Abstract: A prism-shaped sapphire blade is fixedly mounted in a mating groove of a holder by forming longitudinally extending opposed slots in the abutting faces of the blade and of the groove. A bonding material that sets up hard adhesively bonds the abutting surfaces and forms a key filling the opposed slots, to lock the blade in the holder.

Abstract: A buffing or polishing device characterized in its preferred embodiment by a hub comprised of a pair of generally dished or cup-shaped segments mounted in base abutted relation and having the base portions thereof adapted to connect to and be fixed for rotation with a drive shaft. The hub segments are identically constructed to include both male and female portions which are interfit and interlocked as the hub segments are placed in base abutted relation. They also include pins which coaxially dispose to provide anchor elements around which strip-like buffing or polishing elements are looped to have their respective ends diverge as they project outwardly from the hub. With the arrangement described, the divergent ends of the strips mutually combine to dispose as circumferentially and relatively widely spaced pairs, the elements of each pair being slightly convergent as they project in a sense radially of and outwardly from the hub.

Abstract: A support device for use with a towel or the like comprising a relatively rigid panel member, having an enlarged first end connected by a tapered mid-section to a narrow end of reduced thickness. A relatively flexible neck portion has a first end connected to the narrow end of the panel member, and has an aperture formed therein. A spring hook is received through the aperture to detachably retain a towel or the like on the panel member.

Abstract: A combined toothbrush whistle having a bristle portion and a shaft with a cover adapted to fit over the slide relative to the shaft. The cover has an opening in the cover wall for producing musical notes and a sheath located at one end of the cover for covering the bristle portion.

Abstract: A pair of juxta-posed rotatably mounted adjustable width rollers including a lead roller and a drip-catching follower roller to the axles of which a handle is pivotally attached for actuating the pair of rollers from a multiplicity of handle positions to apply the paint therewith to a surface.

Abstract: A dust mop provided with a mop head frame which has mounted thereon an attachment bridge for attaching the frame to a mop handle. The dust mop includes a dust mop head on the lower side of the frame which is provided with a fiber cloth backing material on the upper side thereof. A plurality of strips of releasable fastening means are mounted on the bottom side of the mop head frame, for releasably attaching the dust mop head on the lower side of the mop head frame.

Abstract: A sturdy mop mounting base having an elongated upper handle-receivable portion and lower face spaced-apart anchoring receptacles, with length thereof along an axis extending in alignment with the two receptacles being shorter than the width of a mop to be secured against that lower face, and a separate clamping element of a substantially U-shape having the legs thereof positioned to be anchored within the spaced-apart anchoring receptacles.

Abstract: A tool for cleaning dry and wet dirt has a handle carrying a Piassava type brush and a rubber scraping element or squeegee. The handle is secured to a flange having a coaxial extension fitting through an oblique hole in the brush head. The extension protrudes on the underside and is fitted with a wedge fastener. The rubber scraping element is carried by a bent plate secured to the topside of the brush head. This plate is apertured and grooved and engages non-rotatably with the flange extension.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning the grooves in the head of a golf club, the apparatus comprising a plurality of flexible prongs arranged in a row, the prongs having beveled scraping tips, means for mounting said prongs and a cover portion for fitting over the prongs.

Abstract: An applicator brush handle with a self contained attachment cap for sealing a container, with the cap closing the container in air tight relation, when not in use, and with the handle extending upward from the cap, which handle and cap are molded integrally to eliminate assembly. The brush projects into the container when not in use, and the cap or cover may be readily removed, as by unscrewing, or the like, when it is desirable to use the material within the container, such as glue, cement, paint or other liquid to be coated onto a surface. Provision is made for molding the cap or cover integrally with the handle and with the portion to which the brush bristles are attached. Further provision is made to mold a socket in the stem to receive the brush bristles.

Abstract: A mop frame assembly having an improved removable mop frame which firmly holds a mop pad in place yet permits easy removal. The mop frame is formed of a rigid base member having a pair of opposed S-shaped elongate stiff but flexible engaging members which mechanically firmly but removably engage a portion of a body member. The body member is attached to a mop handle holder, preferably by means of a positionable universal joint, while the base member is permanently fastened to a mop pad.

