Mouse cage

Abstract

The utility model discloses a mouse cage, which relates to the technical field of experimental equipment, and comprises a cage body, a rotating column and a plurality of partition plates, and the cage body is provided with a cavity with an opening at the upper end; the rotating column extends in the vertical direction and penetrates through the cage body, and a plurality of mounting parts are arranged on the peripheral side of the part, located in the cavity, of the rotating column at intervals; the plurality of partition plates are detachably mounted on the plurality of mounting parts respectively, and the plurality of partition plates divide the cavity into a plurality of feeding areas; according to the technical scheme, the multiple partition plates are installed on the rotating column, so that the cavity is divided into the multiple feeding areas, the multiple feeding areas are relatively independent, multiple laboratory mice can be fed at the same time, and the technical effect that the multiple laboratory mice can be independently fed through one mouse cage is achieved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to experimental equipment technical field, especially a mouse cage. BACKGROUND

[0002] In biomedical research, experimental mice are widely used in various researches, and the experimental mice currently commonly used in scientific research include mice, rats, guinea pigs and the like, therefore, the experimental mouse cage becomes a necessary experimental product for feeding and observing experimental mice in a laboratory, and the feeding of experimental mice also becomes the daily work of scientific research.

[0003] For the existing rat cage, a plurality of experimental mice are collectively fed, which cannot meet the experimental requirement of separate feeding, and for the mouse cage, only one experimental mouse can be fed, so that the number of mouse cages is large, resulting in complicated daily work of cleaning the mouse cage. SUMMARY

[0004] The utility model discloses a mouse cage, which simultaneously meets the technical effect of separate feeding of multiple experimental mice.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides a mouse cage, which comprises a cage body, a rotating column and a plurality of partition plates, the cage body has a cavity with an upper end opening; the rotating column extends along the up-down direction and penetrates through the cage body, a plurality of mounting parts are arranged on the circumferential side of the cavity part of the rotating column; a plurality of partition plates are respectively detachably mounted on a plurality of mounting parts, and a plurality of partition plates separate the cavity into a plurality of feeding areas.

[0006] In an embodiment, the mounting part comprises a slot extending along the up-down direction, and a socket is formed at the upper end of the rotating column, the socket is used for inserting or extracting the partition plate.

[0007] In an embodiment, the bottom of the cage body is hollowed out to communicate the cavity with the outside, and the mouse cage further comprises:

[0008] A mounting seat extends upward on the circumferential side to form a limiting part, the limiting part surrounds to form a mounting area, the mounting area is used for mounting the cage body, and the limiting part limits the cage body in the circumferential direction;

[0009] A gasket is arranged between the mounting seat and the cage body in the mounting area.

[0010] In an embodiment, the cage body is provided with an opening on the circumferential side, and the rotating column is rotatably mounted on the mounting seat.

[0011] In an embodiment, one end of the rotating column close to the bottom of the cage body extends in the circumferential direction to form an extension part, and the extension part abuts against one side of the cage body in the up-down direction.

[0012] In an embodiment, the gasket is arranged outside the extension.

[0013] In an embodiment, the cage body comprises a baffle, which is movably arranged at the opening.

[0014] In an embodiment, the partition plate is spaced apart from the bottom of the cage body.

[0015] In an embodiment, the cage body further comprises a plurality of water troughs, which are arranged corresponding to the feeding areas.

[0016] In an embodiment, the cage further comprises a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor, which are installed in the cavity.

[0017] The technical scheme of the utility model discloses a plurality of partition plates are installed on the rotating column, so that the cavity is divided into a plurality of feeding areas, and the plurality of feeding areas are relatively independent, so that a plurality of experimental mice can be simultaneously fed, and the technical effect that one cage can independently feed a plurality of experimental mice is achieved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0018] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme in the embodiments of the utility model or the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiment or the prior art description will be briefly introduced below, and obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the utility model, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structure shown in the drawings without creative labor.

[0019] Figure 1 It is an embodiment of the utility model to provide the full profile structure schematic diagram of the mouse cage;

[0020] Figure 2 It is Figure 1 The top view of the mouse cage.

[0021] Explanation of reference numerals:

[0022] 100, mouse cage;1, cage body;11, cavity;111, feeding area;12, opening;2, rotating column;21, mounting portion;211, slot;2111, socket;22, extension;3, partition plate;4, mounting seat;41, limiting portion;5, gasket;6, baffle;7, water trough.

[0023] The implementation, functional characteristics and advantages of the utility model will be further illustrated with reference to the drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the scope of protection of the present utility model.

[0025] It should be noted that if the embodiments of the present utility model involve directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.), the directional indications are only used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement condition, etc. between components in a certain specific posture, and if the specific posture changes, the directional indications also change accordingly.

[0026] In addition, if the embodiments of the present utility model involve descriptions such as "first", "second", etc., the descriptions of "first", "second", etc. are only for description purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying the relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features limited by "first" and "second" can explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In addition, "and / or" or "and / or" appearing throughout the text means that the three parallel solutions are included, for example, "A and / or B" includes A solution, or B solution, or A and B solutions. In addition, the technical solutions of each embodiment can be combined with each other, but it must be based on the fact that a person skilled in the art can realize it, and when the combination of technical solutions appears to be contradictory or unachievable, it should be considered that the combination of technical solutions does not exist and is not within the scope of protection required by the present utility model.

[0027] For the existing rat cage, a plurality of experimental rats are collectively fed, which cannot meet the experimental requirements of separate feeding, and for the mouse cage, only one experimental mouse can be raised, so that the number of mouse cages is large, resulting in complicated daily work of cleaning the mouse cages.

[0028] The utility model provides a rat cage.

[0029] Please refer to Figures 1 to 2 In an embodiment of the present utility model, the rat cage 100 includes a cage body 1, a rotating column 2 and a plurality of partition plates 3, the cage body 1 has a cavity 11 with an upper end opening 12; the rotating column 2 extends in the up-down direction and penetrates the cage body 1, a plurality of mounting parts 21 are arranged at intervals on the circumferential side of the part of the rotating column 2 located in the cavity 11; a plurality of partition plates 3 are respectively detachably mounted on the plurality of mounting parts 21, and the plurality of partition plates 3 divide the cavity 11 into a plurality of feeding areas 111.

[0030] The utility model discloses a technical scheme of cage body 1 has a cavity 11, and the cavity 11 can feed multiple experimental mice simultaneously, but cannot feed each experimental mouse separately, and the rotating column 2 extends along the up-down direction and is located the axis of the up-down direction of the cage body 1, and the rotating column 2 is located the circumferential side interval of the cavity 11 inner part and is provided with multiple mounting parts 21, multiple partition plates 3 are respectively detachably installed on multiple mounting parts 21, and multiple partition plates 3 divide the cavity 11 into multiple feeding areas 111. But the partition plate 3 does not necessarily install on multiple mounting parts 21. With eight partition plates 3 for example, eight mounting parts 21 are also provided with eight, when eight partition plates 3 are all installed on eight mounting parts 21, eight small feeding areas 111 are formed, so that up to eight small experimental mice can be fed simultaneously, and when large experimental mice need to be fed, only four partition plates 3 are installed, and there is still one mounting part 21 between the adjacent two partition plates 3, so that a single feeding area 111 is large and can feed large experimental mice, and a total of four large experimental mice can be fed. In addition, by setting the number and position of the partition plate 3, multiple large experimental mice and small experimental mice can be fed simultaneously. Since the partition plate 3 is detachably installed on the mounting part 21, the number and size of the feeding area 111 can be adjusted at any time according to the demand. Multiple feeding areas 111 are relatively independent, so that multiple experimental mice can be fed simultaneously, and the technical effect that one cage 100 can feed multiple experimental mice independently is achieved, the workload of managing and cleaning the cage 100 is reduced, and multiple experimental mice are fed in multiple cages 100 respectively.

[0031] Specifically, the detachable mounting mode of the partition plate 3 on the mounting part 21 is that the mounting part 21 is provided as a slot 211, the slot 211 extends along the up-down direction, and the upper end of the rotating column 2 is formed with a socket 2111, and the socket 2111 is used for inserting or extracting the partition plate 3. The bottom of one side of the partition plate 3 is moved up and down at the position corresponding to the socket 2111, so that the installation and disassembly can be realized. The slot 211 of the partition plate 3 limits the thickness direction of the partition plate 3, and the rotating column 2 and the cage body 1 limit the width direction of the partition plate 3.

[0032] If the gasket 5 is arranged at the bottom of each feeding area 111, more operation steps are needed for cleaning and laying the gasket 5. In order to simplify the operation, the cage 1 is hollowed at the bottom to connect the cavity 11 with the outside, and the gasket 5 is arranged under the cage 1. The excrement of the experimental mouse can leak to the gasket 5 through the hollow part of the cage 1 bottom. The gasket 5 corresponds to the bottom of the entire cage 1, so that the excrement of the experimental mouse can be cleaned by removing and replacing a piece of gasket 5. In order to make the gasket 5 correspond to the bottom of the cage 1 and prevent misplacement to cause the excrement of the experimental mouse to leak out. Therefore, the mounting seat 4 extends upward along the periphery to form a limiting part 41, which surrounds to form a mounting area for mounting the cage 1, and the limiting part 41 limits the periphery of the cage 1.

[0033] In order to take out the experimental mouse, the opening 12 is arranged on the periphery of the cage 1. Since there is only one opening 12 and there are multiple feeding areas 111, only one experimental mouse can be taken out, so the rotating column 2 is rotatably mounted on the mounting seat 4. Different feeding areas 111 are rotated to positions opposite to the opening 12, so that multiple experimental mice are taken out from multiple feeding areas 111 respectively.

[0034] In order to take out the gasket 5, the parts on the upper part of the gasket 5 need to be removed first. The rotating column 2 extends along the periphery to form an extension 22 at one end close to the bottom of the cage 1, and the extension 22 abuts with one side of the cage 1 in the up-down direction. When the experimental personnel lift the rotating column 2, the cage 1 can also be lifted. Without the need to remove the rotating column 2 and the cage 1 respectively.

[0035] In order to prevent the gasket 5 from being stuck between the rotating column 2 and the cage 1 when the rotating column 2 and the cage 1 are removed, and not separated from the cage 1, the gasket 5 is only sleeved on the outside of the extension 22.

[0036] Since the opening 12 is arranged on the periphery of the cage 1 to prevent the experimental mouse from escaping, in an embodiment, the cage 1 includes a baffle 6 movably arranged in the opening 12. The baffle 6 is used to open or close the opening 12.

[0037] When the rotating column 2 is rotated, the excrement on the bottom of the gasket and the cage 1 is prevented from being swept by the partition plate 3, so the bottom of the partition plate 3 is arranged in a spaced manner with the bottom of the cage 1.

[0038] Solid food can be placed in the partitioned area, but water cannot be contained, so a container for containing water is needed. The cage 1 is also provided with a plurality of water troughs 7 on the outer periphery of the cage 1, which do not affect the rotation of the rotating column 2 and the plurality of partition plates 3, wherein the water trough 7 can be provided with two partitions, one for containing water and the other for containing food. A plurality of said water troughs 7 are arranged corresponding to a plurality of said feeding areas 111. The water trough 7 can be watered or fed from the outside of the cage 1. Since the cage 1 is opened at the position corresponding to the water trough 7, the experimental mouse can drink water inside the cage 1 through the opening.

[0039] The experimental mouse requires strict feeding management, including temperature, humidity, noise, and cleanliness. The mouse cage 100 also includes a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor installed in the cavity 11 for detecting experimental conditions.

[0040] The above is only an exemplary embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the patent scope of the present application. Any equivalent structural transformation or direct / indirect application in other related technical fields within the technical concept of the present application is included in the patent protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A rat cage, characterized in that, include: The cage body has a cavity with an opening at the top; A rotating column extends vertically and penetrates the cage body. Multiple mounting parts are spaced apart on the periphery of the portion of the rotating column located inside the cavity. Multiple partition plates are detachably installed on multiple mounting parts, and the multiple partition plates divide the cavity into multiple feeding areas.

2. The rat cage as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The mounting part includes a slot that extends vertically and has a socket formed at the upper end of the rotating column for inserting or removing the partition plate.

3. The rat cage as described in claim 2, characterized in that, The bottom of the cage is hollowed out to connect the cavity with the outside. The mouse cage also includes: The mounting base extends upward from the periphery to form a limiting part, which encloses an installation area for mounting the cage body. The limiting part limits the circumferential movement of the cage body. A gasket is disposed in the mounting area and located between the mounting base and the cage.

4. The rat cage as described in claim 3, characterized in that, The cage has an opening on its periphery, and the rotating column is rotatably mounted on the mounting base.

5. The rat cage as described in claim 4, characterized in that, The rotating column extends circumferentially at one end near the bottom of the cage to form an extension, which abuts against one side of the cage in the vertical direction.

6. The rat cage as described in claim 5, characterized in that, The gasket is fitted onto the outside of the extension.

7. The rat cage as described in claim 4, characterized in that, The cage includes a baffle that is movably disposed at the opening.

8. The rat cage as described in claim 4, characterized in that, The bottom of the partition plate is spaced apart from the bottom of the cage.

9. The rat cage as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The cage body is also provided with multiple water troughs around its perimeter, and the multiple water troughs are set up in correspondence with the multiple feeding areas.

10. The rat cage as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The rat cage also includes a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor, which are installed in the cavity.

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