Rotatable Or Revoluble Patents (Class 401/281)
  • Patent number: 6273629
    Abstract: A toothpaste dispensing toothbrush including a toothbrush portion comprised of a cylindrical body. The cylindrical body has an upper end, an open lower end, and a hollow interior. The upper end has an elongated stem extending upwardly therefrom. The elongated stem has a plurality of bristles extending laterally therefrom. The elongated stem has an opening therein corresponding to the bristles. A toothpaste tube is provided that stores a quantity of toothpaste therein. The toothpaste tube is received within the hollow interior of the cylindrical body of the toothbrush portion. The toothpaste tube is comprised of a circular base having an elongated tube extending upwardly therefrom. The elongated tube has an outwardly turned open upper end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Inventor: Kenya Scott Jordan
  • Patent number: 6224286
    Abstract: Cream applier device for footwear, including a container (1), closed at one of its ends and the other having a closing cap (4), equipped with a product outlet conduit, over which a hood shaped part (2) is fitted, which rotates over the container, matching or not an outlet conduit (21) with the hole in the cap (4), to direct product opening or closing towards a spongy component consisting of a roller (3), rotating around a horizontal axis (5) assembled over two opposite knobs defined in the hood part (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Inventor: Inmaculada Nieto Villahoz
  • Patent number: 6109811
    Abstract: An improved mop with a cleaning cloth which is capable of more effectively cleaning, elongating the life span of a mop, reducing water consumption for cleaning, more rapidly cleaning, and being well applicable to cleaning a car body or an outer wall of a building. The mop includes a plurality of mop rods, and a plurality of thin plate-shaped mop cloths which are stacked by a mop cloth assembling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Inventor: Young So Song
  • Patent number: 6050736
    Abstract: The toothbrush includes a handle and a head, the handle forming two bodies (1) and (2) provided with overlapping sectors (3), which permit the axial displacement, one with respect to the other, the body (1) constituting a container (4) for the toothpaste, which can be projected toward the exit (14) through a duct (7-8), in which are defined two sectors, one rigid (7) and the other flexible (8), the latter of the bellows type, sector (7) ending in a one-way valve (12-13), which tends permanently toward the closed position and which, while permitting the passage of the toothpaste toward the exit (14), blocks the return of the toothpaste in the backward direction axially of the body (1). An embolus (15) fills up the inside of the body (1), compensating for the dose of toothpaste which is supplied, while in the exit (14) a manually operated valve (17) is incorporated in the cylinder provided in an diametral orifice (18), which can be made to align with or not align with the exit orifice (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Inventor: David Mejias Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 5975089
    Abstract: A hair brush applicator for applying flowable hair care products such as hair conditioner and styling gel to the hair of a user. The hair brush applicator includes a hair brush with a handle portion and a head portion. The handle portion of the hair brush has a chamber therein. The head portion of the hair brush has a plurality of bristles outwardly extending from the front face of the hair brush. The bristles of the head portion comprise a plurality of narrow bristles and a plurality of wide bristles. Each of the wide bristles is tubular and has an open root coupled to the head portion and terminates at a closed tip. The hair brush has a passage therein fluidly connecting the chamber adjacent the neck portion to the open roots of the wide bristles. Each of the wide bristles has a plurality of lateral apertures positioned between the root and tip of the respective wide bristle. The hair brush has a rotatably mounted disk blocking the passage of the hair brush. The disk has a plurality of bores therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Inventor: Joseph T Simon
  • Patent number: 5934296
    Abstract: A liquid applicator having a curved hollow handle and a sponge head assembly. Liquid is poured into the hollow handle or the hollow handle is threadably secured to a threaded neck of a bottle. The sponge head assembly removably mounts to a dispensing end of the hollow handle and includes a base and a sponge. A pair of aligned holes are formed in the dispensing end of the handle and the base of the sponge head assembly for allowing liquid contained within the handle to flow therethrough and be absorbed by the sponge. A valve assembly is provided to adjust the flow of the liquid from the handle to the sponge. The valve assembly may include a dial formed with a plurality of different-sized holes. The dial is rotatable between a fully open position, a closed position or several intermediate positions. Alternatively, the valve assembly may include a slide plate having a tapered opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Inventor: Julie E. Clay
  • Patent number: 5911532
    Abstract: A toothbrush comprising, in combination, a replaceable container for holding toothpaste having an outlet and a brush portion having a plurality of projecting bristles and an extension adapted to be releasably connected to the replaceable container. The extension includes a recess. A tooth paste dispensing system comprising a tube and an actuating mechanism are mounted to the extension. The tube is connected to the outlet of the tooth paste container and has an open end. The actuating mechanism is operated to pivot the tube from a default position in which the tube is stored in the recess of the extension to a dispensing position in which the tube is elevated out of the recess and moved forwardly to position the tube directly over the bristles for dispensing toothpaste from the container through the open end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Inventor: Dorlyn Robert Evancic
  • Patent number: 5882134
    Abstract: A dispensing toothbrush for use when cleaning teeth comprises a toothbrush base plate, a plurality of bristles implanted in and projected perpendicularly upward from the toothbrush base plate, toothbrush neck member, a sleeve concentric about toothbrush neck member, a thumb lever coupled to the sleeve for rotating the sleeve when pressure is applied to the thumb lever, and toothpaste wiping trough, coupled to the sleeve, for receiving toothpaste therein from the toothbrush neck member. In operation, as pressure is applied to the thumb lever, the sleeve rotates and the toothpaste wiping trough rotates around the toothbrush base plate and the plurality of bristles for evenly distributing the toothpaste onto the top surface area of the plurality of bristles, in a single wiping action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Inventor: Nigelle V. Hatch
  • Patent number: 5755241
    Abstract: An applicator primarily for applying colorants and other treatments to hair includes a container to which is mounted, preferably releasably, a reservoir for the treatment fluid, the reservoir being provided with at least two, and preferably between six and ten nozzles. The bores of the nozzles communicate with the interior of the reservoir so that fluid can be expelled from the reservoir through the nozzles and onto the hair in a controlled manner. The applicator is particularly convenient for applying several narrow bands of color to the hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Inventor: Yuen Pong Cheung
  • Patent number: 5743667
    Abstract: An improved fluid applicator apparatus for coating the ends of pipes, studs, bolts, dowels, drill steel and other cylindrical stock having different diameters; wherein, the apparatus comprises two nested apertured cup members captively engaged between a retaining ring member and a viscous fluid filled receptacle member; wherein the retaining ring member is releasably attached to the collar member; wherein the apertures of the cup members are angularly opposed, and, wherein the cup members may be readily rotated with respect to one another in order to adjust the degree of registry of the apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Inventors: Michael E. Osborne, John R. Anderson
  • Patent number: 5702194
    Abstract: Water flow through the main body and a cover of a cleaner is regulated by a flow guide having an L-shaped flow groove which permits water flow through the cleaner to be selectively terminated or directed through either a straight outlet for direct contact with an object to be cleaned or through a spray outlet of the main body for flow down and around an invertible cleaning block through an annular space formed in the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Inventor: Shih Hsiung Hsu
  • Patent number: 5647841
    Abstract: The present invention pertains in general to a motor-driven hand-held massaging device for body massage, with a cosmetic or medical massaging substance optionally fed in and consists of a housing with a grip part, a storage chamber for the massaging substance, and a massaging means. In particular the present invention is an inexpensive motor-driven hand-held massaging device, use of which guarantees a more effective massaging action and convenient handling of massaging substances. The device includes a hand-held massaging device with a plurality of rotating massaging brushes 11 and the massaging substance is able to be fed to the individual massaging brushes 11 at controllable intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Vera Groenewold
    Inventors: Vera Groenewold, Michael Schmett
  • Patent number: 5487529
    Abstract: An improved flow-through washing and scrubbing brush handle for interconnection at one end to a source of pressurized water such as a garden hose and connectable at the other end to a flow-through type scrub brush or the like. The device includes structure for varying water flow therethrough for delivery into the scrub brush and further includes a telescoping structure which releasably secures a selected overall length between its sliding inner and outer tubes. Unique sealing arrangements also prevent water leakage anywhere along the device, including from between inner and outer tubes. A loosely fitting locking collar has a recess formed in it so that it includes a pair of circumferentially spaced apart opposed ends and a pair of stop members that are circumferentially spaced apart from one another by a greater distance than the spacing between the opposed ends. A longitudinally extending protrusion formed on an .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Inventor: Duane H. Newville
  • Patent number: 5452961
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a body defining a water conduit in an underside thereof for receiving water therein, a cleaning member mounted on an underside of the body for cleaning articles and communicating with the water conduit, a cap mounted on an upperside of the body for sealing the body, a chamber being defined between the cap and the body with an amount of cleaning agent contained therein, and a cleaning agent dispensing device mounted on the body within the chamber for controlling the cleaning agent in the chamber to flow into the water conduit of the body to mix with the water therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Inventor: Tao-Jen Lu
