Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning inventions 01/07

20070017045 - Swimming pool bottom cleaning device: This device comprises a cleaning head (1) being fitted with an alternately suctioning valve arrangement and provided with an elastic sliding base (2) being freely rotatable in its plane. A characterizing feature of this device lies in the fact that the valve arrangement comprises a freely moving, ball-shaped valve member... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070017046 - Cleaner: A cleaner having a simple configuration and capable of efficiently cleaning an inner surface defining a hollow portion of an object to be cleaned, wherein an outer boundary of a cross section of the hollow portion, which is taken perpendicularly to its central axis, forms an envelope of an approximate... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070017047 - Lil scratchy: The “Lil Scratchy” is a light weight plastic tool that easily attaches to the head of a standard 24″ broom. The primary function of the “Lil Scratchy” is to dislodge stubborn debris encountered while sweeping unfinished floors. Simply by turning the broom over (180°), the broom acts as a scraper.... Agent: Brian Edward Beck

20070017048 - Interdental brush device with sliding cap: A device with an interdental brush of the type including a support end is disclosed, having a transversal hole capable of housing the deformable stem of a replaceable interdental brush, whereon a cap may be fitted, slidable between two end-stop positions determined by the contrast of a first opening thereof... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070017049 - Connecting part for applicators: The invention relates to a connecting arrangement for applicators, particularly for applicators which are used for applying liquid or pasty media, comprising a connecting part (1) and a sleeve-shaped holding portion (4), said connecting part (1) being equipped with a head and a stem (3) which is arranged on said... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20070017050 - Roller-type paintbrush: A paintbrush includes a fork and a roller. The fork, which is a Y-shaped member and is made of plastic, has main stem and two branches. Each of the branches has a base section extended outwardly from the main stem, a distal section connected to the base section and a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070017051 - Apparatus and method for alleviating ice freeze-up of vehicle windows: To alleviate ice freeze-up of vehicle windows which incorporate spaced upper and lower seals which engage an outside surface of the vehicle window, a tool is provided with a handle and a blade extending from the handle and the blade has a bend and a distal end which is curved... Agent: Floyd B. Carothers Carothers And Carothers

20070017052 - Taping knife with offset handle: A taping knife has a web, a working edge, two side edges, and a handle edge opposite the working edge. The handle is connected to the blade to have an angular orientation relative to the working edge of the blade such that the handle is neither parallel nor perpendicular to... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070017053 - Cleaning implement: A cleaning implement includes a fabric layer made from a splittable conjugate fiber, a sponge wiper layer made of melamine foam, and a reinforcing layer made of a non-melamine foam material and disposed between the fabric and sponge layers. The non-melamine foam material has higher water-absorbing and elastic properties than... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070017056 - Wiper blade assembly and method of forming the same: A wiper blade assembly includes a wiper blade member and an airfoil member operatively connected to the wiper blade member. The airfoil member extends longitudinally along at least a portion of the length of the wiper blade member. The airfoil member also has a cross-sectional profile that is symmetrical about... Agent: Julia Church Dierker Dierker & Associates, P.C.

20070017054 - Windshield wiper frame and connector assembly: A windshield wiper frame connector assembly for a windshield wiper assembly for motor vehicles which accommodates different size wiper arms, wherein the assembly accommodates connectors adapted to receive regular and large hook type wiper arms, pin type wiper arms, reverse hook arms, or straight and two-hole bayonet type wiper arms.... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20070017055 - Windshield wiper scrubber adapter: There is provided a windshield wiper scrubber adapter that is adapted to be integrated with a standard windshield wiper system. The scrubber adapter includes a scrubbing member that is manufactured from, preferably, a porous nylon material. A standard rubber wiper tread cooperates with the scrubbing member to provide both a... Agent: David Giglio, Esq.

20070017058 - Anti jamming device for a vacuum hose: A vacuum system has a cabinet that can be mounted to a wall. The cabinet includes a hose connectable to a vacuum source. The hose is extendible from the cabinet between extended and retracted positions. A rotatable shaft drives the hose and a power source causes the rotatable shaft to... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20070017057 - Convertible vacuum system: A vacuum system has a cabinet that can be mounted to a wall. The cabinet includes a hose extendable form the cabinet between retracted and extended positions. A portable vacuum unit can be removably docked to the cabinet and has a tank and inlet port in fluid communication with the... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20070017059 - Vacuum system: A vacuum system has a cabinet that can be mounted to a wall. The cabinet includes a hose storage compartment with a hose drive assembly for automatically extending and retracting a vacuum hose. A portable vacuum unit can be removably docked to the cabinet and connected to the vacuum hose... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20070017060 - Vacuum system: A vacuum system has a cabinet that can be mounted to a wall. The cabinet includes a hose storage compartment with a hose drive assembly for automatically extending and retracting a vacuum hose. A portable vacuum unit can be removably docked to the cabinet and connected to the vacuum hose... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20070017061 - Steering control sensor for an automatic vacuum cleaner: A steering control sensor installed in an automatic vacuum cleaner for controlling the steering direction of the automatic vacuum cleaner is disclosed to include a LED for emitting light onto the floor to produce a reflected light signal, a photo sensor for receiving the light signal, and a spring-supported contact... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20070017062 - Vacuum cleaner with service door for filter: A vacuum cleaner includes a housing having a suction inlet, a dirt collection vessel receiver and a filter receiving recess opening to the receiver. Both a suction generator and dirt collection vessel are carried on the housing. A filter is received in the recess. A door closes the recess and... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070017063 - Upright type vacuum cleaner: An upright vacuum cleaner comprises a cleaner body, plural locking recesses in the cleaner body include a parallel position recess in which the locking protrusion is locked when the cleaner body rotates to a parallel position with respect to a surface to be cleaned. Additionally, a filter removal means, prevents... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070017064 - Floor cleaning apparatus with filter cleaning system: A floor cleaning apparatus includes a dirt collection vessel and a suction generator carried on the housing. The dirt collection vessel includes a dirty air inlet, a dirt collection chamber and a clean air outlet. A filter is received in the dirt collection vessel. The filter includes multiple sections. Each... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070011833 - Method and device for the production of adjusting shafts: Adjusting shafts (1;2) comprising a noise-insulating outer sleeve (1.3; 2.3) and shaft ends (1.1; 1.2; 2.1) that are free therefrom are produced in a brushing device by moving rotating brushes (4; 5) to an inserted shaft bar (3) which is provided in an uninterrupted manner with the outer sleeve and... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070011834 - Rolling driving actuator and power toothbrush using the same: In a rolling driving actuator used as a drive source of a power toothbrush, permanent magnets are formed flat plate shape, and constituting a moving object by being attached to grooves formed on an outer peripheral face of a yoke which is press-fitted to and fixed on a shaft. On... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070011835 - Methods and apparatus for cleaning surfaces: Methods and apparatus for cleaning according to various aspects of the present invention include a cleaner and a lighting system. The cleaner, such as a handheld cleaner like a brush or lint roller, cleans the item or area to be cleaned. The lighting system illuminates the area or item to... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC

20070011836 - Oral hygiene devices employing an acoustic waveguide: An oral hygiene device having an ultrasound transducer 22 and an acoustic waveguide 24 facilitating the transmission of ultrasonic acoustic energy to fluids in the oral cavity is disclosed. Preferred ultrasound operating parameters for operation in aqueous environments and in dental slurries are disclosed. Devices may incorporate a drive motor... Agent: Speckman Law Group PLLC

20070011837 - Dip stick wiper apparatus: A dip stick wiper apparatus includes a frame which includes a first frame leg, a second frame leg, and a resilient frame bridge connected therebetween. A first absorbent member is connected to an inside portion of the first frame leg, and a second absorbent member is connected to and inside... Agent: S. Michael Bender

20070011838 - Improved cushion roll for bowling lane cleaning machine: A bowling lane maintenance machine has a cleaning assembly in which liquid cleaner is deposited on the lane surface at the front of the machine as the machine moves down the lane. Immediately behind the point of application of the cleaning solution, a wiping web assembly spreads the solution across... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070011839 - Method and arrangement for assembling a windscreen wiper device on a motor vehicle: A method is disclosed for assembling a windscreen-wiper mechanism having a support plate on an internal face of a body structure element that extends globally vertically at a rear of a motor vehicle. The method includes the steps of positioning the support plate relative to the internal face of the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070011840 - Windscreen wiper arm: A windscreen wiper arm (8), particularly for automobiles, comprising a mounting head (18) mountable on a drive shaft (19) and an arm member (20) pivotally connected to the mounting head (18) by means of a pivot pin (21), wherein the arm member (20) has a substantially U-shaped cross-section near said... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070011841 - Cleaning apparatus: A cleaning apparatus is disclosed to include a housing, a conical receptacle fixedly provided inside the housing for holding an umbrella in an inverted and partially opened condition, a vacuum pump fixedly mounted inside the housing and connected to the conical receptacle for producing a negative pressure to suck in... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070011842 - Locking/unlocking device for dust-collector and upright vacuum cleaner having the same: A dust-collector locking/unlocking device to lock or unlock a dust-collector removably mounted in a cleaner body. The dust-collector locking/unlocking the device includes a first member and a second member connected with a lower portion of the first member and serving as a cover for the dust-collector. The first member includes... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070011843 - Vacuum cleaner hose assemblies: A vacuum cleaner hose assembly (3; 3′; 3″, 3′″) has a flexible hose (5) that can be retracted by suction applied by the vacuum cleaner (1). The forward end of the hose (5) extends within a rigid cleaning wand (6, 6′, 6″, 6′″) and is attached to it close to... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070006402 - Automatic interdental cleaner: An automatic interdental cleaner for cleaning between teeth more effectively and cleanly without hurting the gum between the teeth is disclosed. The cleaner comprises: a grip portion disposed therein with a battery and a motor and a power switch at one wall side; a power transmitting unit coupled to one... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070006403 - Brush head for toothbrush: A head for a toothbrush including a neck and, first and second sets of one or more bristles each. The first and second sets are indirectly supported by the neck and movable relative to each other such that at least one component of this relative movement causes the bristle(s) of... Agent: Charles P. Boukus, Jr.

20070006404 - Remote control sweeper: A remote control sweeper includes a wireless remote control receiver installed at the sweeper; a remote control for transmitting a direction control signal to the remote control receiver via a wireless transmission to control the moving direction of the sweeper, such that the sweeper can be moved to automatically clean... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070006406 - Small form factor cascade scrubber: Small form factor pallet assembly, comprising a slotted plate having at opposite ends a mandrel drive assembly and an idler assembly, each with end fittings for engaging the drive and manifold block of a cascade-type scrubber permits scrubbing of SFF substrates by replacement of LFF scrub brushes with the SFF... Agent: Jacques M. Dulin, Esq. Dba Innovation Law Group, Ltd.

20070006405 - Systems and methods for wafer cleaning: A wafer cleaning system is provided. The wafer cleaning system comprises a first brush, a second brush, a brush motor, and a controller. The second brush is positioned parallel to the first brush. The brush motor moves at least one of the first and second brushes from a first position... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070006407 - Cordless waxer with a built-in auto wax supply system: An improved cordless waxer comprises a built-in auto wax supply system, which has a wax tank with a sealed cap, a wax feeding pump, a spray nozzle, a joint conduit, a direct current motor, and a power switch, for carrying wax and controllably and automatically spraying wax onto working surfaces.... Agent: Hua Yu

20070006408 - Window cleaning machine: A machine for cleaning a window is provided which may comprise a chassis, window cleaning apparatus or mechanism, and a makeweight wherein the makeweight counterbalances the weight of the window cleaning apparatus by traversing the chassis in the first and second directions as the cleaning apparatus traverses the chassis in... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070006409 - One step copper pipe fitting abrasion preparation: A tool for abrading or polishing and reaming the terminal ends of tubing or fittings using a hand-held electrically powered device having a rotating member capable of accepting a standard shaft which has attached to it a male and female abrasive member which will polish or abrade the inside and... Agent: Walter A. Michel

20070006410 - Toothbrush: A toothbrush head in which the fixed ends of the bristles are embedded in a mass of a polyurethane gel material incorporated in the head. Typical nylon materials as used for toothbrush bristles are found to bind with polyurethane gels so that advantageously holders for the bristles need not be... Agent: Smithkline Beecham Corporation Corporate Intellectual Property-us, Uw2220

20070006411 - Basting brush: A brush for basting and applying sauces to food features a head, a handle attached to the head and a number of bristles positioned on the head. Each of the bristles features a crescent-shaped cross section.... Agent: Patent Group Attn: J. Kenneth Joung

20070006412 - Cleaning brush with disposable/replaceable brush head: Disclosed is a cleaning brush for cleaning toilet bowls and the like. The brush has a permanent handle and replaceable/disposable brush heads that are flushable after each cleaning. The brush is a stack of sheets of water-dissolvable and/or agitation-dissolvable material. The sheets can be attached together at an end by... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20070006413 - Floor mop capable of using both sides: The present invention relates to a floor mop capable of using both sides without bending one's back, and a floor mop which is capable of being fixed by a magnetic force, and which has a rotation structure for fixing selectively both sides of a floor cloth attached to the supporting... Agent: Craig Barber

20070006414 - Scraper apparatus: A scraper apparatus (20) includes a fixed length elongated hollow shaft (24) having a first end (26), a second end (28), and a reinforcement region (22) intermediate to the first and second ends (26, 28). A handle (30) is coupled to the first end (26) of the shaft (24) and... Agent: Meschkow & Gresham, P.L.C

20070006415 - Apparatus and method for safely applying paint medium on a substrate: Apparatus and method for safely applying art medium with an applicator with multiple benefits, a handle having a distal end and a proximal end, a tip attached to the handle using a hand operated clip attached to the distal end, a metal band attached to the distal end to prevent... Agent: Paul Carson Plyler

20070006416 - Multi-color faux art palette system: A multi-color faux art palette system includes a number of liquid pigments of different colors and a palette having a resilient substrate having an upper and a bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a handle integrally dependent from the bottom surface of the substrate. Upon the top surface are secured... Agent: Melvin K. Silverman

20070006417 - Vacuum cleaner providing filter-absence detection: A vacuum cleaner having a filter assembly 12 disposed on grill 16 between the bag chamber 7 and motor chamber 13. Bag chamber 7 has a cover 8. Filter assembly 12 has an upstanding wall 15 provided with a covering of resilient material, e.g. rubber. The cover 8 is formed... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070000079 - Electric toothbrush: An object is to provide an electric toothbrush superior in plaque removal, producible at low costs, and utilized without damaging gum even by a patient with gingivitis. In the electric toothbrush (10) making brushing possible by linearly moving a tufted portion (31), the product of the distance (mm) of movement... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070000080 - Push broom bracket assembly: A bracket assembly for use with cleaning implements such as push brooms has a handle connector for mounting a handle and a plate with a pair of depending flanges that are inserted into the broom head. The bracket assembly may be removably secured to the broom head with a fastener... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070000081 - Universal fingernail scrub brush: A universal design for a fingernail scrub brush.... Agent: Jesus Cotto

20070000082 - Skin care article: The invention relates to a skin care article exhibiting a scrub cleaning effect by friction and comprising at least one first and one second external layer made of a fibrous material. The inventive article is characterised in that the first layer (10, 10′, 10″) forms an absorbing cushion and substantially... Agent: Patent Group Ga030-43 Georgia-pacific Corporation

20070000083 - Swivel paint roller apparatus: A swivel paint roller apparatus is arranged for mounting on an extension pole member and arranged to provide for rotation of the roller frame about a pivot axis oriented angularly in the range of 20 degrees to 80 degrees relative to the axis of a longitudinal extension of the base... Agent: Olson And Olson

20070000084 - Rubber blade for wiper: Provided is a rubber blade for an automotive wiper capable of autonomously pressing firmly and resting securely against a windshield surface by altering the structure of the rubber blade. The rubber blade has a head portion forming an upper portion of the rubber blade. The head portion includes a pair... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070000085 - Clutchless self-propelled vacuum cleaner and nozzle height adjustment mechanism therefor: A clutchless, direct drive, self-propelled vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle base having a suction inlet and a housing pivotally mounted on the nozzle base. A suction source is mounted to one of the nozzle base and the housing. A filter chamber is located in one of the nozzle base and... Agent: Jay F. Moldovanyi, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP