Strands Patents (Class 15/226)
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Patent number: 10046431Abstract: The present invention relates to a one-circle two-chamfer deburring machine and a deburring method comprising the following steps after starting up: (1) The upper wheelhead motor drives the upper grinding belt to rotate horizontally (2) the lower wheelhead motor drives the lower grinding belt to rotate horizontally and (3) when a deburred workpiece goes through a passage formed by the active feeding roller row and the upper grinding belt, an upper abrasive block elastically contacts surface of the workpiece and, under the drive of the upper wheelhead motor and the upper active drum, polishes and deburrs the front side of the workpiece twice; the lower abrasive block elastically contacts the surface of the workpiece and, under the drive of the lower wheelhead motor and the lower active drum, polishes and deburrs the back side of the workpiece twice.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Inventor: Yongqi Chen
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Patent number: 9820559Abstract: The present invention describes a cleaning device used for cleaning an implant or for the debridement of an implant surface 1 comprising two combined main parts 2, 3, the first main part 2 being a handle shaft 2 which is stiff, plastic deformable or elastic deformable, the second main part 3 being at least one cleaning element 4 comprising a base part 5 and several bristles 6, bristle loops 7 or a cam 8 of spikes 9, wherein the base part 5 is joined together with the handle shaft 2 so as to form a cleaning device 1 with a handle.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Tigran Technologies AB (PUBL)Inventors: Robert Axelsson, Lars Magnus Bjursten, Niklas Johansson, Erik Lennings, Janarne Wetterheim, Christer Nilsson, Ove Sundelin, Rickard Olsson
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Patent number: 9486991Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a cleaning web member by intermittently cutting a continuous web member at a product pitch in a transport direction, the continuous web member having a base sheet continuous in the transport direction and a fiber bundle placed on and secured to the base sheet with a direction of fibers being along the transport direction. The manufacturing apparatus includes: an intermittent transport mechanism; a cutter mechanism; a sensor; and a control section. The control section controls a transport amount related to the intermittent transport by the intermittent transport mechanism based on information of the displacement amount output from the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventor: Hisaoki Nobukuni
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Patent number: 9089252Abstract: A cleaning tool comprises a cleaning body having such a layer structure that non-woven fabrics and fiber bundles are laminated onto each other. In the cleaning body, a hardening treatment is applied to the fiber bundles disposed in the storage space of a cylindrical part in which the holding part of a holder is stored.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2007Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Akemi Tsuchiya, Yoshinori Tanaka
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Patent number: 9072420Abstract: A cleaning tool that includes a cleaning element. The cleaning element includes two insert holes which receive two holding elements and extend in a first direction, a first sheet and a second sheet which are formed of nonwoven fabric, a first inner bonding part and a first outer bonding part by which the first and second sheets overlaid one on the other are bonded together and which define the first insert hole, a second inner bonding part and a second outer bonding part by which the first and second sheets overlaid one on the other are bonded together and which define the second insert hole, an intermediate region which is formed between the first inner bonding part and the second inner bonding part, and a fiber element formed by a plurality of fibers which extend in a second direction transverse to the first direction and are bonded to the first sheet in the intermediate region.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Masumi Fukuzawa, Tomokazu Suda
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Patent number: 8973204Abstract: A cleaning tool comprises a cleaning body in which non-woven fabrics and fiber bundles are laminated onto each other. In the cleaning body, the fiber bundles disposed on the outer surface of a cylindrical part in which the holding part of a holder is stored include fiber extending areas in which a plurality of fibers extend parallel with each other in a predetermined direction. These fiber extending areas form a second cleaning portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2007Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Akemi Tsuchiya, Yoshinori Tanaka
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Patent number: 8931132Abstract: A cleaning article optionally removably attachable to a handle. The cleaning article has a layer of tow fibers and a layer of sheet material, joined together in a layered construction. The tow fiber layer has a greater width than the sheet, so that the tow fibers overhang the edge of the sheet. The amount of overhang varies throughout at least a portion of the length of the cleaning article. Such variation provides a differential overhang believed to promote fluffing of the tow fibers.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Nicola John Policicchio
