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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4759093 | Apparatus for cleaning a record disc A cleaning apparatus for a record disc comprises a support member having a top side and a bottom side. Locating means is provided for locating the support member relative to the center of a record disc. A knob is mounted on the top side of the support mem... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4750231 | Compact disc cleaner A CD cleaner includes a rotary plate on which a CD can be loaded and unloaded and which is supported so as to be capable of corotation with the CD. The rotary plate is mounted on a base so as to be rotatable about a vertical shaft. A unidirectional rotati... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4750230 | Golf club grip cleaner An electrically powered automated golf club grip cleaning unit for sequentially cleaning a full set of golf clubs essentially as fast as the operator can insert and withdraw the clubs from the unit. The automated unit comprises a closed, water tight housi... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4742594 | Blackboard eraser An improved blackboard eraser used for automatically erasing the chalk dust comprises a housing, in which several sets of brushes and rollers in number corresponding to the brushes are installed. The rollers are made of suitable chalk-erasing material and... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4731894 | Orbital polishing system An orbital polishing system includes the drive motor assembly for orbitally rotating a buffing pad. The buffing pad includes contour means for defining a groove on a periphery thereof for supporting a buffing cloth thereon and an elastic O-ring is sized f... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4721432 | Apparatus for producing reciprocating motion for painting, sanding or coating The present invention is concerned with an article carrier adaptable for the transportation of a variety of functional apparatus such as painting, coating, sanding and buffing apparatuses and a transport mechanism comprising a pair of spaced apart pulleys... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4713856 | Apparatus for cleaning digital audio discs An apparatus and method for cleaning a digitally encoded disc by moving a circumferential wiping surface in a circular path across the periphery of the disc toward the middle of the disc, and again outwardly toward the periphery of the disc. This is accom... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4713857 | Apparatus for use in cleaning the tape of a tape cassette Apparatus for use in cleaning the tape of a tape cassette comprises: a housing; an aperture defined by the housing whereby a tape cassette can be inserted into the housing; an opening defined by the housing through which a tape cleaning device can be inse... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4712265 | Device for cleaning the human body A cleaning device, which also has massaging capabilities, and which includes a housing with a drive motor or water driven turbine in it, a pair of brushes or generally cylindrical sponge pads which are on opposite ends of a shaft, and a transmission conne... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4709437 | Compact disc cleaner A compact disc cleaning device contains cleaning pads located on a wall of a housing. A housing cover has an elongated slot and a post assembly is slidably received therein. The post assembly engages the central opening of a compact disc placed within the... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4703536 | Fluid motor driven washing accessory The present invention discloses a fluid driven washing device having a pressurized fluid supply conduit for supplying fluid to the device. The device is comprised of a handle portion, an assembly for producing reciprocating motion in the device, a control... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4701959 | Fingerprint input device equipped with a cleaner for finger-impressing surface A fingerprint input device for reading images of a fingerprint from a surface of a finger includes a base plate, an optical scanner, a rotary member, a first cleaning member, a switch, a detector and a control member. The optical member scans the finger-i... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4691400 | Article buffing apparatus and method Apparatus and method for buffing articles, such as leather goods, silverware and the like. The apparatus includes a container for receiving an article to be buffed. The interior of the container has a buffing material therein and is of a size to permit re... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4676839 | Golf club grip cleaner An electrically powered automated golf club grip cleaning unit for sequentially cleaning a full set of golf clubs essentially as fast as the operator can insert and withdraw the clubs from the unit. The automated unit comprises a closed, water tight housi... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4667447 | Coated abrasive sheet material magnetically attached to a support surface on an abrading tool A flexible, low mass coated abrasive sheet material magnetically held on a support surface of a magnetized pad providing more than 6 magnetic poles per inch in one direction along the support surface. The coated abrasive sheet material incorporates suffic... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4662022 | Apparatus for cleaning soldering iron bits Two cleaning bodies which rotate towards and in contact with each other, are utilized for quickly mechanically cleaning soldering iron bits or tips and the soldering iron bit or tip is inserted between the cleaning bodies. The rotary movement of the clean... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4662025 | Cleaning device A cleaning device for cleaning a compact disc record when the record is in its case comprises a housing rotatable about a spindle for engaging the central portion of the base of the record case. A cleaning member with soft bristles is rotatable in the hou... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4654917 | Compact disc cleaner Cleaning apparatus for a compact disc comprises a housing, a rotatable carrier disposed in the housing, a cleaning pad fastened to the carrier for contacting the surface of the compact disc, a drive wheel for driving the carrier to rotate the latter about... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4637088 | Tape cleaning machine Means for cleaning a band of flexible tape as it moves from a supply reel to a takeup reel in a predetermined path of travel. Included is a pair of cleaning heads 20 and 22 which are engageable with opposite sides of the tape. The heads are initially loca... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4631773 | Apparatus for removing fines from copper wires Apparatus for removing fines from a plurality of copper wires advancing generally upwardly in a common plane, comprising three brush rollers each having a generally cylindrical outer brushing surface of a fur-like fine pile material in brushing contact wi... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4597127 | Hydraulic car wash brush A hydraulically driven rotary brush for cleaning vehicles and the like. This is a rotary brush system wherein the brush rotates about an axis parallel to the item being washed. It has a wand for the attachment to a source of water at one end, and a brush ... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4596059 | Automatic dust-removing eraser of a rolling-friction type for blackboard An automatic dust-removing eraser of a rolling-friction type for use on a blackboard includes: a casing body having an open section or cavity in the central portion; a plurality of different guiding slots vertically formed at both ends of the side walls d... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4571120 | Road levelling oil squeegee An oil-spreading squeegee for roadway maintenance uniformly spreads oil sprayed onto a roadway surface to be maintained or upgraded. The squeegee assures a surprisingly uniform surface, particularly by filling cracks and moderate depressions in the roadwa... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4570279 | Apparatus for cleaning glass masks An apparatus for cleaning glass masks used for the manufacture of semiconductor devices, which apparatus comprises a pair of rotary cleaning elements confronting each other and adapted to pour liquid therebetween, structure for supporting a cassette in wh... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4570278 | Portable polisher and buffs therefor Portable polishers and buffs are provided for surface preparation or for surface repair of substrates such as sheet aluminum. The polisher and buffs are particularly well suited for restoring the polished finish of aluminum aircraft skin that has been dul... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4567618 | Machine for cleaning bowling balls and shoes A machine is provided for cleaning and polishing a bowling ball and for removing dirt and debris from the soles of shoes. The machine includes: a ball cleaning and polishing apparatus adapted for receiving a bowling ball at the top of the machine; a shoe ... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4566203 | Apparatus and method useful for removing liquid from the outer surface of cylindrical pipette tube or the like Apparatus and method for biological fluid analysis involving radiation measurement. The apparatus includes a pipetting dispenser having means for directing radiation from the piston thereof generally axially through the liquid in the pipette tube such tha... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4566144 | Apparatus for buffing articles Apparatus for buffing articles, such as leather goods, silverware and the like. The apparatus includes a container for receiving an article to be buffed. The interior of the container has a buffing material therein and is of a size to permit relative move... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4564968 | Hand-cleaning device A device to clean the hands, fingers and forearms having an outer drum, a perforated stationary drum contained concentrically within the outer drum, and a perforated movable drum having brush members arrayed around its inside rotatably mounted within the ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4561142 | Disc cleaner A disc cleaning device is disclosed which includes a disc support platform mounted to rotate about a first axis. This platform is adapted to support a disc to be cleaned and to center the disc to be cleaned about the first axis. An annular cleaning surfac... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4559662 | Device for cleaning contact lens A contact lens is trapped on an axis of revolution while one side of it and then the other is rotated against the opposing surface of a mating scrubber element normally treated with cleaning solution.... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4558482 | Type element cleaner A moistened fabric pad is supported in a container having a cover configured to engage a type element. The cover is fastened to the container so that the fabric pad and type element are brought into contact. Rotation of the type element against the surfac... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4556433 | Apparatus and method for cleaning digital audio discs An apparatus and method for cleaning a digitally encoded disc by moving a circumferential wiping surface in a circular path across the periphery of the disc toward the middle of the disc, and again outwardly toward the periphery of the disc. This is accom... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4535499 | Shoe polishing device and servo-applicator means for use therein The device is armed with servo-applicator means for applying shoe polishing compound to a rotor-driven applicator wheel which in turn transfers the polish to the shoe. The wheel may then be used to shine the shoe with the polish, or a substitute wheel may... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4523411 | Wet surface treating device and element therefor A rotatable element and a surface treating device including the same are provided. The rotatable element is capable of being mounted on the end of the output shaft of a conventional surface treating device, such as an orbiting disc sander, an orbital sand... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4520470 | Cleaning device for discs A disc or record cleaning device especially for laser-read discs having digital recordings is provided in a disc storage container and incorporates a cleaning member with which the disc or record is brought into contact so as to clean the disc by a relati... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4509221 | Water driven scrubber for hand held shower head A scrubber assembly including a housing having first and second remote sides is provided and the housing includes rotary scrubber structure journalled therefrom facing and disposed outwardly of the first side of the housing. The second side of the housing... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4503475 | Tape cleaner Tape cleaning apparatus comprising a platform having an upstanding wall at one end is disclosed. Upper and lower means are provided in the wall for receiving pads to clean, lubricate, and impart anti-static treatment to tape in cassettes when positioned t... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4499624 | Portable polisher A portable polisher is provided for surface preparation or for surface repair of substrates such as sheet aluminum. The polisher is particularly well suited for restoring the polished finish of aluminum aircraft skin that has been dulled by normal use and... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4482391 | Cleaning method and apparatus for parabolic cellular louvers for lighting fixtures An apparatus for cleaning a lighting fixture louver of the type which has parabolic cells that are open top and bottom. A cleaning roller of a graft polyol polyether urethane having an indentation load deflection of the order of 100 has a surface which co... | 11/13/1984 |
