JP2003219748A - Excrement collector - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an excrement-receiving type excrement collector which can be applied not only to large dogs but also to small dogs, has versatility, is small and light, and can easily be handled. <P>SOLUTION: A support band 10 whose ring can freely be expanded or contracted is attached to the tip of a handle 1, and the opening 2a of the excrement-receiving bag 2 is held with the support band 10 in a ring shape to receive excrement from the opening 2a. The support band 10 is tightened to close the opening 2a of the bag. An auxiliary band 20 is attached to a place near to the tip of the handle 1. The approximately central portion of the excrement-receiving bag 2 held with the support band 10 is held with the auxiliary band 20 to hold the excrement-receiving bag 2, whereby the carriage of the excrement collector is convenient. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a feces collector used when a pet dog walks.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Many pet dogs have a habit of having a bowel movement during an outdoor walk, and it is desirable for the sake of public health that pet owners collect feces excreted by dogs and treat them after taking them home. I'm going out for a walk on the dog with the tools for treating the dung. There are plastic bags and scoops that are simple feces processing tools, but since these are not easy to use, feces collectors for feces processing have been marketed and are now widely used in consideration of usability.

[0003]

Most of the feces collectors are portable, and their structures are largely of a bucket type for scraping ground feces and a receiving type for receiving feces in a paper box or bag before falling on the ground. Be separated. While the former bucket type has a good appearance,
There are drawbacks such as deposits of feces on the ground for collecting feces on the ground, and difficult to collect if the feces are scattered on the ground. The latter is to receive defecation by placing a paper box or plastic bag under the dog's buttocks during defecation, which is hygienic because the feces do not fall to the ground.

As the receiving type dung catcher, a foldable paper box only, or a dung bag in which a paper bag or a plastic bag is detachably attached to the tip of a handle that can be held by one hand is widely used. However, the feces catcher, which is only a paper box, is small and one-handed, and when collecting feces, the owner must bend down near the ground to carry the paper box to the bottom of the dog's buttocks, and wait for the feces to finish, which is not convenient. There are many.

Further, the feces catcher using the handle is excellent in usability because the owner does not have to bend to the ground near the time of collecting feces, but the structure for attaching the feces containing bag to the tip of the handle is complicated and is broken due to the complexity. There are some areas where the rate is high and the economy is low. In particular, a feces containing bag is attached to the tip of the handle so that the bag opening can be opened and closed, and the opening and closing operation of the feces containing bag is performed by the handle of the handle or one-handed operation of a lever provided near the handle. The feces catcher is convenient because it can open and close the feces bag by collecting feces with one hand, but it is complicated and expensive.
The bag opening and closing lever is easily broken and often inconvenient.

[0006] Further, the bucket type or receiving type feces catcher has a size for small dogs to a size for large dogs, and the owner usually purchases a commercial product in consideration of the size. However, if a large dog buys and uses a large dog dung catcher when it is a puppy, it may be too big, and conversely, if a small dog dung catcher is purchased when it is a puppy, as the puppy becomes a large dog. Usability becomes poor. Since such a puppy grows in a short period of about half a year to one year, it is uneconomical to use a small dog feces catcher for only a short period of time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a receiving type feces catcher which has a simple structure and is easy to use and which has excellent versatility and can be effectively used from large dogs to small dogs.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a feces catcher using a handle, wherein the tip of the handle is detachably attached to the opening of the feces containing bag and the opening is expandably and contractably held. It is characterized in that a supporting band for suspending the feces containing bag is attached.

Further, according to the present invention, the substantially central portion of the feces containing bag is detachably attached in a posture in which the feces containing bag held by the supporting band is pulled to the approximately central portion of the handle apart from the tip of the handle. It is characterized by attaching an auxiliary band for holding.

Further, according to the present invention, each of the support band and the auxiliary band has an annular stopper portion fixed to a handle at a rear end portion thereof, and when the band is inserted into the annular stopper portion from the front end side, an arbitrary portion is annular. It features a structure that can be locked to the stopper with one touch.

