KR101578491B1 - Companion Animal Waste Treatment Device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent article comprising a space for accommodating a litter containing sand so that a front opening is formed at a front side and a defecation is placed inside a lower side, A chamber provided at one side of the separation net and having a discharge door provided so as to be capable of opening and closing a door opening for discharging the separated defecation from the separation network; And a chamber disposed behind the chamber and rotatably supporting the chamber, wherein when the separation net is located above the chamber, the chamber is configured to discharge the defecation from the chamber by its own weight, And the upper side is inclined rearward with respect to the base.
Thus, defecation can be easily and conveniently performed using the weight of the defecation.

Description

{Companion Animal Waste Treatment Device}

The present invention relates to a companion animal defecation processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a companion animal defecation apparatus in which the chamber is inclined and the structure is improved so that excretion is discharged from the chamber by its own weight.

There are various kinds of companion animals that can be raised at home for hobbies or life, such as dogs, cats and snakes. In the following, we will give an example for the cat, one of the companion animals, for convenience.

A cat refers to a mammal of a feline, and a cat is raised many times as a pet such as a pet dog in order to stabilize a human psychology.

These cats need a lot of attention in order to raise cats, as well as diseases such as skin diseases, ear mites, and herpes, and it is one of them to tame cats according to the lifestyle of cats.

For example, not only are the nocturnal characters living mainly at night, but also know how to increase their ties with the owner of cats, as well as those who raise cats, as well as cats do not need unnecessary stress, You can live together indoors.

In order to solve these problems, it is generally necessary to install a cat toilet in a certain place and then use the cat in the inside of the cat toilet, in order to solve such a problem because the cat may suffer severe stress when the toilet used is unclean or can not be smoothly defecated. It is common to fill cats with sand so that cats can defecate.

Devices and facilities related to the defecation apparatus of the pet animal are disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 2010-0121932 (Nov. 19, 2010) and US Registration No. 6,463,881 (Oct. 15, 2002).

However, in the prior art, the defecation is manually or automatically handled, but the weight or weight of the defecation can not be used. Therefore, there is a concern that the structure is somewhat complicated and inconvenient to use.

An object of the present invention is to provide a companion animal defecation processing apparatus that is simple in structure and easy to use by using the weight of defecation.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a companion animal defecation apparatus capable of minimizing the odor without the user touching the defecation of the companion animal.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a companion animal defecation apparatus capable of automatically reducing defects while reducing costs.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a companion animal defecation processing apparatus capable of preventing malodors from defecation.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a companion animal defecation apparatus for treating defecation of companion animals, comprising: a space for accommodating a litter containing sand so that a front opening is formed in front and a defecation is placed in the lower side; A separation net provided on one side of the space so as to be capable of separating a defecation from the litter and a discharge door provided on one side of the separation net and capable of opening and closing a door opening for discharging the separated defecation from the separation net, Wow; And a chamber disposed behind the chamber and rotatably supporting the chamber, wherein when the separation net is located above the chamber, the chamber is configured to discharge the defecation from the chamber by its own weight, Wherein the discharge door is closed at a closed position in which the discharge door is closed and the defecation is supported in the separation network as the chamber rotates with respect to the base, Further comprising a discharge door guide provided on the base for moving the discharge door to a discharging position and gradually opening the discharge door from a lower position at a position close to the discharge position so as to discharge the discharge from the discharge position Achieved by the companion animal bowel treatment device All.

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It is further preferable that the platform further includes a platform disposed at the front opening and capable of supporting the companion animal to defecate with the litter.

The base may further include a swash plate provided in an inclined area corresponding to the chamber, and the swash plate may further include a chute extended to open rearward of the chamber corresponding to the discharge position.

A sealing part provided around the chute and provided on the base so as to seal the space between the base and the chamber; and a sealing part provided on the base so as to seal between the base and the chamber, .

And a driving unit supported on the base and rotatable about the chamber with respect to the base.

In addition, it is preferable to further include a deodorization direction part that is intermittently sprayable with the litter to remove the odor generated in the litter.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a companion animal defecation processing apparatus which is simple in structure using the weight of defecation and can be used, and the user can minimize the odor without touching the defecation of the companion animal.

In addition, it is possible to provide a companion animal defecation apparatus capable of reducing the cost while automatically handling the defecation and preventing odor of the defecation.

1 is a perspective view of a companion animal defecation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
Fig. 2 is a side sectional view of Fig. 1,
3 is a sectional view for explaining an embodiment in which the driving unit forms a chamber,
4A to 4D are cross-sectional views of the discharge door and schematic views for explaining the discharge process,
5 is a front view of the base in a state in which the front chamber is disassembled;
6A to 6C are schematic diagrams for explaining the operation process of the present invention,
FIGS. 7A and 7B are a side cross-sectional view for explaining another embodiment of the present invention and a base plan view excluding the chamber,
8 is a side sectional view for explaining another embodiment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention, and the manner of achieving them, will be apparent from and elucidated with reference to the embodiments described hereinafter in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. &Quot; and / or "include each and every combination of one or more of the mentioned items. ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 >

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of illustrating embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. In the present specification, the singular form includes plural forms unless otherwise specified in the specification. The terms " comprises "and / or" comprising "used in the specification do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements in addition to the stated element.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used in a sense commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Also, commonly used predefined terms are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless explicitly defined otherwise.

The terms spatially relative, "below", "beneath", "lower", "above", "upper" And can be used to easily describe a correlation between an element and other elements. Spatially relative terms should be understood in terms of the directions shown in the drawings, including the different directions of components at the time of use or operation. For example, when inverting an element shown in the figures, an element described as "below" or "beneath" of another element may be placed "above" another element . Thus, the exemplary term "below" can include both downward and upward directions. The components can also be oriented in different directions, so that spatially relative terms can be interpreted according to orientation.

An embodiment of a companion animal defecation apparatus 100 (hereinafter, referred to as a defecation processing apparatus) according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. FIG.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a companion animal defecation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a sectional view for explaining an embodiment in which a driving unit forms a chamber, Fig. 5 is a front view of the base in a state in which the front chamber is disassembled, and Figs. 6A to 6C are schematic views for explaining the operating process of the present invention; Fig. And FIGS. 7A and 7B are side cross-sectional views for explaining another embodiment of the present invention and a base plan view except for the chamber, and FIG. 8 is a side sectional view for explaining another embodiment.

For the sake of convenience of explanation, the oblique direction from the upper left to the lower right is referred to as the 'X' axis direction, the oblique direction from the upper front side to the rear lower side perpendicularly to the 'X' And the direction perpendicular to the 'XZ' plane is defined as the 'Y' axis direction.

The defecation processing apparatus 100 according to the present invention is for automatically processing the defecation of a companion animal and includes a front opening 131 formed forward (in the negative direction of the Z axis) (Not shown in the figure, an elliptical part cut shape in cross section) for accommodating the litter 135 containing sand so as to be placed on the side of the space 135, A chamber 130 provided at one side of the separation network 137 and having a discharge door 133 provided so as to be openable and closable so as to discharge the separated defecation from the separation network 137; And a base 110 rotatably supporting the chamber 130 by being disposed rearward (in the positive Z direction of the chamber 130) of the chamber 130, The chamber 130 is slidably coupled to the base 110 so that the upper side of the chamber 130 is slanted rearward so that the defecation of the chamber 130 is discharged from the chamber 130 by its own weight in the discharge door 133 desirable.

In other words, it is inclined by 'alpha' (alpha), which is the angle between the vertical line 'L1' and the inclined line 'I' extended from the swash plate 113 in FIG. 2, The size of the chamber 130, and the like. Here, the symbol 'EL' is the rotation center axis of the chamber 130.

As the chamber 130 rotates with respect to the base 110, the discharge door 133 of the defecation processing apparatus 100 closes the discharge door 133 and discharges the defecation (See Fig. 4D) from which the defecation is released from the separation net 137 or the chamber 130, and at a position close to the discharge position, And a discharge door guide 119 for gradually guiding the discharge port 133 to the discharge position.

The defecation processing apparatus 100 may further include a platform 180 disposed in the front opening 131 and capable of supporting a companion animal to defecate with the litter 135.

