Abstract: A pressure-applying garment particularly suited for locating and applying pressure to transmitters is formed by a main inflatable bladder inflated to first pressure to press its inner wall toward a wearer and conform the inner wall to contours of said wearer and to apply the desired pressure between the wearer and a transmitter interposed between the main bladder and the wearer. A plurality of auxiliary inflatable bladders positioned relative to the main bladder and oriented to having their inner walls facing toward said wearer. The auxiliary bladders are provided with separate inflating systems so that at least some of said auxiliary bladders are inflated to a selected pressure different from (higher than) the first pressure to deform inner wall of its auxiliary bladder to conform with and press towards adjacent portions of said wearer and preferably to apply the desired pressure between the wearer and a transmitter interposed between the auxiliary bladder and the wearer.

Abstract: The Kage offers maximum protection of the entire knee area by the utilization of titanium steel as its premiere material. Titanium steel's lightweight as well as tremendous strength gives The Kage its protective edge. The use of titanium in a kneepad is a new art to which the invention pertains.

Abstract: A heat activated form fitting hair cap to protect the hair and to retain hair products in close proximity to the hair. A loosely fitted hair cap is made from a heat activated shrink-wrap material that may be substantially moisture and gas resistant. The cap is placed over the hair, and optionally, secured with a variety of retention means such as elastic, drawstrings, or ties. Upon application of heat, normally from a hair dryer, at or slightly above the activation temperature of the plastic, the shrink-wrap material is activated and shrinks snugly about the hair. This effectuates both a protection of the hair, and a tendency to trap and retain hair treatment products that might have been applied to the hair. Options include pouches containing releasable hair treatment products on the inside of the cap and tear away areas to customize the size of the cap to the wearer.

Abstract: A cap includes a cap body having a cap cavity and a bottom brim, a cap accessory having a corresponding coupling edge, and a sliding rail assembly, wherein the sliding rail assembly includes an elongated guiding rail extended along the bottom brim of the cap body, and a sliding guider which is affixed to a portion of the coupling edge of the cap accessory and slidably engaged with the sliding rail in such a manner that the cap accessory is capable of selectively sliding along the bottom brim of the cap body.

Abstract: An article of safety clothing is disclosed, and comprises a pair of trousers, of the type including a trunks part adapted to securely receive the lower region of the torso of a wearer in use and having apertures through which the legs of said wearer protrude in use; and a pair of tubular pant leg parts, each adapted to receive therethrough a respective protruding leg of said wearer in use and extending between an upper end, connected to said trunks part, and a lower end. The trunks part is substantially opaque, to conceal the pelvic region of said wearer in use, and each pant leg part includes a vent portion constructed from mesh.

Abstract: Goggles include a goggles frame and a goggles lens. A mounting member is provide data central portion which connects a left lens which is positioned at the left eye side of a user and a right lens which is positioned at the right eye side of the user. The goggles lens is rotatably mounted on goggles lens supporting portion of the goggles frame by the mounting member. A radius of curvature of facing surfaces of the left and right lenses, and a radius of curvature of the central portion, in the horizontal direction, are set to approximately 250 millimeters. A radius of curvature of the side curving surfaces of the left and right lenses, which are positioned at the sides of the user's face, in the horizontal direction, is set to approximately 25 millimeters. A radius of curvature of the facing surfaces of the left and right lenses in the vertical direction is set to approximately 60 millimeters.

Abstract: A garment waistband having vertical stability and a concomitant ability to provide circumferential length variation to enable a garment to be a comfortable fit despite variations in waist size.

Abstract: A multilayer helmet shell, and a method of making the same, are disclosed wherein inner and outer, structural, load-bearing semi-rigid layers jacket a viscoelastic, acceleration-rate-sensitive, microcellular foam core layer.

Abstract: A windshield covering the vicinity of the front of the ear of a rider on an open-top vehicle. When a person rides on an open-top vehicle with his ears exposed, the air coming from the front dashes against his earlobes, so that the rider hears the whistling sounds of the wind. To reduce these sounds, the rider's earlobes are covered with windshields from the front or from the front to the side. The earlobes are exposed to the open air in the upper, lower and rear regions thereof. This windshield reduces the whistling sounds of the wind. At the same time, the rider sufficiently hears surrounding sounds, and a state in which there is a sufficient amount of heat dissipation from the head is maintained. Thereby, during riding, protection against hardness of hearing and effect of improved safety are obtained without feeling hot.

