Automated light-sensitive configurable animal door
OwnerJure Marki{hacek over (c)}inventor
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Abstract
An animal door unit comprising a front panel, a left rear panel, a left guide, a right rear panel, and a right guide, wherein the front panel comprises an entrance; and a door plate having a plurality of guide holes, the door plate configurable in a retracted state and an open state, wherein, in the retracted state, the door plate traverses the entrance, and wherein, in the open state, the door plate does not traverse the entrance. The animal door unit may include a motor disposed within a module case; and a sprocket in rotational communication with the motor, wherein the sprocket interfaces with the plurality of guide holes, such rotational movement of the sprocket inducing linear movement in the door plate.
Claims15
An animal door unit comprising:
- a front panel, a left rear panel, a left guide, a right rear panel, and a right guide,
- wherein the front panel comprises an entrance,
- wherein the left guide is disposed between the front panel and the left rear panel, and
- wherein the right guide is disposed between the front panel and the right rear panel;
- a door plate having a plurality of guide holes, the door plate configurable in a retracted state and an open state,
- wherein the door plate is disposed between the front panel, the left rear panel, the left guide, the right rear panel, and the right guide,
- wherein, in the retracted state, the door plate traverses the entrance, and
- wherein, in the open state, the door plate does not traverse the entrance;
- a module case disposed on the front panel;
- a motor disposed within the module case;
- and
- a sprocket in rotational communication with the motor,
- wherein the sprocket interfaces with the plurality of guide holes, such rotational movement of the sprocket inducing linear movement in the door plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.