Rotating Pet Groomer Comb With Localized Vacuum Hair Collection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pet grooming tools fail to effectively collect pet hair without scattering allergens and bacteria, often requiring manual handling of comb teeth and multiple cycles, which can lead to environmental pollution and user discomfort.
Innovation Solution
A pet groomer integrated with a vacuum cleaner, featuring a rotating comb assembly with adjustable comb teeth that automatically move pet hair to the air intake, reducing the need for manual stripping and minimizing allergen dispersal through a combination of rotating mechanisms and air flow management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If comb teeth are fixed in position, then the structure is simple, but the tool cannot adapt to different pet hair lengths
Solution Approach 1:
The comb teeth are made movable rather than fixed, allowing them to extend and retract. The driving assembly includes a controlling key that moves comb teeth between extended and retracted positions, enabling adaptation to different hair lengths while maintaining a relatively compact structure through controlled movement.
Solution Approach 2:
The comb teeth can be nested within the main body when retracted, with the driving assembly components (controlling key, spring) arranged in a nested or compact configuration. This allows the extendable functionality without significantly increasing the overall device footprint.
2Productivity
If suction force at air intake hole is strong, then hair vacuuming efficiency is high, but pet comfort is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The air intake hole is positioned specifically at the rim of the front plate where comb teeth are located, creating a localized suction zone. This allows strong suction force to be applied precisely where hair is stripped from comb teeth, while the rest of the pet's body experiences minimal or no suction, maintaining comfort.
Solution Approach 2:
The comb teeth are designed to strip hair off before the vacuuming action occurs. By pre-combing and collecting hair on the teeth, the system prepares the hair for easy removal, allowing gentler overall suction forces to be used while still achieving efficient hair collection.
3Ease of operation
If comb teeth are manually stripped and cleaned, then the tool is simple, but user is exposed to allergens and bacteria
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses the vacuum cleaner's own airflow to automatically remove hair from the comb teeth. The air intake hole creates suction that draws stripped hair directly into the vacuum, eliminating the need for manual stripping and cleaning operations that would expose the user to allergens and bacteria.
Solution Approach 2:
The air flow acts as an intermediary between the comb teeth and the vacuum collection system. Instead of direct manual contact, the airflow mediates the hair removal process, transporting hair from the comb teeth to the vacuum container without requiring user hand involvement.
4Reliability
If comb teeth extend and withdraw repeatedly, then complete hair stripping is achieved, but the operation becomes tedious and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The vacuum suction operates continuously throughout the combing process, maintaining constant hair removal capability. As comb teeth are drawn through the pet's fur, the continuous airflow at the air intake hole constantly draws away stripped hair, eliminating the need for repeated stop-start cycles and manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The comb teeth are pre-positioned and the vacuum system is preactivated before combing begins. This preliminary setup ensures that as soon as hair is stripped from the teeth, it is immediately drawn away by the waiting airflow, maintaining continuous effective action without interruption or repeated cycling.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution ensures efficient pet hair collection without scattering allergens, reduces user effort, and prevents environmental pollution by directly vacuuming hair into the cleaner, while allowing for adjustable comb teeth lengths for different pet types.
Implementation Method 1
a substance body which has a suction channel that is used to be connected with the suction hose and has at least one air intake which transmits air to the suction channel
Implementation Method 2
a driving assembly which drives said combing assembly so as to make comb teeth in combing assembly to move to the air intake from a comb position
Data Source
AI summary
A pet groom and vacuum cleaner including the pet groomer are provided. The pet groomer includes a main body having two sidewalls, an actuator container, and a hollow handle for connecting with the suction hose. A comb assembly is fixed between said two sidewalls, and includes a rotatable body, and a comb teeth arranged in an axial direction of the rotatable body. A driving assembly drives the comb teeth to rotate with the rotatable body. The comb teeth rotates between a first position and a second position. The driving assembly is isolated from the suction airflow and includes an actuator element exposed out of the actuator container and extending toward the hollow handle. Motion transmission elements of the driving assembly extends from the actuator element to the comb assembly, and includes three sections.