KR20150104854A - Device for air washing pets - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a tool for washing a pet with air. The tool comprises: a main body (10) having an air flow device (12); a rotating rod (20) which is mounted to be rotatable on a side of the main body (10) and sprays or suctions air; an attachment/detachment means (30) which is interposed between the main body (10) and the rotating rod (20) and releases the connection therebetween when a separation button (36) is pressed; and a control means (40) for intermitting the rotation of the rotating rod (20) and varying an air state. Therefore, when grooming a pet using the air flow, the tool can be conveniently used while being held in a hand of a user based on a compact structure thereof, and can completely and cleanly wash the fur of the pet in a short period of time.

Description

Device for air washing pets

The present invention relates to companion animal air cleaners, and more particularly to companion animal air cleaners for conveniently tailoring companion fur using airflow.

Due to the social structural changes such as nuclearization and aging, and the development of awareness of companion animals, the market for companion animals such as feed, beauty, medical care, and services is reported to record double digits or more every year. In addition, the demand for hygiene products is steadily increasing because the animals with fur have a high possibility of causing hygienic discomfort or causing a disease of a caregiver if they are not periodically cleaned.

Korean Patent Publication No. 0564406 (Prior Art 1) and Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2011-0100481 (Prior Art 2) are known as prior art documents relating to hair management of companion animals.

The pet brush for a vacuum cleaner according to the prior art 1 is connected to the tip of a flexible hose to be connected to an auxiliary dust collecting passage, and a needle protrusion is formed continuously in the vicinity of a dust suction port. The cutout hole has a shape corresponding to the cutout hole and is detachably coupled to the inside of the cutout hole. Accordingly, an effect of promptly determining whether or not the air circulation path is sealed in the process of cleaning the hair of a pet is expected.

And a suction plate installed at a tip of the cover housing and having a plurality of suction ports for sucking foreign substances or fur from the pet comb, A suction pipe for forming a suction passage for foreign matter or fur, and a suction pipe for storing foreign matter or hair sucked through the suction pipe so as to be detachable to the suction pipe. Thus, the effect of removing various foreign matter, parasites, and the like so as not to scatter around is expected.

However, according to the above-mentioned prior art document 1, it is inconvenient to grasp and grasp the hand because it is large in appearance, and according to the prior art document 2, it is inconvenient to maintain the posture of combing at various angles, .

1. Korean Patent Publication No. 0564406 "Pet brush for vacuum cleaner" (Published on December 8, 2005) 2. Korean Patent Publication No. 2011-0100481 "Pet hair cleaner" (Open date: September 14, 2011)

It is an object of the present invention to overcome the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of cleaning a hair of a companion animal by using air flow, And to provide a companion animal air cleaning tool that can be used for cleaning.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a companion animal air cleaning tool which can be easily converted into an additional function in addition to combing hair.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a device for air-cleaning a companion animal, comprising: a body having an airflow; A rotating table rotatably mounted on one side of the main body and injecting or sucking air; Detachment means interposed between the main body and the rotating table and releasing the connection by pressing the release button; And control means for interrupting the rotation of the turntable and varying the air condition.

According to the detailed construction of the present invention, the turntable includes at least one of a nozzle formed at an end portion, a pore formed in a longitudinal direction, and a protrusion protruding from an outer circumferential surface.

According to the detailed configuration of the present invention, the rotating table is provided with a driven shaft having an annular groove on the outer circumferential surface.

According to the detailed construction of the present invention, the detachable means is provided so that the latches resiliently supported on the main body are in contact with the detachment button, and engagement of the detachment and the detachment of the detachment button is controlled by forward and backward movement of the detachment button.

According to the detailed configuration of the present invention, the control means is characterized by including a wind volume button for varying the air volume, a wind temperature button for varying the wind temperature, and a driver having the drive shaft.

In this case, the drive unit connects the motor and the drive shaft via the worm gear to prevent arbitrary rotation of the swivel.

As a modification of the present invention, the control means may further comprise an auxiliary device for generating at least one of an anion, a far-infrared ray, and an ultraviolet ray.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the hair of the companion animal is trimmed by using the air flow, it is convenient to hold it on the hand based on the miniaturized structure, and it is possible to clean the hair in every corner in a short time.

1 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of a tool according to the present invention;
2 is a configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of a tool according to the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a tool attaching / detaching means according to the present invention
4 is a configuration diagram showing a separated state of a tool according to the present invention;
5 is a schematic view showing a combined state of a tool according to the present invention;

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Although the present invention suggests a device for air-cleaning companion animals such as dogs or cats, it is not limited to hair care by air cleaning of companion animals. The present invention adopts a method of driving by a battery so as to facilitate the portability, but does not exclude an external power source.

A main body (10) according to the present invention has an airflow source (12). The main body 10 is made of a resin material having high strength and light weight and has a divided structure for mounting internal components. On one side of the main body 10, an opening is formed which is connected to a later-described rotating base 20. The pneumatic synchronizer 12 refers to a blower for blowing air by blowing air at a positive pressure or a vacuum pump for sucking air by suction. Of course, the pneumatic synchronizer 12 may be selectively operated by having both the blower and the vacuum pump. The heater 15 is provided inside the main body 10 in case the blower is used as the airflow source 12.

On the other hand, in order to perform the sucking function of the pneumatic motors 12, means such as a filter and a collecting cylinder must be provided.

Further, according to the present invention, a turntable 20 for injecting or sucking air is rotatably mounted on one side of the main body 10. The swivel base 20 also uses a high strength and lightweight resin material and has a hollow for air flow inside. The portion where the main body 10 and the rotating table 20 come into contact with each other maintains a loose fit tolerance. At the same time, a Teflon coating layer may be formed to reduce frictional resistance of the contact surface. Of course, the turntable 20 can be selectively rotated as needed using a separate operation button (not shown).

According to the detailed configuration of the present invention, the turntable 20 has at least one of a nozzle 21 formed at an end portion thereof, a pore 22 formed in a longitudinal direction, and a projection 23 protruding to the outer circumferential surface . The nozzle 21 injects or sucks air intensively at the end of the swivel base 20, which is a hollow structure. Although the nozzle 21 is formed in a bent shape at 90 degrees, it is also possible to adopt a structure capable of adjusting the angle. The pores 22 disperse air from the outer circumferential surface of the rotating table 20 as a hollow structure. The protrusions 23 are formed at positions spaced apart from or overlapped with the pores 22. The size of the protrusion 23 can be variously set according to the length of hair or function selection (combing or massaging).

According to the detailed construction of the present invention, the swivel (20) is provided with a driven shaft (25) having an annular groove on the outer circumferential surface. The driven shaft 25 is integrally formed at the end of the rotating table 20 or is coupled with a bolt or the like. A center of the driven shaft 25 has a groove for facilitating engagement / disengagement with a drive shaft 45 described later. The groove of the driven shaft 25 is formed so as to be easy to engage / disengage from the latch 32 of the attaching / detaching means 30 described later.

According to the present invention, the detachment means 30 for releasing the connection by depressing the separation button 36 is interposed between the main body 10 and the rotation table 20. The separating button 36 of the attaching / detaching means 30 is provided so as to be slidable (forward / backward) on the outer peripheral surface of the main body 10. For the sake of understanding, advancing toward the turntable 20 is referred to as advancing movement, and vice versa. The lock state of the rotation table 20 is maintained during the forward movement of the release button 36 and the lock of the rotation table 20 is released during the backward movement of the release button 36. [ Of course, the separating button 36 is not limited to the forward and backward movement, but may be realized by a pivoting motion in the left and right direction, a pushing motion in the up and down direction, and the like.

According to the detailed construction of the present invention, the detachment means (30) is provided such that the latch (32) resiliently supported on the main body (10) is in contact with the release button (36) And interlocking engagement of the pawl (32) and the swivel base (20) is interrupted. Figure 3 shows the detachment means 30 centrally in the plane of Figure 1. The latch 32 is provided on the housing 31 formed on the inner surface of the main body 10 with a spring 34 interposed therebetween. The latch 32 has a sloped surface at a portion opposed to the groove and has a structure capable of entering and exiting at two opposite positions in the groove of the driven shaft 25. [ The separating button 36 has protrusions 37 protruding in a semicircular shape on both sides thereof. The outer end distance of the both side protrusions 37 is formed to be somewhat larger than the diameter of the driven shaft 25.

