Adjustable Patents (Class 15/169)
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Patent number: 10709232Abstract: A paintbrush having an elongated handle with brush bristles connected to the proximal end of said handle and a rotatable paint scraper attached to the distal end of said elongated paintbrush handle so that the scraper can be deployed from the brush handle by a user. The paintbrush handle also includes a magnet on one side for attaching the paintbrush and hanging the paintbrush from a metal surface such as a paint can when not in use or temporarily during work breaks. The rotatable paint scraper blade can be moved by depressing and operating button to move the blade away from the paintbrush handle sufficiently to allow 180° rotation from an operable position extending away from the distal end of the paintbrush handle to a storage position snugly against the paint brush handle.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Inventor: Mario F. Sagastume
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Patent number: 10368630Abstract: A handle shaft has an upper end and a lower end. A cylindrical collar extends upwardly from the upper end of the handle shaft. The cylindrical collar has an open top. A brush head is formed of a plurality of elongated bristle fibers. The bristle fibers have lower ends secured in the open top of the cylindrical collar. The bristle fibers have free upper ends and a middle section. A ferrule assembly is axially reciprocable upon the cylindrical collar between a cleaning lower position and a raised position for cosmetic product application. The ferrule assembly is in sliding contact with the cylindrical collar. The ferrule assembly has a lower end and an upper end. The upper end is of a reduced circumference for sliding contact with the bristle fibers.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: SI/TKO Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Ryan Christopher Jones
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Patent number: 10322488Abstract: A rotating tool includes a tool body including a polishing tool and a shank, and a flange part provided in the tool body. The polishing tool includes a plurality of linear grinding members and a grinding member holder to hold the linear grinding members. The flange part is an annular member, and attached to the grinding member holder, so as to be movable in the direction of an axial line and rotatable about the axial line. When the inner circumferential surface of a hole formed in a workpiece is processed, the grinding member holder and the annular member are inserted into the hole. When run-out on the front side of the rotating tool occurs, the annular member comes into contact with the peripheral wall surface of the hole, whereby the run-out of the tool body is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignees: TAIMEI CHEMICALS CO., LTD., XEBEC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Okada, Suguru Matsushita
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Patent number: 10219612Abstract: The brushing device contains a bundle of fiber rods (1), which are arranged parallel to one another, and a protective sleeve (2), which encloses the fiber rods. Once fiber rods (1) have become worn, the protective sleeve (2) is able to be axially adjusted, so that the free ends of the fiber rods (1) protrude beyond the protective sleeve (2) by a desired amount. A first component (4) connected to the fiber rods (1) and a further, second component (8) connected to the protective sleeve (2) are detachably connected to one another, in a non-positively locking manner, by a clamping mechanism (3, 5, 11).Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Liechti Engineering AGInventors: Christoph Urfer, Andreas Scheidegger, Ernst Haueter
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Patent number: 10065290Abstract: The invention relates to a combined type wheel burr brush, consisting of a lower bottom plate, lantern rings, nylon brush units, an upper bottom plate, steel-wire brush units and the like, wherein the steel-wire brush units in II and IV areas are floating, and under a natural state, the height of the steel-wire brush units is 10 mm higher than that of the nylon brush units; when in work, the steel-wire brush units firstly contact a spoke of a back cavity of a wheel, burrs of the back cavity of the wheel can be removed powerfully when the steel-wire brush units rotate, the steel-wire brush units are continuously compressed, and when the nylon brush units also contact the spoke of the back cavity, burrs at corners can be smoothened; and when a small-size wheel is encountered, by removing the lower bottom plate, the fast locks and the lantern rings, a small-size burr brush can be formed.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: CITIC Discastal CO., LTDInventors: Bowen Xue, Jiandong Guo
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Patent number: 10011001Abstract: The present invention relates to a wheel brush, which is composed of a base plate, springs, chucks, iron sleeves and bristles. When a bristle unit is to be mounted, the iron sleeve of the bristle unit is placed on the upper side of the base plate, two anti-rotating lugs are made to correspond to two lug slots in the base plate, and the chuck is inserted from the lower side of the base plate; after a gasket is fixed in a counter bore in the lower side of the base plate, a wing nut is continuously pressed upwards, so that the spring is tensioned, and two guiding lugs of a fixing pin come into contact with the bottom ends of guiding slots in the iron sleeve; and after the wing nut is rotated by 90 degrees, the bristle unit can be locked.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bowen Xue, Jiandong Guo
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Patent number: 9598970Abstract: A brush seal includes a bristle part formed by multiple bristles attached to a stationary part between the stationary part and a rotational part that undergo relative motion by maintaining a space in between; and a back plate attached adjacent to the bristle part on its low-pressure side to restrict the movement of the bristle part. The brush seal for sealing a fluid between the stationary part and rotational part is characterized in that the bristle part is formed by the multiple bristles such that the multiple bristles arranged in a direction of fluid are mutually fixed between a base end and a free end to form planar bristles arranged continuously in layers in a circumferential direction to form the bristle part.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Hideyuki Inoue
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Publication number: 20150074929Abstract: A brush and cleaning tool for removing hair accumulating in and between the bristles of the brush in a way that is non-strenuous for the user and non-damaging to the brush.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventor: Jasper White
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Patent number: 8904592Abstract: Devices and systems are disclosed for rapidly drying and shaping fine-bristled brushes. The typical device is a resilient, water permeable tubular band or sleeve, designed to surround a bundle of bristles when in a radially expanded state. An elastic restoring force exerted by the sleeve acts radially inwardly against the bundle, compacting the bristles against one another. The compaction tends to preserve or restore a desired shape of the bundle, and substantially closes interstitial regions or open spaces ordinarily present between and among the bristles. Substantial closure of the interstitial regions, along with the use of a breathable material in the fibers used to construct the sleeve, contribute to a surprising and considerable reduction in bristle drying time. A system suitable for simultaneously drying several brushes includes a flat panel supporting a plurality of the sleeves, each sleeve aligned with a receptacle for the brush handle.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Inventors: Rene Xavier Filho, Simone Rodrigues Oliveira Xavier
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Patent number: 8857005Abstract: A hair brush that permits quick and easy removal of hair has a handle attached to a head. The head is made up of at least two frames that are mounted to the handle through cantilevers that permit movement of the frames relative to one another. The bristles are mounted to the frames, preferably in single rows. A force applied to one frame moves that frame relative to the other frame and the handle, thereby permitting the user to reach between the frames to remove any hair that is caught in the bristles. The brush allows a gap between the bristles to be enlarged, thereby making removal using human fingers much easier. Repeated movement and return of the frames to their resting position can cause the hair fibers to work away from the bristle bases and make removal much easier.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: The Ohio State UniversityInventors: Scott Shim, Wonmo Koo
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Patent number: 8813301Abstract: A conductive weld brush (10) consists of a conductive receptacle (12), a bundle of conductive fibers (13) which are anchored by their inner end within the conductive receptacle (12) and a slidable support sleeve (20) which has a first end portion (21) which receives the conductive receptacle (12) and a shaped second end portion (22) which surrounds and shapes the fiber bundle (13).Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Kezza Products PTY LimitedInventor: William Paul Bunting
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Patent number: 8499403Abstract: A brush includes: a brush body having a base plate, at least one through hole, and a guide rail; a bristle unit including a plurality of bristles connected to the base plate; a hair-removing plate disposed movably below the base plate and formed with a plurality of bristle holes; a push member disposed above the base plate and connected slidably to the guide rail; and at least one flexible strip that extends through the through hole and that is connected to the push member and the hair-removing plate. The push member is slidable along the guide rail and toward or away from the through hole so as to move the hair-removing plate away from or toward the base plate. The hair-removing plate moves away from the lower surface of the base plate when the push member slides toward the through hole.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2011Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Inventor: Huo-Pia Wang
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Patent number: 8495785Abstract: /A cleaning tool including a first support member, an absorbent member disposed below the first support member; and a plurality of brush bristles which extend into the absorbent member. Further embodiments of the present invention provide a cleaning tool including a first support member and a second support member, an absorbent member disposed below the second support member, an elastic compressible substrate sandwiched between the first support member and the second support member; a plurality of brush bristles which extend into the absorbent member; and an adjusting mechanism for varying the position of the second support member relative to the first support member, such that the cleaning tips of the brush bristles can be inside, outside or coincident with the absorbent member.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2009Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Inventor: Paul Eugene Triulzi
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Publication number: 20130111684Abstract: A hair styling implement has a body with a plurality of apertures formed through a body outer surface. A rod extends along and within an interior of the body. A plurality of bristles is attached to and extends from the rod, each extending through a corresponding aperture. A button on the implement that is coupled to the rod and movable to a depressed position and an outward position when not depressed. When the button is in the outward position, the plurality of bristles extends through the corresponding apertures to an extended user position. When the button is depressed, the plurality of bristles is retracted into the body to a retracted cleaning position extending through the corresponding apertures to a lesser extent relative to the extended use position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: GOODY PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Goody Products, Inc.
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Patent number: 8402592Abstract: A brush includes a first tuft holder having at least one tuft, a second tuft holder having at least one tuft, a support structure having a handle to grasp and use the brush, an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the brush between (1) a first condition where the first and second tuft holders are not movable with respect to each other; and, (2) a second condition where the first tuft holder is movable with respect to the second tuft holder, and wherein the first and second tuft holders remain attached to the support structure in the first and second conditions.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2009Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: The Wooster Brush CompanyInventors: James M. Byrne, Michael Zimmerman
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Patent number: 8302246Abstract: A hair brush includes a brush head and a bristle/handle assembly. The head includes a cylindrical barrel with a plurality of apertures in it, and the bristle/handle assembly includes a handle and a bristle tree assembly. The bristle tree assembly includes a central bristle rod, a plurality of bristles radially extending from the rod, and a connecting rod extending between the bristle rod and the handle. The bristle rod is positioned within the barrel, and the bristles extend through the barrel apertures in an extended position. The brush head and the bristle/handle assembly are not attached to each other, and instead they slide longitudinally relative to each other. When the handle and the barrel are slid apart from each other, the bristle rod travels with the handle to retract the bristles to a retracted positioned further within the barrel.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Goody Products, Inc.Inventors: Stan Chudzik, Michael Defenbaugh
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Patent number: 8281449Abstract: A brush wherein the bristles are retractable to facilitate the cleaning thereof in an efficient and effective manner. The apparatus generally comprises bristles disposed on a bristle-holding tree, wherein the bristles extend through apertures of a housing in an extended position. There is also provided a stem base engaged with the bristle-holding tree such that the stem base imparts longitudinal force upon the bristle-holding tree, causing the bristle-holding tree to move longitudinally relative to the housing, causing the bristles to move from an extended position to a retracted position to permit easy cleaning of hair from the brush. The brush provides locking capabilities which allow a user to hold the brush in one hand and remove hair with the free hand.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2011Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Inventor: Kristian Louis Skaare
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Patent number: 8132285Abstract: One embodiment of an applicator comprises a brush head with a ferrule, and a brush handle. The ferrule has the head at one end and the handle at the other end. Magnetic elements, at least one of which is a magnet, are attached to the brush handle and ferrule where the two parts connect. The brush head can be removed from the handle, assembled with the handle, and switched easily whenever needed. The ferrule can be kept firmly on the handle by the action of the magnet inside. The head can be retracted by sliding a sleeve mounted on the handle forward over the sides of the head. The head, when removed from the handle, can be washed without the risk of water penetrating the sleeve mechanism. The head can also be replaced or interchanged, which can greatly enlarge the versatility of the brush and also avoids waste of material.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Anisa International, Inc.Inventor: Xianzhen Piao
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Patent number: 8127773Abstract: A hair brush with a cleaning element for removing entwined hair from the brush before or after use. The cleaning element of the brush includes a plate(s) with opening through which the bristles protrude. When the plate is expanded, the plate pushes any hairs entwined in the bristles to the tips of the bristles where they are removed. The brush also has a post mechanism, which allows for the adjustment of the cleaning element to various intermediary positions, effectively adjusting the length of the bristles for use of the brush. A mirror is provided on the back of the brush, on the reverse side from the bristles.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Inventor: Joe DiPippo
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Patent number: 8117708Abstract: The present invention relates to a cosmetic brush in which the protrusion and retraction of a brush head is accomplished using a pushing bar in order to prevent the brush head from being damaged while the brush head protrudes from and retracts into a main body. The cosmetic brush includes a main body having an exit on a front side thereof and an insertion portion on a back side, an object member including a brush head which protrudes from and retracts into the main body through the exit, a pushing bar enabling the brush head to protrude from the main body, and a cover usually covering the exit of the main body and enabling the brush head to be protruded from the main body by a pushing bar.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2007Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Inventor: Joung Chul Kim
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Patent number: 7908700Abstract: A hair brush with a cleaning element for removing entwined hair from the brush after use. The cleaning element of the brush includes a plate(s) with opening through which the bristles protrude. When the plate is expanded, the plate pushes any hairs entwined in the bristles to the tips of the bristles where they are removed. The brush also has a post mechanism, which allows for the adjustment of the cleaning element to various intermediary positions, effectively adjusting the length of the bristles for use of the brush.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Inventor: Joe J DiPippo
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Patent number: 7861360Abstract: A hairbrush for allowing trapped hair to be easily removed therefrom. The hairbrush comprises a handle for grasping the hairbrush and a head joined to the handle. The head comprises an array of bristles that protrude through a layer having an array of corresponding apertures. In an initial position the bristles fully protrude through the apertures. In a final position the layer is shifted to the free ends of the bristles. By shifting said hairbrush from an initial position to a final position tangled hair is gathered along the layer and easily removed from the hairbrush.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2007Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: M.L.A. Developement and International Trade Ltd.Inventor: Aharon Malka
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Patent number: 7765633Abstract: A broom (10) having a stick (20) insertable on a top side (11?) of a shaped batten (11) from the bottom side (11?) of which there extend bristles (12) adapted for sweeping surfaces. The broom (10) is provided with a casing (30) made in the shape of a shell, shaped so that in a first lowered position, it covers the bristles by at least a portion of the length thereof, and in a second raised position, it allows the use of the broom for sweeping.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2006Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: ESSEPLAST S.p.AInventor: Michele Zen
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Patent number: 7739769Abstract: A hair brush with a cleaning element for removing entwined hair from the brush before or after use. The cleaning element of the brush includes a plate(s) with opening through which the bristles protrude. When the plate is expanded, the plate pushes any hairs entwined in the bristles to the tips of the bristles where they are removed. The brush also has a post mechanism, which allows for the adjustment of the cleaning element to various intermediary positions, effectively adjusting the length of the bristles for use of the brush.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Inventor: Joe J DiPippo
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Patent number: 7730572Abstract: An inter-dental brush is provided with a handle that accepts a cartridge housing continuous inter-dental brush feedstock. Used, worn out brush is cut off by a slidable cutter provided on an angled portion of the handle. Fresh inter-dental brush is fed out from the continuous inter-dental feedstock by turning a knob on the handle. The protrusion length of the inter-dental brush is controlled by the number of turns. The knob is connected to a gear that pushes against the feedstock, driving the brush through an aperture in the angled portion of the handle. Within the cartridge, the feedstock is removably attached to one swivel and is wrapped around a second swivel. The swivels have a brake that produces a taut feedstock as the brush is fed out. The cartridge may contain a single roll with a brake instead of a pair of swivels.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Inventor: Roger E. Weiss
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Patent number: 7578022Abstract: An assembly structured to be used primarily, but not exclusively, with a toothbrush and cooperatively structured therewith to selectively orient the bristles of bristle tufts of the brush between a neutral position, an angularly oriented forward position and/or a angularly oriented rearward direction. A position assembly is connected to the body of the toothbrush and reciprocally moveable along the length thereof in a manner which substantially maintains the longitudinal axises of both the body of the toothbrush and the positioning assembly in parallel relation to one another. The position assembly including a bristle engaging portion with may be mounted either exteriorly or interiorly of the head portion of the toothbrush body and cooperatively structured therewith to selectively orient the plurality of bristles in any of the above noted positions.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2007Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Inventor: Steven Schraga
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Patent number: 7565714Abstract: An applicator for applying a substance to a keratinous surface may include a stem and an applicator member associated with a distal end of the stem. The stem may include a portion extending around at least part of the applicator member. The portion may have a proximal end and may extend from the proximal end toward the distal end of the stem. The proximal end of the portion may either be distal to a proximal end of the applicator member or located at substantially the same position as the proximal end of the applicator member. The portion may be configured to be deformed at least in part in response to deformation of the applicator member during application of the substance to the keratinous surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2004Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: L'Oréal S.A.Inventor: Jean-Louis H. Gueret
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Patent number: 7526829Abstract: A hair brush includes a body, a cushion pad, and a plurality of bristles. The body includes at least a partial cavity at a first end, and the cavity includes a front portion, a rear portion, and a plurality of apertures. A cushion pad having a first surface is disposed near the front portion of the cavity when the hair brush is in a user position, and is disposed near a second surface located near the rear portion of the cavity when the hair brush is in a cleaning position. The plurality of bristles are disposed on the cushion pad, and have a first end that bristles extend substantially perpendicular from the first surface of the cushion pad through the apertures in the front portion of the body.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2004Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Goody Products, Inc.Inventors: Tianyi Chang, Kim V. Peterson, Paul Spitale, Gil Spenser
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Patent number: 7506396Abstract: A hair brush with a cleaning element for removing entwined hair from the brush after use. The cleaning element of the brush includes a plate(s) with opening through which the bristles protrude. When the plate is expanded, the plate pushes any hairs entwined in the bristles to the tips of the bristles where they are removed. The brush also has a post mechanism, which allows for the adjustment of the cleaning element to various intermediary positions, effectively adjusting the length of the bristles for use of the brush.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2006Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Inventor: Joe J DiPippo
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Patent number: 7363676Abstract: A pair of foundations held on a central rod disposed along an axis secure a number of connecting rods which, in turn, support portions of a cylinder oriented parallel to the axis. As the angle between the connecting rods and the central rod is adjusted, the cylinder portions move toward and away from the central rod so as to vary the diameter of the adjustable diameter cylindrical mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2004Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Inventor: Masood Habibi
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Patent number: 7320148Abstract: A hairbrush assembly includes an elongated first cylinder having a first end and a second end. An elongated second cylinder is positioned on and is rotatable with respect to the first cylinder. The second cylinder has a distal end and a proximal end with respect to the second end of the first cylinder. The second end extends outwardly from the distal end of the second cylinder. The second cylinder has a plurality of rows of aligned apertures extending from the proximal end and toward the distal end. A plurality of bristle assemblies is provided and each is positioned between the first and second cylinders adjacent to the first end of the first cylinder. Each of the bristle assemblies is selectively positioned in an extended position extending outwardly of the apertures or in a retracted position positioned within an interior space defined between the first and second cylinders.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2005Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Inventor: Peter A. Willette
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Patent number: 7316045Abstract: A hair brush having a handle and a body portion with a recess having a convex bottom surface. A similarly curved bristle retaining plate has bristle retaining holes with one bristle slidably installed in each hole. Each bristle has an enlarged bulbous upper end and a wedge-shaped lower end so that it can slide through the bristle retaining plate between its ends. The holes have chamfers at the bottom surface of the plate, and the wedge-shaped ends of the bristles are dimensioned so as to fit in the chamfers. A similarly curved hair removal plate with bristle receiving holes is placed atop the bristle retaining plate, and detachably retained in position. To clean the brush, the hair removal plate is removed from the bristle retaining plate, and the bristle retaining plate is removed from the recess and turned to cause the bristles to slide in the holes so that their bulbous ends contact the bristle retaining plate. Thereafter the plates are returned to their original positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2004Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Inventor: Eric John Koke
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Patent number: 7284556Abstract: The present invention is a comb, whose staples can be easily kept clean by ripping a tissue on a base of staples.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2006Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Inventor: Chuan Chou
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Patent number: 7213293Abstract: An assembly structured to be used primarily, but not exclusively, with a toothbrush and cooperatively structured therewith to selectively orient the bristles of bristle tufts of the brush between a neutral position, an angularly oriented forward position and/or a angularly oriented rearward direction. A position assembly is connected to the body of the toothbrush and reciprocally moveable along the length thereof in a manner which substantially maintains the longitudinal axises of both the body of the toothbrush and the positioning assembly in parallel relation to one another. The position assembly including a bristle engaging portion with may be mounted either exteriorly or interiorly of the head portion of the toothbrush body and cooperatively structured therewith to selectively orient the plurality of bristles in any of the above noted positions.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2003Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Inventor: Steven Schraga
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Patent number: 7140061Abstract: A system and method for protecting bristles that includes a sleeve sized and shaped to be slideably received over a handle attached to the bristles, the sleeve formed of breathable material to facilitate drying of the bristles, and the sleeve formed of rigid material to support the handle and the bristles in a vertical orientation and to protect the bristles, the sleeve formed of a length sufficient to cover the bristles, and to cover at least a portion of the handle. In accordance with a method of the invention, the sleeve is slid over the proximal end of the handle and moved down the handle to a position where the sleeve covers the bristles and a first end of the sleeve extends beyond the bristles, and the handle is placed in a vertical orientation so that the first end of the sleeve bears against a supporting surface to hold the handle and the bristles in a vertical orientation.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2003Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Inventors: Diane A. Baker, Malcolm D. Plant
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Patent number: 6976283Abstract: This invention relates to a cosmetic brush assembly. The cosmetic brush assembly has a brush member, which may be inserted in a case or pulled out from that by the open and close action of a protection cap. Further, the total length of the cosmetic brush assembly may be changed according to the movement of the brush. Therefore, a user may easily reserve the cosmetic brush assembly in a bag or use it for painting with cosmetic powder.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2003Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Inventor: Man Soo Choi
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Publication number: 20040250840Abstract: A system and method for protecting bristles that includes a sleeve sized and shaped to be slideably received over a handle attached to the bristles, the sleeve formed of breathable material to facilitate drying of the bristles, and the sleeve formed of rigid material to support the handle and the bristles in a vertical orientation and to protect the bristles, the sleeve formed of a length sufficient to cover the bristles, and to cover at least a portion of the handle. In accordance with a method of the invention, the sleeve is slid over the proximal end of the handle and moved down the handle to a position where the sleeve covers the bristles and a first end of the sleeve extends beyond the bristles, and the handle is placed in a vertical orientation so that the first end of the sleeve bears against a supporting surface to hold the handle and the bristles in a vertical orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2003Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventors: Diane A. Baker, Malcolm D. Plant
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Patent number: 6742214Abstract: De-dusting brush structure including a patterned body, a connecting body, a brush body and an adjustment member. Two opposite sides of the connecting body are formed with ribs. An engaging flange is formed on lower end of the connecting body. The brush body is fixedly connected with the lower end face of the connecting body. The adjustment member is hollow and has a profile similar to that of the connecting body. An annular rib is formed on inner circumference of open end of the adjustment member. The adjustment member is fitted onto the connecting body and movable along the connecting body, whereby the annular rib of the adjustment member is up and down adjustably engaged with any of the ribs of the connecting body to locate the adjustment member. Accordingly, the volume of the brush body is adjustable and varied with the position of the adjustment member.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Chien-Chang Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Giovanni Lee
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Patent number: 6725495Abstract: In a first aspect of the invention an adjustable hairbrush includes an inner cylinder to which are affixed brush bristles and an outer cylinder through which the brush bristles extend. The inner and outer cylinders may be rotated about a common axis with respect to one another so as to adjust the length of the portion of the bristles protruding from the outer cylinder. A mechanism to limit rotation may be provided. In a second aspect of the invention, a pair of foundations held on a central rod disposed along an axis secure a number of connecting rods which, in turn, support portions of a cylinder oriented parallel to the axis. Bristles protrude from the cylinder portions. As the angle between the connecting rods and the central rod is adjusted, the cylinder portions move toward and away from the central rod so as to vary the diameter of the brush.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2000Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Inventor: Masood Habibi
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Patent number: 6681775Abstract: A brush includes a brush body that defines a bristle-receiving chamber therein, and that has a combing wall formed with a plurality of bristle-extension apertures in spatial communication with the bristle-receiving chamber. A bristle-holding element is disposed movably in the bristle-receiving chamber. A plurality of bristles are mounted on the bristle-holding element, and extend through the bristle-extension apertures in the combing wall, respectively. An urging member is disposed in the bristle-receiving chamber for urging the bristle-holding element toward the combing wall of the brush body. An operating member is connected to the bristle-holding element to move the bristle-holding element against urging action of the urging member away from the combing wall of the brush body.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2002Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Inventor: Huo-Pia Wang
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Patent number: 6631831Abstract: A self-cleaning hairbrush system has a housing with a wall formed with apertures and with a hollow interior with an open end and a closed end. A core has an interior end positionable adjacent to the closed end and an exterior exposed end extending through the open end of the housing. A plurality of resilient bristles have fixed ends extending radially outward from the core and free ends extending through the apertures of the housing. A handle is operatively coupled to the closed end of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2002Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Inventor: David J. Loiselle
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Patent number: 6606756Abstract: A broom for cleaning surfaces or floors is designed with a device having a plurality of narrow slots through which the bristles of the broom are threaded. The device is able to slide along the handle of the broom such that the span of the bristles projected from the slots of the device can increase or decrease. When the span of the bristles increases, the bristles are less stiff and the broom is suitable for gentle brushing action. As the span of the bristles decreases, the bristles stiffen, allowing the broom to be used for heavier brushing action. The device can also be set in a position such that the working ends or free ends of the bristles are completely sunk inside the slots. At this position, any dirt and dust that is trapped between the bristles will be pushed away from the bristles.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2001Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: Products of Tomorrow, Inc.Inventor: Juan Fernandez
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Publication number: 20030126706Abstract: De-dusting brush structure including a patterned body, a connecting body, a brush body and an adjustment member. Two opposite sides of the connecting body are formed with ribs. An engaging flange is formed on lower end of the connecting body. The brush body is fixedly connected with the lower end face of the connecting body. The adjustment member is hollow and has a profile similar to that of the connecting body. An annular rib is formed on inner circumference of open end of the adjustment member. The adjustment member is fitted onto the connecting body and movable along the connecting body, whereby the annular rib of the adjustment member is up and down adjustably engaged with any of the ribs of the connecting body to locate the adjustment member. Accordingly, the volume of the brush body is adjustable and varied with the position of the adjustment member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Inventor: Giovanni Lee
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Publication number: 20030088929Abstract: A cleaning implement comprises an elongate hollow tube. Bristle wires are bundled together and inserted fully into the tube, leaving a portion of the bristle wire projecting beyond a first end of the tube. The projecting portion of the bristle wire is trimmed to form a wire bristle brush. The first end of the tube is crimped to secure the bristles in place. When the bristles wear out, the end of the brush is uncrimped and a new length of bristle wire is pulled out of the tube. The tube is recrimped and the new bristle wire sheared off to form new bristles. The second, opposite end of the tube can be cut at an angle to form a scraper tool. Alternatively, screw threads can be formed at the second end of the tube to removably receive other types of cleaning or scraping apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2001Publication date: May 15, 2003Inventor: Joseph Alfred Beary
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Publication number: 20020166186Abstract: A broom for cleaning surfaces or floors is designed with a device having a plurality of narrow slots through which the bristles of the broom are threaded. The device is able to slide along the handle of the broom such that the span of the bristles projected from the slots of the device can be increase or decrease. When the span of the bristles increases, the bristles are less stiff and the broom is suitable for gentle brushing action. As the span of the bristles decreases, the bristles stiffen, allowing the broom to be used for heavier brushing action. The device can also be set in a position such that the working ends or free ends of the bristles are completely sunk inside the slots. At this position, any dirt and dust that is trapped between the bristles will be pushed away from the bristles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2001Publication date: November 14, 2002Inventor: Juan Fernandez
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Patent number: 6374448Abstract: The present invention relates to a brush, in particular a toothbrush, comprising a brush body carrying cleaning elements and a perforated plate through which the cleaning elements are projecting. A brush which is improved in terms of hygiene is created by the present invention in that the cleaning elements are arranged on a bristle carrier which is in threaded engagement with the brush body, and that the perforated plate is rotatably held on the brush body. Furthermore, the present invention suggests a bristle insert as a replacement part for said brush.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2001Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Assignee: M+C Schiffer GmbHInventor: Armin Seifert
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Patent number: 6345405Abstract: The two-in-one toothbrush provides for dual sets of brushing bristles facing in opposing directions to allow the toothbrush to clean both the upper and lower teeth simultaneously. Another form of the toothbrush design allows for the movement of at least one set of brushing bristles between extended and retracted positions, for use and hygienic storage of the brushing bristles. In another form, the toothbrush design allows for the independent movement of dual sets of brushing bristles between extended and retracted positions, for use and hygienic storage of the brushing bristles.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2000Date of Patent: February 12, 2002Inventor: Rickie Brackin
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Publication number: 20010029639Abstract: The present invention relates to a brush, in particular a toothbrush, comprising a brush body carrying cleaning elements and a perforated plate through which the cleaning elements are projecting. A brush which is improved in terms of hygiene is created by the present invention in that the cleaning elements are arranged on a bristle carrier which is in threaded engagement with the brush body, and that the perforated plate is rotatably held on the brush body. Furthermore, the present invention suggests a bristle insert as a replacement part for said brush.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2001Publication date: October 18, 2001Inventor: Armin Seifert
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Patent number: 6269515Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning electrodes of an optical fiber splicing apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, the cleaning apparatus includes a plurality of tungsten wires and a support member. The plurality of tungsten wires are coupled to the support member at a first end of the support member. The cleaning apparatus may also include a cover that is slidably disposed on the support member. The cover is slidable between a first position where the cover is disposed away from the plurality of tungsten wires and a second position where the plurality of tungsten wires are received within the cover.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1999Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: TyCom (US) Inc.Inventor: Ramesh Varma
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Patent number: 6142868Abstract: A repair kit and method facilitate a quick and durarble paint repair on any color vehicle or other painted item. The kit includes a fine abrasive surface preparation tool, an applicator, and a universal touch-up paint. A second embodiment adds a small flexible rubber sanding block, a plurality of pre-cut ultrafine sanding papers, and an ultrafine polish having an abrasive selected to remove sandpaper scratches and restore the gloss to sanded paint. These elements combine to produce a smooth unbroken surface finish in a repaired area when used for paint repairs with a matching color touch-up paint. One embodiment of the fine abrasive surface preparation tool is a reusable, retractable brush to hold fiberglass bristle cartridges and provides room for a warning label and storage for a spare cartridge. A second embodiment is a low cost fiberglass brush which is disposable and has a cap cover the bristles when not in use and during shipping.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1998Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Inventor: John Pfanstiehl