Abstract: A protective sport helmet, such as for lacrosse includes a hard shell portion. The hard shell portion is constructed so as to provide protection to a wearer's head. The inner side of the hard shell portion includes a lining portion that is secured thereto. A chin strap portion is includes for attachment to the hard shell portion at a plurality of attachment points. The hard shell portion includes a ledge portion that extends generally forwardly therefrom. A visor portion is secured to the hard shell portion and overlies the ledge portion. A facemask portion is secured to both the hard shell portion and the ledge portion in order to improve the structural integrity of the helmet.

Abstract: A device for dispensing toilet bowl treatment preparations, such as a cleaning liquid and a liquid containing a dissolved solid cleaner, from under the rim of a toilet bowl by way of the flow of water during a toilet flush is disclosed. The device comprises a bottle that holds a liquid and a base that is suspended from the toilet rim and holds the bottle. The base has a piercing post for opening a closure of the bottle. A wicking device that is supported by the base conveys the liquid to a dispensing position within the flow of flush water. The container holds a dissolvable solid product, and is configured to permit flush water to enter the container. The container has an exit opening that permits a mixture of water and dissolved product to be released from the container into the toilet bowl.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cleaning a toilet seat (12). In order to achieve a satisfactory cleansing consuming as little energy as possible, the inventive device comprises a mobile cleaning unit (18) which can be moved along the toilet seat (12) by means of water power.

Abstract: A toilet includes a toilet bowl assembly having a toilet bowl and a trapway extending from the bottom of the toilet bowl to a sewage line. The toilet bowl has a rim channel provided along an upper perimeter portion thereof. In this toilet, the flush water flows through the rim channel in a path which is asymmetric and unidirectional along the entire perimeter portion thereof. The rim channel includes a plurality of rim openings distributed evenly along the perimeter of the rim channel. Flush water passing through the plurality of rim openings pre-wets the entire perimeter of the toilet bowl. The rim channel further includes a pair of water discharge slots which directs water directly into the toilet bowl in two powerful streams. The flush valve allowing passage of water from the water tank to the toilet bowl assembly is in the form of a valve inlet having a radiused port to generate greater energy throughput of the flush water.

Abstract: A dual-flush flapper valve assembly, set for a normally short flush, is provided for use with a pivoting flapper valve in a flush tank. The assembly comprises a weight, which moves back and forth along a guide relative to the flapper's pivot point. The moveable weight, if activated, temporarily reduces the turning moment arm of the flapper for ensuring a long flush. The assembly further comprises an actuator to trap and release the weight, resulting in either a short flush (when the weight is remote from the pivot) or a long flush (when the weight is close to the pivot). The flapper assembly is engageable through a resistance force, for selectively triggering the actuator, shifting the weight and resulting in a long flush. After a long flush the assembly resets for a short flush, until activated once again.

Abstract: A flush valve assembly for a water tank of a water closet which includes a first valve member which can be secured to the water tank and has a base sleeve position including a radiused inlet to thereby increase the discharge coefficient of the valve opening. A second valve member is coaxially and slidably mounted with respect to the first valve member so that the valve opening is created between the first and second valve members when the second valve member is removed from the first valve member. The second valve member is slidably movable between a first rest position, wherein the second valve member is seated on the base sleeve portion of the first valve member so that water cannot pass through the valve opening, and a second position, wherein the second valve member is removed from the base sleeve portion of the first valve member so that water can pass through the valve opening.

Abstract: A toilet room flush valve for use in flushing toilets and urinals includes a valve body having a water inlet and a water outlet. There is a valve within the body for controlling flow between the inlet and the outlet. A manual operator assembly is mounted to the valve body for initiating movement of the valve within the body. The operator assembly includes a nut attached to the valve body at the manual operator opening and having an adapter positioned therewithin, with a plunger pin movable through the adapter to initiate operation of the flush valve. A spring urges the push pin outwardly from the flush valve body. A push member extends through an opening in the nut and has an end thereof in contact with the plunger pin. A sensor housing is attached to the nut and has a drive therewithin to cause movement of the push member against the plunger pin.

