Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning inventions 05/08

20080115299 - Automatic swimming pool cleaners and components thereof: Devices for cleaning vessels, especially swimming pools, are discussed. The devices may include a non-linear flow path in a gap surrounding an in-line valve. This non-linearity permits lengths of concentric pipes forming the gap to be decreased without sacrificing operational performance of the devices. Valves forming parts of the cleaning... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080109973 - Personal care products and methods: In one embodiment, an oral-care system is provided. The oral-care system includes an electric toothbrush having a motor, a power source in electrical communication with the motor, and a bristle holder operatively connected to the motor. A display is in data communication with the electric toothbrush.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080109985 - Vacuum cleaner: A vacuum cleaner is provided. The vacuum cleaner includes a suctioning nozzle, a height adjusting unit, a manipulating part, a position sensing part, and a display part. The suctioning nozzle suctions air including dust. The height adjusting unit adjusts the height of the suctioning nozzle. The manipulating part manipulates the... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080104780 - Systems and methods of a gutter cleaning system: In embodiments of the present invention, a method of a gutter cleaning system comprises providing a housing configured to fit into a gutter, disposing at least one impeller at an end of the housing, driving the impeller with an impeller drive facility, the impeller drive facility being disposed within the... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080104783 - Dust mop: A dust mop is provided. An embodiment of the dust mop of the instant invention comprises a riding moping machine that includes a riding device and a mop attachment. The mop attachment is attached to the riding device via a swivel cam connection. The mop attachment includes a concave shape.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080104784 - Offset-driven wiping system: The invention provides a wiping system of a motor vehicle glass panel, including a wiping blade assembly with a longitudinal main orientation, including a blade of the glass panel blade assembly pressure means on the glass panel, which exert a pression force on the rear end of the blade assembly,... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080104786 - Oral care toothbrush: An oral care toothbrush includes a head mounted to one end of the handle containing a plurality of oral care elements. An oral care accessory is mounted to the opposite end of the handle. An oral care material dispenser is mounted in the head within the cleaning field defined by... Agent: Colgate-palmolive Company

20080104789 - Device and method for removing sealing material: Disclosed is a device for removing sealing material on components of an aircraft having a drive unit and a tool connected to the drive unit. The drive unit can, for example, be realized with the aid of an electric motor and an eccentric. Accordingly, the tool, which can be actuated... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080104790 - Surface cleaning device: The invention relates to a surface cleaning device, comprising a support body (1), connected to a cleaning sponge (2), whereby the support body (1) has at least one plunger-shaped projection (3) on the side thereof facing the cleaning sponge (2), which is arranged in a corresponding recess (4) in the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080104793 - Hand-held vacuum cleaner: Disclosed herein is a handy cleaner that can be converted into a canister type vacuum cleaner. A vacuum cleaner includes the handy cleaner. Further, a handy cleaner-integrated vacuum cleaner has an improved dust container-mounting structure to allow convenient conversion into a handy cleaner, and an improved suction path structure allow... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080104794 - Filter cartridge for vacuum cleaner: A filter cartridge for a compact vacuum container includes a cylindrical side wall with an inwardly facing flange and a least one cross-beam extending along a diameter of the opening at the bottom and a radially pleated filer element is provided. The filer cartridge may be used with a dirt... Agent: Michael I. Wolfson

20080104795 - Dust collector cup of fall centrifugal separation type: A dust collector cup working in the principle of fall centrifugal separation, consists of cup body (13), outlet (3) on the cup body (13), inlet (1) tangential to the circumferential wall of the cup body (13), and a separator settled in the cup body (13). The separator is composed of... Agent: Mark D. Simpson Synnestvedt & Lechner LLP

20080098543 - Cannula cleaning device: A device for cleaning the cannula of a medical instrument includes an elongated support and guiding member which has proximal and distal ends. A cleaning element secured to the distal end is formed of a substantially reticulated hydrophobic polyurethane foam having a plurality of pores within its structure which define... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080098547 - Grooming/cleaning apparatus: A cleaning apparatus includes a substrate with outward projecting bristles extending through a sheet or scrim impaled over the bristles. The substrate may be mounted on a support which may carry a handle. The sheets may be single sheets arranged in a stack over the bristles on one or more... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080098550 - Self-cleaning brush with a flexible matrix: A brush assembly includes a handle and a brush head attached to the handle. The brush head includes a base with a plurality of integral bristles and a matrix. The matrix is made of sponge, foam or other compressible material. As the brush is used on a person or an... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080098552 - Filler material finishing tool: A hand held tool comprised of an elongated triangular shaped elastomeric applicator tool (20) for spreading, smoothing and feathering filler material which can be utilized with a handle (30).... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr.

20080098553 - Systems and methods for robotic gutter cleaning: In embodiments of the present invention, a gutter-cleaning device comprises a housing containing an impeller drive facility, the housing configured to fit into a gutter, an impeller, disposed at an end of the housing and driven by the impeller drive facility, and a transport facility for transporting the housing along... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080098558 - Wiper arm assembly having a locking arms and method of construction: A wiper arm assembly and method of construction thereof includes a mounting head and a wiper arm configured for relative rotation during assembly from a disassembled position to a shipping position, wherein the wiper arm and mounting head are locked against rotation toward the disassembled position once in the shipping... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080098555 - Wiper arm assembly having a locking catch and method of construction: A wiper arm assembly and method of assembly thereof includes a mounting head and a wiper arm configured for relative rotation during assembly from a disassembled position to a shipping position, wherein the wiper arm and mounting head are locked against rotation toward the disassembled position once in the shipping... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080098556 - Wiper arm assembly having a locking member and method of assembly: A wiper arm assembly and method of assembly thereof includes a mounting head and a wiper arm configured for relative rotation during assembly from a disassembled position to a shipping position, wherein the wiper arm and mounting head are locked against rotation toward the disassembled position once in the shipping... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080098557 - Wiper arm assembly having a locking surfaces and method of construction: A wiper arm assembly and method of construction thereof includes a mounting head and a wiper arm configured for relative rotation during assembly from a disassembled position to a shipping position, wherein the wiper arm and mounting head are locked against rotation toward the disassembled position once in the shipping... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC