Abstract: A brush for cleaning articles like bottles includes a hollow handle and a brush body connected to the latter and having a plurality of bristles. The brush body accommodates a passage through which the fluid flows and is provided with a plurality of slots radially extending from the passage in one plane. Cooperating with the slots is a deflector which has a rim portion extending beyond the plane of the slots so that the fluid after flowing through the handle and the passage is discharged through the slots and deflected onto the bristles at an acute angle with respect to the center axis of the brush.

Abstract: A device for applying liquid agents by synthetic bristles which, combined into bundles, are fixed on a plastic supporting base, with the supporting base being thin-walled and having several openings at least one of which is surrounded by a bundle of bristles. The bristles are butt-welded onto the supporting base, with the bristles leaving open a cross section of the opening and forming a duct tapering off toward the bristle ends, which duct leads or supplies the agent into a working area of the device.

Abstract: A floor sweeper is disclosed. The floor sweeper has a handle, a main body including a detergent compartment, a roller mechanism including a roller with a washing belt thereon, a scraper and a waste fluid compartment. Detergent is dripped from the detergent compartment onto the washing belt. The washing belt washes a floor and wipes stains therefrom due to frictional contact therewith during the forward motion of the floor sweeper. Waste fluid soaked into the washing belt is squeezed from the belt by the scraper and is collected in the waste fluid compartment during the backward motion of the sweeper.

Abstract: A cleaner for carpets, rugs and the like has a roller or brush or the like by means of which cleaning foam is to be applied to the particular textile. It is further provided with two or more chambers, each adapted to contain a chemical component. The chemical components in the several chambers are of the type which, upon contact with one another, will spontaneously react and produce foam for cleaning purposes. An arrangement is provided for permitting the controlled contacting of these components with one another so as to produce the requisite foam which is supplied to the roller or brush.

Abstract: Pen nibs are made by extruding rods from fused thermoplastic material, with a cavity in the rod of star-shaped cross-sectional configuration. The extruded rod is then cooled and mechanically drawn to reduce its diameter about 50%, which closes the inner ends of the arms of the star and brings them together at the center of the rod, while leaving the outer ends of the arms relatively large. The resulting product is then sharpened at both ends for use as a pen nib.