Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning inventions 11/05

20050257337 - Led brush: A lighted brush has a brush head mounted on a housing. Batteries stored within the housing power a seven color LED module made of three light emitting diodes (LEDs). A transparent handle illuminated by the seven color LED module has a module controller. The transparent handle mounted on the housing...

20050257338 - Treatment element for an appliance for cleaning dental interstices, a method and device for the production thereof: The invention relates to a treatment element (1), which can be mounted onto an appliance for cleaning dental interstices. Said element comprises a shank (2), provided with bristles that radiate outwards (3). The brush head has a substantially polygonal, in particular triangular form (5). Said head can have a series...

20050257339 - Brush comprising a handle and a bristle-bearing head: A brush with handle (6) and bristle holder head (5) in which said handle (6) and said bristle holder head (5) are joined by an intermediate flexible element (3, 3a, 3b)...

20050257340 - Wet/dry vacuum: A wet/dry vacuum is disclosed. The wet/dry vacuum preferably includes a base, a handle coupled with the base, a lid coupled with the handle, and a container that is removable from the base. In operation, the container is placed on the base. As the handle is rotated towards the rear...

20050251936 - Apparatus and method for cleaning electronic articles: A cleaning apparatus (20, 200) that includes a conductive path (84, 208, 212) from an article (24, 216) being cleaned to a ground (88, 220). The conductive path allows a static electrical charge present on the article to be drawn off the article so as to reduce the likelihood the...

20050251935 - Guiding apparatus for operating a pool cleaner: This invention provides a guiding apparatus 10 for use in operating a pool cleaner. The apparatus 10 includes a housing configured for connection to a hose of the pool cleaner. The housing has front and rear parts 12, 14 configured to pivot in relation to each other about a zone...

20050251937 - Floor cleaning machine, particularly for industrial applications: A floor cleaning machine, particularly for industrial applications, comprising a chassis that supports in a downward region at least one brush, which can be actuated with a rotary motion, and at least one floor wiper, which is arranged to the rear of the brush along the travel direction of the...

20050251938 - Snake plunger: An apparatus for unclogging a toilet with the sliding mechanism allowing for easier operation. The sliding mechanism easily allows movement of the snake within the handle. The sliding handle is in a locked position when the snake is not in use. The rubber air tube, when plunging, does not allow...

20050251939 - Hunter's boot cleaner: A hunter's boot cleaner includes a support member, a cleaner member having a boot scraping surface, and a securing mechanism for securing the boot cleaner to a tree or ladder. The cleaner member can be adjusted relative to the support member to accommodate different boot sizes....

20050251940 - Cleansing brush: Improved Cleansing Brush with a cleansing head comprising a first rigid elongate tubular body, a second rigid elongate tubular body, a joint portion, a first resilient grip handle and a second resilient grip handle. The joint portion is comprised of a first disk member and a second disk member including...

20050251941 - Cleaning implement: A cleaning implement formed from a body and a handle attachment base provided on the body for removable attachment of a handle to the body. The body has a gripping portion on the body. The gripping portion is ergonomically shaped to be gripped by a user's hand. The cleaning implement...

20050251942 - Holder device: The holder device has an elongate member (12) that has an upwardly protruding tip (14). A holder segment (16) is attached to a side edge (18) of the elongate member. The holder device has an upper section (20) extending over the member (12) to an opposite side edge (23). The...

20050251943 - Mop having ergonomic handle and joint: A mop pad support includes a frame configured to retain a mop pad, a handle for controlling the frame, and a connecting mechanism that connects the handle to the frame. The frame has a longitudinal direction and a latitudinal direction. The frame is longer in the longitudinal direction than in...

20050251944 - Method and device for delivery and confinement of surface cleaning composition: The invention is a device and means for applying a thickened cleaning composition to a selected surface area that minimizes or eliminates any unintentional or excess application of the composition and/or minimizes or eliminates any spreading or wicking of the composition beyond the selected surface area after application. The current...

20050251945 - Spreader for floor dressing material: A floor dressing spreader includes an elongated handle and an elongated back-up plate. The elongated handle is secured to the back-up plate and extends generally upwardly therefrom. Front and rear attachment plates are disposed adjacent lower portions of the back-up plate and a resilient flexible spreader element is clamped between...

