Animal treatment apparatus
OwnerDavid Marrinventor
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Abstract
An animal treatment apparatus comprises a shallow trough (3) in which at last an injured leg (33) of the animal (5) an be located, a container (47) for containing water, a nozzle (53) for aiming the water at an injured area of an animal's body, attachment means (39, 41) for attachment of the nozzle (53) to the animal's body such that the nozzle (53) can remain correctly aligned even if the animal (5) moves, conveying means (31, 45) for conveying the water from the container (47) to the nozzle (53), the trough (3) being arranged to collect the water after it has been sprayed on to the animal's body and return means (15, 17) for returning the water from the trough (3) to the container (47).
Claims24
An animal treatment apparatus comprising a shallow trough for location of at least one limb of an animal to be treated, a container for containing water, a nozzle for aiming water from said container at an injured area of the body of said animal attachment means for attachment of said nozzle to the animal's body correctly aligned with said injured area, conveying means for conveying said water from said container to said nozzle, said trough defining a receptacle for collecting said water after it has been sprayed on to the body of said animal and return means for returning said water from said trough to said container.
An apparatus as claimed in claim l, wherein said water is cold water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.