LU86889A1 - SHOWER CABINET DEVICE FOR DOMESTIC PETS - Google Patents

Description

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The present invention relates to a shower cabinet device for pets, preferably dogs, which is especially designed to be installed in any location, whether public roads, parks, gardens and even private homes.

Everyone is aware of the serious problem in cities of having their needs on the street and on the trot-10 rooftops, just as everyone is aware of the problem of toilet and hygiene. the pet.

The aim 'of this invenfciOnr, is to provide a place where dogs do not dirty public places and can also do their business in the home itself without having to go out. In addition, the present invention provides a place where said animals can be showered and where they can be conveniently groomed, without having to use the bathtub or any other container, all thanks to an extremely simple and economical construction. .

The device in question essentially consists of an enclosure 20 limited by a wall whose height depends on the installation location, an inclined floor or floor and a central or lateral post or column. If the height of the wall is reduced, it is not necessary to provide a door. This enclosure can have any configuration, either cylindrical or polygonal.

In accordance with the above, the present device for shower cubicles for domestic animals is characterized in that the floor or floor of the enclosure is inclined towards at least one drainage orifice and in that the enclosure comprises at least one column or post inside the enclosure, which comprises a coating at the bottom, the odor of which encourages urination by animals, and at the top means making it possible to have accessories relating to the application of advertising, lighting and the like; - 3 - as well as means making it possible to produce a discharge of water during the cleaning of the enclosure, and in particular of the ground, to rid it of animal excrement and, if necessary, to allow the animal to be showered .

The water can come from the network, the spill for cleaning the enclosure and, if necessary for showering the animals by means of the corresponding pipes or conduits, those of the cleaning being preferably placed on the ground and / or on the wall, that intended for the shower located at the top of the column.

The device comprises motor-driven discharge means allowing adequate cleaning of the floor and the wall of the enclosure during the discharge of water, and means for reheating the water in the tank providing a shower with water. Hot water. k3 In order to give a more detailed explanation and to make it easier to understand, there is annexed to the present a page of drawings in which an embodiment of a device for shower cubicles for pets has been shown, with the characteristics mentioned, that we simply cite by way of nonlimiting example of the scope of the present invention.

On the said drawings:

FIG. 1 illustrates a front perspective view View of the access door of the shower cabinet device which is the subject of the present model;

FIG. 2 represents a view similar to that of FIG. 1, 55 in the context of which the device may include advertising indicating that it is intended for dogs; and

FIG. 3 is another view similar to that of FIGS. 1 and 2 in which the device comprises points of light for lighting it in the environment in which it is located, 60 According to the drawings, the device cabinets- shower for pets, subject of the present invention, 'Consists of an enclosure -1- defined by a floor -2- and by a side wall -3- - k - whose height is depending on the location where is located the device in question. The floor or floor -2- of the enclosure is inclined towards op an opening or flow orifice -k- and includes a column -p- illustrated in the center of the drawings, which is fixed to said floor -2-

Said column -p- sports a coating -6- at the bottom made of a substance whose smell incites animals to urinate, a rubber-based substance, whereby the animal's urination takes place inside of the encircled -1- and, as is usual or frequent, urination is generally accompanied by defecation, so that the urine and the excrements coming from the physiological needs of the animal are deposited has inside the enclosure without contaminating the sidewalks, public roads, or even the own floor of the private home.

75 The column -5- sports a tank - not specifically shown - capable of ensuring sufficient water discharge allowing the correct cleaning of the floor or floor -2- of the enclosure -1- and, if necessary, of the interior surface of the side wall -3-, or ensuring a sufficient shower for the animal in the context of a correct toilet and hygiene thereof.

Said column -p- allows, as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, to have at the top of the accessories or supplements for the application or service for which they must be intended. Thus in FIG. 2, the column -p- comprises at the top a plate or panel -7- per-85 for displaying advertising, in addition to indicating that it is a device for dogs. The advertisement can be displayed either on a single plate or panel as illustrated, or on two plates of plasticized glass or any other transparent or translucent material, so that between these plates a point of 90 light can be placed. providing a luminous poster allowing the said device to be used at night. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the top of the column -p- can comprise only spotlights -8- as lighting elements both of the device and of the place where it __ k

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95 The enclosure -1- of the device has an access door -9- giving the interior thereof, through which the animal passes to go to do its needs, and on the wall of said enclosure is a series of pipes -10-, possibly provided with orifices, bringing water both on said wall and on the ground or floor -2-, and there may also be on the 100 circumference other pipes-not shown - which ensure cleaning.

The shower cabinet device which is the subject of the present invention is preferably installed next to the sluices allowing a rapid and direct discharge thereof, so that the opening or orifice-105 this flow -k- of the device coincides or is as close as possible to the orifice of the cesspool sewer.

Column -5- may include means for heating the water in the tank providing hot water so that the animal can shower. Said shower can be carried out using pipes 110 arranged at the top of the column -5- as an arm.

The device such as that illustrated comprises a motor - not illustrated - which can be housed at the bottom - 11 - of the enclosure to which one has access by the corresponding door, a push button - 12 - making it possible to start said motor. So that by pressing the push button - 115 evening - 12 - the engine is started and the water - either that coming directly from the network, or that of the tank placed on the column - is brought under pressure by the pipes -10- illustrated and by those not shown, and entails the residues of excrement and urine deposited by the animal which has used the device ensuring correct cleaning of the premises, the animal being able to be attached by its leash a kind of handle -I3- provided on the wall -3- of the enclosure.

The device can of course either include the tank mentioned providing the cleaning and / or shower water, or not include it when the installation is directly connected to the network.

125 The way, the tank can be installed on the column, r - Ο - as we have just described, or on the wall -3 ~ of the enclosure or at any other appropriate place.

The wall -3- of the enclosure can preferably be cylindrical or polygonal and, in the latter case, the edges or corners I3O are as small as possible to facilitate cleaning of the enclosure.

If the water supply cannot come directly from the network, the installation of a reservoir in the enclosure allows it to have its own autonomy and, both in this case and in that of direct connection to the network or that of a tank can also be optionally connected to the network, the device may include suitable heating means to be able to shower the animal with hot water. To prevent water from splashing out of the enclosure, especially when used as a shower, the access door can be closed with any piece of plastic kept in position with elements such as pliers or the like.

Both when using the device as a urinal and as a shower, it can be established that the discharge of water is controlled both in time and in quantity. Hoses moving there are _ _45 moving in a fan shape, as well as hoses close to the ground all around the wall, and the water coming out under pressure will ensure correct cleaning.

-piant to the access door -9- it can have the appropriate dimensions so that the animals can enter and leave easily and, in I5O function of the height of the wall -3-, which will depend on the chosen place, this Access opening can be reduced as much as desired, and may even be superfluous.

As already indicated, if the device is installed on public roads, the drainage orifice -4- should coincide 155 or be as close as possible to the cesspool of sewers and, if its - 7 - placement is aurre, it should be the closest possible nlus to a conventional sewer.

It should be noted that in order to preserve the aesthetics of the location of the shower cabinet device which is the subject of the pre-lbO model, the enclosure, that is to say the wall and the ground as well as the column -which can also have any suitable section, circular or polygonal- can display any structural configuration appropriate to the place where the device is installed, whether it is an avenue , a garden, any public road 165 or the private domicile of the owner of the animal.

As can easily be seen, the use of this device has notable advantages such as cleanliness of the public thoroughfare, the fact of facilitating the hygiene of animals on the public thoroughfare or in private homes and, although requiring a initial installation expenditure 170, its maintenance is minimal and it can even provide the administration with interesting revenue arising from the advertising that the device may display, both on the upper part of the column, as described, as on the external surface, and if necessary internal of the wall -3- of the enclosure.

175 The use of this device requires a certain habit, both on the part of the owner and of the animal itself; in the meantime, the owner should be in possession of the corresponding bag or pocket intended for the collection of excrement during the dog's walk, as has already been officially established, with a view to depositing the nearest excrement l80 possible from the evacuation orifice of the device so that by pressing the button -12- these are entrained in the cesspool. Said pocket may be made of plastic or, better still, of paper whose different tact does not produce as much repugnance to the owner.

Ic5 During this period of adaptation to the use of this device, the owners could be suggested to use the device correctly with the help of printed material for the disclosure of an adequate text that can be distributed by children, At the end of an initial period allowing them to better familiarize themselves with the use of this device, the local Administrations could impose fines rising progressively over the months elapsing since the taking of effect of this order, the payment of the corresponding fines must necessarily encourage its owners to use the device. There is no doubt that the use of the present device, in addition to the advantages of greater cleanliness of streets or public roads as well as private homes, also presents in the aspect of the streets financial advantages coming from display advertising and the sale of used plastic or paper bags, not to mention another very important aspect which is to avoid the transmission of diseases by direct and rapid evacuation of excrement and urine dogs, which is of great importance from a health point of view.

It is understood that with regard to the practical embodiment of the shower cabinet device for pets, we can bring all the variations of detail deemed relevant to the extent that these do not affect the essential characteristics. of the device which are summarized in the following claims.

Claims (3)

5. V E a DI C A ï I 0 N S 1. Device shower cabinets for pets of the kind consisting of an enclosure, preferably circular or poly-5 gonale, limited by a wall whose height depends on where it is located and provided with a door access, characterized in that the ground or floor of the enclosure is inclined towards or at least a flow orifice, and in that said enclosure comprises at least one column inside the enclosure, which is provided at the bottom a coating 10 made of a substance whose odor incites animals to urinate, and above means making it possible to install accessories relating to advertising display, lighting and the like; as well as means for producing a discharge of water for cleaning the enclosure, and in particular the ground, with a view to ridding it of the excrement of the animals and, if necessary, showering the animal. 2, - Shower cabinet device for pets according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the column is preferably in the central position and in that the water for cleaning and / or shower comes directly from the network, and, where appropriate, from a reservoir located in the enclosure, 3, - Shower cabinet device for domestic animals, according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the cleaning and / or the shower is carried out by the intermediate of the corresponding pipes preferably arranged for cleaning on the floor and / or on the wall, and for showering at the top of the column. k.- Device for shower cubicles for domestic animals, according to re_ vendication 3 "characterized in that it includes motor-driven discharge means which allow adequate cleaning. 5.- Shower cabinet device for pets, according to r £ 3O vendication 3, characterized in that it comprises means for heating the water supplying hot water for the shower.