Patents Examined by Randall E. Chin
  • Patent number: 11969772
    Abstract: An article of manufacture for providing motorized drain cleaning and clearing is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Franklin Delano
  • Patent number: 11969306
    Abstract: Oral hygiene monitoring system is disclosed to track motion and orientation of an oral hygiene device. The control system may process data output from a motion sensor to determine position and orientation of an oral hygiene device with respect to a user's mouth. In some examples, the system may use machine learning techniques to identify position and orientation, brush stroke type, and other specific actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KOLIBREE SAS
    Inventors: Thomas Serval, Yann Nicolas, Léonie Williamson
  • Patent number: 11970143
    Abstract: A portable device is provided for cleaning vehicle rims. The device includes a connector having a first portion connected to a removable roller. A wheel base element is connected to a second portion of the connector. A handle is connected to an end of the wheel base portion. The removable roller includes multiple cleaning elements. Another device provides a frame for cleaning vehicle fender wells. A retractable frame is connected to a handle, a brush guide, a multiple guides, a leg guide, multiple ball guides, multiple swivel legs and a rest plate. A well brush is connected to the retractable frame and rotates on the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Pierre, Sr., Katie A. Pierre, Jules A. Pierre
  • Patent number: 11969125
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses that the robot cleaner includes a mop module including a left rotating plate to which a mop is attached to the bottom surface and a right rotating plate to which the mop is attached to the bottom surface; a base on which the mop module is installed; a case disposed to cover at least an upper portion and a part of a side of the base; and a plurality of push supporters supporting the case spaced apart from the base, wherein each push supporter provides the case with the elastic restoring force at least in the upper direction of the base and the outer direction of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaewon Jang, Youngbin Kim, Yeongjae Lee
  • Patent number: 11964637
    Abstract: A tire cleaning mechanism for a wheelchair comprises a fixation portion, a tire cleaner assembly, and an activation assembly. The fixation portion is operable to fixate the tire cleaner assembly to a wheelchair frame. The tire cleaner assembly is operable to remove debris from a wheelchair tire and the activation assembly is operable to move the tire cleaner assembly between an engaged configuration whereby a portion of the tire cleaner assembly engages a wheelchair tire and a disengaged configuration whereby the tire cleaner assembly is substantially removed from the wheelchair tire. A first link is coupled between at least one of a fixation portion and the tire cleaner assembly, or between the activation assembly and the tire cleaner assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventor: Eric Paad
  • Patent number: 11963648
    Abstract: A grout cleaning attachment configured for removably attaching to a shoe enables a user to scrub a grout line with their foot. The grout cleaning attachment includes a brush that extends out and away from a toe section of the shoe so that a person using the attachment can see where the brush bristles are and locate the brush over the grout line. The grout cleaning attachment includes a cup section that slides over the front section of the shoe and a strap on the aft section that wraps around the person's shoe and ankle to secure the grout cleaning attachment to the shoe. The grout cleaning attachment is light in weight and easy to install and remove from a shoe being worn by a person. The brush is narrow in width and long in length so that most of the bristles will be used to brush over the grout line. Also, the brush can be curved upward in order to improve the brushing performance for cleaning a grout line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventor: Korling Duren
  • Patent number: 11950673
    Abstract: A hair brush comprising: (a) a handle; (b) a brush body having: (i) a first side; (ii) a second side; (iii) a third side; and (iv) a fourth side that are connected together forming a substantially square shape; and (c) bristles located in a row along each of the first side, the second side, the third side, and the fourth side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Albert Bouchar
  • Patent number: 11938525
    Abstract: A reaction kettle cleaning apparatus, includes a kettle body and a stirrer, the stirrer being located in the kettle body and including a stirring rod and a stirring portion, where a movable frame is disposed on the stirring rod and is movable along the stirring rod; and a cleaning device is disposed on the movable frame is configured to clean the kettle body; and the reaction kettle cleaning apparatus further includes a movable control apparatus configured to control the movable frame to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: GUANGDONG BRUNP RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HUNAN BRUNP RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HUNAN BRUNP VEHICLES RECYCLING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haijun Yu, Aixia Li, Yinghao Xie, Xuemei Zhang, Kang Chen, Changdong Li
