Cat litter box
By employing a straight groove and a lifting drive rack structure in the litter box, the movement path of the moving parts is simplified, solving the problem of complex existing litter box designs, reducing R&D costs, and improving stability and user experience.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202422515346.7
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-10-17
- Publication Date
- 2025-12-05
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-10-17
AI Technical Summary
The existing cat litter box has a complex movement path design for its movable parts, which increases research and development costs.
By adopting a linear groove design and a lifting drive rack structure, the moving parts move through the linear grooves, and the mounting parts can be raised and lowered without an additional power source, which simplifies the movement path and structure.
This reduces the research and development costs of cat litter boxes, simplifies the structure, reduces assembly parts, and improves operational stability and user experience.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to pet appliance technical field especially cat litter basin. BACKGROUND
[0002] Cat litter basin is the lavatory of pet cat, can conveniently clean up pet cat's excrement and urine for people, therefore, cat litter basin is indispensable for people who like to raise pet cat.
[0003] The traditional cat litter basin is simple in structure, basically all cat litter is laid in the cat litter basin, pet cat digs the cat litter to cover up after excretion each time, and people need to clean up regularly, in order to reduce the use burden of user, the electric cat litter basin for automatically cleaning excrement in cat litter appears on the market, the electric cat litter basin includes a main body and a movable piece movably arranged on the main body, a rake assembly is arranged on the movable piece, when cleaning excrement in cat litter, the movable piece drives the rake assembly to move, the rake assembly drives excrement in cat litter to the collection box for collection, the collection box generally needs to be arranged higher than the containing area of the main body for containing cat litter, therefore, when the movable piece moves to the position close to the collection box, the rake assembly needs to be automatically moved to the obliquely upward direction to drive excrement to fall from the top of the collection box into the collection box, the moving path of the movable piece is designed to make the rake assembly realize the lifting relative to the main body, so that the design of the moving path of the movable piece becomes complex, and the research and development cost is increased. SUMMARY
[0004] The utility model solves the technical problem that: provide a cat litter basin with simple movable piece moving path.
[0005] In order to solve the above technical problem, the utility model adopts the technical scheme that: a cat litter basin comprises:
[0006] The main body comprises a bottom disc, an end wall and two side walls, the opposite sides of the bottom disc are connected with the side walls respectively, one end of the bottom disc is connected with the end wall, the end wall is connected with the two side walls respectively, and an inclined guide wall is arranged at the other end of the bottom disc; a straight slot is arranged on the side wall, a walking rack and a first lifting driving rack are arranged in the straight slot, and the first lifting driving rack is arranged away from the end wall;
[0007] A movable piece is arranged on the movable piece, a driving motor and a shaft are arranged on the movable piece, the driving motor is connected with a walking gear, the walking gear is engaged with the walking rack, the shaft is rotatably arranged on the movable piece, a transmission gear and a lifting driving gear are fixedly arranged on the shaft, and the transmission gear is used for engaging with the first lifting driving rack;
[0008] The mounting piece is arranged on the moving piece in a liftable manner, and a plurality of tines are connected to the mounting piece.
[0009] Further, a collecting box with an opening at the top is arranged at the other end of the base plate, and the collecting box is arranged close to the inclined guide wall.
[0010] Further, a box cover for closing the opening of the collecting box is arranged, and the box cover has a contact arm for contacting the moving piece. The box cover is rotationally connected to the side wall, or the box cover is rotationally connected to the collecting box.
[0011] Further, a first guide wheel is arranged on the moving piece, and the first guide wheel is arranged in the straight slot and contacts the side wall.
[0012] Further, the driving motor is connected to the walking gear through a transmission shaft, and a second guide wheel is arranged on the transmission shaft, the second guide wheel is arranged in the straight slot and contacts the side wall.
[0013] Further, the moving piece has a fixing seat, and the shaft and the transmission shaft are rotationally arranged on the fixing seat, and the first guide wheel is rotationally arranged on the fixing seat.
[0014] Further, a second lifting driving rack is arranged in the straight slot, and the second lifting driving rack is arranged close to the end wall. The second lifting driving rack is used for meshing with the transmission gear, and a plurality of splines are arranged in the main body. The splines are arranged corresponding to the gap between two adjacent tines.
[0015] Further, a seat body is arranged, and the tines are arranged on the seat body. The seat body is detachably connected to the mounting piece.
[0016] Further, the seat body and the tines are integrally formed in an integrated structure.
[0017] Further, the mounting piece is provided with an elastic clamping block, a supporting part and a first limiting part. The elastic clamping block and the supporting part form a limiting area, and the first limiting part is arranged corresponding to the limiting area. The seat body is limited in the limiting area, and the seat body has a second limiting part. The first limiting part and the second limiting part cooperate to prevent the seat body from being separated from the mounting piece from one side of the limiting area.
[0018] The utility model discloses a beneficial effect lies in: the moving path of mobile piece in the cat litter basin is straight line, therefore, only straight line groove can be set on the side wall of main part, reduced the design difficulty of the moving path of mobile piece, it is favorable to reduce the research and development design cost, and, the lifting of mounting piece does not need extra power source, when mobile piece moves to the preset range, mounting piece can automatically lift, it is favorable to simplify the structure of cat litter basin, reduce the component parts of cat litter basin, reduce the assembly manufacturing cost of cat litter basin. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0019] Figure 1 It is the structure schematic diagram of cat litter basin;
[0020] Figure 2 It is the structure schematic diagram of mobile piece in cat litter basin;
[0021] Figure 3 It is the structure schematic diagram of partial structure of mobile piece in cat litter basin;
[0022] Figure 4 It is the structure schematic diagram of partial structure of the side wall of cat litter basin;
[0023] Figure 5 It is the section view of cat litter basin;
[0024] Figure 6 It is the structure schematic diagram of mounting piece in cat litter basin;
[0025] Figure 7 It is the structure schematic diagram of seat body in cat litter basin.
[0026] Label explanation:
[0027] 1, main part;11, bottom disc;111, inclined guide wall;12, end wall;13, side wall;131, straight line groove;14, walking rack;15, first lifting drive rack;16, second lifting drive rack;
[0028] 2, mobile piece;21, drive motor;22, shaft piece;23, walking gear;24, transmission gear;25, lifting drive gear;26, first guide wheel;27, transmission shaft;28, second guide wheel;29, fixed seat;
[0029] 3, mounting piece;31, lifting rack;32, elastic clamping block;321, first abutting plane;322, guide surface;33, support part;34, first limiting part;35, limiting area;36, guide groove;361, vertical rib;
[0030] 4, harrow tooth;
[0031] 51, collection box;52, box cover;53, contact arm;
[0032] 6, seat body; 61, second limiting part; 62, second contact plane; 63, guide block. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0033] To make the technical contents, purposes and effects of the present application clear, the following will be described in combination with embodiments and the accompanying drawings.
[0034] Please refer to Figures 1 to 7 , cat litter basin, comprising:
[0035] The main body 1 comprises a bottom disc 11, an end wall 12 and two side walls 13, the opposite sides of the bottom disc 11 are respectively connected with the side walls 13, one end of the bottom disc 11 is connected with the end wall 12, the end wall 12 is connected with the two side walls 13 respectively, the other end of the bottom disc 11 is provided with an inclined guide wall 111, a linear groove 131 is provided on the side wall 13, a walking rack 14 and a first lifting driving rack 15 are provided in the linear groove 131, and the first lifting driving rack 15 is arranged away from the end wall 12.
[0036] The moving part 2 is provided with a driving motor 21 and a shaft part 22, the driving motor 21 is connected with a walking gear 23, the walking gear 23 is engaged with the walking rack 14, the shaft part 22 is rotatably arranged on the moving part 2, a transmission gear 24 and a lifting driving gear 25 are fixedly arranged on the shaft part 22, and the transmission gear 24 is used for engaging with the first lifting driving rack 15.
[0037] The mounting part 3 is arranged on the moving part 2 in a lifting manner, the mounting part 3 is connected with a plurality of rake teeth 4, and the mounting part 3 is provided with a lifting rack 31 engaged with the lifting driving gear 25.
[0038] From the above description, it can be seen that the beneficial effects of the present application are that the moving path of the moving part 2 in the cat litter basin is a straight line, therefore, only the linear groove 131 needs to be arranged on the side wall 13 of the main body 1, which reduces the design difficulty of the moving path of the moving part 2, is beneficial to reducing the research and development design cost, and moreover, the lifting of the mounting part 3 does not need an additional power source, when the moving part 2 moves to a preset range, the mounting part 3 can automatically lift, which is beneficial to simplifying the structure of the cat litter basin, reducing the constituent parts of the cat litter basin and reducing the assembly manufacturing cost of the cat litter basin.
[0039] Further, it further comprises a collection box 51 with an opening at the top, the collection box 51 is placed at the other end of the bottom disc 11, and the collection box 51 is close to the inclined guide wall 111.
[0040] From the above description, it can be seen that the collection box 51 is used for collecting pet feces.
[0041] Further, a box cover 52 is arranged to close the opening of the collecting box 51, the box cover 52 is provided with a contact arm 53 for contacting the moving part 2, the box cover 52 is rotatably connected with the side wall 13, or the box cover 52 is rotatably connected with the collecting box 51.
[0042] As can be seen from the above description, the box cover 52 can close the opening of the collecting box 51, thereby reducing odor; when the moving part 2 moves in the preset area, the box cover 52 can be driven to rotate, so that the box cover 52 can be opened and closed.
[0043] Further, the moving part 2 is provided with a first guide wheel 26, the first guide wheel 26 is located in the straight slot 131, and the first guide wheel 26 contacts the side wall 13.
[0044] As can be seen from the above description, the first guide wheel 26 can prevent the moving part 2 from rotating unexpectedly during movement, thereby ensuring the stability of the cat litter box.
[0045] Further, the driving motor 21 is connected with the walking gear 23 through a transmission shaft 27, the transmission shaft 27 is provided with a second guide wheel 28, the second guide wheel 28 is located in the straight slot 131, and the second guide wheel 28 contacts the side wall 13.
[0046] As can be seen from the above description, the second guide wheel 28 can further improve the stability of the cat litter box, and ensure that the moving part 2 does not rotate.
[0047] Further, the moving part 2 has a fixing seat 29, the shaft 22 and the transmission shaft 27 are rotatably arranged on the fixing seat 29, and the first guide wheel 26 is rotatably arranged on the fixing seat 29.
[0048] As can be seen from the above description, the fixing seat 29 can facilitate the assembly of the shaft 22, the transmission shaft 27 and the first guide wheel 26.
[0049] Further, the straight slot 131 is further provided with a second lifting drive rack 16, the second lifting drive rack 16 is arranged close to the end wall 12, the second lifting drive rack 16 is used for meshing with the transmission gear 24, and the main body 1 is provided with a plurality of splines, the splines are arranged corresponding to the gap between two adjacent rakes 4.
[0050] As can be seen from the above description, when the moving part 2 is reset, the rake 4 can be lifted, and the splines fixed in the main body 1 can scrape off the feces remaining between the two adjacent rakes 4 during the lifting of the rake 4, thereby cleaning the rake 4.
[0051] Further, the rake 4 is arranged on a seat body 6, and the seat body 6 is detachably connected with the mounting 3.
[0052] As described above, when the user detaches the seat body 6, the rake 4 can be detached together, thereby facilitating the user to clean the rake 4.
[0053] Further, the seat body 6 and the rake 4 are integrally formed.
[0054] As described above, the seat body 6 and the rake 4 are integrally formed, which facilitates the production of the seat body 6 and the rake 4.
[0055] Further, the mounting 3 is provided with an elastic clamping block 32, a supporting portion 33 and a first limiting portion 34, a limiting area 35 is formed between the elastic clamping block 32 and the supporting portion 33, and the first limiting portion 34 is arranged corresponding to the limiting area 35; the seat body 6 is limited in the limiting area 35, and the seat body 6 is provided with a second limiting portion 61; the first limiting portion 34 and the second limiting portion 61 cooperate to prevent the seat body 6 from being detached from the mounting 3 from one side of the limiting area 35.
[0056] As described above, the seat body 6 with the rake 4 is clamped and fixed by the elastic clamping block 32 on the mounting 3, when the user needs to detach the rake 4, the elastic clamping block 32 is pressed to release the limiting of the seat body 6 by the mounting 3, so as to make the seat body 6 exit the limiting area 35, when the user installs the rake 4, the seat body 6 is directly slid along the mounting 3 to the limiting area 35, the detachment process of the seat body 6 and the mounting 3 is very simple, which can facilitate the user to clean the rake 4 and enhance the user experience.
[0057] Embodiment
[0058] Please refer to Figures 1 to 7The litter box comprises a main body 1, a moving part 2 and a mounting part 3. The main body 1 comprises a bottom plate 11, an end wall 12 and two side walls 13. The opposite sides of the bottom plate 11 are connected with the side walls 13 respectively. One end of the bottom plate 11 is connected with the end wall 12. The end wall 12 is connected with the two side walls 13 respectively. The other end of the bottom plate 11 is provided with an inclined guide wall 111. The side wall 13 is provided with a straight slot 131. The straight slot 131 is provided with a walking rack 14 and a first lifting driving rack 15. The first lifting driving rack 15 is arranged away from the end wall 12. The moving part 2 is provided with a driving motor 21 and a shaft part 22. The driving motor 21 is connected with a walking gear 23. The walking gear 23 is engaged with the walking rack 14. The shaft part 22 is rotatably arranged on the moving part 2. The shaft part 22 is fixedly provided with a transmission gear 24 and a lifting driving gear 25. The transmission gear 24 is used for engaging with the first lifting driving rack 15. The mounting part 3 is arranged on the moving part 2 in a lifting manner. The mounting part 3 is connected with a plurality of rake teeth 4. The mounting part 3 is provided with a lifting rack 31 which is engaged with the lifting driving gear 25.
[0059] Please refer to Figures 1 to 5 When the driving motor 21 drives the walking gear 23 to rotate, the walking gear 23 travels in the straight slot 131, so that the moving part 2 moves along a straight line. When the moving part 2 moves to a preset position, the transmission gear 24 starts to engage with the first lifting driving rack 15. The moving part 2 continues to move. The transmission gear 24 rotates to drive the shaft part 22 to rotate, so that the lifting driving gear 25 rotates. Then, the lifting rack 31 drives the mounting part 3 to lift, so that the rake teeth 4 are lifted.
[0060] In one or more embodiments, the first lifting driving rack 15 corresponds to the inclined guide wall 111. When the transmission gear 24 rotates on the first lifting driving rack 15, the bottom end of the rake tooth 4 lifts along the inclined guide wall 111.
[0061] The end wall 12 is connected with the two side walls 13 to form a U-shaped structure. The bottom plate 11 is fixedly connected or detachably connected with the U-shaped structure.
[0062] The litter box further comprises a collecting box 51 which has an opening at the top. The collecting box 51 is arranged at the other end of the bottom plate 11. The collecting box 51 is close to the inclined guide wall 111. When the bottom end of the rake tooth 4 lifts along the inclined guide wall 111, the feces in the cat litter can be pushed into the collecting box 51.
[0063] The litter box further comprises a box cover 52 for closing the opening of the collecting box 51, when the box cover 52 is closed on the collecting box 51, the odor of the feces in the collecting box 51 will not escape from the collecting box 51, or in other words, the odor concentration outside the collecting box 51 is reduced. The box cover 52 has a contact arm 53 for contacting the moving piece 2, the box cover 52 is rotationally connected with the side wall 13, or the box cover 52 is rotationally connected with the collecting box 51.
[0064] The moving piece 2 is provided with a first guide wheel 26, the first guide wheel 26 is located in the straight slot 131, and the first guide wheel 26 contacts the side wall 13.
[0065] In one or more embodiments, the driving motor 21 is connected with the walking gear 23 through a transmission shaft 27, the transmission shaft 27 is provided with a second guide wheel 28, the second guide wheel 28 is located in the straight slot 131, and the second guide wheel 28 contacts the side wall 13.
[0066] In some embodiments, the moving piece 2 has a fixing seat 29, the shaft 22 and the transmission shaft 27 are rotationally arranged on the fixing seat 29, and the first guide wheel 26 is rotationally arranged on the fixing seat 29.
[0067] In one or more embodiments, the straight slot 131 is further provided with a second lifting driving rack 16, the second lifting driving rack 16 is arranged close to the end wall 12, the second lifting driving rack 16 is used for meshing with the transmission gear 24, the main body 1 is provided with a plurality of splines, the splines are arranged corresponding to the gaps between two adjacent rake teeth 4, and the splines are fixedly connected on the end wall 12 or the side wall 13.
[0068] As shown in Figure 2 and Figure 7 , the litter box further comprises a seat body 6, the rake teeth 4 are arranged on the seat body 6, and the seat body 6 is detachably connected with the mounting piece 3.
[0069] In some embodiments, the seat body 6 and the rake teeth 4 are integrally formed, for example, the seat body 6 and the rake teeth 4 are integrally injection molded.
[0070] Please refer to Figure 2 , Figure 6 and Figure 7The mounting piece 3 is provided with an elastic clamping block 32, a supporting part 33 and a first limiting part 34, a limiting area 35 is formed between the elastic clamping block 32 and the supporting part 33, and the first limiting part 34 is arranged corresponding to the limiting area 35; the seat body 6 is limited in the limiting area 35, and the seat body 6 is provided with a second limiting part 61; the first limiting part 34 cooperates with the second limiting part 61 to prevent the seat body 6 from being separated from the mounting piece 3 from one side of the limiting area 35.
[0071] In one or more embodiments, the second limiting part 61 is a clamping groove, and the first limiting part 34 is a clamping block, and the clamping groove is in the shape of L or T.
[0072] The bottom of the elastic clamping block 32 is provided with a first abutting plane 321, and the upper part of the seat body 6 is provided with a second abutting plane 62 which is in surface contact with the first abutting plane 321; the lower part of the seat body 6 abuts against the supporting part 33, that is, the seat body 6 is clamped by the elastic clamping block 32 and the supporting part 33, so that the relative fixation of the seat body 6 and the mounting piece 3 is realized.
[0073] In order to facilitate the installation of the seat body 6 and the mounting piece 3, the mounting piece 3 is provided with a guide groove 36, and the seat body 6 is provided with a guide block 63 which cooperates with the guide groove 36, the guide block 63 is slidably arranged in the guide groove 36 along a first direction, and the first limiting part 34 prevents the seat body 6 from being separated from the mounting piece 3 along a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. In one or more embodiments, the first direction is a vertical direction, and the second direction is a horizontal direction.
[0074] In some embodiments, the guide groove 36 on the mounting piece 3 is composed of two vertical ribs 361 provided on the mounting piece 3, and the guide groove 36 is located between the two vertical ribs 361; in order to facilitate the processing and forming of the mounting piece 3, the first limiting part 34 and one of the vertical ribs 361 are integrally processed and formed in an integral structure, for example, an integrally injection-molded integral structure.
[0075] The elastic clamping block 32 is provided with a guide surface 322 which is an inclined surface or an arc surface.
[0076] In one or more embodiments, the number of the elastic clamping blocks 32 is two, and the two elastic clamping blocks 32 are arranged side by side and spaced apart.
[0077] The above description is only an embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the patent range of the present application, and any equivalent transformation or direct or indirect application in the related technical field by using the content of the present application is also included in the patent protection range of the present application.
Claims
1. A cat litter box, characterized in that, The utility model relates to a kind of raking machine, including Main body, the main body includes bottom disc, end wall and two side walls, the opposite sides of the bottom disc are connected with the side wall respectively, one end of the bottom disc is connected with the end wall, the end wall is connected with two side walls respectively, the other end of the bottom disc is equipped with inclined guide wall, linear slot is equipped on the side wall, walking rack and first lifting drive rack are equipped in the linear slot, the first lifting drive rack is set away from the end wall; Moving piece, driving motor and shaft are equipped on the moving piece, the driving motor is connected with walking gear, the walking gear is engaged with the walking rack, the shaft is rotatably arranged on the moving piece, transmission gear and lifting drive gear are fixedly arranged on the shaft, the transmission gear is used to engage with the first lifting drive rack; Mounting piece, the mounting piece is liftably arranged on the moving piece, the mounting piece is connected with multiple harrow teeth, lifting rack is arranged on the mounting piece and engaged with the lifting drive gear.
2. The cat litter box of claim 1, wherein, It also includes a collection box with an opening at the top, which is placed at the other end of the bottom disc, and the collection box is close to the inclined guide wall.
3. The cat litter box of claim 2, wherein, It also includes a box cover for closing the opening of the collection box, the box cover has a contact arm for contacting the moving piece, the box cover is rotatably connected with the side wall, or the box cover is rotatably connected with the collection box.
4. The cat litter box of claim 1, wherein, The moving piece is provided with a first guide wheel, which is located in the linear slot, and the first guide wheel contacts the side wall.
5. The cat litter box of claim 4, wherein, The driving motor is connected with the walking gear through a transmission shaft, the transmission shaft is provided with a second guide wheel, the second guide wheel is located in the linear slot, and the second guide wheel contacts the side wall.
6. The cat litter box of claim 5, wherein, The moving piece has a fixed seat, the shaft and the transmission shaft are rotatably arranged on the fixed seat, and the first guide wheel is rotatably arranged on the fixed seat.
7. The cat litter box of claim 1, wherein, The linear slot is also provided with a second lifting drive rack, which is arranged close to the end wall, and the second lifting drive rack is used to engage with the transmission gear, a plurality of inserts are arranged in the main body, and the inserts are arranged corresponding to the gap between adjacent two harrow teeth.
8. The cat litter box of claim 1, wherein, It also includes a seat body, the harrow teeth are arranged on the seat body, and the seat body is detachably connected with the mounting piece.
9. The cat litter box of claim 8, wherein, The seat body and the harrow teeth are integrally formed in an integrated structure.
10. The cat litter box of claim 8, wherein, The mounting piece is provided with an elastic clamping block, a supporting part and a first limiting part, a limiting area is formed between the elastic clamping block and the supporting part, and the first limiting part is arranged corresponding to the limiting area;The seat body is limited in the limiting area, and the seat body has a second limiting part;The first limiting part and the second limiting part cooperate to prevent the seat body from escaping from the mounting piece on one side of the limiting area.