Capture hook for small ruminants
By designing a capture hook that includes a hook head and a hook rod, the hook loop formed by the curved hook section and the hook rod is used to snare the hind hooves of small ruminants. Combined with a buffer rubber layer and an anti-slip sleeve, the problems of low grasping efficiency and high stress response in the existing technology are solved, and a more efficient and safer capture operation is achieved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202520209419.1
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-11
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-10
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-02-11
AI Technical Summary
Existing technologies are inefficient at handling small ruminants such as sheep or calves and are prone to causing stress to animals and injury to personnel, especially during pregnancy and postpartum periods when the risks are high.
Design a small ruminant capture hook, including a hook head and a hook shank. The hook head consists of a curved hook section, a close-fitting section, and an outward-expanding section. The hook loop is used to encircle the animal's hind hoof. Combined with a cushioning rubber layer and an anti-slip sleeve, the capture efficiency is improved and the stress response is reduced.
It improves the efficiency of grasping small ruminants, reduces animal stress and the risk of injury to personnel, and makes the operation safer and more efficient.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to small ruminant's capture tool technical field, especially a kind of capture hook for small ruminant. BACKGROUND
[0002] There is considerable research in the science of animal husbandry for ruminants, especially for small ruminants such as sheep and calves weighing less than 80 kg. It is often necessary to collect blood samples and rumen fluid from sheep or calves, and to perform drug injection and drug gavage operations on sheep or calves. All of the above operations require the sheep or calves to be grabbed and fixed. However, grabbing a sheep or calf is a very time-consuming and labor-intensive task. If the test period is during pregnancy or the postpartum period, special consideration must be given to the stress impact of the grabbing operation on the ewe or calf. Therefore, it is particularly important to quickly and easily grab a sheep or calf with low stress in the scientific research of animal husbandry.
[0003] Currently, sheep or calves are mostly chased and grabbed by hand. This process depends on the operator's proficiency, and the grabbing efficiency is low, which can cause a large stress response in animals and harm pregnant and postpartum animals. In addition, it is easy to cause injuries to personnel and animals when grabbing a fast-moving sheep or calf by hand. Therefore, it is particularly urgent to design a capture tool that has high capture efficiency and causes little stress response in small ruminants. SUMMARY
[0004] The utility model aims to provide a kind of capture hook for small ruminant to solve the problems existing in the prior art, when capturing small ruminants such as sheep or calves, improve the grabbing efficiency, and reduce the stress response of animals.
[0005] To achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following scheme:
[0006] The utility model provides a kind of capture hook for small ruminant: including hook head and hook rod;
[0007] One end of the hook rod is a grabbing end, and the other end is a hand-held end;
[0008] The hook head includes a first end connected to the grabbing end, and a second end folded towards the hand-held end of the hook rod;The hook head includes a bent hook section, a close section and an outward expansion section in order from the first end to the second end;The bent hook section and the hook rod form a hook ring for covering the hind leg hoof of small ruminants;The close section is inclined towards the hook rod, and forms a neck-in structure with the hook rod to prevent the hind leg hoof of small ruminants from escaping from the hook ring;The outward expansion section is inclined away from the hook rod, and forms an expansion structure with the hook rod to facilitate the hind leg of small ruminants into the hook ring.
[0009] Further, the hook heads are uniformly distributed in the circumference of the grabbing end.
[0010] Further, the surface of the hook head is further provided with a buffer rubber layer.
[0011] Further, the outer surface of the buffer rubber layer is further distributed with buffer protrusions.
[0012] Further, the handheld end is further provided with an anti-skid sleeve, and the outer surface of the anti-skid sleeve is provided with anti-skid lines.
[0013] Further, the handheld end is further fixed with an anti-dropping rope.
[0014] Further, the hook head and the hook rod are detachably connected through threads.
[0015] Further, the hook head is provided with at least two types, and the sizes of the hook heads of different types are different.
[0016] Further, the hook rod comprises at least two single segments, and adjacent two single segments are threadedly connected.
[0017] Further, the handheld end is provided with a cross rod intersecting with the hook rod, and the cross rod and the hook rod form a T-shaped gripping handle.
[0018] The utility model discloses relative to prior art has obtained following technical effect:
[0019] The utility model discloses a small ruminant is caught hook, when using, the flared structure of the outer expansion section of hook head is convenient for the shank of the hind leg of sheep or calf small ruminant such as small ruminant is gathered into the hook, and the opening of hook head close section can just accommodate the hind leg shank of sheep or calf to enter, thereby making the shank of sheep or calf enter the bent hook section of hook head, and the hook ring formed by bent hook section and hook rod is less than the diameter of the hind leg hoof of sheep or calf, thereby the hind leg hoof of sheep or calf is covered, and makes the hind hoof off the ground, and further control sheep or calf in movement, makes it stable and stands still, is convenient for immediately carrying out or catching and taking to other place and carrying out corresponding test operation, the utility model discloses the hook ring formed by bent hook section and hook rod is covered sheep or calf's hind hoof, improves the catching efficiency of sheep or calf, and reduces the stress reaction of sheep or calf. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0020] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme in the embodiments of the utility model or prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments, 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 also be obtained according to these drawings without paying creative labor.
[0021] Fig. 1 This is a schematic diagram of the capturing hook in an embodiment of the present invention;
[0022] Fig. 2 This is a schematic diagram of the hook head of the capture hook in an embodiment of this utility model;
[0023] Fig. 3 This is a schematic diagram of a hook head with a buffer protrusion in an embodiment of the present invention;
[0024] Among them, 1. Hook head; 11. Curved hook section; 12. Close-fitting section; 13. Outward expansion section; 14. Buffer protrusion; 2. Hook rod; 3. Anti-slip sleeve; 4. Anti-rope slippage. Detailed Implementation
[0025] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of the present utility model.
[0026] The purpose of this invention is to provide a capture hook for small ruminants to solve the problems existing in the prior art, improve capture efficiency and reduce animal stress response when capturing small ruminants such as sheep or calves.
[0027] To make the above-mentioned objectives, features and advantages of this utility model more apparent and understandable, the utility model will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
[0028] This utility model embodiment uses sheep or calves as examples to introduce the solution to be protected by this utility model. The small ruminant capture hook protected by this utility model can also be used for other small ruminants besides sheep or calves.
[0029] like Figs. 1-2As shown, this utility model provides a small ruminant capture hook: it includes a hook head 1 and a hook rod 2; one end of the hook rod 2 is a grasping end, and the other end is a hand-held end; the hook head 1 includes a first end connected to the grasping end, and a second end folded back towards the hand-held end of the hook rod 2; the hook head 1 includes, from the first end to the second end, a bent hook section 11, a close-fitting section 12, and an outward-expanding section 13; the bent hook section 11 and the hook rod 2 form a hook loop for catching the hind hoof of a sheep or calf, the diameter of the hook loop being larger than the diameter of the lower leg of the sheep or calf but smaller than the diameter of the hind hoof, so as to catch the sheep or calf's hoof without getting it stuck. The effect of injuring the leg of a sheep or calf; the close section 12 is inclined towards the hook rod 2 and forms a constricted structure with the hook rod 2. The size of the constricted part is large enough to accommodate the lower leg of the sheep or calf, but smaller than the size of the sheep or calf hoof, so as to prevent the sheep or calf hoof from coming out of the hook ring; the close section 12 can also be close to the hook rod 2. At this time, the hook head 1 is made of elastic materials such as spring steel and elastic plastic, so that the operator can squeeze the sheep or calf leg into the hook ring when pulling the hook rod 2; the outward expansion section 13 is inclined towards the direction away from the hook rod 2 and forms an flared structure with the hook rod 2, so as to facilitate the gathering of the sheep or calf leg into the hook ring.
[0030] When in use, the flared structure of the outer expansion section 13 of the hook head 1 facilitates the gathering of the lower leg of the sheep or calf into the hook, while the opening of the close section 12 of the hook head 1 is just enough to accommodate the lower leg of the sheep or calf. This allows the lower leg of the sheep or calf to enter the curved hook section 11 of the hook head 1. The diameter of the hook loop formed by the curved hook section 11 and the hook rod 2 is smaller than the diameter of the hind hoof of the sheep or calf, thus trapping the hind hoof of the sheep or calf and lifting it off the ground. This controls the moving sheep or calf, making it stand still and facilitating immediate capture or taking it to other locations for corresponding experimental operations. By using the hook loop formed by the curved hook section 11 and the hook rod 2 to trap the hind hoof of the sheep or calf, the efficiency of capturing the sheep or calf is improved, and the stress response of the sheep or calf is reduced.
[0031] As an example of an implementable approach, such as Figs. 1-3 As shown, there are 2 to 4 hooks 1 evenly distributed in the circumferential direction of the grasping end. In this embodiment, it is preferable to have 2 hooks 1 evenly distributed in the circumferential direction of the grasping end. When capturing sheep or calves, multiple hooks 1 can quickly aim at the legs of sheep or calves, thus improving the capture efficiency.
