Patent ID: 9107380
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A rack apparatus for managing laboratory animals comprising: a rack main body accommodating rearing cages, each containing a small animal for experiments, and an air discharge chamber for discharging air in said rearing cages accommodated in the rack main body, wherein said rack main body further comprises: at least one shelf plate extending in a width direction of the rack main body, an accommodation space portion defined on said shelf plate so that a plurality of said rearing cages can be inserted from a front side to a rear side of said rack main body and can be juxtaposed and stored in said width direction of said rack main body, a rear surface plate closing a rear side of said accommodation space portion, a backstay positioned in said accommodation space portion, extending in said width direction of said rack main body, and detachably attached to said rear surface plate, a plurality of attaching portions formed on said backstay, a spacer detachably attached to said rack main body in said rear side of said accommodation space portion, and detachably attached to said attaching portions, for positioning the plurality of said rearing cages accommodated in said accommodation space portion at predetermined intervals in right and left width directions orthogonal to a direction defined by said front side and said rear side and for regulating movement in said width direction of said rack main body, and an air discharge box installed on an upper part on the rear side of the accommodation space portion, formed over an entire lateral width of said rack main body, provided with an air outlet opened to said accommodation space portion, and wherein said rear surface plate constituting said rack main body is a wall plate of a casing forming said air discharge chamber, a rear side of said air discharge box is connected to said wall plate of said air discharge chamber, via an opening peripheral portion, which is a connection portion allowing direct communication between said air discharge box and said air discharge chamber, formed as an inclined face so as to expand from said air discharge box toward said air discharge chamber.