Cage for laboratory animal

专利名称：Cage for laboratory animal

发明人：Michael D. Semenuk,Richard A. Norwood申请号：US09/226570申请日：19990107公开号：US05996535A公开日：19991207

摘要：A cage system for laboratory animal care has a plastic cage with a moldedperforated-bottom, a snap-on plenum cage top, a cage top feeder lid and a snap onwaste tray. The floor of the cage is shaped with rounded perforations and domedprotrusions to deflect both liquid and solid waste down to the attached waste tray. Afiltered air supply is introduced into the lid of the cage and passes through orifices in thebottom of the lid, flowing laminarly through the body of the cage and out perforations inthe floor over the waste tray. A water supply system for the cage is provided. Nobedding is required in the cage. The system is air tight and air in any one cage is isolatedfrom air in all other cages in the system which can be mounted on a rack. A drain forliquids is provided in the waste tray. In an alternate embodiment, the cage has animperforate floor. A plurality of cages are supported in a rack. Several configurations tosupport the cage within the rack are provided.

申请人：CCR, LLC

代理人：Leonard Bloom

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