Abstract: A device for drying and polishing items such as glasses and cutlery, the device including an enclosure having apertures through which an end of the items can be inserted; a plurality of movable cleaning elements within the enclosure for drying and/or polishing the items; and a selectively operable steam distribution system for applying steam within the enclosure to at least one of the cleaning elements and/or the items, whereby the cleaning elements dry or polish the items, wherein the steam distribution system is operable on insertion of an end of said items into the enclosure.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bowl-type dish washer comprising: a body; a water tank in the body; a water supply coupled to the water tank; a rotation driver in the body; a rotation shaft coupled to the driver; a cleaning unit removably coupled to the rotation shaft; a curved plate coupled to the body at a top thereof; and a removable cover removably coupled to the curved plate, wherein the removable cover has multiple bowl-type dish supporters formed on an inner side thereof, wherein the multiple bowl-type dish supporters have different sizes based on the size of the bowl-type dishes, wherein the removable cover has a horizontal partition to define a detergent receiving space.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical fiber connector cleaner in which the rotation of the cleaning shaft is linked with the feeding of the cleaning tape so that it is possible to wipe the dirt on the end surface of the connector off reliably. A forwarding and reversing mechanism of the optical fiber connector cleaner is formed of a fixing member contacting the second casing so as to be slidable, and a coil spring biasing the second casing forward in the one direction for the fixing member, a rotation mechanism is formed of a first rack gear disposed on the fixing member, a first gear rotatably mounted in the second casing, and a second gear connected to a base end of the shaft 14, the first gear includes first teeth fitted to the first rack gear, and second teeth fitted to the second gear.

Abstract: A device for cleaning carboys, kegs, and similar containers is disclosed. The device includes a pair of cleaning pads pivotally attached to a rod. Each pad has a fabric exterior, a stiffening insert, and the absorbent sponge. The insert and sponge are placed on one side of the fabric exterior. The opposite side of the fabric exterior is folded over the stiffening insert and the sponge and then sewn together.

Abstract: Provided is a pan cleaner, comprising a cleaning portion, a brush sweeping portion having a cleaning component and a driving portion; wherein the cleaning portion provides cleaning fluid for a pan, the cleaning component is contacted with an inner surface of the pan, so as to brush the inner surface of the pan, and the driving portion is connected to and drives the brush sweeping portion. The pan cleaner of the invention can effectively remove residues in a pan, and thus decreases labor intensity of a chef and increases hygiene quality.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for cleaning residual powder and other contaminants from external surfaces of pressed powder cosmetic pans before the pans are adhered into the compact. A feed chute feeds pans into a feed path in the apparatus one after another in an upright orientation. The feed path includes two cleaning stations, each provided with brushes for scrubbing the pan. One cleaning station has cylindrical or drum brushes to scrub the bottom of each pan. The other cleaning station has a belt-type brush to scrub the sides of each pan. Dust collection systems are suspended above and below the apparatus at appropriate locations along the feed path to collect the residual powder and contaminants removed from the pans. Belts may be provided within the feed path to move the pans through the cleaning stations.

Abstract: A one-piece sponge cleans and removes coating material from the bottom edge, inside and outside surface of a photoreceptor drum. The one-piece sponge has an inner sponge section and an outer sponge section, both with internal channels to remove solvent and dissolved coating material.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a hole or bore in a work piece has a reel, a switch, a mandrel, a cutting edge and a cleaning material. The cleaning material is driven by the first reel and extends over the mandrel. The trigger causes the first reel to pull the cleaning material over the mandrel to clean the hole or bore.

Abstract: A brush for cleaning a carboy includes a flexible substrate, e.g., a chamois attached to a first end portion of a shaft. The chamois has opposed major surfaces lying in an imaginary plane that is parallel to the long axis of the shaft. Cleaning fluid, e.g., soap and water, is applied to the chamois and the first end of the shaft is inserted into the carboy. The opposite end of the shaft rotated, e.g., by a hand-held drill, and centrifugal force moves the edges of the chamois against the interior walls of the carboy cleaning it.

Abstract: A one-piece sponge cleans and removes coating material from the bottom edge, inside and outside surface of a photoreceptor drum. The one-piece sponge has an inner sponge section and an outer sponge section, both with internal channels to remove solvent and dissolved coating material.

Abstract: The invention is an apparatus suitable for cleaning pots comprising a drive, a shaft assembly, and at least one (1) pad attached to the shaft assembly. The drive rotates the shaft assembly which rotates the at least one (1) pad which is capable of scouring a pot surface held against the rotating pad.

Abstract: The invention is an apparatus suitable for cleaning pots comprising a drive, a shaft assembly, and at least one (1) pad attached to the shaft assembly. The drive rotates the shaft assembly which rotates the at least one (1) pad which is capable of scouring a pot surface held against the rotating pad.

Abstract: A rotary brush cleaning device with interchangeable brush attachments including a power unit adapted for being held in a hand of a user. The power unit comprises a housing adapted for being gripped in the hand of a user, and the housing has an interior. A motor is mounted in the interior of the housing. An attachment mounting member is located in the interior of the housing, and a power source is located in the housing. At least one interchangeable brush attachment is provided for removably coupling to the power unit. The brush attachment includes a brush portion and an attachment base portion for removably mounting to the attachment mounting member of the power unit. The attachment mounting member has a mounting groove formed by an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface spaced from the inner wall surface. The mounting groove is substantially annular and peg members are located at diametrically opposite locations on the annular mounting groove.

Abstract: A portable device for washing drinking glasses includes a hollow tubular handle containing a rotary shaft, drive motor, and dry cell battery. A circular sponge cleaning element is attached to the external end of the rotary shaft for cleaning the interior surface of a drinking glass enclosing the sponge element. The hollow handle provides a storage chamber for liquid detergent that can be delivered through an axial passage in the shaft to the sponge element. Handle construction is simplified by forming the handle in two sections split on the handle longitudinal axis; a single gasket is interposed in the plane of the split to seal the longitudinal joint between the two handle sections.

Abstract: A table-mounted cleaning tool for cleaning spindle sockets includes a cleaning head which is shaped to conform to the configuration of the inner wall surface of the socket including wiper blades at spaced intervals around the external surface of the cleaning head, and the head is resiliently mounted on a base which is movable on a table into and out of alignment with the spindle socket so that the spindle socket can be advanced and rotated into and out of engagement with the cleaning head, and the resilient mounting of the head permits it to be self-centering when at rest and when inserted into the socket and to uniformly engage the wall of the socket for most efficient cleaning.

Abstract: A portable scrubbing device (10) includes a support base (12) for placement on a generally horizontal surface, a motor (14) including a rotatable shaft (16) and mounted to the support base (12) so that the rotatable shaft (16) extends upwardly at an angle from the support base (12), and a brush (18) attached to the shaft (16) for rotation with the shaft (16). The shaft (16) includes a portion having a non-circular cross-section, and the brush (18) includes a sleeve (36) having a portion with a corresponding non-circular cross-section that mates with the shaft (16). The angle at which the shaft (16) is mounted relative to support base (12) and the shape of the shaft (16) and the sleeve (36) cooperate to hold the brush (18) on the shaft (16) and to rotate the brush (18) with the shaft (16) without the use of additional fasteners such as set screws or threaded fittings.

Abstract: A disinfection rack to mount, organize, display, and sterilize vials comprising of a reservoir (16) that contains disinfection fluid, which travels along a plurality of wicks (24) into a disinfection chamber (14), where the top of vials (28) remains in contact with the disinfecting fluid. Vials (28) are suspended by the top and neck within said disinfection chamber (14), and is stabilized by a spring (22) also contained within. The disinfection rack can be mounted by attaching a mounting plate (10) to a wall, cabinet, door, or other vertical surface allowing continuous visualization and sterilization of vials while in said disinfection chamber (14).

Abstract: A washing machine for hollowware has a washing implement mounted on a rotating shaft projected outwardly from a casing of the machine. The washing implement is covered with a hollowware to be washed having a relatively deep depth through operation of an operator, and when the hollowware is moved by means of the operator's hand(s), the washing implement rotates while contacting with the inside of the hollowware thereby removing stains therefrom. The rotating shaft is connected to either a pinion meshing with a rack, or a rotary gear meshing with a stationary gear, so that when the hollowware is subjected to reciprocating motion or rotary motion, the rotating shaft rotates on its own axis.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning residual material, such as printer's ink, from containers, generally cylindrical tubs. The apparatus effects the support and rotation of the tub in a tank containing a solvent. At least a portion of the tub sits within the liquid. The solvent acts on the dried ink to cause its disengagement from the container. A scouring material placed inside the tub helps to loosen the ink adhering to the tub's interior surfaces.

Abstract: A bottle finish wiping mechanism adapted to automatically position a plurality of bottles and subsequently wipe the finish areas of such bottles. The mechanism includes a plurality of wiper elements which are simultaneously movable into and out of contact with the bottles, and which, upon engagement therewith move cleaning pad surfaces against the finish areas of the bottle. When the cleaning pad surfaces are in engagement with the bottle the wiper elements rotate to effect cleaning.

Abstract: Apparatus and a method for removing foreign and undesirable material from composite cans during the manufacturing operation includes a first conveyor having spindles thereon for indexing the cans on the first conveyor in a space parallel relation with an open end thereof faced in a direction substantially transverse to the direction of conveyance. A second conveyor is positioned alongside the first conveyor, and is positively controlled with, and driven with the first conveyor in the same direction at a uniform rate. A plurality of plungers are provided parallel to the cans and carried by the second conveyor, and a cam arrangement drives the plungers toward, through and away from the cans in order to pass the end of each plunger through a corresponding can to remove any foreign or undesirable materials therefrom.

Abstract: A continuous apparatus for cleaning and decontaminating the glasslike outer surface of plastic containers to prepare them for printing thereon is provided by a pair of troughs designed to retain the containers, one trough as a feeder trough down which the containers slide or roll to meet the second trough, the second trough receiving the containers one by one and the trough provided with a continuously driven pusher piston to move the containers one by one the exact length of the container, said containers moving along said trough and passing through first a lined trough having a wiping toweling surround the container and the toweling connected to a decontaminating fluid tank, a second portion of said trough surrounded with dry toweling to wipe said containers as they are pushed along said trough until the container reaches the end clean and ready for printing on the surface of said container.

Abstract: A cleaning mechanism for conveyors and items being transported on conveyors including an endless belt of rug material which contacts the surface of a conveyor or the bottoms of articles being transported thereon to clean them. The mechanism includes a nozzle which is positioned to spray water or water and solvent or solvent onto the endless belt to clean and moisten the belt. A squeegee roller is provided downstream of the nozzle to remove excess liquid so that the desired amount of water remains on the belt. The squeegee roller is spring biased against the belt to remove the excess liquid and also to apply tension to the belt so that the belt is sufficiently taut to perform the cleaning function. The cleaning mechanism can be placed alongside the conveyor to clean the bottom of the articles being transported by the conveyor.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for removal of debris and excess material from pottery greenware. The apparatus includes a vertically disposed spindle which is rotatably driven and carries surface abrading means secured to the uppermost end thereof. This abrading means comprises a body of resiliently flexible material such as a sponge which has a substantial number of pores or open spaces and voids distributed throughout its entirety. The abrading means projects radially outward from diamatrically composed sides of the spindle as well as extending a distance above the upper end thereof, thereby forming a surface which, when revolved about the vertical axis, defines a surface that readily conforms to that of the greenware to be scrubbed or cleaned. A water dispensing nozzle is also situated in close proximately to the upper end of the spindle and continuously ejects a stream of water onto or in the direction of the abrading means during operation of the apparatus.