Here, it is desirable that the handle is a lightweight rod that can be held with one hand and that is made of resin, wood, or aluminum that is long enough for the owner of the dog to collect feces without bending too much. Further, the feces containing bag is a disposable bag such as a plastic bag such as a plastic bag or a paper bag, and it is also effective to use a biodegradable resin bag which is harmlessly decomposed when buried in the soil. The support band that holds the opening of the dung bag is made of a resin of appropriate strength that holds the dung bag with the opening facing upwards with the opening of the dung bag open and with the opening facing upward. The band is suitable, and the auxiliary band attached to the handle together with the support band is also the same as the support band.

These bands are attached to the handle so that they can be tightened and loosened. Further, the support band and the auxiliary band have an annular stopper portion like a buckle of a normal band at the rear end portion, and the band is inserted from the distal end side into the annular stopper portion so that any portion of the band becomes the annular stopper portion. A structure that can be locked with one touch, for example, a structure such as a releasable tie band used when bundling electric wires is desirable.

Further, the feces storage bag is suspended from the tip of the handle while the support band at the tip of the handle opens and holds the feces accommodation bag as it is, and feces are collected in the accommodation bag in this state. When the support band is tightened after collecting feces, the support band closes the opening of the feces containing bag. The support band is a ring at the tip of the handle, and the size of this ring can be changed by tightening and loosening the band, and multiple types with different opening sizes (types such as large dog bags and small dog bags) ) Will be attached to the dung bag, and by selecting the type of bag, it becomes a versatile dung catcher that can be used effectively from large dogs to small dogs.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The feces catcher shown in FIG. 1 has a support band 1 at the tip of a lightweight resin handle 1 which is held by one hand.
0 is attached, and the auxiliary band 20 is attached to a part of the handle 1 slightly apart from the support band 10, and the feces accommodation bag 2 is detachably attached to the support band 10. Handle 1
Is a resin product having a total length of about 30 to 50 cm, has a hollow-structured handle portion 1a that can be held with one hand, and a handle portion 1b integrally extending from the handle portion 1a, and the support band 10 is provided at the tip portion of the handle portion 1b. Is fixed, and the auxiliary band 20 is fixed at a desired distance from the tip of the handle 1b. Auxiliary band 20
Holds the feces containing bag 2 held by the support band 10 so as to embrace it as necessary, as shown in FIG.

The support band 10 has a ring shape on one side of the tip portion of the handle 1 and is a resin band having an appropriate strength for holding the opening 2a of the feces accommodating bag 2 in a ring shape in this ring portion. -Tie band structure is illustrated. The support band 10 has a thin band shape, and the handle 1 is attached to the tip of the handle 1.
It is attached so that the wall thickness appears in the plane including (in FIG. 2), and the ring is formed by bending in the wall thickness direction. This ring can have various sizes such as a large-diameter ring shown by a solid line in FIG. 2 and a small-diameter ring shown by a chain line, and the ring is designed to be enlarged or reduced in a plane including the handle 1. Since the support band 10 forms a ring by bending in the thickness direction that is easily elastically deformed,
The expansion and contraction of the ring is easily performed manually as described later. In addition, since the width direction of the band-shaped support band 10 is in the direction orthogonal to the ring formed by the support band 10, the support band 10 is relatively rigid in the direction orthogonal to the ring and is hard to be deformed in the axial direction. form.

Further, the support band 10 has an annular stopper 10a at the rear end thereof, and the annular stopper 10a is fixed to the tip of the handle 1. The annular stopper 10a slightly projects from the tip of the handle 1. A band rear end portion 10b extending from the stop portion 10a in the direction of the handle 1 penetrates the tip end portion of the handle 1 from one side surface to the opposite side surface, and the penetrated band center portion 10c is on the side of the tip end portion of the handle 1. A circular arc (ring) is drawn, and the band tip portion 10d is inserted into and locked by the annular stopper portion 10a. The rear end portion 10b of the band is fixed to the front end portion of the handle 1 with screws or the like. Further, in addition to or instead of screw fixing, a heat shrinkable tube (not shown) is put on the band rear end portion 10b and the handle 1 and the heat shrinkable tube is shrunk to heat the band back. The end portion 10b may be fixed to the handle 1 and the appearance of the band attaching portion may be improved.

The annular stopper portion 10a shown in the sectional view of FIG. 5 (A) is capable of vibrating about a fulcrum 13 in the through hole 11 through which the band-shaped support band 10 is inserted. It has a ratchet pawl 12 and an operating pawl 14 for swinging the ratchet pawl 12 around a fulcrum 13. Figure 5
(A) shows the normal state, at which time the ratchet pawl 12
Engages with one of a large number of locking grooves 15 formed on the lower surface of the support band 10 by its elastic restoring force, and locks the support band 10 on the annular stop portion 10a.

In the locked state of FIG. 5 (A), when it is attempted to move the support band 10 in the direction in which the ring formed by the support band 10 expands (arrow a), the ratchet pawl 12 bites into the locking groove 15. Strengthen the lock. To enlarge the ring, hold the operating claw 14 with your finger and press the ratchet claw 1
2 is disengaged from the locking groove 15 (see FIG. 5 (B)). In addition, when the front end of the support band 10 is pulled in the locked state by a hand in a direction in which the ring formed by the support band 10 is contracted (arrow b in FIG. 5B), the ratchet claw 12 elastically deforms. The support band 10 is allowed to move by sliding on the stop groove 15. Therefore, the ring of the support band 10 can be reduced by holding the handle 1 with one hand and pulling the tip of the support band 10 with the other hand.

The auxiliary band 20 has a structure similar to that of the support band 10 and has an annular stopper portion 20a. The auxiliary band 20 is slightly shorter than the support band 10 and has an annular stop 20a.
Is fixed to a part of the side surface of the handle 1 in a direction orthogonal to the handle 1 by screwing or the like. The auxiliary band 20 has a thin band shape, is attached so that the wall thickness appears in a plane orthogonal to the handle 1, and bends in the wall thickness direction to form a ring. This ring expands and contracts in a plane orthogonal to the ring of the support band 10. Since the auxiliary band 20 also forms a ring by bending in the thickness direction that is easily elastically deformed, the expansion and contraction of this ring can be easily performed manually. Further, since the width direction of the auxiliary band 20 is in the direction orthogonal to the ring formed by the auxiliary band 20, the auxiliary band 2
0 is relatively rigid in the direction orthogonal to the ring.

The front end of the auxiliary band 20 is fixed to the annular stopper 20.
When inserted through a and stopped, the ring of the auxiliary band 20 is in a posture orthogonal to the ring of the support band 10. The distance between the stoppers 10a and 20a of the bands 10 and 20 in the handle 1 is set to, for example, the width of the feces containing bag 2.

An example of the feces containing bag 2 is shown in FIG. 6, in which the opening 2a is formed into a bag edge 2b, and a notch 2c serving as a band inlet / outlet is formed in a part of the bag edge 2b, as shown in FIG. Insert the support band 10 into the notch 2c from the tip, and
As shown in FIG.
Support the opening 2a. The bag edge 2b may be formed by folding back the opening edge portion of the thin resin feces containing bag 2 and joining the folded tip edge to the feces containing bag itself by thermocompression bonding or the like, which becomes the band entrance of the bag edge 2b. The notch 2c is not limited to the rectangular shape shown in FIG. 6, but may be a semi-circular shape or the like. Further, the bag edge 2b is provided on the entire circumference of the opening 2a of the feces containing bag 2 so as to cover the entire support band 10 inserted into the opening 2a, so that the feces containing bag 2 can be covered with the dog 2 as described later. Even if the feces may adhere to the bag edge 2b when accommodating the defecation, the feces do not adhere to the support band 10, and the support band 10 can be easily handled later.

