The present application relates to the technical field of animal automatic raising, in particular to an animal water dispenser.
With the development of society and the improvement of living standards, raising animals has become a common practice, cats and dogs are the most common animals. A relatively high amount of water is contained in a body of an animal, and the animal need to take in enough water every day to maintain its health. Accordingly, many related products have been developed, and the animal water dispenser is one of those.
Most of the animal water dispensers on the market have automatic water outlets. An animal water dispenser generally includes a water storage tank, a water pump, and a drinking basin. Due to the complex surface structure of the water pump, for example, there are many radiating ribs on the surface of the water pump, and there are also positioning ribs on the surface of the water pump for ensuring the stable placement of the water pump, or the like, the bottom surface of the water storage tank will be complicatedly configured correspondingly in order to install the water pump, which makes it difficult to clean the surfaces of the water pump and the water storage tank.
One of the objectives of embodiments of the present application is to provide an animal water dispenser, which aims to solve a problem of difficulty in cleaning due to complicated structures of surfaces of the water pump and the water storage tank in the related art.
To solve the above technical problem, a technical solution adopted in the embodiments of the present application is that:
in a first aspect, an animal water dispenser is provided, including a water storage tank, a water pump being provided at a bottom of the water storage tank, a bottom of the water pump being flat, and an outer periphery of the water pump being provided with a water inlet side, a limit side and two positioning sides, water in the water storage tank entering the water pump from the water inlet side, the limit side being provided opposite to the water inlet side, and the two positioning sides being opposite to each other and both connected with the water inlet side and the limit side; a positioning block being convexly provided on each of the positioning sides, a positioning hole being defined on each of the positioning blocks, positioning columns being convexly provided on the bottom of the water storage tank, two positioning holes being respectively sleeved on the two positioning columns correspondingly, the bottom of the water storage tank being convexly provided with a baffle for abutting against the limit side.
In one embodiment, each of the positioning columns is ladder-shaped, and each of the positioning columns comprises a large-diameter section connected with the bottom of the water storage tank, and a small-diameter section connected with the large-diameter section, each of the positioning holes is a ladder-shaped hole and comprises a large-diameter hole matched with the large-diameter section, and a small-diameter hole connected with the large-diameter hole and matched with the small-diameter section.
In one embodiment, the water inlet side of the water pump is provided with a detachable installation frame, and the installation frame is provided with a sponge for filtration of the water in the water storage tank.
In one embodiment, each of the positioning sides is defined with a sliding groove extended in a vertical direction, the installation frame is provided around an outer periphery of the water inlet side and at least part of the positioning sides, and two ends of the installation frame are clamped in two sliding grooves of the positioning sides, correspondingly.
In one embodiment, the bottom of the water storage tank is recessed from an outside to an inside to form hand clasp grooves for hand to hand, and the hand clasp grooves are evenly distributed around the bottom of the water storage tank, and a concave depth of each hand clasp groove is gradually decreased from a periphery of the water storage tank to a center of the bottom.
In one embodiment, a viewing window is defined on a side wall of the water storage tank, and a transparent strip is provided at the viewing window and extended along a height direction of the water storage tank and provided with a scale line for reflecting a height of the water in the water storage tank.
In one embodiment, at least one of the limit side and the two positioning sides is provided with a water level detector for detecting a water level in the water storage tank, and an inside of the water pump is provided with a circuit board which is respectively electrically connected with the water level detector and the water pump and configured to determine whether to control the water pump to power off according to the water level sent by the water level detector, and the circuit board is sealed in the water pump by epoxy resin.
In one embodiment, the animal water dispenser further comprises a drinking basin and a filter assembly, the drinking basin comprises a suction pipe and a ring sink, and the suction pipe is connected between the water pump and the ring sink, water exceeding a first height in the ring sink automatically flow downward through the filter assembly and back to the water storage tank.
In one embodiment, the ring sink comprises an inner wall, a sink bottom and an outer wall sequentially connected from an inside to an outside, and the suction pipe is connected with a center of the inner wall, the inner wall has a steep downward slope from the suction pipe to the sink bottom, and the inner wall is provided with water flow steps distributed along an circumferential direction and recessed inward, and the water flow steps are extended from a center of the inner wall to the sink bottom, and a width of each of the water flow steps in the circumferential direction is gradually increased from the center of the inner wall to the sink bottom.
In one embodiment, an outer edge of the outer wall is provided with a plurality of water outlet grooves distributed along the circumferential direction and configured for the water and foreign matters to flow to the filter assembly, and the water outlet grooves are extended in the circumferential direction of the outer wall.
The beneficial effects of the animal water dispenser provided by the embodiments of the present application are: compared with the related art, the water pump of the animal water dispenser of the present application has a flat bottom, such that the water pump can be placed stably without positioning ribs, and the water pump and the water storage tank are installed and connected through simple positioning blocks and baffles, so that only two positioning blocks are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the water pump, and only two positioning columns and one baffle are provided at the bottom of the water storage tank, so that the surface structures of the water pump and the water storage tank are simple and easy to be cleaned, and the water pump and the water storage tank are easy to be disassembled, replaced and maintained.
In order to more clearly describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the embodiments or exemplary technical descriptions. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are merely for some embodiments of the present application, for those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings may be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.
In order to make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present application more clear, the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are only used to explain the present invention, and are not used to limit the present application.
