Abstract: A cleaning and buffing device for curved surfaces is disclosed in which a tapered cleaning element is rotatably secured to a C-shaped bracket element having a first arm, a second arm, and a connecting member affixed to an elongated handle. The C-shaped bracket element is mounted onto the elongated handle and the cleaning element rotatably mounted on the first arm of the C-shaped bracket. The cleaning element has a cleaning surface having a sponge layer detachably affixed thereto by adhesives and a buffing surface having a plurality of paper pads detachably affixed thereto by adhesives. The cleaning element automatically rotates 180 degrees by rotating the handle either clockwise or counter-clockwise, and rotates 180 or 360 degrees by moving the handle in a forward and in a rearward direction.

Abstract: An applicator or absorption cover for the head of a wet floor mop includes a textile support with holder insert-pockets sewn on the upper-side at opposite longitudinal ends, and with sponge-cloth or non-woven cloth material with high liquid take-up capacity being arranged as the underside material in the form of several strips in juxtaposed rows, with each of the strips attached over the area on the support, to take up dirt and liquids.

Abstract: A cleaning device comprises a plurality of layers of thin, flexible, soft nylon netting material superposed over one another in sheets and stitched together along an inner portion of the sheets at a predetermined distance from the outer edge of the sheets. The unconnected outer portions of the sheets remain individually separable thereby allowing the outer portions and edges of the individual sheets to fan out and conform and, therefore, adapt easily to the shape of the surface being cleaned. The device includes a handle which is generally thin and flat, as well as rigid, yet able to bend to get to hard-to-reach places.

Abstract: A brush including a laminate having a handle end portion adapted for manual engagement, and an opposite head end portion; and a plurality of rows of bristles having end portions adhered between adjacent plies in the head end portion of the laminate and projecting outwardly. The brush is formed from pieces of oriented polymeric film, portions of which are adhered to individual plies to be incorporated in the laminate and have portions projecting from the plies separated into bristles before the plies are laminated to form the brush. Lamination is done by driving moisture out of pasteboard layers coated with dried water activatable adhesive by exposure to radio frequency energy which activates the adhesive to form the laminate.

Abstract: Nonwoven web and method of making including interbonded thermoplastic fibers in an array of hollow projections extending outwardly from at least one surface of said web. The projections are separated by land areas of interbonded fibers, and the fiber orientation is greater in the projections than in the land areas. Either the projections or the land areas may be perforated as desired for controlled porosity and fluid flow properties. The nonwoven webs of the invention may be made by a number of processes but, preferably, are made by forming directly on a surface with corresponding projections with or without apertures and a vacuum assist or by forming on an apertured surface with a pressure differential sufficient to draw the fibers through the apertures forming the projections.

Abstract: Blackboard rubber made of metal or having a metal base made up of two parts enclosed one within the other, the first part being in the form of a rectangular box and the second part being flat and forming a lid to the first part; the said second part comprises a centered metal plate and a magnet and is covered with a detachable rubbing sheet of soft material.

Abstract: A scrubbing-brush is manufactured by the following process. First, a number of nets formed of fibers connected with one another are secured. The bundle is bundled at an intermediate portion thereof by a bundling member. Then, the bundle is cut at opposite sides of the bundling member. The thus cut bundle is then heated to cause memory deformation of the fibers, thus completing a scrubbing-brush. The thus finished scrubbing-brush has a number of fibers having respective ends formed with smooth convex bristle surfaces.

Abstract: A floor cleaning device includes a holding member which is of generally U-shaped cross-sectional configuration, including a bight interconnecting two arms, which together bound a recess for partially receiving a cleaning element so that a cleaning edge of the latter is in an exposed working position. The cleaning element has a plurality of passages, and a plurality of connecting members, such as bolts, is received in the passages, being connected to one of the arms and extending toward the other arm. One of the arms can be removably mounted on the bight. The connecting members may be connected either directly to the other arm, or to a mounting plate which is connectable to one of the arms of the holding member. The passages are uniformly distributed in the cleaning element, preferably in the central region thereof, so that the cleaning element can be mounted on the holding member in any position in which one of the cleaning edges thereof is in the working position.

Abstract: A wiping material in the shape of a cup and a handle for holding the material during its use. The wiping material may include several layers with the same or different compositions. For hygienic use, it may have a layer of soft, absorbent toilet paper with, perhaps, an innermost layer of a moisture-impermeable material. The handle typically fits inside of and grasps onto the cup-shaped wipe. Conveniently, a compressible sponge on the end of the handle and slightly larger than the inside of the wiping material retains the material for use. The handle may also eject the wipe after such use. A plunger connects to a shaft in the handle which in turn connects to a washer or some other surface near the sponge. Depressing the plunger moves the cone of material off the sponge where it may fall into some receptacle. A spring within the handle biases the plunger and shaft back into its former position. Utilizing the combination involves placing the handle next to the cone of material and connecting the two together.

Abstract: The oil dip stick wiper is comprised of a flat base plate which can be secured to the interior of the engine compartment of aircraft, boat or automobile, and a housing structure defining two open, symmetrically aligned "V" s across the top, terminating in a transverse, flexible slotted vane. The flexible slotted vane is surrounded by a slot absorbent pad such that the dip stick can be urged into the slot in the vane and simultaneously be pulled through both edges, or blades, of the vane's slot and the absorbent pad in order to wipe the dip stick clean of excess oil and thereby facilitate accurate measurement of lubricant level fluctuations of the internal combustion engine without the need for external rags, paper towels or sponges.