Patents Examined by Sidney D Full
  • Patent number: 12758065
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner may include a body having a handle end and an attachment end, the attachment end being opposite the handle end along a longitudinal axis of the body, a dust cup disposed between the handle end and the attachment end, a suction motor disposed between the handle end and the attachment end, a body latch configured to releasably engage an accessory, and a body toggle configured to cause the body latch to transition between a releasing position and a retaining position, the body toggle being positioned closer to the handle end than the attachment end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Casey McClay, Kevin Kelemen, Peter Hutchinson, Matt Windt, Steven Gacin, Mingshun Su, Robert Yang, Jesse Yang, David T. Barker, Patrick Cleary, Daniel J. Innes
  • Patent number: 12758078
    Abstract: A double-layer mop bucket for a flat mop comprises an outer bucket provided with a clean water area and a sewage area, an inner bucket arranged in the sewage area and capable of inserting the flat mop, and a cover body component removably mounted on the outer bucket, wherein a cleaning area and a scraping area which are connected are arranged in the inner bucket, a cleaning port connected with the cleaning area and a scraping port connected with the scraping area are arranged on the cover body component, a groove for limiting the flat mop to be inserted into the bottom is arranged at the bottom of the inner bucket, and a water guiding chute capable of guiding water scraped at the scraping port and the cleaning port to flow into the sewage area is arranged in the cover body component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: Zhejiang Meitianle Home Furnishing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Zhou, Henghui Hu
  • Patent number: 12734621
    Abstract: A locking screw machine, comprises a discharging table, an alignment module, an electric screwdriver module, a positioning camera, the discharging table comprises at least two first discharging tables and at least two second discharging tables which are arranged on a workbench at intervals along a first direction, along a second direction, a first workpiece is placed on the first discharging tables, a plurality of second workpieces are arranged on the second discharging tables, two ends of the second workpieces are inserted into first holes of the first workpieces on both sides of the second workpieces, the alignment module is configured to push the second workpieces so the plurality of second workpieces are aligned along the second direction, the electric screwdriver module is configured to drive a screw into a second hole of the first workpiece and screw it; the positioning camera is configured to identify the second location hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: ALLIEDFOREST HOLDINGS GROUP LIMITED
    Inventor: Yujian Ye
  • Patent number: 12733779
    Abstract: A cleaner includes: a main body; a connection pipe having one end connectible to the main body; and a brush head connectible to an other end of the connection pipe The brush head includes: an suction inlet formed therein, a drum brush detachably installed inside the brush head, a driver configured to drive the drum brush; a suction chamber formed inside the brush head and communicating with the suction inlet; a first cover covering one side of the brush head, the first cover having an inlet formed therein and through which air enters inside of the drum brush is formed in the first cover; and a second cover covering an other side of the brush head to seal inside of the brush head, the second cover having an outlet duct formed therein through which air cooled the inside of the drum brush is discharged to the suction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiwon Choi, Taegwang Kim, Byoungin Lee, Dongwoo Ha
  • Patent number: 12733781
    Abstract: A cleaning device comprises: a housing having a dust collection chamber; a main body, moveable with respect to the housing, to be coupled to the housing and to be decoupled from the housing, the main body includes a handle; a fixing device, arrangeable in the main body, to couple the main body to the housing to the housing while the main body is moved to a first position with respect to the housing and to decouple the main body from the housing while the main body is moved to a second position with respect to the housing; and a releasing button arrangeable with respect to the main body, and connectable to the fixing device by a wire so that while the release button is connected to the fixing device, the release button is useable to operate the fixing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngjun Cho, Ohkyu Kwon, Dongjin Cho, Seongtae Chu, Hyeonwoo Tak
  • Patent number: 12721489
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a body, a suction source disposed in the body, a separator, and a post-motor filter. The body extends along a longitudinal axis between a front end and a rear end. A fluid flow path extends from a suction inlet to an air outlet. The suction source is configured to draw air and debris through the suction inlet along the fluid flow path. The suction source has a suction source inlet and a suction source outlet. The post-motor filter is disposed in the fluid flow path between the suction source outlet and the air outlet. The post-motor filter forms an aperture extending along the longitudinal axis. The post-motor filter is forward of the suction source. A first passageway extends from the separator to the suction source inlet. The first passageway extends through the aperture of the post-motor filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
    Inventors: William Jacob Kozlowski, Jr., Siddharth Mahajan, Manish Shastrakar, Steven W. Kegg