Abstract: A toilet includes a toilet bowl assembly having a toilet bowl and a trapway extending from the bottom of the toilet bowl to a sewage line. The toilet bowl has a rim channel provided along an upper perimeter portion thereof. In this toilet, the flush water flows through the rim channel in a path which is asymmetric and unidirectional along the entire perimeter portion thereof. The rim channel includes a plurality of rim openings distributed evenly along the perimeter of the rim channel. Flush water passing through the plurality of rim openings pre-wets the entire perimeter of the toilet bowl. The rim channel further includes a pair of water discharge slots which directs water directly into the toilet bowl in two powerful streams. The flush valve allowing passage of water from the water tank to the toilet bowl assembly is in the form of a valve inlet having a radiused port to generate greater energy throughput of the flush water.

Abstract: Toilet block for a composting toilet which includes a toilet bowl and, situated below this, a holder for receiving night-soil delivered via the toilet bowl and for removing completely or partially broken down night-soil. The toilet block is prefabricated and designed in two parts in the form of an upper part, which is intended to accommodate at least one toilet bowl, and a lower part which is intended to accommodate a holder for receiving and composting night-soil delivered via a toilet bowl in the upper part. The upper part and the lower part are dimensioned such that the two parts can be situated one inside the other in a position for transport and storage. When the toilet block is being installed, the upper part can be lifted and secured relative to the lower part in a raised position in which the ceiling of the lower part becomes the floor of the upper part.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a self-rising swimming pool employing side walls sufficiently translucent to allow those outside the swimming pool to monitor the underwater activities of the pool's occupants, as well as to allow more efficient solar beating of the water contained in the swimming pool, compared to swimming pools constructed with totally opaque walls.

Abstract: The portable inflatable/collapsible bath has several unique design features: It is made of a flexible material with a portable detachable air pump and operates on 110VCA or battery power. It has a one-way air input valve and a quick-release style valve for deflation. Multiple drain ports around the entire periphery of the floor facilitate rapid draining through an external on/off drain valve which allows the water to be discharged into a suitable receptacle or attachment of a hose to direct the waste into available plumbing such as a bathtub, shower, sink or toilet. The attached reinforced eyelets on the backside allow the bath to be hung for drying. It also has detached inflatable headrests of various sizes, for different sized persons.

Abstract: A sink may include a basin and a faucet assembly foldably mounted relative to the basin. The faucet assembly is rotatable between an upright position wherein the faucet assembly protrudes out from the basin and a folded position wherein the faucet assembly is received within the basin.

Abstract: A built-up washbasin stand includes a support part and at least a leg part. The support part has a shape surrounding a space at the top thereof for receiving the bottom of a washbasin. The leg part is provided with a fitting end at the upper end thereof for the support part being inserted through the fitting end. Hence, the washbasin stand can support the weight of the washbasin at the front part thereof.

Abstract: A healthcare system comprising a patient transporter adapted to move a patient, a patient assist device adapted to perform an assistive action for a physically challenged patient, and a controller in communication with the patient transporter and the patient assist device, adapted to coordinate interaction of the patient transporter with the patient assist device.

Abstract: A multi-layered, composite, inflatable and deflatable article of manufacture is provided. The article includes at least two layers of a flexible, waterproof, air impermeable, optionally water-vapor-permeable material, the two layers forming at least one inflatable compartment therebetween. The two layers have at least one additional layer of a porous insulating material, e.g., batting, disposed between them within the compartment. The layers are all adhesively bonded together about the periphery of the compartment and, optionally, at discrete locations within the periphery of the compartment. The porous insulating layer is otherwise unattached to either of the waterproof layers, and preferably is not otherwise attached to either. The compartment has at least one sealable opening therein through which air may be injected into or removed from the compartment, as desired, to thereby inflate or deflate the compartment to a desired volume and to thereby control its insulative value.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a cover and a compartment having an interior space. The cover is attached to the bottom edge of the compartment such that the cover can be compacted to fit substantially within the interior space of the compartment. The invention further includes a cushion attached to the compartment. The cover is configurable to substantially envelop the upper torso of a user while the user is sitting on the compartment. The present invention provides for a multi-use article that protects a user from the elements and provides a cushion for comfort while being compact, easily transportable and configurable to add aesthetically pleasing as well as functional accessories.