  • Patent number: 5387045
    Abstract: A reservoir wand for use in the washing of windows where a supply of water is captured within the interior of the reservoir wand and subsequently dispensed to the exterior washing cloth of the wand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Inventor: Ronald P. Anderson
  • Patent number: 5365880
    Abstract: A pesticide dispensing and grooming brush has an inner tubular wall. The inner tubular wall has a plurality of first ports through the inner tubular wall. The inner tubular wall also forms an open-ended chamber to hold and dispense a pesticide or other animal care product. A locking filler cap is unlockingly secured to a filler end of the inner tubular wall. The locking filler cap has a disc and locking lugs attached to the disc. An actuation lug is attached to a top surface of the disc to assist in turning the disc and to provide access to the first chamber. An outer tubular wall rotatingly surrounds the inner tubular wall. A plurality of second ports extend through the outer tubular wall. A plurality of bristles is attached to and extends outwardly from the outer tubular wall. A handle has a swivel member. A lower surface of the swivel member is attached to one end of the handle. The swivel member is swivelly connected to a swivel end of the inner tubular wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Inventor: Judith M. South
  • Patent number: 5336012
    Abstract: An improved flow-through washing and scrubbing brush handle for interconnection at one end to a source of pressurized water such as a garden hose and connectable at the other end to a flow-through type scrub brush or the like. The device may include structure for varying water flow therethrough for delivery into the scrub brush and further includes a telescoping structure which releasably secures a selected overall length between its sliding inner and outer tubes. Unique sealing arrangements also prevent water leakage anywhere along the device, including from between inner and outer tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Inventor: Duane H. Newville
  • Patent number: 5324129
    Abstract: A toothbrush having an elongate support shaft includes a brush head arranged for rotation and latching in a plurality of orientations relative to the support shaft to permit ease of access to various portions of an individual's teeth during a brushing procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Inventor: Todd J. Root
  • Patent number: 5308182
    Abstract: A metering container for viscous liquids has a container space enclosed by a container wall and a substantially circular mouthpiece at the lower surface of the container space having a wall with a slot opening arranged eccentrically with respect to its central axis. A rotary slide in the region of the slot opening is rotatable about the central axis and has a rotary slide wall with a slot that is substantially as eccentric with respect to the central axis as the slot opening is and is at least approximately the same size as the slot opening. The rotary slide is rotatable from an open position in which the slot opening and the slot are arranged one above the other to a closed position in which the slot opening is covered by the rotary slide wall and the slot is covered by the mouthpiece wall. The slot opening and the slot each extend as a straight line along an axis and have longitudinal edges that make an adjustable angle with one another in the manner of a scissors on rotation of the rotary slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Inventor: Kurt Lampert
  • Patent number: 5297882
    Abstract: A brush dispenser designed to emit a controlled amount of liquid through and out the ends of or other opening in the middle set of bristles. Selection of the number of bristles being used as conductors can be achieved by adjusting the shaft to which cams are connected. Control of the amount of liquid flowing through the selected bristles can also be achieved by adjustment of the shaft to which the cams are connected. The liquid is contained in a removable container in the handle of the brush. Finger pressure on the removable container activates the liquid flow. A cutout in the handle allows the fingers to contact the liquid-holding container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Inventor: James R. Kornides
  • Patent number: 5290258
    Abstract: This syringe for dispensing multiple doses of a liquid medicament one at a time has a cylindrical barrel for containing the medicament. At one end of the barrel is a single outlet opening. A plunger in the barrel discharges the medicament. A syringe cap rotatable mounted on the barrel has guide means restraining the cap against axial movement. Ratchet means on the cap and barrel permit only unidirectional rotation of the cap and sequentially retain the cap in equally spaced detent positions on the barrel. Nozzles on top of the cap have passages for ejecting the medicament. Each passage terminates in a hole in the top of the cap. Only one nozzle at a time communicates with the barrel vis the outlet opening in each detent position of the cap on the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Genesis Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Ennis, III, Mark Anderson
  • Patent number: 5226752
