Adjustable animal culture cabinet

Abstract

The utility model discloses an adjustable animal culture cabinet which comprises a vertical cabinet body, a plurality of parallel supporting plates are fixedly arranged on the vertical cabinet body, hanging plates are arranged on the supporting plates in a sliding mode in the horizontal direction, a culture box is connected between every two adjacent hanging plates in a hanging mode, and the vertical cabinet body is fixedly arranged on the vertical cabinet body. A sliding guide structure is arranged between the hanging plates and the supporting plate, a locking structure is further fixedly arranged between the hanging plates, and a positioning structure is further fixedly arranged between the hanging plates and the supporting plate. The hanging plates are arranged on the supporting plate in a sliding mode, the hanging plates are matched with the incubators of different specifications by adjusting the distance between the hanging plates, the hanging plates are prevented from shifting in the sliding process through the guide structures, and the stability of the hanging plates for hanging the incubators is guaranteed through the locking structures; therefore, the culture cabinet can meet the use requirement of placing various incubators with different specifications by one cabinet.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of animal culture cabinet technology, and more specifically, to an adjustable animal culture cabinet. Background Technology

[0002] Animal culture cabinets are currently widely used in fields such as laboratory animal breeding and biomedical research, especially for the culture of reptiles such as snakes, lizards, and frogs.

[0003] In existing technologies, animal culture cabinets typically contain multiple incubators, and manufacturers generally provide fixed positions for these incubators, meaning a single cabinet can usually only hold a specific model of incubator. However, in many scenarios, such incubators are insufficient or inconvenient. For example, when culturing a batch of animals using the controlled variable method, if some animals grow larger and require larger incubators, they must be transferred to different models of incubators, which hinders later observation and comparison. Similarly, when studying drug resistance in various animals, periodic administration of medication is necessary; however, different animals require different incubator sizes, necessitating the use of multiple incubators, which also impedes the researchers' drug administration efforts.

[0004] Therefore, it is necessary for the inventors to design a new adjustable animal culture cabinet to overcome the above problems. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The main objective of this application is to provide an adjustable animal culture cabinet to solve the problem in related technologies where it is difficult to place incubators of different sizes in the culture cabinet.

[0006] To achieve the above objectives, this application provides an adjustable animal culture cabinet, including a cabinet body, on which a plurality of parallel support plates are fixedly mounted. Hanging plates are slidably mounted on the support plates in the horizontal direction. Culture boxes are hung between two adjacent hanging plates. A sliding guide structure is provided between the hanging plates and the support plates. A locking structure is also fixedly mounted between the hanging plates and the support plates. A positioning structure is also fixedly mounted between the hanging plates and the support plates.

[0007] Optionally, the sliding guide structure includes two parallel sliding grooves and two sliders. The two sliding grooves are respectively disposed at the front and rear ends of the support plate, and the sliders are fixedly disposed on the hanging plate and are slidably connected to the sliding grooves.

[0008] Optionally, the locking structure includes a threaded hole and a screw. The threaded hole is located on the top of the slider, and the screw is threadedly connected to the threaded hole. The bottom of the large end of the screw abuts against the top of the mounting plate.

[0009] Optionally, a washer is also fixed between the screw and the hanging rod.

[0010] Optionally, the positioning structure includes a first positioning hole, a second positioning hole, and a positioning rod. The first positioning holes are linearly arrayed on the support plate, the second positioning holes are on the mounting plate, and the positioning rod is inserted into one of the first positioning holes and the second positioning hole.

[0011] Optionally, the mounting plate includes a protrusion and a mounting portion. The mounting portion is fixedly disposed at the bottom of both sides of the protrusion. The top of the protrusion abuts against the bottom of the support plate. The slider and the second positioning hole are both fixedly disposed on the protrusion. The incubator is fixedly disposed on both sides with a shelf plate. The shelf plate is mounted on the mounting portions of two adjacent mounting plates.

[0012] Optionally, a baffle is fixedly provided at the rear end of the support plate.

[0013] Optionally, both the cabinet body and the incubator are made of transparent material.

[0014] The adjustable animal culture cabinet provided by this utility model has the following advantages compared with the prior art:

[0015] By sliding the mounting plates on the support plate and adjusting the spacing between the mounting plates, different sizes of incubators can be accommodated. A guide structure prevents the mounting plates from shifting during sliding, a locking structure ensures the stability of the mounting plates when they are attached to the incubator, and a positioning structure determines the spacing between the mounting plates to ensure that the spacing matches the size of the incubator. This allows the incubator to meet the needs of accommodating multiple incubators of different sizes in a single cabinet. Attached Figure Description

[0016] The accompanying drawings, which form part of this application, are used to provide a further understanding of the application and to make other features, objects, and advantages of the application more apparent. The illustrative embodiments and descriptions of this application are used to explain the application and do not constitute an undue limitation of the application. In the drawings:

[0017] Figure 1 This is an overall structural diagram of the present invention;

[0018] Figure 2 This is a structural diagram of the connection between the support plate and the incubator of this utility model;

[0019] Figure 3 This is an exploded view of the support plate and incubator structure of this utility model;

[0020] Figure 4This is a structural diagram of the back of this utility model.

[0021] The components are: 1. Cabinet body; 2. Support plate; 3. Hanging plate; 301. Protrusion; 302. Hanging part; 4. Incubator; 5. Slide groove; 6. Slider; 7. Threaded hole; 8. Screw; 9. Washer; 10. First positioning hole; 11. Second positioning hole; 12. Positioning rod; 13. Shelf plate; 14. Baffle. Detailed Implementation

[0022] To enable those skilled in the art to better understand the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort should fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0023] It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," etc., used in the specification and accompanying drawings of this application are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such data can be used interchangeably where appropriate for the embodiments of this application described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprising" and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion; for example, a process, method, system, product, or apparatus that includes a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units explicitly listed, but may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such processes, methods, products, or apparatus.

[0024] In this application, the terms "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "front," "rear," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "middle," "vertical," "horizontal," "lateral," and "longitudinal" indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the accompanying drawings. These terms are primarily for the purpose of better describing this application and its embodiments, and are not intended to limit the indicated device, element, or component to having a specific orientation, or to be constructed and operated in a specific orientation.

[0025] Furthermore, in addition to indicating location or positional relationship, some of the aforementioned terms may also have other meanings. For example, the term "above" may also be used in some cases to indicate a certain dependency or connection relationship. Those skilled in the art can understand the specific meaning of these terms in this application based on the specific circumstances.

[0026] In addition, the term "multiple" should mean two or more.

[0027] It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, the embodiments and features described in this application can be combined with each other. This application will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

[0028] like Figures 1 to 4 As shown, an adjustable animal culture cabinet includes a cabinet body 1. Multiple parallel support plates 2 are fixedly mounted on the cabinet body 1. Hanging plates 3 are slidably mounted on the support plates 2 in a horizontal direction. Culture boxes 4 are hung between adjacent hanging plates 3. A sliding guide structure is provided between the hanging plates 3 and the support plates 2. A locking structure is also fixedly provided between the hanging plates 3 and the support plates 2. A positioning structure is also fixedly provided between the hanging plates 3 and the support plates 2. Specifically, animals are cultured in culture boxes 4, which are positioned between two hanging plates 3. When different sizes of culture boxes 4 need to be placed, the locking structure can be released, and the hanging plates 3 can be moved via the sliding guide structure, thereby adjusting the distance between adjacent hanging plates 3. While moving and adjusting the position of the hanging plates 3, the positioning structure determines the position of the hanging plates 3. After the hanging plates 3 are adjusted to their correct positions, the locking structure is used again to fix the hanging plates 4, thus achieving the purpose of adjusting the spacing of the hanging plates 3 to hang culture boxes 4 of different sizes.

[0029] In this embodiment, the hanging plates 3 are slidably set on the support plate 2. The spacing between the hanging plates 3 is adjusted to accommodate incubators 4 of different specifications. A guide structure is used to prevent the hanging plates 3 from shifting during sliding. A locking structure is used to ensure the stability of the hanging plates 3 when hanging the incubator. A positioning structure is used to determine the spacing between the hanging plates 3 to ensure that the spacing matches the size of the incubator 4. Thus, this incubator can meet the needs of placing multiple incubators 4 of different specifications in one cabinet.

[0030] The sliding guide structure includes two parallel sliding grooves 5 and two sliders 6. The two sliding grooves 5 are respectively disposed at the front and rear ends of the support plate 2, and the sliders 6 are fixedly disposed on the mounting plate 3, and the sliders 6 are slidably connected to the sliding grooves 5. Specifically, the sliding connection between the sliders 6 and the sliding grooves 5 restricts the sliding direction of the mounting plate 3, preventing the mounting plate 3 from shifting during sliding and thus causing instability in the mounting of the incubator 4.

[0031] The locking structure includes a threaded hole 7 and a screw 8. The threaded hole 7 is located on the top of the slider 6, and the screw 8 is threadedly connected to the threaded hole 7. The bottom of the large end of the screw 8 abuts against the top of the mounting plate 3. A washer 9 is also fixedly provided between the screw 8 and the mounting rod. Specifically, the threaded connection between the screw 8 and the threaded hole 7 abuts the top of the mounting plate 3 against the support plate 2, ensuring the stability of the mounting plate 3. The washer 9 makes the fit between the bottom of the large end of the screw 8 and the support plate 2 tighter during the threaded connection.

