Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning inventions 07/07

20070169290 - Leaf and debris sweeper: A debris collecting device includes a rotatable drum 4 having a plurality of radially extending tynes 5 and a rake adapted to cooperate with the drum, the rake having dual arcuate shaped blades, including a debris releasing blade 7 and a reversing blade 9 adapted to contiguously contact either side... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20070169291 - Sponge mop and scrubber: A mop has a shaft, a housing at a distal end of the shaft, a sponge movably coupled to the housing, and a pair of rollers. The pair of rollers are movably mounted to the housing spaced apart from each other and straddle at least a portion of the sponge.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070169292 - Head for a strip mop: A head (1) for a strip mop comprises a hollow dome-shaped body (3) which is attachable at its top to one end of an elongate mop handle (4). Web material is secured within the body (3) so that a portion hangs down from the base of the dome-shaped body to... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070169293 - Brush capable of facilitating removal of tangled hair strands from bristles thereof: A brush includes a brush body and a plurality of bristles. The brush body includes an upper wall, and a lower wall that is aligned with the upper wall along a transverse direction, and that is movable relative to the upper wall between upper and lower positions. The upper wall... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070169295 - Manual toothbrush: A manual toothbrush with a handle and a toothbrush head mounted on the handle. A pivot bearing for pivoting the toothbrush head relative to the handle is arranged between the toothbrush head and the handle.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070169296 - Cleaning and surface preparation device: A surface preparation device for cleaning and/or preparing a surface has a handle with a head piece attached to the upper end of the handle. The head piece has a substantially rigid core surrounded at least in part by a membrane covered foam and is capable of focusing pressure on... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20070169298 - Caulk spreading and smoothing tool: A hand-held tool for shaping and smoothing rough beads of highly viscous liquids or pastes, such as caulking compounds or putty, and composed of a long thin, essentially rigid core with a predetermined length to width ratio, and further having a flexible outer covering, tightly encasing the rigid core over... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070169299 - Apparatus, system and method for scraping a surface: An apparatus, a system and a method for scraping a surface are provided. The apparatus and the system have a base with an edge surrounding the base. A sloping surface is associated with the base. A layer extends from the top surface of the base outward with respect to the... Agent: Patents+tms A Professional Corporation

20070169300 - Cleaning utensil: Cleaning utensil is a cleaning tool which can be used for both dry and wet applications with sweeping and mopping. The cleaning utensil includes a rod, a tail end of which is provided with a pair of clamping members, with one clamping member being fixed at an upper edge of... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070169301 - Cleaning appliance: A cleaning appliance is worn on a hand to clean up an object. The cleaning appliance is in a shape of hollow ring which allows a user to wear on a hand, so as to achieve an object of cleaning through a movement of hand. The cleaning appliance is primarily... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070169302 - Shortenable squeegee: Cleaning apparatus including a squeegee including a blade held in a spine, wherein the spine and the blade are shortenable in length.... Agent: Dekel Patent Ltd., David Klein

20070169305 - Material-removal system including a fluid-blasting, spray-head assembly: A material-removal system can include a spray-head assembly with a plurality of rotatable fluid bars arranged in a single shroud with overlapping sweeps. A gear-box assembly can index the rotations of the fluid bars to coordinate their rotation and prevent the fluid bars from interfering with one another. The material-removal... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070169304 - Steam cleaning device: The present invention provides an improved steam cleaning device, comprising: a hand-held steam generator, a pole, a platform cleaning polygon housing, constructed by an upper lid and a lower lid opposite to each other, a steam-releasing apparatus disposed at the bottom of the platform cleaning polygon housing, indentation of the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070163061 - Vibrating toothbrush: A vibrating toothbrush is provided with vibration-isolating zones that substantially isolate vibrations in the head and reduce vibrations transmitted to the handle without sacrificing structural integrity around the vibration-isolation zones. Such zones may generally comprise neck material that is reduced in cross-section, thinned, replaced by dampening material, or removed altogether... Agent: Colgate-palmolive Company

20070163062 - Cleaning apparatus with flexible connection between head and handle: An improved cleaning tool is provided with a flexible connection between the head or spindle and the handle. The improved tool broadly includes a spindle or head, a handle and a flexible connection between the head and handle to permit relative pivotal movement therebetween and rubber bumpers to protect against... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20070163063 - Cleaning device for infant and toddler drinking cups: A cleaning device for infant and toddler drinking cups. The device is configured in such a manner as to allow a thorough cleaning of “sippy cup” lids, including tiny apertures and hard to reach crevices which cannot be cleaned by ordinary brushes or sponges. The device is composed of two... Agent: Dephne Wright

20070163064 - Oral care implement comprising an elastomeric polypropylene-ethylene copolymer: An oral care implement has one or more components, such as a handle or a gripping portion thereof, prepared from an elastomeric propylene-ethylene copolymer. The elastomeric copolymer provides a comfortable and non-slippery gripping surface in a variety of conditions, including both wet and dry environments, and also provides flexible characteristics... Agent: Colgate-palmolive Company

20070163065 - Extendible cleaner rod: An extendible cleaner rod includes a fixed coupler for attaching to a base tube and having a sleeve member extended from a base portion, the sleeve member includes one or more slots to form one or more blades, the blades each includes an inclined surface, an extending tube is engaged... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070163066 - Core for washing sponge roller: A core for a cleaning sponge roller and a cleaning sponge roller set include a core and a cleaning sponge roller mounted on the core. The core for the cleaning sponge roller is in a substantially cylindrical shape including a bore extending in an axial direction and a plurality of... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070163067 - Structure for a hand trowel handle with adjustable rotational angle: The invention relates to a structure for a hand trowel handle with adjustable rotational angle on the grasping section. The hand trowel is composed of a blade, a connecting section and a grasping section. The connecting section uses its base to connect with the tongue on the blade. The structure... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C. Suite 500

20070163068 - Windshield wiping device, especially for a motor vehicle: A windshield wiper device (10) especially for a motor vehicle is proposed. Said device is comprised essentially of a plate-shaped base (12), on which a drive unit (18), a wiper bearing (14) and a retaining element (26) are arranged. In accordance with the invention, the plate-shaped base (12) is provided... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070163069 - Dustpan with a latching mechanism: A dustpan has a dustpan receptacle, a handle and a novel latching mechanism, which enables the dustpan receptacle to be latched in a horizontal position for a waste pick up and unlatched by hand or foot in a vertically extended position for a direct waste disposal and easier storage. The... Agent: Stephen E. Feldman

20070163071 - Self-propelled sweeper with electric streering and relative control system: The self-propelled sweeper with electrical steering comprises a frame suitable for receiving the refuse container (13), waste collection and suction members (2; 4, 6), a suction and filtering unit, a driving position in the cabin (16) of the machine equipped with steer control members, and has the steer actuator of... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070163072 - Bagless dustcup: A bagless vacuum cleaner system dustcup assembly and method for using said system with a vacuum cleaner apparatus to separate dirt from a mixture of dirt and air inducted into said vacuum cleaner apparatus. Said bagless vacuum cleaner system generally comprises a dustcup assembly, a handle assembly and a motor... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070163073 - Vacuum cleaner dustcup and conduit construction: An upright vacuum cleaner having a housing with a handle at an upper end and a base at the bottom end. The base is pivotally attached to the housing and has a floor inlet nozzle facing generally downwardly from it. A dustcup assembly is associated with at least one of... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070163074 - Rotating brush driving control apparatus for vacuum cleaner: The present disclosure relates to a rotating brush driving control apparatus. The rotating brush driving control apparatus includes a supporting bracket disposed in a suction brush assembly; a moving member slidably and elastically disposed in the supporting bracket; a lever disposed above a driving belt, the lever having an end... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070163075 - Stair cleaning vacuum cleaner: A vacuum cleaner having a generally elongated housing having a first housing end and a second housing end, a rear grip located at the first housing end, and an air inlet located at the second housing end. A vacuum fan and a motor are located within the housing and the... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070157402 - Ionized air blower: An ionized air blower is disclosed for simultaneously neutralizing static charge and dislodging particulate matter, such as dust, from a surface to be cleaned. The ionized air blower comprises a compressible air chamber, such as a resilient bulb, and an ionizer. The ionizer ionizes air molecules expelled from the chamber... Agent: Dayco Products, LLC

20070157403 - Means for driving at least one bristle carrying shaft of a toothbrush: Means for driving bristle carrying shafts (21, 22) of a toothbrush comprise a four-lobed cam (33) which is driven by means of an electric motor (30). At opposite sides, the cam is contacted by rollers (34, 35), which are connected to the bristle carrying shafts through arms (25, 26). The... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070157404 - Ultrasonic toothbrushes 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

20070157405 - Cleaning implement: The present invention envisages a cleaning implement comprising a melamine foam preferably having a thickness of at least about 5 mm and a perfume source, processes for making them and methods for using them.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070157406 - Multi-directional brush: A multi-directional brush includes a handle, a brush, and an angle adjuster that pivotally connects the brush to the handle. The adjuster includes a lower half portion and a upper half portion. The upper half portion includes a base and an elongate column protruded from the base, which are received... Agent: Park Law Firm

20070157407 - Brush: A brush includes a bundle of bristles and a clip for clipping the bristles. The clip includes a boss formed thereon. A cassette defines a space and a slot in communication with the space. The space contains the clip while the slot exposes the boss of the clip so that... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070157408 - Applicator device: An applicator device for applying a substance to an area of the body that is difficult to reach includes a collapsible handle and a head portion rotatably mounted on one end. The head portion includes an attachment means, which can comprise either a field of hooks or a field of... Agent: Jones Day

20070157409 - Waved mesh tube: A waved mesh tube including multiple parallel first strings spirally extending in a first direction and multiple parallel second strings spirally extending in a second direction. The second strings are laid on the first strings. The mesh tube has continuous circles of waved bending sections arranged along an axis of... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070157410 - Cleaner: A cleaner capable of more effectively collecting dirt or dust on a complex-shaped surface or in fine portions including corner sections. The cleaner has a cleaner body (2) and a fringe band (13). The cleaner body (2) is formed by superposing and fusion-bonding tongue-like sheet bodies (7, 8) together. The... Agent: Sherman & Associates

20070157411 - Wiper blade partial pressure setting method and wiper blade: A backing of a wiper blade (53) is virtually divided into a plurality of regions in a longitudinal direction of the backing. A wiping area (B) of the wiper blade (53) in a glass surface (50a) is discretized in a wiping direction (x direction) of the wiper blade (53) and... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070157412 - Wiper arm for a window wiping device: Disclosed is a wiper arm (10) for a windshield wiper device, in particular for a motor vehicle. It is comprised of at least one fastening part (12) for fastening the wiper arm (10) to the windshield wiper device, one articulated part (16), which is connected in an articulated manner to... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070157413 - Pool cleaning robot: A pool cleaning robot for suctioning debris from the bottom of the pool includes a propulsion nozzle adapted for directing a propulsive jet of water in a direction opposite to a direction of movement of the robot. The nozzle is rotationally mounted on an axis (z, z′) perpendicular to a... Agent: Perman & Green

20070157417 - Articulated floor scrubber: A rear-operated, articulated floor scrubber (24) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the scrubber (24) comprises a front portion (28), a rear portion (28) that is pivotally connected to the front portion (26), and an operator interface (38) associated with the rear portion (28). The scrubber (24) further comprises a solution... Agent: Christopher J. Kulish, Esq

20070157418 - Upright vacuum cleaner with removable power head: A vacuum cleaning apparatus includes a vacuum cleaner base and a handle configured to be attached to the base. A nozzle is configured for the base to draw air through the nozzle to clean the floor as the nozzle is moved along the floor by a user pushing the base... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20070157419 - Vacuum cleaner with air powered tool: A vacuum cleaner base has an inlet and is configured to draw air through the inlet. A tool is configured to be removably attached to the base to be powered by the air to rotate a tool bit about a rotational axis. The tool enables a user to select the... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20070157421 - Vehicle for cleaning: A cleaning vehicle provided with driving wheels for traveling on a rail having a trench-shaped driving space provided on the floor for cleaning the rail, wherein a vehicle body is provided with an air drawer formed by providing a filter to an air outlet hole, a tip end portion of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070157423 - Vacuum board eraser: A board eraser includes a receptacle having two side walls and two end walls and an oblong hole formed in each of the side walls, a roller rotatably attached to the receptacle with a spindle, another roller having a shaft slidably attached to the receptacle, an endless rubbing cloth member... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070157424 - Bag carrying device for a vacuum/blower: The present invention provides a bag carrying device for a vacuum/blower device (20). The bag carrying device comprises: a bag body (10) with a bag opening (50) and a bag carrying arrangement (65) for removable engagement with a discharge portion (24) of the vacuum/blower device (20); and a bag carrying... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070157425 - Vacuum cleaner apparatus with a retractable hoses: A vacuum cleaner hose has a rigid cleaning wand (21) with a valve (26) and a flexible hose (30) that can be retracted by suction pressure when the valve (26) is closed. The hose (30) extends within the wand (21) and is secured at its forward end (31) adjacent the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070151051 - Electric toothbrush: An electric toothbrush in which the brushing head moves in an elliptical motion such that, on the brushing stroke, the bristles are proximate the teeth, and in the recovery portion of the cycle the bristles are pulled away from the teeth. A position sensitive switch automatically switches from a forward... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070151052 - Grooming/cleaning apparatus: A cleaning apparatus includes a handle, a support coupled to the handle and a cleaning element mountable on the support. The support is fixed to the handle or is rotatably coupled to the handle for rotation by a drive motor mounted in the handle. The cleaning element may include bristles... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20070151053 - Grooming/cleaning apparatus: A cleaning apparatus includes a handle, a support coupled to the handle and a cleaning element mountable on the support. The support is fixed to the handle or is rotatably coupled to the handle for rotation by a drive motor mounted in the handle. The cleaning element may include bristles... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20070151054 - Vehicle washing system: A vehicle washing apparatus includes a brush mounted to a drive shaft, a position locator for positioning the brush relative to a vehicle to be washed and a motor for rotating the drive shaft. A controller positions the brush proximate the vehicle for washing. A load sensor, for sensing the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070151055 - Pipeline pig brush and brush assembly: A brush useful in pipeline pigs, for example, in magnetic flux leakage tools or cleaning tools, a method of making the brush and pipeline pig comprising the brush. The brush has a metal bristle holder and a plurality of bristles, the ends of which are held in the bristle holder... Agent: Bennett Jones C/o Ms Roseann Caldwell

20070151056 - Mop with foldaway rod: The present invention discloses a kind of mop with foldaway mop rod, which includes mop rod, water squeezing mechanism and mop head; the mop rod includes upper rod, folding mechanism and lower rod, the upper and lower ends of folding mechanism are respectively connected with upper rod and lower rod.... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20070151057 - Mechanically operable wringing mop: A self-wringing mop has a handle and a cleaning mop head with a plurality of cleaning mop head strands of fibrous, cotton, sponge-plastic, or similarly absorbent material. The mop head strands are attached at their lower ends to a lower mop head support and at their upper ends to an... Agent: Hollstein Keating Cattell Johnson & Goldstein P.C. Willow Ridge Executive Office Park

20070151058 - Toothbrush: A toothbrush made partly of a hard plastic material and partly of an elastomeric material, characterized in that at least part of the elastomeric material comprises an inner core (23) of a first soft elastomeric material wholly or partly enclosed within an outer flexible skin (24) of a second polymer... Agent: Glaxosmithkline Corporate Intellectual Property - Uw2220

20070151059 - Mop head to mop handle connecting system and method: A mop connection system employs a mop head support member permanently attached at one end to the cleaning elements of a mop head. Dual arm members extend from the other end of the support member. The arm members are configured to be inserted into dual channels at the lower end... Agent: Hollstein Keating Cattell Johnson & Goldstein P.C.

20070151060 - Hairbrush: The hairbrush includes an elongated member having a handle segment and a bristle substrate segment. The bristle substrate defines an hourglass shaped core having a central region that is either cylindrically shaped or has a substantially similar elliptical cross-sections bounded on either side by dimensionally larger end regions. A plurality... Agent: Robert C. Kain, Jr.

20070151061 - Applicator brush with cylindrical ferrule and angled tip: A brush for applying a flowable product to a work surface is provided having an elongate handle extending along a central axis and a cylindrical tuft of bristles, the bristles each having a terminal end and a base. A cylindrical ferrule is provided having a first end attached to the... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070151063 - Cleaning utensil: Cleaning utensil (1), comprising a body made of a first synthetic material in which at least one fastening element made of a second synthetic material is provided, the second synthetic material being more elastic than the first synthetic material, the said utensil being manufactured in one piece and in one... Agent: James C Wray

20070151064 - Cleaning wipe comprising integral, shaped tab portions: A cleaning wipe comprising integral, shaped tab portions adapted to engage the fastening devices of a cleaning tool is disclosed. Such wipes are generally more efficient, in that a greater percentage of the total surface area of the wipe is used for its intended purpose: cleaning and wiping. Furthermore, such... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070151065 - Wet spill-dust pan: A wet spill-dust pan, which includes an arched-shaped base panel, a back wall extending upward from a back edge of said base panel, a pair of side walls connected to arched sides of said base panel and extend the length thereof in an upward manner and are interconnected to said... Agent: A Patent Lawyer Corp, PC R William Graham

20070151066 - Cleaning attachment for digital camera: A cleaning attachment for removing dust stuck to a surface of an image pickup device in a camera body of a digital camera using an interchangeable lens capable of being detachably attached to a mount portion of the camera body, the cleaning attachment includes a mount portion detachably attached to... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070151067 - Negative pressure tabletop dust collecting machine: A negative pressure table-top dust collecting machine includes a machine box formed with an interior space, an operation faceplate assembled on the machine box and bored with numerous wind-sucking vents, a fixing base disposed in the interior space of the machine box, a dust collecting unit fitted with the fixing... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070151068 - Motor control for a vacuum cleaner: A vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle, an air-filtering dirt receptacle, and a motor. A fan is configured to be driven by the motor to drive a flow of air that carries dirt from a surface through the nozzle and into the receptacle to clean the surface. A controller is configured... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20070151069 - Apparatus for rapid and thorough edge cleaning of hard surfaces: The present invention is related to a hard surface edge cleaning apparatus, which comprises a cleaning head, a vacuum tube, a pressured cleaning solution supply line, a handle, and a pressure control valve. The cleaning head comprises a vacuum chamber having a bottom opening to engage with a hard surface... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20070151070 - Vacuum cleaner handgrip: A handle stem extends along an axis and has an axially extending slot. A handgrip extends circumferentially about the stem and the slot. A prong extends from the handgrip diametrically through the slot for the slot to channel movement of the prong relative to the stem along the axis.... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20070151071 - Vacuum cleaner: A vacuum cleaner includes both a main dust separation unit and a secondary dust separation unit. One of the dust separation units is provided on a main body of the vacuum cleaner, and the other dust separation unit is provided on a removable dust collection unit that is mountable on... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070151072 - Vacuum cleaner: A vacuum cleaner having a discharge flow path, which reduces noise generated due to resistance of the flow path, and by a motor. The vacuum cleaner includes a body, a blower fan unit including a blower fan and a motor to generate suction force in the body, an inner case... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070151073 - Central vacuum cleaning system battery housing and handle: A central vacuum cleaning system hose handle uses a battery, and has a battery compartment and a battery housing. Battery housing is interchangeable with power plug housing. When housing is drawer then drawer and handle have slide mechanism on which drawer extends in and out. First stop limits depth drawer... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.