Abstract: A head (14) for an oral care implement (10) has a mounting surface (20) comprising at least one tuft of a first type (16) and at least one tuft of a second type (18), the at least one tuft of the first type (16) and the at least one tuft of the second type (18) each having a cross-sectional area extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis. The cross-sectional area of the tuft of the first type (16) is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the tuft of the second type. The at least one tuft of the first type (16) comprises filaments having a substantially circular cross-sectional area extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and having an end-rounded free end, and the at least one tuft of the second type (18) comprises flagged filaments having split free ends.

Abstract: A multi-lobated brush and sleeve assembly provides a brush having multiple types and sizes of hollow bristles, including a tetraocular filament, a round filament with tipped ends, and a quad filament. The brush as a handle that supports a plurality of independent mobile bristles. The bristles are arranged in a tapered, negative slope configuration having an edge tip defined by an apex. The edge tip surface section of bristles on the left side of the brush are stiffer, enabling cutting capacity and increased paint pickup. A reservoir in the handle contains paint, and feeds the paint through the hollow bristles to the distal free ends for smooth application of paint. A sleeve body may be used separately, or in combination with the brush. The sleeve body encircles the bristles, bunching the bristles together and forming a tapered, tear drop shape at the distal free end of the bristles.

Abstract: An oral implement and a method of forming an oral care implement. The oral care implement may include a head having a front surface and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the front surface. In one embodiment, the plurality of tooth cleaning elements may include three different types of tooth cleaning elements, each type of tooth cleaning element being formed of a different material. In one embodiment each of the materials has a different hardness and thus the oral care implement includes three different types of tooth cleaning elements each having a different hardness. In another embodiment, the oral care implement may include bristles and a molded cleaning element that may function as an interdental cleaner. Such a molded cleaning element may include a body and tines extending therefrom.

Abstract: A pig receptacle is provided. The pig receptacle provides a first circular member and a second circular member attached to at least one elongated rod. The first circular member and the second circular member are sized so that they can receive a pig therethrough. A mesh cage is wrapped around the first circular member and the second circular member so that debris can be gathered during the pigging process. The mesh cage defines apertures that are sized so that large pieces of debris are held in an interior cavity formed by the mesh cage, while small pieces of debris can pass through. In this way, debris is transported through the pipeline and is not lost due to abnormalities in the flow rate through the pipeline.

Abstract: A pool cleaner includes a pool cleaner body and at least two wheels mounted to the pool cleaner body so as to be rotatable about a common wheel axis. An access cover selectively closing an access opening defined in the body. A handle closure is mounted to the body so as to be rotatable about the common wheel axis independently of the at least two wheels. The handle closure is rotatable relative to the body so as to be movable between a closed position, in which the handle closure secures the access cover over the access opening, and an open position. An inner cover can selectively cover a turbine and gears of the pool cleaner within the body, and is held in place via engagement with the access over. Wheel well sidewalls can be substantially solid to help further enclose an inner volume of the body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a drying device, which comprises: (a) one or more fabric panels of sufficient dimension to be dragged across a surface, optionally an outdoor surface; and (b) a handle attached to the one or more fabric panels, In some embodiments, the drying device comprises: (a) two or more fabric panels of sufficient dimension to be dragged across a surface, optionally an outdoor surface; (b) a handle attached to the two or more fabric panels; and (c) a scraper attached to the handle, wherein the scraper is adapted to engage a surface to be dried when the drying device is in use. Methods and systems for a drying a surface are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method (500) for calibrating a pressure sensor (28) of an oral cleaning device (10). The method comprises the steps of: providing an oral cleaning device comprising a body portion (12), an elongated member (14, 720) extending from the body portion and comprising a head (16, 770), a pressure sensor (28) configured to obtain a measurement of a force applied to the head by the user during a cleaning session, and a processor (32) configured to receive, from the pressure sensor, the measurement of force applied to the head; obtaining a non-zero load calibration parameter; and calibrating, by the processor using the non-zero load calibration parameter, the measurement of force received from the pressure sensor.

Abstract: In described embodiments, a door mat assembly includes a base frame having a top surface. A first mat insert is removably attached to the base frame. The first mat insert has a first inner surface and a first outer surface. A second mat insert is removably attached to the base frame and hingedly connected to the first mat insert. The second mat insert has a second inner surface and a second outer surface. A first frame pivot assembly is rotatably inserted in the base frame and is adapted to allow the first mat insert and the second mat insert to rotate about the first frame pivot assembly.

Abstract: A hairbrush for use by a hairstylist to brush and style a person's hair. The hairbrush has a brush head, with a cylindrically-shaped elongated head body, and an elongated handle that is attached to the head body so as to extend rearwardly therefrom. The head body has a plurality of bristles extending outward along its length and circumference. The handle has a first handle assembly and a spaced apart, parallel second handle assembly. Each handle assembly has an elongated rod member and an elongated sleeve disposed about its associated rod member. A first connector attaches the rod members to a base of the head body. A second connector joins the two handle assemblies together to stiffen the handle. In use, the hairstylist uses the palm area of the hand to rotate the two handle assemblies, which rotates the brush head, to reduce strain on the hairstylist's thumb, fingers and wrist.

Abstract: A toothbrush protective of tissues may include an elongated toothbrush handle assembly including an elongated biasing member including a bridge hinge axis perpendicular to a major longitudinal axis and configured for flexing movement about a bridge hinge axis in common with flexing movement of a major transition member about a transition member hinge axis proximate the bridge hinge axis, a major handle member which may include a handle member first connection configured to receive a biasing member first end and a handle member second connection configured to receive a transition member first end, and a major head member which may include a head member first connection configured to receive a biasing member second end and a head member second connection configured to receive a transition member second end.

Abstract: Provided herein is a robot cleaner. The robot cleaner includes a main body, a driving unit provided in the main body and supplying power for traveling of the robot cleaner, first and second rotary members respectively rotating about first and second rotational axes based on power from the driving unit to provide a movement power source for traveling of the robot cleaner, and allowing cleaners for wet cleaning to respectively be fixed thereto, and a controller determining a cleaning traveling pattern of the robot cleaner and controlling the driving unit such that the robot cleaner travels, while sequentially repeating forward movement and backward movement according to the determined cleaning traveling pattern.

Abstract: A drain cleaner including a carrier configured to be carried by a user, a cable configured to be inserted into a drain, a drum positioned and rotatable within the carrier, the drum supporting the cable, a motor positioned within the carrier and operable to rotate the drum, and a cable feed control mechanism coupled to the motor to control operation of the motor. The cable feed control mechanism is configured to feed the cable out of the drum and is positioned at a distance from carrier so a length of the cable extends from the drum to the cable feed control mechanism. The cable feed control mechanism is configured to be carried by the user separately from the carrier.

Abstract: A cable control device for a pipeline cleaner includes a barrel, a control member and a toggle. The pipeline cleaner includes a support tube and a cable accommodated in a cable drum. The barrel mounted at the front end of the support tube is provided with an adapter thereon. The barrel accommodates first and second rollers in a lower portion thereof. The control member rotationally accommodated in the adapter extends into the barrel and is provided with a third roller. The first, second and third rollers clamp the cable together. The toggle penetrating the adapter is coupled with the control member. In an operation to clean a jammed pipeline, the toggle is shifted along a circumference direction of the adapter for changes of spatial positions of the third roller relative to the first and second rollers and fast movement of the cable forward or backward controllably.

Abstract: A docking station for a robotic vacuum cleaner may include a suction motor, a collection bin, and a filter system fluidly coupled to the suction motor. The suction motor may be configured to suction debris from a dust cup of the robotic vacuum cleaner. The filter system may include a filter medium to collect debris suctioned from the dust cup, a compactor configured to urge a first portion of the filter medium towards a second portion of the filter medium such that a closed bag can be formed, and a conveyor configured to urge the closed bag into the collection bin.

Abstract: An interchangeable brush head with ultrasound action makes it possible by way of the thin wall, which has a wall thickness of equal to or less than a millimeter and a low damping coefficient, for the energy to be transmitted as directly as possible by the ultrasonic waves into the effective medium, whereby the otherwise very high losses in the case of such prior-art appliances of the type in question are largely avoided, wherein, at the same time, the safety-related and dental-care aspects and the user-friendliness are increased. Further advantageous measures for increasing the efficiency of transmission are also present. Certain embodiments have only a directly interchangeable insert with the bristles thereon, this being environmentally friendly, user-friendly and cost-saving. In other embodiments, the entire interchangeable brush head, together with the electromechanical transducer installed therein and the neck, has to be replaced.

Abstract: An oral care implement having movable and fixed tooth cleaning elements. The oral care implement may include a handle and a head coupled to the handle. The head may include a base that is coupled to the handle and a resilient bridge coupled to the base. The resilient bridge may be flexible between a normal state in which a portion of the resilient bridge is spaced from the base by a gap and a flexed state in which a portion of the resilient bridge is moved toward the base. Tooth cleaning elements may be coupled to the resilient bridge. Furthermore, the resilient bridge may include one or more apertures through which tooth cleaning elements that are fixed to the base may extend.

Abstract: A container closure is provided and includes a cap, a stem, and an applicator. The cap is formed to secure to a container. The stem includes plurality of bends to form a body, a base positioned at one end of the body, and a head positioned at another end of the body that is opposite the base, the stem secured to an inner surface of the cap. The applicator includes a plurality of strands that are formed into a rope by single fibers. The plurality of strands provide a core that is secured by the head.

Abstract: A head for an oral care implement has at least a first row of tufts comprising a plurality of filaments having free ends and fixed ends being opposite the free ends and being fixed on a mounting surface of the head. The filaments of the at least first row of tufts extend from the mounting surface of the head in different length extensions thereby defining with the filaments' free ends an upper top cleaning surface in the form of a continuous wave-shape. The tufts of the at least first row are inclined with respect to the mounting surface.

Abstract: A method of forming an oral care implement, a method of forming a head plate for an oral care implement, and an oral care implement or head plate formed therefrom. The head plate may have micro-sized or fine features. The method may include providing an amount of a first solid material upstream of a first mold cavity; prior to the first solid material entering the first mold cavity, applying ultrasonic energy to the first solid material to melt the first solid material into a first molten material; flowing the first molten material into the first mold cavity; allowing the first molten material to harden within the first mold cavity to form a head plate comprising micro-sized features; forming a body from a second material, the body including a handle portion and a head portion; and coupling the head plate to the head portion of the body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wiping cloth which is configured so as to be multi-layered and has at least two material layers lying directly on top of one another, of which one first outer material layer forms an external wiping and cleaning layer, and of which the second material layer is configured as a storage layer. In order for such a wiping cloth which by way of a fixedly established surface facilitates a consistent application of cleaning liquid to be achieved, it is provided according to the invention that the at least two material layers lying on top of one another are made from a textile material preferably of at least approximately identical absorbency or water-release capability, in that the wiping and cleaning layer and the storage layer are mechanically interconnected in a planer manner, and in that a cleaning agent that is reactivatable by adding water is provided in at least one of the material layers lying on top of one another.