CN215957728U

CN215957728U - Knot remover

Info

Publication number: CN215957728U
Application number: CN202120967715.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: J·隆戈利亚
Original assignee: Longoria Design LLC
Current assignee: Longoria Design LLC
Priority date: 2021-01-21
Filing date: 2021-05-07
Publication date: 2022-03-08
Anticipated expiration: 2031-05-07

Abstract

Knot remover includes: the device comprises a shell (10), wherein a plurality of mutually parallel notches (16) are formed in the shell (10); the combing mechanism is arranged on the outer side of the shell (10) and is used for combing the pet hair; the shearing mechanism is arranged on the inner side of the shell (10) and is matched with the combing mechanism to remove knots of the pet hair; wherein the cutting mechanism comprises a plurality of blades (30), the blades (30) are arranged in the cut (16), and a part of the blades (30) is exposed from the position of the cut (16); the carding mechanism comprises a plurality of comb racks (20) tangent to the blade (30), and both ends of the comb racks (20) are configured to be comb teeth.

Description

Knot remover

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of pet nursing tools, in particular to a knot remover.

Background

People like to care for their own pets and are willing to keep them clean and combed up. One challenge in accomplishing this task is that many pets, particularly pet dogs with long hair, are prone to develop knots in their hair, such as when they are exposed to outdoor activity, where foreign objects can stick to their hair and subsequently develop knots.

Currently, there are various types of pet combs or pet scissors and products combining the two, for example, U.S. patent No. 9,807,978B 2 discloses a knot remover which has a dual function of combing and cutting pet hair, and mainly comprises a row of comb teeth and a corresponding blade, each of which has a rotatable blade embedded therein, and cuts knots in the pet hair when the blade is rotated. In the technical scheme of this patent, because the broach is perpendicular blade setting, therefore the rotation axis of fixing the blade is kept away from to the back of the tooth of broach, and the position that the blade cut the knot also keeps away from pet's skin. When combing the pet's hair, the knot must be pulled away from the pet's skin, which can cause damage to the pet's fur and discomfort to the pet.

In view of the deficiencies of knot removers in some situations, the present application provides a new type of knot remover.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, in order to solve at least one of the above technical problems, the present application provides a knot remover comprising: the shell is provided with a plurality of parallel notches; the combing mechanism is arranged on the outer side of the shell and is used for combing the pet hair; the shearing mechanism is arranged on the inner side of the shell and is matched with the carding mechanism to remove knots of the pet hair; the shearing mechanism comprises a plurality of blades, the blades are arranged in the notches, and part of the blades are exposed out of the notches; the carding mechanism comprises a plurality of comb racks tangent to the blades, and both ends of the comb racks are constructed into comb teeth.

In one example, the housing comprises a first housing and a second housing, and the first housing and the second housing are fixedly connected through screws.

In one example, the outside of the first housing is provided with a comb rack.

In one example, the second housing has a slot formed therein at a location corresponding to the blade.

In one example, the side of the blade remote from the comb rack is provided with a guard having a profile adapted to the blade and covering a substantial portion of the blade.

In one example, the inner side of the protective cover is provided with a groove for accommodating the blade, a gap is formed between the groove and the blade, and the gap and the cut are matched to form a channel for allowing hair to pass through.

In one example, the blade is circular, a rotating shaft penetrates through the center of the blade, and a driving device is arranged at one end of the rotating shaft and drives the blade to rotate by driving the rotating shaft to rotate.

In one example, the comb-tooth bar includes first and second comb teeth disposed symmetrically about the rotational axis.

In one example, the drive device is a stepper motor.

In one example, the shell is further provided with a skid-proof part, and the skid-proof part is a protrusion or a depression.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the disclosure without limiting the disclosure. In the drawings:

FIG. 1a shows a schematic view of a knot remover according to one solution of the prior art in use;

FIG. 1b shows a schematic view of a use of a knot remover according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 shows an exploded schematic view of a knot remover according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of a knot remover according to one embodiment of the present application, showing the position of the blades;

FIG. 4 shows a schematic perspective view of a knot remover according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 shows an exploded schematic view of a knot remover according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 shows a schematic perspective view of a knot remover according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 shows a schematic top view of a knot remover according to another embodiment of the present application, wherein the movement of pet hair within the passage is shown;

FIG. 8 shows a schematic perspective view of a knot remover according to another embodiment of the present application, wherein a portion of the housing is removed;

FIG. 9 shows a schematic front view according to an embodiment of the present application;

in the drawings:

10-a housing; 12-a first housing; 14-a second housing; 15-a slot; 16-incision; 18-a non-slip portion;

20-a comb rack; 22-first comb teeth; 24-second comb teeth;

30-a blade; 32-a protective cover; 34-a groove; 36-voids; 38-axis of rotation;

40-a drive device; 42-a switch; 44-a charging port;

50-gripping tool.

Detailed Description

The present application is described in detail below with reference to the figures and examples in one example. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the application and are not limiting of the application. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some of the structures related to the present application are shown in the drawings, not all of the structures.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact between the first and second features, or may comprise contact between the first and second features not directly, but through another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description of the present embodiment, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships shown in the drawings only for convenience of description and simplification of operation, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be configured in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used only for descriptive purposes and are not intended to have a special meaning.

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other without conflict.

The embodiments of the present application will be further explained with reference to fig. 1a to 9.

Referring to fig. 1a and 1b, which respectively illustrate a knot remover according to one aspect of the prior art and a knot remover according to one embodiment of the present application, wherein wavy lines in fig. 1a and 1b each represent skin of a pet, and hair on the skin of the pet is omitted for clarity of presentation. The knot remover in fig. 1a has a single row of comb teeth perpendicular to the blade 30, and when the hair of the pet is combed using this knot remover, the distance between the blade 30 and the skin of the pet at the cut 16 of the knot remover is D1, and D1 is the distance between the position where the knot is cut off by the knot remover and the skin of the pet. The knot remover in fig. 1b has two rows of teeth tangential to the blade 30, and when using such a knot remover for combing the hair of a pet, the distance between the blade 30 and the skin of the pet at the cut 16 of the knot remover is D2, both being the distance between the position where the knot is cut off by the knot remover and the skin of the pet. As can be seen by comparing FIG. 1a and FIG. 1b, the knot remover of the prior art can only cut the knot on the pet hair at a position far away from the skin of the pet, which results in the pet hair after cutting the knot to be pulled away from the skin of the pet, thereby causing some damage to the fur and skin of the pet and causing discomfort to the pet. As an improvement, the knot remover of the present application has a D2 less than the D1 of the knot remover of the prior art, which indicates that the knot remover of the present application is capable of cutting knots in pet hair at a location closer to the skin of the pet, thereby reducing the adverse effects due to additional pulling on the pet hair.

Referring to fig. 2 to 9, fig. 2 to 9 illustrate a knot remover according to an embodiment of the present application, the knot remover comprising: a housing 10, wherein a plurality of parallel notches 16 are arranged on the housing 10; a combing mechanism arranged outside the housing 10 for combing the pet hair; a cutting mechanism arranged at the inner side of the shell 10 and matched with the combing mechanism to remove knots of the pet hair; wherein the cutting mechanism comprises a plurality of blades 30, the blades 30 are arranged in the cut 16, and a part of the blades 30 is exposed from the position of the cut 16; the carding mechanism comprises a plurality of comb racks 20 tangential to the blade 30, and both ends of the comb racks 20 are configured as comb teeth.

Referring to fig. 2 and 5, the blade 30 is circular, a rotating shaft 38 penetrates through the center of the blade 30, a driving device 40 is disposed at one end of the rotating shaft 38, the driving device 40 drives the rotating shaft 38 to rotate to drive the blade 30 to rotate, and the driving device 40 may be a stepping motor or other component capable of achieving similar functions.

Referring to fig. 9, according to an embodiment of the present application, the comb-teeth bar 20 includes first and

second comb teeth

22 and 24 symmetrically disposed about the rotation axis 38, and the first and second symmetrically disposed

comb teeth

22 and 24 allow a user to conveniently move back and forth or in a proper direction and comb and cut hair when using the knot remover of the present application to treat pet hair, thereby better satisfying the treatment requirements for hair at different positions of a pet.

According to one embodiment of the present application, the housing 10 is further provided with a non-slip portion 18, and the non-slip portion 18 is a protrusion or a depression. With this arrangement, the user can be facilitated to grasp the knot remover for combing and cutting the pet hair.

According to an embodiment of the present application, the knot remover in the present application may be rechargeable (wireless) for easy operation. The user can charge the knot remover through a charging port 44 at the bottom of the knot remover. The user can comb the pet hair along the combing mechanism, and when the combing meets the resistance (namely contacts the knots on the pet hair), the user presses the switch 42 arranged on the back of the knot remover to enable the blade 30 to start rotating, so that the knots on the pet hair are cut by the blade 30.

Referring to fig. 2 to 4, fig. 2 to 4 show a knot remover according to a first embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 shows an exploded view of a knot remover according to a first embodiment of the present application, the housing 10 of the knot remover comprising a first housing 12 and a second housing 14, the first housing 12 and the second housing 14 being fixedly connected by screws. Wherein, the outside of the first casing 12 is provided with a comb rack 20.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 shows a schematic perspective view of a knot remover according to an embodiment of the present application. The second housing 14 has a slot 15 corresponding to the blade 30. The slot 15 is sized to avoid injury by a finger accidentally reaching into the interior of the knot remover and contacting the blade 30 during use or cleaning of the knot remover of the present application; at the same time, slot 15 is sized to allow insertion of a grasping tool 50, such as a forceps or the like. In the use, a small amount of pet hair may be involved in and remain in the interior of the knot remover, and when the knot remover needs to be cleaned, a user can clamp the pet hair remaining in the interior of the knot remover by stretching the clamping tool 50 into the slot 15, so that the rapid cleaning of the interior of the knot remover is realized, and the normal use of the knot remover is ensured.

Referring to fig. 5 to 8, fig. 5 to 8 show a knot remover according to a second embodiment of the present application.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 shows an exploded view of a knot remover according to an embodiment of the present application, a protective cover 32 is provided inside the knot remover on the side of the blade 30 away from the comb rack 20, the protective cover 32 having a profile adapted to the blade 30 and covering most of the blade 30.

With continued reference to fig. 5, the portion of the second housing 14 corresponding to the location of the blade 30 is provided as a removable cover. When it is desired to clean the interior of the head remover, the user may remove the cover and clean the interior of the head remover. Also, since the blade 30 is covered by the protective cover 32, the user can avoid injury by contacting the blade 30 when cleaning the interior of the head remover.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, a groove 34 for accommodating the blade 30 is formed on the inner side of the protective cover 32, a gap 36 exists between the groove 34 and the blade 30, and the gap 36 and the cut 16 cooperate to form a passage for allowing hair to pass through. When the knot remover of the present application is used to cut knots in pet hair, a small amount of the cut pet hair will move from position a in fig. 7 through the above-mentioned passage to position B to wind out the knot remover, thereby avoiding remaining and accumulating inside the knot remover.

The application is as a knot remover, including carding mechanism and shearing mechanism, carding mechanism includes a plurality of comb racks 20, has seted up incision 16 on each comb rack 20, and shearing mechanism includes a plurality of blades 30, and each blade 30 sets up in corresponding incision 16, and user's accessible carding mechanism combs along pet hair to utilize shearing mechanism to cut off the knot on the pet hair. Since the blade 30 is disposed tangentially to the comb-teeth bar 20, the knot remover cuts knots on pet hair at a position closer to the skin of the pet in a combing process with a shorter distance from the skin of the pet, thereby reducing adverse effects due to additional pulling of the pet hair.

While the preferred embodiments of the present application have been described in detail, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied otherwise than as described without limitation, and that various equivalent changes and modifications, which may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present application, are intended to be covered by the appended claims.

Claims

1. Knot remover includes:

the device comprises a shell (10), wherein a plurality of mutually parallel notches (16) are formed in the shell (10);

the combing mechanism is arranged on the outer side of the shell (10) and is used for combing the pet hair;

the shearing mechanism is arranged on the inner side of the shell (10) and is matched with the combing mechanism to remove knots of the pet hair;

characterized in that the cutting mechanism comprises a plurality of blades (30), the blades (30) are arranged in the cut-out (16), and a part of the blades (30) is exposed from the position of the cut-out (16); the carding mechanism comprises a plurality of comb racks (20) tangent to the blade (30), and both ends of the comb racks (20) are configured to be comb teeth.

2. Knot remover according to claim 1, characterized in that said housing (10) comprises a first housing (12) and a second housing (14), said first housing (12) and said second housing (14) being fixedly connected by means of screws.

3. Knot remover according to claim 2, characterized in that said comb rack (20) is arranged on the outside of said first housing (12).

4. Knot remover according to claim 2, characterized in that said second shell (14) is provided with a slot (15) in a position corresponding to said blade (30).

5. Knot remover according to claim 1, characterized in that the side of said blade (30) remote from said comb-rack (20) is provided with a protective cover (32), said protective cover (32) having a profile adapted to said blade (30) and covering a major part of said blade (30).

6. Knot remover according to claim 5, characterized in that said protective cover (32) is provided on its inner side with a recess (34) for receiving said blade (30), said recess (34) and said blade (30) having a gap (36) therebetween, said gap (36) and said cut-out (16) cooperating to form a passage for pet hair.

7. Knot remover according to claim 2 or 5, characterized in that said blade (30) is circular, a rotating shaft (38) penetrates through the center of said blade (30), a driving device (40) is arranged at one end of said rotating shaft (38), and said driving device (40) drives said rotating shaft (38) to rotate so as to drive said blade (30) to rotate.

8. Knot remover according to claim 7, characterized in that said comb rack (20) comprises a first comb tooth (22) and a second comb tooth (24) arranged symmetrically with respect to said rotation axis (38).

9. Knot remover according to claim 7, characterized in that said driving means (40) is a stepper motor.

10. Knot remover according to claim 1, characterized in that said outer shell (10) is further provided with a non-slip part (18), said non-slip part (18) being convex or concave.