Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning inventions 08/06

20060191085 - Multi-motion toothbrush: An electric toothbrush is disclosed. The electric toothbrush includes a body having an interior hollow region for retaining one or more motors, batteries, and drive mechanisms. The toothbrush includes multiple bristle carriers. Each of the bristle carriers undergoes some type of movement and is driven by the one or more...

20060191086 - Toothbrush employing acoustic waveguide: A power toothbrush (10) is disclosed having a handle (15), battery (12), ultrasonic drive circuit (14), motor (16), control unit (18), and toothbrush head (20). The toothbrush head includes bristles (26) and a waveguide (24) that is operatively connected to an ultrasonic transducer (22). The waveguide facilitates the transmission of...

20060191087 - Scrubbing element with welded wire leader: A cleaning element for lumen of surgical instruments includes a brush and a flexible metal leader. The brush has a first end, a second end, and a metal core, the metal core defining a longitudinal axis extending throughout the brush. The flexible metal leader has a first end and a...

20060191088 - Paint application device: A paint application device having a head pivotally connected to a handle which may be rotated as desired and locked when necessary....

20060191089 - Adjustable holder for cleaning implement having two support heads: A cleaning tool 210 designed to be used with at least one cleaning implement/replaceable dusting sleeve/cleaning mitt or cleaning pad 11 is disclosed. The cleaning tool 210 includes a telescoping support 209 comprised of a plurality of telescopingly received shafts or sections (212, 213, 214, 215). The shafts 212, 213,...

20060191090 - Card toothbrush: Brushcards are provided. The brushcards include a planar member having a plurality of sections, each separated by lines of weakness, each section having a handle region and a bristle region. The planar member includes at least one recess, and the member is configured to fold into a toothbrush....

20060191091 - Cleaner for an optical fiber connector: A cleaner for an optical fiber connector which is made up of an elongated inner guide member having a base and an end tip, around which a cleaning member extends along the extension axis thereof, from the base to the end tip and returning again to the base; a sliding...

20060191092 - Multi-purpose mitt: A multi-purpose mitt includes microfiber loop chiffons sewn to the front and back portions of a cotton base so that, in general, adjacent edges of the microfiber loop chiffons are approximately 0.5 inch apart from one another. The multi-purpose mitt provides increased microfiber loop exposure to an area to be...

20060191093 - Windscreen wiper device: A windscreen wiper device (1) comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade (2) of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a widescreen to be wiped, which wiper blade (2) includes opposing longitudinal grooves (3) on its longitudinal sides, in which...

20060191095 - Composite buckling spring in compression spring wiper arm: A windshield wiper arm assembly for wiping a windshield of a motor vehicle can include a wiper linkage head having a bore formed therein for being connected to a rotatable wiper drive shaft. A wiper arm can be coupled to the wiper linkage head through a pivot pin allowing pivoting...

20060191094 - Windshield wiper assembly and method of manufacturing same: The present invention is a windshield wiper assembly and a method of manufacturing the assembly that includes a wiping element having a length and a superstructure having length. The assembly further includes a vertebrae that connects the wiping element to the superstructure and a pair of end caps connected to...

20060191096 - Bumper apparatus of self-advancing cleaner: A self-advancing cleaner is provided with a bumper, a damper made of a resin arranged at a space at which a rotating brush and a projected corner portion on an upper side of the rotating brush are opposed, and a resin hinge portion for connecting an end portion of the...

20060191097 - Transport cleaning device: A device for removing waste from a surface includes a housing, first and second agitators rotateably attached to the housing, each having an arcuate surface area and rotation in opposite direction. A third agitator is located between the first and second agitators, the third agitator having an arcuate surface area...

20060191098 - Suction nozzle: A vacuum system with a blower, a flexible hose connected to an intake opening and a discharge duct for transporting the materials to a collection zone has a suction nozzle mounted on the outer end of the flexible hose. The nozzle is formed by a cylindrical collar connected to the...

20060191099 - Dual-tank vacuum cleaner: The disclosed vacuum cleaner has a smaller, separable vacuum unit that is releasably attached to a larger, base unit tank assembly. It provides a combination vacuum cleaner that has small- and large-capacity configurations suited for vacuum applications having different volumes, locations, or other features. The vacuum cleaner includes a single...

20060185104 - Bottle cleaning device and methods of operation: Implementations described and claimed herein include bottle cleaning devices and methods. An exemplary bottle cleaning device comprises a drive system. A shaft is releasably connected to the drive system. The shaft rotates in response to operation of the drive system. A brush system is provided on the shaft to rotate...

