Water-recycling personal care device and system
AssigneeELC Management LLC
InventorChristopher Aidan
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Abstract
A water-recycling personal care device includes a housing, a pad, a dispenser, and a collection system. The housing has a reservoir that is configured to contain a cleaning agent. The pad is removably connected to the housing, and the dispenser is contained within the housing and configured to dispense a quantity of the cleaning agent from the reservoir. The collection system is configured to collect the quantity of the cleaning agent dispensed from the reservoir after use. The personal care device may communicate with an external device to adjust a quality or amount of the quantity of cleaning agent dispensed from the dispenser.
Claims17
A water-recycling personal care device comprising:
- a housing having a reservoir, the reservoir configured to contain a cleaning agent;
- a pad removably connected to the housing;
- a dispenser contained within the housing and configured to dispense a quantity of the cleaning agent from the reservoir;
- and
- a collection system configured to collect the quantity of the cleaning agent dispensed from the reservoir after use,
- wherein the pad comprises an absorbent material to absorb the quantity of the cleaning agent,
- wherein the collection system includes a vacuum pump in fluid communication with the absorbent material of the pad, and
- wherein the collection system includes a filter chamber into which the quantity of the cleaning agent is pumped by the vacuum pump, the filter chamber including a filter to remove debris from the quantity of the cleaning agent, and wherein the filter chamber is in fluid communication with the reservoir, and the quantity of the cleaning agent is returned to the reservoir after passing through the filter.
A water-recycling personal care device comprising:
- a housing having a reservoir, the reservoir configured to contain a cleaning agent;
- a pad removably connected to the housing;
- a dispenser contained within the housing and configured to dispense a quantity of the cleaning agent from the reservoir;
- and
- a collection system configured to collect the quantity of the cleaning agent dispensed from the reservoir after use,
- wherein the dispenser includes an aerator, and the cleaning agent is a foaming cleaning agent that foams in response to aeration by the aerator.
A water-recycling personal care device comprising:
- a housing having a reservoir, the reservoir configured to contain a cleaning agent;
- a pad removably connected to the housing;
- a dispenser contained within the housing and configured to dispense a quantity of the cleaning agent from the reservoir;
- and
- a collection system configured to collect the quantity of the cleaning agent dispensed from the reservoir after use, and
- further comprising a dehumidifier configured to collect water from an environment outside the housing and direct the water to the reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.