A water bottle quick filling device suitable for experimental animal room
By introducing a disinfection tank and a circulating disinfection pump into the water bottle filling equipment in the laboratory animal facility, the problem of water injection pipeline contamination was solved, achieving effective disinfection and simplified cleaning of the water injection pipeline, and ensuring water purity.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- QIDONG ZHONGLING TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-10-20
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-26
AI Technical Summary
In the water bottle filling equipment in the laboratory animal room, bacteria can easily grow in the water injection pipes, leading to water pollution and making it difficult to disinfect and clean the pipes.
A disinfection tank and a circulating disinfection pump are installed in the filling equipment. The disinfectant is delivered to the filling pipe and water distributor through a connecting pipe to disinfect the water injection pipeline and ensure the purity of the water.
It effectively prevents bacterial growth in water injection pipes, avoids water pollution, simplifies the disinfection and cleaning process of pipes, and improves the practicality of the equipment.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of water bottle filling technology, specifically a rapid water bottle filling device suitable for use in laboratory animal facilities. Background Technology
[0002] Laboratory animal facilities are specialized facilities designed for scientific research, used to house and manage laboratory animals such as mice, rats, and rabbits. They strictly adhere to biosafety and animal welfare standards, and are equipped with advanced air purification systems, temperature and humidity control equipment, and disinfection facilities to ensure a clean and stable environment and minimize external interference. The facilities are divided into clean and contaminated areas, with strict management of personnel and material access to prevent cross-contamination. Laboratory animal facilities also include dedicated observation and manipulation areas, facilitating experimental procedures and health monitoring by researchers. They are an indispensable infrastructure for biomedical research, providing crucial assurance for the accuracy and reliability of scientific experiments.
[0003] In laboratory animal facilities, filling equipment is needed to fill laboratory water into bottles. Utility model patent CN219792465U discloses a laboratory water bottle filling device, including a base with a mounting frame connected to its upper side. Several electrically driven rollers are installed inside the mounting frame, and a conveyor belt is connected to the outer sides of these rollers. A water storage tank is connected to the upper side of the base, and a water pump has a pumping pipe and an injection pipe connected to its two ends. This utility model, by incorporating a conveying rigid pipe, a solenoid valve, a conveying flexible hose, a filling water pipe, a first electrically telescopic rod, a movable plate, a covering basin, a support block, a support spring, and a through hole, effectively prevents laboratory animal drinking water from splashing out of the bottle mouth during filling, thus avoiding waste and contamination during processing, thereby improving the practicality of this laboratory water bottle filling device.
[0004] However, in common laboratory water bottle filling devices, bacteria can easily grow inside the water injection pipes during use, contaminating the water bottled in the bottle. Disinfection and cleaning of the pipes are also difficult. Therefore, a rapid water bottle filling device suitable for laboratory animal rooms is proposed to solve the problems mentioned above. Utility Model Content
[0005] To address the shortcomings of existing technologies, this invention provides a rapid water bottle filling device suitable for use in laboratory animal facilities, which has advantages such as convenient disinfection of water injection pipes, thus solving the problems mentioned in the background art.
[0006] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model provides the following technical solution:
[0007] A rapid water bottle filling device suitable for use in laboratory animal facilities includes a filling box, a disinfection tank fixedly installed on the inner bottom wall of the filling box, a support plate fixedly installed on the top of the filling box, a filling tube fixedly installed on one side of the support plate, and a disinfection component provided between the disinfection tank and the filling tube.
[0008] The disinfection assembly includes a connecting pipe fixedly installed at the input end of the filling pipe, a water source pipe fixedly installed at one input end of the connecting pipe, a circulating disinfection pump fixedly installed on one side of the disinfection tank, a water pumping pipe fixedly installed at the input end of the circulating disinfection pump, an output pipe fixedly installed at the output end of the circulating disinfection pump, one end of the output pipe being connected to the other input end of the connecting pipe, a water replenishment pipe fixedly installed on the surface of the connecting pipe, and a water distributor fixedly installed at the output end of the filling pipe.
[0009] Furthermore, a connecting valve is fixedly installed on the surface of the connecting pipe, a water source valve is fixedly installed on the surface of the water source pipe, and a water supply pipe is located between the input end of the connecting pipe and the connecting valve.
[0010] Furthermore, an output valve is fixedly installed on the surface of the output pipe, a water supply valve is fixedly installed on the surface of the water supply pipe, and a filling head is fixedly installed at the bottom of the water distributor.
[0011] Furthermore, a drain plate is fixedly installed on the top of the filling box, a wastewater tank is fixedly installed on the inner bottom wall of the filling box, a wastewater pipe is fixedly installed on the inner top wall of the filling box, the bottom end of the wastewater pipe is fixedly connected to the wastewater tank, and a wastewater valve is fixedly installed on the surface of the wastewater pipe.
[0012] Furthermore, a return pipe is fixedly installed on the surface of the wastewater pipe. The return pipe is located above the wastewater valve, and one end of the return pipe is connected to the disinfection water tank. A return valve is fixedly installed on the surface of the return pipe.
[0013] Furthermore, a drain pipe is fixedly installed at the bottom of the wastewater tank, and a drain valve is fixedly installed on the surface of the drain pipe.
[0014] Furthermore, a control box is fixedly installed on the top of the support plate, a control panel is fixedly installed on one side of the control box, a maintenance door is hinged to one side of the filling box, and a medicine tank is fixedly installed on the top of the disinfectant tank.
[0015] Furthermore, water level sensors are fixedly installed on the inner walls of the disinfection tank, wastewater tank, and medicine tank, and an output medicine pipe is fixedly installed on one side of the medicine tank, which is connected to the disinfection tank.
[0016] Furthermore, an output valve is fixedly installed on the surface of the output tube, and a replenishment tube is fixedly installed on one side of the medicine tank, with one end of the replenishment tube extending to the outside of the filling box.
[0017] Compared with the prior art, this utility model provides a rapid water bottle filling device suitable for use in laboratory animal facilities, which has the following advantages:
[0018] This rapid water bottle filling device, suitable for use in laboratory animal facilities, incorporates a disinfection tank inside the filling chamber. A circulating disinfection pump is connected to a connecting pipe via an output pipe. Before filling, the disinfectant is drawn out by the circulating disinfection pump and delivered to the connecting pipe, then flows through the filling pipe into a water distributor to disinfect the water injection pipeline. This solves the problem of common laboratory water bottle filling devices where bacteria easily grow inside the injection pipeline during use, contaminating the water in the bottles, and making pipeline disinfection and cleaning difficult. Attached Figure Description
[0019] Figure 1 This is a front sectional view of the present invention;
[0020] Figure 2 This is a side sectional view of the present invention;
[0021] Figure 3 This is a side view of the disinfection water tank of this utility model;
[0022] Figure 4 This is a three-dimensional drawing of the water distributor of this utility model.
[0023] In the diagram: 1. Filling tank; 2. Disinfectant tank; 3. Support plate; 4. Filling pipe; 5. Connecting pipe; 51. Connecting valve; 6. Water source pipe; 61. Water source valve; 7. Circulating disinfection pump; 8. Pumping pipe; 9. Output pipe; 91. Output valve; 10. Water supply pipe; 101. Water supply valve; 11. Water distributor; 111. Filling head; 12. Leakage plate; 13. Wastewater tank; 14. Wastewater pipe; 141. Wastewater valve; 15. Return pipe; 151. Return valve; 16. Drain pipe; 161. Drain valve; 17. Control box; 18. Control panel; 19. Maintenance door; 20. Chemical tank; 21. Water level sensor; 22. Output chemical pipe; 221. Output chemical valve; 23. Replenishment pipe. Detailed Implementation
[0024] 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.
[0025] Please see Figures 1 to 4This embodiment provides a rapid water bottle filling device suitable for use in laboratory animal facilities, comprising a filling box 1, a disinfection water tank 2 fixedly installed on the inner bottom wall of the filling box 1, a support plate 3 fixedly installed on the top of the filling box 1, a filling pipe 4 fixedly installed on one side of the support plate 3, and a disinfection component provided between the disinfection water tank 2 and the filling pipe 4.
[0026] The disinfection assembly includes a connecting pipe 5 fixedly installed at the input end of the filling pipe 4, a water source pipe 6 fixedly installed at one input end of the connecting pipe 5, a circulating disinfection pump 7 fixedly installed on one side of the disinfection tank 2, a water pumping pipe 8 fixedly installed at the input end of the circulating disinfection pump 7, an output pipe 9 fixedly installed at the output end of the circulating disinfection pump 7, one end of the output pipe 9 being connected to the other input end of the connecting pipe 5, a water replenishment pipe 10 fixedly installed on the surface of the connecting pipe 5, and a water distributor 11 fixedly installed at the output end of the filling pipe 4.
[0027] Specifically, the circulating disinfection pump 7 is started to extract the disinfectant from the disinfection tank 2 and inject it into the connecting pipe 5 through the output pipe 9. The disinfectant then flows through the filling pipe 4 and the water distributor 11 to disinfect the water injection pipe, preventing bacteria from growing in the water injection pipe and contaminating the bottled water.
[0028] Please see Figure 1 and Figure 3 In this embodiment, a connecting valve 51 is fixedly installed on the surface of the connecting pipe 5, a water source valve 61 is fixedly installed on the surface of the water source pipe 6, and a water supply pipe 10 is located between the input end of the connecting pipe 5 and the connecting valve 51.
[0029] Among them, an output valve 91 is fixedly installed on the surface of the output pipe 9, a water supply valve 101 is fixedly installed on the surface of the water supply pipe 10, and a filling head 111 is fixedly installed at the bottom of the water distributor 11.
[0030] During bottling, open the water source valve 61 and the connecting valve 51, close the output valve 91 and the water supply valve 101, connect the bottling water source to the water source pipe 6, and output the bottling water source into the water bottle through the bottling head 111.
[0031] During disinfection, open the connecting valve 51 and the output valve 91, close the water source valve 61 and the water supply valve 101, and inject disinfectant water into the water injection channel for disinfection. When injecting clean water into the disinfection water tank 2, open the water source valve 61 and the water supply valve 101, close the connecting valve 51 and the output valve 91, and inject clean water into the disinfection water tank 2.
[0032] Please see Figure 1 and Figure 2In this embodiment, a water leakage plate 12 is fixedly installed on the top of the filling box 1, a wastewater tank 13 is fixedly installed on the inner bottom wall of the filling box 1, a wastewater pipe 14 is fixedly installed on the inner top wall of the filling box 1, the bottom end of the wastewater pipe 14 is fixedly connected to the wastewater tank 13, and a wastewater valve 141 is fixedly installed on the surface of the wastewater pipe 14.
[0033] Among them, a return pipe 15 is fixedly installed on the surface of the wastewater pipe 14. The return pipe 15 is located above the wastewater valve 141. One end of the return pipe 15 is connected to the disinfection water tank 2. A return valve 151 is fixedly installed on the surface of the return pipe 15.
[0034] Secondly, a drain pipe 16 is fixedly installed at the bottom of the wastewater tank 13, and a drain valve 161 is fixedly installed on the surface of the drain pipe 16.
[0035] Open the drain valve 161 and close the return valve 151. Water overflowing during water injection flows through the drain plate 12 and then through the wastewater pipe 14 into the wastewater tank 13. During the circulation disinfection, open the return valve 151 and close the drain valve 161, and the disinfectant flows back into the disinfection tank 2.
[0036] Please see Figure 1 and Figure 2 In this embodiment, a control box 17 is fixedly installed on the top of the support plate 3, a control panel 18 is fixedly installed on one side of the control box 17, a maintenance door 19 is hinged on one side of the filling box 1, and a medicine tank 20 is fixedly installed on the top of the disinfectant tank 2.
[0037] Water level sensors 21 are fixedly installed on the inner walls of disinfectant tank 2, wastewater tank 13 and medicine tank 20. An output medicine pipe 22 is fixedly installed on one side of medicine tank 20 and is connected to disinfectant tank 2.
[0038] Secondly, an output valve 221 is fixedly installed on the surface of the output drug tube 22, and a replenishment drug tube 23 is fixedly installed on one side of the drug tank 20, with one end of the replenishment drug tube 23 extending to the outside of the filling box 1. Opening the output valve 221 allows the drug solution to be injected into the disinfection tank 2 through the output drug tube 22, thus preparing the disinfectant solution.
[0039] The water level sensor 21 detects the water levels in the disinfection tank 2, wastewater tank 13 and medicine tank 20. When the water levels in the disinfection tank 2 and medicine tank 20 are too low, it replenishes the water. When the water level in the wastewater tank 13 is too high, it opens the drain valve 161 to drain the water.
[0040] It should be noted that the connecting valve 51, water source valve 61, output valve 91, water supply valve 101, wastewater valve 141, return valve 151, drain valve 161 and output medicine valve 221 are all solenoid valves, which are controlled by the control elements in the control box 17.
[0041] The working principle of the above embodiment is as follows: Open the connecting valve 51 and the output valve 91, close the water source valve 61 and the water supply valve 101, start the circulating disinfection pump 7, draw out the disinfectant from the disinfection tank 2, inject it into the connecting pipe 5 through the output pipe 9, disinfect the water injection pipe by flowing through the filling pipe 4 and the water distributor 11, then open the water source valve 61 and the connecting valve 51, close the output valve 91 and the water supply valve 101, connect the bottled water source to the water source pipe 6, and output the bottled water source into the water bottle through the filling head 111.
[0042] The installation, connection, or setting methods disclosed in this embodiment are all common mechanical connection methods, and any method that achieves the desired beneficial effect can be implemented. Furthermore, all electrical components in this embodiment are electrically connected to the main controller and power supply. The main controller can be a conventional, known device such as a computer that performs control functions. Those skilled in the art can control the electrical components through simple programming, and the existing disclosed power connection technologies are common knowledge in the field. Therefore, this embodiment will not elaborate further on their specific structural composition and working principles.
[0043] It should be noted that the orientations or positional relationships indicated herein are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the purpose of facilitating the description of this application and simplifying the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of this application.
[0044] It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second" are used only to distinguish one entity or operation from another, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Furthermore, the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes said element.
[0045] Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, the scope of which is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A rapid water bottle filling device suitable for use in laboratory animal facilities, comprising a filling tank (1), characterized in that: A disinfection tank (2) is fixedly installed on the inner bottom wall of the filling box (1), a support plate (3) is fixedly installed on the top of the filling box (1), a filling pipe (4) is fixedly installed on one side of the support plate (3), and a disinfection component is provided between the disinfection tank (2) and the filling pipe (4). The disinfection assembly includes a connecting pipe (5) fixedly installed at the input end of the filling pipe (4), a water source pipe (6) fixedly installed at one input end of the connecting pipe (5), a circulating disinfection pump (7) fixedly installed on one side of the disinfection tank (2), a water pump (8) fixedly installed at the input end of the circulating disinfection pump (7), an output pipe (9) fixedly installed at the output end of the circulating disinfection pump (7), one end of the output pipe (9) being connected to the other input end of the connecting pipe (5), a water replenishment pipe (10) fixedly installed on the surface of the connecting pipe (5), and a water distributor (11) fixedly installed at the output end of the filling pipe (4).
2. The rapid water bottle filling device suitable for use in laboratory animal facilities according to claim 1, characterized in that: A connecting valve (51) is fixedly installed on the surface of the connecting pipe (5), a water source valve (61) is fixedly installed on the surface of the water source pipe (6), and a water supply pipe (10) is located between the input end of the connecting pipe (5) and the connecting valve (51).
3. The rapid water bottle filling device suitable for use in laboratory animal facilities according to claim 1, characterized in that: An output valve (91) is fixedly installed on the surface of the output pipe (9), a water supply valve (101) is fixedly installed on the surface of the water supply pipe (10), and a filling head (111) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the water distributor (11).
4. The rapid water bottle filling device suitable for use in laboratory animal facilities according to claim 1, characterized in that: A drain plate (12) is fixedly installed on the top of the filling box (1), a wastewater tank (13) is fixedly installed on the inner bottom wall of the filling box (1), a wastewater pipe (14) is fixedly installed on the inner top wall of the filling box (1), the bottom end of the wastewater pipe (14) is fixedly connected to the wastewater tank (13), and a wastewater valve (141) is fixedly installed on the surface of the wastewater pipe (14).
5. A rapid water bottle filling device suitable for use in laboratory animal facilities according to claim 4, characterized in that: A return pipe (15) is fixedly installed on the surface of the wastewater pipe (14). The return pipe (15) is located above the wastewater valve (141). One end of the return pipe (15) is connected to the disinfection tank (2). A return valve (151) is fixedly installed on the surface of the return pipe (15).
6. The rapid water bottle filling device suitable for use in laboratory animal facilities according to claim 4, characterized in that: A drain pipe (16) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the wastewater tank (13), and a drain valve (161) is fixedly installed on the surface of the drain pipe (16).
7. A rapid water bottle filling device suitable for use in laboratory animal facilities according to claim 6, characterized in that: A control box (17) is fixedly installed on the top of the support plate (3), a control panel (18) is fixedly installed on one side of the control box (17), a maintenance door (19) is hinged on one side of the filling box (1), and a medicine tank (20) is fixedly installed on the top of the disinfection tank (2).
8. A rapid water bottle filling device suitable for use in laboratory animal facilities according to claim 7, characterized in that: Water level sensors (21) are fixedly installed on the inner walls of the disinfection tank (2), wastewater tank (13) and medicine tank (20). An output medicine pipe (22) is fixedly installed on one side of the medicine tank (20) and is connected to the disinfection tank (2).
9. A rapid water bottle filling device suitable for use in laboratory animal facilities according to claim 8, characterized in that: An output valve (221) is fixedly installed on the surface of the output tube (22), and a replenishment tube (23) is fixedly installed on one side of the medicine tank (20), with one end of the replenishment tube (23) extending to the outside of the filling box (1).