JP7004278B2 - Pet drying device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a pet drying device, and more specifically, to evenly supply a drying air to the entire space inside a dry room for drying a pet so that the pet can be dried quickly and efficiently. Regarding pet drying equipment.

Recently, the demand for pets has been increasing for various reasons such as the increase in emotional needs due to the increase in nuclear families and the increase in single-person households.

The types of pets are not only traditional dogs and cats, but also other mammals, as well as reptiles and amphibians, which are very diverse according to people's tastes, but the most mainstream still seems to be dogs and cats. Mammals occupy.

Pets, like humans, must be bathed frequently for hygiene and health, but mammals usually have a lot of hair on their bodies, which not only makes bathing a difficult task. Since humans have to take time and effort to dry wet hair directly after bathing, it causes considerable trouble in managing pets.

Of the various methods used to dry pet hair, the most common are those used to dry human hair or hot air dry using a pet-specific hair dryer. be.

However, in the case of pets, when the hair gets wet, they have a habit of shaking their bodies to try to wipe them off, so they often shake their bodies during drying and water and hair are scattered around, which causes the worker to do so. It makes you feel uncomfortable and requires cleaning after drying, which adds to the annoyance.

Also, before getting used to bathing or due to the pet's habits, pets often keep moving or try to escape to other places while drying, so you have to catch your pet by hand to prevent this. Therefore, the work becomes more troublesome and the drying time is long.

There are also unsanitary disadvantages such as hair falling out and flying or falling to the floor in the process of drying hair with a hair dryer.

In order to improve such disadvantages, a pet dryer that automatically dries pet hair has been developed, and such a pet dryer is referred to as Korean Patent No. 10-2015-0049810 (hereinafter referred to as "Prior Technology"). It has been proposed as a "pet drying room" in "Reference 1").

Prior Art Document 1 discloses a pet drying room in which a foldable main body and a drying module separated from the main body significantly reduce the weight and volume, and have good storage and portability.

However, the pet drying room disclosed in Prior Art Document 1 has an inherent disadvantage that the drying air (air for drying) provided from the drying module is blown in only one direction and the drying efficiency is low.

As for other conventional techniques, a "drying device for pets" has been proposed in Korea Registered Practical No. 20-0462906 (hereinafter referred to as "Prior Art Document 2"), and Korean Registered Practical No. 20-0471579. A "pet dog drying device" has been proposed in (hereinafter referred to as "Pet's Dog Drying Device 3"), and a "Pet Drying Device" in Korea Registered Practical No. 20-0476748 (hereinafter referred to as "Pet's Prior Art Document 4"). Has been proposed.

However, in Prior Art Document 2, dry air (warm air) is sprayed only to the lower part of the object to be dried, in Prior Art Document 3, dry air is sprayed only to one side of the object to be dried, and in Prior Art Document 4, the object to be dried is also sprayed. There is a disadvantage that the drying efficiency of the pet is low because the dry air is blown only in one side.

Korean Published Patent No. 10-2015-0049810 Korea Registered Practical No. 20-0462906 Korea Registered Practical No. 20-0471579 Korea Registered Practical No. 20-0476748

Therefore, the present invention evenly supplies a dry air to the entire space inside the dry room of the pet drying device for drying the pet so that the wet hair and skin of the pet can be dried quickly and efficiently. Its purpose is to provide a drying device.

Another object of the present invention is to circulate the air inside the dry room and resupply it to the inside of the dry room to form a negative pressure inside the dry room and allow the pet's hair to flow out to the outside. The purpose is to provide a pet drying device that can be prevented.

The pet drying device according to the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object is a pet drying device including a main body having a dry room inside, and is provided on the upper part of the main body, and the inside thereof is the outside air and the inside of the dry room. A main module equipped with a blower fan that sucks and circulates the inside air, and a rear chamber provided at the rear end of the main module, where the outside air and the inside air from the blower fan flow in and are supplied to the dry room. A side chamber that is provided on both sides of the main module and has a side chamber that communicates with the rear chamber of the back plate and that the outside air and inside air from the blower fan flow in and are supplied to the dry room. A bottom chamber is provided at the bottom of the side plate and the back plate and the side plate, and the inside of the side plate is provided with a bottom chamber that communicates with the rear chamber of the back plate and allows outside air and inside air from the blower fan to flow in and be supplied to the dry room. It may include a bottom plate having a bottom plate and a front plate provided at the tip of the main module while rotatably provided with a door to open and close the dry chamber.