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Patent number: 8893347Abstract: A cleaning pad or cleaning article is disclosed. The cleaning article includes a combination of fibers bonded to a base sheet. Spot-bonding regions and/or a central joining line join fibers to the base sheet. The base sheet further has an attachment portion for retaining the cleaning pad to a cleaning implement handle. In one embodiment, the attachment portion is comprised of elongate slit openings in the base sheet. In other embodiments, the base sheet is folded over and bonded to the base sheet or to itself to form a retaining cavity for an attachment member.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2013Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventor: Ann Marie Przepasniak
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Patent number: 8863347Abstract: A cleaning pad structure of stitch bonded construction incorporating one or more substrate layers of an absorbent nonwoven material with an optional additional fluid blocking substrate layer of polymer film or other suitable material in juxtaposed relation to the absorbent nonwoven layers. Stitching yarns are introduced in stitching relation through the substrate layers. One face of the pad defines a cleaning surface of raised yarn loops formed by the stitched yarns. The pad further includes an attachment surface facing away from the cleaning surface. The stitches of yarns across the attachment surface define an engagement surface for attachment to cooperating hooking elements across a surface of a mop head to define a hook and loop attachment system.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Tietex International LtdInventor: Martin Wildeman
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Patent number: 8857006Abstract: A cleaning tool has a cleaning element which includes a pair of right and left elongate split cleaning parts, each having an insert hole for receiving a holding element. A space is provided between the split cleaning parts for receiving an object to be cleaned. A third bonded part defines an outer side of the insert hole. The third bonded part includes a bonding line which extends straight in the longitudinal direction of the cleaning element in a front end region of the cleaning element, a bonding line which is formed rearward of the bonding line in the cleaning element and extends straight in the longitudinal direction of the cleaning element, and a bonding line which is formed rearward of the bonding line in the cleaning element and extends straight in the longitudinal direction of the cleaning element.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Masumi Fukuzawa
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Patent number: 8789233Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an effective technique for realizing a higher cleaning effect in a cleaning tool having a sheet-type cleaning element for wiping an object to be cleaned. According to a representative cleaning element, the sheet pieces (11f) of a cleaning side sheet (111c) have a smaller width in a longitudinal direction than the sheet pieces (111d) of an upper face side sheet (111a).Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2007Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Akemi Tsuchiya, Yoshinori Tanaka
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Patent number: 8756746Abstract: A cleaning article optionally removably attachable to a handle and comprising tow fibers and at least one sheet joined together in a layered construction. The cleaning article is generally planar. The sheet is elastically contracted. The sheet may be elastically contracted by heat shrinkable material, by elastic strands and/or may be elastomeric. This arrangement allows the sheet to entangle and thereby fluff the tow fibers. Such fluffing is believed to improve cleaning performance.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: The Procter & GambleInventor: Nicola John Policicchio
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Patent number: 8621704Abstract: A cleaning element includes a fiber assembly having a plurality of fibers extending in a predetermined direction and a nonwoven fabric disposed on the fiber assembly. A first fusion bonded part extends in a cross direction crossing the predetermined direction to fusion bond the fiber assembly and the nonwoven fabric, and a plurality of second fusion bonded parts formed discontinuously in the cross direction at a lateral side of the first fusion bonded part to fusion bond the fiber assembly and the nonwoven fabric. The first fusion bonded part extends all the way through the fiber assembly in a thickness direction of the cleaning element. The plurality of second fusion bonded parts extend only a part of said fiber assembly in the thickness direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Akemi Tsuchiya, Yoshinori Tanaka
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Publication number: 20130340191Abstract: A cleaning pad or cleaning article is disclosed. The cleaning article includes a combination of fibers bonded to a base sheet. Spot-bonding regions and/or a central joining line join fibers to the base sheet. The base sheet further has an attachment portion for retaining the cleaning pad to a cleaning implement handle. In one embodiment, the attachment portion is comprised of elongate slit openings in the base sheet. In other embodiments, the base sheet is folded over and bonded to the base sheet or to itself to form a retaining cavity for an attachment member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventor: Ann Marie Przepasniak