[0032] As an example of implementation, the surface of the hook 1 is also provided with a buffer rubber layer, and the outer surface of the buffer rubber layer may also be provided with buffer protrusions 14, which can buffer the legs of sheep or calves, effectively avoid injury to the legs of sheep or calves, and further reduce stress response.
[0033] As an example of an implementable approach, such as Fig. 1 As shown, the handheld end is also equipped with an anti-slip sleeve 3. The outer surface of the anti-slip sleeve 3 is provided with anti-slip texture, which makes it easy to hold and provides an anti-slip function.
[0034] As an example of an implementable approach, such as Fig. 1 As shown, the handheld end is also fixed with an anti-slip rope 4. When using it, the hand goes through the anti-slip rope 4 and then grasps the handheld end, which effectively prevents the capture hook from falling off and makes it easy to hang and store.
[0035] As an example of implementation, the hook head 1 and the hook rod 2 are detachably connected by threads. The hook head 1 is provided with at least two models, and the hook head 1 of different models is different in size. When catching sheep or calves, the model of hook head 1 is selected according to the size of the sheep or calves, so that the catching hook can be used to catch sheep or calves of different sizes, effectively improving the compatibility of the catching hook. When there are multiple hook heads 1 on a hook rod 2, the size and model of the hook heads 1 on the same hook rod 2 must be consistent.
[0036] As an example of implementation, the hook rod 2 includes at least two individual segments connected by threads between adjacent individual segments. The appropriate length of individual segments can be selected for connection according to the actual situation on site, thereby improving the convenience and efficiency of catching sheep or calves.
[0037] The hook rod 2 can also be configured as a telescopic structure. Specifically, the hook rod 2 may include at least two single segments, with adjacent single segments nested together, and a clamp set at the connection between adjacent single segments. The length can be adjusted to a suitable length as needed, thereby improving the efficiency of hook rod 2 length adjustment and thus improving the convenience of capture.
[0038] As an example of implementation, the handheld end is provided with a crossbar that intersects with the hook bar 2, and the crossbar and the hook bar 2 form a T-shaped grip handle, which further improves the grip and prevents slippage.
[0039] This utility model uses specific examples to illustrate its principles and implementation methods. The above description of the embodiments is only for the purpose of helping to understand the core idea of this utility model. At the same time, for those skilled in the art, there will be changes in the specific implementation methods and application scope based on the idea of this utility model. Therefore, the content of this specification should not be construed as a limitation of this utility model.
Claims
1. A trapping hook for small ruminants, characterized in that: Includes the hook head and hook rod; One end of the hook is a gripping end, and the other end is a hand-held end; The hook head includes a first end connected to the grasping end and a second end folded back towards the handheld end of the hook rod; the hook head includes a bent hook section, a close-fitting section, and an outward-expanding section sequentially from the first end to the second end; the bent hook section and the hook rod form a hook ring for encircling the hind hooves of small ruminants; the close-fitting section is inclined toward the direction close to the hook rod and forms a constricted structure with the hook rod to prevent the hind hooves of small ruminants from slipping out of the hook ring; the outward-expanding section is inclined toward the direction away from the hook rod and forms an flared structure with the hook rod to facilitate drawing the hind legs of small ruminants into the hook ring.
2. The small ruminant trapping hook according to claim 1, characterized in that: The hooks are evenly distributed in 2 to 4 on the circumference of the gripping end.
3. The small ruminant trapping hook according to claim 1, characterized in that: The surface of the hook head is also provided with a buffer rubber layer.
4. The small ruminant trapping hook according to claim 3, characterized in that: The outer surface of the buffer rubber layer is also covered with buffer protrusions.
5. The small ruminant trapping hook according to claim 1, characterized in that: The handheld end is also provided with an anti-slip sleeve, and the outer surface of the anti-slip sleeve is provided with anti-slip texture.
6. The small ruminant trapping hook according to claim 1, characterized in that: The handheld end is also equipped with an anti-slip rope.
7. The small ruminant trapping hook according to claim 1, characterized in that: The hook head and the hook rod are detachably connected by threads.
8. The small ruminant trapping hook according to claim 7, characterized in that: The hook head is provided in at least two models, and the size of the hook head is different for different models.
9. The small ruminant trapping hook according to claim 1, characterized in that: The hook rod comprises at least two individual segments, and adjacent individual segments are threaded together.
10. The small ruminant trapping hook according to claim 1, characterized in that: The handheld end is provided with a crossbar that intersects with the hook rod, and the crossbar and the hook rod form a T-shaped grip handle.