Abstract: A dust mop provided with a mop head frame which has means for attachment of the frame to a mop handle. A frame cover is mounted around about the mop head frame for encasing the same. A mop head is provided which includes a mop element on the lower side thereof and a fiber cloth backing material on the upper side thereof. A releasable hook fastening means is carried on the bottom side of the frame cover for releasably attaching the frame cover to the mop head.

Abstract: A replaceable buffing pad assembly including a hard surfaced, nonresilient, central support disc having first and second surfaces and defining a central opening therethrough. Drive means is disposed at the central opening for receiving a power tool to rotate the buffing pad. First and second layers of buffing material are secured on said first and second surfaces respectively. The layers of buffing material extend from the central opening on the support disc for a distance greater than the outer periphery of the support disc. The outer edges of the buffing material are secured to each other to form a continuous surface of buffing material.

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 mop holder comprising, in combination, a frame assembly comprising a longitudinal sheet metal frame, a pair of metallic wire frames and clamp members for connecting said sheet metal frame with said metallic wire frames, each of said metallic wire frames having a longitudinal outer leg, a pair of longitudinal inner legs connected to said outer leg through cornered ends respectively, and a pair of transverse legs connected to said inner legs respectively, said outer leg being outwardly convexed and elongated beyond said sheet metal frame, said metallic wire frames being arranged symmetrically with respect to a horizontal, longitudinal axis of said sheet metal frame so that the pair of inner legs of the first metallic wire frame and the pair of inner legs of the second metallic wire frame face each other with a small distance therebetween, and said clamp members being formed by curling edges of said sheet metal frame around the transverse legs of the metallic wire frames; and a pair of spaced standards extendi

Abstract: A novel structure for a blackboard eraser is provided wherein the eraser comprises a plurality of raised rows of two or more different erasing mediums such as brushes, fiber or cloths laterally spaced and extending parallel on a base support to form an eraser body. The body is connected at its two ends to a resilient dust-collecting frame flush with the raised erasing mediums so that when erasing the blackboard with the eraser the latter completely encloses the corresponding part of the blackboard, guiding the dust along the spaces between adjacent raised rows of erasing mediums and then collecting them in the frame, thereby preventing the dust from flying about and polluting the air. A chalk container may further be formed at the lower part of the eraser for holding the chalks.

Abstract: A device for letting a person to reach high up with a brush or scraper when refinishing a ceiling or wall; the device consisting of a long handle which at one end can be held in the hands, and the other end being fitted with a carriage bolt upon which there is mounted both a scraper and a paint brush, the carriage bolt having a shoulder that is either square or hexagonal for being fitted through a correspondingly same shaped opening in the scraper and brush so that these implements can each be independently turned and held in a desired direction such as up, sidewardly or diagonally so to reach a working area.

Abstract: A reversible sponge or foam rubber mop, brush or duster which includes a resiliently compressible block or sheet of a synthetic or sponge rubber generally square in configuration with its thickness substantially less than the length of its sides. The compressible block is arranged in a retainer of preferably resilient material which provides a holder for the resilient rubber block, the block being held in a folded condition. The block is frictionally engaged within the retainer by means of a T-shaped member having an elongate handle in the form of a mopstick passing through an opening in the block and an aligned opening in the retainer, the retainer having a flared entrance and an expanded interior so that the elongate handle of the T-shaped member may be inserted into the block, threaded through the opening in the retainer and the block pulled into the retainer by means of the handle pulling on the crossbar of the T, being held frictionally within the retainer during use.

Abstract: An arcuate scraper for concave surfaces, such as the inside surface of many automobile windshields, having an elongated handle with a forward end portion arcuate in transverse cross section, a scraping blade disposed transversally on the concave surface of the forward end of portion, a longitudinally movable slider connected with the blade for extending and retracting the scraping edge thereof with respect to the forward end of the handle and a tiltable keeper operatively related to the slider for locking same and the blade alternatively in blade-extended and blade-retracted positions.

Abstract: A roll of toilet paper which has web portions where the web is folded upon itself and provided with an inner film of cleansing composition and an outer barrier layer so that the film of cleansing composition cannot spread through the convolutions of the roll while at the same time the folded web portions will become unfolded during unwinding of the roll to expose the cleansing composition. After the film of cleansing composition and barrier layer are respectively deposited at opposite faces of the web at preselected areas therealong the web is folded upon itself at the areas where the film of cleansing composition is located and then the film of cleansing composition at each folded web portion is frozen to retain each web portion in its folded condition during winding of the web into a roll.