Patent ID: 8651056

Claim:
A pet water cooling device, comprising: a pet bowl; a first pump adapted to remove water from the bowl; a heat transfer device; and a conduit, the conduit including a first conduit portion adapted to carry the water to the heat transfer device; and a second conduit portion adapted to carry the water back to the bowl; wherein the heat transfer device includes a coil submersed in a water reservoir of an evaporative cooler, wherein the evaporative cooler includes, the water reservoir; a second pump; an evaporative pad; a water distributor; an electric motor; and a fan; wherein, in operation, (1) the second pump brings water from the water reservoir to the water distributor and the water distributor distributes the water to the evaporative pad moistening the evaporative pad; (2) the fan causes air to flow through the evaporative pad moistened by the water, thereby cooling the water and producing cooled air by evaporation; (3) the fan causes the cooled air to flow through an opening into a room; and (4) the cooled water is returned to the water reservoir.