PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connecting structure of an intermediate deck capable of suppressing the deformation or the like of the intermediate deck constructed between a poultry cage and a henhouse wall, and preventing damage such as breakage beforehand even when the poultry cage swings greatly by a shock.SOLUTION: The connecting structure 1 of the intermediate deck mainly includes a strip-like sliding supporting member 3 disposed along a henhouse wall-side frame 7 on a henhouse wall side of the poultry cage 4 and having a sliding supporting surface 9 on the top surface, a plurality of deck supporting bodies 2 constructed between the henhouse wall-side frame 7 of the poultry cage 4 and the henhouse wall 5 of the henhouse at predetermined intervals, having a connecting and fixing part fixed to the henhouse wall 5 at one end, and a sliding part 15 placed on the sliding supporting member 3 having a sliding surface 14 disposed on the under surface in the neighborhood of the other end and abutting against the sliding supporting surface 9, and sliding the sliding surface 14 in a horizontal direction to the sliding supporting surface 9, when subjected to a shake by an earthquake, and an intermediate deck body 8 bridged between the deck supporting bodies 2 adjacent to each other.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】衝撃によって家禽ケージが大きく揺動する場合であっても、家禽ケージ及び鶏舎壁の間に架設された中間デッキの変形等を抑制し、破損等の被害を未然に防止することの可能な中間デッキの連結構造を提供することを課題とする。【解決手段】中間デッキの連結構造1は、家禽ケージ4の鶏舎壁側フレーム7に沿って設けられ、上面に滑動支持面9を有する長片状の滑動支持部3と、家禽ケージ4の鶏舎壁側フレーム7及び鶏舎の鶏舎壁5の間に所定の間隔で架設され、一端が鶏舎壁5と固定される連結固定部、及び、他端近傍の下面に設けられ滑動支持面9と当接する滑動面14を有し滑動支持部3の上に載置される滑動部15を備え、地震による震動を受けると滑動支持面9に対し滑動面14を水平方向に滑動させる複数のデッキ支持体2と、互いに隣接するデッキ支持体2の間に架渡される中間デッキ本体8とを主に具備する。【選択図】図2
