Abstract: A trash picker comprising a handle, a block at one end of said handle normally disposed thereto, a plurality of spikes mounted in said block to extend normally therefrom in a direction remote from said handle. A stripper plate having a plurality of holes therein to accommodate said spikes that pass therethrough. First end flanges disposed on said stripping plate which flanks said block and extends upwardly towards said handle. Second end flanges slideably disposed over said first end flanges and provided with screw and slot means to fasten said first and second flanges together and therefor the user may vary their combined extent, a pressure plate connected to said second end flanges at an area remote from and parallel to said stripper plate overlying a portion of said handle and above said block, and spring means connected from said handle to said pressure plate so that said stripper plate is normally in a position to leave said spikes exposed.

Abstract: A device for cleaning the human tongue is disclosed and includes an elongate handle having a support frame extending from one end thereof and a fibrous cleaning member slidably carried on the support frame. The opposed end of the handle is disposed substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the handle to form a pistol grip or handle. The cleaning member is carried by the support frame in depending tracks and is slidable along the longitudinal axis of the tool so that when the fibrous cleaning member is brought into contact with the dorsum or top surface of the tongue and either held in place and the tongue moved against it or being moved back and forth against the tongue, the fibrous material is capable of removing foreign matter which might otherwise remain on the surface thereof.

Abstract: A sponge mop retainer is attached to the end of a handle with a sponge member removably secured within the retainer. The retainer keeps the sponge member from rolling out when the mop is in use by tending to adhere to a surface while it allows the sponge member to be removed when the sponge member is worn out or dirty. The sponge member has four opposed longitudinal slits, one on each of four opposed surfaces. The retainer has a top wall and two side walls with the bottom edges of the two side walls having flanges which project inwardly, substantially toward one another. The free edges of each of the flanges have enlargements, substantially along their length, of a greater thickness than the thickness of the flanges which are engaged in two of the opposed slits to oppose movement of the sponge member away from the retainer.

Abstract: Roller cover support consists of blow molded sleeve having plural protruding ribs to frictionally retain the roller cover in place. The ends of the sleeve are molded to receive and mount end caps thereon which include suitable bearings for the roller frame shaft and provide some support against collapse or flattening out of the sleeve during use under pressure. The O.D. of the end caps and adjacent ends of the sleeve are slightly smaller than the I.D. of the roller cover for normal concentricity and guidance of the roller cover onto the sleeve, and the ends of the ribs are tapered to wedge the roller cover on. When the roller frame shaft extends all the way through the roller support, perforations may be placed along the length of the sleeve to provide for drainage of any water or other liquid that may seep into the interior of the sleeve through the end cap bearings during clean up.

Abstract: A wire or band strapping machine comprises a driven roll pair for feeding a wire or band towards a guide loop about an object to be strapped as well as a driven roll pair for reversing the direction of movement of the wire or band to draw the same out of the guide and about the object, said pairs of driven rolls being placed at a distance above each other with the wire or band approaching the loop along a vertical U-shaped path with the feeding and reversing roll pairs operating on the upper and lower horizontal legs of that path. The motor drives the feeding roll pair by an endless member while the reversing roll pair is driven by the endless member between the two roll pairs.

Abstract: Squeegee construction for showerbath surfaces which is water impervious. The squeegee construction comprises a hollow, relatively rigid, plastic T-shaped handle mounting an extruded integral squeegee that is formed of two different durometers of plastic material. A rigid backbone portion engages in between rigid non-spreadable jaws defined by an elongate groove formed in the crossbar portion of the handle requiring an endwise entry and an elastomeric squeegee blade protrudes from the crossbar to provide the squeegee function. The squeegee is secured by means of protrusions extending from the rigid backbone into openings formed in the crossbar portion of the handle.

Abstract: A roofing mop having a tubular support member about which depending mop head strands are peripherally secured as doubled-over hanks of such strands, and within the upper end of which tubular support member a mop handle is removably secured, the lower end of the tubular support member having coaxially secured thereto a circular disc of comparatively large diameter operative to redirect the depending mop strands radially outwardly of the mop head to provide for the spreading of a wide area of roofing tar in a single mopping stroke.

Abstract: A hand-operated cleaning brush having means for automatically turning the brush body in a one-touch operation is provided. The cleaning brush comprises a handle, a brush holder having a hollow boss which is rotatably, upwardly and downwardly mounted on a shaft projecting downwardly from the brush holder into the hollow boss, a spring means arranged within the hollow boss to urge the brush body toward the brush holder, an actuating lever mounted on the brush holder and forked at its front end into two arms which cooperate with the boss such that when the actuating lever is operated the boss together with the brush body is pressed down against the force of the spring thereby releasing the boss from its locking position and causing it to rotate 180.degree. and to return to the position wherein the boss with the brush body is urged toward the brush holder to lock the brush body in place.

Abstract: A griddle cleaning pad holder comprised of a handle fastened to a flat base plate which is fitted with opposed inwardly facing rigid hooks capable of accommodating and holding therein an abrasive griddle cleaning pad. The hooks are disposed generally above the plane of the plate toward the handle so they will not contact the griddle surface when the pad is used. The preferred pad holder has protuberances covering the base plate surface to engage the pad surface in use.

Abstract: A disposable grease absorbing device has a pad of grease absorbent material. A sheet of liquid-impervious material is affixed to the grease absorbent material and covers one of the surfaces thereof. A sheet of wrapping material larger than approximately half the area of a surface of the pad is affixed next-adjacent the liquid-impervious material to form a main pocket and is folded over on itself to form an inner pocket. After use, when the grease absorbent material is saturated with grease, it is foldable in a manner whereby the wrapping material restrains it in folded condition with the liquid-impervious material on the outside, so that the grease does not contact or stain anything other than the pad.

