Automatic self-cleaning, self-filling pet water bowl apparatus, methods and systems
AssigneeJ & L Innovations LLC
InventorAaron Paul Lamb
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Abstract
An automatic self-cleaning and self-filling outdoor fluid feeding system for an animal, including for example a pet, includes a sink; a fluid transport system; a housing supporting the sink and containing the fluid transport system; and a control assembly configured to control the automatic self-cleaning and self-filling operations of the system.
Claims20
A method automatically performed by an apparatus for providing water to an animal, comprising the steps of:
- detecting when an animal has left a proximity to the apparatus;
- and, based on said detecting step, initiating a flush and fill cycle after a predetermined number of times that an animal is detected to have left such proximity, during which cycle a sink of the apparatus that serves as a water bowl is flushed and filled with water.
A method automatically performed by an apparatus for providing water to an animal, comprising the steps of:
- detecting when an animal has left a proximity to the apparatus;
- and, based on said detecting step, initiating a flush and fill cycle during which a sink of the apparatus that serves as a water bowl is flushed and filled with water;
- wherein said initiating step comprises opening a first valve control mechanism to permit water flow therethrough for filling the sink with water, and opening a second valve control mechanism to permit flow of water therethrough to a fluid outflow subsystem of the apparatus, which flow bypasses the sink for active draining of the sink.
A method automatically performed by an apparatus for providing water to an animal, comprising the steps of:
- detecting when an animal has left a proximity to the apparatus;
- based on said detecting step, initiating a flush and fill cycle during which a sink of the apparatus that serves as a water bowl is flushed and filled with water;
- and spraying water onto at least a portion of a side wall of the sink to thereby rinse the side wall of the sink during at least part of the flush and fill cycle.
A method automatically performed by an apparatus for providing water to an animal, comprising the steps of:
- detecting when an animal has left a proximity to the apparatus;
- and, based on said detecting step, initiating a flush and fill cycle during which a sink of the apparatus that serves as a water bowl is flushed and filled with water;
- wherein the method further comprises detecting a fill level for water in the sink for presenting water to an animal for drinking, and ceasing filling of the sink with water upon detecting that water in the sink has reached the fill level.
A method automatically performed by an apparatus for providing water to an animal, comprising the steps of:
- detecting when an animal has left a proximity to the apparatus;
- and, based on said detecting step, initiating a flush and fill cycle during which a sink of the apparatus that serves as a water bowl is flushed and filled with water;
- wherein the method further comprises monitoring a temperature of water in the sink and initiating a flush and fill cycle upon the temperature reaching a predetermined threshold.
A method performed by an apparatus for automatically providing fresh water to an animal, comprising the steps of:
- detecting when an animal has left a proximity to the apparatus;
- and, based on said detecting step, the further steps of actively draining a sink, rinsing the sink, and filling the sink with fresh water, which sink serves as a water bowl for the animal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.