20060185105 - Electric toothbrushes: An electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush has an elongated body including a handle, a head, and a neck extending between the handle and the head. A first bristle carrier having a plurality of bristles and a second bristle carrier having a plurality of bristles are disposed on the...

20060185106 - Compact disposable finger-mount toothbrush: A compact disposable toothbrush has a flat, elongate bristle-receiving body having bristles extending downward therefrom in the manner of a traditional toothbrush. A finger clip formed by elongate curved elastic portions extends upward along the length of the bristle receiving body. The elastic action of the curved portions secures mounting...

20060185107 - Cosmetic application device: The cosmetic application device comprises the application stick 4 and the application portion 6 having the brush 7 fixedly mounted at the end of the application stick 4 by the cylindrical capsule 8, characterized in that corner portions 9 of the inner surface and the outer surface of the capsule...

20060185108 - Cleaning or dusting pad cross-reference to related applications: A cleaning pad 28 is disclosed. The cleaning pad 28 includes a cleaning pad that includes a combination of fibers 203 bonded to a base sheet 402 such that 100% of the fibers are bonded to the base sheet 402 at a first joining location 407 and between 5-90% are...

20060185109 - Glove with integrated antiseptic absorber: A glove is usable for removing fluid material from surfaces and, in a particular embodiment, is usable for cleaning blood or other bio-hazardous material from surfaces....

20060185110 - Variable angle corner tool: An adjustable corner tool is provided having outwardly biased blades. The back surfaces of the blades are connected to an angle control assembly that includes fixed-length arms pivotally connected between each of the blades and a central mounting block. Springs rotationally bias the arms away from each other such that...

20060185111 - Transfer tool: A tool is provided for use in removing surface compounds from a container. The tool comprises a handle having a longitudinal axis and having first and second ends. The tool also includes a blade secured to the first end of the handle and having first and second adjacent sections. The...

20060185112 - Sponge use identifier apparatus and method: A sponge includes at least one letter or visual identifier that is used to identify which component the sponge is to be used to clean. The letter or visual identifier is provided on either or both of a top surface and a bottom surface of the sponge. The letter or...

20060185113 - High pressure extractor: A floor cleaning device includes a base. A cleaning fluid supply tank is carried by the base. A source of pressure communicates with the cleaning fluid supply tank which pressurizes a cleaning fluid held in the cleaning fluid supply tank to an above atmospheric pressure. A fluid delivery system delivers...

20060185114 - Vacuum device/blower: An apparatus comprising a blower fan, a motor for driving the blower fan, a blower tube for conveying an air stream from the blower fan, and a potential compensation device that is electrically connected with the motor. The potential compensation device includes a charge compensation element having a free end...

20060185115 - Air path conversion valve assembly for vacuum cleaner: An air path conversion valve assembly of an upright vacuum cleaner, having a duct member mounted to the body of the vacuum cleaner, including a first air path connected with the brush assembly, a second air path connected with a hose, a third air path connected with a suction source...

20060185117 - Dust receptacle having ultraviolet (uv) transmission window and a vacuum cleaner having the same: A dust receptacle comprising an ultraviolet transmission window and a vacuum cleaner having the same. The dust receptacle includes a receptacle body detachably mounted to a cleaner body, an ultraviolet (UV) transmission window penetratingly formed on the receptacle body, and a Teflon® cover sealing the UV transmission window. The vacuum...

20060185116 - Suction brush having uv sterilizing lamp for vacuum cleaner and a method for manufacturing the same: A suction brush and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The suction brush includes an opening formed toward a surface being cleaned, the UV sterilizer lamp is mounted at an inner space of the opening to project a UV ray onto the surface, and a TEFLON window member...

20060185118 - Turf sweeper and debris removal machine: A turf sweeping machine having a frame, front and rear wheels coupled to the frame and an elongated chute mounted to the frame, the chute having an exit and an entrance at a level proximate to the grass of the turf. Rubber skirts are affixed to the chute and extend...

20060185119 - Brush assembly for a vacuum cleaner: A brush assembly comprises a body having a dirt suction port formed thereon, a cover connected with an upper portion of the body to form a suction passage and a turbine chamber, a turbine mounted in the turbine chamber, and a brush drum being rotated by a rotational force received...

