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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4515660 | Apparatus for removing charging hole covers and for cleaning sealing surfaces in a coke oven Apparatus for removing charging hole covers and for cleaning sealing surfaces is carried by a charging car that is movable along an oven roof of a battery of horizontal coke oven chambers. The apparatus includes a support member carried by guides for vert... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4490871 | Reciprocating rotary brush An apparatus of the type designed to be mounted in a shower stall. The apparatus includes a rotatably mounted brush member that oscillates in a vertical plane or a horizontal plane depending upon the selection chosen by the user of the invention. Water is... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4486911 | Automatic barbecue-grille cleaner A liquid-sealable container having a cover portion from which a barbecue-grille to be cleaned is suspended by means of depending compression springs, a body portion including a centrally disposed brush supported from and interlocked with a drivable spindl... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4485517 | Device for automatically cleaning manhole rims A device for cleaning the rim of a circularly curved manhole, e.g. on a container for the storage of radioactive materials, comprises a housing temporarily held under pressure against a container wall provided with manhole to be served. A support inside t... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4480433 | Rotor cleaning Means and method are disclosed to clean the fiber collection groove of an open end rotor's cup by use of a flexible member rotated about the groove and counterrotated in the opposite rotational sense, it being the changeovers or reversals in rotational di... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4474445 | Vacuum holddown device for flexographic printing plates A platen for supporting any one of a predetermined number of sizes of flexographic printing plates during wet development includes an interconnected orifice and a suction channel the suction channel surrounding the orifice, and an array of grooves emanati... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4469043 | Cleaning mechanism for coating control fluid nozzle A mechanism for cleaning the discharge opening lips of a coating control nozzle by controlled movement of a plurality of brushes transversely along the nozzle lips. A carriage is mounted on a support frame and is moved along the frame by a rodless cylinde... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4420850 | Back washing device A device for back washing and the like including a guide assembly with a front panel having a zigzag slot therethrough comprising a plurality of interconnected, alternating, sloped runs. A traveler assembly is mounted on the guide assembly and is movable ... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4353144 | Utility brush A utility brush for automatic cleaning of toilet bowls which includes a generally cylindrically-shaped housing containing a motor, and in a preferred embodiment, a timer, with a shaft coupled to the motor and extending through brackets in the housing to r... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4255826 | Nail polish remover A motor driven cup member is mounted on a support structure for rotation about a vertical axis. The support structure also houses and supports the motor and the power supply for the motor. The cup is divided into two sections, the upper section including ... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4237574 | Tooth cleaning apparatus A tooth cleaning apparatus is provided having a structurally rigid tray including a U-shaped channel for the reception therein of teeth carried by a jaw member. The cleaning means is also included in associated relationship with the tray. Secured to the o... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4214988 | Ditch water cleaning apparatus This invention relates to an improved ditch water cleaning apparatus characterized by a partially covered open ended frame for insertion in the ditch, an upwardly and rearwardly inclined screen at the upstream end of the frame effective to interrupt the f... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4204494 | Boat washing apparatus A boat washing apparatus having a stationary frame to which are pivoted a pair of carrier frames which journal rotary power driven brushes across which may be moved an elevated boat mounted on a mobile support.... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4180884 | Fingernail cleaning apparatus Fingernail cleaning apparatus in which a disc-shaped rotary brush is utilized in combination with cleaning liquid to obtain effective cleaning action for the fingernails. The rotary brush is mounted rotatably inside a housing, and a mouth of the housing i... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4151626 | Machine for cleaning cup shaped filters, especially those used for "expresso" coffee A machine for cleaning cup-shaped filters, particularly those for "expresso" coffee, having a substantially closed casing divided into an upper and a lower portion, the upper portion containing a brush shaped in the form of a cup and driven by an electric... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4151623 | Bathing device A bathing device includes a housing in which is rotatably mounted a shaft with one end of the shaft supporting a scrubbing brush; gearing means are provided within the housing to transmit rotary motion from a water turbine to the brush; the blades of the ... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4145244 | Portable transfer toy A portable transfer toy for children including a casing with a hinged and slotted cover having a flat base platen surface therein for receiving a sheet of paper with printing and/or caricatures thereon upon which a sheet of waxed paper is disposed. A quil... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4130908 | Handscrubbing device Apparatus for automatically scrubbing a user's hand and fingers is disclosed in which three brush assemblies cooperate to perform the cleaning function. The first brush assembly includes a rotatable knob having outwardly projecting exterior bristles, the ... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4112534 | Washer for nyloprint printing blocks or the like An apparatus for washing out of printing blocks of the "Nyloprint" type or the like is provided, comprising a brush device which is coupled to a driving means and adapted to be moved across a printing block which, during the washing, is fixedly disposed i... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4091492 | Cleaning device for conveyor system rail A cleaning device for a rail over which a conveyor or trolley system runs. The device comprises a pair of biased arm members, each arm member having a plurality of brush assemblies adapted to contact various portions of the conveyor rail.... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4071919 | Waste chute cleaning apparatus A cleaning apparatus for waste shafts has a cleaning head with peripheral brushes fixed to the head, a vibrator mounted on the head vibrating the head and thereby the brushes, a lower spray head below the brushes for applying a cleaning solution, and an u... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4071021 | Mechanical back scratcher Two vertically elongated shafts are mounted parallel to a wall, and are driven by a motor-powered mechanism that moves the shafts up and down in simple harmonic motion. Any one of a plurality of scratching attachments can be detachably secured between the... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4025981 | Apparatus for, and method of, cleaning a selected surface portion of the interior liner of a tire Apparatus for cleaning a selected surface portion of the interior liner of a tire includes a frame; three cooperative fingers adapted to be spread apart to engage the beads of a tire and to spread such beads proximate the portion of the liner to be cleane... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4011616 | Teeth cleaning device A vibrating toothbrush comprising a soft shoe bristled on one side and having a metal structural skeleton. The shoe is capable of being formed over a human dental arch so that the bristles will be in contact with the teeth. The shoe can be detachably conn... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3999239 | Device for cleaning printing rollers A device for cleaning printing rollers. This device is capable of effectively cleaning rollers through a brushing process and a washing-drying process, the former process being conducted in a liquid-cleanser-contained tub wherein a sandpaper-brush or a wi... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3956789 | Cleaning tool for cleaning closely spaced electrical contact surfaces and the like This invention provides apparatus for cleaning closely spaced electrical contact surfaces, such as, especially, telephone bank pins, which comprise longitudinally extending rods or wires which are closely spaced and which have exposed electrically conduct... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3939825 | Apparatus for pedicure Apparatus for pedicure comprises an open top treatment chamber receptive of at least one human foot within an upwardly opening generally channel shaped foot-receiving device within the chamber and provided with foot-scrubbing means, a foot rest within the... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3935610 | Cleaning apparatus for overhead rails A cleaning apparatus for overhead conveyor rails particularly for meat packing plants having a traveler riding the rail and a cart moving below the traveler. The cart has tanks containing cleaning and oiling fluids; a hydraulic fluid reservoir; and a hydr... | 02/03/1976 |
