Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning inventions 07/06

20060162103 - Suspension apparatus for a work implement, work implement for use with such an apparatus, and vehicle provided with the suspension apparatus: The invention relates to an apparatus for the suspension of a work implement such as sweeping rollers and ploughs on a vehicle, the apparatus comprising a frame mounted at one end of the vehicle and a carrier (11) fixed to the frame and running essentially transversely to the longitudinal axis...

20060162104 - High speed optical sub-assembly with ceramic carrier: A multilayer ceramic carrier for an optical element includes a terraced cavity for retaining a vertically receiving or vertically emitting optical element. The multilayer ceramic carrier includes conductive traces interposed between the ceramic layers and which extend into the terraced cavity along the trenches formed in the cavity. A vertical...

20060162105 - Cleaning brush for endoscopes: A cleaning brush for endoscopes is used for cleaning an inner surface of a channel formed inside an endoscope and it is capable of preventing splash of dirt or cleaning liquid caused by removing a brush portion from a channel reliably. The cleaning brush includes an elongated body portion having...

20060162106 - Caulk removing device and associated methods of manufacture and use: The present invention provides a removal device or tool for eliminating cured beads of caulk or the like from joints associated with two or more intersecting planar surfaces. The removal device or tool includes a handle portion, an elongated shaft portion attached to the handle portion, the elongated shaft portion...

20060162107 - Brush block with diaphragm tuning channels: The current invention is a brush block (a bristle carrier) with diaphragm tuning channels. The incorporation of a diaphragm within a brush is useful in some circumstances. Diaphragm tuning channels which generally encircle the long axis of a brush block, as well as diaphragm tuning channels which generally parallel the...

20060162108 - Toothbrush: A toothbrush head with having elongated projections made of an elastomer material, having an integral resiliently flexible elastomeric material wiper blade at the end remote from the head. Suitable constructions of projections and wiper blades are disclosed, and combinations with bristles. The wiper blades enhance oral hygiene....

20060162109 - Toothbrush: Tooth decay is prevented by suppressing activity of intraoral fungi by providing on a toothbrush a product obtained by pulverizing shells having crystalline structural body of calcite type structure of calcium carbonate. A handle (2) or bristles (3) of the toothbrush (1) are formed of synthetic resin mixed with the...

20060162110 - Paint roller shield: A paint roller sleeve includes an inner tube, an outer pile surface, an end cap, a circular disk shaped shield disposed between the end cap and the inner tube, and a foam disk disposed between the shield and the pile surface....

20060162111 - Combination wedge and notch trowel with reversible grip handle: The combination wedge and notch trowel includes a reversible grip handle and an integrated wedge, for applying cement or adhesive to a substrate surface for installation of tiles. The ergonomically contoured reversible handle allows a user to use the notch trowel in a forward or backwards position with the same...

20060162112 - Windshield wiper dispenser method and apparatus: A windshield wiper solution dispenser located at vehicle servicing stations or fuel stations. The stations are usually located in geographic regions which are exposed to long periods of freezing temperatures. The solution dispenser is configured to maintain the solution within the dispenser in a liquid state during outside freezing temperatures....

20060162113 - Window-wiping device, particularly for a motor vehicle: A windshield wiper device (10), in particular for a motor vehicle, is proposed, with at least one wiper bearing (14), which includes a bearing housing (24), [and] a wiper shaft (22), which is positioned in the bearing housing (24) and bears a wiper arm (28) on a first end (26)....

20060162115 - Wiper device: The invention concerns a wiper device, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a wiper arm (10a-10c, 10k, 10l) including a wiper rod (12a, 12c, 12k) for fixing a wiper blade, a fixing element (14a-14c, 14k, 14l) connected free of articulation to the wiper rod (12a, 12c, 12k) and at...

20060162114 - Wiper blade: A holder piece assembly having holder pieces continuously arranged and leaf spring members connecting between each holder piece, and being curved in the longitudinal direction by elastic force of elastic members is provided. The holder piece assembly is mounted on the front edge of a wiper arm through a clip...

20060162116 - Backpack suction/blower apparatus: A backpack suction/blower apparatus has a blower unit (1) which includes a drive motor (2), a blower (3), which is driven by the drive motor (2), and a blower tube (4) extending from the blower (3). A back carrier frame (5) is provided on which the blower unit (1) is...

20060162117 - Vacuum cleaner and floor dustpan system: A vacuum cleaner with a self-cleaning filter and a sweeper stand that also functions as an electric dustpan when the vacuum is seated within the sweeper stand is provided. The vacuum includes a housing having an air inlet at one end of the housing and a handle at the other...

20060162118 - Bagless stick type vacuum cleaner: An upright vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle base having a main suction opening formed in an underside thereof. A housing is hingedly connected to the nozzle base. The housing includes a dirt separation chamber and a dirt receptacle for receiving dirt and dust separated by the dirt separation chamber. A...

20060162119 - Vacuum cleaning head: A restricting device is positioned in the flow duct leading from the main inlet to the cleaning head of a vacuum cleaner and is movable between a restrictive position, in which it serves to restrict the cross-section of the discharge outlet, and an open position, in which it restricts the...

20060162120 - Vacuum venturi apparatus and method: A vacuum venture apparatus includes a plug with a first opening, a second opening and a third opening. The first opening is located in the plug so as to receive fluid from a source of fluid and the first opening has a single uniform diameter. The second opening in the...

20060162121 - Suction opening body and electric cleaner: A suction inlet unit (30) comprises a suction inlet main body (31) having a bottom suction inlet (32), a front suction inlet (46) formed continuously with said bottom suction inlet (32) in the front of said suction inlet main body (31), and a cover (50) for covering the front suction...

20060156495 - Electric toothbrushes: An electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush has an elongate body having a handle, a head, and a neck extending between the handle and the head. The body has an interior chamber with a motor. A shaft is operatively connected to the motor. A first movable bristle carrier is...

20060156496 - Interdental treatment device with vibrating head part: An interdental treatment device, such as a toothbrush, includes a handle configured to accommodate an electric power source, a head carrying an interdental treatment tool, and a neck between the handle and the head. The head or neck includes a mechanical motorized vibratory device, including a drive which causes the...

20060156497 - Marine and pool cleaner: A marine and pool cleaner for cleaning a surface is provided including a hand held cleaning head assembly for engaging the surface and directing water onto the surface. A drive assembly provides a driving force to the cleaning head assembly, said driving force is transmitted to the cleaning head assembly...

20060156498 - Floor cleaning and treatment apparatus: The present invention relates generally to a surface cleaning and treatment apparatus that utilizes dual cleaning brushes. Specifically, the cleaning brushes are driven by the same motor, but rotated in opposite directions....

20060156499 - Broom with a flexible neck: The present invention provides a broom with a flexible neck. The flexible neck is preferably a hollow tube made from rubber. The neck is positioned between the handle and the head of the broom, at the base end of the handle to attach the broom handle to the broom head....

20060156500 - Brush and method for manufacture thereof: The invention is intended to provide a brush which, while maintaining the superiority of animal hairs in paint holding and discharging performance, is free from the stiffening of the roots of bristles 4 and the expansion of the tips thereof even after its use for applying a water paint, and...

20060156501 - Flexible applicator: An applicator may include a stick that has a flexible section that is before an end region of the applicator and/or is formed by corrugations, and that may include a plurality of such sticks....

20060156502 - Wiper drive unit and method for mounting said wiper drive unit on a support frame: The invention relates to a wiper drive comprising a housing, a reversing motor and a gear mechanism connected downstream of the reversing motor, wherein a swaying element for driving at least one wiper arm or a wiper arm rod is provided on the gear mechanism output shaft, and wherein the...

20060156503 - Mop wringer and handle stabilizer: A mop wringer and handle stabilizer for a mop bucket fitted with a mop wringer and a bucket handle, which in a first embodiment includes a wire clip pivotally mounted on the mop bucket handle and designed for manipulating and tensioning the wire clip on the mop wringer and stabilizing...

20060156504 - Central vacuum system with secondary airflow path: A central vacuum system includes a motor-cooling airflow path that provides sufficient cooling for the motor and its drive components even though the cooling air is partially restricted by a downstream filter that captures airborne carbon dust emitted from the motor's commutator brushes. A divider system creates multiple chambers within...

20060156505 - Upright vacuum cleaner with swing brush: Disclosed herein is an upright vacuum cleaner with a swing brush. The upright vacuum cleaner comprises an upright cleaner body having a suction nozzle, a drive unit mounted in the cleaner body for moving the cleaner body forward or rearward, a grip unit slidably mounted to the upper end of...

20060156506 - Vacuum cleaner comprising a base compartment for attachments: A vacuum cleaner comprising a housing (1), in which a dust compartment (5), which can be closed by a dust compartment cover and is designed to receive a dust interceptor (6), and a fan compartment (7) for receiving a motor-driven fan unit (8) are configured. The vacuum cleaner also comprises...

20060156507 - Vacuum cleaner: The invention relates to a vacuum cleaner with a housing having a dirt chamber closable by a cover, into which a suction socket extends and in which a filter bag is insertable, with a inlet opening of the filter bag being connectable to the suction socket. In order to design...

20060156508 - Vacuum cleaner with cyclonic separating dirt cup and dirt cup door: The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner. In one embodiment, a hand-held vacuum cleaner includes a housing having a first end and a second end, a suction nozzle located at the first end of the housing, and a suction fan and motor assembly located in the housing. A brushroll...

20060156509 - Vacuum cleaner with collapsible handle: A vacuum cleaner having a base adapted to be moved on a surface to be cleaned, an inlet nozzle disposed on a lower surface of the base, a vacuum source, and a dirt receptacle. A lower handle is pivotally attached to the base at a lower pivot, and an upper...

20060156510 - Articulative extension pipe of vacuum cleaner: An articulative extension pipe for a vacuum cleaner has a first extension pipe having a joint, a second extension pipe having a joint receiving part in which a joint of the first extension pipe is inserted, a sealing cover enclosing the first and the second extension pipes, and a locking...

20060150349 - System for removably joining a driven member to a driven member with workpiece: The system includes a plurality of joining assemblies (37, 38, 39) for removably attaching a driven member assembly (15) of the appliance to an appliance body portion (12), wherein the joining assemblies are separate from the torsional axis of the workpiece. The joining assemblies each include an extending pin member...

20060150350 - Toothbrush and process for producing the same: The invention relates to an electric toothbrush (10) having a rechargeable energy store (24) that is arranged in an inner space (36) in the body (12) of the toothbrush (10). The inner space (36) is sealed by a primary sealing element (56) against splash water and other detrimental influences. At...

20060150351 - Wiper apparatus for clearing shavings: A wiper apparatus for sweeping or clearing debris from a surface, such as cuttings generated in a machining operation that have collected on a collecting surface, comprises rotatable wiper arms and dependent wiper blades. The wiper apparatus can be self-powered or it can be driven by a screw mechanism that...

20060150352 - Hard and soft floor cleaning tool and machine: A cleaning tool generally comprises a hub having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of cleaning members. The cleaning members, formed of a fibrous material, are connected to the hub. In accordance with one embodiment, the cleaning members are distributed along the longitudinal axis. Also disclosed is a floor cleaning...

20060150353 - Twist mop: A twist mop comprises a pole, fibers connected to the pole, and a movable collar connected to both the fibers and the pole, so that the collar is movable in an axial and radial direction about the pole, where radial movement of the collar pulls taut the fibers. The mop...

20060150354 - Device for finishing wet plaster: A brushing device for finishing a wet plaster surface is provided. The brushing device includes at least one brush head and a brushing base. The brushing base includes a rectangular cavity for securing the at least one brush head and a brushing device handle aperture....

20060150355 - Paintbrush with multiple spaced brush heads and associated ferrule assembly: A paintbrush has a handle and a ferrule connected to one end of the handle. The ferrule including an injection-molded part, and a plurality of brush heads are attached to the handle via the ferrule. The brush heads are embedded in the injection-molded part....

20060150356 - Glove for dry erase surfaces and method of erasure: A glove including an integrated eraser is disclosed. The glove is flexible, and includes a body having a palmar side and a dorsal side, as well as finger stalls and a thumb stall each connected to the body. A pad comprising material capable of removing dry erase ink from a...

20060150357 - Stainless steel tool and method of forming: Mortar joint finishing tools, such as jointers, beaders, and sledrunners are disclosed. The tools may include a stainless steel body. The tools and may be formed by a method such as casting, forging, or stamping....

20060150358 - Stainless steel tool and method of forming: Concrete-finishing tools and attachments, such as edgers, groovers, and groover attachments, are disclosed. The tools and attachments may include a unitary stainless steel body or element. The tools and attachments may be formed by a method or methods including casting and forging....

20060150359 - Built-in vacuum cleaning box with air outside discharge: A built-in vacuum cleaning box with air outside discharge works autonomously and independently, and includes a case or basin (10) with outside vacuumed and filtered air discharge (18) to be built-in into the wall of a building, a main body (12) inserted into the basin and that defines with the...

20060150360 - Vacuum system and method: A central vacuum system connectable to an interior portion of an inhabitable structure includes a housing having an upper end, a lower end, and a side wall defining a collection chamber, the side wall defining an opening communicating between atmosphere and the collection chamber, and a vacuum motor supported in...

20060150361 - Autonomous machine: An autonomous machine that needs to establish when it has completed a circuit of a working area includes a main body and a marker such as an annular magnetic puck. The machine includes a control system configured to cause the main body to traverse a working area according to a...

20060150363 - Floor cleaning apparatus and method: A floor cleaning apparatus includes a discharger for discharging cleansing solution and/or steam to a floor surface, a receptacle, and a sweeping member operatively associated with the discharger and the receptacle for sweeping used liquid on the floor surface into the receptacle....

20060150362 - Orbital scrubber: This orbital motion scrubber uses less cleaning solution than many conventional rotary motion scrubbers of comparable scrub width and tank size, which results in longer solution run time. The present invention drives the cleaning element in a high speed orbital motion which results in more revolutions per spot than many...

20060150364 - Recovery tank for a floor cleaning device: A recovery tank is provided for a floor cleaning unit. The recovery tank comprises an inlet opening and a duct fluidly connected to the inlet. The duct extends horizontally within the tank adjacent a side wall the recovery tank for directing air and liquid from the inlet opening in two...

20060150365 - Head for a suction cleaner: A cleaning head for a suction cleaner, the head including a body; a rotatable tool connected to the body by support means; driving means; and transmission means providing a driving connection between the driving means and the tool; wherein the support means contains the transmission means, and provides for movement...

20060143841 - Intake assembly for self-propelled pool cleaner: The specification discloses apparatus (10) for excavating a trench (18) and preparing a base region of the trench (18) for laying of a pipeline, cabling or the like therein, the apparatus (10) including a trench forming machine (11) driven in a forward direction (14) while excavating the trench (18), the...

20060143842 - Electric interdental brush: Disclosed is an electric inter-dental brush device which is generally divided into a cleaning brush attached at a head assembly of the electric inter-dental brush device, a finger grip of a small size for holding a small-sized motor for driving the cleaning brush and a housing for holding a battery...

20060143843 - Rotary carpet cleaning machine and method of use thereof: Embodiments of a rotary style carpet cleaning machine incorporating a heated reservoir of a foaming-type cleaning solution are described. The heated solution increases the chemical cleaning activity of the solution while the agitation of the carpet pile provides additional cleaning capability. In certain embodiments, a quick discount is provided on...

20060143844 - Walk behind cleaning apparatus: A walk behind battery operated cleaning apparatus for scrubbing, and cleaning carpets, which is self propelled, has a reservoir tank for cleaning solution, and has dual bonnet-type cleaning assemblies at the front thereof which can be in operating or storage position....

20060143845 - Window wiping system: This invention provides a window wiper of which the movement is not restricted and which is capable of wiping the entire surface of a windowpane, can be manufactured inexpensively, runs smoothly in any desired directions straight, and does not leave unwiped parts behind. The window wiper comprises a sticking unit...

20060143846 - Apparatus for removing attachments deposited on underwater structure: An apparatus for removing attachments deposited on a surface of an underwater structure and preventing that such attachments be deposited thereafter. The apparatus is floated on the water surface or underwater and with the aid of a natural force repeatedly impinges upon the surface of the structure to remove attachments...

20060143847 - Cleaning articles: Cleaning articles such as cloths, gloves, and mitts for cleaning various objects, including, but not limited to vehicles, such as cars are disclosed. In one embodiment, the cleaning article is in the form of a mitt that has at least one side that is fluffy, lofted, or three-dimensional. In this,...

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20060143848 - Adapter for a wiper blade: The invention relates to an adapter for adapting a main bracket of a wiper blade to the coupling section of a wiper arm of a wiper mechanism. Said adapter comprises an insertion pin, which is held at one end and which is provided for being laterally inserted into a locating...

20060143850 - Mop wringer: A mop wringer includes a base and a plurality of sides which can define a channel having a uniform or substantially uniform cross-section along its longitudinal extent, and one or more openings in the base and/or sides by which fluid can drain from the wringer. One of the sides is...

20060143851 - Register inlet apparatus for a central vacuum cleaning system: An inlet apparatus for central vacuum cleaning systems is described that can be integrated with registers commonly used with heating and air conditioning vents in residential or commercial buildings. In particular, the apparatus opens to provide a vacuum inlet that will either remove debris directly, or through an attached hose,...

20060143852 - Passage conversion valve assembly for a vacuum cleaner: Disclosed is a passage-conversion valve assembly for a vacuum cleaner, having a valve member having a socket for a hose nozzle and mounted in an air passage in a cleaner body, a resilient member mounted in the air passage to resiliently bias the valve member in one direction, and an...

20060143853 - Liquid separator for vacuum filter: A float valve 80, made of HDPE, is movably mounted in a stainless steel cage 60 in an in-line vacuum filter. The float valve has a chamber 85 formed in a skirt portion 84 thereof. Float valve 80 has a generally cylindrical shaped outer surface 82 encircling the skirt portion...

20060143854 - Brush vibrating apparatus for vacuum cleaner: A brush vibrating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner. The brush vibrating apparatus includes a brush provided in a head portion of the vacuum cleaner and reciprocating and rotating for separating foreign substances from an object to be cleaned; support units provided on the head portion for rotatably supporting the brush;...

20060143855 - Squeegee assembly: A squeegee assembly (60) includes first and second protrusions (314) interconnected to a support (172) to which front and rear flexible blades (170a, 170b) are mounted. In preferred aspects, squeegee assembly (60) is of a curved design such that the flexible blades (170a, 170b) are spaced at the center of...