US 11,910,780 B2
Pet grooming machine and a method for pet hair grooming
Jinsong Peng, Suzhou (CN); and Yu Liang, Suzhou (CN)
Assigned to SUZHOU VACS ELECTRICAL CO., LTD., Suzhou (CN)
Filed by SUZHOU VACS ELECTRICAL CO., LTD., Suzhou (CN)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/227,894.
Claims priority of application No. 202221985511.X (CN), filed on Jul. 29, 2022; application No. 202210933180.3 (CN), filed on Aug. 4, 2022; and application No. 202310874839.7 (CN), filed on Jul. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032505 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 13/00 (2006.01); A45D 20/12 (2006.01); A47L 5/36 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 13/001 (2013.01) [A45D 20/12 (2013.01); A47L 5/365 (2013.01); A47L 7/0009 (2013.01); A47L 7/0066 (2013.01); A47L 7/04 (2013.01); A45D 2020/128 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pet grooming machine, comprising:
a blower comprising at least a blower main body and a power cord, said blower main body comprises at least: a blower air-inlet, a motor unit, a blower air-outlet, and an air channel in communication with said blower air-outlet and said blower air-inlet;
a tank unit comprising at least a tank, a tank air-inlet, a filter and an air-outlet, said tank air-inlet is provided on said tank, and said filter is mounted inside said tank to receive and intercept hairs and other dust;
wherein said blower and said tank unit can be in two configurations: a separated configuration and a combined configuration;
wherein in said separated configuration, said blower is separated from said tank unit, and said blower can be independently used for blowing;
wherein in said combined configuration, said blower air-inlet and said tank unit are detachably connected in a sealed manner such that when said motor unit of the blower main body is started in said combined configuration, a negative pressure generated by an airflow driven by said blower main body is transmitted to said tank air-inlet through said tank and said filter; and
wherein said blower is a portable blower which can be held with a single hand by a user for blowing on a pet without a need for a flexible hose, and the user can turn a user's wrist to transmit air to different positions on a pet body to dry pet hairs.