Elevated Pet Feeder Conveyor for Comfortable, Jam-Free Feeding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pet feeders have a feeding position that is too low, leading to food accumulation and blockage, and are inconvenient for larger pets due to the need to eat at a lower angle.
Innovation Solution
A pet feeder with a food conveyer system that elevates pet food from a lower position to a higher position using a driving assembly, featuring a food storage member with openings and outlets, allowing pet foods to be carried and dispensed from a higher outlet, and includes a disc-shaped structure with secondary food tanks for controlled feeding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the feeder is elevated to a higher position for comfortable pet feeding, then the feeding comfort for pets is improved, but the space at the bottom of the feeder is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the vertical space utilization by introducing a food conveyer system that moves food from the bottom storage tank upward to feeding outlets positioned at multiple heights. This allows the bottom area to remain usable for storage while providing elevated feeding positions, effectively utilizing both vertical and horizontal dimensions of the feeder structure.
2Area of stationary object
If the feeding position is kept at a low position, then the space utilization is improved, but food accumulation and blockage occur easily
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a dynamic food conveyer system that actively transports food from the bottom storage tank to the feeding outlets. This dynamic mechanism prevents food accumulation and blockage by continuously moving food through the system, ensuring reliable food delivery while maintaining compact space utilization.
3Ease of operation
If a food conveyer system is added to elevate food, then the feeding position is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the food conveyer system to be self-driven, utilizing the weight of the food itself and gravitational forces to power the conveyance mechanism. This self-service approach eliminates the need for external motors or complex control systems, reducing device complexity while still achieving elevated feeding positions.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution addresses the issue of low feeding position by enabling pets to eat comfortably at a higher level, preventing food blockage, and allowing controlled feeding amounts, while maximizing space utilization.
Implementation Method 1
a driving assembly for driving the food storage member to move, the pet foods in the food storage member being carried from a lower position to a higher position by the driving assembly
Implementation Method 2
when the driving assembly drives the food storage member carrying the pet foods to move to the higher position, the pet foods in the food storage member fall to outside through the food outlet
Data Source
AI summary
A pet feeder includes a main food tank, and a food conveyer including a food storage member and a driving assembly; the food conveyer has a food inlet communicating with the main food tank and a food outlet communicating with outside; the food storage member has an opening; pet foods in the main food tank enter the food storage member through the food inlet and the opening of the food storage member sequentially; when the driving assembly drives the food storage member to move from lower position to higher position, pet foods in the food storage member fall to outside through the food outlet. The driving assembly and food storage member carry pet foods in the main food tank from lower position to higher position and convey to outside through the food outlet for pets to eat, solving problem of low feeding position is inconvenient for pets to eat.