[0032] The positioning structure includes a first positioning hole 10, a second positioning hole 11, and a positioning rod 12. The first positioning holes 10 are linearly arrayed on the support plate 2, and the second positioning holes 11 are formed on the mounting plate 3. The positioning rod 12 is inserted into one of the first positioning holes 10 or one of the second positioning holes 11. Specifically, the spacing between the mounting plates 3 is only suitable for incubators 4 of different sizes when the first positioning hole 10 and the second positioning hole 11 correspond. After the two are aligned, the positioning rod 12 is inserted to prevent the mounting plate 3 from deflecting when the screw 8 is tightened.

[0033] The mounting plate includes a protrusion 301 and a mounting portion 302. The mounting portion 302 is fixedly disposed at the bottom of both sides of the protrusion 301. The top of the protrusion 301 abuts against the bottom of the support plate 2. The slider 6 and the second positioning hole 11 are both fixedly disposed on the protrusion 301. Frame plates 13 are fixedly disposed on both sides of the incubator 4. The frame plates 13 are mounted on the mounting portions 302 of two adjacent mounting plates. Specifically, this design creates a gap between the mounting portion 302 and the bottom of the support plate 2 to accommodate the frame plates 13. During installation, the frame plates 13 on both sides of the incubator 4 are inserted into the gap between the mounting portion 302 and the support plate 2 to achieve the mounting and installation of the incubator 4.

[0034] A baffle 14 is fixedly provided at the rear end of the support plate 2. Specifically, the baffle 14 is used to prevent the incubator 4 from sliding out of the gap between the hook part 302 and the support plate 2 and falling to the rear of the incubator cabinet during installation.

[0035] Both the cabinet body 1 and the incubator 4 are made of transparent material. Specifically, the transparent material allows light to enter the incubator 4, facilitating researchers' observation and study of the animals.

[0036] The above description is merely a preferred embodiment of this application and is not intended to limit this application. Various modifications and variations can be made to this application by those skilled in the art. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., made within the spirit and principles of this application should be included within the protection scope of this application.

Claims

1. An adjustable animal culture cabinet, characterized in that: The cabinet includes a cabinet body (1), on which multiple parallel support plates (2) are fixedly installed. Hanging plates (3) are slidably installed on the support plates (2) in the horizontal direction. An incubator (4) is hung between two adjacent hanging plates (3). A sliding guide structure is provided between the hanging plates (3) and the support plates (2). A locking structure is also fixedly provided between the hanging plates (3) and the support plates (2). A positioning structure is also fixedly provided between the hanging plates (3) and the support plates (2).

2. The adjustable animal culture cabinet as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The sliding guide structure includes two parallel sliding grooves (5) and two sliders (6). The two sliding grooves (5) are respectively disposed at the front and rear ends of the support plate (2). The sliders (6) are fixedly disposed on the hanging plate (3) and are slidably connected to the sliding grooves (5).

3. An adjustable animal culture cabinet as described in claim 2, characterized in that: The locking structure includes a threaded hole (7) and a screw (8). The threaded hole (7) is opened on the top of the slider (6). The screw (8) is threadedly connected to the threaded hole (7). The bottom of the large end of the screw (8) abuts against the top of the mounting plate (3).

4. An adjustable animal culture cabinet as described in claim 3, characterized in that: A washer (9) is also fixed between the screw (8) and the mounting plate (3).

5. An adjustable animal culture cabinet as described in claim 2, characterized in that: The positioning structure includes a first positioning hole (10), a second positioning hole (11), and a positioning rod (12). The first positioning holes (10) are arranged in a linear array on the support plate (2), and the second positioning holes (11) are arranged on the hanging plate (3). The positioning rod (12) is inserted into one of the first positioning holes (10) and the second positioning hole (11).

6. An adjustable animal culture cabinet as described in claim 5, characterized in that: The mounting plate includes a protrusion (301) and a mounting part (302). The mounting part (302) is fixedly disposed at the bottom of both sides of the protrusion (301). The top of the protrusion (301) abuts against the bottom of the support plate (2). The slider (6) and the second positioning hole (11) are both fixedly disposed on the protrusion (301). The incubator (4) is fixedly disposed on both sides with a shelf plate (13). The shelf plate (13) is mounted on the mounting part (302) of two adjacent mounting plates.

7. An adjustable animal culture cabinet as described in claim 1, characterized in that: A baffle (14) is fixedly installed at the rear end of the support plate (2).

8. An adjustable animal culture cabinet as described in claim 1, characterized in that: Both the cabinet body (1) and the incubator (4) are made of transparent material.

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