Patent ID: 7921813
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A blower system for livestock, comprising: a housing; an air inlet located on the housing; an air outlet located on the housing, wherein the air outlet is configured to route heated air to livestock for grooming; two or more fan assemblies located inside the housing, wherein the two or more fan assemblies are arranged in series with respect to one another along a longitudinal axis of the housing such that the air is drawn through and expelled from a first of the one or more fan assemblies prior to the air being drawn through and expelled from a second of the one or more fan assemblies, and wherein the fan assemblies are configured to draw air in through the air inlet and expel heated air out through the air outlet located on the housing, wherein the air is heated via heat produced by operation of the two or fan assemblies and the compression of the air passing through the two or more fan assemblies to generate the heated air; a removable cartridge assembly comprising the two or more fan assemblies, wherein the housing comprises an opening in an exterior of the housing, and wherein the opening is of sufficient size to enable the removable cartridge assembly to be removed from the interior of the housing via sliding of the removable cartridge assembly along an interior surface of the housing and through the opening; and a thermally insulated region comprising a thermally insulating coating disposed on an interior surface of the housing, wherein the thermally insulating coating is disposed on at least a portion of the interior surface of the housing located between the second of the one or more fan assemblies and the air outlet such that the thermally insulating coating is configured to inhibit heat from escaping the heated air via walls of the housing as the air flows from the second of the one or more fan assemblies to the air outlet such that the housing is configured to facilitate retention of heat within the heated air until the heated air is expelled out through the air outlet located on the housing.