Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning inventions 05/06

20060107473 - Back-scrubbing and cleansing apparatus: A back-scrubbing and cleansing apparatus includes a housing that has a plurality of sidewalls defining first and second isolated cavities. One sidewall is provided with an inlet port in fluid communication with the first cavity for receiving a liquid cleansing agent therethrough. An end cap is threadably attachable to the...

20060107474 - Toothbrush: An electrically driven toothbrush has a brush holder that is arranged to rotationally vibrate and carry a number of bristles interspaced with arcuate membranes. The membranes serve to aid cleaning of the teeth and to polish the teeth surfaces during use of the toothbrush....

20060107475 - Paint roller assembly with a power actuated roller support: A roller assembly for uniformly applying liquid onto a roller surface includes a handle having a hand grip portion and a roller attachment portion, a substantially cylindrical roller support, having each of a predetermined diameter and predetermined length and which is disposed adjacent the roller attachment portion. A drive member...

20060107476 - Disposal plunger-brush: A “plunger-brush” is described and claimed. The plunger-brush includes a surface cleaning element at one end of a cylindrical member, which is used to sweep debris from a surface. The cylindrical member also bears a collar that closes a drain opening when the plunger-brush is placed in a drain, for...

20060107477 - Set of parts and an article for cleaning assembled therefrom: The interengageable means (4a, 4b) may be a screw-threaded spigot 4a projecting from one end of the hand grip part 2 and the plurality of said means (4b) may comprise complementary screw threaded sockets in each of at least a top (8), end (10) and side (9) surface of a...

20060107478 - Toothbrush: A toothbrush comprises a brush body with a brush head and a carrier platelet attached to the brush head. A plurality of bristle bundles consisting of a thermoplastic material are attached anchor-less to the platelet. The brush head in addition has: bores, recesses or holes which have bristle bundles inserted...

20060107479 - Raised platen for fiber optic component cleaning device: A cleaning device is configured for cleaning a male portion of an aligning-type fiber optic connector. The device includes a container having an opening in a face formed in a side of the container. A plurality of discrete soft, large work surfaces are disposed on a face formed in a...

20060107480 - Door mat: A door mat comprises a body of textile material or the like (1) and a generally tray-shaped base (3) made of moulded thermoplastic material, within which the textile body (1) is inserted in a removable way. The perimetral rim (4) of the tray-shaped base (3) has an elastically deformable retention...

20060107481 - Scrubbing pad: A scrubbing pad formed of porous curled nylon strands. Portion of the strands are stitched transversely to form weft and the remaining strands are stitched longitudinally to form warp. In one embodiment in the warp two adjacent strands are formed as a unit, two units are separated by longitudinal strands,...

20060107482 - Hybrid fiber-foam buffing pad: A buffing pad primarily for automobiles includes a foam layer and filaments of textile material interspersed throughout the foam layer and extending passed or exposed at the working surface of the pad. The filaments are needle punched through the foam layer. The filaments may be felt fiber such as wool...

20060107483 - Paint applicator: A paint applicator includes a paint roller having a pivotally adjustable handle....

20060107484 - Surface finishing tool for flat, curved, or radius walls: A surface finishing tool that uses a flexible extended blade with handles at either end to finish a variety of wall structures. The blade is sufficiently flexible to allow it to be deformed to float acute radius wall surfaces, or deformed in the opposite direction to allow it to float...

20060107485 - End clip of vehicle wiper blade: The present invention includes clips elements that are advantageously employed with vehicle wiper blades. Particularly preferred clip elements may comprise a clip body inserted into a tip of a wiper blade, and a latching cover rotatably installed at the clip body. In preferred aspects, the latching cover can be releasably...

20060107486 - Automatic cart wash apparatus: An automatic cart wash apparatus. The automatic cart wash apparatus provides improved cleaning of stock carts on a regular basis over manual cleaning by store employees. The automatic cart wash apparatus includes three main stages: a debris removal (vacuum) stage, a cleaning (wash, sanitize, rinse) stage, and a drying stage....

