JP2003225029A - Training tool for pet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To train a pet while using a training tool as it is even in the case of replacing mounting fixtures such as collars, etc., to be attached to the pet. <P>SOLUTION: In the training tool for the pet wherein when a leash connected to the pet is pulled, a switch mechanism 38 is operated to make a sounding body 36 emit a sound, the training tool is equipped with a case 11 to be connected to the pet connection side of the leash 1 and the sounding body 36, a power source 37 and the switch mechanism 38 are stored in the case so that when the leash 1 is pulled, the switch mechanism 38 is operated to make the sounding body 36 emit a sound. <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 pet discipline tool for training pets such as dogs with generated sounds.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A sounding body such as a speaker, a power source for supplying electric power to the sounding body, and a switch mechanism are provided. When the drawstring connected to a pet is pulled, the switch mechanism operates and the sounder emits a sound. There is a discipline tool for pets (Voice trainer for pets, Sound trainer for pets), but this type of conventional pet discipline tool is a collar attached to a pet such as a dog and a speaker such as the speaker. The power source for supplying electric power to the sounding body and the switch mechanism were fixedly attached (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-16900).
9).

[0003]

Therefore, in the conventional case,
When replacing the collar attached to the pet, in order to continue training using the discipline tool for the pet, a new discipline tool equipped with a sounding body, a power supply for supplying power to the sounding body, and a switch mechanism is provided. I had to buy a collar, which was very inconvenient and uneconomical. In view of the above problems, the present invention enables a pet to be trained by using the training tool as it is, even when the attachment such as a collar attached to the pet is replaced.

[0004]

The technical means of the present invention for solving this technical problem is a sounding body 36 such as a speaker, a power source 37 for supplying power to the sounding body 36, and a switch mechanism 38.
In the pet disciplined tool that is provided with, and when the pulling string 1 connected to the pet is pulled, the switch mechanism 38 operates and the sounding body 36 emits a sound, the pulling string 1 is connected to the pet connecting side of the pulling string 1. The case 11 is provided, and the sounding body 36, the power supply 37, and the switch mechanism 38 are provided in the case 11 so that the switch mechanism 38 operates and the sounding body 36 emits a sound when the drawstring 1 is pulled. The point is that it is stored.

Another technical means of the present invention is the case 1 described above.
A first connecting body 15 to which the drawstring 1 is detachably connected is provided at one end portion of the first portion 1, and a second connection portion is detachably connected to the wearing tool 16 attached to the pet at the other end portion of the case 11. The point is that the body 17 is provided. According to another technical means of the present invention, the sounding body 36 is configured to emit a plurality of types of sounds, and a switch 45 for switching the sounds emitted by the sounding body 36 to a plurality of types is externally switched to the case 11. The point is that it is made possible.

Another technical means of the present invention is the case 1 described above.
1 is formed in a long and thin cylindrical shape, and the sounding body 36 and the power source 37 are provided.
The switch mechanism 38 and the switch mechanism 38 are arranged in a line in the longitudinal direction of the case 11. Another technical means of the present invention is that the case 11 is provided between the wearing tool 16 attached to a pet and the drawstring 1 so that the cylinder axis direction of the case 11 substantially coincides with the longitudinal direction of the drawstring 1. The point is that it is detachably connected to.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 2 to 4, reference numeral 1 is a drawstring connected to a pet such as a dog, and an annular portion 2 for holding and the like by the owner is provided at one end. A connecting member 3 is attached to an end of the drawstring 1 on the pet connecting side.
The connecting member 3 is composed of a connecting fitting (commonly known as an eggplant), and the connecting member 3 includes a proximal end annular portion 4 and a distal end connecting portion 5. The base end annular portion 4 is connected to the annular connecting portion 7 formed at the pet connecting side end of the drawstring 1 by inserting it in a chain shape. The tip connecting portion 5 of the connecting member 3 has a movable piece 8 and an operating piece 9. The movable piece 8 is movably supported in the directions of arrows a and b, and is biased in the direction of arrow a by a spring (not shown). In a normal state, the movable piece 8 moves in the direction of the arrow a by the bias of the spring, and the tip connecting portion 5
Is closed, and by operating the operation piece 9,
The movable piece 8 can be moved in the direction of the arrow b to open the annular tip connecting portion 5.

A case 11 is detachably provided on the pet connecting side of the drawstring 1. As shown in FIG. 1 or FIGS. 5 to 7, the case 11 includes a pair of half-divided cylindrical case structures 12 and 13.
By joining the joining end portions of 2 and 13 to each other by concavo-convex fitting, the pair of case constructing bodies 12 and 13 are combined into a cylindrical shape, whereby the case 11 is formed into an elongated cylindrical shape. The tightening cap 14 is externally fitted between the one ends of the case components 12 and 13,
The other ends of 13 are fastened together by fasteners 25 such as bolts and nuts.

A first connecting body 15 to which the drawstring 1 is detachably connected is provided at one end of the case 11, and the case 11
Collar (wearing tool) 1 worn on pets such as dogs at the other end of
A second connecting body 17 that is detachably connected to 6 is provided. The first connecting body 15 is composed of a ring member (commonly known as a circular can), and the shaft body 1 projecting outward from one end of the case 11.
The first connecting body 15 is connected to and held by the shaft body 19 by being inserted into the shaft 9 through the mounting hole 20. The shaft body 19 is
The pair of case structures 12 and 13 are axially slidably held between one ends of the pair of case structures 12 and 13 while protruding outward in the axial direction.

The second connecting body 17 is composed of a connecting metal fitting (commonly called NASCAN), and the second connecting body 17 is a base end annular portion 22.
The base end annular portion 22 is connected to a strap 24 protruding from the other end of the case 11 in a chain shape. The strap 24 is made of a belt-shaped cloth or the like, and as shown in FIG. 1, the fastener 25 is inserted while the both ends of the strap 24 are sandwiched between the other ends of the pair of case constructing bodies 12 and 13. Then, the fastener 25 is tightened between the other ends of the pair of case constituents 12 and 13, so that the strap 24 is fixed to the case 11 so as to project annularly outward from the other end of the case 11. The base end annular portion 22 of the second connecting body 17 is connected to the annularly protruding portion of 24.

As shown in FIG. 2, the tip connecting portion 23 of the second connecting body 17 has a fixed piece 26, a movable piece 27, and an operating piece 28, and the movable piece 27 is rotatable around a support shaft 29. The movable piece 27 is urged in the direction of the arrow c by a spring or the like (not shown). Part 23
Is closed, and the movable piece 27 is separated from the fixed piece 26 by operating the operation piece 28 in the direction of the arrow d, so that the annular tip connecting portion 23 is opened.

In FIGS. 1 and 5 to 7, a sounding body accommodating portion 32, a power source accommodating portion 33 and a switch mechanism accommodating portion 34 are formed in the case 11 in the axial direction (longitudinal direction),
A sounding body 36 such as a speaker is stored in the sounding body storage portion 32, a power source 37 such as a button battery or a coin battery for supplying electric power to the sounding body 36 is stored in the power source storage portion 33, and a switch mechanism storage portion 34 is stored. The switch mechanism 38 is housed. The sounding body 36, the power source 37, and the switch mechanism 38 are arranged in a line in the longitudinal direction of the case 11, the switch mechanism 38 is provided on the drawstring 1 (first connecting body 15) side, and the sounding body 36 is connected to the pet ( It is provided on the second connecting body 17) side.

The power supply housing 33 is provided in one of the case components 1.
A lid 40, which is formed in a concave shape that is open to the outside in the radial direction in FIG. 3, and that opens and closes the opening of the power supply housing 33, is provided separately from the case components 12 and 13. A circuit board 41 having a sounding body drive circuit for driving the sounding body 36 is attached to the inner wall portion 33a of the power source storage portion 33.
A switch accommodating portion 43 is provided on one case structure 12 corresponding to the circuit board 41.
The changeover switch 45 is housed in the operation switch 45, and the operation button portion 45a of the changeover switch 45 is projected radially outward from the axial center portion of the case 11 through the through hole 46.
The changeover switch 45 is operated through the operation button portion 45a.
When the sound generator driving circuit of the circuit board 41 is operated by pressing from outside the case 11, the type of sound emitted by the generator 36 is sound A (for example, chime sound) every time the changeover switch 45 is pressed. "Lilyrin"), sound B
(Eg, thunderbolt sound “Dawn”), sound C (eg alarm sound “Peep”), sound D (eg siren sound “Woo”), and sound E (eg silent “OFF”). .

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, the switch mechanism 38 includes, in addition to the shaft 19, an actuator 49 externally fitted to the shaft 19 and a retaining ring 50 externally fixed to the shaft 19. A trigger switch 52 and a spring 54 fitted on the shaft body 19 are provided. The trigger switch 52 has a switch section 52a and a push button section 52b.
The a is engaged and held by the locking pieces 51 of the case structures 12 and 13, and the push button portion 52b is internally fitted and held by the support cylinder portion 49a of the actuator 49. The spring 54 moves the shaft body 19 through the actuator 49 and the retaining ring 50 in the direction of arrow e.
When the drawstring 1 is pulled by urging the shaft body 19, the actuator 49, the retaining ring 5 against the urging force of the spring 54,
0 and the push button portion 52b of the trigger switch 52 are
Switch part 52 of case 11 and trigger switch 52
In the direction of the arrow f with respect to a, the push button portion 52b presses the switch portion 52a, and as a result, the sounding body driving circuit operates and the sounding body 36 is set to the predetermined value set by the changeover switch 45. The sound is generated only for a set predetermined period.

According to the above embodiment, the connecting member 3 of the drawstring 1 is connected to the first connecting body 15 of the case 11, and the distal end connecting portion 5 of the second connecting body 17 of the case 11 is connected to the dog collar. If connected to 16, the dog collar 16 and the drawstring 1
A case 11 is removably interposed between and. In this state, the dog owner may hold the drawstring 1 and take a walk with the dog. At this time, the dog suddenly pushes,
When the dog is scolded when he or she barks in an arbitrary direction and the pull cord 1 is pulled a little strongly at the same time as the dog, the shaft 19 resists the bias of the spring 54, and the shaft body 19 moves in the direction of the arrow f with respect to the case 11. To the trigger switch 52.
The push button portion 52b of the button pushes the switch portion 52a, and as a result, the switch mechanism 38 operates, and the sounding body 36 operates near the dog by the operation of the sounding body drive circuit, and outputs the predetermined sound set by the changeover switch 45. Occur. By repeating the above-described operation, the dog recognizes the sound of the sounding body 36 as an alarm sound and becomes aware that "this is not possible", so that the dog can be put on easily.

When the dog is connected to a pillar or the like by the drawstring 1, the dog pulls the drawstring 1 to generate the generator 3.
Since 6 emits a sound, it is possible to effectively prevent the dog from roaming around and barking, and keep the dog quietly waiting. Further, the case 11 formed in an elongated cylindrical shape is interposed between the collar 16 attached to the dog and the drawstring 11 so that the cylinder axis direction of the case 11 substantially coincides with the longitudinal direction of the drawstring 11. Therefore, the case 11 does not largely project outward with respect to the thickness of the drawstring 11, does not cause a feeling of strangeness, and does not interfere with a walk or the like. A sound trainer) can be well connected between the collar 16 and the drawstring 1.

Further, since the sounding body 16 generates a predetermined sound for a predetermined period set by the power of the power source 37 by the operation of the switch mechanism 38, the sounding body 16 depends on the pulling force or the pulling speed of the drawstring 1. In addition, the loudness of the sound produced by the sounding body 16 and the duration of the sound produced do not change, and the dog can be made to hear the set predetermined sound without fail. Can train dogs well. Further, when it is desired to change the sound emitted by the sounding body 36, the changeover switch 45 can be pressed from the outside of the case 11 to sequentially change the type of sound, and the sounding body can be changed by pressing the changeover switch 45. The sound generated by the sounding body 36 can be easily changed depending on the type of dog, the condition of the dog, the degree of training, etc., which is very convenient.

When the collar 16 attached to the dog is replaced, the second connecting body 17 may be removed from the collar 16 and the second connecting body 17 may be connected to the new collar 16 attached to the dog. You can continue to use the training equipment as it is,
Very convenient and economical. In addition, when the training tool is unnecessary, the training tool is easily removed from the collar 16 and the drawstring 1, and the connecting member 3 of the drawstring 1 is connected to the collar 16 attached to the dog, thereby making the drawstring 1 It can also be easily connected directly to the collar 16 without using a disciplining tool, and does not change the collar 16 or the drawstring 1 or the like for pets such as dogs, and is a tool for disciplining pets such as other dogs. Can also be used easily.

In the above embodiment, a speaker that emits an alarm sound or the like is used as the sounding body 36, but the sounding body 36 is not limited to the speaker, and for example, the sounding body 36 can be used.
As a recording / playback device using an IC or the like, a voice of the owner or the like is recorded in the recording / playback device, and the sounding body 36 emits the voice of the owner or the like when the drawstring 1 is pulled. May be. Further, at this time, a plurality of types of voices or alarm sounds emitted by the sounding body 36 may be switched by operating the changeover switch 45.

In the above-described embodiment, the dog collar 16 is used as a pet wearing tool to which the other end of the case 11 is detachably connected, but the other end of the case 11 is detachable. The pet attachment that can be freely connected is the collar 18
The present invention is not limited to this, and may be a bodice or bodice attached to a pet such as a dog, for example. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the switch mechanism 38 includes the shaft body 19 and the actuator 4.
9, the retaining ring 50, the trigger switch 52, and the spring 54 are provided. Instead of this, the switch mechanism 38 is configured by other constituent members, and the switch mechanism 38 operates when the drawstring 1 is pulled. It is also possible for the sounding body 36 to emit a sound.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case 11 is formed in an elongated cylindrical shape, but instead of this, the case 11 may be formed in an elongated elliptic cylindrical shape or a rectangular cylindrical shape. Further, the first connecting body 15 and the second connecting body 17 are not limited to the configurations of the above-described embodiment, and for example, the first connecting body 15 or the second connecting body 17 is similar to the connecting member 3 of the drawstring 1. You may make it comprise with the thing of the structure. Further, the pet for which the pet training device of the present invention is used is not limited to a dog, and may be a cat, a monkey or other pet.

[0022]

According to the present invention, even when the wearing tool 16 such as a collar attached to a pet is replaced, the pet can be trained by using the training tool as it is, which is economical and It is very convenient.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of a disciplined tool showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the fitting tool.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state in which a pulling tool is connected to the drawstring.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which the fitting tool is connected to a drawstring and a dog collar.

FIG. 5 is a front cross-sectional view of the same case structure.

FIG. 6 is a front cross-sectional view of the other case structure.

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of the switch mechanism and the shaft body portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 drawstring 11 cases 15 First connection 16 collar 17 Second connector 36 pronunciation bodies 37 power supply 38 switch mechanism 45 Changeover switch

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A sounding body (36) such as a speaker, a power source (37) for supplying electric power to the sounding body (36), and a switch mechanism (38), and the pull string (1) connected to a pet is pulled. At this time, in the pet discipline tool in which the switch mechanism (38) is operated to cause the sounding body (36) to emit a sound, a case (1) connected to the pet connecting side of the drawstring (1)
1) is provided, so that when the pulling string (1) is pulled, the switch mechanism (38) operates and the sounding body (36) emits a sound. A pet disciplined tool in which a power source (37) and a switch mechanism (38) are housed. 2. A first connecting body (15) to which a drawstring (1) is detachably connected is provided at one end of the case (11), and a pet is provided at the other end of the case (11). A second connecting body (1) detachably connected to the attached wearing tool (16).
7. The pet discipliner according to claim 1, characterized in that 7) is provided. 3. The case (11) is configured such that the sounding body (36) is configured to emit a plurality of types of sounds, and a switch (45) for switching the sounds generated by the sounding body (36) to a plurality of types.
The pet discipliner according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the pet discipliner is provided so as to be switchable from the outside. 4. The case (11) is formed in a long and thin cylindrical shape, and the sounding body (36), the power source (37) and the switch mechanism (38) are arranged in a line in the longitudinal direction of the case (11). The pet discipliner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is characterized by being provided. 5. The case (11) so that the cylinder axis direction of the case (11) substantially coincides with the longitudinal direction of the drawstring (1).
The pet discipline tool according to claim 4, wherein the pet tool is detachably connected between the attachment tool (16) attached to the pet and the drawstring (1).