JP-7856479-B2 - Animal toilet

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Inventors

吉永隼士

Assignees

株式会社大貴

Dates

Publication Date: 20260511
Application Date: 20220502

Claims (16)

A main body having a bottom and side sections, which receives excreted urine, The main body comprises a partition that divides the internal space into an upper space and a lower space, The partition consists only of first and second plate-like members that do not have through holes. A gap exists between the first plate-shaped member and the second plate-shaped member that allows the urine to pass through. An animal toilet characterized in that a plurality of granular bodies are laid on the first plate-like member to directly receive the excreted urine.
In the animal toilet according to claim 1 , The upper surface of the first plate-like member is flat, which is the animal toilet.
In the animal toilet according to claim 1 , The first plate-shaped member is an animal toilet that is detachable from the main body.
In the animal toilet according to claim 1 , The thickness of the first plate-like member is 5 mm or less for the animal toilet.
In the animal toilet according to claim 1 , The upper surface of the second plate-like member is flat, which is the animal toilet.
In the animal toilet according to claim 1 , The second plate-shaped member is an animal toilet that is detachable from the main body.
In the animal toilet according to claim 1 , In a plan view, a portion of the second plate-like member overlaps a portion of the first plate-like member in this animal toilet.
In the animal toilet according to claim 1 , The second plate-like member is an animal toilet having the same shape and size as the first plate-like member.
In the animal toilet according to claim 1 , The thickness of the second plate-like member is 5 mm or less for the animal toilet.
In the animal toilet according to claim 1 , An animal toilet in which the area of each of the first and second plate-like members is 60% or less of the area of the bottom surface when viewed from above.
In the animal toilet according to claim 1 , An animal toilet provided in the aforementioned upper space and comprising a plurality of hydrophobic granular materials.
In the animal toilet according to claim 11 , Each of the aforementioned granular materials is an animal toilet made primarily from organic matter.
In the animal toilet according to claim 12 , Each of the aforementioned granular materials is an animal toilet made solely of organic matter.
In the animal toilet according to claim 1 , The main body consists of a single container, which is an animal toilet.
In the animal toilet according to claim 1 , An animal toilet provided in the lower space and equipped with an absorbent sheet for absorbing the urine.
In the animal toilet according to claim 15 , The system includes a drawer section in which the absorbent sheet is housed, An opening is formed in the side portion of the main body, The aforementioned drawer section is an animal toilet that can be inserted into and removed from the main body through the aforementioned opening.

Description

This invention relates to an animal toilet. Conventional animal toilets include, for example, the one described in Patent Document 1. The animal toilet described in that document comprises a main body (tray) for receiving excreted urine, and a partition (balustrade) that divides the internal space of the main body into an upper space and a lower space. The partition has numerous through-holes for urine to pass through. Multiple granular materials with low water absorption are laid in the upper space (above the partition). An absorbent sheet for absorbing urine is placed in the lower space. Japanese Patent Publication No. 2003-180182 This is an end view showing one embodiment of an animal toilet according to the present invention.This is an end view showing one embodiment of an animal toilet according to the present invention.This is an end view showing the main body portion 10.This is a front view showing the main body 10.This is a plan view showing the main body 10 and the partition 20.This is a plan view showing the main body 10 and the plate-shaped member 22.This is a plan view showing the main body 10 and the plate-shaped member 24.This is a perspective view showing the drawer section 50.This is a plan view illustrating one modified example of the partition section 20.This is an end view along the line X-X in Figure 9.This is a plan view illustrating other variations of the partition section 20.This is an end view along the line XII-XII in Figure 11.This is an end view illustrating a modified example of the main body 10. The embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. In the description of the drawings, identical elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant descriptions are omitted. Figures 1 and 2 are end views showing one embodiment of the animal toilet according to the present invention. The animal toilet 1 comprises a main body 10, a partition 20, a plurality of granular materials 30, an absorbent sheet 40, and a drawer 50. The main body 10 has a bottom surface 10a and side surfaces 10b. The main body 10 consists of a single container. The main body 10 receives excreted urine. The external shape of the main body 10 is approximately a rectangular parallelepiped. The planar shape of the main body 10 is approximately a rectangle. Here, "approximately a rectangle" includes not only rectangles but also shapes close to a rectangle, such as a rounded rectangle. Figures 1 and 2 show end faces perpendicular to the long and short sides of the rectangle, respectively. Figures 3 and 4 are end view and front view, respectively, of the main body 10. An opening 12 for inserting and removing the drawer 50 is formed in the side portion 10b of the main body 10. The opening 12 is located near the bottom portion 10a and has a horizontally elongated rectangular shape. The length of the opening 12 in the horizontal direction (left-right direction in Figure 4) is approximately equal to the width (internal dimension) of the main body 10, for example, 20 cm to 40 cm. The length of the opening 12 in the vertical direction (up-down direction in Figure 4) is, for example, 2 cm to 5 cm. For the material of the main body 10, plastics such as polypropylene and polyethylene can be used. The partition 20 is positioned at a distance from both the upper end of the main body 10 (side portion 10b) and the absorbent sheet 40. This divides the internal space of the main body 10 into an upper space S1 and a lower space S2. The upper space S1 is located above the partition 20 and is the space where multiple granular materials 30 are laid. The lower space S2 is located below the partition 20 and is the space where urine accumulates. Figure 5 is a plan view showing the main body 10 and the partition 20. The end faces shown in Figures 1 and 2 correspond to the end faces along lines I-I and II-II in Figure 5, respectively. The partition 20 includes a plate-like member 22 (first plate-like member) and a plate-like member 24 (second plate-like member). The partition 20 consists only of the plate-like member 22 and the plate-like member 24. The plate-like member 22 is a single, substantially rectangular plate. The upper and lower surfaces of the plate-like member 22 are flat. The thickness of the plate-like member 22 is constant, preferably 5 mm or less. Between the side portion 10b and the plate-like member 22, there is a gap G1 (first gap) through which urine can pass, as shown in Figure 6. This figure is a diagram in which the plate-like member 24 is omitted from the illustration in Figure 5. The plate-like member 22 does not have a through hole. Here, a through-hole is a hole that penetrates the plate-like member 22 and allows urine to pass through; its shape and size are not specified as long as urine can pass through it. The plate-shaped member 22 is inclined downward toward the gap G1 (see Figure 1). The inclination angle of the plate-shaped member 22 is prefe