AUTOMATIC TOILET FOR PET ANIMALS Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A01K23/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: toilet includes a rectangular-shaped base represented by a reservoir with side walls and a bottom as well as a discharge funnel with a grid attached thereon. The device contains a small size tank with a shutoff mechanism and a valve mounted thereon. The reservoir and the tank are interconnected. Additionally the device contains a frame represented by a rectangular structure. The frame is flexibly connected to the base via an axle so that to enable adjustment of the inclination angle. On the reservoir side opposed to that where the tank is a discharge siphon is connected. The reservoir has side walls that are slanted with the bottom angles rounded and is attached to the frame alongside with the tank. The device contains a mechanism for control over the reservoir travel contained inside a housing on the bottom whereof a locking element is positioned that has an indentation interacting with a pin. The control mechanism housing is attached to the base with the open part turned inwards. Flexibly attached to the frame is a plate wherein the pin is rigidly integrated that interacts with the locking element indentation. The discharge drive mechanism is represented by a system of levers flexibly attached to the frame and the base.

EFFECT: provision for automatic removal of excrements from the tray.

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