JPH0445503Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] The present invention will be explained in the following order.

A. Field of industrial application B. Overview of the invention C. Prior art D. Problem that the invention attempts to solve E. Means for solving the problem F. Effect G. Example [Figures 1 to 3] a. Structure b. Operation H Effects of the Invention (A. Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a pet food cutting device, and particularly to a pet food cutting device that stores pet food that has been kneaded, formed into granules, and dried, and cuts out substantially constant amounts of pet food.

(B. Summary of the invention) The present invention is a pet food cutting device that includes:
In order to smoothly cut out the stored bait in approximately constant amounts starting from the oldest one, there is a masu entrance at one end, an opening that communicates with the bait storage section in the half of the ceiling on the masu entrance side, and an opening in the bottom half on the opposite masu entrance side. A square with one half of the bottom open and the other half raised is slidably inserted into the casing, which has a bait outlet in the casing, from the side opposite to the raised bottom from the square opening of the casing. In conjunction with this, vibrations are applied to the bait in the bait storage section.

(C Prior Art) In households where pets are kept, pet food is placed in a simple container such as a bag, and a fixed amount is taken out from the top and given to the pet. I would put the food I had bought into a container.

(Problem that the D idea aims to solve) By the way, if you put pet food in a container and feed it to the pet from the top, and when there is less food left, you buy it and put it in the container. Old bait remains on the bottom and quality deteriorates. and,
If it is fed to pets, it can cause disease, and if it is not fed to pets and remains at the bottom of the container, it can speed up the spoilage of other new food. This is because pet food is generally mixed with animal protein, fat, and carbohydrates.
This is because most grains are shaped and dried, and they corrode relatively quickly due to high humidity, making them unable to be stored for long periods of time like rice.

Therefore, it is desirable to take out the bait in the container in order, starting from the bottom.

Therefore, one idea is to use a cutter for rice to cut out pet food. However, as a result of experiments, it was found that the rice cutter was suitable for cutting rice, but could not be used at all for cutting pet food. This is because bait has a higher coefficient of friction and lower specific gravity than rice, so if the outlet is made small enough to accommodate the amount of material cut out at one time, a bridge will form at the outlet and the bait will become clogged. This is because a bridge phenomenon occurs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a novel pet food cutting device that can smoothly cut out stored food in approximately constant amounts starting from the oldest one without causing clogging due to bridges.

(E. Means for Solving Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the pet food cutting device of the present invention has a square entrance at one end, an opening communicating with the food storage section in the half of the ceiling on the side of the square entrance, and an opening at the bottom that communicates with the food storage section. A box with one half of the bottom open and the other half raised is slidably inserted into the casing, which has a bait discharge port formed in the half on the side opposite to the opening of the casing. It is characterized in that the bait in the bait storage section is vibrated in conjunction with the box.

(Faction) According to the pet bait cutting device of the present invention, when the square is moved to a position where its raised bottom is approximately outside the casing, the bait in the bait storage section is moved by its own weight to the bottom of the casing. When the bait is stored in the other half and then moved inside the casing, the bait on the bottom of the casing is pushed by the raised bottom and falls from the bait outlet and is discharged. Therefore, the bait can be cut out in approximately constant amounts.

Then, the bait in the bait storage section that will be supplied inside the casing is vibrated in conjunction with the cutting operation of the square, so the vibration can break the bait ridge each time it is cut out. .
Therefore, even if the opening between the bait storage part and the inside of the casing is narrow, clogging with bait can be prevented. Therefore, the bait can be cut out smoothly.

(G Embodiment) [Figures 1 to 3] Hereinafter, the pet food cutting device of the present invention will be explained in detail according to the illustrated embodiment.

The drawings show one embodiment of the pet food cutting device of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view, FIG. 2 is a bottom view, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a box.

(a Structure) In the drawings, 1 is a casing. The left end of the casing in FIGS. 1 and 2 is opened to form a cell entrance 2. The half of the ceiling a of the casing 1 on the side of the cell entrance is open (rectangular), and a bait storage cylinder 3 having a rectangular cross section is integrally formed upwardly protruding from the periphery of the opening. Note that it may be formed separately from the casing 1.
Further, the bottom half 4 of the casing 1 on the opposite side of the cell inlet/outlet is opened and serves as a bait outlet. and,
The part of the bottom b of the casing 1 on the side of the cell inlet/outlet extends to the left in FIG. has been done.
In addition, the bottom may not be extended and another stopper may be provided.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a flap rotatably attached to the outer bottom surface of the casing 1, which is secured by a pair of cut and raised pieces 7, 7 to the flap holding pieces 8, 8 (on the other hand, 8 does not appear in the drawing) on the bottom surface of the casing 1. It is rotatably supported via a support shaft 9. The clamp 6 is connected to the spring 1
0 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. are doing.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a bait shielding plate provided inside the bait storage cylinder 3, which is attached near the upper end of the right inner surface of the bait storage cylinder 3 in FIG. The lower end of the bait shielding plate 11 is located slightly lower than the ceiling a of the casing 1. Reference numeral 12 designates a lever support piece formed on the left side surface of the bait storage cylinder 3, and rotatably supports the lever 13 at its intermediate portion via a support shaft 14. 1
Reference numeral 5 denotes a spring means for biasing the lever 13 in the clockwise direction in FIG.

A hopper 16 is attached to the upper end of the bait storage tube 3, and has a hopper insertion hole 17 through which the lever 13 can swing.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a square, which has approximately the same length as the casing 1, and has a width and height such that it can be slidably inserted into the interior of the casing 1 from the square opening 2. The box 18 has an open bottom in one half and a raised bottom in the other half. Reference numeral 19 indicates the raised bottom portion, and in this embodiment, the lower side of the raised bottom portion is a space, but the raised bottom portion may be formed solid. 20 is a side wall of the raised bottom portion 19, and 21 is a stepped portion between the left end of the square 18 in FIG. 1 and the raised bottom portion 19. 22, 22,
Reference numeral 22 denotes an alignment plate formed protruding from the inner surface of the square 18 on the side opposite to the raised bottom. Reference numeral 23 denotes a spring locking hole formed on the upper surface of the end on the raised bottom side of the square 18;
One end of a spring 24, which will be described later, is hooked to.

The square 18 is slidably inserted into the casing 1 from the end opposite to the raised bottom through the square entrance 2. The lever 13 is attached to the stepped portion 21.
The lower end of the lever 13 can be engaged from the right side in FIG.
1 and hits the left side surface of the casing 1 in FIGS. 1 and 2, this prevents the square 18 from entering the casing 1 any further. Further, the lower part of the end of the raised bottom side of the square 18 is blocked by the stopper 5, thereby preventing further movement of the square 18 in the return direction. A stopper 2 is inserted into the square entrance 2 from above so that there is no gap between the square entrance 2 and the raised bottom part 19.
5 is extended. This stopper 25 is integrally formed with the casing 1 and forms a part of the left side surface thereof in FIG.

The spring 24 urges the square 18 to the left in FIG. 1, that is, in the direction of pulling the square 18 out of the casing 1.

(b Operation) In the normal state, the square 18 is moved to the first position by the force of the spring 24.
It is located at the location shown by the two-dot chain line in the figure, and does not enter into the casing 1. In this state, the bait supplied from the hopper 16 is at the bottom b of case 1.
At the top, the right half of the square 18 (that is, the part to the right of the raised bottom 19 of the square 18) is filled.

Next, when the cell 18 is pushed to the right in FIG. 1 with a hand or finger against the force of the spring 24 and moved to the point shown by the solid line, the bait filling the cell 18 is pushed onto the side wall 20 of the raised bottom 19. The bait is twisted and pushed to the right, and falls from the bait outlet 4. That is, the bait is cut out. Even if a grain of bait were to get caught between the side wall of the raised bottom part 19 and the end of the bait outlet 4 of the casing 1 when the square 18 moved to the right, the flap 6 would be moved by the force of the spring 10. The bait is rotated clockwise against the pressure so that the bait is smoothly discharged from the bait outlet 4. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the bait from being bitten, and it is also possible to prevent the bait from interfering with the smooth movement of the square 18 or from collapsing due to the biting.

Also, when the square 18 enters the casing 1 and cuts out the bait, the bait that was present at the top of the right half of the square 18 in FIG. The bait blocking plate 11 can prevent most of the bait from moving to the right side according to the movement of the square 18 and being discharged from the bait outlet 4.
It is possible to prevent large variations in the amount of times to be cut out.

This point will be explained in detail as follows. That is, in this pet bait cutting device, the part of the bait that filled the right half of the box 1 and pushed by the raised bottom part 19 is discharged from the bait outlet 4, and the amount of bait cut out at one time is Basically, the volume is approximately equal to the volume of the raised bottom portion 19. However, when the square 18 is located as shown by the two-dot chain line, even the bait that was present in the right half of the square 1 at a higher place than the raised bottom 19 is moved by the movement of the raised bottom 19 of the square 1. The bait moves to the right and is about to be discharged from the bait outlet 4. If the amount of bait discharged in this manner increases, the amount of bait cut out will vary greatly. However, since the bait blocking plate 11 extends into the casing 1 from above and blocks the movement of the bait present on the moving raised bottom part 19, the amount of bait falling from above the raised bottom part 19 into the square entrance 4 can be reduced. I can do it. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the variation in the amount of bait cut out at one time.

