Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning article including fibers having at least a surfactant adhered thereto, wherein the surfactant is a mixture that contains from 45 to 76% by weight of a polyoxyethylene (POE) monoester of a fatty acid having from 5 to 15 carbon atoms, and the balance of the mixture is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a POE monoester of a saturated fatty acid having from 16 to 22 carbon atoms, a POE monoester of an unsaturated fatty acid having from 16 to 22 carbon atoms, a POE diester of an unsaturated fatty acid having from 16 to 22 carbon atoms, and a POE diester of a saturated fatty acid having from 12 to 15 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pipe handle including first and second pipes which are engaged together with a male coupling of the second pipe fitted into a female coupling of the first pipe. The first pipe has a larger inside diameter in the female coupling than in a main body adjacent to the female coupling. The second pipe has a continuous outer surface without any step between the male coupling and a main body adjacent to the male coupling. The main body of the first pipe and the main body of the second pipe has an equal or almost equal outside diameter.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning device with a squirter for squirting liquid forward of a cleaning head. The cleaning head has a nozzle head with a nozzle. A liquid receiving part is provided to extend from beneath an orifice of the nozzle toward a front face of the cleaning head. Liquid dripping from the orifice of the nozzle can be led down an inclined top face of the liquid receiving part to the outside of the cleaning head, preventing the cleaning head from being soiled with a detergent, a wax or the like.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning device with a squirter for squirting liquid forward of a cleaning head. The cleaning head has a nozzle head whose squirt surface is curved. In the nozzle head, squirt directions of nozzles, which are arranged to fan out at a squirt angle, are substantially perpendicular to tangents to the squirt surface. Therefore, liquid squirted from the nozzles tends to fly straight along the squirt directions without being drawn to the squirt surface.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article including a brush portion. The brush portion has a plurality of strips and at least one layer of a fiber bundle.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article including a brush portion. The brush portion has a plurality of strips and at least one layer of a fiber bundle.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article including a brush portion. The brush portion has a plurality of strips and at least one layer of a fiber bundle.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article including a brush portion. The brush portion has a plurality of strips and at least one layer of a fiber bundle.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article including a brush portion. The brush portion has a plurality of strips and at least one layer of a fiber bundle.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article including a brush portion. The brush portion has a plurality of strips and at least one layer of a fiber bundle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a holding device including a handle and a support member pivotally connected to a front end of the handle for supporting a cleaning wiper. The support member has a pivot axis oriented in a direction crossing a shaft axis of the handle. The support member has sliding surfaces and recesses alternating with each other about the pivot axis. The handle has a locking member capable of engaging in the recesses. The locking member is movable along the shaft axis inside the handle. The locking member is provided along with a biasing member for applying a biasing force to the locking member toward the recesses and an operating member for moving the locking member against the biasing force.

Abstract: Disclosed is a holding device including: a telescopic handle having axially opposed front and rear ends and constructed of at least two separate shafts, of which a front-side separate shaft axially fits within a rear-side separate shaft being a hollow cylinder; and a support member provided at the front end of the telescopic handle for attachment of a cleaning wiper. The front-side separate shaft has an axially extending elastic arm and an engaging projection provided at a leading end of the elastic arm, while the rear-side separate shaft has a through-hole passing through a cylinder wall thereof, in which the engaging projection engages when the front-side separate shaft projects from the rear-side separate shaft by a predetermined length. Pressing the engaging projection, which engages in the through-hole, from outside the rear-side separate shaft permits release of the engaging projection from the through-hole.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article including a brush portion. The brush portion has a plurality of strips and at least one layer of a fiber bundle.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article including a brush portion. The brush portion has a plurality of strips and at least one layer of a fiber bundle.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article including a brush portion. The brush portion has a plurality of strips and at least one layer of a fiber bundle.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article (1) including a brush portion (26). The brush portion (26) has plurality of strips (12, 17) and at least one layer of a fiber bundle (3, 4, 6).

Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning article including fibers having at least a surfactant adhered thereto, wherein the surfactant is a mixture that contains from 45 to 76% by weight of a polyoxyethylene (POE) monoester of a fatty acid having from 5 to 15 carbon atoms, and the balance of the mixture is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a POE monoester of a saturated fatty acid having from 16 to 22 carbon atoms, a POE monoester of an unsaturated fatty acid having from 16 to 22 carbon atoms, a POE diester of an unsaturated fatty acid having from 16 to 22 carbon atoms, and a POE diester of a saturated fatty acid having from 12 to 15 carbon atoms.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article (1) including a brush portion (26). The brush portion (26) has plurality of strips (12, 17) and at least one layer of a fiber bundle (3, 4, 6).

Abstract: A semiconductor device with an improved speed response has a linear ridge pattern including an active layer, a cladding layer, a current blocking layer, and a contact layer on a semiconductor substrate. The insulating layer may be formed in a pattern having a high resistance to dry etching along a longitudinal side of the ridge pattern.

Abstract: A cleaning sheet which is attached to a cleaning tool during use which comprises a wiping region having a wiping layer and attaching regions positioned on both sides of the wiping region, where a plurality of recesses are formed at intervals along boundaries between the wiping region and the attaching regions such that the recesses extend from the boundaries toward the center of the wiping region.