Abstract: A grooming box is provided in order to easily install member(s) and a work space for pet grooming anywhere, efficiently collect groomed hair, and prevent the groomed hair from scattering outside the grooming box. The grooming box is a compact, easily assemblable and portable box so that members necessary for grooming is accommodated compactly in the box in vertical directions, and a work space where a groomer works is foldably formed. Further, the grooming box includes an air circulating type cleaning device, an air curtain device, and an ion generating device.

Abstract: A pet-drying device including a flexible sheet material having four openings formed therein for receiving the legs of a four-legged animal. Each opening seals around the perimeter of a pet's leg. The sheet material includes first and second longitudinally disposed edges and first and second transversely disposed edges. A first hem in the first longitudinally disposed edge receives a first drawstring for loosely tightening the sheet material around the neck and a second hem in the second longitudinally disposed edge receives a second drawstring that tightens around the tail. The first and second transversely disposed edges are secured to one another with a releasable fastener when the device is wrapped into a tubular configuration around the trunk of a pet. Warm air from a hair dryer is delivered to the inside of the sheet material through an elongate hose that engages a large diameter opening formed in the sheet material.

Abstract: A pet wash tub includes a funnel-type hair-diverter arrangement established at all corners near the drain, to slope from the front and sides of the tub, angled downwardly towards the drain. The tub is located inside a pet wash station, which includes a wash room and an equipment room. Specifically, the tub is located in the wash room that includes a floor with a slope that acts to rinse water spilled onto the floor under an opening under a dividing wall between the wash room and the equipment room. A collection trough is located in the equipment room to collect the water as it drains from the wash room. Further, the equipment room includes a control panel and hose extensions for air and washing water/soap such that a user can activate the various systems depending on preference while washing a pet.

Abstract: Portable grooming and spray devices and processes to automatically cleanse (wash, rinse, and purify) and dry pets are disclosed. A portable grooming device comprises a housing container and situated inside the housing container is a portable spray device having a pet-shape body with four legs. The four legs of the portable spray device safely constrain pets' movements inside the portable spray device throughout various processes to cleanse and dry the pets. The portable spray device comprises plurality of connectors for connecting various apparatus for supplying water, liquid composition, air flow, and the like to the portable spray device. The portable spray device comprises a spray device cavity and plurality of spray nozzles where the spray device cavity channels the water, liquid composition, and air flow to the plurality of spray nozzles and the spray nozzles spray the water, liquid composition, and air flow on a pet's neck, body, tail, and four legs to cleanse and dry the pet.

Abstract: A method of washing an object using a pressurized water source includes combining a cleaning fluid and the pressurized water and diffusing pressurized air into the combined cleaning fluid and pressurized water. The combined cleaning fluid and pressurized water diffused with the pressurized air is applied to the object. The cleaning fluid may also be carbonated and combined with the pressurized water prior to diffusing pressurized air into this combined mixture. The object being washed may, for example, be an animal such as a dog.

Abstract: A pet bathing apparatus includes an inner casing defining a space for accommodating a pet and having a transparent door for entrance and exit of the pet, an outer casing provided outside the inner casing and spaced apart from the inner casing, and a base part including a support plate having openings and a net arranged on the support plate. A spray nozzle unit distributes water into the space and includes a plurality of fixed and rotary nozzles. A water supply unit includes a main tube coupled with a plurality of branch tubes, which are coupled with the spray nozzle unit, a water feeding pipe defining a water supply path to the main tube, and a container for supplying shampoo to the water feeding pipe. A drain unit collects and removes water, and a blowing unit provides air to the inner casing.

Abstract: A method of washing an object using a pressurized water source includes combining a cleaning fluid and the pressurized water and diffusing pressurized air into the combined cleaning fluid and pressurized water. The combined cleaning fluid and pressurized water diffused with the pressurized air is applied to the object. The cleaning fluid may also be carbonated and combined with the pressurized water prior to diffusing pressurized air into this combined mixture. The object being washed may, for example, be an animal such as a dog.

Abstract: A pet washing and drying apparatus which can wash and dry a pet simply in a short period of time, and with a simplified structure to reduce costs.

Abstract: Provided are a batch-style or selective-style pet dog washing apparatus implemented by automatic control of a sensor and a driver, and a method for controlling the same. The apparatus includes a supporting base for placing a pet dog to be washed thereon and supporting the pet dog, a washer installed in the vicinity of the pet dog, for washing the pet dog by rubbing the same, a component controller for sensing the positions of the pet dog and the washer, adjusting the height of the supporting base according to the size of the pet dog, varying the position of the washer to get close to the pet dog, and actuating the washer, and a cleaning liquid/air supplier for supplying a cleaning liquid and air to the washer.

