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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7355664 | Multi-domain liquid crystal display device The liquid crystal display device of this invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy disposed between the two substrates. In ea... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7337784 | Hairbrush for pets and people that releases active ingredients A hairbrush for people and pets releases a perfume, fragrance and/or other active compositions including insect repellant, hair conditioning composition, dye composition, moisturizing ingredients, or antibacterial compounds when brushed or activated by manually depr... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322364 | Hairbrush for pets and people that releases active ingredients A hairbrush for people and pets releases liquid gel perfume, fragrance and/or other active compositions including insect repellant, hair conditioning composition, dye composition, moisturizing ingredients, or antibacterial compounds when brushed or activated by manu... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7150063 | Vehicle wash mitt A vehicle washing mitt for covering vehicle washing brushes, such as those at self-service car washes. The mitt is shaped to effectively cover the vehicle washing brush while it is in use. The material used to form the mitt has a soft fibrous external outside and is... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7112247 | Canned gas dust remover with air ionizer In a method and system for removing particles from a surface, a portable, compressed gas can is provided containing a particle removal gas. An air ionizer unit is connected to the gas can. A high voltage potential is selectively actuated at a time when a nozzle of t... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100537 | Ionic pet groomer A handholdable ion emitting pet grooming brush for grooming pets is provided. It includes a body having an air intake on the top side of the body. A bristle unit is removably attached to the bottom side of the body and there is an opening in the middle of the bristl... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7052450 | Silicone rolling pin A rolling pin including a core, a silicone-containing jacket over the core defining a rolling surface. The jacket may be of such length and so positioned on the core as to define end regions of the jacket extending beyond the ends of the core; the jacket end regions... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6907888 | Ion generator and hairbrush using the same An ion generator includes a needle electrode and a ground electrode cooperable with the needle electrode to generate a corona discharge in the air to produce ions. The ground electrode is disposed so as to surround an imaginary extension of a longitudinal axis of th... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6901622 | Lint-removing brush A lint-removing brush. The lint-removing brush having a handle portion, a lint-removing portion, and lint-removing material attached to the lint-removing portion, where the handle portion is connected to the lint-removing portion. In one preferred embodiment, the li... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6786222 | Method for removing particles from a semiconductor processing tool A method for removing particles from a semiconductor processing tool is provided. The method comprises providing a pick-up wafer for picking up particles from a semiconductor processing tool, inserting said pick-up wafer into said semiconductor processing tool and p... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6687938 | Screen delinter A screen delinter to delint a computer screen or television screen comprises a planar rectangular plastic body. A handle encloses the body leaving one edge of the body exposed. When not in use, the delinter is stored in a case lined with a wool material. ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6550639 | Triboelectric system Methods and systems for inducing an electric charge in a cleaning sheet for cleaning and removing particles from a surface are disclosed. The systems include a cleaning sheet for collecting and retaining the particles and a charging surface configured to ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6446293 | Vacuum cleaner that charges a duster with static electricity A device for a vacuum cleaner that has a vacuum source (12) connected to an inlet channel, and an outlet channel for air flowing through the vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner includes a device for electrostatically charging a feather-duster (20) or a mic... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6332234 | Dust mop with replaceable electrostatically charged dust collector A dust mop features a dust collector layer made of electrostatically charged nonwoven fabric. The electrostatic charge (a) enables the dust collector to be detachably mounted to the mop head by electrostatic cling; and (b) improves the dust collecting abi... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6260224 | Material collector having electrical power supplies and electrical conductors A broom type particle collector has a particle pick-up assembly joined to an elongated handle. The pick-up assembly has a non-electrical conductive foam plastic member accommodating a cathode for imparting negative charges or particles and an anode for co... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6243909 | Dust mop with replaceable electrostatically A dust mop features a dust collector layer made of electrostatically charged nonwoven fabric. The electrostatic charge (a) enables the dust collector to be detachably mounted to the mop head by electrostatic cling; and (b) improves the dust collecting abi... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6182320 | Video display screen cleaner A hand held video display screen cleaning tool has a body with a bottom cleaning portion secured to a top gripping portion. A cleaning element is secured to the bottom portion for dusting and removing static charge from a video display screen by pressing ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6058550 | Video display screen cleaner A hand held video display screen cleaning tool has a body with a bottom cleaning portion secured to a top gripping portion. A cleaning element is secured to the bottom portion for dusting and removing static charge from a video display screen by pressing ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6033486 | Method for cleaning a surface by using a cationic sponge material A method of cleaning a surface including the steps of providing a cationic sponge material containing cationic radicals. Exposing particles and charges carried by the surface to be cleaned to the cationic radicals. Attracting and retaining particles and c... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5957090 | Electrostatic pet hair remover A device for removing dirt, loose hair, dander, etc. from objects such as household pets comprising an electrostatic generator 12 connected to an electrostatic element 10. The electrostatic element is a high voltage capacitor with extended core dielectric... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5924153 | Dust removal device An apparatus for cleaning electrostatically charged dust particles from a CRT screen. The apparatus includes a base member having a handle. An artificial fleece material is attached to the base member so as to cover an entire surface of the base member. T... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5906686 | Fiber optic connector cleaning process A fiber optic connector cleaning process that is both field deployable, and achieves optical reflectance levels of -60 dB and lower. Specifically, the cleaning process according to the instant invention uses electrostatic dissipative (ESD) cleaning wipes ... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5876136 | Writing instrument with brush A writing instrument such as a mechanical pencil is provided with a brush for eliminating static electricity. The instrument is composed of a barrel and a barrel cap attached to the barrel. A base portion of the brush is fixedly received in a cylindrical ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5772779 | Photoconductor cleaning brush for elimination of photoconductor scum Photoconductor scumming in an electrophotographic copying machine is substantially eliminated by using a synthetic fiber cleaning brush that is substantially free from low yield strength, low surface energy materials.... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5667565 | Aerodynamic-electrostatic particulate collection system An aerodynamic-electrostatic particulate collection system for high-efficiency collection of particulate debris generated in a machining area during machining of a workpiece, especially post-cure machining of a composite workpeice, that includes a vacuum ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5598596 | Resilient club The present invention comprises a club shaped device having a removable cover which encloses substantially all of the club and is fastened thereto. In one embodiment, the club shaped device is composed of a head and a handle both constructed out of a resi... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5495633 | Portable anti-static device This describes a portable non-pressurized anti-static device for eliminating static cling on clothes on which static electricity has built up. An absorbent material impregnated with an anti-static solution is supported by a frame. A cover, when in place, ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5150491 | Hair brush A hair brush adapted to prevent charging of the bristles and hair, according to the invention, has a multiplicity of small holes (7) formed in a brush base (2) at each of widthwise opposite end portions thereof and arranged at a spacing in a row longitudi... | 09/29/1992 |
| 4870466 | Cleaning device having fur brush, scavenger roller and scraper for electrostatic recorder A cleaning device for removing residual toner and paper dust from a photoconductive element of an electrophotographic copier includes a fur brush for removing the residual toner and paper dust in contact with the photoconductive element after the latter h... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4797966 | Anti-electrostatic brush An anti-electrostatic brush comprising handle means (1,3:1', 3') leading to receiving means for bristle support means (2,2') with said support means being located in the receiving means and having bristles (21, 21') extending therefrom, characterized in t... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4610925 | Antistatic hairbrush filament Antistatic hairbrush bristle having a nylon or polyester core and a compatible polymeric sheath containing carbon.... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4535432 | Device for cleaning a phonograph record A device of the prior art has an elongated arm, on the underside of which is a porous cleaning pad that cleans a phonograph record when the arm is rotated around the record. The novel device is similar, but has a small reservoir pivotably mounted in the h... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4490870 | Method and apparatus for cleaning disks containing encoded information A roller having a core of natural rubber and an electrostatically activatable, mechanically chargeable outer surface is secured to a handle for rotation about its axis. The outer tacky surface is composed of a soft, flexible, open-air cured silicone polym... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4373224 | Method for manufacturing a duster and the duster manufactured therefrom A method for manufacturing a duster and the duster manufactured therefrom are described, the duster head being made of strands of a blend polymer film of a mixture of isotactic polypropylene and polyethylene, which has been processed to be in an electret ... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4305173 | Dust catching device A dust catching device according to this invention comprises a dust catching body which is constructed by shuttling in a zigzag form a certain number of split yarns made of synthetic resin or synthetic fibers bundled in a form of a string so as to form a ... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4255776 | Apparatus for neutralizing electrostatic charges and for removing dust from various objects Disclosed herein is an apparatus for neutralizing electrostatic charges and for removing dust from various objects, comprising a trough shaped member fixed to a handle inside which a piezoelectric transducer is housed, the latter being connected electrica... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4232871 | Manual record cleaner A manual record cleaner that is manually grasped and engaged with a rotating record to provide effective cleaning of the record grooves as well as removal of static electrical charge from the record. A body of the cleaner includes rigid leading and traili... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4128909 | Roller for cleaning phonograph records The Gramophone record cleaner proposed is of the roller type having a sticky surface formed of a rubbery organopolysiloxane elastomer having a relatively low hardness and adapted to pick up dirt or dust and other contaminants from within the grooves of a ... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4083073 | Devices for neutralizing electrostatic charges and removing dust and particles from recording discs and the like A device for neutralizing electrostatic charge and removing dust and particles attached by the charges on a gramaphone record or disc, the device comprising a body; a handle on the body for hand operation of the device adjacent to a surface of the disc to... | 04/11/1978 |