Further, like the feces accommodating bag 2 shown in FIG. 8, a large number of slits 2d are formed in the opening 2a at equal intervals, and the supporting band 10 is inserted through the slits 2d to support the feces accommodating bag 2. You may do it.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which the feces containing bag 2 is set in the feces collector. The bag is set by removing the support band 10 from the stopper 10a, inserting the support band 10 into the opening 2a of the feces containing bag 2 over the entire circumference thereof, and then inserting the support band 10 into the stopper 10a again to stop the bag. When the resin support band 10 having an appropriate strength is formed into one ring, the shape of the ring is maintained,
The opening 2a of the feces accommodating bag 2 covers this loop portion, and the opening 2a also keeps the loop shape. Handle part 1a of handle 1 in the state of FIG.
When the dog tries to feces with one hand, the opening 2a of the feces accommodation bag 2 is inserted under the dog's buttocks to accommodate defecation. At this time, since the opening shape of the opening 2a of the feces accommodating bag 2 is stably held by the support band 10, the defecation surely falls into the opening 2a, and the outer surface side of the opening 2a is removed by defecation. It is rarely polluted. After the defecation is accommodated and the walk is completed, the support band 10 is pulled out from the stopping portion 10a, the feces accommodation bag 2 is removed together with the feces contained therein, and the feces are disposed of. This bag treatment is easily performed in a clean state because the outer surface of the bag is not contaminated with feces. Further, in the work of removing the feces containing bag 2 containing feces from the support band 10, if the supporting band 10 is pulled out from the stopper 10a and left standing, the weight of the feces contained in the feces containing bag 2 is semi-automatically removed from the support band 10. Since it falls out, it can be done easily and quickly without getting your hands dirty.

The pet dog may excrete one to several times in one walk, but if the size of the feces accommodating bag 2 is increased, the feces can be excreted twice or three times in the state of FIG. In addition, even if several dogs excrete, all feces can be stored. When feces are contained in the feces accommodation bag 2 once or several times, the support band 10 is tightened to close the opening 2a of the feces accommodation bag 2 as shown in FIG. In this way, the smell of feces does not leak to the surroundings, and the stored feces are not seen by the people around, and the walk and the feces can be collected without being disliked by the people around. Such an operation of closing the opening 2a of the feces accommodating bag 2 can be performed by a one-touch operation of simply pulling the tip end of the support band 10 protruding from the opening 2a with one hand, and thus can be performed quickly even in an emergency. And convenient.

Further, when the feces containing bag 2 is empty or contains feces to some extent, as shown in FIG.
As shown in 0, the feces containing bag 2 is passed through the loop of the auxiliary band 20, and the feces containing bag 2 is held in a posture such that the feces containing bag 2 follows the handle 1 and the substantially central portion of the feces containing bag 2 is held by the auxiliary band 20. . By doing so, even if the feces accommodating bag 2 is long, it does not shake greatly around the handle 1, does not disturb the walk, and is easy to handle without being noticeable.

The feces accommodating bag 2 may be of any size, and may be of any size depending on the size of the pet dog. That is, since the ring of the support band 10 at the tip of the handle 1 can be adjusted to be large or small, a bag opening portion such as a large dog dropping bag having a large bag opening or a small dog dropping bag having a small bag opening is provided. Any one of a plurality of types of feces containing bags 2 having different sizes can be supported by the common support band 10,
Be economical. Further, in the case of a large dog feces containing bag having a large bag opening size, it is effective to use it for small dogs by narrowing the bag opening slightly with the support band 10 to reduce the opening size. From the puppy to the adult dog, the same size dung bag can be used consistently, which makes it even more economical.

[0027]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, the supporting band at the tip of the handle is adapted to hold the opening of the feces containing bag while keeping the opening size thereof for defecation accommodation. There is no need to worry about getting dirty on the side, reducing the discomfort given to the surrounding people during the walk of the pet dog, and facilitating post-treatment of the feces to be discarded together with the feces storage bag. In addition, since the support band can hold the opening of the feces containing bag in any size,
By adjusting the size of the bag opening with the support band, it can be effectively applied to the feces receivers of large and small dogs of various sizes, such as large dogs and small dogs, and an economical fecal collector with excellent versatility can be provided. Furthermore, if the feces are stored in the feces storage bag and then closed so that the bag opening is bound with a support band, the feces will not smell and will not be visible to the surroundings. Can be used as a catcher.

Further, by forming the opening of the feces accommodating bag by the bag edge through which the support band is removably inserted, and covering the support band inserted by the bag edge, the feces are deposited on the support band. It is possible to provide a feces catcher that is convenient to handle because handling of the support band such as the work of attaching the feces containing bag to the support band is convenient because there is no concern of adhesion.

Further, if the auxiliary band is installed on the handle together with the supporting band so that the feces containing bag supported by the supporting band is held by the auxiliary band so as to be held close to the handle, even if the feces containing bag is long, it takes a walk. Sometimes it does not shake a lot and the handling of the portable feces catcher becomes easier.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a feces catcher showing an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the feces collector of FIG. 1 without a feces containing bag.

3 is a side view of the feces catcher of FIG. 2. FIG.

4 is a perspective view of the feces catcher of FIG. 2. FIG.

5 (A) and 5 (B) are partially enlarged cross-sectional views of the feces catcher of FIG. 2 when the annular stopper of the support band is locked and unlocked.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an example of a feces accommodation bag.

7 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the feces containing bag of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of another feces accommodation bag.

9 is a perspective view of the feces catcher of FIG. 1 in use.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view at the time of another use.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 pattern 1a Handle part 1b handle 2 feces bag 2a opening 2b bag edge 2c Notch (band entrance / exit) 10 Support band 10a Annular stop 10b Band rear end 10c band center 10d band tip 11 through holes 12 ratchet claws 13 fulcrum 14 Operating claw 15 locking groove 20 Auxiliary band 20a Annular stop

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A support band is attached to the tip of the handle so as to be attachable to and detachable from the opening of the feces containing bag and to hold the opening so that the feces containing bag can be expanded and contracted. Feces catcher. 2. The bag edge, which is open, of the feces accommodating bag has a band-like shape which has a band inlet / outlet through which the support band is removably inserted, and has a bag shape for covering the inserted support band. Feces catcher. 3. The feces catcher according to claim 1, wherein an auxiliary band for holding the feces accommodation bag in a posture of being pulled toward the handle is attached to a portion of the handle away from the tip portion. 4. The support band has an annular stopper portion fixed to a handle at a rear end portion, and when the annular stopper portion is inserted into the annular stopper portion from the other end side, an arbitrary portion is locked to the annular stopper portion with one touch. The feces collector according to claim 1 or 2. 5. The auxiliary band has an annular stopper portion fixed to a handle at a rear end portion, and when the auxiliary band is inserted into the annular stopper portion from the other end side, an arbitrary portion is locked to the annular stopper portion with one touch. The feces collector of claim 3. 6. A rod-shaped handle having a handle at one end, a support band attached to the other end of the handle, and a feces containing bag in which a bag edge opened by the support band is detachably held. Is a feces catcher that has an annular stop at one end and forms a ring of any size in the plane containing the handle by inserting the other end into the annular stop. 7. The feces catcher according to claim 6, wherein the support band has a thin band shape, and the wall thickness appears in a plane including the handle. 8. The feces catcher according to claim 7, wherein the support band has a large number of grooves extending in the width direction on at least one surface, and ratchet pawls provided near the annular stopper are engaged with the grooves. 9. The feces catcher of claim 8, wherein the ratchet pawls permit forced movement of the support band in a direction in which the ring contracts and prevent movement of the support band in a direction in which the ring expands. 10. An auxiliary band that has an annular stopper at one end and inserts the other end into the annular stopper to form a ring of any size in a plane orthogonal to the handle is separated from the other end of the handle. The feces catcher according to claim 6, which is attached to a different position. 11. The feces catcher according to claim 10, wherein the auxiliary band has a thin band shape, and the thickness appears in a plane orthogonal to the handle. 12. The feces catcher according to claim 11, wherein the auxiliary band has a large number of grooves extending in the width direction on at least one side, and ratchet pawls provided near the annular stopper are engaged with the grooves. 13. The ratchet pawl allows forcible movement of the auxiliary band in a direction in which the ring shrinks, and prevents movement of the auxiliary band in a direction in which the ring expands.
Feces catcher.