Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Apparatus – With plural means for supplying or applying different fluids...
Reexamination Certificate
2001-08-31
2003-04-01
Coe, Philip R. (Department: 1746)
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Apparatus
With plural means for supplying or applying different fluids...
C134S095300, C134S186000, C134S190000, C134S191000, C134S199000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06539957
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to eyewear cleaning devices and more particularly pertains to a new eyewear cleaning apparatus for removing particles from the lenses of eyewear.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of eyewear cleaning devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, eyewear cleaning devices 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. 5,794,635; U.S. Pat. No. 5.143,101; U.S. Pat. No. 5,890,503; U.S. Pat. No. 4,034,432; U.S. Pat. No. 3,259,139; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 315,813.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new eyewear cleaning apparatus. The inventive device includes a housing having a bottom wall, and an outer wall including a first end wall, a second end wall, a first side wall and a second side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall. A compartment is positioned in the housing and is positioned adjacent to the first end wall. A pump is positioned in the compartment. A container for holding a fluid is positioned in the compartment and is fluidly coupled to the pump. A delivery pipe is fluidly coupled to the pump and extends around the interior of the housing and is positioned adjacent to the outer wall and the container. A first pair of nozzles is in communication with the delivery pipe. The first pair of nozzles are spaced from each other and extend toward the second end wall. A second pair of nozzles is in communication with the delivery pipe. The second pair of nozzles are spaced from each other and extend toward the first end wall. An upper wall extends over the compartment and has an opening extending therethrough and into the container. A first mount is positioned in the housing and is adapted for receiving a bridge portion of eyewear. A cover is hingedly coupled to an upper edge of the outer wall for selectively opening and closing the housing.
In these respects, the eyewear cleaning apparatus 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 particles from the lenses of eyewear.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of eyewear cleaning devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new eyewear cleaning apparatus construction wherein the same can be utilized for removing particles from the lenses of eyewear.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new eyewear cleaning apparatus apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the eyewear cleaning devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new eyewear cleaning apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art eyewear cleaning devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a housing having a bottom wall, and an outer wall including a first end wall, a second end wall, a first side wall and a second side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall. A compartment is positioned in the housing and is positioned adjacent to the first end wall. A pump is positioned in the compartment. A container for holding a fluid is positioned in the compartment and is fluidly coupled to the pump. A delivery pipe is fluidly coupled to the pump and extends around the interior of the housing and is positioned adjacent to the outer wall and the container. A first pair of nozzles is in communication with the delivery pipe. The first pair of nozzles are spaced from each other and extend toward the second end wall. A second pair of nozzles is in communication with the delivery pipe. The second pair of nozzles are spaced from each other and extend toward the first end wall. An upper wall extends over the compartment and has an opening extending therethrough and into the container. A first mount is positioned in the housing and is adapted for receiving a bridge portion of eyewear. A cover is hingedly coupled to an upper edge of the outer wall for selectively opening and closing the housing.
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 neither 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 eyewear cleaning apparatus apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the eyewear cleaning devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new eyewear cleaning apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art eyewear cleaning devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new eyewear cleaning apparatus which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new eyewear cleaning apparatus which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new eyewear cleaning apparatus 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 eyewear cleaning apparatus economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new eyewear cleaning apparatus 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 eyewear cleaning apparatus for removing particles from the lenses of eyewear.
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