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US 12,582,093 B2Granted
Portable unit for dosing of a disinfectant hoof bath remedy for livestock
AssigneeBD Equipment ApS
InventorBjørn Drews Østedgaard
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Abstract
A portable device for dispensing a disinfectant in liquid form to effect complete or partial healing of a lameness in a livestock responsive to the disinfectant; wherein the portable device includes: a liquid-tight reservoir bag; an emitter unit; and a flexible hose connecting the reservoir bag to the discharger unit when using the unit.
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A portable device for dispensing a disinfectant in liquid form to effect complete or partial healing of a lameness in a hoofed or hoof-bearing domesticated animal, which lameness is responsive to said disinfectant;
- wherein said portable device comprises:
- a liquid-tight reservoir bag defining a bag interior in which a volume of said disinfectant can be contained, a bag inner side which encloses said bag interior, and a bag outer side, whereby a bag wall is defined between said bag inner side and said bag outer side, and comprising at least one bag opening from the bag interior to the surrounding space, such that said at least one bag opening spans said bag wall between said bag inner side and said bag outer side;
- a discharge unit arranged to discharge said disinfectant from said bag interior onto an area of the skin of a hoofed or hoof-bearing domesticated animal during use and comprising a nozzle for regulating a flow rate of said disinfectant through said discharge unit;
- a flexible hose for establishing a liquid flow connection for said disinfectant from said bag interior through said at least one bag opening to said discharge unit through said flexible hose during use;
- wherein said portable device further comprises one or more fastening means for attaching said portable device to a hoofed or hoof-bearing domesticated animal when using and mounting, respectively, said reservoir bag, discharge unit, and flexible hose,
- wherein said discharge unit comprising a nozzle is constructed as a flow-through body comprising a body which encloses a flow-through interior that allows a flow of a liquid to pass the discharge unit from a connection section of said flexible hose, through said nozzle and to an opening in said body.
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A portable device for dispensing a disinfectant in liquid form to effect complete or partial healing of a lameness in a hoofed or hoof-bearing domesticated animal, which lameness is responsive to said disinfectant;
- wherein said portable device comprises:
- a liquid-tight reservoir bag defining a bag interior in which a volume of said disinfectant can be contained, a bag inner side which encloses said bag interior, and a bag outer side, whereby a bag wall is defined between said bag inner side and said bag outer side, and comprising at least one bag opening from the bag interior to the surrounding space, such that said at least one bag opening spans said bag wall between said bag inner side and said bag outer side;
- a discharge unit arranged to discharge said disinfectant from said bag interior onto an area of the skin of a hoofed or hoof-bearing domesticated animal during use and comprising a nozzle for regulating a flow rate of said disinfectant through said discharge unit;
- a flexible hose for establishing a liquid flow connection for said disinfectant from said bag interior through said at least one bag opening to said discharge unit through said flexible hose during use;
- wherein said portable device further comprises one or more fastening means for attaching said portable device to a hoofed or hoof-bearing domesticated animal when using and mounting, respectively, said reservoir bag, discharge unit, and flexible hose,
- wherein said reservoir bag comprises a plurality of spacers arranged in said bag interior, each respective spacer attached to at least two respective attachment positions on said bag inner side, and wherein each respective spacer is partially compressible in a respective longitudinal direction defined between said two respective attachment positions on said bag inner side.
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A portable device for dispensing a disinfectant in liquid form to effect complete or partial healing of a lameness in a hoofed or hoof-bearing domesticated animal, which lameness is responsive to said disinfectant;
- wherein said portable device comprises:
- a liquid-tight reservoir bag defining a bag interior in which a volume of said disinfectant can be contained, a bag inner side which encloses said bag interior, and a bag outer side, whereby a bag wall is defined between said bag inner side and said bag outer side, and comprising at least one bag opening from the bag interior to the surrounding space, such that said at least one bag opening spans said bag wall between said bag inner side and said bag outer side;
- a discharge unit arranged to discharge said disinfectant from said bag interior onto an area of the skin of a hoofed or hoof-bearing domesticated animal during use and comprising a nozzle for regulating a flow rate of said disinfectant through said discharge unit;
- a flexible hose for establishing a liquid flow connection for said disinfectant from said bag interior through said at least one bag opening to said discharge unit through said flexible hose during use;
- wherein said portable device further comprises one or more fastening means for attaching said portable device to a hoofed or hoof-bearing domesticated animal when using and mounting, respectively, said reservoir bag, discharge unit, and flexible hose,
- further comprising an opener allowing opening for a flow of said disinfectant from said reservoir bag to said discharge unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.