Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning inventions 02/08

20080047080 - Grillclean, a barbeque grill cleaning system: GrillClean is a new method of cleaning the cooking grid of an outdoor barbeque grill. Rather than the usual method of scraping the debris from the grid while it is on the cooking unit, causing the debris to fall into the unit, this device involves removing the cooking grid from... Agent: Graham G. Smith

20080047082 - Cleaning device and cleaning method for window glass or door glass with attached motor at the window or door frame: This invention relates to the cleaning for window glass with attached motor at the window frame. At present, Most case of cleaning the high storied building is performed with hand wiper by movement of rope carrier of people, this cleaning method is hard and dangerous work, so the services require... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20080047083 - Automated cable handling and cleaning system: A cable processing system includes a conveyor that holds cables and conveys the cables in a specified direction. The operation stretches the cables and allows them to be packaged or otherwise coiled. The cable processing system may wash the cables as they pass thereby.... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris

20080047084 - Combination paint roller and paint roller cleaner: A combination paint roller (20) and paint roller cleaner (10) for extracting excess paint off of a paint roller sleeve. The paint roller cleaner includes a handgrip (11), an elongated rod (12), and a sleeve engaging portion defined by a generally circular loop (13) defining an internal opening. The paint... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

20080047087 - Disposable cleaning pad: The present invention discloses an economical and disposable cleaning tool which may be prepared by a simplified manufacturing process involving a reduced number of steps. The cleaning tool comprises a cleaning pad and an implementing means, the cleaning pad having a pocket for receiving the implementing means. The cleaning pad... Agent: Michael G. Panian

20080047088 - Cleaning implements having magnetic means: The present invention is a device for cleaning surfaces comprising; a housing having a handle on one end and a cleaning head on the other end the cleaning head having an upper surface, a lower surface, a perimeter edge and a magnetic means. The magnetic means is removably attached to... Agent: David B. Waller

20080047091 - Vacuum cleaner with vortex stabilizer: A vacuum cleaner with a cyclone module assembly comprises a cyclone separation chamber for separating dust and debris from air, a dirt cup for collecting dust and debris that is separated from the air in the cyclone separation chamber, and a vortex stabilizer. The vortex stabilizer can be pivotally mounted... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20080047092 - Coverage robots and associated cleaning bins: An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis, a drive system configured to maneuver the robot, and a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly includes a cleaning assembly housing and at least one driven sweeper brush. The robot includes a controller and a removable sweeper bin configured to receive debris agitated by... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080047094 - Vacuum cleaner with removable dust collector, and methods of opertating the same: A vacuum cleaner includes a dust collector that compresses dust stored inside a dust container to minimize the volume of the dust. The dust collector would include one or more pressing plates that are used to compress the dust stored in dust collector. Various methods are used to control movements... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080040872 - System for washing an aero gas turbine engine: System for washing a gas turbine engine (1). The system comprises a spray device (33; 90) including at least one nozzle (54) adapted to inject liquid into an inlet (110) of said engine during a washing operation; a wash unit (31, 35) adapted to distribute said liquid to said spray... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080040874 - Lint roller/brush assembly: A lint/pet hair roller assembly includes a body supporting a tubular adhesive lint remover roll. The assembly includes a handle and a roll support. The roller support includes a cross-member transversely mounted on the handle and carrying a pair of outwardly extending legs. Roll support members are fixed or rotatably... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080040875 - Device for collection of debris: A device for collecting debris has a wheeled frame movable over a ground surface. An endless belt runs about a rear by roller and a forward support member on the frame such that an undersurface of a lower run of the belt engages the ground surface as the device traverses... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080040880 - Wiper blade and method for producing the same: A wiper blade (1) comprising a base portion (3) to be attached to a wiper arm, a lip portion (4) to sweep away a water droplet or dust etc. adhered to a glass window, a thin neck portion (2) for connecting the lip portion (4) and the base portion (3),... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080040881 - Paint roller tray provided with two surfaces for rolling paint off a roller: A paint roller tray has a bottom with two upright side walls, a front wall and a rear wall along its periphery. The front wall slopes forward and is provided with ribs on the inner side making it a surface for rolling paint off a roller. The bottom, furthermore, has... Agent: Law Offices Of Eric Karich