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Patent number: 8528151Abstract: A cleaning pad or cleaning article (22) is disclosed. The cleaning article includes a combination of fibers (3) bonded to a base sheet (2). Spot bonding regions (7) and/or a central joining line (4) join fibers to the base sheet (2). The base sheet (2) further has an attachment portion for retaining the cleaning pad to a cleaning implement handle. In one embodiment, the attachment portion (13) is comprised of elongate slit openings (10) in the base sheet (2). In other embodiments, the base sheet (2) is folded over and bonded to the base sheet (2) or to itself to form a retaining cavity (33) for an attachment member (24).Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2008Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventor: Ann Marie Przepasniak
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Patent number: 8516646Abstract: A dusting cloth structure for use with a duster includes a sleeve body whose outer surface is provided with a pile layer or a cloth strip layer and which has a receiving groove therein for receiving an external duster shank. One end of the sleeve body is formed with a sleeve opening. A portion of the sleeve body that is away from the sleeve opening is formed with a dividing portion extending toward the sleeve opening. The dividing portion defines two end grooves in the sleeve body, wherein the end grooves are divided from each other and communicate with the receiving groove. Moreover, the inner wall of the receiving groove is formed with a joint accommodating groove along the vertical direction of the surface of the sleeve body to prevent the sleeve body from coming off the shank.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Inventor: Ya-Ching Yang
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Patent number: 8484792Abstract: A cleaning tool includes a cleaning unit including a water-disintegrable cleaning substrate which is dispersible in water, and which holds a microcapsule encapsulating a cleaning component.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2008Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Hideaki Ichiura, Masaaki Morikawa, Masaki Takahashi, Noriyoshi Nishida
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Patent number: 8359699Abstract: A cleaning tool and an effective technique for realizing a higher cleaning effect in a cleaning tool having a cleaning element for wiping a region to be cleaned is provided. The cleaning tool includes an elongate cleaning element holder and a cleaning element to be attached to the cleaning element holder. The cleaning element holder includes a grip to be held by a user and two holding elements connected to the grip and extending parallel in a longitudinal direction with a predetermined spacing therebetween. The cleaning element includes a sheet element of nonwoven fabric, at least three insert regions demarcated by the sheet element and extending parallel to each other, and a covering part that covers the sheet element and forms a wiping face. The two holding elements extending with the predetermined spacing are inserted into arbitrarily selected two of the at least three insert regions.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventor: Yoshinori Tanaka
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Patent number: 8336156Abstract: A device to aid in drying baby bottles after washing is herein disclosed, comprising a plastic handle, a flexible “wand”, and a drying head having a plurality of absorbent cloth strips. In use, the cloth end of the device is reciprocated therewithin a baby bottle after it has been washed and rinsed. The cloth strips and drying head are removably attached thereto the handle assembly and may be released for washing, drying, or and/or replacement purposes. In such a manner the highly absorbent cloth strips will absorb any excess moisture in a bottle, thereby leaving the bottle clean and dry.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Inventor: Nicole Shimazu
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Patent number: 8245349Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide effective technique for a higher cleaning effect and higher operability of a cleaning element. According to the representative cleaning element, a distance d1 between adjacent ones of the fusion bonded parts is longer than a length d2 or d3 formed on both of the pair adjacent fusion bonded parts and in the respective longitudinal end regions of the cleaning element.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Akemi Tsuchiya, Yoshinori Tanaka
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Patent number: 8161594Abstract: A plural sided duster removably attachable to a handle. The duster may have two construction portions, each with an inwardly facing surface joined to the other to form a laminate construction. The construction portions may be longitudinally offset. The arrangement allows an attachment mechanism associated with the inwardly facing surface to be visible to the user, so the handle may be easily and removably attached to the duster at the attachment mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2007Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Nicola John Policicchio, Andrea Pfarr Switzer
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Patent number: 8156603Abstract: A cleaning tool that includes an elongate cleaning element holder and a cleaning element to be attached to the cleaning element holder is provided. The cleaning element holder has a grip to be held by a user and two holding elements extending parallel in a longitudinal direction from the grip. The holding elements are adapted to be inserted into an insert region of the cleaning element to thereby hold the cleaning element. The two holding elements of the cleaning element holder can be rotated in parallel toward each other around a longitudinal axis of the cleaning element holder on a rotation axis disposed between the holding elements. As a result, through the rotation of the two holding elements inserted into the insert region, the sectional shape of the cleaning element can be changed in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction of the cleaning element holder.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Hajime Tsutanaga, Jun Uragami, Toshihiko Uenishi, Masaho Hayashi, Yoshinori Tanaka
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Patent number: 8151402Abstract: A cleaning article 10 having a flat tubular pocket 15 and attachable to a holder by inserting the holder into the pocket 15. The pocket 15 is formed by joining pocket-forming sheets 13 facing each other. At least one fiber layer formed of a fiber bundle, accordingly two fiber layers 11A and 11B are provided on each of the upper and lower sides of the pocket 15 of the pocket-forming sheets 13. Each of the first fiber layers 11A closest to the pocket-forming sheets 13 is joined to the respective pocket-forming sheet 13 by a continuous central linear seal 16A continuously extending in the longitudinal direction in a laterally middle portion and a discontinuous side seal 16B discontinuously extending in the longitudinal direction at a position laterally spaced away in at least one of the lateral directions from the central continuous linear seal 16A.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2006Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Keima Takabayashi, Minoru Wada, Chiharu Omori, Akihito Shizuno
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Patent number: 8151403Abstract: A cleaning implement 1 including a cleaning article 10 having a pocket 15 and a holder 20 adapted to be inserted into the pocket 15 to hold the cleaning article 10. The pocket 15 of the cleaning article 10 has a counter bumping portion 18 in the middle between the inlet opening at one end and the opposing end thereof. The holder 20 includes a handle 21, an insertion portion 22 extending from one end of the handle 21, and a retaining means 24 for retaining the vicinity of the inlet opening of the cleaning article 10. The insertion portion 22 has a bumping portion 23 that allows the insertion portion 22 to be inserted into the pocket 15 with no substantial obstruction until it reaches a bumping position where it bumps against the counter bumping portion 18 and then restricts further insertion beyond the bumping position.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2006Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Minoru Wada, Hiroyuki Yanagida, Keima Takabayashi, Hidesato Kizaki, Tomohisa Hirata
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Patent number: 8146197Abstract: A cleaning device superior in dust collecting capacity allows material selection from a wide range of fibers and a base material sheet forming the same and can be produced in a short processing time while preventing thermal deterioration and hardening of the material. A process for producing it is also disclosed. A cleaning device 1 is obtained by providing a large number of filaments 30 aligned in fiber direction with a linear bundling portion 40 connecting the fibers to each other by heat-sealing, forming a filament bundling body 31 previously bundled by the bundling portion 40, and bonding the filament bundling body 31 to a base material sheet 6 by an adhesive. A bristle-like-member-less portion 14 of a brush sheet 9 with a plurality of bristle-like members 8 is integrally bonded to a fiber bundle 7 and the base material sheet 6 by an adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2005Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Inventor: Kikuo Yamada
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Patent number: 8132287Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning device comprising cleaning means and a frame body. The frame body is provided with a plurality of connecting holes, wherein each connecting hole is constituted by a larger diameter hole and a smaller diameter hole, such that a twisted cleaning means with flexibility is folded to stuff through the connecting holes from the smaller diameter hole to the larger diameter hole. The folded twisted cleaning means with flexibility then is pulled back so as to bind the twisted cleaning means with flexibility in the frame body.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Dikai International Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ming-Che Ting
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Patent number: 8060973Abstract: A textile sheet element having selectively applied arrays of surface projection elements defining raised zones across an active surface for cleaning and/or personal care, The textile sheet element is adapted for use by itself and/or for attachment to a user manipulated support with or without a handle such as a mop head or the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2008Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Tietex International, Ltd.Inventors: Martin Wildeman, Michelis Hardegree, William D. Bell, Robert A. Johnson, David K. Osteen, Wade Wallace
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Patent number: 8006343Abstract: There is provided a duster which is suitable for cleaning. To prevent a brush wound around a rod from slipping in the direction of the length and the direction of the axial rotation of the rod, the duster comprises: a number of sharp protrusions formed on a portion of the rod around which the brush is wound, so that a stitched portion of the brush is stuck to the sharp protrusions to semi-permanently prevent the slip of the brush, thereby maintaining the product to be like a first assembled state thereof, preventing the function of the duster from being deteriorated, and preventing the surface of an object to be cleaned from being scratched by the rod which is partially exposed. In addition, since the slip of the brush is prevented by using no adhesive agent, the product is easily assembled and the cost is greatly reduced accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2007Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Inventor: Pil-Hee Lee
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Patent number: 7966688Abstract: A cleaning tool and an effective technique for realizing a higher cleaning effect in the cleaning tool having a cleaning element for wiping a region to be cleaned is provided. A representative cleaning tool for wiping a region to be cleaned includes an elongate cleaning element holder, and a cleaning element having an outer surface which has predetermined dimensions and can extend in a longitudinal direction of the cleaning element holder. The cleaning element is attached to the cleaning element holder. When the cleaning element is attached to the cleaning element holder, the cleaning element is wrapped in a helical form around an outer surface of the cleaning element holder in such a manner that the cleaning element outer surface moves toward the outer surface of the cleaning element holder.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Hajime Tsutanaga, Jun Uragami, Toshihiko Uenishi, Masaho Hayashi, Yoshinori Tanaka
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Patent number: 7943538Abstract: A water-decomposable cleaning product dispersible in water, including: a cleaning part, at least a part of the cleaning part having a water-decomposable fiber-interlacing nonwoven fabric; and a holding part.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2006Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Kazuya Okada
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Patent number: 7937797Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide effective technique for a higher cleaning effect and higher operability of a cleaning element. Representative cleaning tool includes a cleaning element 110, the cleaning element 110 is provided with a fusion bonded part 114 having a curved portion 114a concaved to the holding space 118.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Akemi Tsuchiya, Yoshinori Tanaka, Nicola John Policicchio, Andrea Pfarr Switzer
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Patent number: 7870635Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning tool sheet and a cleaning tool capable of use for wiping cleaning by contacting the surface of objects to be cleaned in various locations. In a cleaning tool sheet (1), fiber bundles (3) are laminated on one side face of a base sheet (2); the central parts in the direction of flow of the fibers constituting the fiber bundles (3) are joined by a central joining part (4) continuously formed in the central part of the base sheet (2) and joined at a spot-form joining part (7) formed intermittently on a parallel line between the central joining part (4) and two end edges (2a, 2b) parallel therewith. The two ends (31a, 31b) in the direction of flow of the fibers of the fiber bundles (3) are not joined to the base sheet (2). An attaching part (8) for attaching onto a holding member is provided at both ends of the base sheet (2).Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2006Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Inventor: Kikuo Yamada
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Patent number: 7827648Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning brush for cleaning toilet bowls and the like. The brush has a permanent handle and replaceable/disposable brush heads that are flushable after each cleaning. The brush is a stack of sheets of water-dissolvable and/or agitation-dissolvable material. The sheets can be attached together at an end by pressure bonding or by a water-soluble adhesive and formed with bristles at an opposite end. The wand provides a remote system for clamping and unclamping the brush head.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2006Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Douglas A. Soller, Kenneth W. Michaels, Elias H. Shaer, Michael J. Banco, Terra J. Morgan
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Patent number: 7788758Abstract: A water disintegrable cleaning utensil of the present invention has: a cleaning part, at least part of which is formed by a wet shrinkable resin being hydrophilic and shrinkable at least in one direction when absorbing water; and a holding part which holds the cleaning part. By this structure, the water disintegrable cleaning utensil is very effective at cleaning both in a dry and in a wet condition and is disintegrable in water when being disposed of after being used.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2006Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Kazuya Okada
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Patent number: 7788759Abstract: A standing duster article consisting of a dusting portion and a spiral handle, wherein the dusting portion is comprised of a segmented intermingled yarn layer, a hot-meltable nonwoven fabric layer, a smooth nonwoven fabric layer, and a nonwoven/woven fabric layer; the segmented intermingled yarn layer is interleaved between the hot-meltable nonwoven fabric layer and the smooth nonwoven fabric layer; the nonwoven/woven fabric layer is further superimposed on the smooth nonwoven fabric layer; a hot-pressing process is carried out to fuse the segmented intermingled yarn layer, the hot-meltable nonwoven fabric layer, the smooth nonwoven fabric layer, and the nonwoven/woven fabric layer; the resulted lamination after fusion is cut by a cutting apparatus, so as to generate a slit in the middle to form the dusting portion which is easy to be folded to form two elongated openings; and a spiral end of the spiral handle is inserted into the openings to form the duster article with the spiral dusting portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2006Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Inventors: Ya Ching Yang, Yi-Jun Pan
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Patent number: 7786030Abstract: The present invention provides an indoor cleaning tool having a dry fibrous base material. An antigenicity-reducing composition that includes an antigenicity-reducing component, a lubricant, and a surfactant is applied to the fibrous base material. It would be preferable for the antigenicity-reducing component to be tannic acid.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2005Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventor: Akemi Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 7779502Abstract: The cleaning item of the present invention comprises: a brush part constructed from fibrous material; an inserted part with an inserted space into which a gripper is detachably inserted and which is formed by a pair of sheets, the inserted part being disposed in the brush part; and a joining member which joins the brush part and the inserted part.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2005Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Masatoshi Fujiwara, Hirokuni Ono
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Patent number: 7761950Abstract: A cleaning tool is formed by bundling a plurality of water-disintegrable cords to have a holding part in which the cords are joined to one another with a holding material wound therearound and bonded thereto by a water-soluble adhesive, and a cleaning part in which the cords are positioned independently from one another. Each cord is formed by twisting a water-disintegrable sheet such as a fiber entangled nonwoven fabric of pulp fibers, rayon fibers, and the like entangled by water-jet processing.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2006Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Kazuya Okada
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Patent number: 7745354Abstract: An indoor cleaning tool having a dry fibrous base material is provided. An antigenicity-reducing composition including an antigenicity-reducing component, an oil and a surfactant are applied to the fibrous base material. Preferably, the antigenicity-reducing component is an extract of an olea or a ligustrum plant extracted with water or an organic solvent.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2005Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Akemi Tsuchiya, Masatoshi Fujiwara
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Patent number: 7716777Abstract: Dusting article structure including a duster body and a handle. The duster body includes layers of holding sheets, a fibrous-filament layer, and a cleaning base sheet. A lower layer of the holding sheets and the cleaning base sheet are symmetrically cut to form strip-like cleaning pieces. The filaments of the fibrous-filament layer include numerous tiny pores disposed thereon. The handle includes a grip portion and a connector portion. A coupling block is disposed on the grip portion and includes inserting posts and pivoting grooves to respectively engage with pivoting holes and a pivoting rod of the connector portion thereby. The grip portion is mounted pivotally onto the connector portion having retaining rods to be engaged with holding spaces of the thermo-fusion bonded duster body. The tiny pores disposed at the fibrous-filament layer absorb and trap small grains of dust. The grip portion of the handle may be bent for folding.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2005Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Rock Tone Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Pei Yuan Lee
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Patent number: 7712178Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning tool sheet and a cleaning tool capable of use for wiping cleaning by contacting the surface of objects to be cleaned in various locations. In a cleaning tool sheet (1), fiber bundles (3) are laminated on one side face of a base sheet (2); the central parts in the direction of flow of the fibers constituting the fiber bundles (3) are joined by a central joining part (4) continuously formed in the central part of the base sheet (2) and joined at a spot-form joining part (7) formed intermittently on a parallel line between the central joining part (4) and two end edges (2a, 2b) parallel therewith. The two ends (31a, 31b) in the direction of flow of the fibers of the fiber bundles (3) are not joined to the base sheet (2). An attaching part (8) for attaching onto a holding member is provided at both ends of the base sheet (2).Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2004Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventor: Kikuo Yamada