Abstract: A device for cooling a dairy animal, such as a cow. Said device is provided with wetting means for applying liquid to at least a part of the dairy animal and with air displacing means for generating an air flow along the wetted part. The device comprises a wetting area, said wetting area exclusively comprising the wetting means and not the air displacing means. The device comprises a ventilation area located at some distance from the wetting area, the ventilation area comprising the air displacing means. The device is provided with a path for the dairy animal, said path connecting the wetting area with the ventilation area.

Abstract: A device for cooling a dairy animal, such as a cow. Said device is provided with wetting means for applying liquid to at least a part of the dairy animal and with air displacing means for generating an air flow along the wetted part. The device comprises a wetting area, said wetting area exclusively comprising the wetting means and not the air displacing means. The device comprises a ventilation area located at some distance from the wetting area, the ventilation area comprising the air displacing means. The device is provided with a path for the dairy animal, said path connecting the wetting area with the ventilation area.

Abstract: Up until now, the task of rubbing animals, in particular horses, ponies or the like, dry once they have been washed (showered) has involved strenuous manual work. The effort involved in this rubbing-dry action means that the horses are often dried insufficiently and this results, in particular, in them catching chills. The invention proposes an apparatus for drying animals which has a housing (11) with air-outlet openings on the underside (16). The housing (11) is assigned fans (39), for generating an air flow, and air-distributing plates (45), as a result of which a uniform air stream is generated. This uniform air stream is heated by flowing along plate convectors (33) and then passes out of the housing (11) at the bottom as hot air through both air-outlet holes (21) and air-outlet slits (28). A hot-air flow generated in this way makes it possible for animals, in particular horses, to be dried carefully and effectively.

Abstract: A livestock blow dryer includes a blower housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening with a slot adjacent to the inlet opening. Within the blower housing are two blower motors for blowing air through the outlet opening. The blow dryer includes a filter cartridge adapted to be inserted into the slot so that air coming through inlet opening goes through the filter. The filter cartridge includes an outer perimeter section, a filter section within the outer perimeter, and a tab attached to the cartridge for inserting and removing the filter cartridge to and from the slot. The livestock blow dryer includes a frusto-conical shaped nozzle adapted to cover the outlet opening. The end of the nozzle has a holding member for attaching a hose to the nozzle.

Abstract: A machine for the washing and drying of animals, which has a large housing with a principal washing compartment or cabin, which can be divided into two or more sections for washing respective animals at the same time completely untied. A second compartment has a heated air ventilator for the cabin. This air is recirculated again to the air ventilator through a double ceiling of the cabin. A third compartment, accommodates a hose with a nozzle for spraying water from the water supply to wash the paws of the animal before it enters the cabin. A fourth compartment accommodates various bottles of respective treatment liquids, such as cleaning, softening, antiseptic and the like liquids with devices for selecting same, such as pumps with pulsating function, with there being provided a hydraulic circuit for the water and treatment liquids. The hydraulic circuit has a first tank only for the fresh water, with da fluid heater for heating same, and a second tank for the water and liquids to be recirculated.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming an optical element on the surface of a substrate by ejecting a curable light guide forming liquid from a nozzle onto the substrate and curing the curable light guide forming liquid. A waveguide may be formed by moving the nozzle in a linear pattern over the surface of the substrate during ejection of the liquid from the nozzle. Curing the liquid may include exposing the liquid to ultraviolet radiation, and the radiation may be applied to only a small portion of the liquid. A multilayered waveguide may be formed by ejecting a further light guide forming liquid onto the first and curing it. A core and cladding may be formed simultaneously by ejecting core forming liquid from an inner tube and cladding forming liquid from an annulus about the inner tube. The waveguide may be formed in a groove, and a splitter may be formed by branching a second waveguide from a first, or by laying out two parallel waveguides and connecting them.

Abstract: A livestock blow dryer includes a blower housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening with a slot adjacent to the inlet opening. Within the blower housing are two blower motors for blowing air through the outlet opening. The blow dryer includes a filter cartridge adapted to be inserted into the slot so that air coming through inlet opening goes through the filter. The filter cartridge includes an outer perimeter section, a filter section within the outer perimeter, and a tab attached to the cartridge for inserting and removing the filter cartridge to and from the slot. The livestock blow dryer includes a frusto-conical shaped nozzle adapted to cover the outlet opening. The end of the nozzle has a holding member for attaching a hose to the nozzle.