Special work

A tape cleaning device, particularly for cleaning magnetic tapes contained in cartridges, cassettes or analogous receptacles, includes a housing having a leading end insertable into a tape recording and playing unit which has a capstan drive, and a trailing end adapted to receive a receptacle which accommodates...     

A cartridge for cleaning a magnetic head for use with flexible discs. The cartridge contains a cleaning disc comprising a flexible and non-magnetic support, with a magnetic layer provided on one or both surfaces of the flexible and non-magnetic support. A fibrous material layer is provided on one layer...     

A wiping material in the shape of a cup and a handle for holding the material during its use. The wiping material may include several layers with the same or different compositions. For hygienic use, it may have a layer of soft, absorbent toilet paper with, perhaps, an innermost layer of a moisture-impermeable...     

A device for cleaning the human tongue is disclosed and includes an elongate handle having a support frame extending from one end thereof and a fibrous cleaning member slidably carried on the support frame. The opposed end of the handle is disposed substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the...     

A self-moistening cleaning device, particularly for use in cleaning phonograph records and similar objects, comprises an air-tightly closable receptacle in which a cleaning body is normally accommodated. The atmosphere inside the receptacle is saturated with vapor of a cleaning liquid so that the cleaning...     

A washer device for golf balls and other devices of a similar diameter which includes a toroidal housing open at the center with radially inward exposed sponge and retention surfaces to wet and scrub a ball as it is retained and rotated centrally of the housing.

A durable magnetic head cleaning article which can be used to achieve superior cleaning of a magnetic head, comprising a Japanese paper on a support, the Japanese paper being made of vegetable fibers having a fiber length of about 5 mm or longer and an average fiber diameter of about 10 .mu. to 40 .mu..

An elongated member dimensioned for receipt within a wind instrument for removing moisture from the valve pads and inside walls of the instrument including a base, filament members extending from the base to the wall and valve pads of the instrument. The filaments either absorb, moisture or absorb moisture...     

A gum brush has an elongated handle with a stem end, to which is secured a brush head having a bullet shape and provided therearound in symmetrically distributed arrangement several fin-like projections some of which are parallel to the handle and others are perpendicular to the handle, these projections...     

A sponge forms an inner shaftway with interiorly projecting ribs to engage the sides of a lug nut, a shaft with a bottom plate attached to the bottom of the shaft is attached by adhesive material to the sponge body and a handle attached perpendicularly to the distal end of the shaft are used to rotate...     

A plant care device for cleaning and/or the application of fluids to the leaves of decorative foliage plants including a pair of opposed inwardly flexible arms connected at one end thereof for normal outwardly biased disposition with regard to each other in an open position of the device. The other ends...     

An applicator for applying a liquid coating to a suitable object includes a pad and a detachable handle. The pad includes a cushion, working means applied to the cushion lower surface, and a backing plate secured to the cushion upper surface. The plate is provided with hooks extending upwardly from its...     

A device for cleaning the magnetic heads of magnetic recording and/or playback machines, comprising an elongate holder and a holding member for holding and retaining a tape head cleaner, the holder and the holding device being interconnectible by a spigot and socket connection which is such as to allow...     

A device to clean the tape of an eight-track cartridge to avoid slippage thereof and thus extend the useful life of such cartridge. This cartridge tape cleaning device includes a casing made of a pair of shallow box sections hinged together in clamshell fashion, each forming a cartridge holding compartment,...     

An improved applicator is adapted for use in applying a liquid coating, such as paint and the like, to an object. The improved applicator includes a handle member having a blade, and includes a reversible applicator pad having a parallelogram-shaped cushion, having a blade receiver provided on the cushion...     

A scrubbing attachment which includes a sleeve for a squeegee, engagement means to secure the squeegee to the inside of the sleeve, and absorbent material surrounding the sleeve particularly adapted for cleaning.

A paint applicator has a handle and a pad supporting base. A paint applying pad is attached to a first face of the base. First and second flanges, a groove, and a ramp are provided on a second face of the base for receiving and holding the handle. The handle includes a plate with side walls and a lip...     

A bath brush having an elongated, continuously curved element terminating in a handle at one end portion and in a brush arrangement at the other end portion thereof. The element is curved continuously at a rate of curvature comparable to a clothes hanger. The brush arrangement includes an enlarged head...     

An apparatus for the cleansing of contact lenses comprising a housing for containing a lens divided into a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion may be joined or removed from the bottom portion. In addition, the top portion is movable while joined with the bottom portion and vice-versa. Within...     

A magnetic tape head cleaning pad is mounted on the exterior of a somewhat C-shaped resilient member which is snap-fitted on one end of an elongate mounting member which at its other end is pivotally connected to one end of an elongate handle member. To secure the mounting member to the handle member...     

A chalkboard eraser including an elongated rigid tubular core member and a resilient body member fixed to the core member and disposed about the core member and generally coextensive therewith, the body member having alternate lands and grooves extending lengthwise and disposed about its periphery.

A makeup applicator having a body including arcuate shells with projecting tips joined together to form a hinged connection for the shells. The projecting tips receive a makeup applicator element which can be of a desired form. The hinged connection urges the shells toward each other to resiliently grip...     

A pad-type painting applicator of the type having a handle and a replaceable applicating pad includes a simplified design for use in either of two paint applying modes and an improved mechanism for removably mounting applicating pads. A relatively short handle gripping portion is secured to an enlarged...     

A paint pad support and handle assembly includes a paint pad support body and a handle which is mounted to the support for swinging movement of about 90.degree. extent about an axis parallel to the plane of the support body and for pivotal movement about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the support...     

There is disclosed a cleaning device particularly arranged to have a cleaning element and drying instrumentalities of substantially identical form and selected foam material arranged to conform to particular configurations which will enable application of cleaning material to a surface and likewise dry...     

A cleaning implement including a cylindrical member containing a centrally located cylindrical cavity having an abrasive surface. A handle element is attached to the cylinder. The cavital surface is used to clean the connecting post located within the headphone receptacle while the outer surface simultaneously...     

When a composite material comprising a nylon non-woven fabric as a substrate and a paper material for cleaning a magnetic tape which has been stuck onto one surface or both surfaces of said nylon non-woven fabric is used as a ribbon used in a tape cleaning device for cleaning a magnetic tape and/or for...     

The device for automatically cleaning operating parts of a cassette tape deck is provided. The apparatus is enclosed in the frame of a standard cassette. Tape head cleaning is accomplished by a cleaning pad reciprocally moved across the tape head. An arm on which the pad is located is driven by cams...     

A liquid applicator device and a method of utilization thereof to effect plant destruction. A first distinct container containing herbicide, with a rotary valve extending from one end thereof, is mounted on a second elongated container with the metering valve between the first and second containers....     

A liquid applicator device and a method of utilization thereof primarily for applying herbicide to plants. An elongated container has a closed first end and an opening in the second end through which a roller with fibrous covering is insertable and withdrawable. The roller has a handle extending from...     

A pad-type painting applicator of the type having a handle and a replaceable applicating pad includes a simplified design for use in either of two paint applying modes and an improved mechanism for removably mounting applicating pads. A relatively short handle gripping portion is secured to an enlarged...     

A car washing means and method which includes; a paint-pad type holder and handle member having means for receiving and holding and pad member engaged there to, a pad member made and sized for use with the holder and handle member, and said pad member having a soft pliable sponge-like body portion, saturable...     

A body washing implement for bathing, comprising an annular sponge member adapted to be deformed to produce two closed loop portions or a generally 8-shaped sponge member having two closed loop portions and a covering cloth of relatively coarsely meshed fabric having the sponge member wrapped therein....     

A curling broom of the push-broom type has the active bottom surface provided with a fabric coating replacing the usual natural or artificial bristles. Preferably, two types of fabric are applied one beside the other, differing from each other in coarseness. The generally flat active surfaces of the...     

A cleaning card particularly for a time recorder which is formed with a large number of cleaning protrusions over the front and rear surfaces thereof, said cleaning protrusions being adapted to clean the front faces of the protective glasses for both the card detecting and code reading photoelectric...     

The back applicator is used to apply lotions, creams, oils, and other soothing and medicating substances to the back area where it is difficult to reach. By simply applying your favorite lotion onto the pad, it can be evenly distributed over the body. The applicator pad can be easily removed for cleaning...     

A cleaning device for magnetic tape heads comprises a mylar tape on which is deposited a layer of a low-tack adhesive. A dacron fabric is bonded to the mylar tape by the adhesive layer. This dacron tape acts as a mechanical cleaning surface when it is moved across the contact surface of the tape head....     

The present device provides a complete stationary unit including brushes and sponges. The unit is removeable affixed to a tub or shower wall wherein the bather can, by his or her own movement against the brushes and sponges in the unit easily and efficiently wash his or her back or other inaccessible...     

An elongated flexible strip is provided having at least one side thereof defining a rough scrubbing surface and the aformentioned one side includes a transversely extending convexly rounded hump centrally intermediate the opposite ends of the one side. The strip includes a pair of thin opposite side...     

Apparatus (16) for cleaning or lubricating inaccessible pin arrays of an electrical interconnection backplane (10). A connector block (18) with contacts removed is mounted on the end of a dummy circuit board (17). The connector block (18) is slotted across the contact chambers (20), the slot (21) having...     

A housing of substantially the same shape and size of a magnetic tape cassette is adapted to be inserted within the cassette receiving aperture of the magnetic tape playback/recording unit. Three resiliently biased arms are independently and rotatably coupled about pivotal points within the cassette...     

A blackboard eraser comprising a base, an uppermost cover mounted on the base, two erasing rollers pivotedly mounted within the base, a controller and two scrapers wherein the controller normally engages with the rollers for erasing use and may be depressed to release the rollers for their free rotation...     

Method and apparatus for de-stemming picked tomatoes. Each tomato is introduced into the upper end of a generally vertically disposed, open-ended, resilient, open-mesh fabric tube, a substantial portion of which approximates but is larger than the diameter of the tomato. The stem penetrates into and...     

The invention relates to the game of curling, which is played on an ice surface, and more particularly to a curling broom of the push-type having a handle joined to the sweeping head by means of a swivelling joint, whereby the handle automatically adjusts to the height of the user while leaving the sweeping...     

A lotion applicator employs a length-adjustable handle into which is inserted a flexible bale with a pad attached thereto which adjustably swivels on the handle so that the flattened pad remains in uniform contact with the user's skin. The flexible bale may also be adaptable for attachment to the applicator....     

A phonorecord cleaner is comprised of a handle member journalled for relative rotational movement with a phonorecord contact member, the latter including a phonorecord contact face having a wiping surface which is substantially equal to the radial dimension of the grooved recording band of a phonorecord,...     

A toilet cleaning tool for cleaning a lavatory bowl of a toilet, which toilet cleaning tool comprises a disposable cleaning member and a body, the body having an elongate handle and first and second parts between which the disposable cleaning member is releasably retained, and the disposable cleaning...     

A cosmetic towel or the like for removing moisture from the skin without rubbing or chafing which comprises a piece of smooth, slick fabric, at least two pieces of gauze-like material which are layered on each side of the smooth fabric, and two pieces of towel which are layered on each side of the gauze-like...     

A cleaning tool for cleaning various parts of a gun is disclosed in which three cleaning tips are removably insertable into a handle. The three cleaning tips include a first having bristles thereon to provide cleaning action between the rib and the gun barrel, a second cleaning tip has a woven cotton...     

A bowling ball retainer-towel device comprising a panel-like towel of flexible fabric such as terry cloth having a ring-shaped embossment sewn thereto and spaced inwardly of the edges thereof. When the combination towel is laid on a flat surface, a bowling ball may be disposed on and within the embossment...     

