JPH10150877A - Housing box for pet and other animals - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To miniaturize the housing box of an animal or the like allowing a simple the filth processing of excreta or the like and preventing the generation of a trouble in an air control part and at a low a cost. SOLUTION: This housing box is formed by being trisected into an entirely or partially transparent housing box body 1 for which a gateway with a door is formed at one part and a floor member 12 provided with a clearance 12a is freely attachably and detachably attached near a lower end opening part 1f, the air control part 2 for which a cooling container 17 housing a cooling material 17a, a heater 18 and a fan 19 are disposed inside a ventilation path 16 inside a case 2a and a rack 3 for installing the housing box body 1 and the air control part 2 side by side on a floor plate 3b. They are freely attachably and detachably combined, a filth housing chamber B is formed between the housing box body 1 and the rack 3 and the inside of the housing chamber A and the filth housing chamber B respectively and the ventilation path 16 of the air control part 2 are respectively communicated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to the treatment of hyperthermia and other diseases of pets and other animals such as dogs and cats, or home pet houses, pet hotels, pet beauty salons,
The present invention relates to a pet shop, and more particularly, to a box for storing pets and other animals suitable for use in incubators for newborns.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, veterinary hospitals have used a medical storage box for cooling the body of a pet or the like such as a dog or a cat when the pet or the like suffers from heat stroke or sunstroke.
The treatment storage box has a room for pets and the like,
In the lower part of this room, cooling / heating and dehumidifying and humidifying functions,
An air conditioner (air conditioner) having a sterilizing function and the like is installed and integrally configured.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional medical storage box, the disposal of excrement such as manure discharged by a pet or the like in a room is performed by moving the storage box to another place. It is necessary to carry out such a processing work, which is very troublesome, not only takes time and labor, but also has a high weight and a heavy labor due to its integral structure. Also,
If a waste tray is installed at the bottom of the room in a drawer system, the waste tray must be pulled out and moved to another place to dispose of the waste. There is such a problem.

[0004] Further, the air conditioner has a structure similar to that of a house, and is large and structurally complicated. For this reason, a sufficient space is required for the installation, and a considerably large space needs to be secured for the installation. In addition, there is a problem that the price becomes expensive.

Further, in a configuration in which an air conditioner is provided in the lower part of a room, urine of a pet or the like easily flows into the air conditioner, and a trouble is likely to occur in an electric system. There is also a problem that the operation sound of the air conditioner becomes noise.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of such a number of technical problems, and it is possible to easily carry out waste disposal such as manure at the installation position by washing with water without moving the waste to another location. It is hygienic and can protect the air control unit against water washing, can easily follow up the trouble of the air control unit, can easily secure the cooling capacity, and can be downsized. An object of the present invention is to provide a storage box for pets and other animals that can be provided at a low cost with a simple configuration.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the container for pets and other animals of the present invention is entirely or partially transparent so that the inside can be seen through, and partially puts animals in and out. An entrance with a door is formed, and at the lower end opening,
A storage box for storing an animal or the like in which a floor member having a gap for dropping waste such as animal waste is detachably provided, and a ventilation path in a case, and air is provided in the ventilation path. A coolant container containing a coolant for cooling, and a heater for heating air. An air control unit in which a blower fan or the like is provided, the housing box, and the air control unit are formed so as to be placed side by side, and are formed between a floor plate and a floor member of the housing box. And a base having a discharge port for waste, washing water, etc. formed at the bottom of the waste storage chamber, and these are removably combined to form an air blowing path end of the air control unit and a storage box. It is characterized in that the inside of the body and the inside of the waste accommodating chamber are communicated with each other through a ventilation port and a ventilation port.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the housing box and the air control box are fitted and placed side by side on the bottom plate of the gantry with the fitting peripheral edge thereof in a state where the sides face each other. When the blower fan of the air control unit is started, the air in the ventilation path in which the fan is provided is blown into the housing box from the blower opening by the fan.

[0009] The air inside the storage box is supplied to the waste storage chamber between the floor member and the floor plate of the pedestal through the gap in the floor member below the storage box, and is then supplied to the lower part of the ventilation path through the exhaust port. Is done. The air blown into the air passage is blown from the lower part to the upper part of the air passage by the above-described fan, and at this time, the air is blown along the outer wall surface of the coolant container inside the air passage. You will be bothered. Then, since the outer wall surface is cooled by the coolant contained in the coolant container, heat exchange is performed during air supply and the air is cooled, and the cooled air is sent to the fan side through the air passage. The air is sent to the inside of the housing box. That is, by the continuous rotation of the fan, the air circulates through the air passage of the control unit, the inside of the storage box, and the inside of the waste storage chamber, and is cooled by the coolant container.

Dirt such as manure and feed debris discharged from pets and the like in the storage box falls into the waste storage chamber from the gap in the floor member. This is achieved by inserting a drain hose from the entrance of the storage box. By draining the water, it can be discharged to the outside together with the washing water through the outlet at the bottom. Therefore,
By connecting the outlet and drainage with pipes, hoses, etc., the storage box is not moved to another place, even if it is installed, the waste disposal and the inside of the storage box, floor member, waste storage room Internal cleaning can be performed.

In the above-mentioned waste disposal by washing with water, if the air control unit is removed from the gantry in advance, the washing water does not scatter into the air control unit through the exhaust port, so that the air can be washed with water. The control unit can be protected.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3, 1
Is a housing box for holding pets and the like, 2 is an air control unit for adjusting air, and 3 is a rack for mounting the housing box 1 and the air control unit 2 side by side by a fitting method. Show.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the housing box 1 has a box-like shape having an opening 1f at the lower end by a top plate 1a, a front plate 1b, a back plate 1c, and left and right side plates 1d and 1e. Is formed. The housing box 1 is entirely formed of a high-strength colorless or colored transparent plate so that the inside of a housing of a pet or the like (not shown) can be seen through from the outside. The doors 5 and 5 made of a transparent plate for opening and closing the doors 5 are pivotally mounted on the front plate 1b so as to be openable and closable with hinges 6... It is.

Small windows 8, 8 are formed substantially below the central portions of the doors 5, 5 for putting pet feed into the housing box 1 and for putting in a not-shown washing hose or the like. In these, a transparent opening / closing lid 9 is pivotally provided so that it can be opened and closed by a hinge 10 and can be locked in a closed state by a stopper 11.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the lower part of the housing box 1 is moved downward so that the body is not contaminated with unshown excrement or the like discharged from a pet or the like. A floor member 12 having a large number of gaps 12a which can be dropped is detachably arranged in a horizontal state.

The floor member 12 substantially constitutes a floor for a storage room A for pets and the like formed inside the storage box body 1. Therefore, the floor member, wire net, A lattice or the like is used. In addition, this floor member 12
Is divided into a plurality of pieces (two pieces in the illustrated example) so that the storage box 1
The front plate 1b, the back plate 1c, and the left and right side plates 1d, 1e are mounted on a receiving portion 13 which is horizontally fixed to the lower part of each inner surface.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the one side plate 1e of the housing box 1 has a blow port 14 for taking in air from outside to the upper portion of the housing chamber A.
An exhaust port 15 for discharging air from a waste storage chamber B, which will be described later, formed below the storage chamber A to the outside is opened.

The air outlet 14 is provided with a grid 14a so that dust or the like does not enter the accommodation room A from the outside or a pet or the like touches a component such as a fan on the air control unit 2 side.
Is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, guide rails 15a, 15a each having a substantially concave cross section are provided inside the upper and lower opening edges of the exhaust port 15 at predetermined intervals in the front-rear direction. The two guide rails 15a,
A strip-shaped slide plate 15c is inserted into a vertically elongated hole 15b penetratingly formed in the front plate 1b so as to be able to be inserted and removed, facing the front end of the front plate 1b. A small mesh 15e is stretched in the window hole 15d which is opened to a size of approximately. This prevents hair, dust, and the like of the pet and the like, which have fallen into the waste accommodating chamber B, from entering the air control unit 2 through the exhaust port 15, and removes the hair, dust, and the like attached to the mesh 15e from the slide plate 15e. The mesh 15e can be easily cleaned and washed by clogging.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the air control section 2 includes a case 2a which is a main body of the air control section 2.
b, the front plate 2c, the back plate 2d, the left and right side plates 2e, 2f, and the bottom plate 2g have the same height as the above-mentioned storage box 1 and are formed vertically long.

In the case 2a, as shown in FIG. 1, an air passage 16 is formed vertically long. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, when the air control unit 2 is placed side by side on the gantry 3 by a fitting method, as shown in FIGS. The upper end opening 16a opened near the upper end is the same as the storage box 1 described above.
And the lower end opening 16b formed near the lower end of the side plate 2e communicates with the exhaust port 15 of the housing box 1, and the storage room A for pets and the like in the storage box 1 It is formed so as to communicate with the chamber B.

As shown in FIG. 1, a coolant container 17 for storing a coolant 17a, such as dry ice, for cooling the air is provided in the air passage 16 and below the same.
A heater 18 for heating the air and a fan 19 for circulating the air are provided on the upper side.

As shown in FIG. 4, the coolant container 17 is made of stainless steel, aluminum, or other metal material having good thermal conductivity in a cylindrical shape or a rectangular tube shape. A screw portion 19b is engraved on the surface, and a screw lid 20 is detachably and air-tightly screwed on the screw portion 20 via a packing 21. Further, a gas discharge hole 22 is formed at the rear end by a pipe or the like, so that a gas generated when the coolant 17a such as dry ice hermetically closed and stored therein sublimates is released to the outside.

As shown in FIG. 4, the coolant container 17 is fixedly inserted into the case 2a through a mounting hole 23 formed through the front plate 2c of the case 2a. The formed pipe 22a is penetrated to the outside through a hole 24 formed through the back plate 2d of the case 2a. Therefore, as indicated by the arrow in FIG. 1, the air is cooled when it is blown in the air passage 16 along the outer wall surface of the coolant container 17. The coolant 17a can be taken in and out of the coolant container 17 by removing the screw cap 20 from the outside.

A drive source such as a motor (not shown) for rotating the fan 19 is disposed at a desired position in the case 2a. Further, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 1, the air passage 16 in the case 2a has a thermoelectric section 25, a radiating chamber 26,
A dehumidifier 27 and a drainage unit (not shown) are provided. still,
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 28 denotes a temperature sensor.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the gantry 3 is formed by horizontally fixing a floor plate 3b on an underframe 3a. The floor plate 3b has a dimension in the biaxial direction in which the storage box 1 and the air control unit 2 can be placed, and the storage box 1 and the air control unit 2 are detachably mounted on the upper surface by a fitting method. The fitting edge 3c is set up on the floor plate 3b so that
A notch 3d is formed at the position of the fitting peripheral edge 3c facing the front plate 2c of the case 2a in the air control unit 2 (the front right side in FIG. 2) so that the air control unit 2 can be fitted and removed from both the upper side and the front side. Let me do it.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a portion of the floor plate 3b on which the housing box 1 is mounted by a fitting method is provided with a discharge port 29 for unshown dirt such as manure and washing water. The discharge path 31 is formed by connecting the discharge pipe 30 to the drain port 29. The discharge pipe 30 is disposed in the underframe 3a, extends to the outside, and is connected to a not-shown drain or the like.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a portion of the floor plate 3b on which the housing box 1 is placed is a peripheral portion 3e.
Is formed so as to be inclined downward toward the discharge port 29 side.
It is convenient because it flows toward the side.

The floor plate 3 of the gantry 3 thus formed
The above-mentioned housing box 1 is pushed from above and fitted and placed on the inside of the fitting peripheral edge 3c, and the air control unit 2 is pushed from the front by the cutout 3d of the peripheral edge 3c and fitted. As a result, the housing box 1 and the air control unit 2 are removably and integrally assembled with the gantry 3 as shown in FIG. 2 with the side plates 1e and 2e abutting against each other. Further, by assembling in this manner, a filth storage room B such as manure is formed between the floor member 12 in the storage box 1 and the floor plate 3b of the gantry 3, and the inside of the filth storage room B and the The inside of the accommodation room A is communicated with the air passage 16 in the air control unit 2 through the air outlet 15 and the air outlet 14.

The housing box 1 described above may be made of, for example, doors 5, 5 instead of being formed entirely of a transparent body as in the illustrated embodiment.
Only, or doors 5, 5 and front plate 1b, and further top plate 1a,
Only a part, such as another part, can be formed transparent.

[0031]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, the discharge port is connected to a drainage ditch or the like by a pipe or the like, so that it is not necessary to move to another place, and it is installed at a predetermined position. Thus, it is possible to easily perform treatment of excrement and other dirt such as pets and cleaning of a floor member inside the storage chamber and the interior of the waste storage chamber by washing with water using a drain hose or the like.

Further, since the housing box, the air control unit, and the gantry are divided into three parts, and these are detachably combined, the air control unit is removed in advance before washing with water. Washing water and sewage do not enter the air control unit, so that the air control unit can be completely protected when washing with water, and when the electric system or other trouble occurs, only the air control unit can be removed from the stand, making it easy. You can follow.

Further, since a commercially available coolant (for example, dry ice or the like) is used, a cooling function can be easily ensured, and there is no operation noise and the cost is low.

Furthermore, since it can be divided into three parts and individually carried out and carried in, it is easy to handle, and a simple configuration can reduce the space and cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing one embodiment of a storage box for pets and other animals according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Housing box 1f Lower end opening part 2 Air control part 2a Case 3 Stand 3b Floor plate 3c Fitting peripheral edge 4 Doorway 12 Floor member 12a Air gap 14 Ventilation opening 15 Ventilation opening 16 Ventilation passage 17 Coolant container 17a Coolant 18 Heater 19 Fan 29 Outlet B Waste storage room

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A space in which the whole or a part is transparent so that the inside can be seen through, a doorway with a door for taking in and out of an animal or the like is formed in a part, and a gap for dropping waste such as animal waste is provided in a lower end opening. A storage box for receiving an animal or the like having a detachable floor member, and a ventilation path in the case, and a cooling material for cooling air is stored in the ventilation path. An air control unit in which a coolant container, a heater for air heating, a fan for blowing air, etc. are provided; the housing box and the air control unit are formed so as to be placed side by side; It is divided into three parts: a base having a discharge port for waste, washing water, etc. formed at the bottom of the waste storage chamber formed between the floor member of the box and the base. The ventilation path end of the control unit, the inside of the storage box, and the inside of the waste storage chamber A storage box for pets and other animals, which is made to communicate with each other via a.