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MODULAR ANIMAL CAGE SYSTEM

  • US 3,662,713 A
  • Filed: 11/18/1969
  • Issued: 05/16/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An animal cage assembly comprising:

  • A. a plurality of integrally constructed separate boxes, each box having a front end and a back end and being open on the front end and having a floor so constructed that, when the box is situated in a horizontal position, the floor slopes downward toward one low point of said floor, B. means for firmly stacking one of said boxes on top of another of said boxes, each said box being in a horizontal position, C. an orifice through each of said boxes from the inside of each of said boxes to the outside of the boxes and located adjacent to said one low point, D. a downwardly directed drain pipe located outside the stacked boxes and at one end thereof, E. orifice connecting means located outside said boxes for connecting each of said orifices to said drain pipe to cause liquid matter from the floor of each of said boxes to flow through the orifice in that box into said drain pipe, F. an additional stack of said boxes having an additional downwardly directed drain pipe comprising means for draining liquid matter from additional orifices in said additional stack of boxes to the lower end of said additional drain pipe, and G. waste disposal means for receiving said liquid matter from lower ends of both said drain pipes, said disposal means including means to aid draining of said liquid from both said drain pipes.

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