181 |
Combination cleaning tool with flexible head |
US15189889 |
2016-06-22 |
US10077030B2 |
2018-09-18 |
Jacob Paro |
A new combination cleaning tool construction wherein the same can be utilized for cleaning surfaces, in particular, glass surfaces such as windshields. In particular the invention described herein provides a new combination cleaning tool construction wherein the same can be utilized for cleaning surfaces, in particular, glass surfaces such as windshields or the like, with corner portions. |
182 |
SELF-CLEANING DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS |
US15902304 |
2018-02-22 |
US20180250717A1 |
2018-09-06 |
Shuichi Suemasa |
A self-cleaning device of the present disclosure includes: a cleaning member configured to clean a cleaning tool that cleans a substrate; and an injection unit configured to inject a liquid toward the cleaning member or the cleaning tool. The cleaning member has a cleaning surface that cleans the cleaning tool when the cleaning tool is pressed thereagainst, and the cleaning surface is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane. |
183 |
Autonomous floor cleaning with removable pad |
US15383008 |
2016-12-19 |
US10064533B2 |
2018-09-04 |
Ping-Hong Lu; Joseph M. Johnson; Daniel Foran; Marcus Williams; Andrew Graziani |
An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a body, a controller supported by the body, a drive supporting the body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface in response to commands from the controller, and a pad holder attached to an underside of the body to hold a removable cleaning pad during operation of the robot. The pad includes a mounting plate and a mounting surface. The mounting plate is attached to the mounting surface. The robot includes a pad sensor to sense a feature on the pad and to generate a signal based on the feature, which is defined in part by a cutout on the card backing. The mounting plate enables the pad sensor to detect the feature. The controller is responsive to the signal to perform operations including selecting a cleaning mode based on the signal, and controlling the robot according to a selected cleaning mode. |
184 |
Method for using and storing a cleaning stick |
US14790946 |
2015-07-02 |
US10040100B2 |
2018-08-07 |
Marc Lemchen |
An apparatus for cleaning the touch screen of any personal electronic device, including but not limited to smart phones and personal computing tablets. The apparatus comprises a wet portion and a dry portion in a substantially horizontal figure “8” configuration. The apparatus may also comprise a reservoir for storing a volume of conventional cleaning fluid. When not in use, the apparatus is slid into a case which is configured to house the wet and dry portions of the apparatus in separate housing compartments. A method is also provided for storing the apparatus when not in use so as to prolong its effective lifespan and improve its overall performance. |
185 |
WATERLESS CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOLAR TRACKERS USING AN AUTONOMOUS ROBOT |
US15727055 |
2017-10-06 |
US20180212558A1 |
2018-07-26 |
Moshe Meller; Eran Meller |
Solar tracker waterless cleaning system for cleaning solar tracker solar panels, the solar tracker being able to be positioned at a pre-determined angle, the system including a docking station and an autonomous robotic cleaner (ARC), the ARC including at least one rechargeable power source, at least one cleaning cylinder and a controller, the controller including a 6-axis motion sensor, the 6-axis motion sensor including an accelerometer and an electronic gyroscope, the docking station including at least one electrical connector for recharging the power source, the cleaning cylinder for cleaning dirt off of the solar tracker without water, the 6-axis motion sensor for determining an angle of the solar tracker and a heading of the ARC, wherein the ARC anchors in the docking station and cleans the solar tracker positioned at the pre-determined angle and wherein the 6-axis motion sensor is used for navigating the ARC over the solar tracker surface. |
186 |
Windshield touch and clean system |
US15921551 |
2018-03-14 |
US10029653B1 |
2018-07-24 |
Nicholas J. Singer |
A cleaning device for a vehicle has tracks above and below the vehicle's windshield. A brush, wiper blade and spray bar extend across the windshield at a starting side of the windshield. The spray bar provides washer fluid as the brush rotates against the windshield. The spray bar, rotating brush and wiper bar are moved along the tracks and across the windshield to an opposing, return side of the windshield where the wiper blade first contacts the windshield and the brush stops rotating and moves away from the windshield. The spray bar rotates next to the wiper blade to blow air against the windshield. The wiper blade scrapes water while air blows water off the windshield as they move back to the starting side of the windshield where they are stored in a frame along the side of the windshield when not in use. |
187 |
Silicone rubber foam brush |
US15447910 |
2017-03-02 |
US10020775B2 |
2018-07-10 |
Pablo Carrasco Zanini; Brian Parrott; Ali Shehri |
A method and device for cleaning and pretreating solar panels is provided. The device comprises a brush having cleaning elements made from silicone foam rubber material. The cleaning elements can be flaps of silicone foam rubber material. A sheet of silicone foam rubber material having two free ends can be attached to a core member such that the two free ends extend away from the core member to form flaps. The solar panels can be cleaned by brushing the solar panel surfaces with the flaps of silicone foam rubber material. The solar panels can also be pretreated by brushing the solar panel surfaces with silicone foam rubber material. |
188 |
Lens cleaning method for a surveillance camera |
US15295026 |
2016-10-17 |
US10005108B2 |
2018-06-26 |
Benjamin Dannan |
A cleaning method for a surveillance camera uses a capacitive sensor to determine whether rain, ice, dirt, debris or other foreign objects are present on the camera lens substrate. A determination is made whether the sensed capacitance is greater than a first threshold indicative of the presence of a foreign object on the lens. If a foreign object is indicated, the lens is sprayed with a sprayer and then a wiper is activated. If a foreign object is not indicated, a determination is made whether ice is present by comparing the sensed capacitance to a second threshold that is less than the first threshold. If ice is present, wiper and lens defrosters are activated, and a wiper is then turned on. The cleaning method may include a temperature sensor and power management for the defrosters. |
189 |
CLEANING OF A SURFACE IN A PRINTING DEVICE |
US15574884 |
2015-07-29 |
US20180161821A1 |
2018-06-14 |
Alex FEYGELMAN; Mordechai ARENSON; Oran LEVINTANT; Roy MAMAN; Kai-Kong IU; Shunit PETACHIA HALELY; Shai RAHAMIM |
The present disclosure relates to cleaning a surface in a printing device, wherein a guiding member directs a stream of cleaning fluid towards the surface; and at least one barrier unit to confine the stream of cleaning fluid to a portion of the surface, wherein the at least one barrier unit guides air to provide at least one air curtain confining said stream of cleaning fluid to the portion of the surface. |
190 |
Cleaning arrangement for a nozzle of a vacuum cleaner |
US14374119 |
2012-02-02 |
US09993847B2 |
2018-06-12 |
Henrik Eriksson |
The present invention relates to a cleaning arrangement for a nozzle of a vacuum cleaner. The cleaning arrangement comprises a socket for receiving the vacuum cleaner nozzle and a cleaning member arranged in the socket for removing articles entangled to a rotatable member of the vacuum cleaner nozzle during rotation of the rotatable member. |
191 |
CLEANING MEMBER AND SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS |
US15569720 |
2017-02-13 |
US20180126422A1 |
2018-05-10 |
Tomoatsu ISHIBASHI |
A cleaning member 10, for use in cleaning a substrate W, comprises: a tip surface 13 configured to be in contact with the substrate W when cleaning the substrate W, and the tip surface 13 being not covered with a skin layer 11; and a circumferential part having a covered part 16, which is disposed on the base end side and a circumferential surface of which is covered with the skin layer 11, and an exposed part 17, which is disposed on the tip end side and a circumferential surface of which is not covered with the skin layer 11. |
192 |
LENS CLEANING METHOD FOR A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA |
US15295026 |
2016-10-17 |
US20180104721A1 |
2018-04-19 |
Benjamin Dannan |
A cleaning method for a surveillance camera uses a capacitive sensor to determine whether rain, ice, dirt, debris or other foreign objects are present on the camera lens substrate. A determination is made whether the sensed capacitance is greater than a first threshold indicative of the presence of a foreign object on the lens. If a foreign object is indicated, the lens is sprayed with a sprayer and then a wiper is activated. If a foreign object is not indicated, a determination is made whether ice is present by comparing the sensed capacitance to a second threshold that is less than the first threshold. If ice is present, wiper and lens defrosters are activated, and a wiper is then turned on. The cleaning method may include a temperature sensor and power management for the defrosters. |
193 |
Pet hair gathering tool |
US14998907 |
2016-03-03 |
US09943884B2 |
2018-04-17 |
Charles A. Viola |
An improved device and method for gathering up loose pet hair, lint, and other fine debris from a variety of surfaces. In the preferred embodiment, the device includes a handle and a blade. The blade is made of an elastromeric material that is flexible. Exposed surfaces of the blade have a rough, crinkled, pebble-grain texture, such as crepe rubber. The blade is greater in height than in thickness; greater in width than in height; and wider at the bottom end than at the top end, where it is connected to the handle. The handle of the device is held by the user, while the bottom end, side ends, or front and back surfaces of the blade are placed on the surface to be cleaned and dragged with slight pressure across the cleaning surface. The blade dislodges, grips, and gathers up loose pet hair and other fine debris into a wad so that it may be removed by hand or by vacuum suction. |
194 |
Cleaning apparatus and system including cleaning apparatus |
US14874563 |
2015-10-05 |
US09933618B2 |
2018-04-03 |
Makoto Izaki |
A cleaning apparatus includes: an accommodation unit that accommodates a cleaning cloth; a drawing-out unit that draws out the cleaning cloth; a cleaning clot setting mechanism unit including an ascend/descend member that ascends and descend together with the cleaning cloth drawn out by the drawing-out unit; and a projection unit that upwardly projects as far as a position between an ascended position and a descended position of the ascend/descend member. When the ascend/descend member is located at the ascended position, the cleaning cloth can be drawn out, and when the ascend/descend member is located at the descended position, the projection unit engages the cleaning cloth, and a robot causes an optical device to be pressed against the cleaning cloth engaged by the projection unit, thereby cleaning the optical device. |
195 |
Substrate processing apparatus |
US14316709 |
2014-06-26 |
US09808836B2 |
2017-11-07 |
Tetsuji Togawa; Kenya Ito; Yu Ishii; Keisuke Uchiyama |
There is disclosed a substrate processing apparatus which is capable of detecting whether a substrate, such as a wafer, supported by a fluid is properly present in a predetermined processing position or not. The substrate processing apparatus includes at least one distance sensor configured to measure a distance between a scrubber and a hydrostatic support structure; and a processing controller configured to calculate a gap between the hydrostatic support structure and the surface of the substrate from a measured value of the distance and determine whether the gap falls within a predetermined range or not. |
196 |
SURFACE WASHING DRONE |
US15493050 |
2017-04-20 |
US20170305547A1 |
2017-10-26 |
Scott J. Tamkin, SR. |
A surface washing drone with a modular cleaning head unit. The surface washing drone may also include a safety failover mechanism. The surface washing drone communicates and works together with other surface washing drones in a group. |
197 |
Laparascope and endoscope cleaning and defogging device |
US14779986 |
2015-05-06 |
US09775502B2 |
2017-10-03 |
Michael J. Miller; William J. Kellner; Anthony L. Lizauckas, III; Gregory Pepe; Samantha Bonano |
A laparascope and endoscope cleaning and defogging device with a port located horizontally that is used to warm the scope prior to insertion into the body cavity/surgical site. The scope punctures the initial membrane and enters the cavity between two bodies of absorbent material that contain fluid. The absorbent material is arranged such that the passage of a scope would be accommodated for different sizes of surgical scopes. A circuit board is located on the bottom of the chamber that has a design element used to warm the liquid to a temperature equal to or greater than the temperature of the proposed surgical environment. When the scope is located between the two absorbent bodies, the heat generated by the circuit board is transferred via the liquid and contacts the scope, warming it in preparation for surgery. |
198 |
Pet hair gathering tool |
US14998907 |
2016-03-03 |
US20170252780A1 |
2017-09-07 |
Charles A. Viola |
An improved device and method for gathering up loose pet hair, lint, and other fine debris from a variety of surfaces. In the preferred embodiment, the device includes a handle and a blade. The blade is made of an elastromeric material that is flexible. Exposed surfaces of the blade have a rough, crinkled, pebble-grain texture, such as crepe rubber. The blade is greater in height than in thickness; greater in width than in height; and wider at the bottom end than at the top end, where it is connected to the handle. The handle of the device is held by the user, while the bottom end, side ends, or front and back surfaces of the blade are placed on the surface to be cleaned and dragged with slight pressure across the cleaning surface. The blade dislodges, grips, and gathers up loose pet hair and other fine debris into a wad so that it may be removed by hand or by vacuum suction. |
199 |
Absorbent cleaning and securement devices and methods |
US14450788 |
2014-08-04 |
US09693833B2 |
2017-07-04 |
Jim Mottola; Franklin J. Miller; Philippe Reb |
An absorbent cleaning device for use during a surgical procedure is disclosed. The absorbent cleaning device may comprise a substantially non-fibrous or non-particulate absorbent material and at least one opening. The opening may comprise a slit or channel and be configured to accommodate a portion of a medical appliance or an elongate medical device. The absorbent cleaning device may be configured to clean the medical appliance or the elongate medical device. The absorbent cleaning device may also be configured to retain or secure a medical appliance or elongate medical device during a surgical procedure. |
200 |
Fibrous Structures Comprising Shaped Particles |
US14934512 |
2015-11-06 |
US20170127902A1 |
2017-05-11 |
Denis Alfred Gonzales; Michael Leslie Groombridge; Michael McDonnell |
A fibrous article includes non-spherical abrasive particles mechanically anchored to fibers of the article. The abrasive particles include elements having a longitudinal length (L) and a predetermined complex cross-sectional shape extending on a plane perpendicular to said longitudinal length (L). The cross-sectional shape has at least one vertex. An edge extends along the length L from the vertex. The particles further comprise an anchoring element disposed away from the edge. The ratio of said length (L) to a perimeter-equivalent diameter of said predetermined cross-sectional shape “ECD PHull” is between about 0.5 and about 5. |