Experimental animal waste collecting device
By designing an automatically separated experimental animal feces collection device, the filter plate and discharge port are used to realize automatic separation and collection of feces and urine, solving the problem of manual separation in the prior art that affects the accuracy of detection, and improving the accuracy and working efficiency of sample detection.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202421864879.X
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-08-02
- Publication Date
- 2025-05-06
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-08-02
AI Technical Summary
The existing experimental animal feces collection device requires staff to manually operate filtration tools to separate urine and feces. The process is cumbersome and may cause part of the feces to be soaked in urine, affecting the accuracy of detection.
An experimental animal feces collection device is designed, including a feeding cage, a liquid collection part and a partition treatment part. The partitioning treatment unit realizes automatic separation of feces and urine through the filter plate and the discharge port. The scraping rod and the grip rod are used to conveniently scrape the feces into the collection box, and the urine is collected uniformly through the discharge box.
Automatic separation and collection of feces and urine is achieved, the accuracy of sample detection is improved, and the operation time and labor intensity of staff are reduced.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of sample collection, in particular to a feces collection device for experimental animals. Background Art
[0002] The fundamental purpose of medical research is to explore the pathogenesis of human diseases and to find prevention and treatment methods. Experimental research is more ideal when animals with similar functions, metabolism, structure and disease properties as humans are selected. Generally speaking, the higher the evolutionary stage of an animal, the closer its function, structure and reaction are to humans. There are many similarities in tissue structure between mammals, so the basic processes of their life functions are also very similar. Therefore, in the development of medicine, people will conduct various experiments on artificially raised experimental animals. Since feces contain a large number of bacteria and a small amount of cells shed from the animal's intestines, which can provide animal genetic information, it is necessary to collect animal feces frequently when conducting various studies on experimental animals, so experimental animal feces collection devices will be used.
[0003] The existing feces collection device will install a grille at the bottom of the breeding cage, and then place the collection box under the breeding cage. When the animal defecates, the feces and urine will be discharged directly into the collection box through the grille. The staff is required to take the filtering tool and manually separate the urine and feces. This process is time-consuming, and part of the feces of the experimental animals will be soaked in urine, which affects the accuracy of feces detection. Utility Model Content
[0004] The purpose of the utility model is to provide a feces collection device for experimental animals, so as to solve the problem proposed in the above background technology that when animals excrete, feces and urine will be directly discharged into the interior of the collection box through the grille, and the staff needs to take the filtering tool and manually separate the urine and feces. This process is relatively time-consuming, and part of the feces of the experimental animals will be soaked in urine, which affects the accuracy of feces detection.
[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solutions: an experimental animal feces collection device, comprising a feeding cage, a liquid collecting part and a separation processing part, the separation processing part is arranged between the feeding cage and the liquid collecting part, and the top of the separation processing part is connected to the bottom end of the feeding cage, and the bottom end of the separation processing part is connected to the top of the liquid collecting part, the separation processing part comprises a processing box fixedly arranged on the bottom wall of the feeding cage, a filter screen plate is fixedly arranged on the inner side wall of the processing box, a discharge port is provided inside the filter screen plate, a sliding groove is provided on the inner side wall of the processing box, a moving groove is provided on the outer side wall of the processing box, a scraper rod is provided on the top surface of the filter screen plate, one end of the scraper rod passes through the inner side of the moving groove and extends to the outside of the processing box, the other end of the scraper rod extends to the inside of the sliding groove, and is rotatably connected to a sliding shaft, and the sliding shaft slides with the inner side of the sliding groove.
[0006] By adopting the above technical solution, holding the grip rod can drive the scraper rod to move until the scraper rod scrapes the feces to the inside of the discharge port, so that it is convenient to discharge it into the inside of the solid collection part for unified collection.
[0007] Preferably, the liquid collecting part comprises a support frame fixed on the bottom wall of the processing box, a drainage box is arranged at the central position inside the support frame, the top end of the drainage box is fixedly connected to the bottom wall of the processing box, and a urine collection box is arranged at the bottom end of the drainage box.
[0008] By adopting the above technical solution, urine is discharged into the interior of the urine collection box through the liquid discharge box, and the urine is collected uniformly.
[0009] Preferably, the interior of the drainage box is communicated with the processing box, and the interior of the urine collection box is communicated with the drainage box.
[0010] By adopting the above technical solution, the processing box discharges urine into the interior of the drainage box.
[0011] Preferably, a gripping rod is disposed outside the movable groove, and a side wall of the gripping rod is fixedly connected to an end of the scraping rod extending to the outside of the processing box.
[0012] By adopting the above technical solution, the movement of the scraper rod can be controlled by holding the gripping rod.
[0013] Preferably, the solid collecting portion is arranged inside the processing box and below the discharge port, and part of the solid collecting portion is fixedly connected to the bottom wall of the filter screen plate.
[0014] By adopting the above technical solution, the solid collection part can collect feces.
[0015] Preferably, the solid collecting part includes a filter frame fixed on the bottom wall of the filter mesh plate, the filter frame is connected to the inside of the discharge port, a feces collection box is slidably provided on the inner side of the filter frame, a handle is fixed on the outer side wall of the feces collection box, and the interior of the feces collection box is connected to the discharge port.
[0016] By adopting the above technical solution, the stool collection box can be pulled out from the interior of the processing box by holding the handle, so that the stool sample can be easily taken out.
[0017] Preferably, a pull-out groove is provided on the inner side wall of the processing box close to the feces collection box, the pull-out groove is connected to the outside of the processing box, and the end of the handle away from the feces collection box extends to the outside of the pull-out groove.
[0018] By adopting the above technical solution, the diameter of the pull-out groove is slightly larger than the diameter of the feces collection box, which facilitates the work of pulling out and pushing the feces collection box back into the filter frame.
[0019] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects: by holding the end of the grip rod and pushing it horizontally, the grip rod drives the scraper rod to scrape the animal feces from the surface of the filter screen plate to the inside of the discharge port until it falls into the inside of the feces collection box, and the handle is held to pull the feces collection box out from the inside of the filter frame, and the urine of the experimental animal falls into the inside of the drainage box through the filter screen plate, and the drainage box discharges the urine into the inside of the urine collection box for collection. Thus, the feces and urine of the experimental animals can be separated and collected, the accuracy of sample detection is improved, and the surface of the filter screen plate can be cleaned at the same time, reducing the workload of the staff. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0020] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the appearance structure of the utility model;
[0021] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the processing part and the liquid collecting part of the utility model;
[0022] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the top view structure of the processing part of the utility model;
[0023] Figure 4 It is an enlarged schematic diagram of point A of the utility model;
[0024] Figure 5 This is a bottom view of the structure of the processing unit of the utility model;
[0025] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the connection structure of the filter screen plate and the filter frame of the utility model.
[0026] In the figure: 1. breeding cage; 2. liquid collecting part; 201. support frame; 202. drainage box; 203. urine collecting box; 3. separation processing part; 301. processing box; 302. filter screen; 303. discharge port; 304. sliding slot; 305. moving slot; 306. scraper rod; 307. sliding shaft; 308. gripping rod; 309. pulling slot; 4. solid collecting part; 401. filter frame; 402. feces collecting box; 403. handle. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0027] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the utility model.
[0028] The following is combined with Figure 1-6 The utility model is described in further detail.
[0029] Embodiment 1
[0030] See also Figure 1-6The present embodiment provides a technical solution: a feces collection device for experimental animals, comprising a feeding cage 1, a liquid collecting part 2 and a separation processing part 3, wherein the bottom wall of the feeding cage 1 is arranged as a grid structure, and the interior of the feeding cage 1 is used to feed experimental animals, so that the feces and urine discharged by the experimental animals can be discharged into the interior of the separation processing part 3 through the grid, and the urine and feces are collected separately by the separation processing part 3, and the separation processing part 3 is arranged between the feeding cage 1 and the liquid collecting part 2, and the top of the separation processing part 3 is threadedly connected to the bottom end of the feeding cage 1, and the bottom end of the separation processing part 3 is threadedly connected to the top end of the liquid collecting part 2, and the separation processing part 3 comprises a processing box 301 threadedly connected to the bottom wall of the breeding cage 1, the processing box 301 is set as a hollow structure, the inner wall of the processing box 301 is threadedly connected with a filter screen 302, the filter screen 302 can filter out the feces discharged by the experimental animals, and the remaining urine is discharged into the interior of the liquid collecting part 2 through the filter screen 302, the filter screen 302 is provided with a discharge port 303, the inside of the discharge port 303 is connected with the inside of the processing box 301, the inner wall of the processing box 301 is provided with a sliding groove 304, the sliding groove 304 corresponds to the vertical height and horizontal position of the moving groove 305, and the processing box 301 is provided with a sliding groove 304. A moving groove 305 is provided on the outer wall of the processing box 301, and the moving groove 305 is communicated with the inside and outside of the processing box 301. A scraper rod 306 is provided on the top surface of the filter screen plate 302, and the bottom surface of the scraper rod 306 contacts the surface of the filter screen plate 302. When the scraper rod 306 moves, the scraper rod 306 can scrape away the experimental animal excrement accumulated on the surface of the filter screen plate 302. One end of the scraper rod 306 passes through the inner side of the moving groove 305 and extends to the outside of the processing box 301. The other end of the scraper rod 306 extends to the inside of the sliding groove 304 and is rotatably connected to the sliding shaft 307 through a bearing. The shaft 307 slides with the inner side of the sliding groove 304, and a grip rod 308 is provided on the outside of the movable groove 305. The side wall of the grip rod 308 is threadedly connected to one end of the scraper rod 306 extending to the outside of the processing box 301. The end of the grip rod 308 is held to move, and the sliding structure formed by the sliding shaft 307 and the sliding groove 304 is used to provide support for the end of the scraper rod 306, and at the same time, the main body of the scraper rod 306 can move stably. Therefore, the grip rod 308 can drive the scraper rod 306 to move until the scraper rod 306 scrapes the feces to the inside of the discharge port 303, so that it is discharged into the inside of the solid collection part 4 for unified collection.
[0031] Embodiment 2
[0032] See also Figure 1-6The liquid collecting part 2 includes a support frame 201 which is threadedly connected to the bottom wall of the processing box 301. The structure of the support frame 201 is composed of a square horizontal plate and multiple groups of fixing rods. The support frame 201 can provide support for the separation processing part 3 and the breeding cage 1. The top ends of the multiple groups of fixing rods are threadedly connected to the bottom wall of the processing box 301. A drainage box 202 is arranged at the center of the support frame 201. The structure of the drainage box 202 is in an inverted trapezoidal shape. The top end of the drainage box 202 is threadedly connected to the bottom wall of the processing box 301. The drainage box 202 is The interior of the processing box 301 is interconnected, and the urine filtered by the filter screen plate 302 will be discharged into the interior of the drainage box 202. The bottom end of the drainage box 202 is provided with a urine collecting box 203, and the interior of the urine collecting box 203 is connected to the drainage box 202. The drainage box 202 then discharges the urine into the interior of the urine collecting box 203. Therefore, the urine collecting box 203 can collect urine uniformly, so that urine and feces can be collected separately, avoiding urine contamination of feces and affecting the detection accuracy of feces samples.
[0033] Embodiment 3
[0034] See also Figure 1-6 The solid collecting part 4 is arranged inside the processing box 301 and is located below the discharge port 303. Part of the solid collecting part 4 is threadedly connected to the bottom wall of the filter screen plate 302. The solid collecting part 4 includes a filter frame 401 threadedly connected to the bottom wall of the filter screen plate 302. The filter frame 401 is communicated with the inside of the discharge port 303. The inside of the filter frame 401 is arranged as a hollow structure. The feces collection box 402 can be placed inside the filter frame 401. When the sampling work is completed, the feces collection box 402 can be directly pulled out of the filter frame 401. The feces collection box 402 is slidingly arranged on the inner side of the filter frame 401. The outer wall of the feces collection box 402 is threadedly connected with a handle 403. By holding the main body of the handle 403, the feces collection box 402 can be The collecting box 402 is pulled out of the interior of the filter frame 401, or inserted back into the interior of the filter frame 401 to perform the collection work again. The interior of the feces collecting box 402 is connected to the discharge port 303, so the feces sample scraped off by the scraper rod 306 can fall into the interior of the feces collecting box 402 through the discharge port 303 for unified collection. A pull-out groove 309 is provided on the inner wall of the processing box 301 close to the feces collecting box 402, and the pull-out groove 309 is connected to the outside of the processing box 301. The handle 403 extends from the end of the feces collecting box 402 to the outside of the pull-out groove 309. The diameter of the pull-out groove 309 is slightly larger than the diameter of the feces collecting box 402, which is convenient for the feces collecting box 402 to be pulled out and pushed back into the filter frame 401.
[0035] Working principle: First, open the top cover installed on the top wall of the feeding cage 1, put the experimental animal into the feeding cage 1 for feeding, and feed it and other activities. After the experimental animal excretes, the feces and urine fall into the processing box 301 through the grille at the bottom of the feeding cage 1;
[0036] Secondly, the filter screen 302 installed inside the treatment box 301 screens out the feces, and the remaining urine is directly discharged into the inside of the drainage box 202, and then discharged into the inside of the urine collection box 203 through the drainage box 202, and the urine is directly collected uniformly. Then, the end of the grip rod 308 is held and moved horizontally, and the grip rod 308 drives the scraper rod 306 to move, and the bottom end of the scraper rod 306 scrapes the feces from the surface of the filter screen 302;
[0037] Finally, the feces is scraped to the inside of the discharge port 303, and the feces is discharged into the feces collection box 402 through the discharge port 303. Then, the movement of the grip 308 is stopped, and the end of the handle 403 is held and pulled outward. The handle 403 drives the feces collection box 402 to move to the inside of the filter frame 401, completing the feces collection work, and finally completing the work.
[0038] It is obvious to those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the details of the exemplary embodiments described above, and that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments should be regarded as exemplary and non-restrictive from any point of view, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the above description, and it is intended that all changes falling within the meaning and scope of the equivalent elements of the claims be included in the present invention. Any reference numeral in a claim should not be regarded as limiting the claim to which it relates.
Claims
1. A device for collecting feces of experimental animals, characterized in that: The collection device includes: Rearing cage (1); A liquid collecting part (2), the liquid collecting part (2) being arranged below the breeding cage (1); A separation processing part (3) is arranged between the breeding cage (1) and the liquid collecting part (2), and the top of the separation processing part (3) is connected to the bottom end of the breeding cage (1), and the bottom end of the separation processing part (3) is connected to the top end of the liquid collecting part (2). The separation processing part (3) comprises a processing box (301) fixedly arranged on the bottom wall of the breeding cage (1), a filter screen plate (302) is fixedly arranged on the inner side wall of the processing box (301), and a discharge port (303) is opened inside the filter screen plate (302). The processing box (301) A sliding groove (304) is provided on the inner wall of the processing box (301), a moving groove (305) is provided on the outer wall of the processing box (301), and a scraper rod (306) is provided on the top surface of the filter screen plate (302), one end of the scraper rod (306) passes through the inner side of the moving groove (305) and extends to the outside of the processing box (301), and the other end of the scraper rod (306) extends to the inside of the sliding groove (304) and is rotatably connected to a sliding shaft (307), and the sliding shaft (307) slides with the inner side of the sliding groove (304).
2. The experimental animal feces collection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The liquid collecting part (2) comprises a support frame (201) fixedly mounted on the bottom wall of the processing box (301), a drainage box (202) is arranged at a central position inside the support frame (201), the top end of the drainage box (202) is fixedly connected to the bottom wall of the processing box (301), and a urine collecting box (203) is arranged at the bottom end of the drainage box (202).
3. The experimental animal feces collection device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The interior of the drainage box (202) is in communication with the processing box (301), and the interior of the urine collection box (203) is in communication with the drainage box (202).
4. The experimental animal feces collection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A gripping rod (308) is disposed outside the movable groove (305), and a side wall of the gripping rod (308) is fixedly connected to an end of the scraping rod (306) extending to the outside of the processing box (301).
5. The experimental animal feces collection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The collecting device also includes: A solid collecting portion (4), the solid collecting portion (4) is arranged inside the processing box (301) and is located below the discharge port (303), and a portion of the solid collecting portion (4) is fixedly connected to the bottom wall of the filter screen plate (302).
6. The experimental animal feces collection device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The solid collecting portion (4) comprises a filter frame (401) fixedly mounted on the bottom wall of the filter screen plate (302); the filter frame (401) is connected to the inside of the discharge port (303); a feces collection box (402) is slidably arranged on the inner side of the filter frame (401); a handle (403) is fixedly mounted on the outer side wall of the feces collection box (402); and the inside of the feces collection box (402) is connected to the discharge port (303).
7. The experimental animal feces collection device according to claim 6, characterized in that: A pull-out groove (309) is provided on the inner side wall of the processing box (301) close to the feces collection box (402), and the pull-out groove (309) is connected to the outside of the processing box (301), and the handle (403) extends from the end away from the feces collection box (402) to the outside of the pull-out groove (309).