    Abstract: A golf equipment brush is provided for ease of transport and manual manipulation by individuals for the cleaning of golf clubs and associated golfing accessories to include a brush head mounted within a housing in a separable orientation relative to one another. The housing is arranged for selective torso or equipment support by directing a loop relative to the housing, and the brush including a matrix of bristle tufts mounted to a floor of the brush head. A first embodiment of the invention includes the brush head arranged for a snap-fit interconnection within the housing along a floor thereof, with a second embodiment including a spring-biased interconnection of the brush relative to the housing. A further embodiment of the invention includes the brush head pivotally mounted relative to the housing for selective release therefrom for ease of manual manipulation of the brush in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Inventors: Ronald Guerin, Jean G. Laroche
  • Patent number: 5094556
    Abstract: An apparatus wherein an elongate cylindrical housing mounts a first and second cylindrical cap respectively at opposed terminal ends of the housing. The housing includes as matrix of wire brushes orthogonally mounted to each end of the housing, with a first end including a projection for positioning within a side mount terminal battery, with the second end providing a cylindrical cavity for receiving a terminal for securement to the associated side mount battery. A modification of the invention includes a central reservoir receiving a cleaning solution that is selectively directed through each terminal end of the housing for enhanced cleaning of the associated battery and connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Inventor: Kenneth F. Kohler
  • Patent number: 5033897
    Abstract: The hand held shower apparatus of this invention includes a shower body having a hollow handle connectable at one end to a source of water and a shower head, water regulating means for regulating the supplied water into two different water streams, one with a showering effect and the other with a massaging effect, and a cap member having a perforated bottom surface with two groups of holes for the two water streams. The hollow handle is constructed in such a way that it can be extended by pulling it away from the shower head. The shower apparatus also has a shower utensil, such as a shower brush, connected with the cap member in such a way that the shower utensil moves up or down when rotated clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the cap member. Construction of the shower apparatus has been made simple so that it can be assembled or disassembled with ease. Other embodiments of the shower utensil are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Inventor: I-Cheng Chen
  • Patent number: 5024546
    Abstract: A pomade externally applied to the skin is provided and consists of soybean oil, peanut oil, wheat germ oil, rose perfume, jasime perfume, hocalito tree leaves, aloe vera and pure rain water. An apparatus for applying the pomade is employed that includes a container that has three chambers. The first chamber is for storing a plurality of cotton balls, the second chamber is for storing and dispensing alcohol and the third chamber is for storing and dispensing the pomade through a brush thereon for application to a person's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Inventors: Julio Guzman, George Spector
  • Patent number: 5007753
    Abstract: Window cleaning apparatus is described which has a cleaning head that is rotatable to any position when used on a window surface. The apparatus includes a rotatable sleeve coupling which is positioned between the cleaning head and the handle for the apparatus. A cleaning element, such as a wiper, cleaning pad, sponge or brush, is attached to the cleaning head. Because of the rotatablity of the cleaning head, the apparatus effectively cleans edges and corners of windows of any shape. The described apparatus optionally includes a fluid supply conduit for delivering a cleansing fluid from a pressurized source to a fluid distribution conduit positioned on the cleaning head. The fluid distribution conduit contains perforations which enable fluid to be sprayed onto a window surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Inventor: Raymond B. England, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4993859
    Abstract: A liquid applicator including a valve body for insertion into the neck of a liquid container, a duct in the valve body, a resilient web formed integrally with the valve body and extending transversely across the duct, a valve seat on one end of the valve body, a valve member secured to the resilient web and having a valve biased into engagement with the valve seat at the end of the valve body, a coating member mounted on the opposite end of the valve body, and a valve stem on the valve member located proximate the coating member for being deflected when the coating member is compressed onto an external surface to thereby unseat the valve and permit liquid to flow through the duct onto the coating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Truly Magic Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Assad, Larry R. Hironimus, David Meyer
  • Patent number: 4974984
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing container with brush type applicator. The container having an annular flange formed thereon. An applicator/brush is detachably coupled to the container by mating with the annular flange of the container. The applicator/brush has at least one opening thereto. A dispensing cap with at least one opening is affixed to at least one opening of the container in fluid communication therewith and positioned internal to the applicator/brush, so that when the dispensing cap is opened, the fluid may pass from at least one opening of the container through the dispensing cap and at least one opening in the applicator/brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: Kafko International, Ltd.
    Inventors: N. H. Kafkis, George J. Kafkis, Bob N. Kafkis
  • Patent number: 4963047
    Abstract: A two piece brush for dispensing and applying a material in gel form comprises a brush element having a plurality of bristles and an elongated handle pivotably secured to the brush element for movement from a position adjacent the brush element to a position substantially at right angles to the brush element. An opening is provided extending through the brush element to the bristles which aligns with an opening in the elongated handle entering into a gel retainer in the handle, when the handle is positioned at right angles to the brush element. A flange disposed on the brush element is effective to seal off the opening in the elongated handle with the elongated handle positioned adjacent the brush element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Robert A. Trotta
  • Patent number: 4930922
    Abstract: The invention is a liquid applicator having an integral brush means connected to a container for the liquid by a variable flow resistance liquid flow passage. The applicator has a movable sleeve which surrounds the brush and engages the cap to seal the brush in the environment of the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Inventors: Joseph P. LaRosa, Gina Pisa
  • Patent number: 4673307
    Abstract: A washing brush contains a brush body with a central opening, that engages a cylindrical projection, which is positioned in the vicinity of the edge of a cover. The cover is in one piece with a gripping member, which can be connected to a water-carrying member.In the center of the cover and the brush body is provided an annular locking member, which passes through the cover within the liquid-carrying area in the form of a push button. By depressing the push button, it is possible to release the angular locking member between the gripping member and the brush body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignee: Gardena Kress & Kastner GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Prestele, Alfred Schneider, Willi Hepperle, Johann Katzer, Christian Stephany, Franz Lopic
  • Patent number: 4671690
    Abstract: A first hollow cylindrical member has a first open end and an opposite closed second end with a plurality of spaced off set axially disposed channels therein. A hollow capsule filled with cosmetic powder is closed at one end and open at the other. The capsule is inserted into the first member with the capsule open end adjacent the second end and communicating with the channels. A second hollow cylindrical member has opposite open third and fourth ends. The inner surface of the second member adjacent the third end is threaded. The second end rotatably engages the third end. A hollow cylindrical element is disposed in the second member and is open at both ends. The element has a thread on its outer surface which engages the inner surface thread of the second member. The element has a like plurality of prongs which are engagable with and disengagable from the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: Laura Lupton Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Ladd, Jr., David R. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 4647240
    Abstract: A first elongated hollow cylindrical member has a first open end and a second closed end. The second end has a central opening and an exposed face carrying an offset circular groove surrounding the opening. A hollow elongated capsule filled with cosmetic powder is slidably and removably disposed in the first member and has an open end adjacent the second end. A second elongated hollow cylindrical member has a third closed end and an opposite open fourth end. The third end has an exposed face with a transverse slot therein. The slot has a hole. The second and third ends are rotatably engaged. An elongated member is slidable in the slot and has a chamber and a transversely disposed prong. The prong rides in the groove and is moved back and forth in the slot as the first and second members are rotated relatively to each other. These members have a first rotational position at which the chamber and opening are aligned and a second rotational position at which the hole and opening are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: Laura Lupton, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Ladd, Jr., David R. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 4630954
    Abstract: A hollow elongated capsule containing cosmetic powder slides removably into an open end of a first elongated hollow member. The other end of the first member has a plurality of spaced openings. A second hollow elongated member has one end with like openings which is engaged to the other end of the first member. These two members have a first position of relative rotation at which the openings are aligned and a second position at which these openings are out of alignment. A third elongated hollow member has an open end detachably engaging the opposite end of the second member. A brush having parallel bristles with powder applying tips is disposed in the third member with the tips disposed adjacent the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1986
    Assignee: Laura Lupton, Inc
    Inventor: James E. Ladd, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4626119
    Abstract: A first elongated hollow member has first and second opposite ends, the first end being open, the second end being closed and having a plurality of small spaced apart openings therein. A hollow elongated capsule adapted to be filled with cosmetic powder is closed at one end and open at the other. The capsule is removably slidable into and out of the first member. The capsule, when inserted in the first member, has its open end adjacent the second end of the first member and its closed end closing the first end of the first member. A second elongated hollow member has a first end with a like plurality of like openings and a second open end, the second member rotatably engaging the first member with the first end of the second member adjacent the second end of the first member. The first and second members have a first position of relative rotation at which the openings in the two members are aligned and a second position of relative rotation at which the openings in the two members are out of alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1986
    Assignee: Laura Lupton, Inc.
