Brushing – scrubbing – and general cleaning – Implements – Brush or broom
Patent
1982-04-08
1984-12-04
Feldman, Peter
Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Implements
Brush or broom
15104A, 15231, A46B 1704
Patent
active
044855150
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a cleaning brush, especially for articles of clothing, with brush elements which are located on a supporting body, with elastic padding materials interposed. The hitherto known forms of construction of this type have the disadvantage that, when the cleaning brush is not in use, the brush elements become dirty, because they lie unprotected in the open. To remedy this, pouch-like receptacles made of plastic film have already been developed, and the cleaning brushes are accommodated in these, when not in use. Even this treatment has proved unsuccessful, especially as the pouch-like receptacles are easily torn or lost.
The object on which the invention is based is, while avoiding the defects mentioned, to provide a cleaning brush of the generic type, in which the brush elements are protected from becoming dirty, when the cleaning brush is not in use. To achieve this object, it is proposed, according to the invention, that the brush-element supporting body be received displaceably by a tubular slipcase open at both ends. Is is ensured, by means of this design, that the brush elements are located within the slipcase when the cleaning brush is not in use.
In a preferred embodiment, the brush-element supporting body can have a carriage-like receiving part, which can move to and fro on guide tracks provided on the bottom of the inner space of the slipcase. This has the advantage that the brush-element supporting body can be transferred into a working position, when the cleaning brush is in use, and into a position of rest, when it is not in use.
According to a further feature of the invention, there can be moulded on the carriage-like receiving part, on its two longitudinal sides, projecting strips which interact with stop strips provided on the two side walls of the inner space of the slipcase. The result of this is that the sliding movements of the receiving part in the inner space of the slipcase are controlled.
The carriage-like receiving part can be capable of being pulled out of the slipcase in both directions up to limiting stops which are provided, at opposite ends, on the side walls of the inner space of the slipcase. This has the advantage that the receiving part cannot be pulled out of the slipcase completely.
The carriage-like receiving part can have, underneath the projecting strips, groove-like recesses, which can extend, in certain regions, over the two side walls of the receiving part and be limited at one end by stop buffers located at opposite ends of the side walls.
There can be provided in one groove-like recess, in the vicinity of its free end, a wart-like protrusion, which guarantees easy sliding of the receiving part in the slipcase, even in the case of relatively large production tolerances.
Advantageously, the brush-element supporting body has a filling plate which is fitted with a wide rim and which consists of a square-section basic body, the surface of which extends in the form of a funnel, whilst moulded on the inner face of the basic body are holding claws which have roof-shaped heads and which engage behind counter-claws seated on the inner side of the receiving part.
Expediently, the rim of the filling plate is received by a square-section channel which is set into the inner side of the receiving part.
To enable the carriage-like receiving part to be grasped properly, the slipcase is expediently equipped with recesses on the end faces of its bottom plate. The slipcase, receiving part and filling plate preferably consist of one-piece plastic moulded bodies.
The invention is illustrated, in a exemplary embodiment, in the drawing in which:
FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal section through the cleaning brush pushed into its slipcase,
FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the slipcase,
FIG. 3 shows a cross-section through the cleaning brush pushed into its slipcase,
FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the receiving part, partly in cross-section, and
FIG. 5 shows an enlargement of the place in FIG. 4 identified by a circle.
The cleaning brush 10, on which the exemplary embodiment is based
REFERENCES:
patent: 2051009 (1936-08-01), Porter
patent: 2695416 (1954-11-01), Raimo
patent: 3800353 (1974-04-01), Roth
patent: 4062083 (1977-12-01), McKay
Hagedorn Leonhard
Schulein Rolf-Gunter
Feldman Peter
O'Halloran John T.
Ruzek Peter R.
Werner Mary C.
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