20080040882 - Tunnel car wash: A vehicle wash and wax system comprising a liquid coating dispensing station and a waterfall dispensing station to dump a continuous sheet of fluid onto the liquid coating on the surface of the vehicle. The waterfall dispensing station has a tank structure with a weir member to form the continuous... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20080040883 - Air flow losses in a vacuum cleaners: A vacuum cleaner having a handle with a handle air passage, a base attached to a first end of the handle by an articulating joint and having a base inlet positioned to face a surface to be cleaned, a base air passage extending from the base inlet and past the... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080034514 - Actuator for steam mop: A steam mop having a main body including a water pump and a boiler. Generation of steam is provided when the water pump is actuated by angular movement of the mop handle which changes the angle between the handle and mop head for operating a two way piston pump to... Agent: Michael I. Wolfson Greenberg Traurig LLP

20080034515 - Dental cleaning device: An electric toothbrush with a removable brush section having a transponder communicating with a handle portion of the toothbrush via a non-contacting inductive coupling.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080034520 - Cleaning device for golf equipment: The present invention relates to apparatus and assemblies for cleaning golf equipment, such as a golf ball or golf club. A fluid reservoir stores a quantity of pressurized fluid, and has a release that can selectively release cleaning fluid therefrom. A regulator is coupled with the release and is adapted... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080034530 - Wiper lever with a driven wiper arm and a wiper blade: Wiper lever (10) with a driven wiper arm (12) and a wiper blade (16) linked to it for cleaning windows, particularly those of motor vehicles, which is provided with a band-like, long-stretched-out, elastic supporting element (30), which features, on its lower band surface facing the window, a long-stretched-out, rubber elastic... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080028547 - Nodal mounted system for driving a power appliance: The power toothbrush, which has a rotating brushhead movement, includes a housing with a motor mounted therein having an armature which in operation rotates through an arc of predetermined magnitude. The toothbrush also includes a brushhead mounted on a shaft which is connected to an output mass. A spring assembly... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20080028549 - Dental cleaning device: An electric toothbrush with a removable brush section having a transponder communicating with a handle portion of the toothbrush via a non-contacting inductive coupling.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080028550 - Body care brush: Disclosed is a body care brush comprising a brush holder (2-5) and a brush (1) that is rotatably mounted on said brush holder (2-5). The brush holder (2-5) is provided with a drive unit in which an electric motor (7) that is used for driving the brush (1) is mounted... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080028553 - Training toothbrush with audio: A toothbrush device used for a unique teaching method for proper teeth brushing techniques by means of prerecorded audio commands emanating from the handle of the toothbrush. The toothbrush with audio is a product that is designed to easily and quickly provide a new and unique motivation for young children... Agent: Ritchison Law Offices, PC John D. Ritchison

20080028554 - Cleaning kit for the interior of a motor vehicle: A set of cleaning tools (30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80), each of which has a respective handle (82) to which a respective cleaning element is attached. Each handle is sized for single-handed grasping and has a main plastic body with recesses running lengthwise along opposite sides of the main... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20080028556 - Paint brush cleaning device: A device for cleaning a paint brush includes a manifold having a plurality of substantially equally spaced nozzles extending therefrom. A manifold housing is connected to a supply of pressurized water by a hose. Alternatively, the housing is connected to a ball valve assembly, which is in turn connected to... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080028561 - Readily replaceable and disposable paint roller covers: An apparatus for applying paint includes a hollow solid cylinder which is supported on and freely rotates around the axle portion of a rigid bent-rod frame with a handle disposed on one end. A replaceable and disposable self-adhering absorbent pad is removably wrapped around and stuck to the outer surface... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080028566 - Drainage structure cleaning tool and method: A tool for cleaning a drainage structure comprises a rod having a center longitudinal axis, a barrel housing having a proximal opening and a distal opening, the barrel housing having a center longitudinal axis and coupled coaxially to the rod, the barrel housing having an outside dimension that can be... Agent: Philip G. Meyers Law Office

20080028569 - Vacuum cleaner with a cover release element: A vacuum cleaner comprising a housing, in which a dust collection chamber is arranged, which may be sealed by a dust chamber cover, on which an unlocking element for a clip element is provided, which cooperates with a counter-clip element on the housing, in order to hold the dust chamber... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080028571 - Vacuum cleaner having agitator performing linear translation: The present invention discloses a vacuum cleaner including a vacuum cleaner main body having a suction pump, a suction nozzle portion for sucking impurities by a suction force supplied by the suction pump, a suction passage for connecting the suction nozzle portion to the suction pump, an agitator installed at... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP