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Granted Patent B1
US 12,239,093 · App. 18/934,283 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Cat litter box

Inventor: Ruiyuan Mao (Jiangsu, CN)
Assignee: Jiangsu Schwarzwald Tech Co., Ltd.
A01K1/0114
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Patent No.
US 12,239,093
App. No.
18/934,283
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A cat litter box, including a main body, a moving part and a mounting part, wherein the main body includes side walls, a linear slot is disposed in each of the linear slots, and a traveling rack and a first lift driving rack are disposed in the linear slot; a driving motor and a shaft part are disposed on the moving part, the driving motor is connected with a traveling gear, the traveling gear is meshed with the traveling rack, the shaft part is rotatably disposed on the moving part, a transmission gear and a lift driving gear are disposed on the shaft part, and the transmission gear is meshed with the first lift driving rack; and the mounting part is disposed on the moving part in a liftable way and is connected with rake teeth, and a lifting rack is disposed on the mounting part.

Claims (18)

1. A cat litter box, comprising:

a main body, the main body comprising a base plate, an end wall and two side walls, two opposite sides of the base plate being respectively connected with the side walls, one end of the base plate being connected to the end wall, the end wall being respectively connected to the two side walls, an inclined guide wall being disposed on the other end of the base plate, a linear slot being disposed in each of the side walls, a traveling rack and a first lift driving rack being disposed in the linear slot, and the first lift driving rack being disposed to be away from the end wall;

a moving part, a driving motor and a shaft part being disposed on the moving part, the driving motor being connected with a traveling gear, the traveling gear being meshed with the traveling rack, the shaft part being rotatably disposed on the moving part, and a transmission gear and a lift driving gear being fixedly disposed on the shaft part, and the transmission gear being used to be meshed with the first lift driving rack; and

a mounting part, the mounting part being disposed on the moving part in a liftable way and being connected with a plurality of rake teeth, and a lifting rack meshed with the lift driving gear being disposed on the mounting part.

2. The cat litter box according to claim 1 , further comprising a collection box having an opening in the top, wherein the collection box is placed on the other end of the base plate and is close to the inclined guide wall.

3. The cat litter box according to claim 2 , further comprising a box cover used for sealing the opening of the collection box, wherein the box cover is provided with a contact arm used for contacting with the moving part and is rotatably connected to the side walls or the collection box.

4. The cat litter box according to claim 1 , wherein a first guide wheel is disposed on the moving part, and the first guide wheel is located in the linear slot and is in contact with the side walls.

5. The cat litter box according to claim 4 , wherein the driving motor is connected to the traveling gear by a transmission shaft, a second guide wheel is disposed on the transmission shaft, and the second guide wheel is located in the linear slot and is in contact with the side walls.

6. The cat litter box according to claim 5 , wherein the moving part is provided with a fixed seat, the shaft part and the transmission shaft are respectively and rotatably disposed on the fixed seat, and the first guide wheel is rotatably disposed on the fixed seat.

7. The cat litter box according to claim 1 , wherein a second lift driving rack is further disposed in the linear slot, the second lift driving rack is disposed to be close to the end wall and is used to be meshed with the transmission gear, a plurality of slotting teeth are disposed in the main body, and the slotting teeth are disposed to correspond to gaps between every two adjacent rake teeth.

8. The cat litter box according to claim 1 , further comprising a seat body, wherein the rake teeth are disposed on the seat body, and the seat body is detachably connected to the mounting part.

9. The cat litter box according to claim 8 , wherein the seat body and the rake teeth are of an integrated structure formed by integrated processing.

10. The cat litter box according to claim 8 , wherein elastic clamping blocks, a supporting portion and a first limiting portion are disposed on the mounting part, limiting areas are formed between each of the elastic clamping blocks and the supporting portion, and the first limiting portion is disposed to correspond to the limiting areas; the seat body is limited in the limiting areas and is provided with a second limiting portion; and the first limiting portion cooperates with the second limiting portion to stop the seat body from separating from the mounting part from one side of the limiting areas.

11. The cat litter box according to claim 10 , wherein the second limiting portion is a clamping slot that is L-shaped or T-shaped.

12. The cat litter box according to claim 10 , wherein bottoms of the elastic clamping blocks are provided with first abutting planes, and the upper part of the seat body is provided with a second abutting plane in contact with the first abutting planes.

13. The cat litter box according to claim 10 , wherein a guide slot is disposed in the mounting part, a guide block cooperating with the guide slot is disposed on the seat body, the guide block is slidably disposed in the guide slot in a first direction, the first limiting portion stops the seat body from separating from the mounting part in a second direction, and the second direction is vertical to the first direction.

14. The cat litter box according to claim 10 , wherein the elastic clamping blocks are provided with guide surfaces that are inclined surfaces or arc surfaces.

15. The cat litter box according to claim 10 , wherein two elastic clamping blocks are provided, and the two elastic clamping blocks are spaced side by side.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2024
From: MAO, RUIYUAN
To: JIANGSU SCHWARZWALD TECH CO., LTD.
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