Combined Patents (Class 15/4)
  • Patent number: 12239215
    Abstract: A hairdressing tool cleaner is provided, which includes a sterilizing device and a cleaning device sequentially arranged along the gravitational direction, where a sterilization bin is formed in the sterilizing device, a cleaning bin is formed in the cleaning device, and the sterilization bin is isolated from the cleaning bin. The cleaning device with the function of removing impurities such as hair and debris and the sterilizing device with the sterilization function are integrated into a whole to form the hairdressing tool cleaner, and the cleaning of hair and debris in the cleaning bin and the sterilization in the sterilization bin do not interfere with each other, such that the cleaning operation of the hairdressing tool is more continuous, and thus the effective cleaning of the hairdressing tool is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Inventor: Xiangguang Liu
  • Patent number: 12232915
    Abstract: A personal care product (e.g., an electric toothbrush) may include a treating portion (e.g., cleaning elements) configured to clean one or more teeth of a user of the personal care product. The personal care product may include a handle used for gripping the personal care product. A communication interface may be configured to receive signals from one or more digital devices. The received signals may include a user profile. The user profile may include an identity (e.g., identity of the user profile) and/or instructions for operating the personal care product. A processor may be configured to receive the user profile from the communication interface. The processor may be configured to cause the personal care product to perform operations according to the instructions of the user profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John Yao, Jiang Zhou
  • Patent number: 12195277
    Abstract: A system for intralogistics comprising a self-propelled load bearing cart (200, 200?, 200?, 200??, 200B) and a remote controlled or autonomous self-propelled guide unit (100, 100?). The self-propelled load bearing cart (200, 200?, 200?, 200??, 200B) comprises a drive unit (223) comprising at least one drive wheel (222) for propelling the self-propelled load bearing cart (200, 200?, 200?, 200??, 200B), a mechanical connection (172), and a computing unit (253) connected to the drive unit (223).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: FQ IP AB
    Inventor: Per Augustsson
  • Patent number: 12171325
    Abstract: An oral care product dispensing system includes a container and a plurality of individually packaged items arranged in an organized fashion according to a predetermined treatment plan. At least one of the individually packaged items, or the packages in which it is contained, may be identified with a predetermined time for use. The plurality of individually packaged items may be arranged sequentially according to the predetermined time for use, such as meals, times of day, days, or intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Sage Products, LLC
    Inventors: David P. Beck, Jason M. Bobay, Ronald C. Cagle, Kristin Marie Sexton
  • Patent number: 12150467
    Abstract: The present disclosure consists of a drying tunnel for fruits or vegetables which comprises an impulsion and heating chamber and a plenum, configured for receiving an outgoing hot air generated in the impulsion and heating chamber by the generator, so that the plenum comprises openings arranged in a staggered pattern, located on the lower surface thereof, with an opening density between 150 to 300 openings per square meter, wherein said openings are configured for expelling a distributed hot air from inside the plenum in a perpendicular way towards a conveyor system, configured for moving fruits and vegetables to be dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: RODA IBÉRICA, S.L.
    Inventor: Christophe Blanc
  • Patent number: 12128449
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a substrate cleaning device including: a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate; a substrate cleaning member configured to come into sliding contact with the held substrate, and clean the substrate using a first cleaning liquid supplied from a first nozzle; a self-cleaning member configured to come into sliding contact with the substrate cleaning member at a retreat position separated from the substrate holder, and performs self-cleaning on the substrate cleaning member using a second cleaning liquid supplied from a second nozzle; a measurement module configured to measure a physical property value of a waste liquid of the second cleaning liquid used for the self-cleaning of the substrate cleaning member; and a controller configured to estimate a number of fine particles adhering to the cleaned substrate based on the physical property value of the waste liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Takahashi, Daichi Kondo, Yu Imamura
  • Patent number: 12091348
    Abstract: A glass manufacturing apparatus can include an elongated engagement surface rotatable through a rotation angle between a scoring position and a cleaning position. The glass manufacturing apparatus can further include a scoring device to score the glass substrate when the elongated engagement surface is positioned in the scoring position. The glass manufacturing apparatus can further include a cleaning device to clean the elongated engagement surface when the elongated engagement surface is positioned in the cleaning position. In further embodiments, a method of scoring a glass substrate can include, after producing a score line while the elongated engagement surface is positioned in the scoring position, rotating the elongated engagement surface from the scoring position to a cleaning position. The method can further include cleaning the elongated engagement surface while the elongated engagement surface is positioned in the cleaning position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Yukio Yuhara
  • Patent number: 11998414
    Abstract: A dental cleaning appliance includes a handle, a fluid reservoir for storing a working fluid, and a fluid delivery system. A motorised drive unit drives movement of a bristle carrier relative to the handle. At least part of an inlet conduit of the fluid delivery system lies adjacent to the external surface of the motor, and at least part of an outlet conduit of the fluid delivery system extends through the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Matthew William Ford, Peter Joel Davies
  • Patent number: 11992173
    Abstract: A floor-cleaning appliance has a housing movable in a working direction, forming a chamber, and having a downwardly directed intake opening extending in the working direction and in a transverse direction crosswise thereto. A front deflector and a rear deflector are provided in the opening with the latter spaced rearward in the working direction from the former. A flexible cleaning element is spanned over the deflectors and engageable with a floor surface below the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: WESSEL-WERK GMBH
    Inventor: Philipp Rath
  • Patent number: 11982443
    Abstract: Hood assemblies for use in flaming crops having effective top, right and left lateral sides, on at least one of said effective top and/or lateral sides there being a double plate arrangement such that insulating air, which is free to flow, is present between said double plates. Distinguishing factors can include, at a longitudinally rearward end thereof, the presence of an upwardly opening chimney structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AGRICULTURAL FLAMMING INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Lanny K. Nissen, Christopher A. Bruening, George Gogos
  • Patent number: 11891269
    Abstract: A countertop barrier device for provision of a sanitary barrier between an article and a countertop includes a tubular housing, which is selectively mountable to a surface proximate to a back edge of a countertop so that the tubular housing is removably mounted to the surface and substantially parallel to the back edge. A slot is positioned in the tubular housing and extends from proximate to opposed ends of the tubular housing. A mat is selectively extensible from and retractable into the tubular housing through the slot. A fastener is engaged to the mat proximate to a leading edge of the mat. The fastener engages the countertop proximate to a front edge of the countertop so that the mat covers a portion of the countertop. An article can be positioned on the mat without the article coming into contact with the countertop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventor: Polly Bryant
  • Patent number: 11849894
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning head, a supply tank, and an outlet in fluid communication with the supply tank. A diverter is provided in a distribution path between the supply tank and the outlet and is configured to divert cleaning fluid away from the outlet based on detected movement or acceleration of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventor: Alan J. Krebs
  • Patent number: 11717864
    Abstract: In a cleaner apparatus for steel plate provided with a brush roll 1 driven to rotate to remove foreign matter D from a surface Wa of a steel plate W to be conveyed, a magnet bar 3 to attract iron powder d among the foreign matter D stuck to the brush roll 1 by magnetic force, a wiping cloth 5 disposed between the brush roll 1 and the magnet bar 3 to remove the foreign matter D attracted by the magnet bar 3; the wiping cloth 5 of belt shape is disposed parallel to an axis L1 of the brush roll 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TAKUSYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Soemoto, Hiroshi Uzawa
  • Patent number: 11657507
    Abstract: An image data processing method and a printing system for printing technology are provided. The image includes a first bitmap image. The image data processing method includes: dividing the first bitmap image into a plurality of regions, selecting sampling positions in each of the plurality of regions, performing sampling to acquire sample points, and rearranging the sample points to form a second bitmap image. The second bitmap image is different from the first bitmap image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ZHUHAI SAILNER 3D TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Dongqing Xiang, Linting Xie
  • Patent number: 11616898
    Abstract: System and method for improving the shaving experience by providing improved visibility of the skin shaving area. A digital camera is integrated with the electric shaver for close image capturing of shaving area, and displaying it on a display unit. The display unit can be integral part of the electric shaver casing, or housed in a separated device which receives the image via a communication channel. The communication channel can be wireless (using radio, audio or light) or wired, such as dedicated cabling or using powerline communication. A light source is used to better illuminate the shaving area. Video compression and digital image processing techniques are used for providing for improved shaving results. The wired communication medium can simultaneously be used also for carrying power from the electric shaver assembly to the display unit, or from the display unit to the electric shaver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: May Patents Ltd.
    Inventor: Yehuda Binder
  • Patent number: 11575818
    Abstract: System and method for improving the shaving experience by providing improved visibility of the skin shaving area. A digital camera is integrated with the electric shaver for close image capturing of shaving area, and displaying it on a display unit. The display unit can be integral part of the electric shaver casing, or housed in a separated device which receives the image via a communication channel. The communication channel can be wireless (using radio, audio or light) or wired, such as dedicated cabling or using powerline communication. A light source is used to better illuminate the shaving area. Video compression and digital image processing techniques are used for providing for improved shaving results. The wired communication medium can simultaneously be used also for carrying power from the electric shaver assembly to the display unit, or from the display unit to the electric shaver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: May Patents Ltd.
    Inventor: Yehuda Binder
  • Patent number: 11541570
    Abstract: A coating method of a board for producing a concrete product and a board coated by the same are proposed. The coating method is advantageous in that the whole surface of a board can be rapidly coated and dried to prevent surface corrosion of the board and to prevent further corrosion on a damaged surface of the board, thus improving the durability of the board and the quality of the produced concrete products. The coating method includes: removing residues existing on an outer surface of the board by blowing high-pressure air to an upper surface and a lower surface of the board for producing a concrete product; coating by spraying coating liquid to the outer surface of the board from which the residues have been removed; and drying the coating liquid by blowing high-pressure air to the outer surface of the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: SAMJUNGCARRYWORLD CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hi-Man Lee
  • Patent number: 11532487
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a polishing member having a polishing surface configured to perform a polishing of a main surface of a substrate; a first dressing member having a first dressing surface configured to perform a dressing of the polishing surface; a second dressing member having a second dressing surface configured to perform a dressing of the first dressing surface; a holding member configured to hold the polishing member and the second dressing member; and a driving unit configured to, by moving the holding member, switch a first state in which the first dressing surface and the polishing surface come into contact with each other to perform the dressing of the polishing surface and a second state in which the first dressing surface and the second dressing surface come into contact with each other to perform the dressing of the first dressing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiro Kubo, Yasushi Takiguchi, Teruhiko Kodama, Yoshiki Okamoto, Hayato Hosaka
  • Patent number: 11523595
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning aquaculture nets underwater. The appartus employs a propeller housing with a centrally disposed axis with a plurality of propeller blades extending therefrom. An outer perimeter ring secured to an outer tip of each propeller blade with a plurality of knuckles secured to the outer perimeter ring. Each knuckle including a curved surface constructed and arranged to strike the aquaculture net upon rotation of the blades for removal of growth by impact and shaking of the aquaculture net.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Peter B. Lindgren
  • Patent number: 11425994
    Abstract: An oral care appliance for cleaning teeth of a user and a method of adapting a brushing cycle of the oral care appliance are disclosed. Specific embodiments disclosed herein adapt the at least one brushing cycle based on a variety of factors, either alone or in combination, such as the time elapsed since a last brushing event and the identity of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Willo 32 SAS
    Inventors: Alexandre Georges Gabriel Laurent, Hugo de Gentile, Jil Abed Michel Chabaro
  • Patent number: 11351694
    Abstract: [Problem] To address the problem of conventional old wood texture or antique taste boards which lack natural looking worn effects and present an appearance of an artificial treatment applied thereto. [Solution] Unlike a conventional configuration in which the rotary shaft of a roll brush is simply and fixedly arranged parallel to the wood grains of a board to which surface treatment is applied or the painted surface where paint is applied to the wood grains, the rotary shaft may be obliquely set to any angle including a right angle, and may be rotationally driven at high speed at a given inclined angle relative to the horizontal surface of the board along a left to right direction of the roll brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Nakano
  • Patent number: 11076685
    Abstract: In some embodiments, usage of a personal care device in compliance with a recommended use is improved. A usage monitor computing device may detect and store records of use of the personal care device. The usage monitor computing device may transmit the records of use to a monitoring server device via a network. The usage monitor computing device may determine whether the records of use indicate that the personal care device has been used as directed by the recommendations, and if so, may determine whether one or more rewards for use should be provided to the user. The usage monitor computing device may receive notifications of the rewards, and may present notifications of the rewards to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Zane Bowman Allen Miller, Jeffrey Kissinger, Geoffrey F. Deane
  • Patent number: 11044980
    Abstract: A nail polish removal device, especially an efficient toenail polish removal device from a user's feet, is disclosed. The device includes a housing with foot placement assembly having a first area and a second area adapted for receiving the toenails of both feet simultaneously. The device includes a reciprocating sponge assembly, coupled to the foot placement assembly such that the toenails are positioned in contact with the sponge assembly. The device further comprises a filler to receive nail polish removal fluid, which is in fluid communication with the reciprocating and rotating sponge assembly, via one or more tubes, to aid in the removal of nail polish from the toenails of the user's foot. The device further comprises a switch and other electronic components to actuate and reciprocate the sponge assembly, thereby enabling the user to remove the nail polish conveniently without scrubbing the nail polish manually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventors: Cheryl Jackson, Charea Russell
  • Patent number: 10959593
    Abstract: The present invention provides a floor cleaner and a water sink structure thereof. In the present invention, a water sink is formed on a surface of a cleaning cylinder by a rotating roller, and a conventional water sink structure formed by a shell water sink and a filter screen is not required, so that the structure is simpler. Since a water outlet conduit and a water pumping conduit are arranged vertically to the surface of the cleaning cylinder, water is discharged and pumped on a surface of an outer sponge layer, the water supply and water pumping systems will not be blocked, and the water discharge effect and the water pumping effect are better.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: HUBEI DSTECH CO. LTD
    Inventors: Cong Du, Yuandong Du
  • Patent number: 10939786
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for cleaning a surface with a cleaning device having a body with a handle, a connector, and one or more cleaning heads that are removably attached to the cleaning device. Each cleaning head include a lower surface arranged to contact a surface to be cleaned and a dirt collection chamber permanently attached to the cleaning head. The cleaning head may include a support structure to support the dirt collection chamber and a cleaning sheet. The cleaning head also may include a suction nozzle. At least a portion of the dirt collection chamber may be made of a filter material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Emrys James, Michael James Douglas, David Stephen Clare, Chris Pinches, Nicholas James Sardar, Hugh James Croggon, Damian Lee
  • Patent number: 10932556
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying an attachment of a personal care device (10). The method includes attaching an attachment (14) containing a memory (16) to a body portion (12) of a personal care device. The personal care device is powered up. Data is retrieved from the memory of the attachment. Information about the attachment attached to the personal care device is extracted from the retrieved data, the information including at least an association of the attachment to a specific user. An output characteristic of a status indicator (30) of the personal care device is associated with the ID (22) of the attachment. The status indicator is operated in accordance with the output characteristic when the attachment is coupled to the body portion of the personal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Nathan Farrell, Jessica Lee Schroeder, Adriaan Van Den Brand, Vincent Jeanne
  • Patent number: 10744542
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a polishing chamber assembly. An apparatus includes an inner drum positioned on a first axis and forming an inner chamber interior to the inner drum. The inner drum includes an object intake coupled to the inner drum at a proximal end of the inner drum and an object outlet disposed at a distal end of the inner drum. The apparatus includes an agitator configured to polish objects within the inner drum as the objects move from the object intake to the object outlet. The agitator is disposed within the inner drum and is removably coupled to a rotation element disposed on an end of the inner drum. The apparatus includes an outer drum disposed around the inner drum, which is removably coupled to the outer drum. The outer drum is releasably couplable to a base unit using attachment means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Trinity River Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas D. Bigney
  • Patent number: 10744541
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a polishing chamber assembly. An apparatus includes an inner drum positioned on a first axis and forming an inner chamber interior to the inner drum. The inner drum includes a plurality of inner drum perforations formed in the inner drum, an object intake disposed tangential to the inner drum at a proximal end of the inner drum, and an object outlet disposed at a distal end of the inner drum. The apparatus includes an outer drum disposed around the inner drum and forming an annular chamber interior to the outer drum and exterior to the inner drum. A cyclonic gas flow is generated within the apparatus from the object intake to a gas outlet in response to drawing gas from the apparatus through the gas outlet to remove debris from objects within the inner drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Trinity River Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas D. Bigney
  • Patent number: 10614921
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed herein for conducting skin analysis for a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Cal-Comp Big Data, Inc.
    Inventors: Shyh-Yong Shen, Min-Chang Chi
  • Patent number: 10361004
    Abstract: A method for obtaining care information, a method for sharing care information, and an electronic apparatus therefor are provided. The method for obtaining care information includes following steps: obtaining face data of a current user from an image capturing equipment and obtaining initial skin information of the face data. classifying the current user into one of a plurality of groups according to the initial skin information by a cloud database; setting a predetermined time period and a skin-condition goal by the electronic apparatus; and obtaining a skin-achievement history of an another user in the group containing the current user according to the initial skin information, the predetermined time period and the skin-condition goal by the electronic apparatus. The skin-achievement history is care information regarding the skin-condition goal achieved by the another user under circumstances of the approximate initial skin information and the approximate predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited
    Inventors: Nai-Chiang Pai, Sue-Chau Chen, Shyh-Yong Shen
  • Patent number: 10354554
    Abstract: A method for controlling display of a user interface for optimizing performance in using a personal care appliance is provided including: receiving a user info or regimen; receiving a protocol or routine to use the appliance; receiving an appliance status related to a user's usage of the appliance; comparing the appliance status to a target usage of the appliance in the protocol or routine; and controlling display of an indicator of the user's performance based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Scott Straka, Daniel Bayeh, Jeffrey Kissinger
  • Patent number: 10272453
    Abstract: An application system for depositing a fluid product on a surface. The application system comprises a frame mounted on a locomotive system ensuring the displacement of the frame over the surface, a tank mounted on the frame and receiving the fluid product to be applied, and an application head fluidically connected with the tank via a supply nozzle. The application system comprises a guiding system which comprises detectors to detect the obstacles in the environment of the application system. Such an application system allows for an even application of the fluid product over the entire surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Nicolas Bignon, Pierre-Albert Landel, Lucile Gouzerh
  • Patent number: 10065288
    Abstract: A localized chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) platform is provided. A table is configured to support a workpiece with a to-be-polished surface. A polishing pad is spaced from the table with a width less than about half that of the table. The polishing pad is configured to individually polish rough regions of hillocks or valleys on the to-be-polished surface. A slurry distribution system is configured to apply slurry to an interface between the polishing pad and the workpiece. A cleaning system is configured to clean the workpiece in situ on the table. A drying system is configured to dry the workpiece in situ on the table. A method for CMP with local profile control and a system with local profile control are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiann Lih Wu, Chi-Ming Yang, James Jeng-Jyi Hwang
  • Patent number: 10005619
    Abstract: A clearing apparatus for removing bulk materials from an area with a low vertical clearance including an operator vehicle and an auger conveyor coupled to the operator vehicle. The auger conveyor is pivotable vertically in relation to the operator vehicle and rotatable substantially 90 degrees about a vertical axis of the auger conveyor, whereby the direction of rotation of the auger and the direction and pitch of the auger thread conveys material from the area with low vertical clearance toward the operator vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Saskatoon Material Handling Ltd.
    Inventor: Troy Johnson
  • Patent number: 9845081
    Abstract: A vehicle wash component includes a rotatable hub portion having an outer surface and an axis of rotation. The component includes a plurality of grooves formed in the outer surface of the rotatable hub with the plurality of grooves being spaced about the perimeter of the outer surface of the hub portion. Each of the plurality of grooves includes one or more media elements disposed therein. The outer surface of the rotatable hub includes a plurality of channels formed therein. The plurality of channels are spaced apart from the plurality of grooves such that each of the plurality of channels is visible when the plurality of media elements are disposed in the plurality of grooves. An illumination source disposed in each of the plurality of channels such that the illumination source in each of the plurality of channels can be seen between the plurality of media elements as the rotatable hub portion operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: WashMe Properties, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Belanger, Barry S. Turner, Curtis S. Prater, Michael S. Sayyae
  • Patent number: 9844311
    Abstract: A floor washer cleaning device is mounted inside an opening cavity arranged at a bottom of a dustbin of the floor washer. The floor washer cleaning device comprises a roller brush assembly rotatably arranged inside the opening cavity, and a scraping board fixed at the bottom of the dustbin and located at an edge of a side of a bottom of the opening cavity. The scraping board, an inner wall of the opening cavity, and the roller brush assembly cooperatively enclose to form a negative pressure cavity communicating with the dustbin, and a suction nozzle communicating with the negative pressure cavity is formed between an inner side of the scraping board and the roller brush assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ZHIYI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xuedong Zhang
  • Patent number: 9586237
    Abstract: Device for scrubbing a metal wire, including means for feeding and running the wire (F), at least two pairs of rotary brushes (21, 22) having a radius r, the axes of which are substantially mutually parallel and perpendicular to the direction in which the wire runs, application means, suitable for contacting the brushes with the wire via the circumferences thereof in order to exert a given pressure on the wire (F) while the device is operating, and means (31, 32) of adjusting the tension of the wire are provided directly upstream and downstream of the assembly of brushes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Calvet, Marc Chavarot
  • Patent number: 9499136
    Abstract: The lighted vehicle wash component includes a frame portion and a drive mechanism supported by the frame portion. The component also includes a rotatable hub portion supported by the frame portion. The hub portion is in communication with the drive mechanism to effectuate its rotation about an axis of rotation. The component includes a plurality of wash media elements engageable with the hub portion and which are configured to engage a vehicle surface as the hub portion rotates. The plurality of wash media elements are arranged on the hub portion in a plurality of spaced apart rows. The component includes a plurality of lighting elements removeably engaging the hub portion. The lighting elements are disposed in an open area defined between each of the plurality of spaced apart rows. A slip ring assembly is in communication with the hub portion to allow the plurality of lighting elements to rotate about the axis of rotation as the hub portion rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Belanger, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Belanger, Barry S. Turner, Curtis S. Prater, Michael S. Sayyae
  • Patent number: 9468347
    Abstract: A cleaning system. The system has a floor cleaning device, disposable floor sheet removably attachable to the device pad, and a rotatable beater bar. The device has a single wheel, and moves on the target surface by rolling action of the wheel and gliding of the floor sheet. This arrangement, not having multiple wheels, provides enhanced maneuverability, and improves cleaning performance. The cleaning system may be used to clean hard surfaces, such as a floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Glenn Allen Bradbury
  • Patent number: 9333614
    Abstract: An external circular polisher with double polishing wheels includes: a first polishing wheel having a first internal circular surface; a second polishing wheel having a second internal circular surface; a plurality of holders mounted on the first internal circular surface and the second internal circular surface; a plurality of polishing units connected to the holders for polishing a target external circular surface; a driving unit for driving the first polishing wheel and the second polishing wheel; and a supporter for supporting the first polishing wheel and the second polishing wheel. With the foregoing structure, a user can polish a target with two polishing wheels at the same time, and the external circular polisher works stably; the present invention can be driven by a motor of a conventional device for further increasing a scope of application of the external circular polisher with double polishing wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: HAMMER ELECTRIC POWER TOOLS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jianchu Huang, Liang Huang
  • Patent number: 9156618
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plastic, modular and self-engaging bristle brush (2), comprising a set of runners (6) including a pair of opposing guiding and self-centering ends projecting from the perimeter of the brush (2), said runners (6) being distributed such that the ends of runners (6) of contiguous brushes (2) can be fitted together by overlapping one another, and in that said runners (6) include at their guiding and self-centering ends articulated attachment means (7) for the articulated attachment of contiguous brushes (2) for self-engagement, turning the set of multiple brushes (2) into a cutting mat (1) which in turn forms an endless conveyor belt, said articulated attachment means in turn being provided with articulating drive shafts (8) that can engage drive elements (9) housed in multiple positions of a support table (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: MANUFACTURAS Y TRANSFORMADOS AB, S.L.
    Inventors: Antonio Balsells Mercadé, Santiago Lucas Serra
  • Patent number: 9044132
    Abstract: A fabric steam towel for mounting onto a steam frame of a steam appliance is provided. The pocket includes two complimentary substantially planar layers of fabric joined at their peripheral edge with an open section for mounting onto the steam frame and allowing the open edges to butt against each other. The fabrics are constructed of an outer terry layer and inner material with an upper jersey layer, padding and a lower mesh layer with a 45 degree quilting pattern to improve performance. The fabric is sealed about the frame a first length of a fastener is secured to the inside face along the open edge of one layer with a complimentary length of fastener secured to the inside face of the second layer and extending beyond the edge to allow the open edges of each layer to abut each other and for the fasteners to engage and secure the fabric pocket about the edge of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Brian F. Kaminer, Charles Boulos, James N. Lewiecki, Kathleen Jones, Ognjen Vrdoljak
  • Publication number: 20150143644
    Abstract: A plastic bottle processing apparatus includes: an apparatus body having a conveying path section in which a plastic bottle is conveyed; and a label separating unit arranged in a middle of the conveying path section so as to separate a label from the plastic bottle. The label separating unit includes: a label cutting member that cuts the label of the plastic bottle, which is conveyed in the conveying path section along the axial direction of the plastic bottle; a heating member that heats the label cut by the label cutting member; and a brush member disposed so as to be able to make contact with the label heated by the heating member and remove the label from the plastic bottle body by making contact with the label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Susumu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20150113746
    Abstract: A device comprising an absorbent structure and one or more resilient contact elements integrated into the absorbent structure is disclosed. The absorbent structure is preferably a sponge or foam structure and the resilient contact elements are squeegees, nodules, or combinations thereof. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the resilient contact elements include anchor features that are embedded within the absorbent stricture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: IGI LLC
    Inventors: James Albert Gavney, JR., Jerry Mix
  • Patent number: 9000398
    Abstract: An external dental accessory sanitization device is configured for receiving and sanitizing a dental accessory, such as a brush, flosser, pic or other dental accessory. The sanitization device is configured to sanitize the dental accessory using one or a combination of ultraviolet light and/or sound waves. The device can be configured for sanitizing one or a plurality of dental accessories therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Inventors: Ryan Sheldon Nelson, Laura Seegobin Nelson
  • Patent number: 8997294
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a broom sweeper apparatus and related embodiments. Specifically, the present invention relates to a broom and/or broom attachment apparatus that provides a debris collection mechanism for quickly, easily and efficiently removing and holding a pile of debris swept into said pile by the broom. Systems and methods of using the same are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Inventor: Eileen Patricia Spencer
  • Publication number: 20150075560
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosed technology, a toothbrush head formed of a bristled tread is rotatable about at least one vertically disposed sprocket. The toothbrush head has an elongated neck with sprockets extending axially therefrom. Bristles are wrapped around either or both sprockets. The bristles may be on a single belt wrapped around both sprockets. Alternatively, the bristles may extend from two spindles, each fitted around a sprocket. The sprockets rotate circumferentially within an upper head portion of the device. The bristles spin 360 degrees (full rotation) around the sprockets and within the stationary head. The head portion itself is replaceable or changeable, such that a handle portion may be used by multiple users or replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Alexander Kandemir
  • Patent number: 8981251
    Abstract: An atmospheric pressure plasma source includes a body including a distal end, a blade extending from the distal end and terminating at a blade edge, a plasma-generating unit, and a plasma outlet communicating with the plasma-generating unit and positioned at the distal end. The plasma outlet is oriented at a downward angle generally toward the blade edge, wherein the plasma outlet provides a plasma path directed generally toward the blade edge. The plasma may be applied to the coating at an interface between the coating and an underlying substrate. While applying the plasma, the blade is moved into contact with the coating at the interface, wherein the blade assists in separating the coating from the substrate while one or more components of the coating react with energetic species of the plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: AP Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Joseph Yancey, Jeffrey Kingsley
  • Patent number: 8966693
    Abstract: A floor cleaning machine is provided that includes a chassis that supports at least one cleaning element and a fluid collection assembly for pooling and retaining cleaning fluids proximate to the at least one cleaning element. A floor cleaning machine is provided that includes a cleaning fluid dispersion apparatus and a cleaning fluid collection assembly for efficiently dispensing fluid on a surface for cleaning the surface, and collecting the dispensed fluid to maximize the cleaning capacity of the fluid and extend the time of a cleaning cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Karcher N. America, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven W. Tucker, Daniel C. Venard
  • Patent number: 8966699
    Abstract: A floor washing-drying machine including a scraping device that is capable of automatic orientation. The scraping device follows changes of direction of the machine by a simple and effective orienting mechanism so as to wipe all the surface washed by a washing mechanism, without leaving any wet portions on the surface. An idle mode mechanism is achieved by a bushing to which the scraping device is connected. The bushing is mounted in an idle and axially slidable mode on the brush rotation shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nilfisk-Advance A/S
    Inventor: Leonardo Contardi