Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a portable drying mechanism. The mechanism may comprise a grip, shaft, neck, drying panels, and a tip. The shaft may comprise a button to modify the configuration of the portable drying mechanism. The button may release interchangeable components of the portable drying mechanism. The button may allow the shaft to extend. The button may activate an electrical or manual drying response such as, but not limited to, a water vacuum or rotating drying material. The shaft may comprise a hollow cavity for material retention. The shaft may comprise a telescoping aspect that allows for extension and retraction. The neck may comprise a flexible portion to dry containers with complex shapes. The tip may comprise a sensor to verify dryness within a container. The drying panels may comprise a predetermined shape and material that allow the drying panels to dry containers and hard-to-reach areas.

Abstract: An applicator, and in particular a lip applicator, for applying a cosmetic onto the skin, comprising a preferably elongate applicator body extending along a longitudinal applicator axis and a bristle-free jacket surface surrounding it which serves, at least in some sections, for applying and distributing the cosmetic on the skin, wherein the applicator body has several wings, characterized in that the wings distally each have a freely projecting end and the wings are, in their entirety, preferably disposed along an annular line and the wings form between them a mass storage unit.

Abstract: There is provided in a preferred embodiment of the present invention a maintenance device having a central body and a lubricant container attached to the upper end of the central body. At a lower end of the central body, at least one dynamic body is provided and biased by a spring to an extended position relative to the central body. The dynamic member comprises a pair of cleaning arms that are outwardly biased. As a compression force is applied to the dynamic body, the biasing spring is compressed and the dynamic body is moved toward a retracted position relative to the central body. As the dynamic body retracts, the cleaning arms pivot inward and engage the fastener for cleaning.

Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention, a gutter-cleaning device comprises a housing containing an impeller drive facility, the housing configured to fit into a gutter, an impeller, disposed at an end of the housing and driven by the impeller drive facility, and a transport facility for transporting the housing along the gutter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus and methods of removing media. In particular, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods of removing media from a tooling for a fuselage. In one implementation, the media removal apparatus uses an auger to dislodge the media, and a vacuum to remove the media. In another implementation the media removal apparatus uses an air pressure line to dislodge the media and a vacuum to remove the media.

Abstract: A universal firearm cleaning system 4 is presented that includes a universal barrel fastener 6 and waste container 8 to catch cleaning patches and the splattering solvent that exits the barrel bore during the firearm cleaning process. The fastener 6 attaches the container 8 to the muzzle or breech of the gun barrel using tongs that can easily accommodate various diameters of gun barrels and virtually any sight system. The waste container 8 is attached to the fastener 6 and has removable end caps. One end cap 42 closes the container. The other end cap 38 forms an opening for receiving the end of the barrel of a gun and connects to the barrel fastener 6. When a cleaning rod is pushed through the bore 16, the waste container 8 catches the solvent, splatter and other debris that exits the bore 16. The end cap 42 may then be removed to easily clean out the waste container 8.

Abstract: An elongate bore cleaner, such as would be used to clean the inside of a barrel of a gun. The cleaner includes an elongate member, such as a hollow rod, that has a handle at one end and a cleaning member at the other. The handle is rotatably mounted relative to the cleaning member so that the cleaning member can rotate to fully engage the riflings in a gun barrel. The elongate bore cleaner also includes a fluid dispenser, preferably located adjacent the rear portion of the handle, the actuation of which causes fluid to flow through a conduit and out of apertures that are adjacent the cleaning member. Preferably, the fluid dispenser is a squeeze bottle, and the hollow rod serves as the conduit. Squeezing the squeeze bottle causes the cleaning fluid to travel from the squeeze bottle, through the hollow rod, exiting near the end of the rod, adjacent to the cleaning brush.