20060107487 - Water filter vacuum cleaner: An improved water filter vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum body which contains a dust chamber and a dust collector assembly in the dust chamber that contains filter water. The dust collection assembly includes a dust collection seat and an upper cap. The dust collection seat is divided by a partition...

20060107488 - Suction port assembly of vacuum cleaner: A suction port assembly for use in a vacuum cleaner is foldable so that it can clean a surface being cleaned in close contact. Accordingly, the cleaner can easily clean the cleaning surface even with a slope or angle, while maintaining a suction efficiency of the cleaner constantly. Additionally, damage...

20060101596 - Wheel arrangement for swimming pool cleaner: A pool cleaner for cleaning a pool includes a housing with an upper surface and downwardly projecting sidewalls extending from the upper surface for defining a front, a rear, a first and a second side of the housing. A first pair of wheels includes a first wheel being pivotally mounted...

20060101597 - Fingernail hygiene method and system: A personal hygiene device, comprises: a body; a motor within the body; a fluid supply within the body; a moving brush head extending from the body and driven by the motor at a sonic frequency; and a fluid dispenser within the body that directs a fluid from the fluid supply...

20060101598 - Electric toothbrush: An electric toothbrush wherein the number of revolution of a motor shaft is in match with the frequency of reciprocating motion of the brush. A motor (2) housed in a tubular case (1) is coupled to a reciprocating shaft (5) slidably extending through the forward end of the case by...

20060101599 - Spiked golf shoe cleaning brush: An athletic shoe cleaning device includes cleaning teeth affixed to a handle. Pairs or opposed cleaning teeth are provided which have a first section and a second section joined by an angle suitable for cleaning golf shoe spikes having multiple nubs or flanges. The cleaning teeth are especially suited for...

20060101600 - Mop head connector: A connection system for securing a mop head to a mop handle. The system uses a handle connector component secured to the mop handle and a mop head connector component secured to the mop head. Through holes in the handle connector component are aligned with through holes in the mop...

20060101601 - Cleaning item: The cleaning item of the present invention comprises: a brush part constructed from fibrous material; an inserted part with an inserted space into which a gripper is detachably inserted and which is formed by a pair of sheets, the inserted part being disposed in the brush part; and a joining...

20060101602 - Curved cleaning duster: A curved cleaning duster comprises a cleaning cloth: a handle, a bent tenon being connected to the bending rod; the tenon having a cambered casing and a buckle groove for receiving the bending rod; each of two lateral sides of the groove having a rib; a lower side of the...

20060101603 - Clutch device and motor apparatus having the same: In a clutch device, an output shaft supports an input disk rotatably about an axis thereof, and a clutch disk non-rotatably about the axis and movably in an axial direction of the output shaft. An elastic member exerts resistive force on the input disk or the clutch disk when the...

20060101604 - Mode control arrangement for a floor: The invention is a bare floor cleaning appliance provided with a foot pedal for raising and lowering the suction nozzle while simultaneously energizing and de-energizing the independent drive motor powering a horizontal axis rotary agitator. The foot pedal is depressed once to lower the suction nozzle to a position closest...

20060101605 - Vacuum cleaner: A vacuum cleaner includes an electric motor for driving a rotational brush for brushing dust particles from a surface to be cleaned, an electric blower for generating a suction air stream for sucking in the dust particles, a dust chamber for collecting the dust particles therein, a motor controller for...

20060101606 - Floor care appliance with a plurality of cleaning modes: A floor care appliance is provided for cleaning bare surfaces such as tile, marble, linoleum and wood. The floor care appliance includes a port for the connection of an accessory hose and wand for off the floor cleaning. A variety of cleaning implements can be attached to the wand for...

20060101607 - Floor care appliance wtih tool caddy: A floor care appliance is provided for cleaning bare surfaces such as tile, marble, linoleum and wood. The floor care appliance includes an accessory caddy for storing an accessory hose, telescoping wand, cleaning implements and cleaning supplies. The accessory caddy is placed over the suction nozzle in front of the...

20060101608 - Latch arrangement for a floor care appliance: A floor care appliance is provided for cleaning bare surfaces such as tile, marble, linoleum and wood. The floor care appliance includes an accessory hose, telescoping wand and accessory tools for cleaning bare surfaces. A latch having a latch cover is provided for connecting the telescoping wand to the handgrip...

20060101609 - Vacuum cleaner: A vacuum cleaner comprises a cleaner body where a dust separator is mounted to extract dust from dust-laden air. A dust receptacle is detachably mounted in the cleaner body. A locking unit locks the dust separator and the dust receptacle together. In an exemplary embodiment, an opening unit rotates the...

20060101610 - Vacuum cleaner having a cyclone dust collecting apparatus: A vacuum cleaner is provided that includes a cleaner body; a cyclone body rotatably mounted in the cleaner body; a dust receptacle detachably mounted in the cleaner body and disposed below the cyclone body; and a locking unit locking and releasing the cyclone body and the dust receptacle with respect...

20060101611 - Cyclone-type vacuum cleaner: A cyclone vacuum cleaner provides an improved capacity dust receptacle by structuring the cyclone body of the vacuum cleaner to be pivotally mounted to the vacuum cleaner body. The cyclone body is disconnected from the dust receptacle by rotating or “turning up” the cyclone body by rotating it about the...

20060101612 - Floor care appliance with a plurali: A floor care appliance is provided for cleaning bare surfaces such as tile, marble, linoleum and wood. The floor care appliance is comprised of a base portion having a suction nozzle and a brush block having a plurality of vertical axis rotary agitators for cleaning bare floors. The rotary agitators...

20060101613 - Control handle assembly: A control handle assembly (200) includes a rigid handle (202) for grasping by the operator to steer a walk-behind mobile machine (10) and a control portion (220) moveable relative to the handle (202) to control a function of the machine (10). A flexible extension (238) extends between the handle (202)...

20060096046 - Method and device for cleaning teeth: The invention is directed to a method and a device for cleaning teeth wherein a variety of cleaning tools are coupled to a common handle section for the individual cleaning of teeth. It relates in particular to a handle section of an electric dental cleaning device, with a coupling section...

20060096047 - Gymnasium floor covering storage and cleaning roller: A carpet storage and diplay rack including pairs of U shaped bracket supporting the ends or tubular rollers on which carpet is wound. The bracket are secured to a vertical or horizontal frame and have ball bearings to reduce friction between the bracket nd the roller. A latch hingedly attached...

20060096048 - System and method for a combined contact and non-contact wafer cleaning module: A system and a method for cleaning and rinsing a wafer includes at least three rollers that are capable of supporting a wafer by an edge of the wafer. At least one of the rollers is driven and thereby capable of rotating the wafer. At least one of the rollers...

20060096049 - Wafer cleaning brush: A semiconductor wafer scrubber has a brush with a nubless outer surface for cleaning the surfaces of a semiconductor wafer. The nubless brush has a body and rotates around a central axis as it contacts the wafer surface. The brush has a central section with an outer diameter less than...

20060096050 - Automated cleaning system for structures: A washing system for an elevated surface has a) a housing having a liquid application cleaning system therein; b) a support element that supports and elevates the washing system; c) a rigid member extending from a surface of the housing that faces away from a surface to be cleaned so...

20060096051 - Wet sheet for cleaning: A wet cleaning sheet 1 has a liquid retentive sheet 12 made of a fibrous material or a cellular material and impregnated with a predetermined amount of a detergent, etc., a liquid impermeable sheet 11 disposed on one side of the liquid retentive sheet 12, and a liquid gradual-releasing sheet...

20060096053 - Brush head for an electric toothbrush: A brush head for an electric toothbrush with a bristle carrier, in which bristles which are set in motion during the operation of the electric toothbrush, are anchored. The bristles are at least partly pointed filaments, which are arranged on the bristle carrier in such a way that, during the...

20060096052 - Toothbrush with gum protector: The invention relates to a toothbrush comprising an elongate body having one end forming a head for mounting bristles, and an opposite end forming an elongate handle. In accordance with the invention, the head includes, over at least a fraction of its periphery, a flexible portion for protecting the gums...

20060096055 - Dusting device for a central vacuum system: A dusting device can be used with a vacuum cleaner having an inlet port and a vacuum source. The dusting device comprises a holder defining a chamber and a dust pick up tool adapted to be at least partially received by the holder. The dusting device further comprises a fitting...

20060096054 - Tabletop wood-waste-collecting machine: A tabletop wood-waste-collecting machine includes a support frame, a machine base, a guide shade, a work faceplate and a dust-collecting unit. The machine base has its opposite upper side bored with plural transverse assistant guide grooves and its central portion bored with a longitudinal lower main guide groove communicating with...

20060096056 - Carpet fresher release/dispenser/attachment/bracket: A dispenser removably attached to a vacuum cleaner for easy access to distribute carpet and room deodorizer. The dispenser may have a Velcro attachment to mount on the vacuum cleaner to enable the dispenser to fit all upright models or standard cleaners. The carpet and room deodorizer is poured into...

20060096057 - Illumination accessory assembly for vacuum cleaner: An illumination accessory assembly for vacuum cleaner includes a transparent extension having a first end capable of releasable connection to a vacuum cleaner hose and having a distal vacuum cavity intake end. A LED is positioned so the LED illumination transverses the transparent extension medium and exits the distal end...

20060096058 - Exhausting apparatus of motor assembly and vacuum cleaner having the same: An exhausting apparatus of a motor assembly comprises a motor assembly generating a suction force and having an air outlet; a motor housing enclosing the motor assembly and having an air discharging opening for exhausting air via the air outlet; and a porous noise prevention board configured in the exhausting...

20060096059 - Cleaning method and device for objective lens of optical disc device: A cleaning method for an objective lens of an optical disc device that rotatably drives an optical disc medium by a spindle motor and records and/or playbacks data to/from the optical disc medium by the objective lens of an optical-pick up, includes: an airflow generation mode for generating a high...

20060096060 - Self-contained handheld drain clearing compressed air device: A self-contained handheld drain clearing device is provided that uses compressed air to unblock various household drains and pipes. The device comprises an upper body and a lower body. The upper body includes a cylindrical chamber for housing a manual pump. A one-way inlet valve allows compressed air to enter...

20060090273 - Apparatus for removing insects from produce: An apparatus for removing Japanese beetles and other insects from blueberries and other small produce without damaging or discarding any produce. The apparatus includes a produce conveyer formed by a plurality of elastic bands trained around four traverse rollers. A plurality of brushes are suspended above the top conveyer run...

20060090274 - Common toothbrush usable electronic toothbrush: A common toothbrush usable electronic toothbrush is provided. The common toothbrush usable electronic toothbrush includes: a toothbrush receiving part having a housing for receiving a toothbrush and a fixing member for fixing the toothbrush; and a driving part tightly attached to the toothbrush receiving part, for vibrating the whole toothbrush...

20060090275 - Sponge mop head assembly: A sponge mop head assembly includes a sponge head member having a sponge and rotatably connected to a compression member that includes elongated lateral ribs spaced by channels. The sponge is compressed by the compression member. The channels are connected to exit passages at the sides of the compression member...

20060090276 - Toothbrush and method of making the same: A toothbrush that provides enhanced cleaning and oral care to a user. The toothbrush has a head with cleaning elements that create a contoured cleaning profile. The cleaning elements have different depths of insertion relative to a reference plane to define a contoured cleaning profile without post-fixing trimming of the...

20060090277 - Cosmetic product applicator, typically a brush: 1) the lower and central parts have mean visible cross-sections, denoted respectively SA and SB such that the relative deviation ER1=|SA−SB|/SA is less than 0.1, 2) the lower and central parts form a first longitudinal component having an axial direction and a first shape factor L/D between 3 and 7,...

20060090278 - Aquarium having foldable cleaner: A magnetic cleaning assembly includes an inner and an outer magnetic cleaner member for attaching onto inner and outer peripheral surfaces of an aquarium, the inner magnetic cleaner member includes two blocks rotatably secured together with a pivot device and foldable relative to each other, two magnetic elements are attached...

20060090279 - Sheet holding structure and cleaner having the same: There is provided a sheet holding structure in which a sheet holding force can be increased, and a cleaner having the structure. The sheet holding structure includes a base material made of a flexible material and having main surfaces, and a slit formed in the main surfaces of the base...

20060090280 - Multi-use tool device, tool therefor and method of using the same: A multi-use tool device has an actuator moveable to turn a tool relative to change its angle of attack to the work or to change to a different work surface. The tool device is releasably connected to the tool without the use of threaded fasteners or wrenches. The tool may...

20060090281 - Automotive wiper: Disclosed is an automotive wiper capable of functioning as a spoiler. The wiper includes a frame that supports a blade. The frame is attached via an adapter to a wiper arm that presses and moves the wiper against and across the windshield. The wiper also includes a tension spring that...

20060090282 - Wiper blade: A rubber holder on the DR side (22a) having rod-shaped spring members fixed to holding blocks and a plurality of holding bridges (26) fixed to these rod-shaped members at specified intervals is provided on a wiper blade on the DR side, and a stopper (34) is attached to the rubber...

20060090283 - Cleaning chemical dispensing system: A cleaning chemical dispensing system includes: a liquid chemical additive having a predetermined viscosity; a mop bucket; a mop wringer provided on the bucket; a first indicator indicating a first volume of cleaning liquid in the bucket; and a reservoir for the additive, the reservoir positioned above the first indicator,...

20060090285 - Complex type cleaner: A complex type cleaner comprises: a body having either a dust collecting container for storing dust or a water collecting container for storing contaminated water; a fan motor installed at the body and generating a suction force; a suction head arranged at a lower side of the body, for sucking...

20060090284 - Steam-type electric broom: A steam-type electric broom mainly includes upper and lower hoods, a brooming mechanism, a suction mechanism, a steam supply mechanism, and a wiping mechanism. The brooming, suction, steam supply, and wiping mechanisms are electrically connected to a power supply having an operating section, so as to be driven by the...

20060090286 - Tandem, extendable tubing or hose assembly: An tandem tubing assembly for a cleaning machine is disclosed comprising a flexible first tubing having a first diameter and configured as a flexible hose having a helical frame, a relaxed length and an extended length; a flexible second tubing having a second diameter substantially smaller than the first diameter...

20060090287 - Vacuum cleaner with magnetic pick-up mechanism: Vacuum cleaner with a magnetic pick-up mechanism includes a housing having a front wall and a vacuum opening situated rearward of the front wall, one or more receptacles on the front wall, one or more magnets arranged in the receptacle(s) and a bumper attached to the housing and extending across...

20060090288 - Complex type cleaner: A complex type cleaner comprises: a body having either a dust collecting container for storing dust and foreign materials or a water collecting container for storing contaminated water; a fan motor installed at the body and generating a suction force to suck dust or water; a suction head arranged at...

20060090290 - Handheld vacuum with accelerated cyclonic flow and air freshener: A hand held vacuum having a tapered centrifugal chamber as its primary filter. The tapering causes the air stream within the centrifugal chamber to accelerate as it moves toward the distal end. The air steam will be able to retain more debris at higher speeds, thereby improving the efficiency of...

20060090289 - Portable cleaner: A novel portable vacuum cleaner comprising a shell, electric motor, power cord, impeller, airtight loop, filter and suction nozzle, is disclosed. The power plug may have an end-to-end joint with the Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface of the computer. A head lamp may be mounted below the external surface in...

20060090291 - Rotary agitator for providing oscillating anp cleaning action: A rotary agitator for a cleaning apparatus includes a body having an axis of rotation and a zero degree pitch plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation. The rotary agitator also includes an agitation element carried on the body. The agitation element includes a first portion provided at a positive...

20060090292 - Brush assembly and a vacuum cleaner having the same: A brush assembly is provided which comprises a brush housing, and a brush disposed in the brush housing to contact a cleaning surface. The brush housing comprises a brush supporter dividing an inner space of the brush housing and supporting one side of the brush, and a connection passage fluidly...

20060090293 - Mobile pneumatic duct cleaning system: A mobile, self contained system and process for removing debris and dust from the interior of ductwork without use of rotating shafts or cables. A mobile housing and equipment unit may have a plurality of wheels which can be easily removed. Within the housing a vacuum source, debris collection plenum,...