Mouse open field experiment device convenient to clean

Abstract

The utility model discloses a mouse open field experiment device convenient to clean. The mouse open field experiment device comprises an open field platform, a supporting mechanism arranged on the open field platform, a lifting mechanism which is arranged on the outer side of the supporting mechanism and can move up and down, and a guide mechanism arranged on the open field platform. The guide mechanism comprises two guide plates arranged on the front side and the rear side of the open field platform respectively and two guide grooves formed in the opposite faces of the two guide plates respectively. Meanwhile, cleaning mechanisms capable of moving left and right along the surface of the open field platform are arranged on the two guide grooves; the open field platform has the advantages that the open field platform can be quickly switched to be opened / closed through matching of the supporting mechanism and the lifting mechanism, the open field platform can be exposed when the open field platform is in an upward moving and opening state of the test area, excrement and other impurities on the surface of the open field platform can be conveniently and quickly cleaned by the cleaning mechanism, and meanwhile experimental mice can be conveniently placed in the open field platform; and when the test area moves downwards and is closed, a mouse test open field is reconstructed.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to mouse open field experiment technical field, concretely is a mouse open field experiment device convenient to clean. BACKGROUND

[0002] Mouse open field experiment requires that mice are placed in an open field, and a monitoring device is used to observe the movement behavior of the mice so as to evaluate the anxiety behavior, exploration behavior and movement activity of the mice using a computer.

[0003] However, during the experiment, the mice may excrete urine and feces due to nervousness and other emotions when entering a new environment. Therefore, after monitoring one mouse, the urine and feces of the previous mouse need to be cleaned out in time, and ethanol is used for disinfection, so that the environment at the beginning of the experiment of the next mouse is the same as that of the previous mouse, ensuring the comparability of the experimental data and preventing cross contamination.

[0004] When cleaning the open field by the conventional method, the surface of the open field needs to be wiped comprehensively by using a roll of paper by hand, which is not easy to operate and time-consuming, and the open field range is large, so it is not easy to cover all the surfaces of the open field by manual wiping. In addition, the surface of the open field needs to be disinfected again using ethanol, which not only makes the ethanol unevenly covered, but also slows down the experimental pace during the waiting period for the evaporation of ethanol. SUMMARY

[0005] The utility model aims at providing a mouse open field experiment device convenient to clean, to solve the problem of uneven ethanol coverage and slow evaporation caused by manual wiping which is not easy to operate and time-consuming.

[0006] The technical scheme of the utility model is: a mouse open field experiment device convenient to clean, comprising an open field platform, a supporting mechanism arranged on the open field platform, a lifting mechanism arranged on the outer side of the supporting mechanism and movable up and down, and a guide mechanism arranged on the open field platform; wherein the guide mechanism comprises two guide plates arranged on the front and rear sides of the open field platform respectively, and two guide grooves arranged on the opposite surfaces of the two guide plates respectively; and a cleaning mechanism movable left and right along the surface of the open field platform is arranged on the two guide grooves.

[0007] As a preferred technical scheme, the cleaning mechanism comprises two supporting assemblies arranged symmetrically on the two guide grooves respectively, and two cleaning rods connected with the two supporting assemblies and arranged in front and back according to the running direction.

[0008] The support assembly comprises a hollow guide rod slidably arranged in the guide groove, a movable connecting rod telescopically connected with the inside of the hollow guide rod through a spring at one end, and a support frame connected with the other end of the movable connecting rod and provided with a two-way joint; one hollow guide rod passes through the outside of the corresponding guide groove and is connected with a handle; two cleaning rods are detachably connected with the two-way joints of the two support frames, and cleaning bodies are arranged on the two cleaning rods; and an ethanol tank is arranged in the cleaning rod located at the rear side.

[0009] As a preferred technical scheme, the support mechanism comprises four L-shaped guide rods arranged at four corners of the open field platform respectively and provided with openings facing outward.

[0010] As a preferred technical scheme, the lifting mechanism comprises four lifting rods correspondingly and integrally arranged with the inner sides of the L-shaped guide rods, a square connecting rod arranged outside the four lifting rods and parallel to the open field platform, a detachable top plate arranged at the top of the four lifting rods, and a square test cover fixedly connected with the square connecting rod and arranged below the detachable top plate; and an operating handle is arranged outside the square connecting rod.

[0011] As a preferred technical scheme, the guide groove comprises an arc-shaped stop portion, an inclined excessive portion and a horizontal working portion arranged in sequence along the running direction of the cleaning mechanism; when the hollow guide rod is located at the arc-shaped stop portion, the cleaning body is separated from the surface of the open field platform and is in a suspended state; when the hollow guide rod is located on the horizontal working portion, the cleaning body is in a contact state with the surface of the open field platform.

[0012] As a preferred technical scheme, the inside of the square test cover is a cubic test area composed of four black plastic plates and the detachable top plate.

[0013] As a preferred technical scheme, a collecting groove is arranged on the side of the open field platform away from the arc-shaped stop portion.

[0014] As a preferred technical scheme, four supporting feet are arranged at the bottom of the open field platform.

[0015] The mouse open field experiment device has the advantages that:

[0016] 1. The mouse open field experiment device is provided with a support mechanism and a lifting mechanism, and the opening / closing of the test area can be quickly switched, the open field platform is exposed when the test area is in the upward opening state, the cleaning mechanism can quickly clean the excrement and other impurities on the surface of the open field platform, and the experimental mouse can be conveniently put in; when the test area is in the downward closing state, the mouse experimental open field is reformed.

[0017] 2. The mouse open field experiment device of the utility model, through the ethanol is added to the ethanol groove storage, on the one hand reduces the volatilization, the other hand provides the required ethanol for the clean body during work, first utilize the clean body on the front end cleaning rod to the open field platform carries out the preliminary cleaning, the clean body containing ethanol on the rear end cleaning rod not only can clean the open field platform surface, still can pass through the ethanol disinfection, and evenly cover the ethanol on the open field platform surface, reduce the volatilization time. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0018] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme of the embodiments of the utility model, the following will be briefly introduced the drawings needed to be used in the embodiment description, the drawings in the following description only some embodiments of the utility model, for the ordinary skilled person in the art, under the premise of not paying the creative labor, still can obtain other drawings according to these drawings.

[0019] The utility model will be further described in combination with the drawings and embodiments:

[0020] Figure 1 It is the structure schematic diagram of the utility model mouse open field experiment device;

[0021] Figure 2 It is the separation state schematic diagram of the utility model lifting mechanism and support mechanism;

[0022] Figure 3 It is the structure schematic diagram of the utility model support mechanism;

[0023] Figure 4 It is the utility model Figure 3 It is the enlarged schematic diagram of A in the utility model;

[0024] Figure 5 It is the structure schematic diagram of the utility model cleaning mechanism;

[0025] Figure 6 It is the utility model Figure 5 It is the enlarged schematic diagram of B in the utility model;

[0026] Figure 7 It is the open state schematic diagram of the utility model test area;

[0027] Figure 8 It is the closed state schematic diagram of the utility model test area;

[0028] Among them: 1 open field platform;

[0029] 2 support mechanism, 201 L type guide rod;

[0030] 3 lifting mechanism, 301 lifting rod, 302 square connecting rod, 303 detachable top plate, 304 square test cover, 305 operating handle;

[0031] 4. Guiding mechanism, 401 guide plate, 402 guide groove, 402a arc-shaped stop part, 402b inclined transition part, 402c horizontal working part;

[0032] 5 Cleaning mechanism, 501 Cleaning rod, 502 Hollow guide rod, 503 Spring, 504 Movable connecting rod, 505 Support frame, 506 Handle;

[0033] 6. Collection tank; 7. Support feet. Detailed Implementation

[0034] The above solution will be further described below with reference to specific embodiments. It should be understood that these embodiments are for illustrating the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. The implementation conditions used in the embodiments can be further adjusted according to the conditions of specific manufacturers, and the implementation conditions not specified are usually the conditions in conventional experiments.

[0035] Example: Refer to Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 As shown, a mouse open field experimental apparatus that is easy to clean includes an open field platform 1, a support mechanism 2 disposed on the open field platform 1, a lifting mechanism 3 disposed outside the support mechanism 2 and movable up and down, and a guide mechanism 4 disposed on the open field platform 1. The guide mechanism 4 includes two guide plates 401 disposed on the front and rear sides of the open field platform 1, and two guide grooves 402 disposed on the opposite surfaces of the two guide plates 401. At the same time, a cleaning mechanism 5 that can move left and right along the surface of the open field platform 1 is disposed on the two guide grooves 402. Through the cooperation of the support mechanism 2 and the lifting mechanism 3, the opening / closing of the experimental area can be quickly switched. When the experimental area is in the open state with the experimental area raised, the open field platform 1 is exposed, which facilitates the cleaning mechanism 5 to quickly clean the feces and other impurities on the surface of the open field platform 1, and also facilitates the placement of experimental mice. When the experimental area is in the closed state with the experimental area lowered, the mouse experimental open field is reconstructed.

[0036] Reference Figure 3 , Figure 4 , Figure 5 , Figure 6As shown in the figure, in the embodiment, the cleaning mechanism 5 comprises two support assemblies symmetrically arranged on the two guide grooves 402 respectively, and two cleaning rods 501 connected with the two support assemblies and arranged in front and back along the running direction; wherein the support assembly comprises a hollow guide rod 502 slidably arranged in the guide groove 402, a movable connecting rod 504 with one end telescopically connected with the inside of the hollow guide rod 502 through a spring 503, and a support frame 505 with a two-way joint connected with the other end of the movable connecting rod 504; wherein one hollow guide rod 502 passes through the outside of the corresponding guide groove 402 and is connected with a handle 506, the two cleaning rods 501 are detachably connected with the two-way joints of the two support frames 505 respectively, and a cleaning body is arranged on each of the two cleaning rods 501, and an ethanol tank is arranged in the cleaning rod 501 on the rear side.

[0037] Referring to Figure 5 , Figure 6 As shown in the figure, in the embodiment, the dismounting and mounting method of the cleaning mechanism 5 is as follows: first, connect one end of the cleaning rod 501 with the two-way joint of the corresponding side support frame 505, which can be inserted or sleeved, and in the embodiment, the inserted mode is adopted; then press the support frame 505 on the other side to the side of the movable connecting rod 504, at this time, the movable connecting rod 504 extrudes the spring 503 in the hollow guide rod 502, after the spring 503 is extruded and shrunk, the distance between the two support frames 505 is increased, then insert the other end of the cleaning rod 501 into the two-way joint of the corresponding side support frame 505, and then under the action of the two springs 503, a clamping and fixing force is given to the cleaning rod 501, and the other cleaning rod 501 is also fixed and mounted on the two support frames 505 through the same mode; if it is desired to be removed, the opposite action is performed, which realizes the effect of convenient dismounting and mounting of the cleaning mechanism 5, and facilitates the cleaning rod 501 and the cleaning body thereon to be taken off and cleaned after the cleaning of the open field platform 1 is completed.

[0038] Referring to Figure 2 , Figure 3 As shown in the figure, in the embodiment, the support mechanism 2 comprises four L-shaped guide rods 201 arranged on the four corners of the open field platform 1 respectively and arranged with openings outward.

[0039] Referring to Figure 1 and Figure 2 , Figure 7 and Figure 8As shown, in this embodiment, the lifting mechanism 3 includes four lifting rods 301 respectively corresponding to the inner side of the L-shaped guide rod 201, a square connecting rod 302 arranged outside the four lifting rods 301 and parallel to the open field platform 1, a detachable top plate 303 arranged at the top of the four lifting rods 301, and a square test cover 304 arranged below the detachable top plate 303 and fixedly connected with the square connecting rod 302; At the same time, an operating handle 305 is arranged outside the square connecting rod 302; The experimenter holds the operating handle 305 and lifts it up, and under the cooperation of the L-shaped guide rod 201 and the lifting rod 301, the lifting mechanism 3 is operated to move upward, and the test area is in an upward moving open state, so that the open field platform 1 is exposed, which facilitates the cleaning mechanism 5 to quickly clean the feces and other impurities on the surface of the open field platform 1, and facilitates the placement of experimental mice; After cleaning is completed, the experimenter holds the operating handle 305 and operates the lifting mechanism 3 to move downward, and the test area moves downward to close, so as to reconfigure a mouse experiment open field to experiment on the next mouse.

[0040] Referring to Figure 4 As shown, in this embodiment, the guide groove 402 includes an arc-shaped stop portion 402a, an inclined excessive portion 402b and a horizontal working portion 402c arranged in sequence along the running direction of the cleaning mechanism 5; When the hollow guide rod 502 is located on the horizontal working portion 402c, the cleaning body is in contact with the surface of the open field platform 1, and the cleaning body 1 is in a working state; When the hollow guide rod 502 is located on the arc-shaped stop portion 402a, the cleaning body is separated from the surface of the open field platform 1 and is in a suspended state, which can effectively avoid that the cleaning mechanism 5 is in contact with the open field platform 1 for a long time, causing the damp cleaning body to breed bacteria.