Abstract: A bed rail structured to minimize the gap between the mattress and the bed rail and including a leg portion and a rail portion. The rail portion extends upwardly on a first side of the mattress to extend beyond the sleeping surface of the mattress and prevent a person from rolling out of bed. The leg portion is sandwiched between the mattress and the box spring and extends toward a second side of the mattress. In one embodiment, the leg portion includes a distal end that is engaged to the second side of at least one of the mattress and box spring such that the distal end and rail portion hug the mattress. In another embodiment, the bed rail includes a relatively rigid cover depending from an upper portion of the rail portion to the sleeping surface so as to cover a gap that may exist between the first side of the mattress and the rail portion.

Abstract: A fitted bedclothing item such as a sheet, mattress pad, anti-allergy cover, blanket or coverlet includes a top portion, side portions and end portions, and elastic segments at its four corners, stitched to edges of respective side and end portions (and to an elastic binding at lower edges thereof, if present), to provide such flexibility to its ability to fit a mattress that the bedclothing item can fit mattresses of at least two different sizes and/or thickness. The elastic segments are made of knitted or woven elastic filaments, such as SPANDEX® fabric, and can be shaped to have a straight lower edges and a curved upper portion, the curve approximating a end of a ellipse.

Abstract: A holding device for medical instruments at a patient's bed, which are accommodated in suspension components. Holding devices for various medical instruments, such as respirators and accessories, infusion and secretion bags, measuring instruments and disposable articles, are used at patients' beds in many areas. A frequent drawback of prior-art holding devices is that the support at the patient's bed is unstable because the holding devices are suspended only loosely in a rail or handle. The holding device according to the present invention guarantees stable fastening at the patient's bed. It comprises a horizontal crossbeam (1), which is fixed on the sides of a peripheral strap (9) at the foot end of the patient's bed via, e.g., fixing means (3) designed as metal claws. Two vertical suspension carriers (2) with openings (6) for receiving suspension components have suspension sections (5) at their upper ends for suspension on the straps (9).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bed, in particular a hospital bed, fitted with a plurality of adjacent individual barrier elements along at least one of its longitudinal sides, the barrier elements extending vertically and each occupying a fraction of the length of the bed. It is essentially characterized by the fact that there are at least two of said barrier elements (5, 5′) and they are hinged relative to each other about an axis (XX′) that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bed so that in an overlapping position they are contiguous relative to each other and occupy, transversely, substantially the same space as a single element, whereas in the deployed position, they extend in parallel and substantially in line with each other.

Abstract: Weed-Grabber a multifunction hand operated garden tool device equipped with semi-automatic gabbing clamp mechanism positioned over a 6 inches long cutting blade for deep ground penetration sporting wide T-shaped cutting blade tip to cut and grab all kinds of weeds from small inch size buds to several feet full-grown plants with some roots several inches thick and vines. Long cutting blade length provides means to work the soil and also by simple twisting it can pulverize weed roots left in dirt after each cutting as well. Motion of the Clamp is derived either from a manual release-handle and/or as the cutting blade penetrates the ground the clamp opens and it closes when the blade comes out. And multiple weeds can be removed at once plus it comes with attachment tool heads. Grab-clamp design of this tool allows picking up loose yard debris as big as an army boot and handy for reaching into flower beds.

Abstract: An improved life-saving hammer structure mainly includes a left and a right housings, a hammer head, a counterweight block, and a blade wherein said left and right housings are counterparts to be engaged for said hammer head and said counterweight block to be encased thereto via a pair of left and right transverse arc coupling heads disposed at the upper section thereof. Said left and right housings also include a middle section with a multiple of equidistant engaging holes disposed thereon, and a staged lower section with a left and a right handles of unequal length extending downwards at the bottom thereof respectively. Said left and right handles thereof are equipped with staged stop flanges for a left and a right cover bodies to be engaged therein respectively. Said blade is fixed to a vertical receiving slot of said left handle at one side, and led through a clearance disposed at the center of said left cover body thereof at the other side.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel hair composition, method and system for preventing color loss from dyed hair. The method of decreasing color loss from dyed hair includes a composition having a halogenated compound in an amount effective to decrease such color loss.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process of concomitant scouring and oxidizing cellulose in a solution of nitrogen oxide and perfluorinated hydrocarbon and subsequent washings of the oxidized fabric with isopropyl alcohol, where the perfluorinated hydrocarbon solvent preferably has a boiling point in the range of between about 30° C. and about 100° C., the nitrogen oxide concentration in the solution is in the range between about 2% and about 12% by weight, the reactants are maintained at a temperature between about 25° C. to about 40° C. for a total time duration of at least about 7 hours, the oxidized cellulose is subsequently washed with Fluorinert solvent, cold water, 50:50 isopropyl alcohol:water and 100% isopropyl alcohol, followed by drying with warm nitrogen gas. The resulting oxidized fabric exhibits a residual oil content substantially equivalent to fabric that has been scoured in hot aqueous and detergent but does not suffer the shrinkage associated with aqueous scouring.

