Automatic self-cleaning, self-filling pet water bowl apparatus, methods and systems

摘要

An automatic self-cleaning and self-filling outdoor fluid feeding system for an animal, including for example a pet, includes a sink; a fluid transport system; a housing supporting the sink and containing the fluid transport system; and a control assembly configured to control the automatic self-cleaning and self-filling operations of the system.

主权项

1. An automatic self-cleaning and self-filling animal bowl apparatus, comprising a sink; a housing supporting the sink; a fluid transport system comprising a fluid inflow subsystem configured to transport water from an exterior of the housing to the sink, and a fluid outflow subsystem configured to transport fluid from the sink to the exterior of the housing; and a control assembly configured to control the automatic self-cleaning and self-filling operations of the apparatus; wherein the fluid outflow system begins at an elevation below the bottom of the sink, ascends therealong to an elevation as high as a level of fluid that can be held in the sink, and then descends therealong at least to an elevation of the bottom of the sink.