Then, in the main module, the upper surface suction port where the outside air flows in, the front suction port where the inside air of the dry room flows in facing the dry room, and the inflowing outside air and the inside air are discharged to both sides and supplied to the inside of the main module. A filter housing with an outlet is provided and inserted into the filter housing while purifying all the outside air and inside air flowing into the main module, and unifying the inside and outside air purification filters into one for the filter housing. It may be equipped with an integrated filter that allows it to be replaced at once on the outside.

Further, the integrated filter is provided with an empty hollow member inside, and the outside air and the inside air are filtered while passing through the surface by the upper surface suction port and the front suction port of the filter housing, and the outside air and the inside air are mixed inside the integrated filter. While in contact with the inner peripheral surface, it may be prepared to be filtered again and discharged.

Further, the space between the front plate and the door and the side plate may be provided with a vent and a vent for forming negative pressure inside the dry room during drying, while ventilating the dry room.

According to the pet drying device of the present invention, the dry air is evenly supplied from all the inner surfaces of the dry room of the pet drying device to quickly and efficiently dry the wet hair and skin of the pet in the dry room. There are advantages to gain.

According to the present invention, the air inside the dry room is discharged to the integrated filter by the blower fan to be purified, and then the air is re-supplied to the dry room to form a negative pressure inside the dry room. This has the advantage that the pet's hair can be prevented from flying from the inside of the dry room to the outside during the drying process.

It is a block diagram which showed the outer shape of the pet drying apparatus by this invention. It is an exploded view of the pet drying apparatus by this invention. It is a separation view of the main module and the back plate provided in the pet drying apparatus by this invention. It is a figure which showed the flow of the outside air supplied to the pet drying apparatus by this invention. It is a combined cross-sectional view showing the flow of the air supplied to the dry room of the pet drying apparatus according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The terms used in the present invention are defined in consideration of the functions in the present invention, and these terms may be defined depending on the intentions or customs of the user and the operator. It should be construed as a meaning and concept consistent with the technical matters of the present invention.

The terms used in the present invention are used to distinguish one component from the other, and the components of the present invention are not limited by the above terms.

In the present invention, "formed on" and "formed on the side surface" do not mean only that the constituent elements are directly contacted and formed in a laminated manner, and other constituent elements are further formed between the constituent elements. Includes the meaning that is being formed. For example, "formed on" means that the second component is formed in direct contact with the first component, and of course, the third component is formed between the first component and the second component. Includes the implications that can be further formed.

FIGS. 1 to 5 of the attached drawings are drawings showing a pet drying device according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the pet drying device according to the present invention includes a box-type main body 100 provided with a dry room 700 in which a pet is housed and dried.

Such a main body 100 includes a main module 200 on the upper surface, side plates 300 on both sides, a back plate 400, a bottom plate 500, a front plate 600, and a door 610 provided on the front plate 600, and is formed in a hexahedral box shape. The door.

Thereby, the internal space of the main module 200 and the main body 100 partitioned by the bottom plate 500, the back plate 400, the side surface plates 300, the front plate 600 and the door 610 is provided as a dry room 700 in which pets are accommodated and dried. ..

In particular, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the main module 200 includes a housing 210 coupled to the upper surface of the main body 100, and the housing 210 is equipped with various control devices for operating a pet drying device. Be prepared.

A controller 230 is provided in the control device mounted on the housing 210 of the main module 200, and the controller 230 is provided on the front surface portion of the housing 210 (the portion on the side where the door 610 is provided), and the user can use the controller 230. Allows easy control of the pet drying device.

Inside the housing 210 of the main module 200, a blower fan 240 controlled by a controller 230 to circulate dry air (outside air and inside air) in the dry room 700 is provided, and the outside air is provided by such a blower fan 240. (Outside air) is sucked into the housing 210 of the main module 200, and the air (inside air) inside the main body 100 is circulated and transferred and resupplied to the inside of the main body 100. Such a blower fan 240 is preferably provided with a sirocco fan, but is not limited thereto.

On the other hand, a heater 250 for supplying hot air to the inside of the main body 100 is provided on the air transfer path by the blower fan 240 as described above, and these heaters 250 are a mixture of outside air and inside air, that is, drying. Most preferably, it is provided in the discharge portion of the blower fan 240 from which the air is discharged, and the heater 250 is also controlled by the controller 230.

Further, a suction port 211 for sucking outside air by the blower fan 240 is formed on the upper surface of the housing 210 of the main module 200, and an exhaust port 212 for discharging the mixed air by the blower fan 240 is formed on the lower surface of the housing 210. It is formed.

An integrated filter 220 for filtering foreign matter in the outside air while the outside air is flowing is provided in the housing 210 below the suction port 211, and the discharge portion of the blower fan 240 penetrates the discharge port 212. Can be fixed and equipped.

Such an integrated filter 220 is provided in a non-rotatable state by being inserted into an empty triangular filter housing 221 inside a housing 210 below the suction port 211.

On the other hand, the filter housing 221 as described above has the upper surface suction port 221a opened so that the outside air flowing into the suction port 211 of the main module 200 is immediately sucked, and the inside of the dry room 700 facing the dry room 700. Includes a front suction port 221b into which the inside air flows in, and an discharge port 221c opened so that the inflowing outside air and the inside air are discharged to both sides thereof.

At this time, the upper surface suction port 221a and the discharge port 221c of the filter housing 221 are completely opened, but the front suction port 221b facing the dry room 700 is formed so as to be opened in the grill structure. Is preferable. This is a grill structure in which pet hair that can be discharged from the dry room 700 together with the shyness is strained.

On the other hand, the integrated filter 220 purifies all the outside air and the inside air flowing into the filter housing 221 at once while being inserted and fixed inside the filter housing 221 as described above, and is supplied to the blower fan 240. do.

That is, the integrated filter 220 has an outer shape corresponding to the filter housing 221 and is formed in a hollow member having both end portions open thereof, but the integrated filter 220 flows into the upper surface suction port 221a of the filter housing 221. The upper surface portion 220a that is filtered while the outside air passes through, the front surface portion 220b that is filtered while the inside air in the dry room 700 that flows into the front suction port 221b of the filter housing 221 passes through, and the upper surface portion 220a and the front surface portion 220b. It may include an inner peripheral surface 220c in which the filtered outside air and the inside air are mixed and contacted and filtered again inside.

As a result, all the outside air and the inside air flowing into the filter housing 221 via the upper surface portion 220a and the front surface portion 220b of the integrated filter 220 are purified. It can be centralized as one filter, and has the advantage that the integrated filter 220 can be easily replaced at once on the outside of the filter housing 221 when the integrated filter 220 is contaminated.

As described above, the mixed air of the outside air and the inside air filtered from the integrated filter 220 is discharged through the open side discharge ports 221c of the filter housing 221 and supplied to the blower fan 240.

Therefore, the outside air sucked into the suction port 211 of the main module 200 by the suction input of the blower fan 240 is sucked into the upper surface suction port 221a of the filter housing 221 and is primarily filtered while passing through the upper surface portion 220a of the integrated filter 220. The inside air in the dry room 700 is sucked into the front suction port 221b of the filter housing 221 and is primarily filtered while passing through the front portion 220b of the integrated filter 220. While being mixed inside the integrated filter 220, it comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the integrated filter 220 for secondary filtering, and then is discharged through the outlets 221c on both sides of the filter housing 221 and supplied to the blower fan 240.

On the other hand, the mixed air discharged through the outlets 221c on both sides of the filter housing 221 can be quickly sucked into the suction ports on both sides of the blower fan 240 due to the structural characteristics of the blower fan 240 made of a sirocco fan. It becomes possible to quickly maintain the flow of air (dry air).

