Urine collector for animal rearing cage

Abstract

The urine collector for the animal rearing cage comprises a body, a hanging lug and an overflow groove, and the body is of a barrel-shaped structure with an opening in the top. The hanging lug is formed at the top of the side wall of the body and is used for hanging the body at the position of a liquid outlet in the edge of a tray of the rearing cage; the overflow groove is formed in the position, close to the top, of the side wall of the body and extends out of the plane where the side wall of the lower-layer rearing cage is located. The urine collector for the animal rearing cage is installed on the lower bottom face of a tray below the animal rearing cage, urine of the tray can be conveniently collected, and the urine collector is simple in structure, small in size, free of occupying too much space and particularly suitable for being used for the animal rearing cage in a multi-layer stacking mode. Meanwhile, when the urine in the urine collector is too much, the redundant urine exceeding the overflow groove is discharged through the overflow groove, and the urine can be effectively prevented from being discharged to the feeding cage on the lower layer; besides, the filtering effect of the urine sample is effectively provided by arranging the filtering plate, and at the moment, the urine discharging pipe is arranged below the filtering plate, so that the urine sample can be conveniently collected, and the urine sample is prevented from being polluted by the filtering plate when the urine sample topples over.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to animal urine collection technical field, especially in animal feeding cage urine collector for. BACKGROUND

[0002] There are urine collection operations in many preclinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, toxicology animal experiments, need to install urine collection device in animal feeding cage and collect urine overnight, for example, prior art patent literature such as CN222237709U, CN220799505U discloses animal feeding cage urine collection device, but when feeding animals, the feeding cage is often placed in multi-layer stacking mode, at the same time, in order to avoid the influence of garbage, excrement of upper feeding cage on lower feeding cage, usually a tray is arranged between the upper feeding cage and the lower feeding cage, the space between the upper and lower adjacent feeding cages is limited, and the urine collection device in the prior art is not suitable for multi-layer stacked feeding cage. SUMMARY

[0003] The utility model provides a kind of animal feeding cage urine collector, it is suitable for the collection of animal urine in feeding cage, especially suitable for multi-layer stacked animal feeding cage, and when urine collector is full of urine, it also does not overflow to lower feeding cage.

[0004] To solve the above technical problems, the animal feeding cage urine collector provided by the utility model includes:

[0005] A body is formed as a barrel-shaped structure with an open top;

[0006] An ear is formed on the top of the side wall of the body for hanging the body at the edge of the tray of the feeding cage.

[0007] An overflow groove is formed near the top of the side wall of the body, and the overflow groove extends beyond the plane of the side wall of the lower feeding cage.

[0008] Preferably, a filter plate is provided in the body, and the height of the filter plate is not higher than the overflow groove.

[0009] Preferably, the pore size of the filter plate is 100-500 microns.

[0010] Preferably, the side wall of the body is also formed with a urine discharge pipe, and the height of the urine discharge pipe is not higher than the filter plate.

[0011] Preferably, the inlet of the urine discharge pipe is provided with a filter membrane.

[0012] Preferably, the pore size of the filter membrane is 0.4-0.8 microns.

[0013] Preferably, the bottom surface of the body is provided as a slope gradually rising from one side provided with the urination pipe to the opposite side.

[0014] Preferably, the ear is integrated with the body.

[0015] Preferably, the ear is integrated with the body.

[0016] The utility model discloses an animal feeding cage urine collector, install in the tray lower bottom surface below the animal feeding cage, convenient for the urine of tray, and simple structure, small, do not occupy too much space, especially suitable for multilayer stacking mode's animal feeding cage uses, when the urine in the urine collector is too much, the excess urine of overflow groove is discharged through the overflow groove, can effectively avoid the urine and discharge to the lower layer feeding cage, in addition, through setting up filter plate effectively provides the filtration effect of urine sample, at this moment, setting up urination pipe below the filter plate, can be convenient for the collection urine sample, and avoid the pollution of filter plate to urine sample when pouring. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme of the utility model, the following briefly introduces the utility model needs to use the drawing, obviously, the drawing in the following description only is 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.

[0018] Figure 1 It is the schematic diagram of the animal feeding cage urine collector one embodiment of the utility model;

[0019] Figure 2 It is the schematic diagram of the animal feeding cage urine collector one embodiment of the utility model, and it is installed in the feeding cage tray;

[0020] Figure 3 It is the schematic diagram of the animal feeding cage urine collector one embodiment of the utility model, and it is installed in the feeding cage tray;

[0021] In the drawing, 1-body;11-filter plate;12-urination pipe;13-filter membrane;2-ear;21-limiting piece;22-limiting port;3-overflow groove;4-tray;41-drainage port;42-limiting column;43-accepting structure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] The technical solutions in the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0023] Reference Figures 1-3 The utility model discloses an animal feeding cage urine collector, which comprises:

[0024] The body is formed as a barrel-shaped structure with an open top;

[0025] The hanging ear is formed at the top of the side wall of the body for hanging the body at the edge of the drainage port of the tray of the feeding cage.

[0026] The overflow groove is formed at the position close to the top of the side wall of the body, and the overflow groove extends beyond the plane where the side wall of the lower feeding cage is located.

[0027] In the embodiment of the utility model, when the urine of the animal needs to be collected, the urine collector is installed at the edge position of the lower bottom surface (the surface facing the lower feeding cage) of the tray below the feeding cage (usually the edge of the urine collector needs to exceed the edge of the tray so as to facilitate the urine of the tray to flow into the urine collector, and the reference Figure 2 ), the urine of the animal in the feeding cage overflows from the drainage port of the edge of the tray into the urine collector, and the overflow mode can be, for example, that the tray is placed obliquely, the urine collector is arranged at the edge drainage port of the lowest side, the urine flows to the lowest side under the action of gravity, and then flows out from the drainage port into the urine collector; the hanging mode facilitates disassembly, cleaning and disinfection and the like; the overflow groove of the urine collector extends beyond the plane where the side wall of the lower feeding cage is located, which is mainly to guide the urine exceeding the height of the overflow groove to the outside of the feeding cage to prevent the urine from overflowing into the lower feeding cage; the urine collector of the utility model has simple structure and does not occupy too much space, is suitable for collecting the urine of the animal in the feeding cage, is especially suitable for the multi-layer feeding cage, and can effectively prevent the urine from overflowing into the lower feeding cage to affect the lower animals.

[0028] In a specific embodiment, reference Figure 3, the filter plate is arranged in the body, and a height of the filter plate is not higher than the overflow groove. Preferably, a pore size of the filter plate is 100-500 microns. Understandably, generally, although the tray is usually provided with a filter to filter the garbage and feces of animals falling from the upper feeding cage, garbage or feces particles may still flow into the body along with the urine, and therefore, preferably, a filter plate with a pore size of 100-500 microns is additionally arranged below the overflow groove to further filter the urine, so as to ensure the effectiveness of the sample.

[0029] In a specific embodiment, referring to Figure 3 , the side wall of the body is further formed with a urine discharge pipe, and a height of the urine discharge pipe is not higher than the filter plate. Preferably, a filter membrane is arranged at an inlet of the urine discharge pipe. More preferably, a pore size of the filter membrane is 0.4-0.8 microns. Understandably, when the filter plate is arranged in the body, in order to avoid sampling by pouring and the like, the urine discharge pipe is preferably additionally arranged below the filter plate to facilitate the discharge of the urine sample; in addition, the filter membrane with a pore size of 0.4-0.8 microns is preferably additionally arranged in the urine discharge pipe to further improve the filtering effect. It should be noted that during the collection of urine, the liquid discharge pipe is in a closed state to prevent the collected urine in the body from being discharged, for example, a sealing plug or the like can be arranged at the liquid outlet of the liquid discharge pipe to achieve the sealing.

[0030] In a specific embodiment, referring to Figure 3 , the bottom surface of the body is arranged as an inclined surface gradually rising from one side where the urine discharge pipe is arranged to the opposite side. Understandably, when the bottom surface of the body is arranged as an inclined surface, it is more convenient to discharge the urine sample in the body from the urine discharge pipe.

[0031] In a specific embodiment, the hanging ear and the body are in an integrated structure. Understandably, the urine collector of the present application can be integrally formed by, for example, an injection molding process, thereby saving manufacturing costs; the hanging ear of the present application is formed, for example, as a side edge structure with a certain width bent by 90° with respect to the side wall of the body, and a matching receiving structure is formed at the bottom of the tray, and the urine collector is installed on the tray through the cooperation of the hanging ear and the receiving structure. Without wishing to be bound by this, the structure capable of hanging the body on the tray in the prior art is also applicable to the present application; preferably, a limiting piece is arranged between the hanging ear and the feeding cage to limit the movement of the body, for example, the hanging ear is provided with a limiting opening, the bottom of the tray is provided with a limiting column matched with the limiting opening, and the limiting column is clamped in the limiting opening to limit the urine collector, thereby avoiding displacement during the urine collection process to cause the failure to collect the urine sample.

[0032] The above merely describes preferred embodiments of the present application and is not intended to limit the protection scope of the present application, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An animal cage urine collector characterized by, The utility model relates to a filter device for animal feeding cage, comprising: a body formed as a top-opened barrel structure; a hanging ear formed at the top of the sidewall of the body for hanging the body at the position of the drain port of the edge of the tray of the feeding cage; an overflow groove formed at the position close to the top of the sidewall of the body, which extends beyond the plane where the sidewall of the lower feeding cage is located.

2. The urine collector for animal cages as claimed in claim 1, wherein A filter plate is arranged in the body, and the height of the filter plate is not higher than the overflow groove.

3. The urine collector for animal cages as claimed in claim 2, wherein The aperture of the filter plate is 100-500 microns.

4. The urine collector for animal cages as claimed in claim 2, wherein The sidewall of the body is further formed with a urine discharge pipe, and the height of the urine discharge pipe is not higher than the filter plate.

5. The urine collector for animal cages as claimed in claim 4, wherein A filter membrane is arranged at the inlet of the urine discharge pipe.

6. The urine collector for animal cages as claimed in claim 5, wherein The aperture of the filter membrane is 0.4-0.8 microns.

7. The urine collector for animal cages as claimed in claim 4, wherein The bottom surface of the body is arranged as an inclined surface gradually rising from one side where the urine discharge pipe is arranged to the opposite side.

8. The urine collector for animal cages as claimed in claim 1, wherein, The hanging ear and the body are an integral structure.

9. The urine collector for animal cages as claimed in claim 1, wherein, Limiting members are arranged between the hanging ear and the feeding cage for limiting the movement of the body.

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