DEVICE FOR CLEANING ANIMALS Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC A01K13/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to mechanisation of agriculture, particularly to devices for cleaning animal skin. Device consists of a handle connected to a housing, made in the form of a cover. Inside housing on shafts there are two movable drum unit of cylindrical shape with teeth mounted thereon in form of curves, operating in opposite directions and arranged regularly along drums. Drums along axis on both sides are connected to housing by return springs, one end of spring is fixed on housing, second - on shaft. Housing is equipped with two movable limiters of entrance of teeth in form of plates bent at ends, which change their position relative to working surface by spring compression using an adjusting nut through a washer, arranged on a guide rod of sleeve. Nut is protected from external action by a cover.

EFFECT: high-quality skin cleaning from mechanical and organic contaminants, without causing pain and anxiety in animals, and also increases efficiency of operator.

1 cl, 2 dwg