Then, the mixed air of the outside air flowing into the blower fan 240 can be supplied by hot air to the dry room 700 of the main body 100 when heated via the heater 250, and if not heated, the dry room 700 of the main body 100 can be supplied. Can be supplied with dry air.

That is, such dry air or hot air is supplied into the rear chamber 410 of the back plate 400 forming the dry room 700, and a part of the dry air supplied to the rear chamber 410 of the back plate 400 is in the dry room. The rest is supplied directly to the 700, and the rest flows into the side chamber 310 of the side plate 300 and the bottom chamber 510 of the bottom plate 500, and then is supplied into the dry room 700 via the side surface and the bottom surface, respectively.

The back plate 400 is provided at the rear end of the housing 210 of the main module 200 and constitutes the back surface of the dry room 700, and the outside air by the blower fan 240 is on the inner side facing the dry room 700. A rear chamber 410 into which the mixed air of the inside air flows in is formed.

The rear chamber 410 is formed with an inflow port 411 to which the dry air (mixed air) discharged from the blower fan 240 is supplied on the upper surface thereof, and is mixed in the dry room 700 on the front portion facing the dry room 700. A large number of injection ports 413 for directly injecting and supplying air (dry air) are provided, and mixed air is supplied to the side chamber 310 and the bottom chamber 510, which will be described later, on both sides thereof and the lower part of the front surface, respectively. Each outlet 412 is formed.

Therefore, a part of the mixed air flowing into the inflow port 411 of the rear chamber 410 can be directly supplied to the back surface of the dry room 700 by a dry air through the injection port 413 to dry the face and back portion of the pet, and the rest. The mixed air is discharged and supplied to the side chamber 310 and the bottom chamber 510 via the respective discharge ports 413, respectively.

Further, the side plate 300 is provided on both side portions of the housing 210 of the main module 200 to form both side surfaces of the dry room 700, and the mixed air by the rear chamber 410 is provided on the inner portion facing the dry room 700. A side chamber 310 into which the air flows is provided.

The side chamber 310 has an inflow port 311 formed at the rear end thereof and communicates with the discharge port 412 of the rear chamber 410, and a large number of mixed airs are injected into the dry room 700 on the inner side surface facing the dry room 700. An injection port 312 may be provided, and the outer surface portion of the lower portion of the injection port 312 may be separately provided with a ventilation port 330 for ventilation of the normal dry room 700 and for forming a negative pressure of the dry room 700 during drying. The formation of negative pressure in the dry room 700 by the ventilation port 330 will be described together with the ventilation port 620 described later.

As a result, the mixed air discharged from the rear chamber 410 flows into the side chamber 310 through the inflow port 311, and all the mixed air that has flowed in is blown by dry air from both sides of the dry room 700 through the injection port 312. It is sprayed onto the surface, allowing both sides of the pet's torso to dry.

On the other hand, the inner side surface portion of such a side chamber 310 may be further provided with a rail groove 320 to which the bearing wheels 612 and 613 of the door 610 described later are coupled and guided, and such a rail groove 320 may be provided. The vertical part is formed so as to tilt inside the dry chamber 700 from the bottom to the top, and the vertical part extends from the upper end of the vertical part to the inside of the dry room 700, and tilts downward toward the inside of the dry room 700. Includes the lateral part to be formed. Such a rail groove 320 can smoothly guide the rotation of the door 610 when the door 610, which will be described later, is opened and closed.

The bottom plate 500 is a portion constituting the bottom surface of the dry room 700, and is provided by being coupled to the back plate 400, the side surface plates 300, and the lower ends of the front plate 600 described later.

Such a bottom plate 500 is provided so that a large number of bottom chambers 510 communicate with each other on the inner side facing the dry room 700.

In such a bottom chamber 510, an inflow port 511 communicating with the discharge port 412 of the rear chamber 410 is formed at the rear end thereof, and mixed air is injected into the dry room 700 at the inner side surface portion facing the dry room 700. A large number of injection ports 512 are provided.

