Abstract: A wiperblade comprising a main yoke having on the longitudinally central portion formed by two side plates spaced apart and parallel, non-circular and aligning through holes formed in the side plates, and a pin having non-circular portions corresponding to the non-circular holes in the side plates, said pin being inserted from the outside of either of the side plates so as to constitute a pivotal connecting portion between the wiperblade and a wiper arm.

Abstract: The tooth brush comprises a figurehead detachably fixed to a handle. The head contains a module with at least one pushbutton, a loudspeaker, a digital sound generator and a battery (19). When the button is pressed, a tune is generated by the sound generator for a particular period of time and played back through the loudspeaker. This design makes the toothbrush less expensive to produce and makes it easier for children to become accustomed to regular and thorough cleaning of their teeth.

Abstract: A flexible windscreen wiper arm (1) of unitary construction, having means (2, 3) at one end of the arm for attachment to a wiper blade, and means (6) at the other to engage a rotary driving spindle (8). Between the two ends of the arm is a region (12) capable of toggle action between two opposite and stable positions. When the socket (6) is in place over the spindle (8) and the toggle region is in one stable position, the socket grips the spindle and the blade will be angled so as to press the blade against a windscreen. In the other extreme position of the toggle, the arm is angled to lift the blade clear of the windscreen and the grip of the socket on the spindle is released, allowing removal of arm and blade from the spindle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tooth brush comprising a brush handle, a brush stem, and a brush head which carries on the base face thereof a plurality of bristle tufts rising up in a generally uniform direction, wherein the brush head (3) is formed of a plurality of head sections (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37) being resiliently movable relative to each other and each being provided with one or more bristle tufts (40, 42, 43).

Abstract: There is disclosed a windshield wiper device for wiping the window glass of an automotive vehicle. The windshield wiper includes: an arm head, a retainer, an arm spring, and a wiper blade. The arm head is adapted to be fixed to the wiper shaft of the vehicle so as to oscillate about an axis of oscillation. The retainer is pivotally connected to the arm head for movement about a pivot axis extending perpendicularly to the axis of oscillation. The arm spring is interposed between the arm head and the retainer member to urge the retainer member toward the window glass upon the fixation of the arm head to the wiper shaft. The arm piece is disposed perpendicularly to the pivot axis and is rotatably connected to the retainer member for movement about the longitudinal axis of the arm piece. The wiper blade is connected to the arm piece so as to be pressed against the window glass by the arm spring upon the fixation of the arm head to the wiper shaft.

Abstract: The present invention is a bicycle cleaning tool having a rigid bar, a flexible toothed tapered curved prong with a pointed end, and a brush with a curved brush face. The rigid bar knocks clumps of dirt from a bicycle component. The toothed prong pries into generally inaccessible areas to bite into and dig out dirt. The brush end brushes away minute particles and conforms to a number of curved surfaces on a bicycle.

Abstract: A controlling circuit for a motorcar front window wiper accommodating apparatus of a concealed type wherein a wiper is accommodated within an opening portion provided between the front window lower edge and the bonnet rear-end edge, the opening portion is opened and closed by the cowl cover, to a controlling circuit for interlockingly controlling the operation between the cowl cover and the wiper. It is adapted to operatively cooperate the opening and closing operations of the cowl cover with the wiper, to actuate the wiper when the cowl cover reaches the position where it does not interfere with the lifting wiper wiping portion to be lifted in the position before it reaches its fully open position in the opening process of the cowl cover so as to retain the speediness of the wiper actuation to remove the delay feeling for improving the safety.

Abstract: The mop squeezer of the invention provides an efficient means to squeeze a rinsed mop yarns to give a water content and distribution thereof most suitable in respect of the working efficiency of mopping of large building floors. The mop squeezer comprises a rotatable movable roller supported - by a pair of hand lever-operated swingable arms and an approximately cylindrical squeezer plate facing the movable roller. Characteristically, the distance from the surface of the squeezer plate to the shaft supporting the swingable arms is not uniform but smallest at the half height or below of the squeezer plate increasing downwardly and upwardly to be 105% to 140% of the smallest distance at the upper end of the squeezing plate.

Abstract: A hand held brush specifically adapted for sweeping and cleaning regions of carpet. The brush is constructed with a handle portion in which is secured a field of bristles in a slanted bristle array. The bristle length tapers downwardly from the frontal edge of the brush to the rear edge and the flexibility varies accordingly. In this manner, the bristles may be swept through an area of carpet to remove both large and small dirt and lint particles by utilizing the varying flexibility of the bristles concomittantly with the tapering length thereacross.

Abstract: This improved invention is to provide the user with an easy improved method of edging paint on walls or surfaces usually adjacent to ceilings or other walls or surfaces, with the important provision of being able to paint into the corner of another wall and ceiling. Presently available paint applicators cannot do this. Another provision made is to easily assemble, and replace (with an inexpensive jig or fixture that is part of this invention) and discard used paint pads used with the edger.

Abstract: A toothbrush is provided with a plurality of bristles arranged perpendicular to the working surface of the brush head, and a further plurality of bristles arranged at an angle with respect thereto of preferably 45.degree.. The angled bristles extend from a working platform which is installed on the working surface of the brush head and which provides a further working surface. Such angled bristles promote cleansing of the gingival margin and the gingival sulcus, without requiring the toothbrush head to be canted during brushing. In a highly advantageous embodiment of the invention, further angled bristles are provided extending from a region near the juncture of the working platform and the first working surface of the brush head. In addition, soft perpendicular bristles are arranged to extend from the further working surface.

Abstract: Windshield wiper structure includes a wiper blade for engaging a windshield of a vehicle, and supporting elements including a metallic wiper blade carrier for carrying the blade, a metallic wiper arm connected to the carrier and pivotally mountable through a metallic end piece on a metallic post for reciprocating rotary motion about the post, a metallic spring engaging the post and the wiper arm for selectively resiliently urging the blade against or away from the windshield, and an electrical lead connected to the spring for connection to the electrical system of the vehicle. The structure uses the spring as a heating element for tending to melt snow and ice from the wiper blade and windshield. The supporting elements are electrically conductive and heat up with the spring. The blade and the supporting elements are coated with a non-wettable plastic material, a preferred example of which is polytetrafluoroethylene, which resists ice build-up.

Abstract: Fiber pile brush for the cleaning of textile fabrics comprising a support provided with a synthetic fiber pile covering, for example of nylon velour with unidirectionally oriented pile fibers wherein the fiber pile covering is divided along a direction extending perpendicularly to the (customary) working direction and the parts (2, 3) of the covering are attached with inwardly opposing orientations of the pile to the support (1). Between the parts (2, 3) of the covering a zone without a covering is provided, in which a channel-like recessed insert (4), made for example of a plastic, is located as a collecting container for the dirt particles brushed off.

Abstract: A tool cleaner for selected manual or powered use comprising a stem assembly with a brush mounted on one end of the stem assembly and a handle mounted to the other end of the stem assembly. The stem assembly includes a stem portion with a hexagonal member mounted on the stem portion. The hexagonal member is positioned between the brush and the handle. A second hexagonal member is mounted on the handle and is axially aligned with the first hexagonal member.

Abstract: The invention relates to an articulated lever press consisting of a press stand (1.1) and a frame-shaped press slide (2.1), the slide (2.1) possessing a hydraulic cylinder drive (2.12) which is arranged on it and is connected to the multi-articulated support (2.7) guided in the center of the press in the slide (2.1), and at least two connecting rods (2.8) are movably arranged on the said multi-articulated support, the other ends of the said connecting rods each engaging one of the two articulated levers (2.10) or (2.11) which are mounted on the slide (2.1) and on the press frame (1.1) so that their height can be adjusted.The object is essentially to keep the working range of the slide (2.1) adjustable, irrespective of the slide travel and while maintaining slide guidance.It is proposed that the press stand (1.1) be a twin-stand frame partially closed even at the front and end. The working range of the slide (2.1) in the stand (1.1) is supported and adjusted by synchronously driven shafts (2.

Abstract: A folding toothbrush having an articulated handle with a front portion, a center portion and a back portion. Bristles are attached to the front end of the front portion. The handle portions are joined by hinges such that the toothbrush can be stored in a folded configuration and can be opened to an operational configuration in which the handle portions are longitudinally aligned. The toothbrush is preferably made of a plastic material so that the handle can be molded as a single piece with "living" hinges. The center portion of the handle interlocks with the front and back portions when the handle is fully extended so that it will remain in its operational configuration while in use.

Abstract: In a rotary crop baler for producing cylindrical crop bales, a simulated bale size and shape indicator is provided which provides the baler operator with a graphic representation of the size and shape of the bale being formed in the baler. The preferred indicator includes a potentiometer for producing a signal representative of the overall size of the bale, a plurality of potentiometers for producing corresponding signals representative of the shape of the bale, and an indicator including a signal processor and display liquid crystals or the like for producing the graphic simulation of the size and shape of the bale being formed.

Abstract: In the case of hair brushes the arcuately shaped bristle members of which are studded with bristles, mounted in the side walls of a housing being U-shaped in cross section, are arranged in a plurality adjacently and with a distance from one another and are pivotable by means of a slide guided in the housing below these bristle members from a position of non-use into a position of use, this pivoting into the position of use and back into the position of non-use is complicated and time-consuming.This disadvantage is eliminated in that the slide has at its longitudinal edges edge cutouts facing one another, the bristle members resting between these edge cutouts on the slide in such a manner so as to be secured against unintended pivot movement. The slide can be approached with its edge cutouts to the ends of the bristle members by sliding movement in such a manner that the bristle members, by a sliding pressure by hand on the bristles, obliquely engage in the edge cutouts in the position of non-use.

Abstract: A sleeve device for protecting paintbrushes during soaking and storage comprises a resilient, generally rectangular body portion, having front and back faces, left and right sides, and a bottom opening, dimensioned to receive the brush stock and bristles; a neck portion having front and back faces continuous with the body portion's front and back faces, dimensioned to receive the brush handle; a shoulder region connecting the top of the body portion with the neck portion; and friction/elastic-retaining means for releasably engaging the brush stock, brush handle, or both. The friction/elastic-retaining means preferably comprise internally-projecting ridges positioned on the left and right sides of the body portion and oriented parallel to the left and right sides, where the ridges exhibit a maximal intrusion near the shoulder region of the left and right faces, and decline to a minimal intrusion near the bottom opening.

Abstract: A windshield wiper blade made of a synthetic elastomeric material includes an elongated body having a longitudinal axis, a longitudinally extending central squeegee rib and a longitudinally extending scraping rib immediately adjacent to and on each side of the squeegee rib. All three of the ribs are integral with the body and project outwardly in the same direction from the body. The squeegee rib has a greater radial length than the scraping rib. Each of the scraping ribs has one 90 degree scraping edge and the squeegee rib has a pair of 90 degree squeegee edges. The one squeegee edge and the one scraping edge on the side facing the direction of movement of the blade engage the windshield. The scraping rib on the other side of the squeegee rib is out of contact with the windshield but engages the squeegee rib to effect lateral stiffness of the squeegee rib. A mounting rib is integral with the body and projects outwardly therefrom at a location essentially diametrically opposite the squeegee rib.