Mammal feeding device

Abstract

The invention discloses a mammal feeding device. The device comprises a supporting platform; the flow guide base plate is arranged on the supporting platform and fully paved on the supporting platform, and an upper water retaining flange is formed on the edge of the flow guide base plate; the multiple rearing cages are arranged on the flow guide base plate in a matrix arrangement mode and located in an area limited by the upper water retaining upper turnup edge, and the upper water retaining upper turnup edge is arranged on the upper water retaining upper turnup edge and located on the lower water retaining upper turnup edge; wherein a discharge groove is formed in the middle of the flow guide base plate, the discharge groove extends towards two opposite side edges of the flow guide base plate, and substances borne on the flow guide base plate are discharged from the discharge groove by means of water flow sprayed on the flow guide base plate. Excrement and food residues discharged by experimental animals in the feeding cages arranged in a rectangular mode can be conveniently and intensively cleaned, and the situation that the living environment of the animals is affected due to waste accumulation is avoided.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of experimental animal breeding, and in particular relates to a mammal breeding device. Background Art

[0002] The breeding of laboratory mammals requires that the animals be given a large space for activities and that the breeding conditions are uniform. Therefore, special breeding equipment is needed for the breeding of experimental animals. The breeding equipment and conditions for commonly used experimental animals such as mice have been studied very thoroughly. However, there is a lack of good breeding equipment for less commonly used experimental animals such as dogs, sheep, rabbits, and pigs to produce uniform and healthy experimental animals.

[0003] Usually, experimental animals are confined and raised in feeding cages. To facilitate the collection of feces and food residues of the experimental animals, a horizontally push-in and pull-out tray is provided at the bottom of the feeding cage. The feces and food residues are collected by the tray and cleaned by pulling out the tray.

[0004] However, when a large number of experimental animals need to be raised, in order to save space, a large number of cage matrices need to be arranged together, and the cages in the middle cannot pull out the trays, which makes it impossible to clean up the feces and food residues. Summary of the invention

[0005] In view of the above technical problems existing in the prior art, an embodiment of the present invention provides a mammal breeding device.

[0006] In order to solve the above technical problems, the technical solution adopted in the embodiments of the present invention is:

[0007] A mammal breeding device, comprising:

[0008] Support platform;

[0009] A diversion chassis, which is arranged on the supporting platform and covers the entire supporting platform, and the edge of the diversion chassis is formed with a water-retaining upper flange;

[0010] The feeding cages include a plurality of feeding cages, which are arranged in a matrix on the flow guide chassis and are located within the area defined by the upper flange of the water retaining wall; wherein:

[0011] A drainage groove is provided in the middle of the diversion chassis and extends toward two opposite sides of the diversion chassis. The material received by the diversion chassis is discharged from the drainage groove by the water flow sprayed on the diversion chassis.

[0012] Two opposite lower flanges are formed at the drainage groove of the guide chassis, and the two lower flanges surround the drainage groove.

[0013] The mammal breeding device further comprises a guide groove, which is located below the drainage groove and arranged along the extension direction of the drainage groove, and the guide groove extends out of the outer side of the support platform; wherein:

[0014] The two lower flanges are located on the inner sides of the groove walls on both sides of the guide groove;

[0015] The bottom of the guide groove at one end outside the support platform is provided with a drainage hole, and the material flowing out of the drainage groove flows out from the drainage hole under the guidance of the guide groove.

[0016] The guide chassis is provided with a slope toward the drain trough.

[0017] The guide groove is arranged to be inclined downward from one end located below the drainage groove to one end located outside the support platform.

[0018] The mammal feeding device further comprises a food conduit, wherein the food conduit forms a branch to extend into each feeding cage, wherein a food tray is arranged in the feeding cage, and the branch extends to the food tray to provide food to the food tray.

[0019] The bottom of the breeding cage is provided with rollers.

[0020] The cross section of the guide groove is rectangular.

[0021] A bracket is provided at the bottom of the breeding cage, and the bracket supports the breeding cage from the guide chassis; wherein:

[0022] A water guide pipe is arranged at the edge of the guide chassis, and the water guide pipe is used to spray water to flush the guide chassis.

[0023] The mammal is a dog, a sheep, a rabbit or a pig.

[0024] Compared with the prior art, the mammal breeding device disclosed in the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

[0025] 1. It is convenient to centrally clean the feces and food residues discharged by experimental animals in the rectangular cages to avoid waste accumulation and affect the living environment of mammals.

[0026] 2. The system can provide mammals with food and water and centrally treat the excreted waste, and is suitable for centralized breeding of experimental animals.

[0027] This summary of various implementations or examples of the technology described in this disclosure is not a comprehensive disclosure of the entire scope or all features of the disclosed technology. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, the same reference numerals may describe similar parts in different views. The same reference numerals with letter suffixes or different letter suffixes may represent different instances of similar parts. The accompanying drawings generally illustrate various embodiments by way of example and not limitation, and together with the specification and claims, are used to illustrate the embodiments of the invention. When appropriate, the same reference numerals are used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or similar parts. Such embodiments are illustrative and are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive embodiments of the present apparatus or method.

[0029] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the arrangement of breeding cages in a mammal breeding device provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

[0030] Figure 2 This is a front view of a mammal breeding device provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

[0031] Figure 3 The right side view of the mammal breeding device provided by the embodiment of the present invention (rollers are installed at the bottom of the breeding cage).

[0032] Figure 4 A top view of a mammal breeding device provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

[0033] Figure 5 A right side view of a mammal breeding device provided by an embodiment of the present invention (a bracket is installed at the bottom of the breeding cage).

[0034] Reference numerals:

[0035] 10-breeding cage; 11-roller; 12-bracket; 20-flow guide bottom plate; 21-upper flange; 22-lower flange; 23-excretion trough; 30-flow guide groove; 31-excretion hole; 40-support platform; 50-water guide pipe. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0036] Unless otherwise defined, the technical terms or scientific terms used in the present invention should be understood by people with ordinary skills in the field to which the present invention belongs. The words "first", "second" and similar words used in the present invention do not indicate any order, quantity or importance, but are only used to distinguish different components. "Include" or "comprise" and similar words mean that the elements or objects appearing before the word include the elements or objects listed after the word and their equivalents, without excluding other elements or objects. "Connect" or "connected" and similar words are not limited to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "Up", "down", "left", "right" and the like are only used to indicate relative positional relationships. When the absolute position of the described object changes, the relative positional relationship may also change accordingly.

[0037] In order to keep the following description of the embodiments of the present invention clear and concise, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and well-known components are omitted.

[0038] like Figures 1 to 5 As shown, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a mammal breeding device, which includes: a plurality of breeding cages 10 arranged in a rectangular shape, a support platform 40, a flow guide bottom plate 20, a food duct (not shown in the drawings), and a flow guide groove 30.

[0039] The support platform 40 is formed by welding metal pipes, and the guide chassis 20 covers the entire support platform 40 , and an upper flange 21 is formed on the edge of the guide chassis 20 ; a plurality of feeding cages 10 arranged in a matrix are placed on the support platform 40 and are located in the area defined by the upper flange 21 of the guide chassis 20 .

[0040] In a preferred embodiment, a roller 11 is installed at the bottom of the breeding cage 10 to facilitate the disassembly and assembly of the breeding cage 10.

[0041] A drainage trough 23 is formed in the middle of the guide chassis 20, and the drainage trough 23 extends in the direction of two opposite side edges of the guide chassis 20. Preferably, a slope inclined toward the drainage trough 23 is formed on the guide chassis 20, so that if it is necessary to clean the feces and food residues that fall from the feeding cage 10 onto the guide chassis 20, it is only necessary to spray water toward the feeding cage 10 and the guide chassis 20, and the water flow causes the feces and food residues to flow toward the drainage trough 23 and be discharged from the drainage trough 23. Preferably, the drainage trough 23 is surrounded by two lower flanges 22 formed by the guide chassis 20, so that the drainage trough 23 protrudes from the bottom of the guide chassis 20.

[0042] The guide groove 30 is arranged at the bottom of the guide chassis 20 and corresponds to the drainage groove 23. The guide groove 30 is arranged along the extension direction of the drainage groove 23. The guide groove 30 extends out of the outside of the support platform 40. The groove bottom of the guide groove 30 located outside the support platform 40 is formed with a drainage hole 31. Preferably, the guide groove 30 is arranged obliquely downward from one end located below the drainage groove 23 to one end located outside the support platform 40. The feces and food residues flowing out of the drainage groove 23 extend from the guide groove 30 to the drainage hole 31, and flow out of the drainage hole 31 and flow into the container pre-placed below the drainage hole 31. Preferably, the lower flange 22 of the two groove walls forming the drainage groove 23 is located on the inner side of the groove walls on both sides of the guide groove 30. Preferably, the structure of the guide groove 30 is rectangular.

[0043] In a preferred embodiment, Figure 5 As shown, a bracket 12 is provided at the bottom of the breeding cage 10, and the bracket 12 supports the breeding cage 10 from the guide bottom plate 20; a water pipe 50 is arranged at the edge of the guide bottom plate 20, and the water pipe 50 is used to spray water to flush the guide bottom plate 20, so that feces and food residues can flow smoothly from the guide bottom plate 20 through the discharge trough 23 into the guide groove 30, making the guide bottom plate 20 cleaner.

[0044] The food conduit (not shown in the drawings) is formed with a plurality of branches for extending to the food tray (not shown in the drawings) of each breeding cage 10, and the food conduit introduces food into the food tray for the animals to eat. Of course, drinking water can be provided for the animals by arranging a drinking water pipe.

[0045] The advantages of the mammal breeding device provided by the present invention are:

[0046] 1. It is convenient to centrally clean the feces and food residues discharged by the animals in the rectangularly arranged feeding cages 10, so as to avoid waste accumulation and affect the living environment of the animals.

[0047] 2. The system can provide mammals with food and water and centrally treat the excreted waste, and is suitable for centralized breeding of experimental mammals.

[0048] In addition, although exemplary embodiments have been described in the present invention, the scope includes any and all embodiments based on the present invention with equivalent elements, modifications, omissions, combinations (e.g., various embodiments intersecting schemes), adaptations or changes. The elements in the claims will be interpreted broadly based on the language adopted in the claims, and are not limited to the examples described in this specification or during the implementation of this application, and their examples will be interpreted as non-exclusive. Therefore, this specification and examples are intended to be considered as examples only, and the true scope and spirit are indicated by the following claims and the full scope of their equivalents.

[0049] The above description is intended to be illustrative rather than restrictive. For example, the above examples (or one or more of them) can be used in combination with each other. For example, a person of ordinary skill in the art can use other embodiments when reading the above description. In addition, in the above-mentioned specific embodiments, various features can be grouped together to simplify the present invention. This should not be interpreted as an intention that a disclosed feature that is not required to be protected is necessary for any claim. On the contrary, the subject matter of the present invention may be less than all the features of a specific disclosed embodiment. Thus, the following claims are incorporated into the specific embodiments as examples or embodiments, wherein each claim is independently used as a separate embodiment, and it is considered that these embodiments can be combined with each other in various combinations or arrangements. The scope of the present invention should be determined with reference to the attached claims and the full scope of equivalent forms granted by these claims.

[0050] The above embodiments are only exemplary embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention is defined by the claims. Those skilled in the art may make various modifications or equivalent substitutions to the present invention within the essence and protection scope of the present invention, and such modifications or equivalent substitutions shall also be deemed to fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A mammal breeding device, characterized in that: include: Support platform; A diversion chassis, which is arranged on the supporting platform and covers the entire supporting platform, and the edge of the diversion chassis is formed with a water-retaining upper flange; The feeding cages include a plurality of feeding cages, which are arranged in a matrix on the flow guide chassis and are located within the area defined by the upper flange of the water retaining wall; wherein: A drainage groove is provided in the middle of the diversion chassis and extends toward two opposite sides of the diversion chassis. The material received by the diversion chassis is discharged from the drainage groove by the water flow sprayed on the diversion chassis.

2. The mammal breeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: Two opposite lower flanges are formed at the drainage groove of the guide chassis, and the two lower flanges surround the drainage groove.

3. The mammal breeding device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The mammal breeding device further comprises a guide groove, which is located below the drainage groove and arranged along the extension direction of the drainage groove, and the guide groove extends out of the outer side of the support platform; wherein: The two lower flanges are located on the inner sides of the groove walls on both sides of the guide groove; The bottom of the guide groove at one end outside the support platform is provided with a drainage hole, and the material flowing out of the drainage groove flows out from the drainage hole under the guidance of the guide groove.

4. The mammal breeding device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The guide chassis is provided with a slope toward the drain trough.

5. The mammal breeding device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The guide groove is arranged to be inclined downward from one end located below the drainage groove to one end located outside the support platform.

6. The mammal breeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The mammal feeding device further comprises a food conduit, wherein the food conduit forms a branch to extend into each feeding cage, wherein a food tray is arranged in the feeding cage, and the branch extends to the food tray to provide food to the food tray.

7. The mammal breeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bottom of the breeding cage is provided with rollers.

8. The mammal breeding device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The cross section of the guide groove is rectangular.

9. The mammal breeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A bracket is provided at the bottom of the breeding cage, and the bracket supports the breeding cage from the guide chassis; wherein: A water guide pipe is arranged at the edge of the guide chassis, and the water guide pipe is used to spray water to flush the guide chassis.

10. The mammal breeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The mammal is a dog, a sheep, a rabbit or a pig.

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