Patents Examined by Randall E. Chin
  • Patent number: 11596286
    Abstract: A wheel assembly for a robotic cleaner may include a frame, a moveable arm pivotally coupled to the frame, a driven wheel rotatably coupled to the moveable arm such that the driven wheel pivots with the moveable arm, and a biasing mechanism configured to urge the driven wheel towards an extended position, the biasing mechanism being coupled to the frame and spaced apart from the moveable arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Catriona C. A. Sutter, Ming Yao, William Wang, Andre D. Brown
  • Patent number: 11583157
    Abstract: A vertical surface cleaning device comprising a main body, a cleaning arm, a cleaning head, and leg mechanisms with grippers. The cleaning head applies a cleaning fluid on a surface to carry out a cleaning operation. A waste collector is provided to collect a waste material arising from the cleaning operation. The grippers may remain in a grip or in a release state. The segments of the leg mechanisms are articulatable to configure a first group of the leg mechanisms to stably hold the main body at a first place with the grippers remaining in the grip state. A second group of the leg mechanisms move in a desired direction with their grippers in release state while the first group stably holds the main body. The first group of the leg mechanisms then moves in the same direction while the second group holds the main body at a second place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: France Vezina
  • Patent number: 11576481
    Abstract: A head for an oral-care implement, having an elongated mounting surface with an outer circumference, includes two outer rows of tufts extending from the mounting surface along the longitudinal axis in proximity to the outer circumference, and two inner rows of tufts extending from the mounting surface and arranged between and parallel to the outer rows. The tufts of the outer rows have a longitudinal extension and an elongated cross-sectional area perpendicular thereto. The elongated cross-sectional area has a longer axis and a shorter axis, wherein the longer axis defines an angle ? of about 20-65 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis. The tufts of the outer rows are inclined relative to the mounting surface by an inclination angle (?) of about 65-80 degrees. The tufts of the inner rows are inclined relative to the mounting surface by an inclination angle (?) of about 60-85 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Uwe Jungnickel
  • Patent number: 11576550
    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 fluid. At least one wringer device is operably coupled to one of the plurality of compartments. The at least one wringer device having an extractor element to remove at least a portion of fluid from the mop pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: UNGER MARKETING INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen P. Huda, Joseph K. Patterson, Robert F. Smith, William Harrington
  • Patent number: 11571722
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a coke deposit from an internal surface of a process equipment, comprising removing at least a portion of the coke deposit from the internal surface using a flexible pig comprising a plurality of bristles, without damaging a metal protective layer of the internal surface of the process equipment. A flexible pig for cleaning a coke deposit from an internal surface of a process equipment without damaging a metal protective layer of the internal surface, comprising a flexible body formed of a polymeric material, and a plurality of bristles partially encapsulated by the polymeric material of the flexible body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP
    Inventor: Vincent dePaul McGahee
  • Patent number: 11564546
    Abstract: A cleaner includes a first cleaning module including a left spin mop and a right spin mop that come into contact with a floor while rotating in a clockwise direction or in a counterclockwise direction when viewed from an upper side, a second cleaning module that comes into contact with the floor at a position spaced apart from the left spin mop and the right spin mop in a forward-and-backward direction, a body supported by the first cleaning module and the second cleaning module, and a water supply module that supplies water to the first cleaning module. A water tank is disposed inside the body. Water supplied by the water supply module reaches the first cleaning module before reaching the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeongyun Kim, Jaewon Jang, Inhyung Yang
  • Patent number: 11565285
    Abstract: A self-cleaning automatically-stored electrical mop includes a mop rod assembly, a mop head assembly, and a cleaning base assembly used for storing and cleaning the mop head assembly. The mop head assembly is arranged at the lower end of the mop rod assembly and includes a mop head shell which is provided with a rotatable cleaning roller and a motor used for driving the cleaning roller. The cleaning base assembly includes a shell part. A cleaning groove used for cleaning the cleaning roller is formed in the shell part, and a cleaning assembly used for scrubbing the cleaning roller is arranged in the cleaning groove. The shell part is provided with a sewage discharge system used for discharging sewage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN JASHEN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhi-Chang Liu, Xiao-Ming Zhang, Jian-Xin Xi
  • Patent number: 11559184
    Abstract: An integrated chemical delivery and cleaning system is provided. The system includes a cleaning medium. The system also includes a plurality of chemicals infused into portions of the cleaning medium. The system further includes a plurality of membranes configurable within the cleaning medium and designed to compartmentalize a plurality of regions within the cleaning medium. Additionally, the system includes a surface layer positionable on a surface of the cleaning medium wherein the surface layer is structured to include materials designed to clean surfaces of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventor: Manichan Rai
  • Patent number: 11554394
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a cleaning assembly for a container. The cleaning assembly may include a base; a plurality of protrusions extending from different locations about a circumference of the base; and a porous material arranged about the circumference of the base and between the plurality of protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventor: John Jeffrey Baker-Anderson
  • Patent number: 11551940
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a roller for cleaning a backside of a wafer. The backside of the wafer has a central region and a periphery region surrounding the central region. The roller includes an upper element, a bottom element, and an axis element for connecting the upper element and the bottom element. The upper element of the roller is configured to contact with a frontside of the wafer. The bottom element is configured to contact with the backside of the wafer and remove particles from the periphery region of the backside of the wafer. The bottom element is made of materials selected from a group comprising abrasive pads, sand papers, and asbestos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: XIA TAI XIN SEMICONDUCTOR (QING DAO) LTD.