A pad 520 on which the pet stands up is detachably provided on the large number of bottom chambers 510, and a large number of through holes are formed in the pad 520 to inject from the injection port 512 of the bottom chamber 510. The mixed air is supplied to the bottom surface of the dry chamber 700, and the lower part of the pet's torso, that is, the abdominal part can be dried.

At this time, it is preferable that the pad 520 is provided with a rubber material having an excellent frictional force that can minimize the slipping of the pet.

The front plate 600 is a portion that is connected to the front surfaces of the side surface plates 300 and the bottom plate 500 to form the front surface of the dry room 700, and a penetrating doorway into which the door 610 can be installed is provided in the central portion thereof.

The door 610 installed at the entrance / exit of such a front plate 600 is provided with hinge brackets 611 at both end portions thereof, and bearing wheels 612 protruding to different lengths at the upper and lower portions of the hinge bracket 611. The 613 is rotatably provided.

Such bearing wheels 612 and 613 on both sides of the door 610 are coupled to and provided in the rail groove 320 of the side plate 300, respectively, but when the door 610 is closed, the upper bearing wheel 612 is provided in the rail groove 320. Located laterally, the lower bearing wheel 613 is located vertically in the rail groove 320, and with the door 610 open, both the upper and lower bearing wheels 612, 613 are located. It is located on the side of the rail groove 320 and is provided.

At this time, each of the bearing wheels 612 and 613 can guide the smooth rotation of the door 610 while rolling in the horizontal portion and the vertical portion of the inclined rail groove 320, respectively, and when the door 610 is open, the upper and lower bearings can be induced. Since both the wheels 612 and 613 are located on the side of the rail groove 320, the open state can be firmly maintained by the weight of the door 610.

On the other hand, as described above, with the door 610 having the entrance / exit of the front plate 600 inserted, both sides thereof are hinged to the rail groove 320 of the side plate 300 by the hinge bracket 611 and the plurality of bearing wheels 612, 613, respectively. As a result, the door 610 can be firmly installed on the front plate 600 without directly connecting the door 610 to the front plate 600.

Then, between these doors 610 and the front plate 600, a vent 620 for preventing the suffocation of the pet in the dry room 700 may be formed, and such a vent 620 is the door 610. It is preferable that the dry room 700 is sufficiently ventilated by being formed along the entire circumference between the front plate 600 and the front plate 600.

Further, the ventilation port 620 as described above normally ventilates the dry room 700 when the blower fan 240 does not operate, and when the blower fan 240 operates to dry, the ventilation of the side plate 300 described above. Negative pressure will be formed inside the dry room 700 together with the mouth 330.

That is, as described above, the housing 210 of the main module 200 forming the dry room 700, the rear chamber 410 of the back plate 400, the side chambers 310 of the side plate 300, the bottom chamber 510 of the bottom plate 500, the front plate 600 and the door. Since the ventilation port 620 and the ventilation port 330 are all in communication with the 610, when the blower fan 240 operates when the pet is dry, the suction input by the blower fan 240 acts in the dry room 700 to act in the dry room. The inside air of the 700 circulates in the blower fan 240 and the dry room 700, and the outside air is continuously sucked and flows into the dry room 700 by the ventilation port 620 and the ventilation port 330, so that the inside of the dry room 700 is inside. Negative pressure is formed and maintained.

Therefore, it becomes possible to prevent the pet hair from flowing out from the dry room 700 when the dry room 700 is dried due to the formation of negative pressure.

Further, the door 610 as described above may be provided with a confirmation window 614 that allows the pet to be dried in the dry room 700 to be directly observed with the naked eye.

In the pet drying device according to the present invention as described above, when the blower fan 240 is operated, as shown in FIG. 4, outside air (an arrow with an empty inside) flows in through the suction port 211 of the main module 200, and the dry room 700 The internal air (arrow whose inside is hatched) flows into the filter housing 221 through the front suction port 221b of the filter housing 221.