  • Patent number: 11937688
    Abstract: A toothbrush comprising a drive mechanism and electronic circuitry configured to drive the drive mechanism to execute toothbrushing motions is disclosed. The electronic circuitry comprises a drive circuitry and a controller which is configured to form a drive signal to operate the drive circuitry to generate drive current. The drive signal comprises a plurality of signal packets, wherein a signal packet has a signal packet duration and comprises a train of switching signals. The switching signals are configured to repeatedly switch on and switch off drive current supply to the drive mechanism at a switching frequency fs. The signal packet duration is configured to define a rhythm of toothbrushing motions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Smart Chip Microelectronic Co. Limited
    Inventor: Kwei Chung Li
  • Patent number: 11939791
    Abstract: A pool cleaning robot that includes a ballast tank for controlling a buoyancy of the submarine pool cleaner; at least one cleaning element for cleaning debris from an underwater surface of a pool while the pool cleaning robot hovers over the underwater surface; a propulsion module that is configured to propel the submersible pool cleaner; and a steering module that comprises a rudder and diving planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MAYTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Shay Witelson
  • Patent number: 11930911
    Abstract: A hair grooming device includes a receptacle including a first half hingedly coupled to the second half, a base plate statically seated within the receptacle and including a plurality of bristles attached thereto, a top plate removably stacked on the base plate and seated in the receptacle, the top plate including a plurality of apertures, and a plurality of suction cups coupled to the first half of the receptacle. Advantageously, the bristles are aligned and positioned through the apertures when the top plate is positioned on the base plate. In this manner, the bristles terminate away from the top plate such that the top plate shields the base plate from the hair. Notably, the top plate is freely disengaged from the base plate and capable of both collecting and removing the hair from the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: Tara O'Connor Windsor
  • Patent number: 11930973
    Abstract: A cleaner includes a body, a left spin-mop module and a right spin-mop module configured to perform mopping, and a water supply module configured to supply water to the left spin-mop module and the right spin-mop module. The water supply module includes a water tank to store water therein, a pump to pressurize the water in the water tank to move the water to the left spin-mop module and the right spin-mop module, a first supply pipe connecting the water tank and the pump, a common pipe connected to the pump, the common pump configured to guide movement of the pressurized water from the pump, a first branch pipe configured to guide a first portion of the water in the common pipe to the left spin-mop module, and a second branch pipe configured to guide a second portion of the water in the common pipe to the right spin-mop module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeongyun Kim, Jaewon Jang, Inhyung Yang
  • Patent number: 11930916
    Abstract: An example embodiment of a dental tool includes a main body portion having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end, wherein the first end and the second end define respective reduced diameter portions, two or more tool attachments, each tool attachment comprising a working portion and a base portion, the base portion configured to be removably coupled to either of the reduced-diameter portions of the main body portion so as to secure the tool attachment to the main body portion, and a light source, disposed within the main body portion, arranged so as to illuminate the working portion of one of the tool attachments when the one of the tool attachments is coupled to the first end of the main body portion and the light source is electrically coupled to a power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ONVI, Inc.
    Inventor: Craig Kohler
  • Patent number: 11932211
    Abstract: A rotating brush for a vehicle washing system, comprising: i) a shaft (2) rotatable about a rotation axis (20) thereof; ii) a first annular support means (31) surrounding a first section (21) of said shaft (2) and comprising a first group (310) of longitudinal seats; said first support means (31) extending along the rotation axis (20) between a first and a second base (316, 317); let a first direction (318) of travel of the first group (310) of longitudinal seats be defined by the first towards the second base (316, 317), each of the longitudinal seats of the first group (310) comprising a first and a second end (312, 313); iii) a first set (41) of cleaning elements engageable in the first group (310) of longitudinal seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: FAVAGROSSA EDOARDO S.R.L.
