outer surface of the water storage container (100).

[0050] The bottom lid (210) is composed of a circular base plate (211) and a circular side wall (212) of a predetermined height, for example, about 2 cm, formed along the edge of the circular base plate (211). The inner surface of the circular side wall (212) has a smooth surface so as to be in close contact with the outer surface of the water storage container (100).

[0051] The circular bottom plate (211) forming the lower lid (210) forms an inclined surface inclined toward the bottleneck connecting part (230). The angle of inclination may be in the range of 1 to 10°.

[0052] A horizontal projection (213) of a predetermined length is formed on the lower surface of the circular base plate (211) forming the lower lid (210). The height of the horizontal projection (213) increases as it moves away from the bottleneck-shaped drain (230).

[0053] The above circular side wall (212) is formed with a slight outward slope, forming a shape that is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom, with the diameter increasing as it goes upward, and the upper diameter is formed to be about 0.5 to 2 mm wider than the diameter of the circular bottom plate (211).

[0054] The inner diameter of the upper part of the circular side wall (212) is formed to be smaller than the outer diameter of the water storage tank (110) at the lower boundary (112).

[0055] On one side of the bottom lid (210), a drainage cut-out groove (214) is formed in the shape of a circular side wall (212) that becomes wider at the top and narrower at the bottom. The upper width of the drainage cut-out groove (214) may be, for example, 5 to 10 mm.

[0056] When the water storage container (100) is inserted into the lower lid (210), the flange-shaped catch projection (110) of the water storage container (100) catches on the upper part of the lower lid (210), so that the lower part (101) of the water storage container (100) is inserted only up to the middle height of the lower lid (210).

[0057] The above water bowl (220) may be a semi-elliptical water bowl comprising a semi-elliptical bottom plate (221) forming a water tray (200) and semi-elliptical side walls (222) of a predetermined height formed along the edge of the semi-elliptical bottom plate (221).

[0058] The height of the semi-elliptical side wall (222) forming the semi-elliptical water bowl (220) is formed to be lower than the height of the bottom lid (210) and is formed to be higher than or equal to the bottom of the water storage container (100) inserted into the bottom lid (210).

[0059] On one side of the above semi-elliptical water bowl (220), a water supply groove (224) is formed from the top to the bottom in a shape that is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom, opposite to the drainage groove (214).

[0060] The above-mentioned bottleneck connecting part (230) is composed of a bottleneck-shaped bottom plate (231) that connects the drainage cut-out groove (214) of the bottom lid (210) and the water supply cut-out groove (224) of the water bowl (220), and a bottleneck-shaped side wall (232) formed along the rim of the bottleneck-shaped bottom plate (231), with the width continuously narrowing and then widening again as it extends from the bottom lid (210) toward the water bowl (220).

[0061] The above bottleneck-shaped bottom plate (231) is composed of a drainage bottom (231-1) with a continuously narrowing width, a bottleneck bottom (231-2) with a lattice joint groove, and a water supply bottom (231-3) with a continuously widening width, and the above bottleneck-shaped side wall (232) is composed of a drainage side wall (232-1) corresponding to the drainage bottom (231-1), a bottleneck side wall (232-2) corresponding to the bottleneck bottom (231-2), and a water supply side wall (232-3) corresponding to the water supply bottom (231-3).

[0062] The height of the drain side wall (232-1) and the bottleneck side wall (232-2) corresponds to the height of the bottom lid (210), and the height of the water supply side wall (232-3) is continuously lowered to a height corresponding to the height of the water bowl (220).

[0063] The outer width of the drainage side wall (232-1) corresponds to the outer width of the drainage cut-out (214) of the bottom lid (210), and the outer width of the water supply side wall (232-3) is formed to correspond to the outer width of the water supply cut-out (224) of the water bowl (220). The outer width of the drainage side wall (232-1) is formed to be larger than the outer width of the water supply side wall (232-3), but it is also possible to form them to be the same.

[0064] As illustrated in FIG. 5, the width of the bottleneck-shaped side wall (232) is formed in a shape that is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom according to the drainage cut groove (214), and a lattice joint groove (234) is formed on the outer surface of the bottleneck side wall (232-2) of the bottleneck-shaped side wall (232).

[0065] The lattice coupling groove (234) formed on the outer surface of the bottleneck side wall (232-2) of the above-mentioned bottleneck side wall (232) is formed more vertically than the bottleneck side wall (232-2), so that it is formed substantially vertically. Accordingly, the lattice coupling groove (234) is closely coupled to the vertical cage window from top to bottom.

[0066] As illustrated in FIG. 5, the inner diameter of the upper part of the circular side wall (212) of the bottom lid (210) is formed to be smaller than the outer diameter of the lower boundary (112) of the water storage tank (100), so that the water supply cut-out (213) opens and joins, and the inner surface of the bottom lid (210) is in close contact with the outer surface of the water storage tank (100) by means of restoring elasticity.

[0067] The lower lid (210) may be made of a soft plastic, such as polypropylene, which has better flexibility than the material of the water storage container (100), so as to prevent the cut portion from opening up and breaking when combined with the water storage container (100).

[0068] As illustrated in FIG. 7, the bird water container (10) according to the present invention moves from the outside of the bird cage toward the inside of the bird cage as illustrated in FIG. 7a, and the water bowl (220) of the bird water container (10) approaches between the two bird cage bars (20).

[0069] Subsequently, as illustrated in FIG. 7b, when the water bowl (220) enters between the cage bars (20), the width of the water bowl becomes larger than the width of the cage bars (20), causing the cage bars (20) to open.

[0070] Afterwards, as shown in FIG. 7c, when the water bowl (220) passes through the cage bars (20), the bars are restored to their original position and are inserted and fixed into the bars coupling groove (233) formed in the bottleneck connecting part.

[0071] As illustrated in FIG. 8, the new water container (10) according to the present invention has a bottleneck-shaped connecting part (230) fixed to a bar (20), and the bottom surface of the lower lid (210) is fixed at an angle.

[0072] As illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10, when water is filled into this new water tank (10), the water (30) inside the water storage tank (100) does not come down in a column due to the pressure applied to the inside and outside of the water storage tank (100) and remains stationary.

[0073] When a bird drinks water, the water level inside the water storage tank (100) gradually decreases, and the water in the water storage tank (100) runs out, and water accumulates in the lower lid (210), the water bowl (220), and the bottleneck connecting part (230).

[0074] In this case, due to the internal slope of the lower lid (210), the depth of the water in the lower lid is shallow and the depth of the water in the water bowl is deep, and accordingly, even when the water in the water storage tank (100) is empty, the bird can consume water.

[0075] In addition, dirt flows out into the water bowl (220) along the inner slope of the lower lid (210), thereby maintaining the cleanliness of the inside of the lower lid (210). Explanation of the symbols

[0077] 10: New water container 20: Bars 30: Water 100: Water storage tank 200: Water tray 210: Bottom lid 220: Water bowl 230: Bottleneck connection

Claims

Claim 1 A new water container comprising: a cylindrical water storage container with an open bottom; a bottom lid in which the bottom of the water storage container is inserted and fixed at an intermediate height, and a drainage groove formed on the side from top to bottom, wherein the bottom surface of the bottom lid forms an inclined surface inclined toward the direction of the drainage groove, a horizontal projection is formed on the lower surface of the bottom lid, and a water bowl in which a water supply groove is formed on the side from top to bottom; and a water tray having an open top bottleneck connecting part that connects the drainage groove of the bottom lid and the water supply groove of the water bowl. Claim 2 A new water tank according to claim 1, characterized in that the water storage tank is made of hard plastic and the water tray is made of soft plastic. Claim 3 A new water tank according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottom lid is joined with the water storage tank by opening the drainage cut groove when combined. Claim 4 A new water tank according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottleneck connecting part has a shape that is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom, and a lattice connecting groove is formed on the outer surface of the bottleneck connecting part. Claim 5 A new water tank according to claim 4, characterized in that the above-mentioned lattice joint groove has a steep slope closer to vertical than the outer slope of the bottleneck-shaped connecting part.

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