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Patent number: 7650662Abstract: A brush using water alone to clean up toilets, baths, kitchens, tableware, kitchen utensils or the like. Phosphate ingredients contained in the higher alcoholic type detergents and nonionic detergents currently in use do enhance the cleansing effect, but are nutritive substances to plankton and the cause of its abnormal propagation. Resulting pollution of rivers, lakes and marshes, in particular their coasts, has been a social problem to be solved as soon as possible. The present cleaning brush can remove ordinary dirt, stains or the like, without using such pollution-causing detergents.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Sanko Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masayoshi Kakutani
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Patent number: 7640618Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article including a brush portion. The brush portion has a plurality of strips and at least one layer of a fiber bundle.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2004Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Akemi Tsuchiya, Masatoshi Fujiwara
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Patent number: 7467437Abstract: A brush head for one-time use is equipped with a bundle of bristles that is fashioned from a flat strip of material that disintegrates in water. The strip is formed with incisions defining therebetween the bristles of the brush. Material bridges connect the bristles to one another and they break up upon being wetted before said bristles disintegrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: December 23, 2008Inventors: Hans-Georg Hagleitner, Markus Enzfellner
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Patent number: 7424764Abstract: A brush, in particular a toilet brush, comprises a brush head holder having a releasable locking means and a detaching means, and a disposable brush head hold on the brush head holder and engaged by the locking means. The locking means and the detaching means are operatively connected so that the detaching means moves the brush head off the brush head holder when the locking means is released.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2004Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: Hagleitner Hygiene International GmbHInventors: Diethard Trenz, Markus Enzfellner
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Patent number: 7389558Abstract: A brush head for one-time use is equipped with a bundle of bristles (11) that is fashioned from flat strip of material (1).Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2002Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: Hagleitner Hygiene International GmbHInventors: Hans Georg Hagleitner, Markus Enzfellner
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Patent number: 7334287Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article including a brush portion. The brush portion has a plurality of strips and at least one layer of a fiber bundle.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2005Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Akemi Tsuchiya, Masatoshi Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20080028560Abstract: A duster pad comprising at least one layer comprising hydrophilic non-woven fibers capable of contacting a surface to be cleaned and at least one non-woven layer capable of being attached to a handle wherein the at least one layer comprises at least one free end.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2006Publication date: February 7, 2008Inventors: Nicola John Policicchio, Alan Edward Sherry
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Publication number: 20080005862Abstract: There is provided a duster which is suitable for cleaning. To prevent a brush wound around a rod from slipping in the direction of the length and the direction of the axial rotation of the rod, the duster comprises: a number of sharp protrusions formed on a portion of the rod around which the brush is wound, so that a stitched portion of the brush is stuck to the sharp protrusions to semi-permanently prevent the slip of the brush, thereby maintaining the product to be like a first assembled state thereof, preventing the function of the duster from being deteriorated, and preventing the surface of an object to be cleaned from being scratched by the rod which is partially exposed. In addition, since the slip of the brush is prevented by using no adhesive agent, the product is easily assembled and the cost is greatly reduced accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2007Publication date: January 10, 2008Inventor: Pil-Hee Lee
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Patent number: 7302730Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article including a brush portion. The brush portion has a plurality of strips and at least one layer of a fiber bundle.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2004Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: Uni - Charm CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Akemi Tsuchiya, Masatoshi Fujiwara