A shampooing tool has a "clam-shell" design for trapping the components of the
tool between the complementary mating halves of the housing. The components include
a barrel disposed in the upper portion of the housing and connected to a pressurized
water source, a trigger depending from an enclosed hand grip, a normally-closed
spring-loaded valve disposed in the front portion of the housing and connected
to the trigger for movement in unison, and a cylinder within the lower part of
the housing, the cylinder having a pressurized liquid detergent and further having
a discharge port leading to a valve seat. When the trigger is depressed, the valve
is unseated; and the liquid detergent, under pressure, flows into a tube running
substantially parallel to the barrel. A shampooing head on the end of the barrel
has first and second orifices connected to the barrel and to the tube, respectively;
and the respective first and second orifices are independent of each other and
are arranged intermediately of the bristles on the shampooing head. The shampooing
tool is intended, primarily, for dogs, horses or other animals.