Pet dry room and tray used therefor

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pet dry room and a tray used therefor, the pet dry room including: a body having an accommodation space for accommodating a pet therein; a door connected to a front surface of the body and configured to seal or open the accommodation space; and an air circulation module including a motor, a fan, a flow path, a nozzle, and a heater so as to spray and circulate air into the accommodation space, wherein air sprayed from a plurality of spray holes of a combined defecation plate and air spray tray installed on a bottom surface of the accommodation space and nozzles formed on a side surface and a rear surface of the accommodation space is suctioned into a first inlet port positioned on a front side of a ceiling surface of the accommodation space.

Claims

1. A pet dry room comprising: a body having an accommodation space for accommodating a pet therein; a door connected to a front surface of the body and configured to seal or open the accommodation space; and an air circulation module including a motor, a fan, a flow path, a nozzle, and a heater so as to spray and circulate air into the accommodation space, wherein air sprayed from a plurality of spray holes of a combined defecation plate and air spray tray installed on a bottom surface of the accommodation space and nozzles formed on a side surface and a rear surface of the accommodation space is suctioned into a first inlet port positioned on a front side of a ceiling surface of the accommodation space, and wherein the combined defecation plate and air spray comprises a tray body configured as a container, a foothold mounted on the top of the tray body and having the plurality of spray holes, and a connection part disposed at a higher position than the foothold, connected to a first outlet port formed on the rear surface of the accommodation space, and configured to supply air into the tray body.

2. The pet dry room of claim 1, wherein a second inlet port for supplying external air to the air circulation module is located on a top side of the outer surface of the pet dry room, and a second outlet port for discharging the air within the accommodation space to the outside is installed on the door.

3. The pet dry room of claim 2, wherein each of the first and second inlet ports and the second outlet port has a replaceable or washable filter.

4. The pet dry room of claim 1, wherein the nozzles on the side surface are arranged according to the shape of a pet facing the door, and the nozzles on the side surface and the rear surface are integrated with a side wall structure and a rear wall structure, which constitute the accommodation space.

5. A tray used for a pet dry room which includes: a body having an accommodation space for accommodating a pet therein; a door connected to a front surface of the body to seal or open the accommodation space; an air circulation module formed to include a motor, a fan, a flow path, a nozzle, and a heater so as to spray and circulate air into the accommodation space, the tray comprising: a tray body configured as a container; a foothold mounted on the top of the tray body and having a plurality of spray holes; and a connection part disposed at a higher position than the foothold, connected to an outlet port formed on a rear surface of the accommodation space, and configured to supply air into the tray body.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) FIGS. 1 to 3 are views for describing the related art.

(2) FIGS. 4 and 5 are perspective views illustrating a pet dry room in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

(3) FIG. 6A to 6C are views illustrating a combined defecation plate and air spray tray in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

(4) FIG. 7 is a view illustrating an arrangement of side nozzles.

(5) FIG. 8 is a view illustrating air circulations in accordance with the embodiment of the present disclosure.

MODE FOR INVENTION

(6) Hereafter, the present disclosure will be described in more detail through embodiments with reference to the drawings.

(7) FIGS. 4 and 5 are perspective views illustrating the exterior of a pet dry room in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

(8) The pet dry room includes a body 10 having an accommodation space 1 for accommodating a pet therein and a door 20 connected to a front surface of the body 10 so as to seal or open the accommodation space 1. The body 10 has a second inlet port 42 and a control panel 11 which are formed at the top of the front surface thereof. The second inlet port 42 serves to supply external air into the accommodation space 1, and the control panel 11 serves to control the amount, temperature and time of air to be supplied into the accommodation space 1.

(9) The accommodation space 1 is formed as a space surrounded by a bottom surface 2, a side surface 3, a rear surface 5 and a ceiling surface 6, and includes nozzles 4 arranged on the side surface 3 and the rear surface 5 so as to spray air into the accommodation space and a first inlet port 41 installed on a front side of the ceiling surface 6 so as to suction the air within the accommodation space. A combined defecation plate and air spray tray 30 is mounted on the bottom surface 2.

(10) The combined defecation plate and air spray tray 30 illustrated in FIG. 6 includes a tray body 31, a foothold 32, and a connection part 33. The foothold 32 is mounted on the top of the tray body 31 such that a pet stands on the foothold 32, and has a plurality of spray holes 34. The connection part 33 is disposed at a higher position than the foothold 32, and connected to a first outlet port 51 on the rear surface 5 of the accommodation space so as to supply air into the tray body 31. The air introduced into the connection part 33 is passed through the tray body 31 and then sprayed into the accommodation space 1 through the spray holes 34 of the foothold 32.

