CN211153414U - A unitary termite rearing device convenient for experimental research - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a professional experimental appliance for animal science, in particular to a unit type termite breeding device which is convenient for experimental research. When conducting experimental research on termites, the maintenance of their habitat humidity is very necessary and time-consuming. The rearing device of the utility model is composed of a plurality of cells, the cells are in the form of a square box body, the interior of which is a cavity, and the cavity is provided with a cover plate, which is divided into an operation area and a rearing area; The partition divides the rearing area into two rearing rooms, and each rearing room is provided with a rearing box; the rearing device is provided with a water supply system; the unit cell is provided with a ventilation system; There are intercommunicators. The utility model adopts the breeding box of unit format to breed termites, which can adjust the number of breeding, batches, etc.; a circulating ventilation and water supply system is provided, which can maintain a constant living environment of termites, save time and effort; Controlled independent feeding.

Description

A unitary termite rearing device convenient for experimental research

technical field

The utility model relates to a professional experimental appliance for animal science, in particular to a unit type termite breeding device which is convenient for experimental research.

Background technique

Termites are the oldest social insects on the earth. They can live in soil, wood and amphibious life. They are one of the five major pests in the world. , ships, bridges, cultural relics, archives, furniture and clothes, etc., not only cause serious economic losses, but also bring serious threats to people's life safety. In-depth study of termites for better control measures is essential, however, because termites are social insects living in burrows, before experimental research on them, it is first necessary to remove them from natural or laboratory ants. isolated from the nest. The ant nest is a relatively closed system. The temperature in the nest is generally maintained at 20-30 ℃, and the humidity can reach 90%-100%. The CO2 content in the ant nest is often dozens or even hundreds of times higher than the CO2 content in the natural air. In nature, termites adjust the concentration of carbon dioxide in the nest and the temperature in the nest by controlling the number and size of air holes in the nest, and the ant nest generally obtains water and maintains the humidity in the nest through the water absorption line. When conducting experimental research on termites, worker termites and soldier termites are usually first separated from soil-dwelling or wood-dwelling nests, placed in glass petri dishes covered with moist filter paper, and placed in the dark for later use. Although termites that leave the nest can no longer adjust their habitat temperature by controlling air holes and carbon dioxide concentration, this has no effect on their survival. Generally, they can be placed at room temperature under laboratory conditions to meet their temperature requirements. However, the maintenance of its habitat humidity is very necessary and time-consuming. The habitat of termites needs to maintain a high humidity without clear water, so a lot of water cannot be added blindly to maintain the humidity of the habitat. However, the water storage capacity of materials such as filter paper is average, and the sealing of glass petri dishes is average, and the water will evaporate all the time. To keep the filter paper in a relatively moist state, it is necessary to spend a lot of time and energy on care, inspection, adding water and moisturizing, etc., which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and is very unfavorable for the conduct of scientific experiments. In addition, because termites are sensitive to light, during the process of picking them out of the ant nest and placing them in a petri dish covered with moist filter paper and during the experiment, termites tend to gather and avoid, which may cause them to gradually lose their vitality or even die. For experiments with live worms, termites must be screened again when worms are used to remove dead individuals, which increases the experimental preparation steps and preparation time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The purpose of the utility model is to develop a termite rearing device that is convenient for feeding, easy to observe and easy to operate, which has the characteristics of saving time and effort, and automatic operation as much as possible, so as to reduce labor costs.

The technical solutions adopted to solve the above problems are:

A unitary termite rearing device convenient for experimental research is characterized in that:

The feeding device is composed of several cells, and the structure of each cell is the same, and a splicing part is arranged between any two adjacent cells. , any one or more of the hook methods, the splicing part splices together two adjacent cells;

The cell is in the form of a square box body, the whole is flat, the front and rear sides are large surfaces, the upper part is the top surface, the lower part is the bottom surface, and the left and right sides are the side surfaces;

The connection between the two ends of the top surface of the cell and the two side surfaces is chamfered to form an operation surface, and the operation surface is provided with an operation hole;

A cell with a box structure has a cavity inside, and a cover plate is horizontally arranged in the middle of the cavity, above the cover plate is the operation area, and below the cover plate is the rearing area;

The middle of the rearing area is provided with a partition, which divides the rearing area into two rearing rooms, each rearing room is provided with a rearing box, the rearing box is square, and there is a gap between the rearing box and the inner wall of the rearing room, The bottom of the rearing box is provided with a foot, and the foot is inclined outward, and the foot is made of elastic material;

There are two cover plates. The cover plate is hinged on the top of the partition plate at the side close to the partition plate. The cover plate can be rotated and erected around the hinge. The top of the plate contacts and attracts, and the side of the cover plate away from the hinged joint with the partition plate is provided with a metal strip;

A backing plate is arranged in the middle of the inner wall of the side of the cell, and the backing plate is magnetic. When the cover plate is in a horizontal position, the side of the cover plate away from the hinge of the partition plate is in contact with and attracts the backing plate;

The rearing box is provided with a bedding layer for rearing termites.

The foot has a honeycomb porous structure, or a water absorption line is arranged in the foot, and the foot is communicated with the rearing box.

The feeding device is provided with a water supply system, the water supply system includes a water inlet pipe and a drainage pipe, and the water inlet pipe and the drainage pipe are respectively arranged on both sides of the outer wall of the cell, wherein: the water inlet pipe is arranged in the middle of the side of the cell and below the cover plate, The drain pipe is arranged on the other side of the cell and is flush with the bottom surface of the cell;

A water inlet branch pipe connected with the water inlet pipe and a drainage branch pipe connected with the drainage pipe are arranged on the side of each cell, and valves are respectively provided on the water inlet branch pipe and the drainage branch pipe;

A through hole is provided on the bottom edge of the partition between two adjacent breeding rooms in the same cell breeding area, and the through hole is used to connect the two breeding rooms and balance the water storage in the two breeding rooms.

The water inlet branch pipe and the drainage branch pipe are both detachable structures, and all or part of the materials are made of hoses.

The cell is provided with a ventilation system, the ventilation system includes an air inlet pipe and an air exhaust pipe. The air inlet pipe and the air exhaust pipe are respectively arranged on the inner walls of the two large surfaces of the cell. The large inner wall of the grid extends upward and extends beyond the top surface of the cell;

The cover plate is provided with two air hoods, the two air hoods are respectively arranged on both sides of the cover plate, and the air hoods are connected with the air inlet pipe and the air exhaust pipe through hoses or corrugated pipes.

The operation hole is provided with a scroll sleeve, which is made of rubber material and has elasticity. The scroll sleeve gradually shrinks, wraps, and flattens from the outside to the inside, and the most end is closed in a clamped shape.

The rearing device is provided with a communication device, and the communication device is made of a hollow cylindrical flat corrugated pipe, and its inner wall is rough;

The intercommunicator is arranged between two adjacent rearing boxes in the same cell and/or between the same side rearing boxes of two adjacent cells.

The interconnector runs through the bulkhead or the large surface of the cell.

The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows: the breeding box in the unit format is used to breed termites, and the breeding quantity and batches can be adjusted according to the needs of the experiment; Time-saving and labor-saving; through the intercommunicator, the integrated feeding of termites in the same cell, or in different cells, or even the entire rearing device can be realized to simulate the living environment of wild termites, which is conducive to experimental research; the rearing box is placed in the rearing room Inside, there is a gap with the rearing box, and it is blocked by water to realize controllable independent rearing in each rearing box.

Description of drawings

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and embodiment, the utility model is further described:

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the feeding device of the utility model embodiment one;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a cell in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the plane structure schematic diagram of one cell of the utility model embodiment;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a ventilation system in Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the structural representation of the four scroll sleeves according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the component structure of the intercommunicator according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

It can be seen in the picture:

1 cell 11 large surface 12 top surface 13 bottom surface 14 side surface 15 baffle plate 16 backing plate 17 operation surface 18 operation hole

2 operation area

3 rearing areas 31 partitions 32 rearing rooms

4 rearing boxes 41 feet 42 bedding layers

5 Covers

6 Water supply system 61 Inlet pipe 62 Inlet branch pipe 63 Drain pipe 64 Drain branch pipe 65 Valve

7 Ventilation system 71 Inlet duct 72 Exhaust duct 73 Air hood

8 scroll sleeves

9 Intercommunicator.

Detailed ways

For the convenience of description, the attached drawings are subject to the following orientations:

As shown in the figure, the four horizontal and vertical directions of the plane where the drawing carrier is located are up, down, left and right, respectively, the outward direction perpendicular to the plane where the drawing carrier is located is front, and the inward direction perpendicular to the plane where the drawing carrier is located is rear.

