Patent ID: 8876180

Claim:
A pet waste removal device comprising: a body; a movable paddle operably mounted with the body; a collection chamber positioned to receive waste delivered by movement of the paddle; a paddle driving arrangement operably mounted on the body and configured to drive the paddle to cause said movement of the paddle to remove waste from an area to be cleaned and deliver it to the collection chamber; and a fluid delivery device engageable by the paddle driving arrangement to deliver a fluid to the area to be cleaned, wherein said paddle driving arrangement is operably coupled with both the paddle and the fluid delivery device so that when the paddle driving arrangement drives the paddle to remove waste from the area to be cleaned and deliver it to the collection chamber it also engages the fluid delivery device to cause the fluid delivery device to deliver fluid to the area to be cleaned; wherein the paddle is arranged to be driven through a stroke from a first point to a second point, passing over the area to be cleaned; and wherein the stroke comprises: a first part, along which an edge of the paddle nearest to the area to be cleaned travels substantially parallel to the area to be cleaned; and a second part along which an edge of the paddle nearest to the area to be cleaned travels away from the area to be cleaned to lift waste away from the area to be cleaned.