| 摘要 |
A hand-held animal grooming tool is configured as a circular hoop-formed curry comb having a sealing cap sealing off the edge of the hoop opposite the comb serrations, and further including a handle attached to the hoop, the handle having an axial passage therethrough communicating with the interior of the hoop. The handle is adapted at its outer end for connection to a flexible conduit fed by a hot air blower so that with the curry comb in use against the body of the animal the open face is effectively sealed by the animal's body, and warm air is blown along the serrations to dry the animal during the combing operation. Alternative versions of the instrument include hollow-chamber brushes having similar handles and having a plurality of air passages for directing heated air flowing into the handle and out these passages generally along the bristle directions. A drying rack for animals includes a hollow resilient bladder in the general shape of a thin elongated mat having air passages in the upper surface thereof and a connecting tubulation adapted for connection to a source of warm air. An animal supporting grate is configured to overlie the mat so as to support the animal thereon to dry the lower portions of the animal's body after washing. The grate has support extensions extending downwardly pass through anchoring apertures passing through the mat so as to retain the air mat in proper alignment with the grate. The rack and mat are configured for ease of cleaning and for retention of excreta in the case of incontinence of the animal.
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