[Example 1]

As shown in Figures 1-3, a unitary termite rearing device that is convenient for experimental research described in this embodiment is characterized in that:

The feeding device is composed of several cells, and the structure of each cell is the same, and a splicing part is provided between any two adjacent cells. Any one or more of bolts and hooks, the splicing part splices together two adjacent cells; the splicing part is arranged on the outer wall of the cell, that is, the surface on which the two adjacent cells are closely attached, Because the specifications of the cells are the same, they can be completely fitted; the two cells are spliced together by means of buckles, card slots, etc. to form a whole, which can be disassembled and separated, easy to operate, flexible, and highly scalable, and can adapt to experimental needs.

The cell is in the form of a square box body, the whole is flat, the front and rear sides are large surfaces, the upper part is the top surface, the lower part is the bottom surface, and the left and right sides are the side surfaces;

The connection between the two ends of the top surface of the cell and the two side surfaces is chamfered to form an operation surface, and the operation surface is provided with operation holes; It is 30-50 cm, and the thickness of the front and rear is preferably 15-25 cm. The cells of this specification are suitable for experimenters to operate and have strong feasibility; if you need to expand the breeding scale, you can set the cells repeatedly to achieve.

A cell with a box structure has a cavity inside, and a cover plate is horizontally arranged in the middle of the cavity, above the cover plate is the operation area, and below the cover plate is the rearing area;

The middle of the rearing area is provided with a partition, which divides the rearing area into two rearing rooms, each rearing room is provided with a rearing box, the rearing box is square, and there is a gap between the rearing box and the inner wall of the rearing room, The bottom of the rearing box is provided with a foot, and the foot is inclined outward, and the foot is made of elastic material;

There are two cover plates. The cover plate is hinged on the top of the partition plate at the side close to the partition plate. The cover plate can be rotated and erected around the hinge. The top of the plate contacts and attracts, and the side of the cover plate away from the hinged joint with the partition plate is provided with a metal strip;

A backing plate is arranged in the middle of the inner wall of the side of the cell, and the backing plate is magnetic. When the cover plate is in a horizontal position, the side of the cover plate away from the hinge of the partition plate is in contact with and attracts the backing plate;

The metal strip can be arranged at the front end of the cover plate, that is, the part that is in contact with the baffle plate and the backing plate, and is arranged on the upper and lower surfaces of this part of the cover plate, so that the metal strip and the magnetic blocking plate and the backing plate can be attracted more closely. , firm to prevent accidental escape of termites.

The rearing box is provided with a bedding layer for rearing termites. The setting of the termites' nesting substrates, feeds, etc. can be carried out with reference to the prior art, which will not be repeated in this application.

The foot has a honeycomb porous structure, or a water absorption line is arranged in the foot, and the foot is connected with the rearing box, and is used for the bedding layer to draw water from the rearing room through the foot to keep the bedding layer moist.

[Example 2]

As shown in FIG. 1 , on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment, the feeding device described in this embodiment is provided with a water supply system, and the water supply system includes a water inlet pipe and a drainage pipe, and the water inlet pipe and the drainage pipe are respectively arranged on both sides of the outer wall of the cell, Wherein: the water inlet pipe is located in the middle of the side of the cell and below the cover plate, and the drain pipe is located on the other side of the cell and is flush with the bottom surface of the cell;

A water inlet branch pipe connected with the water inlet pipe and a drainage branch pipe connected with the drainage pipe are arranged on the side of each cell, and valves are respectively provided on the water inlet branch pipe and the drainage branch pipe;

A through hole is provided on the bottom edge of the partition between two adjacent breeding rooms in the same cell breeding area, and the through hole is used to connect the two breeding rooms and balance the water storage in the two breeding rooms.

The water inlet branch pipe and the drainage branch pipe are both detachable structures, and all or part of them are made of hoses. The water supply system of each cell is independently controlled. If the cell is still spliced with other cells, the on-off of the water supply and drainage is controlled by the valve; if a cell needs to be separated from other cells, the cell is The inlet and outlet pipes of the cells are all removed, and the removal of a single cell does not affect the continuous water supply of other cells.

The water source and drainage of the above-mentioned water supply system can be connected with the water supply and drainage system in the laboratory to realize uninterrupted water circulation, which can save a lot of manpower and time.

[Example 3]

As shown in FIG. 4 , on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment, the unit cell in this embodiment is provided with a ventilation system, and the ventilation system includes an air inlet pipe and an air exhaust pipe, and the air inlet pipe and the air exhaust pipe are respectively arranged in the cells of the cell. Two large inner walls, the air inlet pipe and the exhaust pipe respectively extend upward along the large inner wall of the cell and extend out of the top surface of the cell;

The cover plate is provided with two air hoods, the two air hoods are respectively arranged on both sides of the cover plate, and the air hoods are connected with the air inlet pipe and the air exhaust pipe through hoses or corrugated pipes.

The above two wind hoods are located on both sides of the breeding box, one wind hood blows downward and supplies fresh air, and the other wind hood draws and exhausts air to form circulating air; the same principle as the water supply system, the intake and exhaust of the ventilation system The wind is also connected to the fresh air equipment in the laboratory to realize the air circulation in the breeding box. It is also possible to set the fan at a position far from the breeding device through a long pipe to provide the air source for the ventilation system. The remote location is to avoid the impact of the vibration and noise of the fan on the living environment of termites.

[Example 4]

As shown in FIG. 5 , on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment, the operation hole described in this embodiment is provided with a scroll sleeve, which is made of rubber material and has elasticity. The scroll sleeve gradually shrinks from the outside to the inside and rolls up Winding, flat, and closed at the very end. Termites have considerable environmental hazards. When breeding termites in the laboratory, we must pay more attention to safety issues, and we must prevent termites from escaping. In this embodiment, a scroll sleeve with multiple windings is provided, so that when the experimenter extends his arm into and out of the cell, the scroll sleeve can completely cover the experimenter's arm, preventing termites from being taken out of the rearing device. When unmanned, the end of the scroll wrap is in a self-closing state, and termites cannot escape.

[Example 5]

As shown in FIG. 6 , on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment, the feeding device described in this embodiment is provided with an intercommunicator, and the intercommunicator is made of a hollow cylindrical flat corrugated pipe, and its inner wall is rough;

The intercommunicator is arranged between two adjacent rearing boxes in the same cell and/or between the same side rearing boxes of two adjacent cells.

The interconnector runs through the bulkhead or the large surface of the cell.

This embodiment is to provide a termite channel for the experimenter to collude with each rearing box. The intercommunicator can be set as required, so that the intercommunicator can be inserted into the cell partition or the large surface of the cell to achieve intercommunication; when not required, Pull out the interconnector, and set blocking devices on the through holes used for penetrating through the interconnector on the large surface of the partition plate and the cell.

In addition, it should be understood that although this specification is described in terms of embodiments, not each embodiment only includes an independent technical solution, and this description in the specification is only for the sake of clarity, and those skilled in the art should take the specification as a whole , the technical solutions in each embodiment can also be appropriately combined to form other implementations that can be understood by those skilled in the art.

Claims (8)

1. The utility model provides a device is raised to unit formula termite convenient to experimental study which characterized in that:

the feeding device is composed of a plurality of cells, the structure of each cell is the same, a splicing part is arranged between any two adjacent cells, the splicing part adopts any one or more of the modes including but not limited to a buckle, a clamping groove, a bolt and a hook, and the splicing part splices the two adjacent cells together;

the unit cell is of a square box structure and is flat as a whole, the front and rear surfaces are large surfaces, the upper part is a top surface, the lower part is a bottom surface, and the left side and the right side are side surfaces;