It is preferable that the distance between the tip of the bait blocking plate 11 and the raised bottom portion 19 when the box 1 enters the casing 1 be slightly larger than the diameter of one grain of bait.
This is because if the interval is smaller than the diameter of the bait, there is a risk that the bait will get caught between the raised bottom part 19 and the bait shielding plate 11 when moving through the square 18, and if the interval is smaller than the diameter of the bait, This is because if there is, the bait blocking plate 11 will not be able to sufficiently inhibit the movement of bait.

Next, when you release your hand or finger from square 18, square 18
It moves to the left by the force of the spring 24 and returns to its original normal state. Then, the bait present on the raised bottom part 19 falls onto the bottom b of the casing 1 and fills the right half of the square 18. At this time, the stopper 25 can prevent the bait on the raised bottom part 19 from spilling out of the casing 1 due to the movement of the square 18. In addition, the alignment plates 22, 22, 22 are
It plays a role in arranging the baits to prevent them from sticking to each other and causing bridging. Therefore, the alignment plates 22, 22, 22 can prevent the bait from becoming clogged in the box 18 due to the bridging and not coming out smoothly from the bait outlet 4 during the next cutting.

Each time the square 18 is moved to make a cut, the lever 13 is swung in conjunction with the square 18, thereby imparting vibration to the stored bait and breaking the bridge. This is because when the square 18 moves to the right in FIG.
The lever 13 is pushed by the step 21 of the spring 1
It rotates counterclockwise against the force of 5. When the square 18 returns to its original position, the lever 13 is rotated clockwise by the force of the spring 15 and returns to its original state. That is, the lever 13 is interlocked with the box 18 and swings for each cutting operation, giving vibration to the bait within the hopper 16. As a result, casing 1
It is possible to prevent the bait waiting to be fed from forming bridging and clogging, and to ensure smooth movement of the bait on the entrance side of the casing 1.

The pet food cutting device described above is only one embodiment of the pet food cutting device of the present invention, and various variations of the present invention can be considered. For example, by making the bait blocking plate 11 movable and changing the distance from the raised bottom portion 19 depending on the bait, it may be possible to handle many types of bait with different particle sizes.
In addition, by making the hole formed in the lever 13 through which the shaft 14 passes (not shown in the drawing) into a long hole, when the square 18 moves, it does not rotate purely around the shaft 14, but in the vertical direction. The bait may be rotated in a complex manner with movement to give more complex vibrations to the bait to further increase the bridge breaking effect.

(H Effect of the invention) As described above, the pet food cutting device of the present invention has a square entrance/exit formed on one end surface, the half of the ceiling on the square entrance/exit side is open, and the upper part of the opening is where the food is stored. It has a casing with a bait outlet formed in the half of the bottom on the side of the inlet/outlet, and has approximately the same length as the casing, with one half of the bottom open and the other half raised. a square, which is slidably fitted into the casing from the end opposite to the raised bottom side through the square entrance and exit, and a vibration generating means that vibrates the bait in the bait storage section in conjunction with the square; It is characterized by having the following.

Therefore, according to the pet bait cutting device of the present invention, when the box is moved to a position where the raised bottom part is approximately exposed outside the casing, the bait in the bait storage section is moved by its own weight onto the bottom of the casing and into the other half of the box. After that, when the box is moved inside the casing, the bait on the bottom of the casing is pushed by the raised bottom and falls from the bait outlet and is discharged. Therefore, the bait can be cut out in approximately constant amounts.

Since the bait fed into the casing is vibrated in conjunction with the cutting operation of the box, the vibration can break the bait bridge every time the box is cut out. Therefore, even if the feed supply port is narrow, clogging of the feed can be prevented.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 3 are for explaining one embodiment of the pet food cutting device of the present invention, in which Figure 1 is a sectional view, Figure 2 is a bottom view, and Figure 3 is a perspective view of a square. It is. Explanation of symbols, 1...Casing, 2...Mass entrance/exit, 3, 16...Bait storage section, 4...Bait outlet, 1
3...Vibration generating means, 18...Sho, 19...Raised bottom.

Claims (1)

[Claim for Utility Model Registration] A masu entrance/exit is formed on one end surface, the half of the ceiling on the masu entrance/exit side is opened, the upper part of the opening is used as a bait storage area, and the half of the bottom on the opposite masu entrance/exit side is opened. a casing with a bait outlet formed therein; a casing having approximately the same length as the casing; the bottom is open in one half and raised in the other half; A pet food cutting device characterized by comprising: a box slidably inserted into the box from a side end; and vibration generating means that works in conjunction with the box to vibrate the bait in the bait storage section. .