ES2221496B1 - MODULAR CONSTRUCTION BRUSH AND MECHANICAL DRIVE FOR ANIMAL CLEANING. - Google Patents

Abstract

It consists of a tool for manual use, for the cleaning of hair animals, consisting of a hollow central body, made of resistant and lightweight material, inside which an appropriate motor (M) and a reduction and transmission device (R ), which can be joined by simple manual operations, different supports with brushes that perform different movements according to their construction, that adjust to the needs of cleaning the hair of different types of animals, and to which to facilitate their better handling, You can change the handles (A), forming the set of components a fully combinable modular system, which adapts to each of the needs that arise due to the degree of dirt, size and type of animal.

Description

Modular construction and drive brush Animal cleaning mechanic.

The invention described is a brush modular for cleaning the hair of animals that, because they are powered by an engine integrated in its structure, it offers improvements important regarding current practice that affect effectiveness of the final action of the brush by the uniformity of the action and strength at work, decreased operator effort and carrying out various cleaning tasks in different animals by its conception that allows the change of its elements to adapt your action to each case.

b- Technical sector

Manual use tools with motor, for application to works in the Livestock and Veterinary areas.

c- State of the art in the field of application of the patent.

Currently, hair cleaning work and Beef skin is done manually, using brushes and Pads of various types.

There are no means in our knowledge mechanics like the one described here, which are marketed for brushing of cattle, whose principle of operation, structure, size and characteristics are the same as proposed in this invention.

d- Explanation of the invention

The innovation of this brush consists in its mechanical drive, by means of an M motor (which can be of any class: electric to mains, electric to batteries, air compressed, hydraulic, etc.) and that by means of its R reducer of transmission, move the various brushes C that can be attached to the same, by means of suitable supports that contain them and endowed with movements that they themselves determine by their construction and arrangement and that may be of rotation, oscillation, vibratory, of reciprocating or others, as required for each use, at a speed of adequate work for the best cleaning and hygiene of animals, according to the morphology and layer of each type of treated animal determine.

Also varying its layout and size can be applicable to animals of different sizes, and varying the shape of handle A, which fits over the group motor-reducer in a simple operation, can adapt to the work required and the different animals to be treated The characteristics of the tool.

The proposed varieties of accessories and brush drive with an example of movements proposed are illustrated in the pages of drawings, associated with mode of examples of execution of the very different types of machines that they can be composed by means of the proposed modular system, which allows all kinds of joints between the different components to Allow your combination. Description of the use of the invention.

Only one operator operates this machine. The operator  you must wear eye protection and gloves and clothing that prevents contact with the fired remains. The machine is operated with one or Two hands, depending on the application and size of the animal. The handle is chosen A suitable that joins the machine body, as well as the useful necessary C (brush or scraper), which will depend on the task and will It also attaches to the machine body. The operator starts up the motor M and is limited to moving the machine in the directions adequate and review if necessary, without exerting more pressure than the necessary to maintain its contact with the animal, until obtaining the degree of cleanliness sought. For the best efficiency and ergonomics, materials that allow the greatest savings will be used Weight compatible with machine stability and ease of displacement of the same

e- Description of the drawings

The device consists of the elements following:

1st. -A motor- designated as M in all Figs.- of nature and characteristics that will adapt to energy  necessary for the planned work and the source available in the installation to be dedicated, or to the battery if it is portable. A switch on its housing starts the device.

2nd. -A reduction / transmission-designated as R in all Figs.- which is responsible for speed conditioning. Y motor force and has:

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a safety clutch

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a motion selector (if applicable).

Both engine and transmission are located  in the central body of the device and are easily equipped with Different models of handles and brushes.

3rd. -A handle- designated as A in all Figs- which has a pressure safety device and that can be attached by means of fixings without tools or with fixings that only require simple tools, of Easy disassembly and replaceable by any of the models that are shown in the different Figs., which are generic and only illustrate the utility:

A multipurpose handle is illustrated in Fig 1 standard.

In Fig 3 a long handle for the Loin (large animals).

A transverse support handle is illustrated in Fig 7  for brushing from top to bottom.

4th.- Different C brushes that can be attached and undock with simple tools or manually, to the body central, and they themselves perform the same function as a brush manual, but moved by the effects of the M and R elements and their own machinery combined. These brushes can have 1, 2 or 3 rotating rollers or an alternative, orbital motion plate, vibrant or others, depending on the work to be done. The mechanical parts necessary to obtain the movement of these brushes can be partly inside your housing-support, which is fixed to the body of the machine using guides.

Examples of brush groups that are show in the different graphical representations are generic and as it shows:

In Fig 8: C designates a simple brush rotary.

In Figs 2 and 4: C designates a group of two Rotating brushes turn parallel or opposite, depending on execution.

In Fig 6 designates an oscillating brush flat.

Also, the bristles of the brushes shown they are generic, and in every case work or animal will be adequate, where different fabrications are carried out for different intensity of work, animal hair or conditions of dirt to remove.

The number of cycles will be variable, by motor regulation and change of solidarity accessories to brushes, for each type of work.

All brushes and handles will be combinable, having standardized clamping systems, to obtain a system Complete and adaptable.

Advantages of the invention in relation to the state of prior art Specific aspects in which innovation It offers noticeable advantages over existing practice.

Manual cleaning for the removal of parasites and dirt of the skin of the cattle is a practice that in that the case of animals that for its great price and delicacy (case of horses), they usually need it, it depends largely of the caregiver's ability and its application and knowledge and It takes a long time for its realization. The state of The technique is one in which the operation is done by hand: when the number of animals to be treated is reduced in each farm and there is greater dedication of labor is possible and Get an improvement in your health and performance. The time spent is important, as well as the physical effort of the operator that the apply

If the holding has a high number of animals, it is not possible to apply this technique and obtain a state of uniform hygiene in an adequate time and that is economically acceptable.

It is painful and ineffective in modern facilities with large numbers of animals and little labor, where time per animal is limited and cannot be done Effectively hire more staff.

The invention described:

1.- You can reduce the time spent in the operation of padding or brushing the skin to rid it of parasites and waste

2.- It allows a quick adaptation of the worker to his  I still work without previous experience A medium like the one proposes to perform the movements programmed in your design so uniform, independent of the worker's strength or dexterity, which you just have to move it.

3.- It can significantly decrease the time invested in the case of stables with large numbers of cattle, as the uniformity of work of a mechanized means allows to provide deeper hygiene in less time.

4.- A mechanical removal of parasites in case of infection in a total way in all animals in effective time to prevent new outbreaks.

5.- Adaptation to all types of hair animals, after a case-by-case study with the user. In the case of animals whose hair is subject to specific care, (dog, cats, horses etc.) a specific version can be made to End user request, which brings together those options of interest for better handling of the hygienic and cosmetic needs of animals. With the new trends in animal care in specialized places and there are races whose health is delicate and need for their morphology continuous care, the decrease of the time of intervention and the effectiveness that can be achieved by this new means it will be especially useful in the centers dedicated to the hygiene and care of the animal's appearance of company

f- Description of an embodiment

The construction of one of these machines could be carried out with the means of the current technique of the industry So:

In a central body, consisting of two Half-shells made of injection molded plastic material, housed an electric motor of adequate power and adequate voltage to the network of the recipient country of the application, subject to their own internal forms provided in the housings, as is common practice in electro-portable tools, closing the assembly with screws self-tapping

The planes of union of the half-shells will have some kind of joint to prevent dirt from entering projected by work and lessen the effects of moisture environmental.

The electrical circuit implements will have the security and protection elements provided by the provisions of the Regulations applicable in the countries to which destine the application.

The engine will have a speed regulation by means of a progressive electronic variator of any of the Commonly used models for electro-portable tools existing. This will be operated by a switch and / or regulator waterproof, located at an appropriate point outside the housing and the trigger switch provided on the handle, which will trigger another in cascade by means of simple mechanical resends, to a watertight button in the support area of the handle on the central housing.

Also, on the outside of the case they will have grooves to rails made in the dough to couple the different handles and portables that are supplied for each specific task. These handles will have a safety switch, trigger type, which will prevent the Brush operation without being held by the operator.

At the end of the motor shaft a graduated centrifugal clutch to limit engine torque to the force that you want to brush and that will be properly regulated by a simple step device, throughout similar to those already known for such tools electro portable.

To the driven shaft of this clutch by any coaxial coupling of those in use in the industry, will joins a cascade gearbox gearbox, made of plastic high strength injected, with free-turning steel shafts supported by plain bearings, either false or made in the dough of the housing, which adapt the motor rotation to the speed and quality of movement needed in the tool (brush) for the task planned. The final receiver gear will be provided with a shaft with a sliding axial coupling to allow mounting of the brush shafts by means of an internal / external grooving of one of its ends that rely on its own housings by watertight fixed bearings in the forms provided in the themselves, with their corresponding elastic arrests.

These brush holder housings are of plastic material identical to the central body, with the same fabrication process. Its shape allows mounting below the central body, by one to two lanes in "T" or tail of Milano, to adjust it by sliding on the housing guides of that one The brush support housings have about Fixed baffles to limit dirt projections.

The construction gives the brushes is the usual for those of its kind, with bristles of vegetable fiber, organic-plastic or synthetic, sturdy plastic scrapers are provided Likewise. All of them will have semi-elastic supports on its axes in which the supports that are adapted to the movement receiving elements and bearings, mounted on the housing in housings obtained in the mass by manufacture.

The handle will also be injected plastic, hollow, to allow to install inside the mechanism of forwarding already mentioned, to trigger the power failure of safety by means of the trigger arranged in the area of the handle where  provide for Finger support, plastic material, articulated in the mass of the plastic material of the handle in notches or lugs obtained in the molding process.

g- Industrial application

The construction technology that is necessary apply for the construction of the proposed machines is in all similar to the one applied in the construction of small electro-portable tools of wide diffusion and price economic currently in the market.

Claims (4)

1. Brush for cleaning animal hair, characterized by its size and weight that allows its handling with one hand using an element or handle of any type, provided on the surface of the body of the device, which has a motor of any type incorporated inside the body of the apparatus, which moves, through a suitable transmission, the support elements of the bristles with movements of a trajectory, path and frequency suitable for the required work. 2. Brush for cleaning the hair of animals, according to claim 1, characterized in that it has in the body of the apparatus and in the transmission of joining elements of any type that allow the assembly and disassembly of different supports manually with bristles, scrapers or elements of the type of dewormers of another morphology, which incorporate kinematic elements that make the adaptation of the movement of the bristles to the planned work. 3. Brush for cleaning the hair of the animals, according to claims 1 and 2 characterized by the fact that in different locations of the body of the apparatus of joining elements of any type that allow different handles or handles to be installed at will, to adapt it to the planned work. 4. Brush for cleaning the hair of the animals, according to claims 1, 2 and 3, characterized in that it is intended for a driving part and support within a set of bristle support equipment, scrapers or dewormers of different shapes and actions for each work, with whose set it forms a modular animal cleaning tool adaptable to each need by changing the elements by means of simple manual operations.