Abstract: A can cleaning device including a base having a cylindrical cross-section and an integral side wall to form a cavity for receiving the top of a can. A cleaning material is affixed to the base within the cavity to scrub the top of a can through manual manipulation of the device.

Abstract: A roller press comprised of two opposed porous tubular sleeves which are forced together to form a nip by inner driven rollers. Liquid from a mixture fed through the nip is forced into the porous rollers and is transported by them to another circumferential location where the liquid is forced out by a compressed air stream. Filtration belts cover portions of the porous rollers in the areas of the nip.

Abstract: A cleaner wherein the upper surface of a main body is provided with fasteners each of which includes a stopper arm portion which is opened and closed by slidably operating an opening and closing lever that is engageable with sides of the main body, while each side of the main body is provided with a pile composed of short tufts. A cloth having a larger area than that of the bottom of the main body is pierced with the pile to lock the same to the opposite sides of said main body, and the cloth is positively retained on the opposite sides of the main body by the stopper arm portions of the fasteners, so that the bottom of the main body is covered with the cloth.

Abstract: A windshield wiper installation in which at least one nozzle of a windshield washing system partakes in the pivot movements of the wiper arm. In order to avoid with certainty a scratching of the windshield, provision is made according to this invention that the washing liquid is sprayed in a focused jet from the base of the wiper arm directly along the wiper blade to the free end thereof on the forward side of the wiper blade as viewed in the respective wiping direction.

Abstract: An oral hygiene system including an aseptic container enclosing a disposable dental hygiene head having a socket for receiving a detachable handle having a male extension for penetrating the aseptic container to engage the socket of the head. The socket and male extension forming a fit which prevents rotation between the handle and head.

Abstract: A mop holder comprising a retainer and a mop gripper, both of them being of an inverted U-shaped section and the mop gripper being inserted in the retainer. A mop is gripped between the leg portions of the mop gripper by the engagement with stoppers formed on the inner surface of the mop gripper. The guide ridges formed on the mop gripper are adapted to engage the longitudinal flange formed on the retainer to keep the mop gripper from getting off the retainer.

Abstract: A mop adapted to be squeezed by a pair of rollers mounted on the mop itself. The mop has a handle, a wiper, a squeezing cover, and a pair of rollers mounted in oblique guide slits formed in the squeezing cover. When the squeezing cover is moved down the handle, the rollers are guided to move toward each other so that the wiper caught between the rollers will be tightly squeezed by and between the rollers.

Abstract: A portable surface treating apparatus is provided and has a head with means for treating a surface against which the head is swept, a non-straight elongate handle with spaced ends, structure for connecting one handle end to the head, and structure at the other end of the handle to be grasped by a user to facilitate manipulation of the head from a location remote from the head.

Abstract: The invention relates to a floor mop, which has a support for holding an attachment or the like provided on its underside with a plurality of fringes or the like, or with a raised-pile washing attachment or the like, consisting of two arms and a central piece, whereby the two arms of the support are pivotably linked to the central piece at their mutually facing frontal sides and the central piece is equipped with a handle holder mounted in the middle thereof.

Abstract: A device for wiping automobile windows is proposed. The wiper has a wiper arm that is guided displaceably, by means of a thrust crank mechanism, radially to the pendulum axis on a guide element driven for pendulum motion. On its free end, the wiper arm has a wiper blade placed against the window to be wiped. The guide element has a pendulum lever protruding beyond the pendulum axis, on which lever a gear wheel the axis of rotation of which is located parallel to the pendulum axis is rotatably supported. The gear wheel cooperates with a set of teeth connected to the chassis and concentric with the pendulum axis.

