Experimental animal excrement disinfection treatment device adaptive to automatic robot operation

By designing a disinfection and disposal device for experimental animal excretions that are adapted to automated robots, the automatic non-contact sterilization and disposal of excretions is achieved using support frames and flip shaft mechanisms, which solves the infection risk caused by manual treatment and ensures the safety of experimental personnel.

CN120380988APending Publication Date: 2025-07-29ACADEMY OF MILITARY MEDICAL SCIENCES
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Application Number
CN202510535502.2
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-04-27
Publication Date
2025-07-29

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Technical Problem

In high-level biosafety laboratories, the treatment of excrement from experimental animals requires manual operation, resulting in high risk of infection for operators and inability to ensure life safety.

Method used

A device for disinfection and disposal of experimental animals that is adapted to the operation of an automated robot is designed, including a support frame, a flip shaft mechanism and a docking groove. The docking and rotation of the excrement collection plate and the docking groove are realized through the automated robot, and the pollutant is poured into the sterilization barrel for non-contact sterilization.

Benefits of technology

It greatly reduces the risk of personnel exposure, ensures the life safety of experimental personnel, and realizes the automated non-contact sterilization and disposal of excrement from experimental animals.

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Abstract

The invention discloses an experimental animal excrement disinfection treatment device adaptive to automatic robot operation, and belongs to the technical field of high-grade biosafety laboratory high-pathogenicity waste treatment. The overturning shaft mechanism is arranged at the upper end of the supporting frame; the butt joint groove is formed in the overturning shaft mechanism; the butt joint groove is of a semi-surrounding structure so as to be in butt joint connection with the excrement collecting disc. The excrement collecting and sterilizing barrel is arranged on one side of the supporting frame; after experimental animal excrement is collected through the excrement collecting disc, the automatic robot carries the excrement collecting disc to the side, away from the excrement collecting and sterilizing barrel, of the supporting frame and makes the excrement collecting disc be in butt joint with the butt joint groove, and the overturning shaft mechanism drives the excrement collecting disc and the butt joint groove to rotate; pollutants are poured into the excrement collecting and sterilizing barrel. The automatic robot is adopted for experimental animal excrement disposal, the personnel exposure risk can be greatly reduced, and the life safety of experimenters is guaranteed.
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Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the technical field of high - pathogenic waste treatment in high - level biosafety laboratories, and particularly relates to an experimental animal excrement disinfection and disposal device adapted for automated robot operation. Background Art

[0002] When treating highly pathogenic waste in high - level biosafety laboratories, especially experimental animal excrement, due to the infectivity of the excrement to a certain degree, the direct participation of personnel will bring a high risk of infection.

[0003] In the prior art, when disposing of experimental animal excrement, it needs to be processed manually, which greatly increases the exposure risk of operators and cannot guarantee the safety of experimental personnel. Summary of the Invention

[0004] In order to solve the above - mentioned technical problems, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0005] An experimental animal excrement disinfection and disposal device adapted for automated robot operation, comprising:

[0006] A support frame;

[0007] A turning shaft mechanism, which is arranged at the upper end of the support frame;

[0008] A docking groove, which is arranged on the turning shaft mechanism; the docking groove is a semi - enclosed structure to realize docking connection with the excrement collection tray;

[0009] An excrement collection and sterilization barrel, which is arranged on one side of the support frame;

[0010] Wherein, after the experimental animal excrement is collected by the excrement collection tray, the automated robot transports the excrement collection tray to the side of the support frame away from the excrement collection and sterilization barrel, and docks the excrement collection tray with the docking groove. The turning shaft mechanism drives the excrement collection tray and the docking groove to rotate to pour the dumped pollutants into the excrement collection and sterilization barrel, and the excrement collection and sterilization barrel performs automated non - contact sterilization disposal on the experimental animal excrement.

[0011] Further, the turning shaft mechanism includes:

[0012] A bearing seat, which is arranged at the upper end of the support frame and installed at one end in the length direction of the support frame;

[0013] A support plate, which is arranged at the upper end of the support frame and fixedly installed at the other end in the length direction of the support frame;

[0014] A rotation shaft, the first end of the rotation shaft is connected to the bearing seat, and the second end passes through the support plate and extends to the outside of the support plate; the rotation shaft is rotatably connected to the support plate; the docking groove is fixedly connected to the rotation shaft;

[0015] A flipping drive module, the flipping drive module is fixedly connected to the support plate, and the drive end of the flipping drive module is drivingly connected to the end of the second end of the rotation shaft.

[0016] Further, a shoulder rest is provided on the support frame to ensure that after the excrement collection tray is docked with the docking groove, the excrement collection tray is in a horizontal state.

[0017] Further, the flipping drive module is one of a motor, a hydraulic motor or a pneumatic motor.

[0018] Further, the flipping drive module is a servo motor.

[0019] Further, the servo motor is sealed by a sealing cover.

[0020] Further, the automated robot is positioned by a lidar. Among them, the automated robot lifts the excrement collection tray to a position slightly higher than the docking groove, and the automated robot translates and docks the excrement collection tray with the docking groove.

[0021] Further, a reflector is provided on one side of the support frame away from the excrement collection and sterilization barrel, and the reflector cooperates with the automated robot to improve the positioning accuracy of the automated robot.

[0022] Further, after the excrement collection tray is collected, disinfectant is automatically added through a pipeline to realize automatic non-contact sterilization disposal of the excrement of experimental animals.

[0023] Beneficial effects:

[0024] The present invention uses an automated robot to dispose of the excrement of experimental animals, which can greatly reduce the risk of personnel exposure and ensure the life safety of experimental personnel. Description of the drawings

[0025] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of an experimental animal excrement disinfection and disposal device adapted to the operation of an automated robot provided by the present invention;

[0026] Figure 2 It is another perspective schematic diagram of the overall structure of an experimental animal excrement disinfection and disposal device adapted to the operation of an automated robot provided by the present invention;

[0027] Figure 3 Front view schematic diagram of the overall structure of an experimental animal excrement disinfection and disposal device adapted for automated robot operation provided by the present invention;

[0028] In the figure: 1, support frame; 2, flipping drive module; 3, flipping shaft mechanism; 4, docking groove; 5, excrement collection and sterilization barrel; 6, excrement collection tray; 7, shoulder support; 8, reflector. Specific implementation mode

[0029] Example 1

[0030] Reference Figure 1 , an experimental animal excrement disinfection and disposal device adapted for automated robot operation, including:

[0031] Support frame 1;

[0032] Flipping shaft mechanism 3, the flipping shaft mechanism 3 is arranged at the upper end of the support frame 1;

[0033] Docking groove 4, the docking groove 4 is arranged on the flipping shaft mechanism 3; the docking groove 4 is a semi-enclosed structure to realize docking connection with the excrement collection tray 6;

[0034] Excrement collection and sterilization barrel 5, the excrement collection and sterilization barrel 5 is arranged on one side of the support frame 1;

[0035] Among them, when the experimental animal excrement is collected through the excrement collection tray 6, the automated robot transports the excrement collection tray 6 to the side of the support frame 1 away from the excrement collection and sterilization barrel 5, and docks the excrement collection tray 6 with the docking groove 4, and the flipping shaft mechanism 3 drives the excrement collection tray 6 and the docking groove 4 to rotate to pour the dumped pollutants into the excrement collection and sterilization barrel 5, and the excrement collection and sterilization barrel 5 performs automated non-contact sterilization disposal on the experimental animal excrement.

[0036] In this embodiment, it is preferably that the excrement collection tray 6 and the docking groove 4 are magnetically docked and connected, that is, the excrement collection tray 6 is placed in the docking groove 4 and adsorbed and connected.

[0037] In other embodiments, the excrement collection tray 6 and the docking groove 4 can also be connected by other temporary connection forms.

[0038] In this embodiment, the flipping shaft mechanism 3 includes:

[0039] Bearing seat, the bearing seat is arranged at the upper end of the support frame 1 and is installed at one end in the length direction of the support frame 1;

[0040] Support plate, the support plate is arranged at the upper end of the support frame 1 and is fixedly installed at the other end in the length direction of the support frame 1;

[0041] The rotation axis, the first end of the rotation axis is connected to the bearing seat, and the second end passes through the support plate and extends to the outside of the support plate; the rotation axis is rotatably connected to the support plate; the docking groove 4 is fixedly connected to the rotation axis;

[0042] The flipping drive module 2, the flipping drive module 2 is fixedly connected to the support plate, and the drive end of the flipping drive module 2 is drivingly connected to the end of the second end of the rotation axis.

[0043] In this embodiment, a shoulder rest 7 is provided on the support frame 1 to ensure that after the excrement collection tray 6 is docked with the docking groove 4, the excrement collection tray 6 is in a horizontal state.

[0044] In this embodiment, the flipping drive module 2 is one of a motor, a hydraulic motor or a pneumatic motor.

[0045] Preferably, the flipping drive module 2 is a servo motor. Specifically, the servo motor is sealed by a sealing cover.

[0046] In this embodiment, the automated robot is positioned by lidar. Among them, the automated robot lifts the excrement collection tray 6 to a position slightly higher than the docking groove 4, and the automated robot translates and docks the excrement collection tray 6 with the docking groove 4.

[0047] Among them, a reflector 8 is provided on one side of the support frame 1 away from the excrement collection and sterilization barrel 5. The reflector 8 cooperates with the automated robot to improve the positioning accuracy of the automated robot.

[0048] In this embodiment, after the excrement collection tray 6 is collected, disinfectant is automatically added through a pipeline to achieve automated non-contact sterilization disposal of the excrement of experimental animals.

[0049] The specific working process of the experimental animal excrement disinfection disposal device adapted to the operation of the automated robot provided in this embodiment is as follows:

[0050] When the excrement of experimental animals is collected by the excrement collection tray 6, it is transported by the automated robot to the experimental animal excrement disinfection disposal device equipped with the operation of the automated robot; through the lidar positioning of the automated robot, the automated robot lifts the excrement collection tray 6 to a position slightly higher than the docking groove 4, and the automated robot carries the excrement collection tray 6 and translates it into the docking groove 4; after entering, the handling robot descends and exits the docking groove 4; at this time, since the docking groove 4 has a bilateral semi-surrounding structure, the up and down and left and right limits of the excrement collection tray can be realized, and the excrement collection tray 6 is docked with the docking groove 4;

[0051] The flipping drive module 2 drives the flipping shaft to rotate, and drives the docking groove 4 and the excrement collection tray 6 to rotate by 90 degrees, so as to pour the dumped pollutants into the excrement collection and sterilization bucket for experimental animals. At this time, the dumping and collection of the excrement of experimental animals can be completed. After collection, the disinfection solution can be automatically filled through the pipeline to realize the automatic non-contact sterilization disposal of the excrement of experimental animals by personnel.

[0052] After dumping is completed, the flipping drive module 2 drives the flipping shaft to rotate in the reverse direction, and rotates the docking groove 4 and the excrement collection tray 6 to the starting position. At this time, the automated robot can lift the excrement collection tray 6 and withdraw from the experimental animal excrement disinfection disposal device operated by the automated robot through translation.

[0053] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and does not impose any limitation on the technical scope of the present invention. Therefore, any minor modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments based on the technical essence of the present invention still belong to the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. An experimental animal excrement disinfection and disposal device adapted for automated robot operation, characterized in that, Comprising: Support frame; Rotation axis mechanism, which is arranged at the upper end of the support frame; Docking groove, which is arranged on the rotation axis mechanism; the docking groove is a semi-enclosed structure to achieve docking connection with the excrement collection tray; Excrement collection and sterilization barrel, which is arranged on one side of the support frame; Wherein, after the excrement of the experimental animal is collected by the excrement collection tray, the automatic robot transports the excrement collection tray to the side of the support frame away from the excrement collection and sterilization barrel, and docks the excrement collection tray with the docking groove. The rotation axis mechanism drives the excrement collection tray and the docking groove to rotate, so as to pour the excrement of the experimental animal into the excrement collection and sterilization barrel, and the excrement collection and sterilization barrel performs automatic non-contact sterilization treatment on the excrement of the experimental animal.

2. The experimental animal excrement disinfection and disposal device adapted for automated robot operation according to claim 1, characterized in that, The rotation axis mechanism includes: Bearing seat, which is arranged at the upper end of the support frame and installed at one end in the length direction of the support frame; Support plate, which is arranged at the upper end of the support frame and fixedly installed at the other end in the length direction of the support frame; Rotation axis, the first end of the rotation axis is connected to the bearing seat, and the second end passes through the support plate and extends to the outside of the support plate; the rotation axis is rotatably connected to the support plate; the docking groove is fixedly connected to the rotation axis; Flip drive module, which is fixedly connected to the support plate, and the drive end of the flip drive module is drivingly connected to the end of the second end of the rotation axis.

3. The experimental animal excrement disinfection and disposal device adapted for automated robot operation according to claim 2, wherein, A shoulder rest is arranged on the support frame to ensure that after the excrement collection tray is docked with the docking groove, the excrement collection tray is in a horizontal state.

4. The experimental animal excrement disinfection and disposal device adapted for automated robot operation according to claim 2, wherein, The flip drive module is one of a motor, a hydraulic motor or a pneumatic motor.

5. The experimental animal excrement disinfection and disposal device adapted for automated robot operation according to claim 4, characterized in that, The flip drive module is a servo motor.

6. The experimental animal excrement disinfection and disposal device adapted for automated robot operation according to claim 5, wherein, The servo motor is sealed by a seal cover.

7. The experimental animal excrement disinfection and disposal device adapted for automated robot operation according to claim 1, characterized in that, The automatic robot is positioned by a lidar. Among them, the automatic robot lifts the excrement collection tray to a position slightly higher than the docking groove, and the automatic robot translates and docks the excrement collection tray with the docking groove.

8. The experimental animal excrement disinfection and disposal device adapted for automated robot operation according to claim 7, wherein, A reflector is arranged on the side of the support frame away from the excrement collection and sterilization barrel, and the reflector cooperates with the automatic robot to improve the positioning accuracy of the automatic robot.

9. The experimental animal excrement disinfection and disposal device adapted for automated robot operation according to claim 1, wherein After the excrement collection tray is collected, disinfectant is automatically added through a pipeline to achieve automatic non-contact sterilization treatment of the excrement of the experimental animal.

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