Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus including: (1) a substantially hollow tubular body having a bore extending therein, (2) actuation means operably coupled to the body and including a plunger disposed within the body and (3) a cleaning head detachably coupled to the body, wherein actuation of the plunger ejects the cleaning head from the body.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hand tool for cleaning areas within reach of a user's arm. The cleaning tool includes a screw part (20) to which a long cleaning cloth (27) is helically fastened, and a handle (10) connected to the screw part. In the cleaning tool, the screw part includes a fitting hole receiving a fastening member for fastening the cleaning cloth to the screw part. A plurality of annular ribs (21) are provided on the screw part at regular intervals, with a recess (22) being formed on each of the ribs. According to the cleaning tool of the present invention, the screw part has a simple structure, thus dramatically reducing the manufacturing cost of a metal mold for producing the screw parts, as well as allowing the cloth to be firmly fastened to the screw part.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article (1) including a brush portion (26). The brush portion (26) has plurality of strips (12, 17) and at least one layer of a fiber bundle (3, 4, 6).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hand tool for cleaning areas within reach of a user's arm. The cleaning tool includes a screw part (20) to which a long cleaning cloth (27) is helically fastened, and a handle (10) connected to the screw part. In the cleaning tool, the screw part includes a fitting hole receiving a fastening member for fastening the cleaning cloth to the screw part. A plurality of annular ribs (21) are provided on the screw part at regular intervals, with a recess (22) being formed on each of the ribs. According to the cleaning tool of the present invention, the screw part has a simple structure, thus dramatically reducing the manufacturing cost of a metal mold for producing the screw parts, as well as allowing the cloth to be firmly fastened to the screw part.

Abstract: A brush head for one-time use is equipped with a bundle of bristles (11) that is fashioned from flat strip of material (1).

Abstract: A disposable dual sided cleaning cloth is in the form of a laminate having outer layers which are preferably made of non-woven material. The outer layers are secured together by an intermediate hydrophilic polyurethane absorbent foam coating which contains at least one cleaning ingredient.

Abstract: A process for making wipe-out sheet that includes the steps include placing a deregistered tow upon a web of a base sheet, covering transversely opposite side edge regions of the deregistered tow and transversely opposite side edge regions of the base sheet with ribbon-like sheets and heat-sealing the ribbon-like sheets with the base sheet along the side edge regions of the base sheet.

Abstract: A composite sheet including a base layer 7 and a surface layer. The surface layer is comprised of continuous fibers 8a and extends along a longitudinal axis C—C of the composite sheet 1. The surface layer is attached to at least one surface of the base layer 7 along a first attaching lines 5A extending at intervals in one half region of the surface layer defined by the longitudinal axis C—C and along second attaching lines 5B extending at intervals in another half region of the surface layer. The first and second attaching lines 5A, 5B extend in a direction intersecting the longitudinal axis C—C.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article (1) including a brush portion (26). The brush portion (26) has plurality of strips (12, 17) and at least one layer of a fiber bundle (3, 4, 6).

Abstract: A washing system using a washing implement including looped filaments, together with a surfactant-based cleanser.

Abstract: A washing system using a washing implement including floppy filaments free at one end, which may be in the shape of a ball, together with a surfactant-based cleanser.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning electrostatically charged dust particles from a CRT screen. The apparatus includes a base member having a handle. An artificial fleece material is attached to the base member so as to cover an entire surface of the base member. The artificial fleece material has a plurality of fibers that extend generally outward from the base member. Mechanical movement of the artificial fleece over the surface of the CRT results in mechanical dislodgement of the dust particles. Further, the mechanical movement also results in an electrostatic charge developing on some of the polymer fibers. The electrostatically charged fibers can then attract electrostatically charged dust particles preventing these particles from re-adhering to the CRT screen.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for cleaning a surface ?5!, the apparatus including a plurality of water absorbing flexible washing layers ?10! positioned and secured in a vertical stack ?20!. The bottom layer ?30! in the stack ?20! has the smallest surface area of the plurality of layers ?10!, and each successive layer ?10! from the bottom to the top of the stack has a successively larger area. A binding means ?80! secures the layers ?10! together at a central portion ?15!, thus forming an integral assembly in which peripheral portions ?18! of the layers ?10! can move freely. The layers ?10! are constructed of a material formulation of approximately 30% viscose material and 70% synthetic fiber in a density of approximately 400 grams per square meter and a thickness of approximately 2.6 mm. Each layer ?10! preferably has a plurality of cuts ?40! that define fingers ?50! on the peripheral portion ?18! of the layers ?10!.

Abstract: Lofty, low density nonwoven pads and a process for the manufacture of such pads are described. The pads of the invention each comprise a bundle of discontinuous fibers bonded to one another at their mutual points of contact. The fibers are arranged within the bundle to provide a dense longitudinal central portion extending to opposite ends of the bundle, less dense side portions, a longitudinal tensile strength and a transverse tensile strength, wherein the longitudinal tensile strength is greater than the transverse tensile strength. The pads are made according to a process comprising forming a tow of discontinuous fibers so that the fibers are arranged within the tow to extend along a first axis, twisting the tow along the first axis to form a slubbed tow, bonding the fibers to one another at their mutual contact points and cutting the slubbed tow into scouring pads and the like.

Abstract: A mop having a plurality of cleaning elements each made of a hydrophobic net material with a center area having a respective locating aperture in alignment with each other. The center area of each is compressed between a securing member and fastener head. The fastener has a stem which is inserted through the locating apertures and held by the securing member. The cleaning elements tangle and engage with each other because of the compression and because edges of each of the cleaning elements is formed of protruding ends of yarns of the net material which engage within interstices of neighboring ones of the cleaning elements. The protruding ends at the free ends of the cleaning elements as well as both sides of the cleaning elements constitute abrasive surfaces which clean external surfaces of particulate matter when moved back and forth against the external surfaces.

Abstract: A mop head comprising a plurality of web elements having involutions therein. The involutions may be formed by treatment conditions comprising successive tensioning/detensioning, compression, differential stressing or stretching, twisting, or combinations of these or other conditions or treatments imparting involutions to the web elements. In a preferred aspect, the web elements are formed of a non-woven material comprising a cellulose and synthetic fiber blend. Mop heads of the invention are usefully employed in dry mopping and/or wet mopping applications.

Abstract: A low-density nonwoven abrasive pad, especially suited for use as a scouring article, formed of a multiplicity of continuous, crimped thermoplastic organic filaments having one end of substantially all of the filaments bonded together at one end of the pad and the opposite end of substantially all of the filaments bonded together at the opposite end of the pad. The abrasive pad is made by arranging the filaments into an open lofty array, bonding substantially all of the filaments together at a first and second bond site, and then cutting the array at the bond sites such that each bond is divided into at least two bond area segments with each bond area segment having the filament array bonded therein in a unitary structure.

Abstract: A brush-bristle carrying device that is attachable to a handle member to form a brush. A thin layer of an adhesive overlies a flexible strip of material and is protected by a flexible protective cover that is peeled away when a brush is to be made. A bundle of bristles are adhered to one another at a first end so that the second end has utility as a brush. The first end of the bundle is adhered to the flexible strip on its adhesvie covered side. To make a brush, the protective cover is peeled from the adhesive covered flexible strip and that strip is wrapped around the end of a handle. The handle is provided by any available material of generally linear configuration.

Abstract: A duster of an improved type for dust capturing efficiency, comprising a cylindrical stem with a continuous spiral thread extending along a portion thereof, a grip engaged with said stem, and fabric materials comprising a band of fiber or fibril bundles which are made of a ductile synthetic resin film or foil which has been split into fibers or fibrils and crimped. The bundles are arranged in a meandering manner. One edge of the band comprises loose edges while the other edge is held together by one or more strings. The secured edge is disposed within the thread with the ends of said material being engaged, respectively, by a supporting member provided at the tip of said stem and an engaging member provided at the root portion of the thread.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a duster and the duster manufactured therefrom are described, the duster head being made of strands of a blend polymer film of a mixture of isotactic polypropylene and polyethylene, which has been processed to be in an electret state, so that dust collecting and holding efficiency are improved and gross bulk, and texture of the head of the duster are highly improved with rich resiliency and a convenient usage being provided.

Abstract: A method of continuously forming a mophead is disclosed for making a non-woven fabric mophead of a cellulose and synthetic resin fiber blend by sealing and cutting the non-woven fabric including:(a) combining a plurality of non-woven continuous fabric sheets together in a composite superimposed stack;(b) intermittently moving the superimposed stack to a sealing station and forming at least one ultrasonic seal transverse to the length of the sheet and in the center area of the superimposed stack;(c) intermittently moving the superimposed stack to a cutting station; and(d) dividing the superimposed stack into mophead widths and simultaneously cutting a saddle portion and plural strips.

Abstract: A dust catching device according to this invention comprises a dust catching body which is constructed by shuttling in a zigzag form a certain number of split yarns made of synthetic resin or synthetic fibers bundled in a form of a string so as to form a predetermined width. The string has properties of electrifiability or electrostatic chargeability, whereby it has dust attracting power. Warps are woven into the strip of split yarns or fibers formed in the above mentioned manner at both ends as well as two places near the center of the strip, and the woven strip is cut in two along the center line thereof in parallel with the warps. The woven warps are then removed near the center line so as to obtain two continuous, right and left, dust catching bodies.

Abstract: In a mop comprising a plurality of absorptive elements, a handle, and means joining said elements to said handle, the improvement wherein said absorptive elements comprise substantially flat strips of bonded nonwoven fabric, said strips ranging in width from about 5 to 60 mm, in length from about 15 to 60 cm and in thickness from about 0.5 to 3 mm. Binder may be printed onto the elements. The elements are flat and thus there is a greater area of contact with the surface being mopped. The elements may be joined into a round or elongate cross section mop by providing the elements with cuts through which a male member projects, the male member locking with a snap fit into a female member to which a mop handle is attached. Projections may be provided in the male and/or female members to immobilize the absorptive elements.

Abstract: A skin cleansing device has skin contacting elements of human hair attached to a backing member and being of sufficient length and flexibility that, when wetted and brought into cleansing contact with the skin of a user, the skin contact is predominantly with the sides of the hair elements rather than the ends thereof.