Abstract: A hand-held animal grooming tool is configured as a circular hoop-formed curry comb having a sealing cap sealing off the edge of the hoop opposite the comb serrations, and further including a handle attached to the hoop, the handle having an axial passage therethrough communicating with the interior of the hoop. The handle is adapted at its outer end for connection to a flexible conduit fed by a hot air blower so that with the curry comb in use against the body of the animal the open face is effectively sealed by the animal's body, and warm air is blown along the serrations to dry the animal during the combing operation. Alternative versions of the instrument include hollow-chamber brushes having similar handles and having a plurality of air passages for directing heated air flowing into the handle and out these passages generally along the bristle directions.

Abstract: A hand-held animal grooming tool is configured as a circular hoop-formed curry comb having a sealing cap sealing off the edge of the hoop opposite the comb serrations, and further including a handle attached to the hoop, the handle having an axial passage therethrough communicating with the interior of the hoop. The handle is adapted at its outer end for connection to a flexible conduit fed by a hot air blower so that with the curry comb in use against the body of the animal the open face is effectively sealed by the animal's body, and warm air is blown along the serrations to dry the animal during the combing operation. Alternative versions of the instrument include hollow-chamber brushes having similar handles and having a plurality of air passages for directing heated air flowing into the handle and out these passages generally along the bristle directions.