    Inventor: Yong-Seok Ro
  • Patent number: 11547266
    Abstract: A portable cleaning device with interchangeable cleaning tools and an alert system may include an elongate rod having a first end and a second end, a handle attached to the first end of the rod, a cleaning attachment removably engaged with the second end of the rod, a handle grip sensor operatively attached to the handle and a cleaning attachment pressure sensor operatively attached to the cleaning attachment, and an indicator operatively attached to each sensor, the indicator designed to alert a user when the sensor is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Phillip E Regman
  • Patent number: 11548136
    Abstract: An adapter and method for a tool, a mop or other cleaning equipment provides, selectively, a universal joint or pivoting joint, and one that is easily adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: MICRONOVA MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Kristin Stewart, Phillip LeCompte
  • Patent number: 11547525
    Abstract: An endotracheal tube cleaning device, including a rod, and a cleaning head coupled to a distal end of the rod, including a low friction-generating surface; and a high friction-generating surface, wherein the low friction-generating surface contacts an inner surface of the endotracheal tube when moved along the tube in a first direction and the high friction-generating surface contacts the inner surface of the endotracheal tube when moved in a second, opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: TEL HASHOMER MEDICAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES LTD., THE MEDICAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEALTH SERVICES FUND OF THE TEL AVIV MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventors: Amihay Shinfeld, Yoav Paz, Emanuel Mendes, Joseph Feldman
  • Patent number: 11547262
    Abstract: A mobile cleaner includes a body, a mop module, and a sweep module. The mop module includes a pair of spin mops configured to rotate and mop a surface. The sweep module is configured to sweep up foreign material on the surface using a rotating agitator. The sweep module includes a dust housing, the agitator, and a wheel assembly. The wheel assembly is configured to support the dust housing on the surface and includes a wheel body that is movable in a vertical direction. A cliff sensor is configured to detect movement of the wheel body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaewon Jang, Jinho Chung
  • Patent number: 11547202
    Abstract: A mascara brush having a centre made of at least two wire sections twisted together along a longitudinal axis of the wire core, and having a bristle covering made of plastic bristles formed by filaments, each of which bristles is held in a clamping manner between the two wire sections, and which bristles are formed with a wedge-shaped bristle tip or without a wedge-shaped bristle tip on their free ends. At least one portion of the bristles has a bristle coating made of a first softer material, and a bristle core that is joined to the bristle coating and made of a second harder material, and at least these bristles have a transverse cut, in the form of a simple wedge, on one side or on two sides, at least partially on their radially outward free ends, and comprise a wedge-shaped bristle tip having at least one cut surface forming a wedge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: GEKA GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Kamm
  • Patent number: 11534262
    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: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Allyn N. Jensrud, Todd M. Pfizenmaier, Kathleen M. Laliberte, Rachael Campion
  • Patent number: 11534045
    Abstract: Retrofit box systems to maximize operational capacity of inaccessible floors are described. The retrofit box system includes a gate complex that provides fluid communication between an inaccessible floor and a box, and a box to deliver a cleaner to the inaccessible floor and adapted for equalizing pressure when the inaccessible floor is under water while minimizing waste seepage from the retrofit box system. The retrofit box system further includes a power system and a control system to deliver the cleaner to the inaccessible floor and remove waste from the inaccessible floor and the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Bristola, LLC
    Inventor: Jared Burma
  • Patent number: 11523678
    Abstract: An oral care system that includes an oral care implement and a tracking attachment. The oral care implement may include a handle and a head. The tracking attachment is detachably coupled to the oral care implement. The tracking attachment may include a housing including a first housing portion having an inner surface that defines a first cavity and a second housing portion having an inner surface that defines a second cavity. The tracking attachment may also include a tracking unit configured to facilitate tracking at least one of a position, orientation, or movement of the oral care implement to which it is attached. A first portion of the handle may be positioned within the first cavity and a second portion of the handle may be positioned within the second cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wu Yang, Takahide Okai
  • Patent number: 11518348
    Abstract: A rotary brush for a carwash comprised of a rotational hub, a plastic clip core, a plurality of longitudinal washing elements (“LWE”) and an equal plurality of plastic clips, for retaining the LWE to the plastic clip core. A plastic clip core is comprised of a plastic clip core, a plurality of longitudinal washing elements (“LWE”) and an equal plurality of plastic clips. The plastic clip core assembly is mated to a rotational hub, creating the rotary brush. The plastic clip core has a plurality of semi-cylindrical void cavities, each with an adjoining cylindrical void cavity. Each plastic clip has two parallel members, a first member and a second member. Each LWE has an upper edge, lower edge, free edge, and a cylindrical mount. A first member of a plastic clip fits into the cylindrical mount of the LWE and the semi-cylindrical void cavity. The second member of the plastic clip fits into the cylindrical void cavity, thus securing the LWE to the plastic clip core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Gallop Brush LLC
    Inventors: Theodore Yamin, Sr., Anthony Robert Spearing
  • Patent number: 11510474
    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: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: John H. Shadduck