Abstract: This spout cleaning tool presents a sponge-like foam rubber tip on a flat handle for cleaning a spout. In the preferred embodiment this tip is tapered and provides opposing flat sides, a rounded side, and a hard abrading edge. Additionally, this device is produced by first adhering a tapered foam rubber member around the extremity of a handle. Then, through the application of heat and pressure, a hard edge is formed while sealing the adjoining edges of the foam member.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes an elongated first handle having a first longitudinal axis, a proximal end and a distal end. The apparatus also includes a second handle having a second longitudinal axis, a proximal end and a distal end. A connector is adapted to removably connect the second handle to the first handle in such a way that the second handle can be moved along and rotated around the first axis. A first holder is coupled to the distal end of the first handle, and a second holder is coupled to the distal end of the second handle. A first cleaning implement is removably mounted to the first holder, and a second cleaning implement is removably mounted to the second holder.

Abstract: The invention features a floor mop that includes a mop handle and a mop head assembly attached to the handle. A sponge and wiper are positioned on the mop head assembly such that the handle is positioned at a first rearward-facing acute angle relative to the floor while a working surface of the sponge engages the floor. The sponge and wiper are also positioned such that the mop handle is positioned at a second rearward-facing acute angle relative to the floor while a working end of the wiper engages the floor.

Abstract: A positioning tool for positioning the windshield wiper of a vehicle. The tool includes an engaging member which has at least one bend and extends at least partially around a retaining region. A user engages the windshield wiper with the engaging member and positions the wiper in the retaining region to move the wiper toward or away from the windshield. The tool has a handle which may be gripped by the user and which has a length sufficient to allow the user to stand on the ground beside the vehicle while positioning the windshield wiper relative to the windshield of the vehicle.

Abstract: A mop comprising an elongated handle having an oblong sponge mounted on one end for washing a flat surface such as a floor or window. A housing is mounted on the elongated handle above the oblong sponge. The handle is provided with a device for selectively retracting the sponge into the housing and simultaneously wringing the sponge. A wiper blade is mounted on the housing and is positioned to wipe the surface being mopped when the sponge is retracted within the housing. A roller is mounted to the mop and has a removable covering of absorbent, washable material. The roller contacts the surface being mopped and dries the surface when the sponge is retracted within the housing. The device eliminates all traces of water and soap residue from the mopped surface and thus eliminates unsightly water marks and streaks.

Abstract: A window cleaning squeegee of the type having a handle and a head extending transverse to the handle, with the head having first and second elongated channels formed on opposite sides thereof. The first channel receiving a cleaning assembly comprising a sponge, an enveloping net-like webbing and a stiffener element. The stiffener element has an end which is located outside the first channel and which engages the sponge and the webbing. This end being of essentially triangular cross-section. The second channel further includes an elongated rubber blade slidingly received therein.

Abstract: A squeegee, liquid applicator or similar device having a handle pivotally attached to a head whereby the head, containing a squeegee blade and/or wiping component, is pivotal relative to the handle in a plane inclined toward the top of the handle when the device is in use whereby motion of the head is readily controllable by rotation or twisting of the handle as the handle follows an "S" shaped path of motion.

Abstract: A squeegee assembly includes i) a handle having a male blade-mounting portion; and ii) a dual-extruded squeegee blade having a resilient squeegee portion and a channel. The channel is constructed of a generally semi-rigid material and is sized and shaped to be slidably mounted to the male blade-mounting portion of the handle. The handle is constructed of a molded thermoplastic or a stamped metal and includes a gripping area. The dual-extruded squeegee blade is constructed of compatible vinyls, elastomers, or other thermoplastics. The squeegee portion is chevroned, with the chevron defining a pair of cleaning members, so that the squeegee blade is reversible. In an alternative embodiment, the squeegee blade includes a sponge extruded therewith. In a further alternative embodiment, the squeegee blade includes a second channel extruded therewith and an extruded sponge adapted to be slidably insertable into the second channel.

Abstract: An improved coater includes a handle, a frame attached to the handle, a roller rotatably housed within the frame, wherein the roller has a substantially increased width and pile height for more quickly and accurately spreading a coating liquid to a surface. The frame includes a spatter shield having a first radius of curvature larger than the diameter of the roller and a squeegee member having a radius of curvature which is less than the radius of curvature of the spatter shield and which extends in a direction opposite to the radius of curvature of the spatter shield.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hand-held unit (200) for cleaning smooth surfaces and for squeegeeing liquid. The hand-held unit is made up of a cleaning unit (230) with a handle (234) and a wiper plate (238) as well as of a squeegeeing unit (232) with a rear stop (252) of the squeegeeing unit (232). A handle (236) of the squeegeeing unit (232) can be pushed telescopically into a tubular handle (234) of the cleaning unit (230) until a stop edge (252) of the squeegeeing unit strikes against a front stop edge (242) of the wiper plate (238). The two units (230, 232) can be held, by at least one latching and/or frictionally locking connection, in the position in which they are pushed one inside the other to provide the hand-held unit (200), and can be released from one another by hand. Consequently, for the connection of the two units (230, 232), there is no need for any additional shaping or parts which obstruct the combined or separate handling of the units.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for cleaning surfaces such as glass. A roller wringer mop having a sponge head uses cleaning fluid to clean a surface. To wring the cleaning fluid from the sponge head, an operator displaces the sponge head between two parallel roller segments. A wiper connected to the mop head wipes residual cleaning fluid from the surface that has been cleaned, and is connected to the mop head so as to avoid interfering with the wringing action of the sponge head.

Abstract: A cleaning attachment for a vacuum cleaner including a cleaning solution reservoir, a manually operated cleaning solution dispenser mounted to the reservoir, a suction tube secured at one end to the reservoir, and a nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly is secured to the suction tube at a location remote from the reservoir, and includes a nozzle body, a wiper assembly secured to the nozzle body, and a support arm extending from the nozzle body and beyond the reservoir. The support arm defines an opening through which the reservoir extends, and has a sponge assembly or a brush assembly interchangeably and removably secured to a distal end thereof. The dispenser engages the support arm adjacent the opening and retains the support arm in position relative to the reservoir.

Abstract: A cleaning utensil includes an elongated handle having proximal and distal ends and a substantially spherical sponge having a cavity for fixedly receiving and retaining the distal portion of the elongated handle. The sponge is formed from material having a first predetermined softness and at least one abrasive scouring element is fixedly attached to a portion of the surface of the spherical sponge. The at least one abrasive scouring element is formed from material having a second predetermined softness where the second predetermined softness is greater in abrasiveness than the first predetermined softness to facilitate cleaning of lightly and heavily soiled areas, respectively.

Abstract: A squeegee-type cleaning implement has a wiping assembly including a plurality of spaced implements for wiping moisture from the surface to be cleaned, and a handle pivotally connected to the wiping assembly by a hinge. The hinged attachment of the wiping assembly to the handle allows the squeegee to clean the surface (e.g., a window pane) either from top to bottom or from side to side using continuous strokes. The wiping assembly is constructed so that a first one of the implements (which are, e.g., straight blades) precedes a second one of the implements when the implements are wiped over the surface. The first, leading blade is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the surface to maintain the second, trailing blade in contact with the surface at an angle of approximately 45 degrees over the range of travel of the trailing blade across the surface. The blades are spaced by approximately the blade height.

Abstract: A headlight cleaner for a vehicle including a brush head; a brush handle having a tip end coupled to the brush head, a base end, and a bend therebetween to thereby define a straight short segment and a straight long segment; a straight squeegee handle having a tip end and a base end coupled to the base end of the brush handle; and an elongated squeegee coupled to the tip end of the squeegee handle.

Abstract: A cleaning tool having a basic body which exhibits a handle and a holding device for the reception of a liquid-absorbing element for moistening an object to be wiped, most particularly a flat surface. The cleaning tool also has a mounting for a scraping element for sweeping the object in order to dry it, wherein the holding device is disposed between the mounting and the handle in such a way that, by changing the inclination of the basic body relative to the object, the latter can either be moistened or the moisture upon the object can be stripped off by the cleaning tool, and in a sweeping setting of the cleaning tool, the swept-off moisture being able to be absorbed by the liquid-absorbing element. The basic body may be pivotable relative to the handle from a first spring-loaded position into a second spring-loaded position. The scraping element may have two rubber lips. A wiping cloth, preferably having a cross section which is V-shaped, may be held by the holding device.

Abstract: A window cleaning device of the type having a handle, a head attached to the handle and a sponge mounted in a longitudinal channel in the head of the washer is provided. A net-like web envelops the sponge. The cleaning device includes an improved stiffener having an elongate body provided with a pair of shoulders extending along the body on both sides thereof. A plurality of protrusions are integrally formed with and extend outwardly from the shoulders on both sides of the elongate body. The stiffener has a pair of flanges one located at each end of the elongate body for locating the body in the channel and preventing movement of the body in the channel. The protrusions act to compress multiple portions of the sponge between the ends of protrusions and the channel walls which creates a plurality of highly compressed areas at these points adjacent less compressed areas between the highly compressed areas into which excess sponge can flow.

Abstract: A paint trimming apparatus is described which includes a body and a pad removably secured to the body. The pad has a top, a bottom and an edge angled outwardly from the top toward the bottom. The edge is covered with a liquid impermeable membrane. A guide support is pivotally secured to the body and moveable between a first position covering the impermeable membrane and a second position spaced from the pad. A guide blade is removably secured to the guide support. A handle is secured to the body. The paint trimming apparatus, as described, reduces the frequency of fouling and is easier to clean when fouled by paint.

Abstract: A car-cleaning implement (1) comprises a spongy resiliently-flexible liquid-absorbent block (2) having an exposed face (3) for applying soapy water, and its opposite face sheathed with a thin flexible skin (4) which is not water absorbent and is formed with parallel ribs (5) extending between opposite ends of the block. By inverting the block after washing off the soapy water, the ribbed skin can be used to remove water droplets from the painted surface of the car without streaking.

Abstract: A window cleaning apparatus for the removal of water, snow, ice and dirt from the windows of a motor vehicle is provided. The window cleaning apparatus comprises a larger cleaning member and a smaller cleaning member. Both the larger and the smaller cleaning members have a handle and a wiper lip. The smaller cleaning member fits on and is releasably connected to the handle of the larger cleaning member.

Abstract: A window cleaning device of the type having a handle, a head attached to the handle and a sponge mounted in a longitudinal channel in the head of the washer is provided. A net-like web envelops the sponge. The cleaning device includes an improved stiffener having an elongate body provided with a pair of shoulders extending along the body on both sides thereof. A plurality of protrusions are integrally formed with and extend outwardly from the shoulders on both sides of the elongate body. The stiffener has a pair of flanges one located at each end of the elongate body for locating the body in the channel and preventing movement of the body in the channel. The protrusions act to compress multiple portions of the sponge between the ends of protrusions and the channel walls which creates a plurality of highly compressed areas at these points adjacent less compressed areas between the highly compressed areas into which excess sponge can flow.

Abstract: A window washing tool includes a sponge-like applicator for applying water and cleaning fluid to a window and a resilient squeegee blade in a head portion of the tool. An elongate handle is attached to the head. A rear bar of a pair of hinged blade wiping bars is hingedly attached to the head portion to be moved from a rear retracted position to a forward position. A flexible tube is attached to a front wiping bar and extends along the handle. A knob at a distal end of the tube is operable to move the wiping bars from the rear retracted position to the forward position in which the wiping bars clamp on the edge of the squeegee bar, and to return the wiping bars to the retracted position, thereby absorbing and expressing cleaning fluid to provide a relatively dry squeegee blade for subsequent use.

Abstract: In order that liquid swept up by blades is introduced positively into a baseplate section to elevate a recovery percentage of liquid, the baseplate section is adapted to include an open section positioned on the upper end portion of the blades along them and which is opened forwardly in the operating direction of the squeegee, and a trough-like section for introducing liquid having a profile which is defined in such that its axial direction extends along the upper end portion of the blades and its wall surface protrudes backwardly in the operating direction, whereby liquid swept up by these blades is transferred from the lower end portion of the blades to the upper end portion thereof to be introduced into the section for introducing liquid.

Abstract: An easily manufactured and inexpensive window cleaning device has identical upper and lower plates forming a head for receiving a sponge and a squeegee on opposite sides. The upper and lower plates have a horizontal section and opposite longitudinal edges. A radial clamping section of each plate is disposed at one longitudinal edge for clamping to the sponge. An L-shaped shoulder is disposed at the opposite edge, for engaging a complementarily shaped foundation spline of the squeegee, from which the blade of the squeegee protrudes. The two plates are of identical shape, being placed in mirror image position when attached together, for example using rivets that also attach a stem for receiving a handle. The sponge is secured within the radial sponge clamping section without the need of an internal stiffener, and the squeegee blade is oriented to an advantageous angle by the channel formed by the opposing L-shaped shoulders.

Abstract: A window cleaning device adapted to clean facing surfaces of closely spaced parallel windows is made of an elongated head member having scrubber material associated therewith, and a rigid elongated straight handle which joins the head member in T-configuration. The head member has a central portion terminating in flexing regions, and rigid outer portions emergent from the flexing regions. When the head member is inserted between the windows, and the handle is twisted about its axis, the rigid outer portions are deflected in opposite directions away from the handle and thereby contact both facing window surfaces.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning apparatus for surfaces, more particularly window panes. It mainly comprises a handle 1 and a two-part holder 4 for rod-shaped or strip-shaped cleaning elements 8 which is releasably attached to the handle 1. The releasable connection comprises: a forwardly open inner sleeve 2 which is formed on the handle 1 and has diametrically opposite axial slots 11, 12; an outer sleeve 3, mounted rotatably but axially non-displaceably on the inner sleeve 2; and a pin 5, 6 which is inserted in the inner sleeve 2 and is divided into two in the axial direction. The outer sleeve 3 has an internal screwthreading 16, 17 recessed by axial grooves 18, 19 at two diametrically opposite places. By the rotation of the outer sleeve 3 in relation to the inner sleeve 2, the grooves 18, 19 can be brought into alignment with the slots 11, 12.

Abstract: A mopping system comprising a scoop pan with a two stage ramp for conveying liquid waste material to an open topped container and a mop support for releasably captively supporting a mop having a mop head, whereby the scoop pan can be manipulated by the mop. The ramp has two serially disposed ramps separated by a gully. The container may lead to a removable storage container or may be arranged to receive and support a liner into which the liquid or waste material passes from the ramp. The mop handle includes storage for liquid to be fed to a foam pad on the mop head.

Abstract: The multi-purpose cleaning device defines a head with a portion on which is placed a wiping blade. The head has an underneath part for supporting a spongy body and is provided with a stirrup including at least one scraping rib. A handle is provided for carrying the head and contains a treatment agent which is projected by actuating a trigger.

Abstract: A squeegee or like cleaning appliance, particularly for cleaning window panes and floors having a holder-handle assembly into which can be removably inserted a replaceable cleaning element. The holder is provided with a pivotally mounted fastening apparatus which directly contacts a removably inserted cleaning element that is somewhat rectangular in shape. The fastening apparatus has an open position and a closed position. To remove or insert the cleaning element, the fastener is pivoted to the open position wherein the fastening means does not exert force on the cleaning element. Once the cleaning element has been inserted into the holder, the fastener is moved to the closed position, the fastening apparatus exerting pressure upon the cleaning element. The holder is designed so that the fastener fits snugly when in the closed position. This prevents the cleaning element from sliding in the holder while being used. The fastening apparatus can be opened and closed repeatedly without losing its effectiveness.

Abstract: An attachment for a squeegee includes a resilient mounting member to which a liquid applicator is connected. The liquid applicator preferably comprises a water retentive pad or the like, and the mounting member is preferably formed of a resilient material, such as plastic, which is adapted for connection to the squeegee. The resilient mounting of the pad to the squeegee urges the liquid applicator against the surface being cleaned, and the pad is maintained in a position adjacent the squeegee blade when the blade is placed on the surface.

Abstract: A hand tool for cleaning smooth surfaces having a holder in the form of a flat box; a sponge block and a squeegee, spaced apart from and parallel to the sponge block; a swivelable handle disposed on the holder, on an incline and laterally about an axis extending vertically to the holder and an axis extending parallel to the holder, with two joints, disposed one above the other, with both joints locked in a particular handle position by a common locking and unlocking element in the form of a bolt-shaped and/or bush-shaped slide.

Abstract: A vehicle implement comprising a head carried by a handle, a first seat provided along a longitudinal edge of said head and arranged to receive a rubber strip for drying windows, a second seat provided along the opposing longitudinal edge of said head and arranged to receive, as required a brush for snow removal or a sponge for washing windows and/or other vehicle surfaces, and an ice scraper housed extractably in said head, said first and second seat for receiving said rubber strip and said brush or sponge comprising screws for locking the elments contained in said seats.

Abstract: The cleaning tool has a side of nylon mesh which provides a grate-like surface for the removal of frost or the like off the inner surface of a windshield. The opposite side of the tool has extensions which project from a chamois-like surface. The extensions include a squeegee for removal of moisture and frost dislodged by the mesh and a hard plastic scraper that can remove ice off the external surface of the windshield. The cleaning tool, in an alternate embodiment can be presented in a mitt configuration and may only have a single extension from the chamois-like surface of the tool.

Abstract: The invention relates to a window cleaning device in which a cleaning member having a squeegee and scraper arranged along opposite longitudinal edges thereof is in the form of a U-shaped channel in which the handle and a retainer for the handle are pivotally arranged and compactly positioned, when not in use, for storage in a glove compartment or map pocket of an automobile.

Abstract: A squeegee is disclosed having a housing which is capable of being unfolded for use. The housing, which may, preferably, be made of any durable material is preferably rectangular in shape with a top surface and a bottom surface. Each surface preferably has a planar shape. If rectangularly-shaped, the housing is to have a plurality of side panels, three of which are affixed to the bottom surface. The fourth side panel is flexibly connected to both the bottom surface and the top surface, preferably by two hingeable connections. When in the closed, or folded position, the top surface is to rest on the plurality of panels, parallel to the bottom surface. A sponge is, preferably, removably affixed to the inner side of the top surface; a wiper blade is, preferably, removably affixed to the inner side of the flexibly connected panel. When the squeegee is unfolded, the sponge and the wiper blade may be used to clean a surface, such as an automobile windshield.

Abstract: A multistate aqueous precipitation removal tool designed to remove light ice, snow, slush, and liquid water from delicate aircraft airfoil surfaces, and to polish frost thereon without harming such surfaces. Materials of appropriate hardness and flexibility over a broad range of temperatures have been located and incorporated into a scraping/polishing/squeegeeing/shoveling tool for use in the aircraft industry for preparing aircraft for take-off after precipitation has occurred. When used for snow removal, the tool head is designed so that the snow being pushed ahead of the tool weights the head thereby forcing the scraping blade in closer contact with the surface operated on. This feature improves the efficiency of the instant invention for snow and ice removal while reducing operator fatigue since little downward pressure need be applied to the tool handle.

Abstract: Integrally molded impaling spikes are positioned in aligned longitudinally and transversely extending rows throughout substantially one side of an applicator head. A cleaning component is provided with a layer of fibers to be penetrated and engaged by the impaling spikes when the cleaning component is pressed against the applicator head so that lateral movement of the cleaning component is prevented during use of the cleaning device. The cleaning component may be easily stripped from the applicator head for replacement by another cleaning component.

Abstract: A device for simultaneously applying a solution to a surface and immediately thereafter wiping the surface free of excess solution. The device includes a handle provided with a pair of end extensions and a hollow member at the end of each extension, respectively. Each hollow member has a slot or opening therethrough facing away from the handle. A wiper member of resilient material is partially received within one of the hollow members and projects outwardly therefrom through said slot thereof. A body of absorbent material, such as sponge material or the like, is partially received in the other hollow member and projects outwardly through the slot thereof. The length of the handle is in the range of 4 to 9 inches so that the wiper member and body can simultaneously engage and move along the surface to be cleaned yet the user has sufficient control of the device to permit rapid cleaning and wiping of the surface in a single pass over the surface.

Abstract: A combination cleaning device is comprised of an elongate body formed of an integral extrusion of synthetic resinous material which generally defines three planes; one plane forming a squeegee blade, a second plane having a sponge platform and a sponge attached thereto and a connecting portion, with a handle secured thereto.

Abstract: An improved body squeegee for removal of excess water ancillary to towel drying which includes an elongated handle portion and an elongated generally elliptic head portion with at least one side of the head portion having an inset peripherally extending resilient and flexible blade of rubber like material. The central portion of the head is preferably a recessed spoon shape and the upper peripheral surface of the head is substantially flat. The resilient and flexible blade projects outwardly from the head member at an acute angle presenting a sharp and distinct edge but with the rubber like material being sufficiently soft to the feel so as not to scrape or irritate skin of the user. In an alternative form the head portion may include a brush or other scrubbing surface on the opposite side.

Abstract: A car washing means and method which includes; a paint-pad type holder and handle member having means for receiving and holding and pad member engaged there to, a pad member made and sized for use with the holder and handle member, and said pad member having a soft pliable sponge-like body portion, saturable with wash water upon being immersed in a pail thereof, with a more durable covering on the face and back edge thereof and including cut fibrous ends for longer lasting wash-wear life use thereof. And a wiper blade member provided on the holder for subsequent convenience and use.

Abstract: A window cleaning device includes a moistening member, a wiper blade and a handle, all of which are secured to a body member. The moistening member consists of a number of layers of a permeable skin which is wound without a core for holding a cleaning liquid, the skin having hair thereon for breaking a dirt film on a surface to be cleaned. The moistening member fits within a concave surface portion on the body member, the body member having a projecting edge extending longitudinally beneath the moistening member to prevent liquid from being discharged downwardly and wasted while the device is operated. The amount of liquid which can be held by the moistening member is thereby substantially increased.

Abstract: An improved window cleaning implement of the type including a support plate having a handle secured thereto and having a groove therein adjacent one end of the plate and extending transverse to the direction of movement of the plate during a cleaning operation, a wiper blade mounted on the plate within the groove for contacting the window during a cleaning operation, and a wiping cloth supported by the plate for contacting the window during a cleaning operation and having one end attached to one side of the wiper blade, wherein the improvement comprises an elastic strip extending from the other side of the wiper blade and having its free end secured to said one end of the support plate for floatably mounting the wiper blade within the groove, the groove being dimensioned so as to permit movement of the wiper blade therein during a cleaning operation.

Abstract: A pair of longitudinally extending channel members are releasably held together by clamping means, the channel members forming triangularly-shaped channels running across their upper and lower surfaces. A handle, in the form of a rod, is attached to the midpoint of one of the channel members. Cleaning tools, such as a brush, scraper, squeegee and sponge, have spines which can be inserted into the triangular channels of the channel members.

Abstract: A scrubbing attachment which includes a sleeve for a squeegee, engagement means to secure the squeegee to the inside of the sleeve, and absorbent material surrounding the sleeve particularly adapted for cleaning.

Abstract: A louvered window cleaning device. The device comprises a handle, and two sets of holders extend laterally in opposite directions from the handle. Absorbent pads or strips are clamped within the holders of one set and the pads are spaced apart to define a slot that receives the louver window section to be cleaned. By moving the device along the window section, opposite surfaces of the window section will be cleaned. Rubber-like blades or squeegees are secured to the second set of holders and are similarly spaced apart to define a slot that receives the window section. Movement of the squeegees across the window section serves to remove the water from the opposite surfaces of the window section.

Abstract: A squeegee has a handle, and includes an elongated blade holder disposed transverse thereto; the blade holder is formed with an elongated recess of T-shaped cross-section into which an elongated blade, having a matching T-shaped projection, fits, so that the blade is easily interchanged with another blade. A second and smaller handle formed with a blade gripper is slidably attached to the blade so as to remove moisture therefrom when sliding along the length thereof.

Abstract: A self-cleaning hand-held chalk board eraser is disclosed which includes a chalk trough for catching and collecting the loose chalk from a chalkboard, a roller, the outer surface of which is made of suitable chalk-erasing material, and a brush mounted in the eraser to remove the loose chalk from the roller material in such a way that the loose chalk becomes trapped in the chalk trough.

Abstract: A cleaning device for use on car windshields and shoes, the device being of the type having the cleaning elements mounted on a head carried by a manually engageable handle. The cleaning elements include a sponge, a window squeegee, a shoe scraper, and a shoe cleaning brush.