It should be noted that when a component is referred to as being “fixed to” or “provided on” another component, it can be directly or indirectly on the other component. When a component is defined to be “connected with” another component, it can be directly or indirectly connected with the other component. The terms “upper”, “lower”, “left”, “right”, etc. indicate an orientation relationship or a positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for ease of illustration, and do not indicate or imply the device or the element referred to must have a specific orientation and be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore they cannot be construed as limitations of the present application. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms can be understood according to specific conditions. The terms “first” and “second” are only used for ease of illustration, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features. The meaning of “plurality” means two or more than two, unless otherwise specifically defined.
In order to illustrate the technical solutions described in the present application, the following detailed descriptions are given in conjunction with specific drawings and embodiments.
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The animal water dispenser includes a water storage tank 1 and a water pump 2. An inner surface of the water storage tank 1 is smooth. The water pump 2 is provided at a bottom of the water storage tank 1. The water pump 2 is square, and a bottom of the water pump 2 is flat, and an outer periphery of the water pump 2 are provided with a water inlet side 21, a limit side 22 and two positioning sides 23. Water in the water storage tank 1 enters the water pump 2 from the water inlet side 21. The limit side 22 is provided opposite to the water inlet side 21, and the two positioning sides 23 are opposite to each other and both connected with the water inlet side 21 and the limit side 22. A positioning block 24 is convexly provided on each positioning side 23. A positioning hole 240 is defined on each positioning block 24. Positioning columns 11 are convexly provided on the bottom of the water storage tank 1, and two positioning holes 240 are respectively sleeved on the two positioning columns 11 correspondingly. The bottom of the water storage tank 1 is convexly provided with a baffle 12 for abutting against the limit side 22.
In this embodiment, when installing the water pump 2, first the water pump 2 is stably placed on the bottom of the water storage tank 1, and then the two positioning holes 240 are directly sleeved on the two positioning columns 11 respectively, and finally the baffle 12 is made to abut against the limit side 22. Or in order to install the water pump 2 stably, a suction cup can be provided at the bottom of the water pump 2, and the water pump 2 can be more stably installed at the bottom of the water storage tank 1 through the suction cup. When the water storage tank 1 and the water pump 2 need to be cleaned, the water pump 2 can be directly removed from the water storage tank 1 for cleaning.
The animal water dispenser provided by the present application is to provide the water pump 2 with a flat bottom, which can be placed stably without positioning ribs, and the water pump 2 and the water storage tank 1 are simply installed and connected through the positioning blocks 24 and the baffle 12, so that the outer peripheral surface of the water pump 2 is provided with only two positioning blocks 24, and the bottom of the water storage tank 1 is provided with only two positioning columns 11 and a baffle 12, the surfaces of the water pump 2 and the water storage tank 1 have simple structures and are easy to be cleaned, and the water pump 2 and the water storage tank 1 are easy to be disassembled, replaced and maintained.
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Specifically, the installation frame 3 includes a bottom plate 31 and a side plate 32. The bottom plate 31 is in a shape of a flat plate. The bottom plate 31 is provided with an U-shaped groove 310. An opening of the U-shaped groove 310 faces toward the water pump 2, and the U-shaped groove 310 is sleeved on the water inlet side 21 and parts of the positioning sides 23 of the water pump 2. The side plate 32 extends vertically upward from the outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate 31, two ends of the side plate 32 are slidably provided in the two sliding grooves 25, and the bottom plate 31 and the side plate 32 are evenly distributed with through holes 30 for the water in the water storage tank 1 to enter.
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Specifically, in this embodiment, the viewing window 14 is provided stepped, and a periphery of the transparent strip 4 is stepped. The transparent strip 4 is made of soft rubber material, so that the transparent strip 4 can be clamped to the viewing window 14. Understandably, in other embodiments of the present application, according to actual conditions and specific requirements, the transparent strip 4 may be made of a hard transparent material, and the transparent strip 4 may be provided on the viewing window 14 through an adhesive or a fastener, which is not uniquely limited here.
In this embodiment, the transparent strip 4 is in a waist shape and beautiful in structure. Understandably, in other embodiments of the present application, the transparent strip 4 may be rectangular or in another shape, which is not exclusively limited here.
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Specifically, the suction pipe 61 is provided in a vertical direction, a water inlet of the suction pipe 61 is connected with the water pump 2, a water outlet of the suction pipe 61 is connected with the ring sink 62, and the suction pipe 61 sequentially penetrates and passes the water storage tank 1 and the filter assembly 7.
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In this embodiment, the ring sink 62 is provided with four water outlet grooves 6231, and the water outlet grooves 6231 are evenly spaced along the circumferential direction of the annular water groove 62. Understandably, in other embodiments of the present invention, three, five, or more than five water outlet grooves 6231 may be provided on the ring sink 62, and a spaces between adjacent water outlet grooves may also be set to be unequal according to actual conditions, which is not uniquely limited here.
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The above are only optional embodiments of the present application, and are not used to limit the present application. For those skilled in the art, the present application can have various modifications and changes. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the scope of the claims of the present application.
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201920867954.0 | Jun 2019 | CN | national |
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2020/094194, filed on Jun. 3, 2020, which claims priority to Chinese Application No. 201920867954.0, filed on Jun. 6, 2019. The entire disclosures of the aforementioned applications are incorporated herein by reference.
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Parent | PCT/CN2020/094194 | Jun 2020 | US |
Child | 17334822 | US |