The base 110 includes a swash plate 113 provided in an inclined region corresponding to the chamber 130. The swash plate 113 is opened to the rear of the chamber corresponding to the discharge position, (115): < / RTI >

The defecation processing apparatus 100 further includes a defecation packing bag 190 coupled to the chute 115 to seal the defecation to receive the defecation and to dispose of the defecation, And a sealing portion (see the partial enlarged views 113a and 113b in FIG. 5) provided on the base 110 so as to seal the space between the base 110 and the chamber 130.

In addition, the defecation processing apparatus 100 preferably includes a driving unit 150 supported on the base and rotatable with respect to the base.

The defecation processing apparatus 100 may further include a deodorization direction part (not shown) provided so as to be intermittently sprayable with the litter 135 in order to remove the odor generated in the litter 135 .

The base 110 is preferably disposed rearward to receive the defecated packaging bag 190 that supports the chamber 130, supports the driving unit 150 for rotation and the like and is capable of accommodating discharged defecation, Wood, and synthetic resin.

5, a sealing member 113b such as rubber is coupled to a sealing groove 113a formed along the rim of the chute 115 in front of the chute 115 so that the smell of the defecation contained in the pouch packaging bag 190 is transferred to the chute 115. [ It can be sealed so as not to be discharged through a gap between the chamber 130 and the base 110 through the opening 130, thereby preventing the smell and odor generated in the defecation. The chute 115 preferably includes a chute rod 115a that guides the defecation discharged from the discharge door 133 to the defecation packaging bag 190 and fixes the defecation packaging bag 190 with rubber or the like.

It is also preferable that the roller 117 is coupled to the base 110 so that the chamber 130 can be more stably supported with respect to the base 110 when the chamber 130 rotates with respect to the base 110 . The rollers 117 can be selected from a variety of known rollers that can rotate while being in contact with the rear plate surface of the chamber 130, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. The number of rollers 117 may vary depending on the size, weight, and the like of the chamber 130. However, as shown in FIG. 5, two of the rollers 117 are disposed at positions opposite to the centerline, Is preferable.

The slave plate 113 of the base 110 is preferably formed with a slave shaft through hole 116 through which the slave shaft passes and which can contact the chamber 130.

4A to 4D, it is preferable that the discharge door guide 119 is provided in a bent shape so as to be guided to the chute 115 so as to be guided from the closed position to the open position. 4B, the discharge door 133 is moved to the right and left edge sides of the chute 115 (see P1 in FIG. 4B) The discharge door 133 can be kept closed by being prevented from being opened by the discharge door guide 119. [ 4C where the chamber 130 is gradually rotated forward or backward and is located at the left and right middle regions (see P2 in FIG. 4B) at the left and right ends, the exit door 133 and the exit door guide 119 The discharge door 133 is opened by an interval. 4D where the chamber 130 is gradually rotated forward or backward and located at the right and left central regions (see P2 in FIG. 4B) at the left and right ends, the discharge door 133 and the discharge door guide 119 So that the discharge door 133 is opened as much as possible.

That is, the discharge door guide 119 is disposed in the space of the chute 115 and is gradually bent rearward toward the center (from P1 to P2 to P3) so that the discharge door 133 can be opened as far as possible. The discharge door 133 can be stably opened and closed between the chamber 130 and the base 110 by the discharge door guide 119.

On the other hand, the discharge door 133 is provided with the thickness of the discharge door 133 so as to rotate in a state of contacting the swash plate 113 and the swash plate 113 pressing the discharge door 133 toward the chamber 130, It is possible to maintain the closed state at all times in the region other than the region 115.

The chamber 130 is provided with a front opening 131 opened frontward so that the companion animal can be positioned and a defecation separated by the separation net 137 at a position adjacent to the separation net 137 from the chamber 130 And a discharge door 133 capable of discharging the discharge gas. A platform 180 may be located in the front opening 131 to allow the companion animal to be positioned and defecate toward the litter 135.

The discharge door 133 maintains the state of being engaged with the plate surface of the chamber 130 in the closed position and is opened from the plate surface of the chamber 130 at the discharge position around the hinge 133a along the aforementioned discharge door guide 119 And discharges the defecation collected and separated by the separation net 137 out of the chamber 130 so as to receive the defecation in the defecation packaging bag 190 via the chute 115.

The hinge 133a of the discharge door 133 may be provided with an elastic member (not shown) including a spring for urging the discharge door 133 toward the open position.

It is also preferred that the chamber 130 be filled with a litter 135 containing sand so as to be received in the concave lower space of the shape of a semi-elliptical cross-section or a part of an elliptical cross-section of the chamber 130 so that the bowel does not directly contact the plate surface of the chamber 130. The particles of the litter 135 are preferably smaller than the space of the mesh formed in the separation net 137 described later.

The separating net 137 is provided at the lower side so that the chamber 130 can be separated from the litter 135 while the chamber 135 is rotated in a slightly larger lump form in the litter 135 located inside the chamber 130 as described above The upper portion of the separation net 137 may cover the portion where the lid 135 is piled up and the lower portion of the separation net 137 may be collected at the upper discharge position so as to be discharged out of the chamber 130 through the discharge door 133. [ And has a structure in which a lid 135 is allowed to escape through a net or a hole and only a defecation larger than the lid 135 can be collected in the separation net 137 .

The defecation processing apparatus 100 preferably includes a driving unit 150 in the case of automatic operation by an external power source.

The driving unit 150 includes a motor reducer 151 including a motor and a speed reducer for reducing the number of revolutions of the motor, a rotating driving shaft 153b connected to the motor reducer 151, A driven shaft 155b connected to the driving shaft 153b and a driven shaft 155b coupled to the end of the driven shaft 155b engaged with the bevel gear 154 formed at the end of the driving shaft 153b and transmitting the power at right angles, A bearing 158 having a driven bevel gear 154 and a driven shaft 153b coupled to rotate the driven shaft 155b and a drive shaft 153b and a driven shaft 155b are coupled and supported, And a first housing 153a and a second housing 155a, respectively, which are coupled to the first housing 151. The driving unit 150 is preferably supported on the base 110.

The coupling of the chamber 130 to the driven shaft 155b is achieved by connecting the fastening means 157 to the fastening groove 157d formed by the cam follower formed on the driven shaft 155b, A ring 157a coupled to the groove 156 is engaged to transmit the rotational force while firmly supporting the chamber 130 with the driven shaft 155b.

With this structure, when the motor reducer 151 rotates and the drive shaft 153b rotates, the bevel gear 154 rotated by 90 degrees rotates and the driven shaft 155b rotates. When the driven shaft 155b rotates, The chamber 130 coupled by the ring 157a is rotated and the roller 117 described above supports the chamber 130 so that the chamber 130 can rotate more stably.

On the other hand, the defecation processing apparatus 100 includes various known beam sensors for determining whether or not the evacuation is discharged from the evacuation position and the standby position, which is a position where the rotation of the chamber 130 stops at a predetermined position, A magnetic sensor, a limit sensor, and the like.

The defecation processing apparatus 100 preferably includes a control unit 160 having a printed circuit board to control the driving unit 150 and the like. Preferably, the controller 160 includes a selection switch (not shown) that is located in the lower space of the base 110 and can be automatically or manually selected.

With this configuration, when the user defecates the companion animal on the platform 180 and lies on the upper side of the litter 135, the user activates the automatic switch. 5), the motor 130 is rotated so that the separation net 137 passes through the lid 135 and collects the defecation on the upper side of the lid 135. At this time, (See the second figure in FIG. 5), the litter 135 is separated from the lower luer 135 side by the net or the hole, and when the chamber 130 is gradually rotated and the discharge door 133 reaches the open position, The discharge door 133 is gradually opened along the discharge door guide 119 due to the force or the self weight of the elastic member and is discharged through the chute 115 to the defecation packaging bag 190 ). When the chamber 130 gradually rotates and gradually closes along the discharge door guide 119 and reaches the standby position, the sensor unit senses the rotation of the chamber 130 and stops the rotation of the chamber 130.

In order to prevent the litter 135 from accumulating somewhat higher in the rotational direction along the inner wall surface of the chamber 130 in accordance with the rotation of the chamber 130 in this process, The control may be stopped. It is desirable to explain in detail the manual so that this operation can be set through commissioning.

Thus, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a companion animal defecation processing apparatus which is simple in structure using the weight of the defecation, can be used, and the user can minimize the odor without touching the defecation of the companion animal have.

In addition, it is possible to provide a companion animal defecation apparatus capable of reducing the cost while automatically handling the defecation and preventing odor of the defecation.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are illustrations showing that the chamber 130 can be manually operated in place of the electrically driven driving unit described above with the defecation apparatus 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention. The same structure as that of the above-described embodiment is denoted by the same reference numeral and the subordinate axis remains as it is, and the drive shaft 253b extends to the outside of the base 110 and is connected to the handle 253d.

Accordingly, when the handle 253d is operated, the user can receive the force at a right angle by the bevel gear, and the chamber 130 can be rotated. Of course, it is preferable that the driving unit 250 is firmly fixed to the base 110.

8 is a structure capable of manually operating the chamber 130 with the defecation apparatus 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention. The driving unit 350 is supported by the swash plate 113 of the base 110 so that the chamber 130 rotates with respect to the base 110 A bearing 358 supported on the base 110 and a nut 355 threadedly engaged with the fastening means and a washer 353 coupled between the nut 355 and the bearing 358. With this configuration, when the user rotates the outer circumferential surface of the chamber 130 by hand, the chamber 130 can rotate with respect to the base 110 by the roller 117 and the bearing 358. Through this rotation, the defecation laid on the litter 135 as described above can be collected or collected by the separation net 137 and discharged to the outside of the chamber 130.

Such a manual structure is simpler than the automatic structure and is convenient to use, and the user can separate the defecation without contacting the defecation separately, so that the same effect as the semi-automatic can be obtained economically at a low cost.

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, . The scope of the invention will be determined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

100: defecation processing apparatus 110: base
113: swash plate 113a: sealing groove
113b: sealing member 115: chute
115a: Chute rod 116: Slave coaxial through hole
117: Roller 119: Exit door guide
130: chamber 131: front opening
133: Exit door 133a: Hinge
133b: door opening 135: liter
137: Separation Network
150: driving unit 151: motor speed reducer
153a: first housing 153b:
154: bevel gear 155a: second housing
155b: a follower shaft 156: a ring fastening groove
157: fastening means 157a: ring
157d: Fixing groove 158: Bearing
160:
180: Platform 190:

Claims (7)

A companion animal defecation apparatus for treating defecation of a companion animal,
A separation net formed with a front opening formed at a front side thereof and a space for accommodating a litter containing sand so that a defecation is placed inside the lower side and being bent at one side of the space so as to be able to separate the defecation from the litter while rotating, A chamber provided at one side of the separation net and having a discharge door provided so as to be capable of opening and closing a door opening for discharging the separated defecation from the separation net;
And a base disposed rearward of the chamber and rotatably supporting the chamber,
Wherein the chamber is inclined rearward with respect to the base so that defecation of the discharge door is discharged from the chamber by self weight when the separation net is located above the chamber,
As the chamber rotates relative to the base, the outlet door is moved to a discharge position from which the defecation is discharged from the separation network or chamber at a closed position where the discharge door is closed and the defecation is supported in the separation network, Further comprising a discharge door guide provided on the base for gradually opening the discharge door from a lower position at a position close to the discharge position and discharging the discharge from the discharge position. delete The method according to claim 1,
And a platform disposed at the front opening and capable of supporting the companion animal to defecate by the litter. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the base has a swash plate provided in an inclined region corresponding to the chamber,
Wherein the swash plate further includes a chute extending to open rearward of the chamber corresponding to the discharge position. 5. The method of claim 4,
And a defecated packaging bag which is coupled to the chute and is hermetically coupled to receive the defecation to discard the defecation,
And a sealing portion provided around the chute and provided on the base so as to seal the space between the base and the chamber. The method according to claim 1,
And a driving unit supported on the base and rotatable about the chamber with respect to the base. The method according to claim 1,
And a deodorization direction part which is intermittently sprayable with the litter to remove the odor generated in the litter.

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