A back scrubber formed of terry cloth comprises a generally wider central scrubber section from which transverse open-ended pleats extend alternatingly from opposite sides; elongated hand grasp members extend from opposite ends of the central scrubber section and are also formed of terry cloth. The open-ended...     

A cover (6) for a towel (4) comprises a sheet of water-resistant or waterproof material. Carrying means are provided for carrying the accessory (2) with the towel (4) inside the cover (6) and substantially surrounded by the cover (6) except at the underside of the accessory (2). Connecting means are...     

A painting apparatus including a handle having supported therefrom, a paint roller and means for commonly supporting with the paint roller, a paint pad, whereby both the roller and pad can be operated and maneuvered from the paint apparatus handle. In one embodiment, the paint pad is fixed in position...     

A hand held device for cleaning the strings of an electrical and acoustical guitars is disclosed which cleans in between the windings and all around the surface of strings simultaneously and easily while on the instrument.

A wheeled hand-propelled scrubbing device for the upper edge portions of swimming pool side walls near the water level is disclosed. A sponge scrubbing pad is held in a vertical position by a bracket which depends from a wheeled handle. The scrubbing pad can be secured to a detachable plate to facilitate...     

A cosmetic towel or the like for removing moisture from the skin without rubbing or chafing which includes a piece of smooth, slick fabric and two pieces of towel which are layered on each side of the smooth, slick fabric, the layers of fabric and pieces of towel being stitched together around their...     

A moistened fabric pad is supported in a container having a cover configured to engage a type element. The cover is fastened to the container so that the fabric pad and type element are brought into contact. Rotation of the type element against the surface of the moistened fabric pad removes dirt and...     

Apparatus for buffing articles, such as leather goods, silverware and the like. The apparatus includes a container for receiving an article to be buffed. The interior of the container has a buffing material therein and is of a size to permit relative movement of the article and the buffing material so...     

A disc-cleaning device wherein a cleaner having a cleaning portion for wiping the surface of a disc provided on the under surface thereof and a knob on the top surface thereof is housed in a case made by securing a cover to a support for the disc so that said cover can be opened and closed. The cover...     

A small (2".times.2") sterilizing pad device for individually sanitizing a toilet seat are disclosed. Each pad is provided with a one-fourth inch moist absorbent swab layer for sterilizing the toilet seat and a thin slightly stiff cardboard upper cap having a raisable thumb tab to be used for manipulating...     

A washing and scrubbing utensil has a hollow elongated handle having a back longitudinal end provided with a cap and an opposite front longitudinal end formed with a central longitudinally forwardly projecting feed tube communicating with the interior of the handle and with two longitudinally forwardly...     

This invention relates to scalp cleaners, and more particularly to a scalp cleaner usable to clean a scalp to which is fixedly attached a hair piece. The cleaner consists of a rounded, thin cleaning member, such as a sponge, mounted on a flexible handle. The flexibility of the invention allows access...     

A cleaning system for removing ink, dirt, and the like from impact-type printing devices, such as dot matrix printers, daisy wheel printers, and typewriters. The cleaning system includes a cartridge body adapted to replace the inked ribbon cartridge of the device to be cleaned, and a flexible and absorbent...     

A head cleaning apparatus wherein in a case formed to the same shape and dimension of a hard case of hard-cased floppy disks a cleaning sheet formed to the same shape and dimension of the magnetic disk of floppy disk is rotatably installed. The cleaning sheet has microcapsules containing cleaning liquid...     

Disclosed is a cleaning cartridge for cleaning the magnetic heads and the scraper of computer tape drives that use tape cartridges and more particularly streamer and start-stop drives. This cleaning cartridge can be inserted into the tape drive and can simultaneously clean the heads and the scraper by...     

A surgical sponge comprises a bulbous jacket of at least two superimposed inside and outside lying separate cuts of about the same length, of which the outside cut consists of a gauze material, the superimposed cuts having their edge portions gathered together to form a constricted inturned tubular neck,...     

A compact digital disc cleaner apparatus (20) including a housing (22) having a top surface (24) with a pedestal portion (30) for receipt of a compact digital disc (32) and a bottom surface (26) having a plurality of receptacles (40) positioned thereon and configured for removably receiving corresponding...     

Flat pad applicator includes a base member having a pair of laterally spaced apart tapered pins between which the hub portion of a handle is snapped into position for rotatably mounting the handle on the base member. The hub portion has a plurality of circumferentially spaced indexing notches in the...     

The cleaning cassette is intended to clean signal heads in systems operated with magnetic tape cassettes, for example, in cartridge tape recorders, and is provided with a cleaning element (18) which mechanically acts upon the parts to be cleaned. In order to impregnate the cleaning element, preferably...     

A cleaning device having particular utility for cleaning a golf ball is disclosed. A holding element includes a bottom, an upstanding wall, and an inwardly directed lip which forms an opening. A cleaning element is held within the device such that it is easily engaged by inserting a portion of the golf...     

Apparatus and method for buffing articles, such as leather goods, silverware and the like. The apparatus includes a container for receiving an article to be buffed. The interior of the container has a buffing material therein and is of a size to permit relative movement of the article and the buffing...     

A cleaning tool which is especially suited for picking up dirt, lint and the like from rugs, floors, upholstered furniture and other surfaces is disclosed. The cleaning tool comprises, in one embodiment of the invention an elongated stick shaped handle, a pair of legs extending outward from one end of...     

A compact disc cleaning device contains cleaning pads located on a wall of a housing. A housing cover has an elongated slot and a post assembly is slidably received therein. The post assembly engages the central opening of a compact disc placed within the housing so that upon linear movement of said...     

A paint pad refill device comprises a backing plate of length changeable to a final length appropriate for fitting a particular paint pad holder of any a plurality of standard lengths, means for attaching the plate to the particular holder after the length of the plate is changed to its final length,...     

A pair of tools are disclosed for cleaning an electrical jack having multiple contacts physically touching an inserted plug as well as additional breaking contacts not physically touching the plug. A burnishing tool is interted into the jack and twisted, the burnishing surface of the burnishing tool...     

A portable golf ball washer comprising a vertical cylindrical container with one end closed and a cap on the other end for sealing the container when not in use, a piece of bristled carpet in the container which lines the vertical interior surface of the container with the bristled side of the carpet...     

A hand tool facilitating removal of cobwebs and the like from ceilings, walls, baseboards and furniture without smudging the same and without the necessity of stooping or standing on an elevated support to accomplish the same. The tool is comprised of a circular base with a pair of opposing tracks or...     

A flexible duster head holder includes a stiffener over which a conventional duster head is placed. The stiffener may be bent to conform to the shape of a non-flat surface to be dusted. The stiffener consists of a bendable metal wire core which is sufficiently rigid to hold the shape to which it is bent...     

Apparatus and method for buffing articles, such as leather goods, silverware and the like. The apparatus includes a flexible container for receiving an article to be buffed. The interior of the container has a buffing material therein and is of a size to permit relative movement of the article and the...     

A dust mop is provided including a horizontally elongated head assembly and incorporating at least one pair of elongated, longitudinally extending and spaced apart primary mop head sections. The primary mop head sections are vertically spaced apart and interconnected by an inclined connecting section...     

A pad-type paint applicator includes a base adapted to releaseably receive a paint applicator pad, and a handle assembly removably attachable to the base and including an adjustment mechanism which permits the handle to be locked in virtually any position between a position with the handle located normal...     

A cleaning device for dislodging, and picking up and retaining foreign particles and other matter adhered on athletic footwear soles or other discrete surfaces, comprising a pad assembly having an inner cushion pad element enclosed within a fabric outer cover, and attachment means on the device for removably...     

A ceiling fan blade cleaning device includes a fork member and a separable cleaner member. The fork member has a tubular handle by which the user holds the device for cleaning purposes and a pair of shafts extend from the distal end of the handle shaped to give the fork member a Y-shape. The cleaner...     

A pair of absorbent core members, saturated with dental cleansing material, are enclosed in a spaced-apart disposition within a saturable covering layer having a roughened surface. The core members are flexible but capable of retaining their shape, said core members being the portion of said covering...     

The tool includes a hollow housing, a cleaning element removably mounted in the housing and a handle threadably attached to the housing. The cleaning element is formed of a deformably resilient sponge material and has a centrally disposed passageway aligned to frictionally engage outer surfaces of a...     

A liquid delivery accessory includes an elongate generally U-shaped body and a liquid delivery passage in the body. Provision is made to couple the body to a container of liquid whereby liquid may flow downwardly from the container into the passage in one of the arms of the U-shaped body. The other arm...     

A cleaning device for a cassette-type tape recorder wherein a cassette shell is provided with a longitudinally reciprocating bar adjacent the edge of the shell normally aligned with the heads of the recorder in use, the reciprocating bar being provided with a number of cleaning pads which contact and...     

A brush device is provided which has improved paint loading and smoothing characteristics. More specifically, a brush head member formed of flexible material suitable for adsorbing and releasing liquid paint includes an outer surface comprising fine denier fibers. The brush device is particularly well...     

This invention relates to a keyboard cleaning device. More particularly, this invention relates to a device for cleaning upper and/or lateral surfaces of keyboard buttons or keys. In a first embodiment of the present invention, a key cleaner is comprised of a head structure having at least one convex...     

A chalk dust remover is disclosed to remove the chalk dust which has accumulated on the surface of a chalk board cleaner. The device has a housing, a perforated support member, and a sheet of porous, open cell foam material which extends over the support member and is attached to the housing. The chalk...     

A strip cleaning device having a shaped wire holder in which are removably held a pair of sponges or the like, in a parallel spaced apart relationship. A handle receives the wire holder. Parallel segments of the holder may flex apart from one another for sponge replacement purposes.

A mop assembly is provided for the continuous application of wax and cleaning fluids which utilizes a detachable, disposable plenum incorporated into a disposable sponge mop. The disposable plenum has a plurality of substantially uniformly-spaced openings which provide for a substantially uniform distribution...     

This invention relates to a keyboard cleaning device. More particularly, this invention relates to a device for cleaning upper and/or lateral surfaces of keyboard buttons or keys. In a first embodiment of the present invention, a key cleaner is comprised of a head structure having at least one convex...     

A paint applicator designed to effectively paint a given surface area such as a wall, ceiling or the like including an applicator roll rotatably mounted within a housing and further including a secondary applicator element attached to the housing and configured to transfer paint to a surface junction...     

An applicator for applying a paint design along the border of a wall includes a holder having a planar base, a handle extending from one side of the base and a hook-and-loop fastener on an opposite side of the base for attaching in any desired position a sponge or other member for holding paint and applying...     

A toiletting assist device for a patient wearing a back brace or having other body limitations causing inability to reach sufficiently to perform the toiletting function, including a base member upon which a removable cleansing fabric is wrapped and an integral handle extending at an obtuse angle from...     

A sanitary device comprises a handle having a free proximal end and a distal end for mounting a shaft. A shaft extends from the distal end of the handle and has a proximal end fixed to the distal end of the handle and a distal end for mounting a wiper member. The wiper member has a proximal end fixed...     

An eraser consisting of a body having an aperture. A cloth covering is mounted to a portion of the body. When a writing instrument is inserted in the aperture the writing instrument provides a handle by which the body may be manipulated.

A head cleaning disk for cleaning magnetic transducer heads in flexible computer disk drives. The head cleaning disk comprises a top fibrous wiping layer having a blend of low melt point and high melt point fibers, an inner composite layer of a multi-layer thermoplastic opaque film having two outside...     

A polishing tool for automobiles is provided having a main body of bristles and a crevice tool on opposite sides of a brush block and a handle with a further cleaning medium which has a multitude of uses including removing accumulations of foreign matter from generally inaccessible crevices on the surface...