Portable cleaner with integrated fluid storage compartment and method of using the same
OwnerRobert Thomas Tiefenbacher, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A portable cleaner apparatus including a housing member having a compartment configured to store a solvent, a handle portion coupled to a brush member via a flexible member having a guide member, and an absorbent material disposed within the housing member and configured to transfer the solvent to the brush member. The guide member may be configured to include a rounded leading edge to help guide the cleaning brush within narrow and curved pathways within medical devices, tubing, smoking pipes, or other devices, without causing damage.
Claims10
A portable cleaner apparatus comprising:
- a housing member having a compartment configured to store a solvent;
- a handle portion coupled to a brush member via a flexible member;
- a guide member having a spherical shape coupled to an end of the flexible member, and
- an absorbent material disposed within the housing member and configured to transfer the solvent to the brush member,
- wherein the guide member is configured to bed the flexible member to conform to curved pathways.
A method of using a portable cleaner apparatus, the method comprising:
- obtaining a portable cleaner apparatus, the apparatus comprising a housing member having a compartment configured to store a solvent, a handle portion coupled to a brush member via a flexible member, a guide member having a spherical shape coupled to an end of the flexible member;
- and an absorbent material disposed within the housing member and configured to transfer the solvent to the brush member, wherein the guide member is configured to bend the flexible member to conform to curved pathways;
- removing the handle portion from the housing member;
- allowing the flexible member to bend to correspond to a path to be cleaned;
- and
- cleaning the path using the brush member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.