    Inventor: Leonardo Favagrossa
  • Patent number: 11918162
    Abstract: Retrofit box systems to maximize operational capacity of inaccessible floors are described. The retrofit box system includes a gate complex that provides fluid communication between an inaccessible floor and a box, and a box to deliver a cleaner to the inaccessible floor and adapted for equalizing pressure when the inaccessible floor is under water while minimizing waste seepage from the retrofit box system. The retrofit box system further includes a power system and a control system to deliver the cleaner to the inaccessible floor and remove waste from the inaccessible floor and the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Bristola, LLC
    Inventor: Jared Burma
  • Patent number: 11918163
    Abstract: A cleaning system includes: a bucket; a liquid-permeable basket located in the bucket, the basket being settable into rotation using a first actuating device and is arranged so that a height of the basket is adjustable in the bucket using a second actuating device; and a cleaning device having a cleaning textile, the cleaning device having a handle on a side facing away from the cleaning textile. The basket is can be both a wash-out basket and a spin-dry basket for the cleaning textile. The second actuating device includes the handle and a ballpoint-pen mechanism, by which the basket is positionable in a first position lowest in the bucket and a second position highest in the bucket by moving the handle up and down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Uwe Dingert, Carlo Messineo
  • Patent number: 11920722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intervention drive pig comprising an umbilical. In this scenario, the present invention provides an intervention drive pig comprising an umbilical, wherein the umbilical (6) is manufactured from a low-density material, wherein the umbilical (6) comprises an external covering of material having a low coefficient of friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras
    Inventors: Hugo Francisco Lisboa Santos, Ney Robinson Salvi Dos Reis, Maurício Galassi, Lincoln Homero Thome Ferreira, Igor Mendes Ursine Krettli, Hardy Leonardo Da Cunha Pereira Pinto, Tiago Becker, Rafael Antônio Comparsi Laranja, Luciana Porcher Nedel, Laura Amaya Torres, Jose Abel Ticona Larico, Jaime Andrés Riascos Salas, Gabrielle Almeida De Souza, Filipe Paixão Geiger, Fabiano Disconzi Wildner, Eduardo Antonio Wink De Menezes, Eduardo Donadel Basso, David Steeven Villa Salazar, Eduardo André Perondi, Anderson Maciel, Dante Augusto Couto Barone, Juliano Morato Franz
  • Patent number: 11917951
    Abstract: A sweeper head includes a cleaning device, a transmission shaft, and a shield. The cleaning device includes a rolling member rotatable about a first axis and a cleaning element. The transmission shaft is rotatable about a second axis. The shield includes a surrounding portion for surrounding at least a part of the cleaning element. The surrounding portion includes a front surrounding portion and a rear surrounding portion located on two sides of a first plane and the first plane passes through the second axis and is parallel to the first axis. The ratio of a maximum measurement of the front surrounding portion in a direction parallel to the first axis to a maximum measurement of the rear surrounding portion in the direction is greater than or equal to 2 and is less than or equal to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fangjie Nie, Chengxin Pan, Toshinari Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 11918101
    Abstract: Provided is a connecting structure for connecting a head assembly and a handle portion of a vibration cleaning appliance, the handle portion includes a handle housing with a hollow portion and a vibration shaft, the head assembly includes a brush handle housing with a handle interface, a blind hole is provided in the middle of the interface, the rear end of the shaft is tightly inserted into the hole; a buckle cavity is provided on the interface, the front end surface of the cavity is a buckle locking surface of the interface; a buckle combination part including a cantilever and a protrusion is provided in the housing along its rear end, the cantilever is formed in and separated from the housing, the rear end of the cantilever is provided with the protrusion, a locking surface of the combination part is provided on the protrusion accommodated by the cavity of the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoguo Dai, Zhenwu Xu
  • Patent number: 11919047
    Abstract: A machine for the removal of waste from work benches includes plates arranged in a grid, where the machine includes a main body equipped with at least one channel suitable for riding over at least one plate of the grid and for sliding with respect to it in an advancing direction coinciding with the longitudinal development direction. The channel includes a top delimitation, a pair of lateral delimitations, and a downward-facing inlet opening. The lateral delimitations of the channel are defined by respective rotary tools where the top delimitation includes at least one rolling surface capable of rolling in the advancing direction so as to advance on the top edge. The tools have rotation axes inclined with respect to the advancing direction and rotate so as to pull down the rolling surface when they act on the flanks of the plate inserted in the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: C.F. LAMIERE DI FANTINI CLAUDIO DURANTE S. ZANNI M.. & C.S.A.S.
    Inventor: Simone Duranti