Patents Examined by Randall E. Chin
  • Patent number: 11910902
    Abstract: The invention provides a device (1) connectable to an apparatus (1000) with a rotational driving element (1001), the device (1) comprising a connector element (58) for functional coupling to the apparatus (1000), wherein the connector element (58) is configured to be detachably attached to the apparatus (1000), a receiving element (10) for functionally coupling to the rotational driving element (1001), wherein the receiving element (10) has an axis of rotation (A), a base (20) suitable to be connected to a skin treatment element (200), a rotational coupling mechanism (30) for rotationally coupling of the base (20) with the receiving element (10), and an oscillation generator (40) configured to introduce an oscillation movement (45) to the base (20) parallel to the axis of rotation (A) during rotation of the base (20) with a base rotation frequency, based on a periodical repulsion or attraction of a first permanent magnet (41) and a second permanent magnet (42) comprised by the oscillation generator (40), indu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Godlieb, Sint Baron
  • Patent number: 11912559
    Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning a dispensing nozzle assembly of a beverage dispenser is disclosed. The dispensing nozzle assembly may include a macro-ingredient/diluent outlet and a number of micro-ingredient outlets surrounding the macro-ingredient/diluent outlet. The cleaning device may include a handle, a head end rotatably attached to the handle, a guidance protrusion extending from the head end, a first set of bristles extending from the head end and surrounding the guidance protrusion, and a second set of bristles extending from the head end adjacent to the first set of bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Damian James Reec Mycroft, Christopher Dennis, Kok Seng Lee, Brian Barrett
  • Patent number: 11896180
    Abstract: A floor cleaning system having a flat headed mop is provided. The system includes a bucket having a plurality of compartments. At least one compartment is provided for cleaning the flat headed mop to remove dirt and debris accumulated during use. A second compartment is provided for recharging the mop pad with water or a cleaning solution. At least one wringing device is operably coupled to one of the plurality of compartments. The at least one wringing device having an extractor element to remove at least a portion of water or cleaning solution from the mop pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Unger Marketing International, LLC
    Inventors: Robert F. Smith, Joseph K. Patterson, William Harrington, Paul H. Adams
  • Patent number: 11896178
    Abstract: A cleaning assembly for a cleaning robot is provided. The cleaning assembly includes a motor, a transmission mechanism coupled with the motor, and a cleaning device comprising a shaft having a first gear coupled with the transmission mechanism and a cleaning module mounted to an end of the shaft. The transmission mechanism is configured to drive the shaft to rotate through the first gear. The shaft is configured to move axially. The cleaning module is configured to clean a surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: Yunjing Intelligence Innovation (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Yunjing Intelligence (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junbin Zhang, Weijing Lin, Xingyan Li
  • Patent number: 11896116
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush rotating replacement head device includes a toothbrush replacement head body. The toothbrush replacement head body includes a toothbrush handle and a toothbrush head, the toothbrush handle defines a cavity, the toothbrush head is disposed on a top of the cavity, an inside of the cavity is provided with an elastic connecting rod, a bottom of the elastic connecting rod is provided with a spring limiting disc, a top of the elastic connecting rod defines a first pin hole, the elastic connecting rod is disposed in a compression spring, and the compression spring is disposed on the spring limiting disc. The toothbrush head includes a convex block, the convex block defines a second pin hole, and the elastic connecting rod is inserted into the second pin hole and connected to the toothbrush head through the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN BLUE DREAM DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingyuan Li
  • Patent number: 11884498
    Abstract: A pool cleaning robot that may include a filtering unit for filtering fluid; a housing that at least partially surrounds the filtering unit; an impeller configured to induce fluid to pass through the filtering unit when rotated at a first direction; a pump motor for rotating the impeller; a drive system; first interfacing elements that are configured to interface with the pool during at least a part of a cleaning process of the pool; and at least one second interfacing element that extends outside a bottom of the housing without reaching a virtual plane defined by bottoms of at least two of the first interfacing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MAYTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Shay Witelson
  • Patent number: 11883860
