WO2002051242A1 - Safety nail clipper for pets - Google Patents

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WO2002051242A1
WO2002051242A1 PCT/KR2001/002225 KR0102225W WO02051242A1 WO 2002051242 A1 WO2002051242 A1 WO 2002051242A1 KR 0102225 W KR0102225 W KR 0102225W WO 02051242 A1 WO02051242 A1 WO 02051242A1
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claw
ceramic ball
clipper
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Sungboon Kang
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K13/00—Devices for grooming or caring of animals, e.g. curry-combs; Fetlock rings; Tail-holders; Devices for preventing crib-biting; Washing devices; Protection against weather conditions or insects
    • A01K13/001—Washing, cleaning, or drying devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K13/00—Devices for grooming or caring of animals, e.g. curry-combs; Fetlock rings; Tail-holders; Devices for preventing crib-biting; Washing devices; Protection against weather conditions or insects
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K13/00—Devices for grooming or caring of animals, e.g. curry-combs; Fetlock rings; Tail-holders; Devices for preventing crib-biting; Washing devices; Protection against weather conditions or insects
    • A01K13/002—Curry-combs; Brushes

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  • the present invention relates to a claw clipper for clipping claws of pets, and more particularly to a safety claw clipper for pets having diverse functions capable of achieving a safe and convenient clipping operation distinguishable from those of conventional products.
  • Conventional claw clippers basically have the form of scissors.
  • Such a conventional claw clipper is configured such that, in use, the user simply cuts the claw after macroscopically estimating the length of the claw to be cut. Since the claw clipper obscures at least a portion of the claw being cut, it may undesirably lead to clipping at unwanted points and even injury to the pet whose claws are being clipped. Furthermore, blood vessels close to the end of the claw may be cut or ruptured, thereby resulting in unwanted bleeding.
  • the present invention provides a useful claw clipper for pets in which automatic functions implemented using an electric motor are incorporated, thereby being capable of completely eliminating inconvenience and uneasiness in clipping operations.
  • a primary object of the invention is to provide a safety claw clipper for pets including an adjusting bolt for adjusting the length of a claw to be cut, shearing edges having a hard and sharp structure not rendered to be blunt even after repeated use, and a ceramic ball having a filing function to polish sharp claw edges formed after the clipping of the claw, those elements being designed and assembled together to form a useful and convenient structure.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a safety claw clipper for pets capable of collecting claw fragments formed after the clipping of a claw without causing those claw fragments to fly.
  • Fig. 1 is a view illustrating the internal configuration of a safety claw clipper for pets according to the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the internal configuration of the safety claw clipper, along with an adjusting bolt;
  • Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the side portion of the safety claw clipper where the adjusting bolt is arranged opposite to a claw insertion gap;
  • Fig. 4 is a view illustrating the side portion of the safety claw clipper where the claw insertion gap is arranged opposite to the claw insertion gap, along with a plan view.
  • the safety claw includes a body, a pair of shearing edges defining a claw insertion gap there between, and an adjusting bolt threadedly coupled to the body behind the gap and adapted to adjust the portion of a claw inserted into the gap, that is, the portion of the claw to be cut.
  • the user first adjusts the cutting length by manipulating the adjusting bolt, and then inserts a claw, to be cut, into the claw insertion gap. In this state, the user conducts a clipping operation by moving the shearing edges toward each other.
  • Claw fragments formed in accordance with the clipping operation are collected in a space defined in a battery cap mounted at a rear portion of the body and adapted for a collecting box.
  • a polishing operation is then conducted to polish sharp claw edges formed after the clipping operation.
  • the user first forces a sharp claw edge to come into contact with the side or top surface of a ceramic ball rotatably mounted to the rear end of the body, and then switches on a power switch.
  • the power switch When the power switch is switched on, electric power from a battery received in the battery cap is supplied to a super-miniature motor coupled to the ceramic ball, thereby causing the super-miniature motor to drive.
  • the super-miniature motor drives, it rotates the ceramic ball at high speed.
  • the sharp claw edge contacting the ceramic ball is polished.
  • conventional claw clippers involve problems in that those claw clippers obscure at least a portion of the claw being cut, thereby causing clipping at unwanted points and even injury to the pet whose claws are being clipped. For this reason, blood vessels close to the end of the claw may be cut or ruptured even when the user conducts the clipping operation with great care, thereby resulting in unwanted bleeding.
  • the safety claw clipper of the present invention there is no possibility that blood vessels close to the end of the claw may be cut or ruptured, thereby resulting in unwanted bleeding, because a desired cutting length of the claw, which may be 1 mm or 2 mm, can be set using the adjusting bolt.
  • conventional claw clippers have no means for polishing sharp claw edges formed after the clipping operation.
  • sharp claw edges formed after the clipping operation can be rapidly polished using the electrically-driven ceramic ball, in accordance with the present invention.
  • the electrically-driven ceramic ball it is possible to greatly reduce the polishing time, as compared to conventional cases using a simple stainless steel file.
  • the reduction in polishing time also provides an additional advantage in that the time for the pet to be held for the polishing task is correspondingly reduced, thereby resulting in a reduction in the stress of the pet caused by the holding. Also, there is no possibility that the user is injured by the pet during the clipping and polishing operations.
  • claw fragments formed after the clipping of a claw are collected in the claw clipper without flying. Accordingly, it is unnecessary for the user to worry about contamination of the surroundings resulting from flying claw fragments.
  • the most important effect of the present invention is provided in that it is possible to achieve a simple and safe grooixiing for pets while minimizing the possibility that the user is scratched or injured by his pet.

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Abstract

Disclosed is a safety claw clipper for pets capable of achieving a safe clipping operation for a claw without any injury to blood vessels close to the claw and a polishing operation for sharp claw edges formed after the clipping operating, using an electrically-driven ceramic ball, in order to prevent the user from being scratched or injured by his pet. An adjusting bolt is mounted to a claw body in order to adjust the length of a claw to be cut. A pair of shearing edges defining a claw insertion gap therebetween at one end of the body. The shearing edges has a cutting mechanism with combined advantages of a scissors type cutting mechanism and a clipper type cutting mechanism so that the user can clip the claw with a reduced force. A ceramic ball exhibiting low abrasion characteristics is coupled to a super-miniature motor mounted in the claw body. When a power switch is switched on to drive the motor, the ceramic ball is rotated at high speed. In accordance with the rotation of the ceramic ball, the edge of the claw is polished. Thus, the claw is rendered to have a round edge. The drive force for the electrically-driven ceramic ball rotating at high speed is supplied from a dry battery or chargeable battery.

Description

SAFETY NAIL CLIPPER FOR PETS
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a claw clipper for clipping claws of pets, and more particularly to a safety claw clipper for pets having diverse functions capable of achieving a safe and convenient clipping operation distinguishable from those of conventional products.
Description of the Related Art
Conventional claw clippers basically have the form of scissors. Such a conventional claw clipper is configured such that, in use, the user simply cuts the claw after macroscopically estimating the length of the claw to be cut. Since the claw clipper obscures at least a portion of the claw being cut, it may undesirably lead to clipping at unwanted points and even injury to the pet whose claws are being clipped. Furthermore, blood vessels close to the end of the claw may be cut or ruptured, thereby resulting in unwanted bleeding.
However, there is no claw clipper for pets capable of solving such problems. In order to solve the problems involved with conventional claw clippers, the present invention provides a useful claw clipper for pets in which automatic functions implemented using an electric motor are incorporated, thereby being capable of completely eliminating inconvenience and uneasiness in clipping operations. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, a primary object of the invention is to provide a safety claw clipper for pets including an adjusting bolt for adjusting the length of a claw to be cut, shearing edges having a hard and sharp structure not rendered to be blunt even after repeated use, and a ceramic ball having a filing function to polish sharp claw edges formed after the clipping of the claw, those elements being designed and assembled together to form a useful and convenient structure.
Another object of the invention is to provide a safety claw clipper for pets capable of collecting claw fragments formed after the clipping of a claw without causing those claw fragments to fly.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a view illustrating the internal configuration of a safety claw clipper for pets according to the present invention; Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the internal configuration of the safety claw clipper, along with an adjusting bolt;
Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the side portion of the safety claw clipper where the adjusting bolt is arranged opposite to a claw insertion gap; and
Fig. 4 is a view illustrating the side portion of the safety claw clipper where the claw insertion gap is arranged opposite to the claw insertion gap, along with a plan view.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, a safety claw for pets according to the present invention is illustrated, respectively. The safety claw includes a body, a pair of shearing edges defining a claw insertion gap there between, and an adjusting bolt threadedly coupled to the body behind the gap and adapted to adjust the portion of a claw inserted into the gap, that is, the portion of the claw to be cut. In use, the user first adjusts the cutting length by manipulating the adjusting bolt, and then inserts a claw, to be cut, into the claw insertion gap. In this state, the user conducts a clipping operation by moving the shearing edges toward each other. Claw fragments formed in accordance with the clipping operation are collected in a space defined in a battery cap mounted at a rear portion of the body and adapted for a collecting box. A polishing operation is then conducted to polish sharp claw edges formed after the clipping operation. For this polishing operation, the user first forces a sharp claw edge to come into contact with the side or top surface of a ceramic ball rotatably mounted to the rear end of the body, and then switches on a power switch. When the power switch is switched on, electric power from a battery received in the battery cap is supplied to a super-miniature motor coupled to the ceramic ball, thereby causing the super-miniature motor to drive. As the super-miniature motor drives, it rotates the ceramic ball at high speed. Thus, the sharp claw edge contacting the ceramic ball is polished.
As mentioned above, conventional claw clippers involve problems in that those claw clippers obscure at least a portion of the claw being cut, thereby causing clipping at unwanted points and even injury to the pet whose claws are being clipped. For this reason, blood vessels close to the end of the claw may be cut or ruptured even when the user conducts the clipping operation with great care, thereby resulting in unwanted bleeding. In the safety claw clipper of the present invention, however, there is no possibility that blood vessels close to the end of the claw may be cut or ruptured, thereby resulting in unwanted bleeding, because a desired cutting length of the claw, which may be 1 mm or 2 mm, can be set using the adjusting bolt. Furthermore, conventional claw clippers have no means for polishing sharp claw edges formed after the clipping operation. Where a pet has such sharp claw edges, persons may be scratched by the pet when the pet jumps at them while rejoicing to see them. In particular, sharp claw edges formed after the clipping operation can be rapidly polished using the electrically-driven ceramic ball, in accordance with the present invention. By virtue of the electrically-driven ceramic ball, it is possible to greatly reduce the polishing time, as compared to conventional cases using a simple stainless steel file. The reduction in polishing time also provides an additional advantage in that the time for the pet to be held for the polishing task is correspondingly reduced, thereby resulting in a reduction in the stress of the pet caused by the holding. Also, there is no possibility that the user is injured by the pet during the clipping and polishing operations. In addition, claw fragments formed after the clipping of a claw are collected in the claw clipper without flying. Accordingly, it is unnecessary for the user to worry about contamination of the surroundings resulting from flying claw fragments. However, the most important effect of the present invention is provided in that it is possible to achieve a simple and safe grooixiing for pets while minimizing the possibility that the user is scratched or injured by his pet.

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WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A safety claw clipper for pets comprising: a body; a pair of shearing edges defining a claw insertion gap therebetween at one end of the body, the shearing edges having a cutting mechanism with combined advantages of a scissors type cutting mechanism and a clipper type cutting mechanism; , an adjusting bolt threadedly coupled to the body behind the gap and adapted to adjust the portion of a claw to be inserted into the gap for cutting thereof; an electric motor mounted in the body; an electrically-driven ceramic ball rotatably mounted to the other end of the body and adapted to polish sharp claw edges formed in accordance with a clipping operation for the claw; and a collecting box separably mounted in the body and adapted to collect claw fragments formed during the clipping operation.
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WO2005084423A1 (en) 2004-03-02 2005-09-15 Klaus Kabella Surgical claw clippers
WO2006062277A1 (en) * 2004-12-09 2006-06-15 M.I Pet Co., Ltd Nail clipper for pets
EP2071943A2 (en) 2007-12-21 2009-06-24 Wahl Clipper Corporation Pet nail trimmer including a nail clipper and a grinder

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WO2006062277A1 (en) * 2004-12-09 2006-06-15 M.I Pet Co., Ltd Nail clipper for pets
EP2071943A2 (en) 2007-12-21 2009-06-24 Wahl Clipper Corporation Pet nail trimmer including a nail clipper and a grinder

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