Abstract: A backing member of a wiperblade of a windshield wiper and comprising two elongated body elements extending parallel at a spaced apart relationship and extending substantially along the entire length of a blade rubber to which the backing member is mounted, a plurality of bridge portions being spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the backing member and connecting the body elements, the space between the body elements being adapted to receive a neck portion of the blade rubber, the bridge portions extending in the sidewise direction and above the body elements so as to define a space above the body elements for receiving a head portion of the blade rubber, and two longitudinally spaced apart pivot connections for connecting with a yoke member of the wiper. At least one of the pivot connections is adapted to permit relative longitudinal displacement of corresponding pivot connection of the yoke member. The curvature and the rigidity of the backing member are changed in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A chimney brush is mounted between two pulleys within the chimney for reciprocation along the length of the chimney for cleaning deposits from the chimney flue liner. A first pulley is mounted by a bracket on the chimney cap. A second pulley is mounted below the stove connection or thimbol, adjacent an access door to the second pulley. A crank arm is provided for rotation of this lower pulley so that a brush attached to a looped cable between the upper and lower pulleys may be reciprocated along the length of the chimney. A spring connection is provided between the cable and the brush to compensate for any stretching or expansion of the cable due to heating. One of the pulleys has a V groove to ensure frictional driving engagement with the cable. When not in use, the brush is disposed beneath the stove connection or thimbol of the chimney, thus only the cable remains in the chimney, minimizing interference with the smoke flow within the chimney.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting device for a wiper system of motor vehicles wherein the wiper system comprises a wiper arm (not shown) of which the front end is articulated to the superstructure (1) of the wiper blade in its medium portion and which comprises a control arm (4) of which the front end is articulated to said superstructure (1) at its rear end. The connecting device between the control arm (4) and the superstructure (1) consists of two elements (5, 6) of which one (5) is made of an elastomer material which has an elongate form and which is locally provided with a reduced transverse section (5a). This reduced transverse section (5a) allows the control arm (4) to take different angular positions with respect to the superstructure (1) of the wiper blade.

Abstract: An interdental toothbrush has a refill with a twisted wire stem which has a molded plastic encasement over the end thereof. A toothbrush handle has a hole with internal contours which complement the external contours of the plastic encasement. A sleeve slides over the hole to capture and entrap the brush.

Abstract: Novel, improved filaments for brushes. The filaments include a colored region provided by a dye colorant and the colored region is adapted to provide a color intensity which can change in response to increased use of the filament to provide a signal indicative of filament wear. The filaments are particularly useful in toothbrushes.

Abstract: An improved toothbrush design incorporating a bristle head including a fixed obtuse angle. This toothbrush is designed to be the sole implement needed for dental hygiene. The angled bristle head provides superior cleansing of the lingual, buccal, embrasure, and distal aspects of the teeth and gums.

Abstract: A dust mop is provided including a horizontally elongated head assembly and incorporating at least one pair of elongated, longitudinally extending and spaced apart primary mop head sections. The primary mop head sections are vertically spaced apart and interconnected by an inclined connecting section extending and secured therebetween. The horizontal and vertical spacing between the primary sections coincides with the horizontal and vertical spacing between adjacent bleacher row seats and the mop head has one end of a handle pivotally supported from the inclined connecting section thereof.

Abstract: A windshield wiper includes an arm head connected to a driving motor and rotatably connected to a pivot shaft, and a wiper arm supported on the arm head and connected to a wiper blade. The arm head has a first head portion rotatably supported on the pivot shaft, and a second head portion connected to the first head portion and rotatable around an axis which is generally perpendicular to the axis of the pivot shaft. A mechanism is provided for rotating the second head portion with respect to the first head portion in response to the rotation of the first head portion around the pivot shaft.

Abstract: An anti-electrostatic brush comprising handle means (1,3:1', 3') leading to receiving means for bristle support means (2,2') with said support means being located in the receiving means and having bristles (21, 21') extending therefrom, characterized in that the bristle support means (2,2') is electrically conductive and has an extension portion (22') or extension portions (22) extending towards the handle means (1,3:1', 3') and to a region (23, 23') where said portion(s) will be contacted by the hand of a user during normal brushing operations.

Abstract: A toothbrush has a brush portion pivotally connected to the handle. The head portion of the toothbrush may be provided with a pair of opposed facing brushes for simultaneously brushing both sides of a tooth. Three different pivotal mechanisms may be utilized for securing the head portion of the toothbrush to the handle at a selected angular adjustment. In a first embodiment, a slip ring is utilized to squeeze a collet around a pivot ball. In a second embodiment, a pivot ball is retained in adjusted position by frictional engagement with a socket in the handle of the brush. In a third embodiment, a threaded sleeve is utilized to lock a pivot ball attached to the head portion of the toothbursh in an adjusted position.