The outside air and the inside air that have flowed in in this way are primarily filtered through the upper surface portion 220a and the front surface portion 220b of the integrated filter 220 provided inside the filter housing 221, respectively, and the outside air and the inside air are mixed inside the integrated filter 220. While flowing, it comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface 220c of the integrated filter 220 and is secondarily filtered, and then discharged through the discharge ports 221c on both sides of the filter housing 221 and supplied to the blower fan 240.

As shown in FIG. 5, the mixed air of the outside air and the inside air (arrows whose inside is filled with black) supplied to the blower fan 240 is hot air when heated by the heater 250 while being discharged from the blower fan 240, and is not yet. In heating, dry air is supplied to the rear chamber 410 of the back plate 400.

A part of the mixed air supplied to the rear chamber 410 is injected into the dry room 700 through the injection port 413 of the rear chamber 410 to dry the pet's face and back, and the remaining mixed air is left. , The side chamber 310 of the side plate 300 and the bottom chamber 510 of the bottom plate 500 are supplied.

The mixed air supplied to the side chamber 310 and the bottom chamber 510 is all jetted into the dry room 700 through the injection ports 312 and 512 of the side chamber 310 and the bottom chamber 510, and the side part of the pet's torso and the flank portion. The abdomen will be dried.

Further, when the blower fan 240 is operated, as shown in FIG. 4, fresh outside air is forcibly sucked into the ventilation port 620 between the front plate 600 and the door 610 and supplied to the inside of the dry room 700 to dry the air. You will be able to maintain comfort while you are doing it.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, when the pet is dried, the suction input by the operation of the blower fan 240 acts on the dry room 700, and the inside air inside the dry room 700 is sucked out and circulated, and is circulated through the ventilation port 620 and the ventilation port 330. Since the outside air continuously flows into the dry room 700, the negative pressure is maintained in the dry room 700, and the outflow of pet hair generated during drying can be prevented.

Even if the pet remains in the dry room 700 after drying, the vent 620 between the door 610 and the front plate 600 can sufficiently ventilate the pet, so that the pet can be prevented from suffocating.

The present invention has been described in detail with reference to specific examples, but the present invention is intended to specifically explain the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this, and is within the technical idea of the present invention. It is clear that it can be modified or improved by someone with normal knowledge in the field.

All simple modifications or modifications of the invention fall within the scope of the invention and the specific scope of protection of the invention will be clarified by the appended claims.

Claims (3)

A pet drying device that includes a main body with a dry room inside.
A main module equipped on the upper part of the main body, inside which is equipped with a blower fan that sucks in and circulates the outside air and the inside air inside the dry room,
A back plate provided at the rear end of the main module, the inside of which has a rear chamber through which outside and inside air from the blower fan flows in and is supplied to the dry room.
A side plate provided on both sides of the main module, with a side chamber inside which has a side chamber that communicates with the rear chamber of the back plate and allows outside and inside air from the blower fan to flow in and be supplied to the dry room.
A bottom plate provided at the bottom of the back and side plates, the inner portion of which has a bottom chamber that communicates with the rear chamber of the back plate and allows outside and inside air from the blower fan to flow in and be supplied to the dry room.
Includes a front plate, which is provided at the tip of the main module, while the door that opens and closes the dry room is rotatably provided.
In the main module, the upper surface suction port where the outside air flows in, the front suction port where the inside air of the dry room flows in facing the dry room, and the inflowing outside air and the inside air are discharged to both sides and supplied to the inside of the main module. Equipped with a filter housing with an outlet,
A pet dryer equipped with an integrated filter that is inserted into the filter housing while purifying and discharging all the outside air and inside air that flows into the main module. The integrated filter is provided with an empty hollow member inside, and the outside air and the inside air are filtered while passing through the surface by the upper surface suction port and the front suction port of the filter housing, and the outside air and the inside air are mixed inside the inside. The pet drying device according to claim 1, wherein the pet drying device is provided so as to be in contact with the peripheral surface and to be filtered again and discharged. The pet drying device according to claim 1, wherein the dry room is ventilated between the front plate and the door and the side plate, and a vent and a ventilation port for forming negative pressure are provided inside the dry room at the time of drying. ..

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