(11) The tray body 31 is formed in the shape of a container capable of containing water or urine flowing from wet hair of the pet in the accommodation space 1. The foothold 32 and the connection part 33 may be detachably assembled into the tray body 31, which makes it easy for a user to wash the tray body 31. The reason why the connection part 33 needs to be disposed at a higher position than the foothold 32 is in order to prevent water or urine of the tray body 31 from flowing into the first outlet port 51.

(12) When a pet is accommodated in the accommodation space 1, the pet sits or stands toward the door 20 having a transparent window 21 installed thereon due to its attributes.

(13) As illustrated in FIG. 7, the nozzles 4 on the side surface 3 are arranged according to the shape of the pet toward the door 20. That is, when the side surface is divided into front and rear parts, the nozzles are arranged in such a manner that the amount of air sent from the front part is larger than the amount of air sent from the rear part and the amount of air sent from the lower side of the rear part is larger than the amount of air sent from the upper side of the rear part. Through the arrangement of the nozzles, the air can be sprayed onto the body of the pet. Therefore, the drying and cleaning effect can be improved, and nozzles corresponding to unnecessary parts do not need to be closed or controlled. Therefore, the side surface 3 and the nozzles 4 can be manufactured as a single body, which makes it possible to reduce the manufacturing cost.

(14) FIG. 8 illustrates air flows formed in the pet dry room by an air circulation module, but does not illustrate air flows by the nozzles on the side surface.

(15) A motor 61 and a fan 62 are positioned at the top of the accommodation space 1, and serve to discharge or suction air into or from the accommodation space 1, and a heater 63 serves to heat the air supplied into the accommodation space 1. A flow path is formed between the wall structure constituting the accommodation space and a wall structure constituting an outer wall of the pet dry room, and the nozzles 4 are formed on the side surface 3 and the rear surface 5 of the accommodation space 1. Through the nozzles 4 and the spray holes 34 of the above-described combined defecation plate and air spray tray 30, the air is sprayed into the accommodation space 1.

(16) Even when the wet hair of the pet is to be dried, hot wind needs to be supplied. However, when dust or foreign matters are to be removed, the air does not need to be heated.

(17) The air, which is suctioned into the second inlet port 42 disposed on the top side of the outer surface of the pet dry room so as to suction external air and the first inlet port 41 disposed on the front side of the ceiling surface 6 of the accommodation space 1 so as to suction the air within the accommodation space 1, is moved along the flow path by the motor 61 and the fan 62, and then sprayed into the accommodation space 1 through the nozzles 4 on the side surface 3 and the rear surface 5 and the spray holes 34 of the combined defecation plate and air spray tray 30. The air sprayed through the nozzles 4 and the spray holes 34 dries the hair of the pet, and is then introduced into the first inlet port 41 disposed on the front side of the ceiling surface 6 of the accommodation space 1.

(18) Such an air flow within the accommodation space 1, i.e. the air flow from rear to front and from bottom to top, is formed in the reverse direction to the grain direction of the hair of the pet facing the door at the front. Thus, the hot wind can be supplied deeply into the hair, and the hair can be effectively dried. Furthermore, since the air flowing along the head of the pet, positioned on the upper side of the front part, contains moisture removed along the body of the pet, the air does not make the respiratory organ of the pet dry.

(19) A part of the air flowing in the accommodation space 1 is discharged to the outside through a second outlet port 52 installed at the bottom of the door 20.

(20) The introduction of the external air or the discharge of the air to the outside may be blocked, if necessary. This process may be performed by closing the second inlet port 42 and/or the second outlet port 52.

(21) In order to prevent foreign matters from the outside from flowing into the pet dry room and to prevent hair or foreign matters within the accommodation space 1 from leaking to the motor or fan or the outside, the first and second inlet ports 41 and 42 and the second outlet port 52 may have a replaceable or washable filter installed therein. When a cartridge (not illustrated) for producing aroma scents or oxygen is further installed at the second inlet port 42 to which the external air is supplied, the pet within the closed accommodation space may have emotional stability.

(22) Furthermore, an LED lighting may be installed in the accommodation space 1 in order to observe the pet more reliably. When far-infrared light is emitted, the blood circulation of the pet may be promoted to contribute to hair care.

(23) While various embodiments have been described above, it will be understood to those skilled in the art that the embodiments described are by way of example only. Accordingly, the disclosure described herein should not be limited based on the described embodiments.