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Abstract: The subject of the invention is ready-to-use compositions for the oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers, and in particular human keratin fibers such as the hair, comprising, in a medium which is suitable for dyeing, at least one oxidation base chosen from para-phenylenediamines, double bases, para-aminophenols and heterocyclic bases, at least one enzyme of 2-electron oxidoreductase type in the presence of at least one donor for the enzyme, and at least one enzymatic mediator, and the oxidation dyeing processes using these compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to anthraquinone dyes of the formula (I) where R1 is hydrogen, R2 is hygrogen or CO—C2C6alkyl moiety may be substituted by carboxyl, or is (II) wherein R6 is hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl, hydroxyl, carboxyl or halogen, R7 is hygrogen, C1-C4alkyl or halogen and R8 is hydrogen or C2-C3alkyl or when R4 is halogen R68 may be methyl or halogen, R3 is hydrogen or halogen, R4 is hydrogen or halogen and n is (0), (1) or (2), with the proviso that R3, R4, R6, R7 and R8 are not all hydrogen at one and the same time, processes for their preparation and their use for dyeing or printing hydrophobic fibre materials or for preparing coloured plastics or polymeric colour particles.

Abstract: Through co-action between auxiliary triangular structural frames which are each constructed at opposite ends of a truss girder or arch girder and a cable stretched between the auxiliary triangular structural frames, an upward directing force is exerted to the truss girder or arch girder, thereby effectively inducing a load resisting force.

Abstract: A dock leveler having a frame and a deck pivotably mounted at one end thereof to the frame. A lip is pivotably mounted to the deck at another end thereof. A lip latch and lip extension mechanism are mounted to the leveler and comprises a lip latch pivotably connected to the deck by a crank mechanism and a latch bar pivotably connected to the crank mechanism. The latch bar has one end selectively engaging a latch bracket mounted to the deck. A bar is connected at one end to the crank mechanism and another end is operably connected to the lip. A first spring is operably connected to the crank mechanism and the frame. A second spring is operably connected to the bar and the frame. A third spring operably couples another end of the latch bar to the second spring.

Abstract: A foamed cleaning liquid dispensing system includes a cleaner cartridge, a flow control device, and an aerator. The cleaner cartridge includes a collapsible bag containing a supply of cleaning agent. The flow control device is configured to receive a flow of the cleaning agent from the cartridge and a flow of a primary cleaning liquid component. The flow control device combines the flows of cleaning agent and primary cleaning liquid component and produces an output flow of cleaning liquid at an output. The aerator includes a nozzle having an inlet fluidically coupled to the output of the flow control device, an outlet, a body having a bore extending between the inlet and the outlet, and a radial port. The nozzle is configured to receive the output flow of cleaning liquid at the inlet, inject air into the output flow of cleaning liquid through the radial port, and produce an output flow of foamed cleaning liquid through the outlet.

Abstract: A rotating broom system to be installed on the front of a self-propelled vehicle such as a truck used for the high speed sweeping and removal of snow or debris from paved surfaces such as airport runways assembly has two major components: a rotating broom drive assembly, and a support structure. The rotating broom assembly is connected to the support structure using a non-rigid connection.

Abstract: A gutter broom assembly for a street sweeper and method of use are disclosed. The invention relates to street sweeper having a vacuum system for moving air through a portion thereof and having a gutter broom assembly. The gutter broom assembly includes housing, a gutter broom being movable between an operational orientation and a transport orientation relative to the housing, and a skirt assembly attached to the housing. A sweeping chamber is defined within the housing and the skirt assembly which substantially encloses the gutter broom. A vacuum connection between the sweeping chamber and the vacuum system is provided for removing dust within the sweeping chamber when the gutter broom frame is in its operational orientation.

Abstract: Scuff Remover Device with a stick like handle, a hollow, spherical ball shape having a size and outside surface similar to that of a standard tennis ball. A connection collar joins one end of the stick handle to the ball shape and an adhesive material connects the collar to the ball shape.

Abstract: A safety tool is described which comprises magnets, an outer non-conductive sheath encompassing an inner bag, and support structure. A purpose of the tool is to provide safety for the operator while drilling or cutting into electrical/electronic enclosures, such as switchgear. The tool is constructed so that an operator can perform a task while preventing any conductive debris caused by this task to come in contact with any electrical or electronic parts. In use, the tool is positioned on the inside of the switchgear, to surround the area of the switchgear outer structure on which the hole is to be drilled or cut. The top portion of the tool magnetically attaches to the inside of the switchgear structure. The bottom portion of the tool, which is coupled to the top portion by the non-conductive sheath, collects and magnetically contains the debris, such as shavings from drilling into the structure.

Abstract: A dual functional sheet-like cleaning article having a first layer made of at least one non-woven material and a second layer made of at least one different non-woven material in which the first layer provides a water absorbing capability wherein the second layer provides an abrasive capability to the cleaning article.

Abstract: A rotating dish brush is described having a handle and a head. The handle includes a neck connected by a pin to the head. The rotating connection of the handle and head are limited by a pair of stops that also function as areas of force transfer from the handle to the head. The stops limit the relative movement of the head and handle between a first position and a second position. The head includes a set of bristles having a generally hemispherical shape. A loop is provided on the handle for hanging the rotating dish brush when it is not in use.

Abstract: Tearing cleaning cloth structure composed of multiple sheets of cleaning cloths which are overlapped with each other to form a cleaning cloth. The peripheral of the cleaning cloth is formed with several through holes. The circumference of each through hole is formed with a connecting edge between each upper sheet and each lower sheet of cleaning cloths. After used, the outermost upper and lower cleaning cloths can be entirely torn away. Therefore, in next wipe, the cleaning cloth keeps having an entirely clean surface.

Abstract: A shower or bathtub cleaning device having two casual outdoor sandals thongs, one left and one right, with a rough or soft scrubbing pad affixed to the bottom surface of the sandals. The sandals worn on a person's feet, will allow the cleaning to be done with out stooping or bending. The device can be used in the cleaning of the shower floor, bathtub, and small bathroom or kitchen floors. The movement action will also serve as a way to exercise the lower extremities of the body while cleaning. The entire cleaning process can be completed without the use of hands.

Abstract: A paint roller (10) has a paint applicator (12), two holder mounts an applicator holder (14). The paint applicator (12) has a cylindrical outer surface and two opposite ends (18a, 18b). The two holder mounts, respectively associated with the two opposite ends (18a, 18b), each has a base surface (24) and a journal (26) that protrudes from the surface (24) away from the paint applicator (12). The applicator holder (14) has a handle (40) and a fork (42) with opposite sides (44,48) that each has a journal engagement portion (48,50). In a preferred embodiment, each of the holder mounts has holder abutments (30) that protrude from the surface (24) away from the paint applicator (12). In an alternate embodiment, the applicator holder (14) has applicator abutments that protrude from mount abutment surfaces of each of two journal engagement portions towards the paint applicator (12).

Abstract: The gutter cleaning kit consists of three elements; a telescopic twist—lock extension pole, gloves and bucket hook. The gutter cleaning tool is a telescopic extension pole with a plate attached to one end of the pole.

Abstract: A device for cleaning vehicular lug nuts or lug nut covers and the surfaces of lug nut or lug nut cover receiving receptacles of hub caps or rims. The device includes scouring fingers pivotably mounted on a base member and defining a socket for receiving the outer sections of lug nuts or the entirety of lug nut covers. The inner surfaces of the scouring fingers engage for cleaning the lug nut or lug nut cover. A scouring pad is mounted on the inner end of a reciprocating shaft supported by the base member. The scouring pad engages for cleaning the end surfaces of a lug nut or lug nut cover, and is shaped to selectively engage the inner surfaces of the scouring fingers to urge them radially into cleaning engagement with the receptacle surface when the shaft is moved axially into the socket formed by the scouring fingers. Reciprocating or rotating this device will serve to scour the lug nut or lug nut cover and receptacle surfaces.