4 and 5, the spring 34 is compressed while the driven shaft 25 pushes the inclined surface of the latch 32 in the process of coupling the rotation table 20 to the main body 10, When it reaches the groove of the coaxial shaft (25), tight engagement is achieved. 3 (a), the latch 32 and the swivel 20 are engaged, but rotation of the swivel 20 is permitted. Conversely, when the separating button 36 is retracted as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the protrusion 37 pushes the slope of the pawl 32 first so that it can be easily separated from the driven shaft 25 by pulling the pivot 20. It is preferable to form the Teflon coating layer so that sliding contact between the bracket 32 and the driven shaft 25 is smooth during use of the tool of the present invention.

According to the present invention, the control means (40) controls the rotation of the turntable (20) and changes the air condition. The control means 40 is connected to the pneumatic synchronizer 12, the heater 15, the power portion of the swivel 20, and the like. The air condition is meant to include elements such as air flow rate, air temperature, negative pressure / positive pressure, and the like.

According to the detailed configuration of the present invention, the control means (40) is provided with a wind volume button (41) for varying the air volume, a wind temperature button (42) for varying the wind temperature, and a driver do. The air volume button 41 and the air temperature button 42 are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the main body 10. The amount of air flow by the airflow source 12 is set by the air amount button 41 and the heat temperature is set by the heater 15 by the air temperature button 42. [ The driver 44 uses a servomotor or geared motor. The drive shaft (45) is coaxially coupled to the center of the driver (44). The driven shaft 25 of the swivel base 20 and the drive shaft 45 of the control means 40 are formed to have a rectangular cross section for tight power transmission. It is preferable that the drive shaft 45 has a gradient at the tip so that it can be easily engaged with the groove of the driven shaft 25.

At this time, the driver 44 connects the motor and the drive shaft 45 via the worm gear to prevent arbitrary rotation of the swivel 20. When the worm gear is used for the driver 44, it is possible to prevent inconvenience that the wobble gear is arbitrarily rotated during combing while the swivel 20 is stopped. Such a worm gear can also perform a deceleration function of the motor in the anti-reverse function.

As a modification of the present invention, the control means 40 may further comprise an auxiliary device 48 for generating at least one of an anion, a far-infrared ray, and an ultraviolet ray. The auxiliary device 48 selectively includes an anion generating unit, a far-infrared ray generating unit, an ultraviolet ray generating unit, and the like inside or outside the main body 10.

In operation, air is sprayed or sucked through the nozzle 21 or the pores 22 by inserting the swivel base 20 as shown in FIG. 1 into the main body 10 and pressing the operation button. In this process, Adding the rotation function does not require frequent twisting of the arm, so hair care can be conveniently performed. Thereafter, when the lock is released by the release button 36 and the rotating table 20 is removed and replaced with the rotating table 20 of FIG. 2, it is possible to expect fine combing and massaging by the projection 23, .

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It is therefore intended that such variations and modifications fall within the scope of the appended claims.

10: Main body 12:
20: rotating table 21: nozzle
22: pore 23: projection
25: driven shaft 30: detachment means
31: housing 32:
36: release button 37:
40: control means 41: air volume button
42: air temperature button 44:
45: drive shaft 48:

Claims (7)

In a tool for air-cleaning a companion animal,
(10) having an airflow source (12);
A rotating table 20 rotatably mounted on one side of the main body 10 and injecting or sucking air;
Detachment means (30) interposed between the main body (10) and the swivel (20) and releasing the connection by pressing the release button (36); And
And control means (40) for controlling the rotation of the swivel (20) and varying the air condition.
The method according to claim 1,
Characterized in that the swivel (20) has at least one of a nozzle (21) formed at an end portion, a pore (22) formed in a longitudinal direction, and a projection (23) protruding to the outer circumferential surface.
The method according to claim 1,
Characterized in that the swivel (20) has a driven shaft (25) having an annular groove on the outer circumferential surface.
The method according to claim 1,
The detachment means 30 is provided so that the latch 32 which is resiliently supported on the main body 10 is brought into contact with the detachment button 36 and the detachment of the detachment means 36 20) is interrupted.
The method according to claim 1,
Characterized in that the control means (40) comprises an air volume button (41) for changing the air volume, a air temperature button (42) for changing the air temperature, and a driver (44) having a drive shaft (45).
The method of claim 5,
Wherein the drive unit (44) connects the motor and the drive shaft (45) via a worm gear to prevent arbitrary rotation of the swivel unit (20).
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control means (40) further comprises an auxiliary device (48) for generating at least one of anion, far-infrared ray and ultraviolet ray.

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