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US 12,653,159 B2Granted
Automatic pet scooping and sealing system
OwnerScott Swiryninventor
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Abstract
A poop scooping system has a handle, a pole, connected to the handle at one end of the pole and a jaws device, connecting to the other and of the pole. The jaws can open and close. A bag dispenser, dispenses bags where the bags can be pulled around an outside surface of jaws. A processor controls the jaws opening and closing, when closed, heat seals the bag in two spaced locations to seal the bag with poop therein.
Claims6
A pet excrement scooping device, comprising:
- a handle;
- a pole, connected to the handle at one end of the pole;
- a jaws device, connecting to the other end of the pole;
- the jaws device having first and second jaws, which are movable between an open position where front portions of the first and second jaws open to expose an internal cavity inside the first and second jaws, and are closable to close the internal cavity,
- a bag dispenser, inside the internal cavity, the bag dispenser holding bags which are held in the bag dispenser and released from the bag dispenser, and the bag dispenser located in a position where the bags can be pulled around an outside surface of the first and second jaws,
- the bag dispenser having an opening, the opening between a first portion of the bag dispenser and a second portion of the bag dispenser, and where the first portion of the bag dispenser and the second portion of the bag dispenser which are movable relative to one another,
- where edge portions of the top portion and the bottom portion of the bag dispenser are formed with cutting parts on their edges, such that when the top portion and bottom portion close completely, the cutting parts on the edges cut the bag at a location where the edges close over the extended bag,
- a controllable bag dispenser motor, moving the bag dispenser forward and backward inside the internal cavity;
- where the opening in the bag dispenser is changed in size by the controllable bag dispenser motor moving the bag roller forwards toward the front portion of the first and second jaws, and backwards away from the front portion of the first and second jaws, and the moving changes the bag dispenser between a closed position where the opening is closed and an open position in which the first portion separates from the second portion, and exposes bags inside the bag dispenser, and a processor, which controls the jaws device to open in order to obtain a bag, and controls the bag dispenser to open to obtain a bag,
- where the bag is placed over an outer surface of the jaws while open, so that the bag is covering the edges of the jaws and the inner cavity of the jaws is open and covered by the bag;
- the processor then controlling the jaws to close in order to scoop poop into the bag which closes the jaws, as covered with the bag, and where the poop is inside the cavity in the bag, and then controlling the bag dispenser to fully close to cut the bag;
- further comprising a heat sealing device, inside the jaws, which seals the bag shut after the jaws have been closed;
- and
- wherein the processor controls an automatic bag sealing operation which seals the bag in two different spaced locations, the operation including closing the jaws, sealing the bag in a first location using the heat sealing device, slightly opening the jaws and pulling the bag to a second location relative to the jaws, by moving the bag dispenser to which the bag is still connected to pull the bag into the jaws and set the second location of the bag to be sealed by the heat sealing device and then re-closing the jaws and sealing the bag in the second location spaced from the first location.
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A pet excrement scooping device, comprising:
- a handle;
- a pole, connected to the handle at one end of the pole;
- a jaws device, connecting to the other end of the pole;
- the jaws device having first and second jaws, which are movable between an open position to expose an internal cavity inside the first and second jaws, and are closable to close the internal cavity,
- a bag dispenser area, inside the internal cavity, the bag dispenser area having a bag dispenser holding bags which are held in the bag dispenser and released from the bag dispenser, and the bag dispenser located in a position where the bags can be pulled around an outside surface of the first and second jaws,
- where edge portions of the bag dispenser are formed with cutting parts on their edges, and are closed to cut the bag at a location where the edges close over an extended bag, and
- a processor, which controls the jaws device to open in order to obtain a bag, and controls the bag dispenser to obtain a bag,
- where the bag is placed over an outer surface of the jaws while open, so that the bag is covering the edges of the jaws and the inner cavity of the jaws is open and covered by the bag;
- and
- the processor then controlling the jaws to close in order to scoop poop into the bag which closes the jaws, as covered with the bag, and where the poop is inside the cavity in the bag, and then controlling the edges to fully close to cut the bag;
- a heat sealing device, inside the jaws, which seals the bag shut after the jaws have been closed;
- and wherein the processor controls heat sealing the bag twice in two different locations using the heat sealing device,
- by closing the jaws, sealing the bag at a first location using the heat sealing device, then slightly opening the jaws and pulling the bag to a second location relative to the jaws, by moving the bag dispenser to which the bag is still connected to draw the bag into the jaws to put a second location of the bag at the heat sealing device, and then re-closing the jaws and using the heat sealing device for sealing the bag in the second location different than the first location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.