20060179588 - Device to catch and retrieve foam pellets: An apparatus for the rapid loading, launching and retrieval of foam pellets for tube cleaning. The apparatus uses a block configuration to allow gravity feed and rapid firing of pellets into tubes. The apparatus includes a hopper feeder attachment, which is self-adjusting during pellet jams....

20060179589 - Electric toothbrush: An electric toothbrush comprises a body portion and a head including a motor, a moving portion, a handle, and a gear arrangement between the moving portion and the motor. The moving portion rotates, oscillates and/or reciprocates about an axis normal to a longitudinal axis of the head. The moving portion...

20060179591 - Device for converting a rotating motion into a reciprocating motion and an electric tool assembly having such a device: A device for converting a rotating motion into a reciprocating motion comprises a rotatable shaft carrying a first grooved element, a second element constrained to move along an axis of said second element, and a pin carried on the second element. The pin may be engaged in the groove on...

20060179590 - Replaceable reciprocating work head and an electric tool assembly comprising a reciprocating work head: A reciprocating work head for use with an electric tool assembly, such as an electric brush, comprises a movable section and a fixed section. The movable section carries a retaining pin. The movable section is arranged to move along the retaining pin in a reciprocating motion along the longitudinal axis...

20060179592 - Wrist and forearm support device connectable to a standard paint roller assembly: An apparatus for cooperative operation with a paint roller assembly at least includes: a main member; a first end member coupled to the main member, the first end member adapted to be secured to the end of the handle of a paint roller assembly; and a second end member coupled...

20060179593 - Interdental brush and method of producing the same: An interdental brush comprises bristles (11), a wire (12) with which the bristles (11) are twisted, and a handle (13) to which the wire is attached. The handle (13) is composed of a main body (21) and a sub-body (22). The main body (21) is provided with a longitudinal hole...

20060179594 - Silicone pastry brush: The present invention provides a silicone pastry brush of uniform composition and unitary construction. The pastry brush is a single, formed piece of silicone with a uniform composition throughout....

20060179595 - Corner painting tool: A paint applicator for use in a corner application having a pad pivotally attached to the handle. The head may be resiliently biased as well....

20060179596 - Athletic surface water removing apparatus: Some embodiments provide an apparatus comprising a handle, a frame connectable to the handle, and an absorbent material on a roller, the roller installable in the frame on its longest axis, wherein the absorbent material is capable of absorbing a liquid and discharging the liquid when rotated quickly about its...

20060179598 - Windshield wiper spoiler: A windshield wiper spoiler essentially comprised of a plate spoiler connected with a folded plate to the wiper blade; rectangular openings respectively formed in the center and on both sides between the spoiler and the blade; plate protrusions being respectively provided to the rectangular openings on both sides; both ends...

20060179597 - Wiper blade and method of producing the same: A wiper blade (18a) has a rubber holder (22) for holding a blade rubber (21). This rubber holder (22) has a connection block (24) coupled to a wiper arm and two sub-holders (25) fixed on both sides of the connection block (24), and the sub-holders (25) each has two rod-shaped...

20060179599 - Unattended spot cleaning apparatus: A spot cleaning apparatus comprises a housing, a fluid distribution system, a fluid recovery system, an agitation system, and a controller system to automatically monitor and control inputs and outputs to said systems for removal of spots and stains from a surface without attendance by a user. A suction nozzle...

20060179600 - Retrac-a-vac: A Shop Vacuum Cleaner commonly utilized for the Industrial and non industrial environments alike. Our shop vacuum cleaner, hereafter known as the “Retrac-A-Vac”. Said Retrac-A-Vac is vacuum cleaning product which incorporates extremely unique features. Said Retrac-A-Vac's uniqueness rests in its' ability and “on demand”, to in real time extend, deploy...

20060179601 - Removable internal air diffuser: Disclosed herein is a vacuum cleaner having a housing defining a blower port, an exhaust port, and a flow path between the blower port and the exhaust port. The vacuum cleaner also includes a removable cap assembly for the blower port to direct discharge airflow via the flow path to...

20060179602 - Hand-guided portable vacuum/blower device: A hand-guided portable vacuum/blower device has a blower unit with a blower and a motor unit with a drive motor. The blower unit is rigidly connected to the motor unit. The drive motor is drivingly connected to the blower. A grip part is connected with antivibration elements to the motor...

20060179603 - Apparatus for cleaning pipes having pumping and vacuuming capability: An apparatus for cleaning waste collection systems of solid materials. The apparatus is capable of cleaning waste systems in two known ways. First, a pumping method uses normal and injected water flow to suspend the solids in a slurry. A submersible pump moves the slurry from a collection point up...

20060179605 - Duster having a rotatable vacuum pick-up: A hand-held device for dusting a surface is disclosed. The device includes a housing, a drive motor associated with the housing, a rotating dusting element rotated about its axis by the drive motor, and at least one conduit for removing dust from the dusting element. The conduit has a first...

20060179604 - Head for a suction cleaner: A head (10) for a suction cleaner is described. The head (10) including: a lower housing portion (12); an upper housing portion (14); and a rotatably mounted brush bar (26) mounted within the housing portions (12, 14). The upper housing portion (14) is pivotable relative to the lower housing portion...

20060179606 - Vacuum cleaning tool, especially hand-held nozzle, for a vacuum cleaner: A vacuum cleaning tool has a housing with a working chamber and a connecting socket for a vacuum hose. A brush roller is arranged in the working chamber. An air turbine is arranged in a turbine chamber between working chamber and connecting socket. The working chamber has a bottom with...

20060179607 - Duster brush assembly for vacuum cleaners: The present invention relates to a duster brush assembly for a vacuum cleaner. The duster brush assembly includes a duster brush fixedly disposed at the air flow entrance of a hollow tubular member operatively connected to the vacuum cleaner. A hollow tubular member is telescopically mounted on a suction tube...

20060174430 - Swimming pool cleaning device: The present invention relates to a swimming pool cleaning assembly comprising at least one ultrasonic generating means (10; 46b). Advantageously the swimming pool cleaning assembly comprises a swimming pool cleaning machine including a support frame (4), a housing shell (2) provided with a bottom wall (8) and arranged around the...

20060174431 - Electric toothbrush: An electric toothbrush has a first brush that oscillates and a second brush that oscillates opposite the first brush. The electric toothbrush also has a shaft assembly that includes a moveable pin that creates an oscillating motion of a first brush on a head of the toothbrush. The method of...

20060174432 - Rotary tool: The subject of the present invention is a rotary tool (1) for surface treatment. This is equipped with a brush holder (3) which can be driven in rotation for an annular brush (4) with a brush strip (5) and bristles (6) protruding outwardly from the brush strip (5). According to...

20060174433 - Trash bucket: A receptacle or bucket for hauling trash and debris comprises a bottom floor and at least one generally vertical wall extending upwardly from the floor, having a front face with an open portion to receive trash and debris and, acting with the floor, acts to hold the trash and debris...

20060174434 - Cylindrical member maintenance device: A cylindrical member maintenance device is comprised of a housing comprised of two hinged halves for being closed around a cylindrical member, such as a stranded steel cable. A rotary helical brush assembly and a rotary longitudinal brush assembly are positioned in the housing and rotatable about an axis of...

20060174435 - Lint removal apparatus with pull tab for adhesive coated sheets: A pull tab is formed at a separable edge of each of a plurality of individually separable sheets of outwardly faced adhesive tape wound into a roll by a non-adhesive portion carried on the adhesive layer of the tape to facilitate gripping and removal of an outermost sheet from the...

20060174436 - Synthetic filaments for cosmetic and other brushes: A filament, brush and application package using a chemically tipped synthetic filament, where the filament contains a mildly abrasive additive such as clay and is mildly crimped. This synthetic filament improves product pick up for application to a designated surface....

20060174437 - Variable angle corner tool: An adjustable corner tool is provided having outwardly biased blades. The back surfaces of the blades are connected to an angle control assembly that includes fixed-length arms pivotally connected between each of the blades and a central mounting block. Springs rotationally bias the arms away from each other such that...

20060174438 - Vacuum cleaner: A vacuum cleaner which is hygienically usable. The vacuum cleaner includes a main body forming the external appearance thereof, a blowing fan for generating a suction force to allow external air including foreign substances to be sucked into the main body, and a nano particle generator for generating nano particles...

20060174439 - Power nozzle for a floor cleaning apparatus: A rolling brush used in a vacuum cleaner, comprising a frame, a rotating cylinder attached to the frame via a pivot and having the rolling brush on its circumference, an transmission shaft of a motor, a first drive belt runs around a movable pulley assembly and the transmission shaft of...

20060174440 - Vacuum cleaner adapters and assemblies including the same: Adapter for connecting a vacuum cleaner hose to a canister housing or a handle assembly and hose assemblies including the same. One adapter includes an outer sleeve matable with the canister housing and having electrodes, a hose engagement sleeve arranged at least partially in the outer sleeve and positioning wires...

20060174441 - Vacuum cleaner handle assemblies and adapters mating therewith: Handle assembly for a vacuum cleaner including a handle portion having a tubular hand-gripping portion, a tubular wand-engaging portion and a metal tube extending from the wand-engaging portion. The handle portion defines a cavity at a rear for receiving an adapter terminating a hose and a slot leading to the...

20060174442 - Vacuum cleaner wand adapters and handle assemblies including the same: Vacuum cleaner wand adapter for coupling a vacuum cleaner handle to a wand implement of the vacuum cleaner including a housing defining an inner passage for receiving part of the handle and part of the wand implement, a first locking mechanism arranged on the housing for releasably locking the handle...

20060168743 - Motorized hand washing device: A motorized hand washing device (1) having a body (2), a plurality of brushes (4), preferably having nylon bristles, connected to gears (8) and a centralized motor (3). A center shaft (11) is connected to the motor (3) on one end and to the gears (8) on the other. The...

20060168744 - Electric toothbrush for implementing the bass brushing technique: An electric toothbrush for brushing teeth and gums having a generally cylindrical handle having a longitudinal axis and a generally hollow interior, a stem attached to the handle, a head connected to the stem and having a front portion with a plurality of tufts of bristles anchored to the head,...

20060168745 - Linear actuator for both vibrating and rolling movement and electric toothbrush using the same: The linear actuator for both vibrating and rolling movement according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention is comprised of a shaft supported so as to be movable reciprocally in an axis direction and a rotation direction about the axis, a first linear driver including a cylindrical stator having...

20060168746 - Personal cleaning device: Disclosed is a cleaning device for cleaning a person. The device includes a head driven by a motor. A housing retains the motor and the head such that the head is moved with respect to the housing by operation of the motor. The device also includes a cleaning implement for...

20060168747 - Pipe-cleaning system with safety device: In a pipe-cleaning system for sludge pumps, which comprises an importation station that is installed in a delivery line and has a movable component driven by an external drive for introducing a cleaning element into the delivery line, the safety means include, according to the invention, at least one switching...

20060168748 - Cleaning tool assembly and related method of use: A cleaning tool assembly and method of use are disclosed for cleaning hard surfaces, such as bathroom surfaces. The cleaning tool assembly includes a cleaning tool and a cleaning pad that combine to define at least three distinct cleaning surfaces. The cleaning tool includes a handle connected to a head...

20060168749 - Bendable bathing scrubber: A bendable bathing scrubber includes a scrubber and a stem which contains a flexible metal strip. The metal strip is covered by a foamed outer layer to facilitate safety grasping without slipping. The scrubber is fastened to the stem to provide scrubbing and cleaning function. The stem may be bent...

20060168750 - Cleaning tool assembly and related method of use: A cleaning tool assembly is disclosed for cleaning hard surfaces, such as bathroom surfaces. The cleaning tool assembly includes a cleaning tool and a cleaning pad. The cleaning tool includes a handle and a head having a plate and a support pad. The plate includes a first side connected to...

20060168751 - Double-face usable duster and the method for making the cleaning cloth thereof: A double-face usable duster and the method for making the cleaning cloth thereof for cleaning dust off various articles comprises a first surface cleaning layer and a second surface cleaning layer and a central layer, each of the surface cleaning layers being formed by two layers of non-woven fabric through...

20060168752 - Vehicle cleaning element: A vehicle cleaning element of a substantially flat configuration having a first cleaning surface provided by a portion of the flat surface and a second cleaning surface provided by radially projecting prongs or tines for reaching into and pulling out dirt and debris from seams, openings and crevices on a...

20060168753 - Combination squeegee and hand trowel tool: The present invention is a combination squeegee (i.e., a scraper) and hand trowel tool. The tool can be conveniently used to first remove a material from a can, bucket or other material container and then used to spread the material evenly on a surface or substrate. The tool has a...

20060168754 - Wiper device, especially for a motor vehicle: A windshield wiper device, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a carrier (12) for fixing to a first part (52), especially to the body of the motor vehicle. A locking element (40) having a predetermined breaking point (41) is also provided in order to enable the carrier (12) to...

20060168755 - Cleaning device and method: A cleaning device, provided with a floor plate for fastening a cleaning cloth and a section extending along at least one edge of the floor plate, which section is provided with at least one outlet aperture, wherein a feed hose for steam is provided which connects to the at least...