Abstract: Devices are disclosed for cleaning, dusting, mopping or applying fluids to floors. A unique feature is the provision of means which enables a handle to be attached to the device while, at the same time, wedgingly securing portions of a cloth or mop to the device. Another feature involves the provision of extension plates and extension wings for increasing the effective length of the device to accommodate it to the use of cloths, mops, and the like of different lengths. A further feature includes the transposition or inversion of parts of the device to accommodate it to the use of different types of applicator cloths. Still another feature relates to the use of clamping members of unique construction for clamping thereto various types of cleaning cloths and the like.

Abstract: A mop having a parallelepiped body of which the front and the rear surfaces extend downwardly and forwardly, and a rod handle fixed to the top of the parallelepiped body. The rod handle is so arranged that the rod handle extends in a plane parallel with the front surface of the parallelepiped body. In the under surface of the parallelepiped body, there are attached a plurality of elastic strands under and by which is held a wiping cloth.

Abstract: A cleaning device, for the removal of contaminants from the grooves of gramophone records, is of the kind having a rod-like scouring element adapted to pass down into the groove at least partially towards the base of the groove, a reservoir for supplying cleansing liquid to the scouring element, and means for supporting the scouring element in relation to a rotating record, the scouring element being resiliently bendable and/or the supporting means providing resilient support of the scouring element. A supporting means is so arranged that the longitudinal axis of the scouring element may lie in a plane which is substantially normal to the groove radius at the point of contact, and with the longitudinal axis of the scouring element forming less than a right angle, preferably within the range 30.degree. to 45.degree. and most preferably approximately 35.degree., with the plane of the record downstream of the point of contact, i.e.

Abstract: The golf club washer has a liquid containing box structure. The box structure has a hinged upper portion. The upper portion has an open top surface. Two spongeous rolls are mounted in the upper portion of the box so that a narrow gap exists therebetween. The rolls are suspended so a club can have its top surface abut the lower portion of the rolls. The spongeous rolls have their outer surface lined with a synthetic grass. The synthetic grass has a web with a plurality of apertures therethrough and resilient grass-like bristles outwardly extending from the web. The bottom portion of the box structure is lined with a synthetic grass and a plastic container is placed therein. A solution can be placed within the plastic container. A golf club is manually washed by being inserted through the gap and rubbed against the synthetic grass bristled surface. The spongeous rolls are depressable by a club and allow passage of the club through the enlarged gap to the interior of the box structure.

Abstract: A flexible matting for use at an entrance porch, corridor, veranda, pool-side, interior floor of automobiles, etc. This matting consists of a base on which tread bars and rows of ridges bearing piles are arranged in a definite direction with appropriate spacings between them so that the mud adhered to shoes can be removed by the piles and collected in the grooves formed between the ridges. Thus, the removal of mud from the present matting is very easy as compared with a conventional one.

Abstract: A disposable waterproof glove comprises an outside layer which is a laminar pile surfaced material with the pile surface outermost and first and second inside water impervious layers of thermoplastic film, the three layers being superimposed and joined together around three edges to form a glove having an open end. The laminar pile surfaced material is formed by feeding a thermoplastic material and a porous backing to a heated surface with the thermoplastic material between the backing and the heated surface so that the thermoplastic softens and bonds to the backing as well as adhering to the heated surface so that the combination of the thermoplastic and peeling the backing away from the heated surface draws the thermoplastic into fibrils or tufts to provide a pile surface on the porous backing.

Abstract: A tool for manually cleaning the grout between tiles affixed to a wall. The tool has a substantially pear-shaped handle with a large and a small end. A blade is secured in a slot bifurcating the small end having teeth along one edge and protruding from the handle. The teeth are finely and selectively spaced and dimensioned and aligned in a straight line to remove small grout particles when the handle is manually reciprocated. The blade has perforations which are aligned with holes extending through the smaller end of the handle. Screws extend through the holes and perforations from one side of the handle to the other to clamp the blade securely in the slot.

Abstract: A broom is provided having a handle formed of convolutely wound and glued paper, with a wooden plug insert at one end for attachment of the broom and its end wire binding or end cover, a cap being provided on the free end of the handle.

Abstract: The assembly includes a support means having a plurality of longitudinally extending, parallel rods or tabs shaped to removably receive a semi-cyclindrical splash shield in spaced relationship to a paint roller. A hub connects the rods or tabs and is rotatably secured to a stub-shaft which is coaxial with the roller shaft. The stub-shaft may be permanently fixed to the handle section of the roller assembly or to a spring clip or the like which is removably secured to the handle section. A screw or the like may be used to secure the hub to the stub-shaft or the roller shaft. The entire shield support means is selectively rotatable so that the shield may be disposed on either side of the paint roller.

Abstract: A lineal slide retractable grooming brush consisting of a brush housing provided with a plurality of bristle openings in the bottom thereof and having a slide actuator control peg access slot along each side thereof. A bristle brush back plate member having a plurality of downwardly extending bristles is provided within the housing so that the bristles are in register with the bristle openings in the bottom of the brush housing. The bristle brush back plate member is provided with cam follower pins extending outwardly from each side thereof. A U-shaped slide actuator is slidably mounted within the brush housing so as to straddle the bristle brush back plate member in such a manner that the cam follower pins thereof slidably engage ramped cam grooves provided in the inside surface of the side walls of the slide actuator. The slide actuator is provided with control pegs which extend outwardly from the sides thereof through the control peg access slots provided in the sides of the brush housing.