    Abstract: Methods of using an integrated scraper-sponge having a scraper layer with and edge and fixed between the first and second sponge and/or abrasive layers. The scraper sponge is wetted and applied to a surface that is contaminated. The scraper-sponge is moved about the contaminated surface or dabbed onto the surface. The wet sponge portion loosens residue while the scraper edge scrapes residue from the surface as the scraper is moved about the contaminated surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Sani Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jamie Kersey, Daniel Biagi
  • Patent number: 11877643
    Abstract: A tracking attachment for an oral care implement that includes a housing and a tracking unit configured to track position, orientation, or movement of the oral care implement. The housing may define a receiving cavity that is configured to receive a portion of the oral care implement. The housing may include a first housing portion having an inner surface that defines a first portion of the receiving cavity that is open at both of the first and second ends of the first housing portion and a second housing portion that mates with the first housing portion to detachably couple the second housing portion to the first housing portion. The second housing portion may have an inner surface that defines a second portion of the receiving cavity that is open at the second end of the second housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wu Yang, Takahide Okai
  • Patent number: 11871838
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include a heat brush with a handle and a base. The base includes a heating surface and a bristle that has a protrusion. The protrusion may have any of several structures. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: IBEAUTY BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Liam Ben-David, Zhi Yong Deng
  • Patent number: 11864715
    Abstract: Provided is an autonomous coverage robot including: a chassis; a set of wheels; a plurality of sensors; and a mopping assembly including: a fluid reservoir for storing a cleaning fluid; a cloth for receiving the cleaning fluid, wherein the cloth is oriented toward a work surface; a means to move at least the cloth of the mopping assembly up and down in a plane perpendicular to the work surface, wherein the means to move at least the cloth of the mopping assembly up and down is controlled automatically based on input provided by at least one of the plurality of sensors; and a means to move at least a portion of the mopping assembly back and forth in a plane parallel to the work surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: AI Incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Renee Bautista, Soroush Mehrnia
  • Patent number: 11849896
    Abstract: A cleaning device for a floor mopping machine comprises a bucket body for containing water, wherein a water removal member and a water feeding mechanism for conveying water from the bucket body to a wiping object of a floor mopping machine are arranged in the bucket body. During cleaning, the water feeding mechanism runs to convey water to the wiping object; and when water is removed, the water feeding mechanism stops running, and the wiping object of the floor mopping machine is wiped with the water removal member. Power of the water feeding mechanism is used for water feeding, and a wiping head is automatically cleaned, and can be wiped dry without any other operation after being cleaned; and the cleaning device is simple in structure, portable to use, less prone to damage and can be freely switched between a cleaning mode and a wipe-drying mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: FORT PLASTIC & METALWORK (JIAXING) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Xuan Li, Jing Li, Hao Chen, Hongwei Liu, Yongjian Zhang, Bin Wu
  • Patent number: 11850107
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices and medical device accessories. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a tool or accessory for cleaning a medical device. For example, the tool or accessory may clean a fluid delivery lumen of an endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) knife. The tool or accessory may include a housing with a first portion of an elongate member secured within a first portion of the housing and a second portion of the elongate member extending into a chamber of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Allyn N. Jensrud, Todd M. Pfizenmaier, Kathleen M. Laliberte, Rachael Campion
  • Patent number: 11839341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-performance adhesive roll cleaner including: an adhesive tape roll formed by winding an adhesive tape, having an adhesive layer formed on one surface of a warp-knitted fabric base layer, so that the adhesive layer faces outward; and a support body configured to rotatably support the adhesive tape roll; wherein the warp-knitted fabric base layer may be continuously cut at intervals of 2 mm. The present invention may provide remarkable advantages in that the adhesive tape may be easily cut at a desired position during use, and may be used repeatedly due to the excellent initial tack thereof, so that the economic efficiency thereof may be maximized while the waste thereof is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: RAONTRM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 11832704