    Inventor: James E. Ladd, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4553871
    Abstract: Cleaning device includes a cleaning-fluid container on which is mounted a head including a reservoir to which cleaning fluid is valved from the container in an amount sufficient to clean a phonograph stylus without waste. The cleaning is performed with a porous cleaning pad extending across the reservoir. The porous cleaning pad preferably consists of open-cell plastic foam and an exterior velour covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1985
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Gerald J. Niles
  • Patent number: 4277193
    Abstract: A hair grooming device includes a brush head surrounded by a rotatable cover member having a lateral opening through which bristles on the brush head are exposable. A handle for the brush head includes a reservoir for a liquid treating agent and communicates through a passage in the brush head with small dispensing holes spaced among the bristles. The cover member is rotatable between a bristle exposed position in which the bristles are exposed through the lateral opening, and a bristle storage position in which the bristles are concealed within the cover member. The cover member has comb teeth thereon adjacent the lateral opening, and seals are provided between the brush head and cover member to prevent leakage of treating agent from the bristles in the bristle storage position of the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1981
    Inventor: Ray Knaus
  • Patent number: 4265560
    Abstract: The specification discloses a disposable toothbrush with a self-contained toothpaste supply comprising a transparent handle section and an adjustable brush head having upstanding bristles secured thereto.The transparent cylindrical handle section is hollow and contains the dentifrice material, which is discharged into the adjustable head section when the handle section is compressed. The quantity of discharge of the dentifrice material can be easily measured and judged by the graduation marks placed on the handle. The adjustable brush head has a discharge opening for ejecting the dentifrice material between the bristles when the cylindrical transparent handle section is compressed. The adjustable brush head is capable of being closed so that premature or accidental discharge of the dentifrice material while either in storage or in use does not occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Assignee: The 2500 Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph P. Spica
  • Patent number: 4239409
    Abstract: A brush assembly, attachable to a pressurized water line, produces at least two alternating pulsating jet discharges of water. One discharge comprises a linear stream and the other comprises a spray. A nozzle housing detachably mounted on the head of the brush assembly is employed to deliver the intermittently, interrupted or pulsating water jet discharges. Water passing through the brush assembly and the housing drives a turbine blade assembly in the housing. In turn, the turbine blade assembly rotates rotatable valve member at a rotary speed dependent upon the initial pressure of water entering the brush assembly. Water flows through an inlet of the housing through two flow paths. In one flow path, water flows through a valve port in the valve member and out through the discharge orifices in the housing. In the second flow path, water flows around the valve member and out through the discharge orifices and housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Assignee: Osrow Products Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Leonard Osrow
  • Patent number: 4143982
    Abstract: A dispensing brush for discrete material e.g. powder comprising a bristle tray having an outstanding rim and a bottom having longitudinal interrupted slots therein; slidingly attached thereto within the tray there is a powder container having a bottom with cross slots therein; said cross slots being alignable with the slots in the tray member or misaligned therewith for applying powder, i.e. to the body e.g. of an animal while at the same time brushing the animal's fur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1979
    Inventors: Robert H. Cox, Jack W. Kaufman