  • Patent number: 12721486
    Abstract: A vacuum tool configured to be removably coupled to hose or wand of a vacuum includes a body including a first end, a second end, and a first longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end. The vacuum tool also includes a head coupled to the first end of the body, a connection portion coupled to the second end of the body and configured to couple the body to a hose or wand of a vacuum cleaner, and a brush coupled to the head. The brush includes an elongate support defining a second axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body and configured to couple the brush to the head, and a plurality of bristles positioned on the elongate support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Reeder, Ellen M. Owens, Jonathan Lowry, Alexander J. Goodman, Christopher J. Metcalf, Scott T. Moeller
  • Patent number: 12714277
    Abstract: A mobile cleaner includes a body and a sweep module. The body has an installation space within the body and an insertion opening exposed to the underside of the body. The sweep module is detachably assembled to the installation space through the insertion hole. The sweep module includes a dust housing and an agitator. The dust housing includes a collection space for collecting the foreign material from the surface and a storage space where the foreign material is stored. The agitator is rotatably assembled to the dust housing and is configured to direct the foreign material from the surface to the collection space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaewon Jang, Youngbin Kim
  • Patent number: 12715747
    Abstract: The subject of the invention relates to a tool for manipulating a plurality of plugs, taking the form of a comb (1) comprising: a body (7) provided with a row of teeth (4) having pointed distal portions (4p) spaced apart in a linear direction in order to engage with the cavities of the plugs; a system for separating the plugs from the teeth (4) that comprises a slide returned elastically and guided to slide with respect to the body (7) in a direction parallel to the direction of extension of the teeth, the slide being provided with the fingers of the comb, which are movable by sliding between the teeth (4), and a control (11a) accessible from a first portion (1a) of the comb and which, when pressed to move translationally, causes the fingers of the comb to slide in the direction of the pointed distal portions (4p) in order to eject the plugs from the teeth (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: BIOMÉRIEUX
    Inventors: Michel Guy, Nicolas Delepaut, Edgar Minassian
  • Patent number: 12708241
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis. A motor-fan assembly is mounted in the housing and arranged to generate an airflow along an airflow path from a dirty air inlet to an air exhaust. A retractable nozzle defines the dirty air inlet and is moveably mounted on the housing. At least a portion of the retractable nozzle is arranged to move between a retracted configuration within the housing and a deployed configuration outside the housing. The portion of the retractable nozzle in the retracted configuration is aligned in a direction along the longitudinal axis and the portion of the retractable nozzle in the deployed configuration is aligned in a direction across the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Oleksiy Sergyeyenko, Ashok Samuel Baskar, Sean Liu
  • Patent number: 12702260
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes a base assembly with a suction nozzle and at least one wheel. A hand-held portion has a hand grip, a recovery container, and a suction source in fluid communication with the suction nozzle and the recovery container and configured for generating a working airstream. A wand is operably coupled between the base assembly and the hand-held portion and defines at least a portion of a working air path extending from the suction nozzle to an air outlet in the hand-held portion and including the suction source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: Mackenzie Leigh Knapp, Brian Robert Dexter, Tyler Newkirk, Churu Yun, Connor Canavan, Nicholas Harvey Jobbitt
  • Patent number: 12685414
    Abstract: A cleaner includes a dustbin having an inlet formed on a first side thereof and an outlet formed on a second side thereof, the dustbin being provided with a cyclone part generating a cyclonic flow inside the cyclone part, and a motor part configured to communicate with the dustbin and generate a flow of air inside the dustbin. The dustbin includes a casing having the inlet and the outlet formed thereon, a separating wall dividing an inner space of the casing, a first dust storage part located in the inner space and communicating with the inlet, a first cap, a second dust storage part located in the inner space and communicating with the outlet, a second cap, and a lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kietak Hyun, Hwang Kim, Jungmin Ko
  • Patent number: 12678911
    Abstract: A honing tool includes a tool body which is tubular at least in certain portions and includes a cutting region with at least one honing stick receiving opening which is continuous from the interior of the tool body to the outside and is intended for receiving a honing stick, wherein dimensions of the honing stick receiving opening and of the honing stick are matched to one another such that the honing stick is received radially movably, and substantially without play in the circumferential direction of the tool body, between boundary surfaces of the honing stick receiving opening. The honing tool comprises a honing stick retaining system designed such that the honing stick is held in the honing stick receiving opening by the honing stick retaining system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: KADIA Produktion GmbH + Co.
    Inventor: Jochen Brandstetter
  • Patent number: 12672751
    Abstract: A mop strand bundle a plurality having elongated first elongated cleaning tendrils having a first surface roughness and oriented in parallel relationship to one another and connected to one another in at least one location. The mop strand bundle also includes at least one elongated second cleaning tendril and a head band. The second elongated cleaning tendril is oriented in parallel relationship to at least one opposed elongated edge and is in moveable relationship with at least one first cleaning tendril. The elongated second cleaning tendril has a second surface roughness greater than the first surface roughness. The headband is positioned in overlying fixed relationship to the plurality of elongated first cleaning strands and connected to the at least one elongated second cleaning tendril at a location between the first and second ends of the plurality of elongated first cleaning tendrils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: The Tuway American Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Koester, Nicholas Koester
  • Patent number: 12660969
    Abstract: A vacuum tool is configured to be removably coupled to a hose or wand of a vacuum. The vacuum tool comprises a first portion, a second portion, a flexible portion and a mechanical joint. The first portion and the second portion are connected by the flexible portion and coupled by the mechanical joint, so these portions are in fluid communication from various angles. And the mechanical joint comprises a detent and multiple recesses coupled to the detent. As a result, a user can use the vacuum tool in various situations more conveniently by bending the mechanical joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Reeder, Ellen M. Owens, Jonathan Lowry, Alexander J. Goodman, Christopher J. Metcalf, Scott T. Moeller
  • Patent number: 12637756
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus for performing a predetermined treatment on a substrate. The apparatus includes: a holding mechanism including a plurality of support pins configured to rotate between a holding position and a delivery position, a first magnetic part configured to rotate the support pins individually between the holding position and the delivery position by switching surrounding magnetic poles, and a second magnetic part configured to rotate the support pins individually to the holding position by constantly applying a magnetic field to the first magnetic part; and a switching mechanism configured to apply no magnetic field of a third magnetic part to the first magnetic part normally and apply a magnetic field of the third magnetic part to the first magnetic part to rotate the support pins individually to the delivery position only when the substrate is delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirofumi Tonai
  • Patent number: 12636757
    Abstract: A sharpening device, components thereof, and associated methods. The sharpening device includes a sharpening assembly and a housing. The sharpening assembly is selectively receivable in the housing in a stowed configuration and supportable by the housing in an operational configuration to support the sharpening assembly for sharpening a blade. The sharpening assembly can include first and second arms having respective abrasive sharpening surfaces pivotable away from each other about a pivot connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: AOB Products Company
    Inventors: Dennis W. Cauley, Jr., James Tayon, Anthony Vesich, Matthew Kinamore, Curtis Smith, Josh Neville, Mark Dalton
  • Patent number: 12611076
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet. An air treatment member and suction motor are positioned in the air flow path. The air treatment member is provided at the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner and has an air outlet provided at the rear end of the air treatment member. A pre-motor filter housing is positioned rearward of the air outlet of the air treatment member. A hand vacuum axis extends between the front end and the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner. When the hand vacuum axis is horizontal, a portion of the air treatment member underlies the pre-motor filter housing. A pistol grip handle has an upper end that is positioned below the portion air treatment member that underlies the pre-motor filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 12611077
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a housing, a suction assembly, and a fluid delivery system. A wand is coupled to the housing via an accessory hose. The wand includes a trigger and a fluid outlet. Actuation of the trigger provides fluid communication between the fluid delivery system and the fluid outlet for releasing a liquid. A vacuum tool is coupled to the wand. The vacuum tool includes a support body that defines an open end for receiving the wand and includes a guard that extends beyond the open end to extend over the trigger to prevent the actuation of the trigger. An intermediate recovery tank is coupled to the support body and defines an inlet in fluid communication with the suction assembly. A separator is disposed within the intermediate recovery tank to retain the debris within the interior and allow airflow to be directed through the separator to the accessory hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Harmelink, Derek Smith
  • Patent number: 12569098
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone unit, a front electrical connector and electrical conductors that extend from the front electrical connector to a source of power. The electrical conducts extend along a portion of a wall of the cyclone unit. When a cleaning tool is connected to the hand vacuum cleaner, the cleaning tool is connected in air flow communication with the dirty air inlet and the cleaning tool is electrically connected to the front electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad