Automated animal self-grooming device

Abstract

A wall mounted animal self-grooming device that rotates a cylindrical rubbing means having bristles on its exterior surface about its axis by utilizing a small electric motor. The electric motor is mounted within a housing and coupled to the rubbing means through an opening in the housing base. A transformer and plug assembly is removably stored within the housing and is electrically connected to the electric motor by a length of electrical cord, the unused portion of which is also coiled and stored in the housing. The transformer and plug assembly have at least two prongs that extend from a surface thereof for insertion into a standard electrical wall outlet. In one embodiment, the housing is removably attached to a house wall over the electrical wall outlet having the transformer and plug assembly plugged therein. The transformer and plug assembly protrudes into the housing through a hole in the back wall of the housing. The rubbing means is directly coupled to the electric motor and extends outward from the housing in an orientation that is parallel to the wall on which the device is mounted, thus keeping required space to a minimum and providing a compact configuration. A pair of flanges with slots therein are provided on each side of the housing back wall to provide the means for removably fastening the housing to a house wall. In a second embodiment, the length of electrical cord enables the device to be mounted on a wall at a location spaced from the electrical outlet into which the transformer and plug assembly is plugged.

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