CONGER, DEE L.,MCGUFFIE, FRANCESCA,JENSON, LEROY,SPIVEY, CORY
申请号：
CA2742570
公开号：
CA2742570C
申请日:
2009.11.06
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
A rack system having shelves configured to support aplurality of disposable animal cages may include a modular configuration thatis adapted to easily provide a desired rack size during manufacturing. Arack system may also include shelves which are configured to receivedisposable cages and which have spring biased rails configured to receiveedges of the disposable cages and provide a spring bias pushing aperturesof a cage against nozzles of the shelf to provide a seal therebetween. A racksystem may also include shelves which are configured to receivedisposable cages and which have resilient flexible lids configured to deflectforreleasable engagement into the rack assembly and establish a seal betweenthe nozzle and receptacle for a controllable flow of air therethrough. A racksystem may also include a monitoring system that includes at least onesensor in communication with a exhaust manifold of a cage that providesinformation to a controller that communicates cage conditions to a user via agraphic user interface. The controller may also provide information to auser independent of sensor data.
