Animal husbandry – Watering or liquid feed device – Fountains and troughs
Patent
1994-04-04
1996-05-07
Manahan, Todd E.
Animal husbandry
Watering or liquid feed device
Fountains and troughs
119158, 119756, 15353, A01K 1300
Patent
active
055135986
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention refers to a piece of furniture having a rectangular horizontal base, supported by two coaxial wheels and by two feet, and closed upwardly by a horizontal tray-like element, which constitutes a working table for supporting at least one animal. The piece of furniture is divided into at least two chambers or spaces, the upper one of which is sealed. The other one(s) is/are used for lodging means cooperating with pipes or ducts terminating into hoses, which are able to suck water, detached hairs and other impurities present on the animal's body after its cleaning, and said means being also able to dry up the animal's fur with the help of a stream of hot air under pressure. Said hairs or impurities are retained in a filter and the water is retained in a collecting tank.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Presently, no such means and devices are known according to the state of the art, which perform such operations and which are employed for such purposes. In particular, no device is known which prior to drying, is used to suck the liquid from the animal's body after washing.
French patent No. 2 543 795 discloses a container for cleaning and drying an animal introduced therein. The device comprises a top cover which is transparent and curved, and four lateral walls, one of which can be lowered in order to introduce the animal. The cleaning device comprises a water-shampoo mixing device and shower-type means. The drying device comprises a ventilator.
French patent No. 2 580 467 relates to a device which is C-shaped and has a supporting table from which hot air is directed upwardly through holes provided on said table. The hot air is produced by a motor-ventilator group and by electric resistances placed along the path of the air. No suction means for the residue water on the animal's body after cleaning is provided.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,836,144 discloses a device of a recirculating type, with a pump which continuously pumps in a "circle-path" water or a disinfecting solution filling a container, in order to clean an animal.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a piece of furniture mounted on wheels, having a table like-structure and having on its upper part a supporting plane for an animal formed by a tray-like detachable element. Inside said piece of furniture there are provided at least two chambers, one of which is sealed and contains electrical devices and the remaining one/ones containing an assembly of means which allow the suction away of all the water present on the animal's fur after it has been washed and rinsed. The means also allow the emission of hot air under pressure by other than means which necessitate the employment of electrical resistances. The hot air is used to dry up completely the animal, whereas the upper tray-like plane permits the easy execution of any operation regarding the grooming of animals (e.g. shearing, coiffure, removal of parasites). Said piece of furniture allows two or more operators to work simultaneously. According to the present invention, the assembly comprises: an annular blower, driven by an electric motor and associated with blowing and suction ducts, which terminate into pipe unions located outside said piece of furniture, and which are to be connected respectively to flexible tubes which end into shaped hoses. To the suction duct, coming from the hose and flexible suction tube, there is associated a tank having a vertical axis and provided on its upper part with a filter, which serves to retain hairs or other impurities which have been sucked. The tank serves for collecting water in its lower part, and is connected, below said filter, to a duct which is in communication with the suction aperture of the blower. The emission aperture of hot air is directly connected to the hot air exit duct from the piece of furniture.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
The invention will be more clearly understood, and its further advantages will be shown more fully by means of the following description and the annexe
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