Starch Head for Cleaning a Target Surface
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJoseph Michael Gaines, Hirotaka Uchiyama
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Abstract
A head for cleaning a target surface, such as a toilet bowl. The head has a longitudinal axis and comprises a starch based material. The material may be provided as a sheet, and formed to make a generally round head or a head of laminae. The head may optionally contain granules, which optionally define a core and improve the stiffness of the head. The starch based material may be extruded to have a machine direction oriented in the longitudinal direction of the cleaning device.
Claims20
A water disposable head for cleaning a target surface, said head having a longitudinal axis therethrough and comprising:
- a predominantly starch based material extending from a proximal end attachable to a handle to a distal end longitudinally remote therefrom.
A water disposable head for cleaning a target surface, said head having a longitudinal axis therethrough and said head comprising:
- an extruded starch material forming a generally axisymmetric shape, said starch material having a machine direction generally aligned with said longitudinal axis.
A water disposable head having a longitudinal axis, being attachable to a cleaning implement and for cleaning a toilet, said head comprising:
- an extruded starch foam material having a plurality of closed cells therein, said closed cells having a major dimension generally aligned with said longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.