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US 2025/0012026 A1Published application
Solid animal waste disintegration
AssigneeIsland Project LLC
InventorsZhihua Fang, Jeffrey L. Clark, Dennis Nash, Robert S. Simms
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Abstract
A hand-held device, a roamer device, a walk-behind device, and a towed device that facilitates the disintegration of solid animal waste using high-pressure streams of fluid. The disintegration apparatus includes a liquid reservoir, high-pressure pump, one or more nozzles, and a nozzle cone. The nozzle cone is configured to expand to cover the animal waste, after which the high-pressure pump expels fluid from the reservoir through the nozzles to disintegrate the waste.
Claims21
A solid animal waste disintegration roamer, comprising:
- a body, including:
- a cavity formed within the body,
- a first fluid reservoir disposed within the body,
- a pump fluidly coupled to the reservoir within the body,
- at least one camera disposed on an exterior surface of the body, and
- a power supply electrically coupled to the pump;
- a retractable nozzle cone disposed on a bottom surface of the body, the nozzle cone configured to extend downward and retract upward in accordance with a disintegration operation;
- at least one nozzle positioned on the bottom surface of the body, the at least one nozzle disposed within the nozzle cone and in fluid communication with the pump, wherein the at least one nozzle is configured to expel at least one of a high-pressure or a low-pressure fluid;
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- a controller comprising a processor in communication with memory storing instructions which are executed by the processor to:
- analyze image data captured by the at least one camera to identify solid animal waste,
- extend the retractable nozzle cone downward over the identified solid animal waste, and
- activate the pump to expel at least one of the high-pressure fluid or the low-pressure fluid through the at least one nozzle to disintegrate the identified solid animal waste.
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A solid animal waste disintegration roamer, comprising:
- a body, including:
- a water reservoir disposed within the body and coupled to a water inlet passing through to an exterior surface of the body,
- a pump fluidly coupled to the reservoir within the body, and
- at least one camera disposed on an exterior surface of the body;
- a retractable nozzle cone disposed on a bottom surface of the body, the nozzle cone configured to extend downward and retract upward in accordance with a disintegration operation;
- at least one nozzle positioned on the bottom surface of the body, the at least one nozzle disposed within the nozzle cone and in fluid communication with the pump, wherein the at least one nozzle is configured to expel at least one of a high-pressure or a low-pressure fluid;
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- a controller comprising a processor in communication with memory storing instructions which are executed by the processor to:
- analyze image data captured by the at least one camera to identify solid animal waste,
- direct movement of the roamer in accordance with the analyzed image data,
- extend the retractable nozzle cone downward over the identified solid animal waste, and
- activate the pump to expel at least one of the high-pressure fluid or the low-pressure fluid through the at least one nozzle to disintegrate the identified solid animal waste.
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A solid animal waste disintegration system, comprising:
- a roamer component comprising:
- a body, including:
- a water reservoir disposed within the body and coupled to a water inlet passing through to an exterior surface of the body,
- a pump fluidly coupled to the reservoir within the body,
- a controller communicatively coupled to the pump,
- a power supply electrically coupled to the pump and the controller,
- a charging port positioned on an external side of the body, the charging port electrically coupled to the power supply and configured to receive power via an external source, and
- at least one camera disposed on an exterior surface of the body, the camera in data communication with the controller,
- a retractable nozzle cone disposed on a bottom surface of the body, the nozzle cone configured to extend downward and retract upward in accordance with a disintegration operation, and
- at least one nozzle positioned on the bottom surface of the body, the at least one nozzle disposed within the nozzle cone and in fluid communication with the pump, wherein the at least one nozzle is configured to expel at least one of a high-pressure or a low-pressure fluid;
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- a charging pad component, the charging pad component including:
- a base portion,
- a resupply tank positioned at one end of the base portion, the resupply tank including a charging connection configured to engage the charging port of the roamer, and,
- a water outlet configured to engage the water inlet of the roamer.
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A hand-held solid-animal waste disintegration apparatus, comprising:
- a body having a first end and a second end, including:
- a first fluid reservoir disposed within the body proximal to the first end,
- a pump fluidly coupled to the reservoir within the body and positioned between the first fluid reservoir and the second end,
- a power supply electrically coupled to the pump positioned within the body;
- an extension tube fluidly coupled to the pump at a first end and configured to extend and retract into the body relative to the second end;
- a retractable nozzle cone disposed on a second end of the extension tube, the nozzle cone configured to extend downward and retract upward;
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- at least one nozzle positioned on the second end of the extension tube, the at least one nozzle disposed within the nozzle cone and in fluid communication with the pump, wherein the at least one nozzle is configured to expel at least one of a high-pressure or a low-pressure fluid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.