Patent ID: 9565834
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A01K,A46B

Claim:
1. An animal brushing arrangement that attaches to a support structure, the animal brushing arrangement comprising: a support part arranged to be attached to the support structure; a brush suspended from the support part; an electric motor that operatively rotates the brush about a rotation axis; and a rotation sensor arranged to interact with the brush, wherein the brush, when not under operative influence of the motor, is free to rotate about the rotation axis by way of an external force upon said brush other than a force of said electric motor, wherein the rotation sensor is adapted to sense a rotational movement of the brush about the rotation axis caused by the external force, wherein the rotation sensor comprises a pulse generator arranged to generate electrical pulses when the brush is rotated about the rotation axis, wherein said pulse generator is connected to a control system, the control system being adapted to start the electric motor in response to receiving a predetermined number of electrical pulses from the pulse generator, and wherein the predetermined number of electrical pulses corresponds to a rotational movement of the brush about the rotation axis of at least 1 degree.