the connection parts of the two ends of the top surface of the unit lattice and the two side surfaces respectively are in a chamfer shape to form an operation surface, and the operation surface is provided with an operation hole;

the cell with a box body structure is internally provided with a cavity, the middle part of the cavity is horizontally provided with a cover plate, the upper part of the cover plate is an operation area, and the lower part of the cover plate is a feeding area;

the middle part of the feeding area is provided with a partition board which divides the feeding area into two feeding rooms, a feeding box is arranged in each feeding room, the feeding boxes are square, gaps are reserved between the feeding boxes and the inner walls of the feeding rooms, bottom feet are arranged at the bottom parts of the feeding boxes and are arranged in an outward inclined mode, and the bottom feet are made of elastic materials;

the cover plate is provided with two cover plates, one side of each cover plate, which is close to the partition plate, is hinged to the top of the partition plate, the cover plates can rotate and stand around the hinged positions, the middle position of the bottom of the top surface of each unit grid is provided with a baffle plate, the baffle plate has magnetism and is in contact with and attracted to the top of the cover plate, and one side of each cover plate, which is far away from the hinged position of the cover;

a base plate is arranged in the middle of the inner wall of the side face of each cell, the base plate has magnetism, and when the cover plate is positioned in the horizontal position, one side of the cover plate, which is far away from the hinged position of the cover plate and the partition plate, is in contact with and attracted by the base plate;

a padding layer for feeding termites is arranged in the feeding box.

2. A unit termite feeding device to facilitate laboratory studies according to claim 1 wherein:

the footing has a honeycomb porous structure or is internally provided with a water absorption line, and the footing is communicated with the feeding box.

3. A unit termite feeding device for facilitating laboratory studies according to claim 1 or 2 wherein:

raise the device and be equipped with water supply system, this water supply system includes inlet tube, drain pipe, and inlet tube and drain pipe set up respectively in the outer wall both sides of cell, wherein: the water inlet pipe is arranged in the middle of the side surface of the cell and below the cover plate, and the water outlet pipe is arranged on the other side surface of the cell and is level to the bottom surface of the cell;

a water inlet branch pipe connected with a water inlet pipe and a water outlet branch pipe connected with a water outlet pipe are arranged on the side surface of each unit cell, and valves are respectively arranged on the water inlet branch pipe and the water outlet branch pipe;

a through hole is formed in the bottom edge of the partition plate between two adjacent feeding rooms in the same cell feeding area, and the through hole is used for communicating the two feeding rooms and balancing the water storage amount in the two feeding rooms.

4. A unit termite feeding device to facilitate experimental studies according to claim 3 wherein:

the water inlet branch pipe and the water outlet branch pipe are of detachable structures and made of flexible pipes wholly or partially.

5. The termite feeding unit set forth in claim 4 wherein:

the unit cell is provided with a ventilation system, the ventilation system comprises an air inlet pipe and an air outlet pipe, the air inlet pipe and the air outlet pipe are respectively arranged on the inner walls of the two large surfaces of the unit cell, and the air inlet pipe and the air outlet pipe respectively extend upwards along the inner walls of the large surfaces of the unit cell and extend out of the top surface of the unit cell;

the cover plate is provided with two air hoods which are respectively arranged at two sides of the cover plate, and the air hoods are connected with the air inlet pipe and the exhaust pipe through hoses or corrugated pipes.

6. A termite feeding unit set to facilitate experimental study according to claim 1, 2, 4 or 5 wherein:

the scroll sleeve is arranged in the operating hole, is made of rubber materials and has elasticity, and gradually shrinks, winds and flattens from outside to inside, and the tail end of the scroll sleeve is closed in a clamping manner.

7. A termite feeding unit set to facilitate experimental study according to claim 1, 2, 4 or 5 wherein:

the feeding device is provided with an intercommunicating device which is made of a hollow cylindrical flat corrugated pipe, and the inner wall of the intercommunicating device is rough;

the intercommunicating devices are arranged between two adjacent feeding boxes in the same cell and/or between the feeding boxes on the same side of the two adjacent cells.

8. A unit termite feeding device to facilitate laboratory studies according to claim 7 wherein:

the intercommunicating devices penetrate through the large surface of the partition or the cell.

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