20050251946 - Wiper blade: This invention relates to a wiper blade (20) having a connecting part (32) which is mounted on a carrying element (24) of the wiper blade (20) and has a pivot pin (42, 96, 106, 138, 146, 164, 178) of a joint (30) whose free end is connected to a wiper...

20050251947 - Robot cleaner: A robot vacuum cleaner comprises a main body having a driving wheel, a suction port provided underneath the main body for drawing in contaminants on a surface to be cleaned, and a guide member disposed underneath the main body for guiding contaminants on the surface to be cleaned toward the...

20050251948 - Floor cleaning machine, particularly for industrial applications: A floor cleaning machine particularly for industrial applications, comprising a box-like structure, which is provided, in its downward region directed toward the floor, with floor cleaning devices, and supports electrical controls for actuating and controlling the machine, at least one part of the electrical controls for actuating and controlling the...

20050251949 - Portable cleaning appliance with rotating tool: Portable cleaning appliance comprising a body (1, 2) provided with handgrip means (4) and with an interchangeable rotating cleaning tool (3), the said body containing the drive means (5) of the said tool (3) and the power supply means (6) of the said drive means (5, 105, 115, 205, 305,...

20050251950 - Hand vacuum cleaner with dry & wet switcher: A hand vacuum cleaner with a dry/wet switcher that operates in dry or wet mode without any external attachment is comprised of an elevation deck adapted with a water curette provided at the nozzle of the dust receiver; the knob being turned to control the ascending or descending of the...

20050251951 - Cyclone dust collecting apparatus and vacuum cleaner using the same: A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus comprises a cyclone body having a first cyclone part and a second cyclone part comprising a plurality of cones, a cover unit connected with the upper portion of the cyclone body for guiding air movement between the first cyclone part and the second cyclone part, and...

20050251952 - Agitation apparatus: An agitation apparatus which is suitable for use in a cleaning head of a vacuum cleaner includes first and second flow paths. Each of these flow paths has a resonant cavity and an inlet/outlet port which joins the cavity to a space within the cleaning head. A generating means or...

20050251953 - Vacuum cleaning head: A vacuum cleaning head includes a rotatable brush bar and an air turbine driving the brush bar. An air inlet admits air to drive the turbine. A button is movable between an open position, in which it admits air to the turbine, and a closed position in which it closes...

20050251954 - Mobile blower assembly for use with a multi-functional cleaning machine: The present invention relates to a spray gun generally employed with a multi-functional surface cleaning machine having a fluid tank, a pump, a dispensing device, and at least one receptacle for holding concentrated cleaning chemicals. The dispensing blower assembly device of one embodiment of the present invention includes a housing,...

20050246845 - Machine for scrubbing or finishing floor surfaces: The disclosure relates to the floor scrubbing or finishing machines. There is provided a machine for scrubbing or finishing a floor surface comprising carriage means adapted for translational movement over a floor surface, a workhead, an electric motor carried by the carriage means and arranged in use to drive the...

20050246846 - Feed control device for plumbing tools: A snake feeding device comprises a base having opposite ends, an actuator pivotally mounted on the base, and first and second sets of drive rolls spaced apart in the direction between ends of the base. Each set includes a roll on the base and two rolls on the actuator for...

20050246847 - Twin-headed toothbrush: A toothbrush includes: a handle shaped and dimensioned to be grasped by a human hand; necks coupled to the handle; bristle supports coupled to the necks; and bristles coupled to the bristle supports. The toothbrush, through the bristles coupled to the bristle supports and the necks, is configured to adapt...

20050246848 - Cleaning brush with replaceable/disposable brush head: Disclosed is a brush for cleaning toilet bowls and the like. The brush has a permanent handle and can be used with a replaceable/disposable brush head that is flushable after use. The brush is a stack of sheets of water-dissolvable material. The sheets are compressed to both bind them together...

20050246849 - Sanitizing handle for cleaning tool: A cleaning implement with a handle and an antimicrobial surface can be used to clean hard surfaces and thereafter remain sanitary. The cleaning implement may be a manual tool or a motorized tool. The cleaning implement may have a disposable cleaning pad. Examples of suitable cleaning implements include a toilet...