    Abstract: Cosmetic applicators, blenders and aids, and more particularly to a resilient blender that includes an open-cell memory foam surface component that is easily cleanable or disposable in combination with a resilient core component. Further, the core component of the system includes a spring structure for greatly accelerating the rebound of the blender surface from a compressed state to a repose memory or de-compressed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: John H. Shadduck
  • Patent number: 11832715
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a skin treatment device, comprising a shaver handle housing, a detachable brush head pivotably supported by the shaver handle housing about at least one brush head pivot axis (I) and a gearing mechanism. The shaver handle housing comprises a drive unit for driving at least one drive pin in a rotatory oscillating manner with a first amplitude about an oscillation axis (II) which is at least substantially perpendicular to the at least one brush head pivot axis (I). The brush head comprises a brush rotatable about a brush axis (III) which is at least substantially perpendicular to the at least one brush head pivot axis (I). The brush comprises at least one driven element coupled to the at least one drive pin by means of the gearing mechanism, wherein the gearing mechanism translates the rotatory oscillating movement of the drive pin into a rotatory oscillating movement of the driven element with a second amplitude which is smaller than the first amplitude of the drive pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Braun GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten Piesker, Xinwu Lai, Tiandong Guo
  • Patent number: 11832776
    Abstract: A mop self-lifting cleaning tool includes a mop and a mop bucket. The mop head of the mop includes a fixed plate and a lifting plate. The fixed plate is connected to the mop rod. The lifting plate is connected to the fixed plate. A gap is provided between the lifting plate and the fixed plate, where the gap is increasingly smaller from the center of the lifting plate to the periphery of the lifting plate. A drive member is located in the gap. When the drive member is located at an end with a larger space of the gap, the lifting plate is located at a low position; and when the mop head rotates, the drive member is configured to move toward the periphery under an action of a centrifugal force and drive the gap to increase so as to elevate the lifting plate to a high position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HEBEI JIESHIBAO DAILY PLASTIC PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yongwang Ren
  • Patent number: 11832713
    Abstract: An electric utility brush with a dynamic brush head which has a rotatable head which is capable of undergoing rotation about two separate axes in order to effect multiple modes of brushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE CONSUMER HEALTHCARE (UK) IP LIMITED
    Inventors: David Diamond, Jean Diamond
  • Patent number: 11826010
    Abstract: A robotic vacuum cleaning apparatus comprises: a head; a suction element to facilitate suction cleaning of a ground surface via the head; and a cleaning element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas K. Schultheis, Toni L. Schultheis, Jethro Bennett
  • Patent number: 11819887
    Abstract: An automated or manual laser ablation system and method of use to enable safe, non-user-contact, rapid, and remote cleaning of industrial tubular equipment, e.g. heat-exchangers and reactors. The laser ablation system comprises: a fiber optic cable (12) with a laser probe output end (20), connected to an optics unit (5 or 6) enclosed within a laser probe housing (14). The optics unit comprises: a double convex and/or one or two plano-convex lens; and an Axicon prism, mirror cone, and/or galvo-scanning mirror to emit a rotating or a fixed circular beam. The laser beam cleans a plurality of reactor tubes' internal wall to cause the evaporation of deposit buildups and rust. The laser ablation system further comprises: an air vacuum system (30) positioned to cool the ablation system while removing the debris to a vacuum generator (35); and/or a push motor (60) that pushes and pulls the system through the tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Innovaneer, Inc.
    Inventor: Rami Mattar
  • Patent number: 11821567
    Abstract: A cleaning pig assembly is provided for use on a tubular drag conveyor. The assembly is quickly and easily mounted anywhere along the cable, chain, or rope via slots in the assembly components. The components include a puck, a plate, a drag disc, and a cleaning member or tool sandwiched between the puck and the plate. The drag disc provides interference fit on the cable, chain, or rope holding the assembly on the cable, chain, or rope and prevents sliding of the assembly along the cable, chain, or rope during use. The cleaning assembly is installed without the use of tools or clamps. Multiple interchangeable cleaning members are provided depending on cleaning needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Intraco, Inc.
    Inventor: Millard Manley Williams