KR20160026939A

KR20160026939A - A pet bathing apparatus

Info

Publication number: KR20160026939A
Application number: KR1020160018912A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김두환
Original assignee: 김두환
Priority date: 2016-02-18
Filing date: 2016-02-18
Publication date: 2016-03-09

Abstract

The present invention relates to a stand-up bathtub for a pet, wherein the stand-up bathtub is characterized in that, in consideration of physical characteristics of the pet, a lower plate for supporting hind legs and an upper plate for mounting front legs are installed inside a bath water storage unit, thereby bathing the pet while the pet stands up on two legs. The heights of the upper plate and the lower plate can be controlled to correspond to the physical size of the pet; a head portion of the pet is exposed onto the surface of the water by partially opening an upper portion of the bath water storage unit, thereby giving psychological stability to the pet; and a separate cleaning device is disposed such that a person can directly clean the head portion including regions around eyes and regions in the ears while the body portion of the pet is automatically bathed.

Description

A PET BATHING APPARATUS

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pet bath, and more particularly, to make a pet bath easier and easier.

Dogs and cats in the wild do not like water, do not bathe in the water, and inevitably have a habit of not entering the water unless they are hunting or controlling the temperature of the body.

However, since these animals have been living with people, bathing has become a necessity and pet baths have been developed in order to facilitate troublesome work of bathing pet in the home, which is disclosed in Patent Document 10-2007-0008860 As of January 18, 2007, a pet bath was installed to automate the bathing process.

However, in the above patent, the pet is not considered in consideration of the habit and the physical characteristics of the pet, and most of the pets are shorter than the hind legs. When the pet is placed in the bathtub and the water is taken in order to take a bath, And it is necessary to thoroughly clean the eyes of the pet's eyes, the tear marks, and the odor-generating vestibule. It is a method of putting and bathing the pet in an automated machine, The contents of the cleaning of the head portion requiring a human's hand can be omitted, and the contents thereof are omitted. There is a disadvantage in that psychological anxiety is increased to the pet by being confined in a space isolated from the person. From large to large dogs, the size of the body varies according to the size of all kinds Wan points animals were uncomfortable hagieneun bath.

The construction of the bath structure considering the physical characteristics of the pet, the configuration of the equipment capable of cleaning the head of the pet, and the pet bath machine capable of bathing the pet of any size are set as the tasks.

In view of the physical characteristics of the pet that the front legs are shorter than the rear legs, the present invention for achieving the above object is to provide an upper plate which can stand up on the lower plate and stand up by the hind legs, A portion of the upper part of the water storage unit was opened to expose the head portion of the pet on the surface of the water. While the body was being cleaned, a shower was disposed separately to allow the person to clean the head around the eyes and the head of the ear. So that the height of the upper plate and the height of the lower plate can be adjusted.

As described above, the present invention forms a structure for placing the front legs of pet animals in the bath water storage unit, thereby providing a condition for the pet to be able to take a bath in a comfortable posture. Conventionally, In this case, when the owner directly cleans the head part, the psychological stability is provided to the pet through the interaction with the owner, and at the same time, the user is not comfortable in bathing the pet It is possible to expect the effect that the process can be performed easily and quickly, and by dividing the type of the bath machine into the large, medium, and small, and adjusting the height of the upper plate and the lower end in each type of bath machine, It can cope with the reduction of production cost and can use any size pet We can expect the effect.

1 is a perspective view showing a completed assembly.
2 is an enlarged view of an upper part showing the configuration of an upper part.
3 is an exploded view showing the configuration of the bathtub unit after disassembling the outer plate of the body unit.
4 is a cross-sectional view showing a structure of the inside of the bath water storage part by removing one side thereof.
5 is a bottom view showing the internal configuration of the side surface of the body portion and the lower body portion.

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the pet standing-up bathtub of the present invention comprises an upper body part 100, a body part 200, and a lower body part 300 from above.

Referring to FIG. 2, the upper body portion 100 is located at the uppermost portion of the bathtub. The upper body portion 100 is divided into an upper control portion 110 and an upper opening portion 120, A power supply button 11 and a start button 12 are provided on the left side of the front panel and a power supply button 11 and a start button 12 are provided on the front side of the front panel. And a manual operation panel 14 composed of water supply, shower, drainage, and drying buttons are arranged on the right side of the front panel 13, A hot air motor 15 for drying the pet, an exhaust motor 16 for exhausting the hot air, and a hair pulling net 17 for collecting the hair of the pet from the hot air to be exhausted.

An upper opening 120 is provided below the upper body part 100 to expose the head of the pet on the water surface. The upper opening part 120 is positioned on one side of the upper opening part 120, and the temperature of the bath water is titrated A cold / hot water quantity control valve 18 functioning in advance to the temperature, a shower 19 capable of cleaning the head portion of the pet directly by the person, and a shampoo and rinse so as to be automatically injected in accordance with the progressing time A shampoo inlet 20b and a rinse inlet 20c to be charged, and a shampoo-less storage box 20a for storing shampoo and rinse bottles.

Next, referring to FIGS. 3 to 5, the external configuration of the body part 200 coupled to the lower part of the upper body part 100 will be described. The external configuration of the body part 200 is shown in FIG. An access port 22 for connecting the connecting ports 21a and 21b to the main body 200 and an inspection port 22 for facilitating inspection of the bathtub when the main body 200 is in the center of the rear surface of the main body 200, (24)

The internal structure of the body part 200 includes a bath water handrer 25 for storing bath water and a control box 26 having a built-in PLC for automatically controlling the progress of the pet water bath An air distributor 28 for distributing the air to a plurality of pipes, an air conveying pipe 28b for conveying the air, and a plurality of bars And an air injector 29,

The internal structure of the bathtub holder 25 coupled to the inside of the body part 200 to store bath water includes an entrance 23 that is opened to a part of the side surface of the bath water storage part and coupled with the door 24, An upper plate 30 for allowing the pet to stand on the front leg so that the pet can be cleaned in a physically and psychologically stable state, a lower plate 31 for supporting the rear legs and incorporating a plurality of rod-shaped air injectors 29, A plurality of lower plate cradles 32 coupled to one side of the bath water storage part to support one end of the lower plate and a height adjustable freely to adjust the height of the upper plate 30 and the lower plate 31, The locking devices 34a and 34b are configured to allow the adjusting rib bar 33 and the top plate 30 and the bottom plate 31 to be firmly fixed without moving during the bathing process,

In addition, it is connected to one side of the bath water storage part 25 to detect the temperature of the bath water during the bath water supply and the water level sensors 35a and 35b for controlling the fresh water amount of the bath water, A water overflow prevention drain 37a for draining the water supplied from the shower to be used for cleaning the head portion of the pet directly by the person in an appropriate level, And the water overflow prevention water pipe 37b connected to the prevention drain,

Referring to FIG. 5, the lower body part 300 coupled to the body part 200 supports the body part. The lower body part 300 is coupled to the bottom surface of the bath water heater 25 to collect bath water A drain motor 38c connected to the drain port 38a and the drain port 38a through a rubber pipe for forcibly discharging the bath water and a drain motor to remove foreign matter in the bath water drained and the drainage water for filtering pet hair, A device 38b and a drain pipe 38d for connecting the drainage of the bath water to the outside drain.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5, a method of using and operating principle of a pet hanger bath apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail.

The washing and rinsing processes of the pet standing basin are basically carried out in the order of washing process, rinsing process, and drying process. Each washing and rinsing process is carried out in the order of water supply, detergent input, bath water flow, This operation is automatically carried out according to the contents previously stored in the control box 26, except for the parts to be manipulated manually, by an automatic controller (PLC) built in the control box 26.

First, the power plug 10 of the pet standing-up type bathtub of the present invention is inserted into a power outlet, and then the power supply switch 11 of the upper control unit 110 is turned on. When the power is supplied, the solenoid valves 39c and 39d are operated to supply cold and hot water to the hot water pipe 40a and the cold water pipe 40b through the cold water connection port 21a and the hot water connection port 21b, respectively, The control valve 18 is operated to set an appropriate temperature similar to the body temperature of the pet. (Note that dog body temperature is 37.5 degrees)

The shampoo and rinse are taken out from the Sham Prince storage 20a and an appropriate amount is put into the shampoo inlet 20b and the rinse inlet 20c and then the door 24 is opened so that the upper and lower plates 30, The user adjusts the height of the washing tub 31 and places the pet in the bath tub 25 and then presses the start switch 12 located in the upper control unit 110 to start the washing process.

When the start switch 12 is depressed, the automation device (PLC) operates the solenoid valve 39e so that the number of baths whose amount of cold and hot water has been adjusted in advance by the cold / hot water quantity control valve 18 through the bath water pipe 40c The water temperature sensor 36 controls the solenoid valves 39c and 39d to control the supply amount of the cold and hot water in order to prevent the temperature of the water to be supplied from being excessively high or low. The automatic apparatus (PLC) operates the solenoid valve 39b in the middle of the water supply of the bath water to supply the cold water to the shampoo inlet 20b and mix the shampoo with the shampoo which has been preliminarily injected into the bathtub holder 25 .

When the bath number reaches the high water level sensor 35a, the operation of the solenoid valve 39e is stopped. In the next step, the automation device PLC activates the air pressure feeding device 27 to flow the bath water, The compressed air is distributed through an air distributor 28a and is sprayed through a plurality of air intakes 29b along a plurality of pneumatic conveying pipes 28b to flow through the bath water to clean the body of the pet.

In this process, the owner of the person or pet uses the shower 19 installed on one side of the bathtub body 100 to wash the pet's ears, the eyes, and the head. After a predetermined time has elapsed, the automatic apparatus (PLC) stops the operation of the air pressure feeding device 27 and operates the drain motor 38c located in the lower body part 300 to drain the bath water collected in the drain hole 38a The water is discharged to the outside sewer through the foreign material removing device 38b along the drain pipe 38d. When the water level of the drain water reaches the low water level sensor 35b, 38c.

Next, the automatic apparatus (PLC) starts water supply for the first rinsing process, operates the solenoid valve 39a in the water supply process to supply the cold water to the rinsing inlet 20c, And then flows into the bath tub 25 and then stops operating.

The subsequent bath water flow and drainage process is the same as the above-described cleaning process. When the first rinsing process is completed and drainage is completed, the water supply starts again for the second rinsing process. In the second rinsing process, And the number of times of the rinsing process can be increased or decreased by an automatic device (PLC).

When the drainage is completed, the automatic apparatus (PLC) operates the hot air motor 15 built in the upper control unit 110 and moves the hot water to the inside of the bath water heater 25 The hot air is supplied to dry the pet body. In order to prevent the hot air from escaping through the upper opening 120 in this process, the exhaust motor 16 is operated simultaneously to exhaust the hot air flow, and in order to prevent the hairs of the pet from being blown in all directions, (17) is installed at the end of the pipe (16) to collect the hairs of the pet.

At this time, a person prepares a separate dryer to dry the head of the pet. The hot air motor 15 is automatically stopped after the time set by the automatic controller PLC but if the drying is not completed, the manual operation panel 14, which is located in the upper control portion 110 of the upper body 100, Can be further dried by pressing the drying button of the dryer.

Next, the manual operation panel 14 located on the upper control unit 110 is operated when the automation device (PLC) of the present bath machine malfunctions, It is separately constructed so that it can be useful when you want to continue drying as described.

When all the bathing processes are completed, the power supply switch 11 of the upper control unit 110 is pressed to cut off the power, then the door 24 on the side of the body part 200 is opened to remove the pet animal, And the inside of the hair-pulling net 17 and the bath water-holding unit 25 provided in the upper control unit 110 are cleaned.

While the invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to those precise embodiments. 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 in the appended claims. And such changes are construed to be included in the claims of the present invention.

100: upper body part, 200: body part, 300: lower body part
110: upper control unit, 120: upper opening
10: power plug, 11: power supply switch, 12: start switch
13: progress board, 14: manual operation panel, 15: hot air motor
16: exhaust motor, 17: hair hook, 18: cold / hot water regulating valve
19: Shower, 20a: Sham Prince Storage Box, 20b: Shampoo Inlet
20c: rinse inlet port, 21a: cold water connection port, 21b: hot water connection port
22: check port, 23: entrance, 24: entrance
25: bath spoon, 26: control box, 27: air pressure feeding device
28a: air distributor, 28b: air pressure guide, 29: rod air injector
30: upper plate, 31: lower plate, 32: lower plate holder
33: height adjusting guide bar, 34a-34b: locking device, 35a: high-level sensor
35b: low water level sensor, 36: water temperature sensor, 37a: water overflow drain
37b: water overflow preventing pipe, 38a: drain hole, 38b: drainage foreign matter removing device
38c: drain motor, 38d: drain pipe, 39a to 39e: solenoid valve
40a: hot water piping, 40b: cold water piping, 40c: bath water piping

Claims

A bath water reservoir in which bath water is stored;
A lower plate for supporting the rear legs of the pet and an upper plate coupled to the lower plate and higher than the lower plate so that the front legs of the pet can be placed on the lower plate, A pet standing-up bathtub characterized by a pet standing up and bathing while on a plate.

[3] The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a device coupled to an inner surface of the storage unit where bath water is stored, the device capable of adjusting the height of the upper plate and the lower plate according to the size of the pet, And a door is opened to open a part of the upper part of the bath water storage part so that the head part of the pet can be exposed on the bath water surface and the cleaning of the head of the pet, A pet standing-up bath machine that includes an automated device that can automatically carry out the means and bathing process, and a device that can be manually operated as needed.