Brushing – scrubbing – and general cleaning – Machines – Wiping
Reexamination Certificate
2001-08-24
2002-06-11
Chin, Randall E. (Department: 1744)
Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Machines
Wiping
C601S114000, C601S137000, C601S138000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06401289
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to skin cleaners and more particularly pertains to a new skin cleaning device for removing dirt, oils and dead skin.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of skin cleaners is known in the prior art. More specifically, skin cleaners heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,956,792; U.S. Pat. No. 5,718,014; U.S. Pat. No. 5,187,827; U.S. Pat. No. 4,282,623; U.S. Pat. No. 4,946,398; and U.S. Pat. No. 403,864.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new skin cleaning device. The inventive device includes a housing having a first end and a second end. The first end has a cavity extending, therein. A motor is positioned in the housing and is located generally adjacent to the second end. A shaft is mechanically coupled to the motor and extends through the second end of the housing. The motor is adapted for rotating the shaft. The shaft has a free end defining a female coupler. A power supply is operationally coupled to the motor. A disc has a first side and a second side. The first side has a convex shape. A male coupler is integrally attached to the second side and is generally centrally located on the second side of the disc. The male coupler is removably insertable into the female coupler for releasably attaching the disc to the shaft. A plurality of cleaning pads each has a peripheral edge. An- elastic member is attached to and extends around the peripheral edge such that each of the pads forms a sock positionable over the first side of the disc. The motor rotates the disc such that the pads may be used for cleaning skin of the user.
In these respects, the skin cleaning device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of removing dirt, oils and dead skin.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of skin cleaners now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new skin cleaning device construction wherein the same can be utilized for removing dirt, oils and dead skin.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new skin cleaning device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the skin cleaners mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new skin cleaning device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art skin cleaners, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a housing having a first end and a second end. The first end has a cavity extending therein. A motor is positioned in the housing and is located generally adjacent to the second end. A shaft is mechanically coupled to the motor and extends through the second end of the housing. The motor is adapted for rotating the shaft. The shaft has a free end defining a female coupler. A power supply is operationally coupled to the motor. A disc has a first side and a second side. The first side has a convex shape. A male coupler is integrally attached to the second side and is generally centrally located on the second side of the disc. The male coupler is removably insertable into the female coupler for releasably attaching the disc to the shaft. A plurality of cleaning pads each has a peripheral edge. An elastic member is attached to and extends around the peripheral edge such that each of the pads forms sock positionable over the first side of the disc. The motor rotates the disc such that the pads may be used for cleaning skin of the user.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is either intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new skin cleaning device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the skin cleaners mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new skin cleaning device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art skin cleaners, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new skin cleaning device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new skin cleaning device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new skin cleaning device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such skin cleaning device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new skin cleaning device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new skin cleaning device for removing dirt, oils and dead skin.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new skin cleaning device which includes a housing having a first end and a second end. The first end has a cavity extending therein. A motor is positioned in the housing and is located generally adjacent to the second end. A shaft is mechanically coupled to the motor and extends through the second end of the housing. The motor is adapted for rotating the shaft. The shaft has a free end defining a female coupler. A power supply is operationally coupled to the motor. A disc has a first side and a s
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