Comb Cleaners Patents (Class 15/104.5)
  • Patent number: 9380923
    Abstract: A multipurpose tool including a frame defining a first edge, a second edge and a third edge joined one to the other at the ends thereof to form an enclosure. The tool including a center portion coupled to each of the first, second and third edges, and having a first tool coupled to the first edge, a second tool coupled to the second edge; and a third tool coupled to the third edge. A grip being attached to the center portion. A multi-purpose tool kit is provided comprising a multi-purpose tool and a plurality of pads, each pad being configured to removably attach to an edge of the multi-purpose tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: KID WINTHORPE, LLC
    Inventors: Robert E. Jordan, Marcel Thivierge
  • Patent number: 8857005
    Abstract: A hair brush that permits quick and easy removal of hair has a handle attached to a head. The head is made up of at least two frames that are mounted to the handle through cantilevers that permit movement of the frames relative to one another. The bristles are mounted to the frames, preferably in single rows. A force applied to one frame moves that frame relative to the other frame and the handle, thereby permitting the user to reach between the frames to remove any hair that is caught in the bristles. The brush allows a gap between the bristles to be enlarged, thereby making removal using human fingers much easier. Repeated movement and return of the frames to their resting position can cause the hair fibers to work away from the bristle bases and make removal much easier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Ohio State University
    Inventors: Scott Shim, Wonmo Koo
  • Patent number: 7947216
    Abstract: A spout opening cleaner for cleaning smelt spouts of recovery boilers and the like includes an actuation arm and self-aligning cleaning head. The cleaning head employs open bail designs for enabling continued flow of smelt during a cleaning cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Clyde Bergemann, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Pingel
  • Patent number: 7908700
    Abstract: A hair brush with a cleaning element for removing entwined hair from the brush after use. The cleaning element of the brush includes a plate(s) with opening through which the bristles protrude. When the plate is expanded, the plate pushes any hairs entwined in the bristles to the tips of the bristles where they are removed. The brush also has a post mechanism, which allows for the adjustment of the cleaning element to various intermediary positions, effectively adjusting the length of the bristles for use of the brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventor: Joe J DiPippo
  • Patent number: 6565665
    Abstract: Lice comb cleaning tool. The tool includes a handle, a pair of spaced-apart arms depending from the handle and an elongate member supported at distal ends of the pair of arms. The elongate member has a diameter selected for an interference fit between tines of a lice comb. It is preferred that the elongate member be unwaxed dental floss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Inventor: Deborah Z. Altschuler
  • Publication number: 20030070243
    Abstract: Lice comb cleaning tool. The tool includes a handle, a pair of spaced-apart arms depending from the handle and an elongate member supported at distal ends of the pair of arms. The elongate member has a diameter selected for an interference fit between tines of a lice comb. It is preferred that the elongate member be unwaxed dental floss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventor: Deborah Z. Altschuler
  • Patent number: 6454492
    Abstract: A pig launching system and a pig receiving system for use in cleaning a subsea flowline. This invention further relates to a method of propelling a pig through a flowline using a pressurized accumulator, a method of assembling a subsea pig receiver in a flowline using a remotely operated vehicle, and a method of collecting a sample from a subsea flowline, using an accumulator connected to a pig launcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Oceaneering International, Inc.
    Inventors: James L. Dean, Richard Weser, Karl Winter