Experimental mouse cage capable of being automatically cleaned and disinfected

Abstract

The utility model discloses a laboratory mouse cage capable of being automatically cleaned and disinfected, and belongs to the technical field of laboratory appliances. The mouse cage comprises a mouse cage body and a cage door, the cage door is located on one side of the mouse cage body, a collecting groove is formed in the bottom in the mouse cage body, a collecting box is installed in the collecting groove in a sliding mode, and a handle is installed at the center of the side, exposed out of the mouse cage body, of the collecting box; a mouse living bin is arranged above the collecting groove and in the mouse cage body, and a cleaning groove is formed in the side, close to the cage door, of the mouse living bin; a plurality of disinfection nozzles are installed at the top in the mouse cage body and located in the mouse living bin, infusion tubes are fixedly connected to the upper ends of the disinfection nozzles, and a cleaning mechanism is arranged in the mouse cage body. According to the mousetrap, the rectangular scraping plate is driven to move, so that mice can be driven into the independent box body, excrement adhered to the bottom can be cleaned into the independent collecting box for independent cleaning, the mice do not need to be taken out, and the risk of being bitten is effectively avoided.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to an automatic cleaning and disinfecting experimental mouse cage, belonging to the technical field of laboratory appliances. Background Art

[0002] Mice are commonly used as experimental animals in biological experiments. They are usually kept in special cages. However, most of the laboratory cages currently used are simple frame structures. In order to better ensure the healthy survival of mice, laboratory personnel need to frequently clean the feces in the cages. The mice need to be taken out before cleaning, which can easily lead to bites from mice. At the same time, the feces stuck to the bottom of the cages need to be cleaned manually, which is troublesome, time-consuming and labor-intensive. Utility Model Content

[0003] In order to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art, the utility model provides an experimental mouse cage with automatic cleaning and disinfection. The device drives the rectangular scraper to move through a screw and nut mechanism, so that the mice can be driven into a separate box body, and the feces stuck to the bottom can be cleaned into a separate collection box for separate cleaning. It is convenient and practical, and there is no need to take out the mice, which effectively avoids the risk of being bitten.

[0004] The utility model solves the technical problem by adopting the following technical scheme: an automatic cleaning and disinfecting experimental mouse cage comprises a mouse cage body and a cage door, wherein the cage door is located at one side of the mouse cage body, a collecting groove is arranged at the bottom of the mouse cage body, a collecting box is slidably arranged inside the collecting groove, and a handle is arranged at the central position of one side of the collecting box exposed outside the mouse cage body; a mouse living chamber is arranged in the mouse cage body above the collecting groove, and a cleaning groove is arranged on the side of the mouse living chamber close to the cage door; a plurality of disinfection nozzles are arranged on the top of the mouse cage body, the disinfection nozzles are located in the mouse living chamber, an infusion tube is fixedly connected to the upper end of the disinfection nozzles, and a cleaning mechanism is arranged inside the mouse cage body.

[0005] The cleaning mechanism comprises a micro motor, a fixed seat, a rectangular slide, a threaded rod, a rectangular slider, a bearing, a docking groove, a No. 1 box body, a push rod, a rectangular scraper, a connecting plate, a cleaning brush, a connecting block, a circular guide rod, a reset spring, a circular slider and a rectangular sleeve. A fixed seat which is consistent with the length direction of the squirrel cage body is fixed at the middle position of the top of the squirrel cage body. The fixed seat is communicated with the rodent living warehouse. A rectangular slide is arranged inside the fixed seat. Two bearings are fixedly installed in the fixed seat on both sides of the rectangular slide. A horizontal threaded rod is installed between the two bearings. One end of the threaded rod is connected to the driving end of the micro motor. The micro motor is located outside the fixed seat.

[0006] A rectangular slider is installed on the threaded rod, and a vertical rectangular scraper is installed at the lower end of the rectangular slider. The bottom of the rectangular scraper is in sliding contact with the bottom plate of the rodent living chamber; on the side of the rectangular scraper facing the cage door, a top rod in the same direction as the threaded rod is fixed on both sides of the upper end of the rectangular scraper.

[0007] On the side of the rectangular scraper facing away from the cage door, a vertical connecting plate is fixedly connected to the lower end of the rectangular slider; except for the top, a circle of cleaning brushes is fixed around the connecting plate, and the cleaning brushes are in contact with the inner wall of the rodent living bin; on the side above the collection box close to the cage door, a docking groove is provided in the top plate and the bottom plate of the rodent living bin, and the upper and lower plates of the No. 1 box body are slidably installed in the two docking grooves, the cage door is installed on the vertical plate of the No. 1 box body, and a connecting block is fixed on both sides of the vertical plate of the No. 1 box body.

[0008] At the position corresponding to the connecting block, a horizontal rectangular sleeve is fixed on both sides of the squirrel cage body, and a circular slider is slidably installed inside the rectangular sleeve. One end of a horizontal circular guide rod is fixedly connected to the center of one side of the circular slider, and the other end of the circular guide rod is connected to the corresponding connecting block; inside the rectangular sleeve, a reset spring passes through the circular guide rod and is located between the circular slider and the vertical plate of the rectangular sleeve close to the connecting block.

[0009] The beneficial effect of the utility model is that the cleaning mechanism of the utility model can automatically clean the inside of the mouse cage body, and then collect the feces in the collection box. It only needs to process the feces in the collection box, which is relatively simple and practical, and there is no need to take out the mice before cleaning, which saves time and effort and avoids the risk of being bitten by mice. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0010] The utility model is further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific implementation methods.

[0011] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of the utility model.

[0012] Figure 2 It is a cross-sectional view of the utility model.

[0013] Figure 3 It is an internal schematic diagram of the rectangular sleeve of the utility model.

[0014] Figure 4 It is an expanded sectional view of the utility model.

[0015] Figure 5 yes Figure 4 Enlarged schematic diagram at point A in the middle.

[0016] Numbers in the figure:

[0017] 1. Mouse cage body, 2. Collecting trough, 201. Collecting box, 202. Handle, 3. Mouse living chamber, 301. Cleaning trough, 4. Infusion tube, 401. Disinfection nozzle, 5. Cleaning mechanism, 501. Micro motor, 502. Fixed seat, 503. Rectangular slide, 504. Threaded rod, 505. Rectangular slider, 506. Bearing, 507. Top plate, 508. Docking groove, 509. Box body No. 1, 510. Top rod, 511. Rectangular scraper, 512. Connecting plate, 513. Cleaning brush, 514. Connecting block, 515. Round guide rod, 516. Reset spring, 517. Round slider, 518. Rectangular sleeve, 6. Cage door. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] like Figure 1 As shown in FIG. 5 , an automatic cleaning and disinfecting experimental mouse cage comprises a mouse cage body 1 and a cage door 6, wherein the cage door 6 is located at one side of the mouse cage body 1, a collecting trough 2 is provided at the bottom of the mouse cage body 1, a collecting box 201 is slidably installed inside the collecting trough 2, and a handle 202 is installed at the center position of one side of the collecting box 201 exposed outside the mouse cage body 1; above the collecting trough 2, a mouse living chamber 3 is provided in the mouse cage body 1, and a cleaning trough 301 is provided on the side of the mouse living chamber 3 close to the cage door 6; a plurality of disinfection nozzles 401 are installed on the top of the mouse cage body 1, the disinfection nozzles 401 are located in the mouse living chamber 3, and an infusion tube 4 is fixedly connected to the upper end of the disinfection nozzles 401, and a cleaning mechanism 5 is provided inside the mouse cage body 1.

[0019] The cleaning mechanism 5 includes a micro motor 501, a fixed seat 502, a rectangular slide 503, a threaded rod 504, a rectangular slider 505, a bearing 506, a docking groove 508, a No. 1 box body 509, a top rod 510, a rectangular scraper 511, a connecting plate 512, a cleaning brush 513, a connecting block 514, a circular guide rod 515, a reset spring 516, a circular slider 517 and a rectangular sleeve 518. A fixed seat 502 consistent with the length direction of the squirrel cage body 1 is fixed at the middle position of the top of the squirrel cage body 1. The fixed seat 502 is communicated with the rodent living warehouse 3. A rectangular slide 503 is provided inside the fixed seat 502. On both sides of the rectangular slide 503, two bearings 506 are fixedly installed in the fixed seat 502. A horizontal threaded rod 504 is installed between the two bearings 506. One end of the threaded rod 504 is connected to the driving end of the micro motor 501. The micro motor 501 is located outside the fixed seat 502.

[0020] A rectangular slider 505 is installed on the threaded rod 504, and a vertical rectangular scraper 511 is installed at the lower end of the rectangular slider 505. The bottom of the rectangular scraper 511 is in sliding contact with the bottom plate of the rodent living chamber 3; on the side of the rectangular scraper 511 facing the cage door 6, a top rod 510 in the same direction as the threaded rod 504 is fixed on both sides of the upper end of the rectangular scraper 511.

[0021] On the side of the rectangular scraper 511 facing away from the cage door 6, a vertical connecting plate 512 is fixedly connected to the lower end of the rectangular slider 505; except for the top, a circle of cleaning brushes 513 are fixed around the connecting plate 512, and the cleaning brushes 513 are in contact with the inner wall of the rodent living chamber 3; on the side above the collecting box 201 close to the cage door 6, a docking groove 508 is provided in the top plate 507 and the bottom plate of the rodent living chamber 3, and the upper and lower plates of the No. 1 box body 509 are slidably installed in the two docking grooves 508, and the cage door 6 is installed on the vertical plate of the No. 1 box body 509, and a connecting block 514 is fixed on both sides of the vertical plate of the No. 1 box body 509.

[0022] At the position corresponding to the connecting block 514, a horizontal rectangular sleeve 518 is fixed on both sides of the squirrel cage body 1, and a circular slider 517 is slidably installed inside the rectangular sleeve 518. The center of one side of the circular slider 517 is fixedly connected to one end of a horizontal circular guide rod 515, and the other end of the circular guide rod 515 is connected to the corresponding connecting block 514; inside the rectangular sleeve 518, a reset spring 516 passes through the circular guide rod 515 and is located between the circular slider 517 and the vertical plate of the rectangular sleeve 518 close to the connecting block 514.

[0023] During use, when cleaning the mouse cage body 1, it is first necessary to start the micro motor 501, so that the output end of the micro motor 501 drives the threaded rod 504 to rotate under the support of the two bearings 506, and the threaded rod 504 drives the rectangular slider 505 to move horizontally in the rectangular slide groove 503; the rectangular slider 505 drives the rectangular scraper 511 and the connecting plate 512 to move from one end of the mouse living bin 3 to the other end to clean the feces in the mouse living bin 3, and the rectangular scraper 511 pushes the feces into the cleaning groove 301, and falls into the collection box 201 for collection, and at the same time, the cleaning brush 513 will also clean the inside of the mouse living bin 3; while the rectangular scraper 511 moves from one end to the other end of the mouse living bin 3, it will guide the mice in the mouse living bin 3 to the No. 1 box body 509, and when the top rod 510 contacts the vertical plate of box body No. 1 509, it will drive box body No. 1 509 to move to the other end, and the top plate 507 and the bottom plate of box body No. 1 509 will slide in the docking groove 508 on their respective sides respectively, to guide the mice into box body No. 1 509, and box body No. 1 509 will drive the connecting block 514 to move to the other end while moving to the other end, so that the connecting block 514 drives the circular guide rod 515 and the circular slider 517 to slide in the rectangular sleeve 518, and squeeze the reset spring 516, and then connect the infusion tube 4 to the external disinfectant, which is sprayed out through the disinfection nozzle 401 to disinfect the inside of the mouse living chamber 3. After the disinfection work is completed, the rectangular scraper 511 retreats, and box body No. 1 509 automatically resets under the action of the reset spring 516.

[0024] In this way, the cleaning mechanism 5 can automatically clean the inside of the rodent living chamber 3, and then collect the feces in the collection box 201. It is only necessary to process the feces in the collection box 201, which is relatively simple and convenient. In addition, there is no need to take out the rodents before cleaning, which saves time and effort and avoids being bitten by rodents.

Claims

1. An automatic cleaning and disinfecting experimental mouse cage, comprising a mouse cage body (1) and a cage door (6), wherein the cage door (6) is located on one side of the mouse cage body (1), and is characterized in that: The cage body (1) is provided with a collecting trough (2) at the bottom, a collecting box (201) is slidably mounted inside the collecting trough (2), and a handle (202) is mounted on the collecting box (201) at a central position of one side of the cage body (1) exposed outside; a rodent living chamber (3) is provided in the cage body (1) above the collecting trough (2), and a cleaning trough (301) is provided on the side of the rodent living chamber (3) close to the cage door (6); a plurality of disinfection nozzles (401) are mounted on the top of the cage body (1), the disinfection nozzles (401) are located in the rodent living chamber (3), and an infusion tube (4) is fixedly connected to the upper end of the disinfection nozzles (401), and a cleaning mechanism (5) is provided inside the cage body (1).

2. The automatic cleaning and disinfecting experimental mouse cage according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cleaning mechanism (5) comprises a micro motor (501), a fixing seat (502), a rectangular slide groove (503), a threaded rod (504), a rectangular slider (505), a bearing (506), a docking groove (508), a No. 1 box body (509), a top rod (510), a rectangular scraper (511), a connecting plate (512), a cleaning brush (513), a connecting block (514), a circular guide rod (515), a reset spring (516), a circular slider (517) and a rectangular sleeve (518), and is fixed at the middle position of the top of the squirrel cage body (1). A fixing seat (502) is provided which is consistent with the length direction of the mouse cage body (1), the fixing seat (502) is communicated with the mouse living chamber (3), a rectangular slide groove (503) is provided inside the fixing seat (502), two bearings (506) are fixedly installed in the fixing seat (502) on both sides of the rectangular slide groove (503), a horizontal threaded rod (504) is installed between the two bearings (506), one end of the threaded rod (504) is connected to the driving end of the micro motor (501), and the micro motor (501) is located outside the fixing seat (502); A rectangular slider (505) is mounted on the threaded rod (504); a vertical rectangular scraper (511) is mounted on the lower end of the rectangular slider (505); the bottom of the rectangular scraper (511) is in sliding contact with the bottom plate of the rodent living chamber (3); and a top rod (510) in the same direction as the threaded rod (504) is fixed on both sides of the upper end of the rectangular scraper (511) on the side of the rectangular scraper (511) facing the cage door (6); On the side of the rectangular scraper (511) facing away from the cage door (6), a vertical connecting plate (512) is fixedly connected to the lower end of the rectangular slider (505); except for the top, a circle of cleaning brushes (513) are fixed around the connecting plate (512), and the cleaning brushes (513) are in contact with the inner wall of the rodent living chamber (3); on the side of the collecting box (201) above and close to the cage door (6), a docking groove (508) is provided in the bottom plate and the top plate (507) of the rodent living chamber (3), and the upper and lower plates of the No. 1 box body (509) are slidably installed inside the two docking grooves (508), the cage door (6) is installed on the plate of the No. 1 box body (509) in the vertical direction, and a connecting block (514) is fixed on both sides of the plate of the No. 1 box body (509) in the vertical direction; At positions corresponding to the connection blocks (514), a horizontal rectangular sleeve (518) is fixed on both sides of the squirrel cage body (1), a circular slider (517) is slidably mounted inside the rectangular sleeve (518), one end of a horizontal circular guide rod (515) is fixedly connected to the center of one side of the circular slider (517), and the other end of the circular guide rod (515) is connected to the corresponding connection blocks (514); inside the rectangular sleeve (518), a return spring (516) passes through the circular guide rod (515) and is located between the circular slider (517) and a vertical plate of the rectangular sleeve (518) close to one side of the connection block (514).

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