20050246851 - Color coded mop pads and method of color coding same: A set of color coded mop pads includes a first mop pad that is substantially flat, has a mop portion with a periphery, and has a first colored piping on the periphery associated with a first use, and a second mop pad that is substantially flat, has a mop portion...

20050246850 - Hand held cleaning device and method of advertising at an entertainment event: During a televised entertainment event, a handheld cleaning device is used to wipe a stage or other planar surface to remove liquid there from. The device has an exterior displaying a visual advertisement, and the act of wiping the planar surface is televised, including the advertisement displayed on the device....

20050246852 - Novel automobile wiper holder with pressurized stability, warning effect and variable size: This invention relates to a novel automobile wiper holder with pressurized stability, warning effect and variable size, at least constituting the blade holder, the first connecting panel, the second connecting panel, the third connecting panel and the holder seat. The pressurized panel is design to be mounted on the both...

20050246853 - Secondary introduction of fluid into vacuum system: An apparatus and method for minimizing the accumulation of soil and debris within a vacuum system of a surface maintenance machine is disclosed. A secondary fluid, such as pressurized cleaning solution, is sprayed into the vacuum system in order to reduce soil and debris accumulation within the vacuum system without...

20050246854 - Retractable hose extension for a vacuum: A retractable hose extension for a vacuum having an expandable hose within a containment structure, a first coupling at the first end of the hose and in the first end of the containment structure for connecting the hose to a vacuum, a valve at the second end of the hose,...

20050246855 - Retractable hose extension for a vacuum: A retractable hose extension for a vacuum having an expandable hose within a containment structure, a first coupling at the first end of the hose and in the first end of the containment structure for connecting the hose to a vacuum, a valve at the second end of the hose,...

20050246856 - Simple dust collector: A simple dust collector includes a housing, a base plate horizontally separating the interior of the housing to form a motor chamber for fix a motor to rotate a fan covered by a fan cover under the base plate. A sucking passageway and a wind-exhausting hole are formed under the...

20050246857 - Rotary cleaning body, suction port body of vacuum cleaner, and production method of rotary cleaning body: Catching grooves (34) extending in the axial direction are formed in the cylindrical outer surface of a brush base (35) that has a slender, substantially cylindrical shape and made of a twistable material. Brush attaching portions (43) of brush members (41) and blade attaching portions (47) of scraping members (42)...

20050246858 - Bladed disk brush roller assembly for a vacuum cleaner: A brush roller assembly for a vacuum cleaner includes a rotatable spindle having a longitudinal axis, a first end, a second end and a central portion. A first airflow enhancing device (“AED”) is positioned, by being molded onto or operationally attached to, the first end of the rotatable spindle. The...

20050246859 - Rotary engines: This impeller-free vacuum cleaner is based on a rotary piston. Vacuum suction of 300 inches of water or better can be delivered. Quietness of below 70 db can be delivered. Tongued rotary piston assemblies may be strategically placed, such as stacked, to eliminate vacuum suction dead zones. Sealing problems that...

20050241085 - Dressing device for power brush: A power-brush apparatus has a housing, a brush rotatable on the housing about a brush axis and having bristles extending generally radially of the axis, and a drive that rotates the brush in a working direction about the axis and thereby orbits tips of the bristles about the axis. Thus...

20050241086 - Cleaning unit with base station and process for treating floors: A unit for treating floors has a motor-driven mobile device and a base station for replenishing the mobile device. The base station has an additional motor-driven transporting device for moving the mobile device into and out of the base station. A process for treating floors with the unit is also...

20050241087 - Cleaning device for a substrate: A cleaning device for cleaning a verge of a substrate by using a cleaning agent, includes a supporting structure and an absorber connected to the supporting structure. The substrate is cleaned by means of a contacting and a relative movement between the absorber and the substrate....

20050241088 - Device for treating surfaces: Disclosed herein is a device for treating surfaces, and cleaning and/or polishing surfaces. The device comprises a hollow member having an open end adapted for the insertion of two or more fingers. The hollow member is defined between a first sheet layer which includes an elastic layer and a second...

20050241089 - Device for treating surfaces: Disclosed herein is a device for treating surfaces, and/or cleaning and/or polishing surfaces. The device comprises a hollow member having an open end adapted for the insertion of two or more fingers. The hollow member is defined between a first sheet layer which includes an elastic layer and a second...

20050241090 - Press-on tool and method for pressing on a film to adhere to a substrate: Press-on tool for pressing on a film to adhere to a substrate. The press-on tool comprises a relatively hard and rigid carrier part with a press-on surface with which, during use, the film can be pressed against the substrate. The intermediate layer comprises a relatively soft, resilient cushion layer. Preferably,...

20050241091 - Dental device: The present invention provides a dental device preferably for infants and small children. A dental device in accordance with the present invention includes a handle portion and a head portion joined by a joinder. The head portion includes a plurality of projections and a plurality of bristle bunches. In one...

20050241092 - Rotatable brush manufacturing method, rotatable brush, charging apparatus, image forming apparatus, and cleaning apparatus for a rotatable brush: The periphery of a metal rotating shaft is covered with elastic foam material and the peripheral surface of the elastic foam material is coated with conductive adhesive. Before the layer of conductive adhesive hardens, a plurality of bristles is embedded vertically into the smooth material made of a layer of...

20050241093 - Reversible tube towel: An ergonomically designed cylindrically configured wiping towel with two open ends, constructed with multiple, pre-selected exterior areas of varied colors and patterns for user awareness of soiled portions in order to discourage possible cross contamination. The cylindrically structured tube towel is designed to provide the same amount of cleaning surface...

20050241094 - Applicator pad and related methods: The present invention features a fabric useful for applying a chemical composition, such as a finishing or polishing composition, onto a substrate surface. The fabric contains between about 2% and 10% stiff fibers and between about 90% and 98% adsorbent or absorbent fibers. The fabric can be used to make...

20050241095 - Applicator pad and related methods: The present invention features a fabric useful for applying a chemical composition, such as a finishing or polishing composition, onto a substrate surface. Typically the fabric contains between about 1% and 50% stiff fibers and between about 50% and 99% adsorbent or absorbent fibers, more typically between about 2% and...

20050241096 - Gutter sweep: A gutter sweep for cleaning debris from a house gutter. The gutter sweep includes a scooping head with a blade end that is curved in a manner allowing the blade end to fit up and over a gutter. Extension poles are used with the scooping head to lengthen the reach...

20050241097 - Apparatus for applying a liquid coating onto an object: The present invention relates to an apparatus for applying a liquid coating onto an object. The apparatus includes a device that has a handle and a transfer medium which is attached to the handle. The apparatus further includes a cover that is attached to the device. The cover includes a...

20050241098 - Window wiping device and wiper arm, especially for a motor vehicle: A windshield wiper device (10), in particular for a motor vehicle, is proposed which features a wiper shaft (28, 30) with a cone (34) on which a wiper arm (32) can be fastened, whereby a macroscopic structure is superimposed on the cone (34). In addition, a wiper arm (32), in...

20050241099 - Central vacuum cleaner and its central unit: A central vacuum cleaner including a central unit provided with a suction joint and an exhaust joint as well as a suction hose. According to the invention, the central vacuum cleaner includes an operating unit (1) having adaptors for attaching the central unit (2) to the operating unit, an exhaust...

20050241100 - Apparatus for vacuum and/or blowing of debris: Vacuum and blowing apparatus is provided having means for selecting between a first vacuum mode and a second blowing mode. A base portion of the apparatus is in contact with a surface from which debris is to be collected and/or across or relative to which debris is to be blown...

20050241101 - Bagless dustcup: A bagless vacuum cleaner system dustcup assembly and method for using said system with a vacuum cleaner apparatus to separate dirt from a mixture of dirt and air inducted into said vacuum cleaner apparatus. Said bagless vacuum cleaner system generally comprises a dustcup assembly, a handle assembly and a motor...

20050241102 - Vaccum cleaners especially quiet vacuum cleaners, pumps, and engines: This impeller-free vacuum cleaner is based on a rotary piston. Vacuum suction of 300 inches of water or better can be delivered. Quietness of below 70 db can be delivered. Tongued rotary piston assemblies may be strategically placed, such as stacked, to eliminate vacuum suction dead zones. Sealing problems that...