JP3762404B2 - Pet cleaning equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning the skin and hair of pets such as dogs and cats, and more particularly to a cleaning apparatus capable of cleaning without causing rough skin due to detergent or the like.

  Conventionally, pets such as dogs and cats are often kept indoors, and there is a demand for keeping pet hair and skin clean. For example, in order to control fleas and ticks, and to prevent skin diseases, it is desired to clean not only pet hair but also skin.

Therefore, a pet cleaning method and its apparatus have also been developed (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-187872 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-206259

  In the cleaning methods described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, a pet such as a dog or a cat is placed in a cleaning bath, and a cleaning liquid sprayed from a shower is applied to the pet. And if necessary, a detergent such as soap is added to the cleaning liquid.

  Pet hair protects the skin against water from above and has the property of not penetrating the skin in order not to lower the body temperature. Therefore, as described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, it is difficult to sufficiently clean even the pet's skin in the configuration in which the cleaning liquid is applied to the pet as a shower. Further, when suffering from a skin disease, there are cases where detergent or the like cannot be used.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and includes a cleaning tank for cleaning a pet, a saturated solution manufacturing apparatus that manufactures a saturated solution in which air is dissolved in a saturated state, and the saturated solution manufacturing apparatus. A bubble generating nozzle for generating fine bubbles in the cleaning tank when the produced saturated solution is discharged into the cleaning tank, and the bubble generating nozzle has a substantially cylindrical shape with a bottom. A cylindrical hollow provided with an outer body and an inflow port for forming a flow path of a saturated solution supplied from the saturated solution manufacturing apparatus and projecting from the bottom of the outer body into a large-diameter hole of the outer body A pipe, an orifice provided in the inner hole of the hollow pipe, a net member having a fine mesh provided on the downstream side of the orifice in the inner hole, and a tip of the hollow pipe in the large-diameter hole. A fitting pipe having a plurality of openings parts of inner room of the fixed bore into and wall closed by奧壁portion parts, and is characterized in that it comprises a.

Further, in the pet cleaning apparatus, the orifice and the net member are detachably attached to the hollow pipe, and the orifice and the net member are fixed to the hollow pipe by the fitting pipe. It is what.

    According to the present invention, since the pet hair in the washing tank is floated by the fine bubbles generated in the washing tank, the pet hair and the skin can be easily washed.

  Referring to FIG. 1, a pet cleaning apparatus 1 according to this embodiment includes a cleaning tank 3 for cleaning a pet such as a dog or a cat, and the cleaning tank 3 is saturated with air. A saturated solution production apparatus 5 for producing a saturated solution dissolved in a state is connected. That is, a filter 7 is connected to the suction side of the saturated solution producing apparatus 5, and the filter 7 sucks cleaning liquid such as hot water and water in the cleaning tank 3 through the on-off valve 9. The suction nozzle 11 is connected.

  In addition, in FIG. 1, although illustrated with the structure which attached the suction nozzle 11 to the bottom part vicinity of the washing tank 3, for example, the suction nozzle 11 is connected to the front-end | tip part of a hose, and the said from the upper part of the said washing tank 3 concerned. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the suction nozzle 11 is suspended in the cleaning tank 3.

  On the discharge side of the saturated solution manufacturing apparatus 5, when the saturated solution manufactured by the saturated solution manufacturing apparatus 5 is discharged into the cleaning tank 3, the particle size is about 2 μm to 20 μm in the cleaning tank 3. The bubble generating nozzle 13 for generating fine bubbles is connected. In the illustrated example, the bubble generating nozzle 13 is illustrated in the vicinity of the bottom of the cleaning tank 3, but for example, the bubble generating nozzle 13 is provided at the tip of the hose so that the cleaning tank It is also possible to adopt a configuration that hangs down from the top of 3 into the cleaning tank 3.

  The saturated solution manufacturing apparatus 5 has a function of dissolving air in a saturated state in a pressurized fluid sucked and discharged by a pump, for example, and this kind of saturated solution manufacturing apparatus 5 has a known configuration. Therefore, detailed description of the saturated solution manufacturing apparatus 5 is omitted.

In the above configuration, when the saturated solution manufacturing apparatus 5 is driven in a state where an appropriate amount of hot water or water is put in the cleaning tank 3, the cleaning liquid (hot water or water) in the cleaning tank 3 is sucked through the suction nozzle 11. When a saturated solution in which air is dissolved in a saturated state is manufactured and discharged from the bubble generating nozzle 13 into the cleaning tank 3, a large amount of fine bubbles having a particle size of about 2 μm to 20 μm (about 8 liters / min, the density is 10,000 to 15000 / cm ³ ), and the inside of the washing tank 3 is filled with fine bubbles to make it cloudy.

  Therefore, when pets such as dogs and cats are contained in the washing tank 3, when the fine bubbles gradually rise, they come into contact with the pet's hair and float the hair. A part of the fine bubbles reaches the pet's skin from between the levitated hairs for cleaning.

At this time, the fine vibration caused by the action of the ultrasonic waves generated when the microbubbles are ruptured stimulates the skin of the pet, the contact and the like, thereby improving the blood flow and increasing the body temperature. Further, since a large amount (50000 to 140000 pieces / cm ³ ) of negative ions is generated, a negative ion effect can be expected.

  That is, according to the present embodiment, pet hair and skin can be washed without using a detergent or the like, and a therapeutic effect such as pet skin disease can be expected.

  In addition, when cleaning pets, hot water, water, etc. are supplied from the water supply unit 15 into the cleaning tank 3 and overflowed from the cleaning tank 3 so that dirt generated by the cleaning is discharged to the outside of the cleaning tank 3. Can do. In addition, a suction nozzle 21 provided at the tip of the hose 19 connected to the filter 7 via the open / close valve 17 is suspended in a water tank 23 such as a melting tank separately from the cleaning tank 3. 3 is sucked by the saturated solution manufacturing apparatus 5 and discharged from the bubble generating nozzle 13 into the cleaning tank 3, as described above, dirt in the cleaning tank 3 is discharged to the outside. It can be discharged.

  As described above, when the saturated solution producing apparatus 5 sucks the cleaning liquid in the water tank 23, the on-off valve 9 is in a closed state and the on-off valve 17 is in an open state.

  Referring to FIG. 2, the bubble generating nozzle 13 includes a nozzle body 25 that can be attached to the outside of the cleaning tank 3, and an inner body 27 that can be attached to and detached from the nozzle body 25 from the inside of the cleaning tank 3. Is provided.

  The nozzle body 25 includes an outer body 29 that is attached to the outside of the cleaning tank 3. The outer main body 29 has a substantially cylindrical shape, and includes a flange portion 31 that can come into contact with the outer surface of the cleaning tank 3. The inner body 27 includes a cylindrical portion 35 that passes through a hole 3H formed in the cleaning tank 3 and can be screwed into a screw portion formed on the inner peripheral surface of the large-diameter hole 33 of the outer body 29. The cleaning tank 3 is sandwiched between the flange portion 31 of the outer body 29 and a flange portion 37 is provided.

  Accordingly, the outer body 29 is positioned corresponding to the hole 3H of the cleaning tank 3 and the cylindrical portion 35 of the inner body 27 is screwed into the screw portion of the large-diameter hole 33 of the outer body 29 from the inside of the cleaning tank 3. The nozzle body 25 can be attached to the cleaning tank 3 by tightening firmly.

  An inlet 41 that forms a flow path of a saturated solution (pressure-dissolved water) supplied from the saturated solution manufacturing apparatus 5 is formed in the bottom portion (the back portion of the large-diameter hole 33) 39 of the outer body 29. It is. The inlet 41 communicates with a cylindrical hollow pipe 43 protruding from the bottom 39 into the large diameter hole 33. The inner hole 43H of the hollow pipe 43 constitutes a flow path continuous to the inlet 41.

  An orifice 45 having an appropriate number of small holes 45H is detachably fitted and fixed in the inner hole 43H as a flow path, and the orifice 45 is seen in the flow direction of the fluid flowing in from the inlet 41. A net member 47 is detachably arranged on the downstream side (left side in FIG. 2).

  The mesh member 47 has a configuration in which a plurality of thin mesh bodies having a mesh size of, for example, about 30 to 60 mesh are overlapped. As shown in FIG. 2, it is desirable that the mesh member 47 is in contact with the downstream surface of the orifice 45 or is provided integrally therewith. However, the mesh member 47 is disposed downstream from the orifice 45. It can also be set as the structure arrange | positioned suitably in the side.

  In order to fix the orifice 45 and the net member 47, a fitting pipe 49 in which a rear part of the inner hole 49 </ b> H is closed by a back wall part 51 is screwed and fixed to a tip part of the hollow pipe 43. A flow direction bending portion for bending the flow direction of the fluid in the inner hole 49H is provided at a position slightly upstream from the rear wall portion 51 (right side in FIG. 2). That is, the peripheral wall of the fitting pipe 49 is provided with a plurality of openings 53 that open toward the large-diameter hole 33 as a convection chamber. The opening 53 can be formed in a large through-hole, and the opening 53 has a configuration including a net member similar to the net member 47 or a plurality of small holes (for example, a diameter of several mm). It is desirable to have a configuration.

  The large-diameter hole 33 as the convection chamber serves to convect and agitate the fluid that has flowed in through the opening 53, and corresponds to the convection chamber (large-diameter hole 33). A disk-shaped cap 57 having a plurality of outlets 55 is detachably screwed and fixed. The outlet 55 may be provided with a mesh member having a fineness similar to that of the mesh member 47. It is desirable that the outlet 55 be a small hole having a diameter of several mm.

  In the configuration as described above, the bubble generating nozzle 13 has the orifice 45 and the mesh member 47 fitted into the inner hole 43H of the hollow pipe 43 in the nozzle body 25, and the fitting pipe 49 is connected to the hollow pipe 43. The orifice 45 and the mesh member 47 are fixed by screwing into the tip portion. And it uses in the state attached to the washing tank 3 by the outer side main body 29 and the inner side main body 27 integrally.

  In the above configuration, when the suction nozzle 11 and the inlet 41 are connected to the saturated solution manufacturing apparatus 5 and the saturated solution manufacturing apparatus 5 is driven, the water in the cleaning tank 3 passes through the suction nozzle 11 and the filter 7. The saturated solution manufacturing apparatus 5 sucks the solution.

  Then, in the saturated solution manufacturing device 5, pressurized dissolved water (saturated solution) in a state where air is dissolved and pressurized in water is manufactured, and the bubble generating nozzle 13 is supplied from the inlet 41 of the nozzle body 25. Will flow into. The saturated solution (pressure-dissolved water) that has flowed into the bubble generating nozzle 13 passes through the inner hole 43H of the hollow pipe 43 and is jetted from the small hole 45H of the orifice 45 provided in the inner hole 43H toward the net member 47. The

  Since the saturated solution jetted from the small hole 45H of the orifice 45 is suddenly released and depressurized, air dissolved in the saturated solution is generated as bubbles. At this time, the bubbles are subdivided by passing through the mesh member 47 of fine mesh, and after colliding with the inner wall 49H of the inner hole 49H in the fitting pipe 49 (crash) after passing through the mesh member 47. The

  Furthermore, the fluid in the inner hole 49H of the fitting pipe 49 collides with the inner wall 51 and the flow direction is bent by 90 °, and the convection chamber (volume from the outlet 53 is relatively large compared to the inner hole 49H). Into the large-diameter hole 33), the pressure is further released to reduce the pressure and collide with the inner peripheral surface of the inner body 27, and further bubbles are generated from the saturated solution by convection and stirring in the convection chamber. To do. Then, the bubbles are further subdivided by the stirring action. At this time, when fine bubbles pass through the outlet 53 by forming the outlet 53 into a small hole having a diameter of several millimeters, or by providing a net with a fine mesh at the outlet 53. Further subdivided.

  As described above, the bubbles refined by the action such as convection in the convection chamber, stirring, and colliding with the wall surface (inner peripheral surface) of the convection chamber pass through the outlet 55 of the cap 57, and the particle size is 1 to 20 μm. The fine bubbles are ejected into the cleaning tank 3. When the fine bubbles in the washing tank 3 gradually rise, the fine bubbles come into contact with the pet hair and float, and penetrate into the skin to clean the pet hair and skin as described above. .

  As already understood, according to the present embodiment, a large amount of fine bubbles are generated in the washing tank 3 and the pet's hair is levitated by the fine bubbles, so that some of the fine bubbles are formed on the pet's skin. Because it cleans pet hair and skin using ultrasonic vibration generated when microbubbles burst, it does not require detergent, It will not be damaged by detergent. In other words, cleaning that is gentle to the pet's skin can be performed.

  In addition, a negative ion effect due to a large amount of negative ions can be expected, and a therapeutic effect for skin diseases and the like can also be expected due to the negative ion effect and stimulation of the skin by the fine vibration.

It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally and schematically the pet washing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is sectional explanatory drawing of the nozzle for bubble generation.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Washing tank 5 ... Saturated solution manufacturing apparatus 11 ... Suction nozzle 13 ... Nozzle for bubble generation

Claims (2)

The washing tub for washing pets (3), a saturated solution producing apparatus for producing a saturated solution of air saturation (5), a saturated solution produced by this saturated solution manufacturing device (5) when discharging the cleaning tank (3) in the cleaning tank (3) and a bubble generation nozzle for generating fine bubbles (13) in said bubble generation nozzle (13) includes a bottom ( 39) having a substantially cylindrical outer body (29) provided with an inlet (41) for forming a flow path of a saturated solution supplied from the saturated solution producing apparatus (5), and the outer body (29). ) In the cylindrical hollow pipe (43) projecting from the bottom (39) into the large-diameter hole (33) of the outer body (29), and in the inner hole (43H) of the hollow pipe (43) The provided orifice (45) and the inner hole (43H) And a mesh member (47) having a fine mesh provided on the downstream side of the orifice (45), and an inner hole (49H) fixed to the distal end of the hollow pipe (43) in the large-diameter hole (33). A pet cleaning device comprising: a fitting pipe (49) having a heel portion closed by a heel wall portion (51) and having a plurality of openings (53) on a peripheral wall . The pet cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the orifice (45) and the mesh member (42) are detachably attached to the hollow pipe (43), and the orifice (45) and the mesh member (47). ) Is fixed to the hollow pipe (43) by the fitting pipe (49) .

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