JP2003033134A - Animal-capturing cage - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an animal-capturing cage exhibiting a high capturing rate by moderating the wariness of an animal. SOLUTION: This animal-capturing cage is a rectangular cage having falling down doors for closing an opening part formed at one side or both sides of front and rear walls by up and down movements, and the capturing cage is formed by the front and rear walls including the falling down doors, left and right walls and a ceiling, and a bottom is not installed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cage for capturing animals, and particularly harmful animals such as boars.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This kind of catch cage is generally in the shape of a basket, and an opening is provided in the opposite wall so that the opening is located in the animal trail where the animal walks. . A drop door is provided in this opening, and when an animal enters the catch cage, the drop door falls and the animal is trapped inside. In this case, the capture cage is required to have a certain degree of rigidity, and therefore the entire circumference is surrounded by the peripheral wall. Therefore, the bottom wall (member) is naturally provided, and this is the state in which it is laid on the animal road.

[0003]

However, this kind of animal is very cautious, and if it is raised above the beast and has an artificial member, it will enter the cage. Does not come. In addition, the drop door is so-called self-weighting, and the drop door is provided slidably up and down in the guide body so that the animal comes into the catch cage and triggers inside. When a member is touched, it is dropped as a signal so that the door falls under its own weight. Therefore, if this trap is set on an inclined (gradient) ground or the like, the trap door may not be able to pry and fall against the guide body. The present invention solves such a problem, and prevents an animal from being wary and allows it to be mounted on a sloped land.

[0004]

Under the above problems, the present invention has a rectangular parallelepiped shape having a trap door which opens and closes an opening formed in one or both of front and rear walls according to claim 1 and opens and closes. Is a cage for capturing animals, and the cage is formed by the front and rear walls including the trap doors, the left and right side walls, and the ceiling wall,
Provided is a cage for animals, which is characterized by not having a bottom member. If the bottom member is not provided in this way, the animal will not feel any discomfort (because it is the same as walking on the beast), so it will enter the capture cage.

The present invention also provides means for deforming the left and right side walls into a parallelogram in a side view in the above-mentioned trap cage. The fall of the trap door is designed so that the trap door falls by its own weight due to the operation of the trigger member provided in the cage, but according to the above means, if there is a slope in the beast path, You just have to transform the cage. In other words, even if it is deformed, the guide body that guides the trap door can be erected upright, so that a malfunction due to prying or the like does not occur.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of a capture cage showing an example of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the capture cage.
The cage is a rectangular parallelepiped basket including front and rear walls 1, left and right side walls 2, and a ceiling wall 3. However, since the bottom member is not provided, when this cage is installed on the ground, the front and rear walls 1, the left and right side walls 2, and the ceiling wall 3 partition the space, and the ground remains the bottom. In the case of this example, the above basket is one unit, and three units are connected in front and back to form one cage. However, the front and rear walls 1 in the middle are removed, and only the entire front and rear walls 1 are left.

In this case, the longitudinal rails 1a, 2a, 3a and the lateral rails 1b. 2b, 3b
And are pivotally connected with bolts 4 etc. to form a frame. Therefore, when the bolts 4 that fasten the vertical bars 2a and the horizontal bars 2b that form the left and right side walls 2 are loosened, the shape of the left and right side walls 3 can be transformed into a parallelogram in a side view. Further, vertical grids 5 are provided on the front and rear walls 1 and the left and right side walls 2 at appropriate intervals, and the vertical grids 5 are made to project below the horizontal crosspieces 1b, 2b at the lowermost stage so that these projecting portions are formed. It is fixed by being cut into the ground.

The front and rear walls 1 (the ones located on the outside of the units at both ends) are replaced by a trap door 6 which can slide up and down, and the trap door 6 is normally raised upward. The lever portion is used as the opening 7. In this example, the trap door 6 is provided on both front and rear walls, but it may be provided on only one side. When an animal comes into the cage through the opening 7, the trap door 6 falls and is confined therein, and the trap door 6 is automatically dropped by the trap door dropping device 8.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional plan view of an essential part showing the sliding structure of the trap door 6. The guide body 9 is erected on the vertical bars 1a on both sides of the front and rear walls 1, and the guide body 9 is slidable up and down. The sliders 10 guided by the above are attached to both sides of the drop door 6. As a result, the trap door 6 can freely move up and down using the guide body 9 as a guide, but the condition is that the guide body 9 is upright (otherwise, the movement is difficult to prune). The slider 10 of this example is of a sliding type, but may be of a rolling type such as a roller, in which case there is no prying and the required force is light.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional side view of the main part of the trap door dropping device 8, and FIG. 4 is a plan view of the trap door dropping device 8. The trap door dropping device 8 in this example is a pulley 11 attached to a guide body 9 or the like. And one end thereof is attached to the upper end of the front and rear drop doors 6 in a state of being lifted upward, and the other end is wound around this pulley 11 and guided to the center side, and the roller device 12 and the like provided there are provided. The rope 14 that is engaged with the safety pin 13 that acts on the drop door 6 after being wound around the lever, and the lever 15 that holds the safety pin 13 from above by one end to stop the spring up.
A rope 17 attached to the left and right side walls 2 of an appropriate height after the other end of which is changed in direction by a direction changing device 16 or the like.
Consists of. In this example, the pulley 11 and the rope 14
, Etc., the one provided at the center is shown, but a plurality may be provided in the left-right direction, in which case there is no prying,
The operation becomes smoother.

According to such a trap door dropping device 8,
When an animal enters this and touches the rope 17, this rope 1
7 is pulled and the lever 15 is rotated to release the safety pin 13. Then, the safety pin 13 bounces up to loosen the rope 14 that lifts the drop door 5, so that the drop door 6 falls in the guide body 9 by its own weight and closes the opening 7, thereby trapping the animal in the cage. . In this respect, the above-mentioned cord 17 is a trigger member, and is set at the height at which the animal entering the cage can easily touch it.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing another state of use of the above cage. However, when the above cage is set as it is when the animal road has a slope, the guide body 9 is inclined and dropped. The door 6 may pry and may not move smoothly. Therefore, in this case, the bolts 4 pivotally connecting the vertical rails 2a and the horizontal rails 2b of the left and right side walls 2 are loosened, and the horizontal rails 2b at the bottom in the side view of the left and right side walls 2 are along the ground, It suffices to transform 9 into an upright posture. By doing so, the trap door 6 does not twist and slides freely in the guide body 9, so that the self-weight trap door drop device 8 can be used as it is.

[0013]

As described above, the present invention is as described above, that is, the bottom member is not provided in the catch cage for setting the beast,
Since it is left on the ground as it is, it is easy to guide the animal inside by breaking the alertness of the animal. Also, if the left and right side walls that make up the catch cage can be transformed into a parallelogram in a side view, the guide body that guides the trap door can be erected upright even when it is set up on an inclined ground, so it is simple and inexpensive. The self-weighted drop door drop device can be used as it is.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an animal catch cage showing an example of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an animal catch cage showing an example of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional side view of a main part of the drop door drop device showing an example of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional plan view of a main part of a trap door dropping device showing an example of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional plan view of the main part of the trapdoor showing an example of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view of an animal catch cage showing another example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 front and rear walls 2 Left and right side walls 3 ceiling wall 6 trap door 7 openings

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cuboid animal trap having a trap door that opens and closes an opening formed in one or both of the front and rear walls, and the trap cage includes the front and rear walls including the trap door. An animal trap, which is formed of left and right side walls and a ceiling wall and has no bottom member. 2. The animal trap according to claim 1, wherein the left and right side walls can be deformed into a parallelogram in a side view.