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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141193 | 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 illumina... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8122556 | Cleaning device A cleaning device is used to remove an alien substance adhering to a surface of an optical member arranged in front of a solid image sensing device inside a lens replaceable digital single-lens reflex camera. The cleaning device includes a supporting member that is ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8108960 | Particle removing member of substrate processing equipment The present invention intends to provide a particle removing member of a substrate processing equipment which can be assuredly conveyed into the substrate processing equipment and can conveniently and assuredly remove an adhered foreign matter, and a particle removi... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8015651 | Continuous adhesive roller A device (20) for cleaning surfaces is provided utilizing a web (94) of a tackified sheet material movably secured between rollers (56, 58) on the device (20) that enable the web (94) to be moved over the surface in opposite direct... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7971305 | 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 illumina... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7941889 | Cleaning tool for photographic device A cleaning tool is for removing foreign matter from a surface of a photographic device. The cleaning tool includes an adhesive member and a body. The adhesive member has an adhesive surface for the foreign matter to adhere to. The body has a first end to which the a... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7930790 | Fabric exfoliation method and articles The present invention is directed to methods for removing unwanted materials from the surface of fabrics—such as lint, pills, fuzz, and hair—by contacting the fabric with an open-cell foam or an article of manufacturer comprising an open cell foam and a non-soil... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7861353 | Glove/mitten eraser The present invention generally relates to an eraser for chalkboards, blackboards, markerboards, or whiteboards and the like. The eraser is worn on the hand of a person and at least the palm of the glove/mitten has an eraser surface for erasing. The glove/mitten is ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7856690 | Brushing assembly The present invention provides a brushing assembly and a method of cleaning a surface. In one embodiment, the brushing assembly comprises a lint roller comprising a handle and a roll of adhesive tape supported by a barrel, wherein the adhesive tape has an exposed ta... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7841036 | Hand-held roller device with cover for providing benefits to fabrics Hand-held roller article for providing benefits to fabric. The present invention relates to utilizing a hand-held roller article for providing benefits to fabrics. The hand-held roller article comprises a substrate formed into a roll wherein the substrate may includ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7793377 | Continuous adhesive roller A device (20) for cleaning surfaces is provided utilizing a web (94) of a tackified sheet material movably secured between rollers (56, 58) on the device (20) that enable the web (94) to be moved over the surface in opposite direct... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7735178 | 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 illumina... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7673363 | Adhesive roller An adhesive roller for detritus removal having an elongated strip where the strip has both a backing layer and an adhesive layer overlying and covering a first side of the backing layer. The strip also has a first end, a second end and two spaced apart sides. The st... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7665175 | Roller holder A lint roller holder having a pair of elongated housing parts which are substantially identical to each other. Each housing part includes an elongated handle section and semi-cylindrical lint roller support section which is longitudinally adjacent the handle section... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7657958 | Method and apparatus for holding adhesive coated roller cleaning substrates An exemplary embodiment of a substrate cleaning apparatus includes a hand held hand roller including a roller cleaning member rotationally mounted in a handle and having a tacky peripheral contact surface, the tacky peripheral contact surface adapted to transfer for... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7559108 | Multi-position extendable lint and pet hair remover A rolling lint and pet and human hair remover will function in at least two different positions and with the option of extending the handle in order to reach hard to reach places for use in automobiles, homes, and other locations, as well as on a person's clothing. ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7490380 | Cleaning tool for photographic device A cleaning tool is to remove foreign matter from a surface of a photographic device. The cleaning tool includes an adhesive member and a stick body. The adhesive member has an adhesive surface for the foreign matter to adhere to. The stick body has an end to which t... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7487566 | Adhesive roller An adhesive roller for detritus removal having an elongated strip where the strip has both a backing layer and an adhesive layer overlying and covering a first side of the backing layer. The strip also has a first end, a second end and two spaced apart sides. The st... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7413786 | Adhesive roll cleaner An adhesive roll cleaner 1 comprises a core tube and a plurality of adhesive tapes 3 having an adhesive portion A on one side thereof helically wound around the core tube in a layered configuration with the adhesive portion A out. Each of the adhesive ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7401375 | Lint removal apparatus A disposable lint removal device that is a ring shape with a flat square, rectangular, circular or other shaped piece of adhesive mounted onto it. Any finger slides into the ring with the mount piece either on top or bottom of the hand. A protective layer is removed... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395574 | Lint removal apparatus with edge orientation A lint roll apparatus includes an orienting mechanism for orienting the free edge of the outermost sheet of a adhesive roll with a predetermined point on a roll support. Orientation is implemented by cooperating stop members on the roll and the roll support, by a sl... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7386907 | Cleaning sheet A cleaning sheet adapted to be attached to the head (20) of a cleaning tool (2) and having a wiping portion (1A) adapted to be disposed on the lower side of the head (20). In the state attached to the head (20), the cleaning sheet ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7364380 | 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 ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7350257 | Cleaning tool with removable cleaning sheets A refill is designed for use with a cleaning tool, such as a mop or a cleaning mitt. The refill includes a mopping sheet, formed from a water absorbing material, and a dusting sheet. In one example, the dusting sheet is removed from the refill after dusting a surfac... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351456 | Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet roll made with recycled components of the pressure-sensitive adhesive A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet roll includes a core and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet being wound around the core, wherein the core and the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet contain one or more substantially identical components. The pressure-sensitive ad... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338693 | Pressure-sensitive adhesion-processed sheet A pressure-sensitive adhesion-processed sheet which can be easily stuck without forming blisters by air-entrapment, is less expensive, can be easily re-stuck, and has favorable working characteristics. The pressure-sensitive adhesion-processed sheet includes a sheet... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337561 | Shoe sole traction-enhancing device This disclosure relates to a method of using a traction-enhancing device to enhance the traction between a sole of a shoe and a hard court athletic surface. The method includes rolling an adhesive roll of the traction-enhancing device against the sole of the shoe. T... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7309182 | Liquid dispensing brush A cleaning apparatus includes a substrate with outward projecting bristles. The substrate may be mounted on a support which may carry a handle or on a media dispensing container. The handle is hollow to carry a dispensable media from a dispenser mounted on the handl... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7290304 | Apparatus for cleaning internal components of electronic equipment A cleaning apparatus with an integrated cleaning sheet for cleaning the internal working components of a piece of electronic equipment along a predetermined media path. The cleaning apparatus includes a base material having a leading end and a trailing end. A cleani... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281288 | 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 ther... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7272870 | Secondary introduction of fluid into vacuum system An apparatus and method for minimizing the accumulation of soil and debris within a vacuum system of a surface maintenance machine is disclosed. A secondary fluid, such as pressurized cleaning solution, is sprayed into the vacuum system in order to reduce soil and d... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264414 | Dispenser assembly for dispensing liquid onto a removable sheet contained by an implement A dispenser includes a cradle (2) including generally upright sidewalls (4, 6), a handle (40) having a top and a bottom, and a plurality of sheets (30) releasably attached to the bottom of the handle (40), such that the plurality o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7234188 | Lint removal apparatus with edge orientation A lint roll apparatus includes an orienting mechanism for orienting the free edge of the outermost sheet of a adhesive roll with a predetermined point on a roll support. Orientation is implemented by cooperating stop members on the roll and the roll support, by a sl... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236717 | Rotatable roller, image forming apparatus employing same, and image forming apparatus cartridge employing same As outermost coating-like layer(s) of charging roller(s) is or are made to contact and/or slide against photosensitive drum(s), charge is applied from the outermost coating-like layer(s) to the photosensitive drum(s), charging the photosensitive drum(s). This being ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225950 | Lint roll/dispensable fluid container apparatus A lint roller dispensable fluid container apparatus includes a support for mounting a lint roll on a dispensable fluid container. The support may be a hollow tubular member rotatably carrying the lint roll and which is releasably mountable over one end of the contai... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219388 | Multi-purpose cleaning sleeve with flap The present invention is a multi-purpose wiping, cleaning, or polishing device that made from a soft absorbent material such as terry cloth. The device is substantially the form of a sleeve with two open ends. One or both of the open ends of the sleeve has a flap th... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214275 | Method for cleaning internal components of electronic equipment A method of cleaning a head of a printer when the printer is in a normally-engaged position is disclosed. A step of the method includes providing a base a material with a leading end and trailing end. Another step includes providing an abrasive cleaning sheet which ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213291 | Cleaning device A cleaning device that may have a body forming a multifunctional plastic receptacle and that may incorporate features providing easy peel back of one turn of depleted adhesive coated sheet material in the cleaning device and facilitating a neat tearing away of the d... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7188384 | 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... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186207 | Roller construction for detritus removal A detritus removal roller construction particularly suited for a lint roller is disclosed having an elongated strip with a backing layer and an adhesive layer overlying one side of the backing layer. The strip has a first end, a second end and two spaced apart sides... | 03/06/2007 |