Pet hydro washer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10905101-B2
Application number	US-201715782950-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2017
Priority date	Oct 13, 2016
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

A pet hydro washer is described comprising a central housing containing a motor and an air inflow impeller, a fluid delivery system having a clean liquid storage tank, and a water delivery line in fluid communication with the clean liquid storage tank terminating at a nozzle, a fluid recovery system having a liquid recovery tank in fluid communication with the air inflow impeller through a first air conduit, and a suction hose in fluid communication with the liquid recovery tank, the motor configured to generate rotational movement in the air inflow impeller, a processor configured to control delivery of power to the motor, the controlling delivery of power including incrementally changing a level of power delivered to the motor, and at least one attachment head configured to wash an animal's fur through movement of at least one attachment head across the animal's fur while the air inflow impeller is operating.

First claim

We claim:

1. A pet hydro washer, comprising:
a central housing containing a motor and an air inflow impeller;
a fluid delivery system having a clean liquid storage tank, and a water delivery line in fluid communication with the clean liquid storage tank terminating at a nozzle;
a fluid recovery system having a liquid recovery tank in fluid communication with the air inflow impeller through a first air conduit, and a suction hose in fluid communication with the liquid recovery tank;
the motor configured to generate rotational movement in the air inflow impeller;
a processor configured to control delivery of power to the motor, the controlling delivery of power including incrementally changing a level of power delivered to the motor; and
at least one attachment head configured to wash fur of an animal through movement of the at least one attachment head across the animal's fur while the air inflow impeller is operating, wherein the at least one attachment head is configured to be removably attached to a distal end of the suction hose.

2. The pet hydro washer of claim 1 , wherein the fluid delivery system further comprises:
at least one accessory liquid canister;
a control valve in fluid communication with the at least one accessory liquid canister and in fluid communication with the water delivery line.

3. The pet hydro washer of claim 2 , wherein:
the at least one accessory liquid canister comprises an odor remover canister, a soap canister, and a conditioner canister or a medicament canister; and
the control valve comprises a control valve associated with each of the odor remover canister, the soap canister, the conditioner canister, or medicament canister, with each valve controlling fluid flow from its associated canister to the water delivery line.

4. The pet hydro washer of claim 2 , wherein the fluid delivery system further comprises:
a switch electrically coupled to the control valve for electronically actuating the control valve upon actuation of the electrical switch; and
wherein the water delivery line is clipped to the suction hose so that the nozzle is proximate the distal end of the suction hose.

5. The pet hydro washer of claim 2 , wherein the fluid delivery system further comprises:
a venturi coupler along the water delivery line in fluid communication with the liquid storage tank;
a liquid pump in fluid communication with the liquid storage tank; and
a controller which controls the flow of liquid expelled through the nozzle.

6. The pet hydro washer of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sound insulating barrier configured to at least partially surround the fluid delivery system and the fluid recovery system.

7. The pet hydro washer of claim 6 , wherein the sound insulating barrier is configured to be at least a portion of retail packaging for the pet hydro washer.

8. The pet hydro washer of claim 1 , the generating rotational movement in the air inflow impeller creating negative pressure in the suction hose.

9. The pet hydro washer of claim 1 , the controlling delivery of power including incrementally changing the level of power delivered to the motor in response to detecting a physiological state of the animal.

10. The pet hydro washer of claim 9 , wherein the physiological state comprises a first state and a second state.

11. The pet hydro washer of claim 10 , the detecting the physiological state including using at least one of an accelerometer, gyroscope, pressure sensitive band, capacitive sensor, IR emitter/detector, and vibration sensor to detect the physiological state.

12. The pet hydro washer of claim 10 , the detecting the physiological state including using at least one of a passive infrared sensor, a reflected infrared sensor, a reflected radio-frequency sensor, an ultra-wideband reflection sensor, and a pressure-sensitive mat to detect the physiological state.

13. The pet hydro washer of claim 10 , wherein the first state comprises at least one of an elevated heart rate and an elevated respiration level.

14. The pet hydro washer of claim 10 , wherein the first state comprises elevated activity levels.

15. The pet hydro washer of claim 10 , wherein the second state comprises at least one of a normal heart rate and a normal respiration level.

16. The pet hydro washer of claim 10 , wherein the second state comprises normal activity levels.

17. The pet hydro washer of claim 10 , wherein:
the incrementally changing the level of power delivered to the motor includes incrementally increasing the level of power delivered to the motor from a first level in response to detecting the first state.

18. The pet hydro washer of claim 10 , wherein: the incrementally changing a level of power delivered to the motor includes incrementally decreasing the level of power delivered to the motor in response to detecting the second state.

19. The pet hydro washer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one attachment head comprises an opening for removal of fluid through the fluid recovery system.

20. The pet hydro washer of claim 19 , wherein gasket material is attached to an outer periphery of the opening.

21. The pet hydro washer of claim 20 , wherein the gasket material comprises low friction material.

22. The pet hydro washer of claim 20 , wherein the outer periphery approximately defines a curved planar surface.

23. The pet hydro washer of claim 20 , wherein the curved planar surface is concave.

24. The pet hydro washer of claim 1 , further comprising:
a manual motor speed control unit comprising a housing, and a speed dial along a front of the housing, wherein the speed control unit is configured to control the delivery of power to the motor by allowing an operator to incrementally increase the delivery of power to the motor from a low level up through at least five higher levels incrementally, thereby slowly acclimating a pet to sounds associated with the airflow inducing motor and airflow.

25. A pet hydro washer, comprising:
a central housing containing a motor and an air inflow impeller;
a fluid delivery system having a clean liquid storage tank, and a water delivery line in fluid communication with the clean liquid storage tank terminating at a nozzle;
a fluid recovery system having a liquid recovery tank in fluid communication with the air inflow impeller through a first air conduit, and a suction hose in fluid communication with the liquid recovery tank;
the motor configured to generate rotational movement in the air inflow impeller; a processor configured to control delivery of power to the motor in response to detecting a physiological state of an animal; and
at least one attachment head configured to wash fur of the animal through movement of the at least one attachment head across the animal's fur while the air inflow impeller is operating, wherein the at least one attachment head is configured to be removably attached to a distal end of the suction hose.

Assignees

• Radio Systems Corp

Inventors

• Mainini Christopher E
• Groh William S
• Seltzer Richard A

Classifications

• A01K13/001 Primary

  Washing, cleaning, or drying devices (for veterinary purposes A61D7/00, A61D11/00) · CPC title

• A47L7/0023

  Recovery tanks (for cleaning machines A47L11/4013) · CPC title

• A47L9/2842

  Suction motors or blowers · CPC title