Automatic apparatus for cleaning dogs and similar animals
AssigneeHogar S.r.l.
InventorMario Altissimo
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Abstract
Apparatus for washing dogs and similar animals comprising a substantially cylindrical casing having a flat bottom wall, a portion which can be opened to allow an animal to enter and to leave the casing, and a vertical end wall formed with an aperture for the head of the animal positioned inside the casing. The casing is provided internally with a plurality of spray nozzles to which water or a mixture of water and detergent under pressure is supplied through supply means. A central programming and control unit controls in accordance with a predetermined operational washing cycle, the supply means and discharge means for discharging to the exterior of the casing the water or the mixture coming from the spray nozzles.
Claims9
Automatic apparatus for washing dogs and similar animals, comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical casing disposed with its axis horizontal and provided with a flat, bottom wall, a portion which can be opened to allow an animal to enter and to leave the casing, and a vertical end wall formed with an aperture for the head of an animal positioned, in use, inside the casing, said aperture being provided around its edge with means for firmly encompassing the neck of the animal;
- the casing being provided internally with a plurality of spray nozzles directed towards the interior of said casing;
- supply means for supplying water, or a mixture of water and detergent, under pressure to said spray nozzles;
- discharge means for discharging to the exterior of the casing the water or the mixture of water and detergent coming from the spray nozzles;
- a central programming and control unit for controlling said supply means and said discharge means in accordance with predetermined operational washing cycle;
- supply means for supplying hot air under pressure to said spray nozzles, said air supply means being controlled by said central programming and control unit to effect a drying cycle at the end of the washing cycle;
- wherein said casing has an external wall and an internal wall which together define a peripheral interspace with spray nozzles being arranged on the internal wall in communication with said interspace, said external wall being provided with at least one first input connection and with at least one output aperture communicating with said interspace and respectively connected to said water supply means and to said discharge means and with at least one second input connection communicating with said interspace and connected to said air supply means;
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- wherein the spray nozzles comprise impressions in the form of circular indentations made in the surface of the internal wall of the casing by pressing with each impression having an elongate diametral slit forming the outlet opening of the spray nozzle.
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