[0041] Referring to Figure 7 and Figure 8 As shown, in this embodiment, the inside of the square test cover 304 is a cubic test area, which is composed of four black plastic plates and the detachable top plate 303, so as to ensure that the environment around the mouse is the same; After the detachable top plate 303 is detached, a camera is erected above the open field, and the movement track of the mouse can be shot.

[0042] Referring to Figures 1 to 3 As shown, in this embodiment, a collection groove 6 is arranged on the side of the open field platform 1 away from the arc-shaped stop portion 402a, and when the cleaning mechanism 5 moves from one side to the other side, the feces can be pushed away and concentrated on one side, at this time, the collection groove 6 only needs to be placed at the collection position, so as to realize the collection effect of the feces; Meanwhile, four supporting feet 7 are installed at the bottom of the open field platform 1, and through the design of the supporting feet 7, the open field platform 1 can be lifted to leave the ground.

[0043] The above examples are only for illustrating the technical concept and characteristics of the present application, and the purpose is to enable those skilled in the art to understand the content of the present application and to implement it, and cannot limit the protection scope of the present application. Any equivalent changes or modifications made according to the spirit and essence of the present application shall be covered within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A mouse open field test apparatus that facilitates cleaning, comprising an open field platform, characterized by, Further comprising a support mechanism arranged on the open field platform, a lifting mechanism arranged outside the support mechanism and movable up and down, and a guide mechanism arranged on the open field platform; wherein the guide mechanism comprises two guide plates arranged on the front and back sides of the open field platform respectively, and two guide grooves arranged on the opposite surfaces of the two guide plates respectively; and a cleaning mechanism arranged on the two guide grooves and movable left and right along the surface of the open field platform is arranged on the two guide grooves. The cleaning mechanism comprises two support assemblies arranged symmetrically on the two guide grooves respectively, and two cleaning rods connected with the two support assemblies and arranged in front and back according to the running direction. The support assembly comprises a hollow guide rod slidably arranged in the guide groove, a movable connecting rod telescopically connected with the inside of the hollow guide rod through a spring at one end, and a support frame connected with the other end of the movable connecting rod and provided with a bidirectional joint; one hollow guide rod passes through the outside of the corresponding guide groove and is connected with a handle, the two cleaning rods are detachably connected with the bidirectional joints of the two support frames, cleaning bodies are arranged on the two cleaning rods, and an ethanol tank is arranged in the cleaning rod on the back side.

2. The apparatus for mouse open field test facilitating cleaning according to claim 1, wherein, The support mechanism comprises four L-shaped guide rods arranged on the four corners of the open field platform respectively and arranged with openings facing outward.

3. The easy-to-clean mouse open field apparatus of claim 2, wherein, The lifting mechanism comprises four lifting rods arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the inner sides of the L-shaped guide rods, a square connecting rod arranged outside the four lifting rods and parallel to the open field platform, a detachable top plate arranged on the top of the four lifting rods, and a square test cover fixedly connected with the square connecting rod and arranged below the detachable top plate; and an operating handle is arranged on the outside of the square connecting rod.

4. The apparatus for mouse open field test facilitating cleaning according to claim 1, wherein, The guide groove comprises an arc-shaped stop portion, an inclined excess portion and a horizontal working portion arranged in sequence along the running direction of the cleaning mechanism; when the hollow guide rod is located in the arc-shaped stop portion, the cleaning body is separated from the surface of the open field platform and is in a suspended state; When the hollow guide rod is located on the horizontal working portion, the cleaning body is in contact with the surface of the open field platform.

5. The apparatus for mouse open field test facilitating cleaning according to claim 3, wherein, The inside of the square test cover is a cubic test area composed of four black plastic plates and the detachable top plate.

6. The easy-to-clean mouse open field apparatus of claim 4, wherein, A collection groove is arranged on the side of the open field platform away from the arc-shaped stop portion.

7. The apparatus for mouse open field test facilitating cleaning according to claim 1, wherein, Four supporting feet are installed on the bottom of the open field platform.

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