Animal habitat and display system
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1. An environmentally controlled animal habitat and display system comprising:
- a frame supporting at least one set of guide rails;
a drawer slidably received on said guide rails with said drawer being movable relative to said frame, said drawer including at least one compartment having a front wall defining a window and at least one wall being movable relative to said compartment for gaining access thereto, said compartment defining an internal environment;
a selectively operable regulator element in communication with said internal environment for regulating said internal environment; and
an environmental control unit in electrical communication with said regulator element and including a control panel selectively operable to actuate said regulator element.
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Abstract
An animal habitat and display system provided in a frame having at least one set of guide rails supporting a pull-out drawer having at least one compartment with a viewing window and a movable wall section for gaining access into the compartment which defines an internal habitat environment. A selectively operable regulator element in communication with the internal environment is selectively operable via an environmental control unit having a control panel for regulating the internal habitat environment.
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32 Claims
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1. An environmentally controlled animal habitat and display system comprising:
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a frame supporting at least one set of guide rails;
a drawer slidably received on said guide rails with said drawer being movable relative to said frame, said drawer including at least one compartment having a front wall defining a window and at least one wall being movable relative to said compartment for gaining access thereto, said compartment defining an internal environment;
a selectively operable regulator element in communication with said internal environment for regulating said internal environment; and
an environmental control unit in electrical communication with said regulator element and including a control panel selectively operable to actuate said regulator element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An animal habitat and display system comprising:
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a frame supporting a plurality of guide rail sets, each of said guide rail sets being telescopically coupled to a tray supporting a lighting component including a plurality of heating lamps and a fluorescent lamp positioned to project light in a downward direction;
an open topped rectangular tank resting atop each said tray and disposed beneath said lamps of an adjacent tray when said tray is in a closed position, said tank having a front wall with a transparent window region and at least one divider defining sub-compartments with discrete internal environments within said tank, said tank further including a slidably mounted perforated lid for each said sub-compartment movable relative to said tank for gaining access to said respective sub-compartment;
a heating element on said tray and underlying said bottom wall of each said sub-compartment;
a first locking component mounted to a back side of said frame and opposing a rear facing side of each tray;
a second locking component connected to the back side of each tray aligned with said first locking component for magnetically coupling to said first locking component when said locking components abut one another;
a controller in electrical communication with each said heating element, each said lamp, and said locking components, said controller including a control panel with a first control region for selectively operating said heating elements, a second control region for selectively operating said lamps and an access control region for selectively unlocking said locking components in order to move a selected tray on said rails in a forward direction to an extended position.
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32. An animal habitat and display system comprising:
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a frame including a plurality of shelves telescopically mounted to said frame in a vertically aligned arrangement, each shelf supporting at least one lighting component for projecting light downwardly;
a tank defining a compartment with an internal environment, said tank including a front wall with a transparent region for viewing the contents of said compartment and at least one wall being perforated and movable relative to said compartment to provide access thereinto, said tank resting atop each one of said shelves and positioned to, when said shelf is within said frame, receive light from said lighting component disposed above said tank;
means for heating said internal environment;
means for locking said drawer to said frame; and
an environmental control means for controlling said lighting component, said means for heating, and said means for locking.
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