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US 2016/0255947 A1Published application
Juicer Brush
AssigneeHamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
InventorGuoyao Ye
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Abstract
A cleaning brush comprises a front curved wall and a rear curved wall. The front curved wall has a front surface and a back surface, with a plurality of frictional cleaning elements projecting from the back surface. The rear curved wall has a front surface and a back surface, with a plurality of frictional cleaning elements projecting from the front surface. The front and rear curved walls are hingedly affixed to each other and movable between an open position and a closed position.
Claims20
A cleaning brush comprising:
- a front curved wall having a front surface and a back surface, a plurality of frictional cleaning elements projecting from the back surface;
- and
- a rear curved wall having a front surface and a back surface, a plurality of frictional cleaning elements projecting from the front surface;
- wherein the front and rear curved walls are hingedly affixed to each other and movable between an open position and a closed position;
- wherein a concavity of the front curved wall and a concavity of the rear curved wall both face in a same direction when the brush is in the closed position;
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- wherein a convexity of the front curved wall and a convexity of the rear curved wall both face in a same direction when the brush is in the closed position.
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A method of cleaning a cutter/strainer of a centrifugal juicer, the cutter/strainer having a sloped wall and a circular floor, the method comprising:
- obtaining a cleaning brush comprising:
- a front curved wall having a front surface and a back surface, a plurality of frictional cleaning elements projecting from the back surface;
- a rear curved wall having a front surface and a back surface, a plurality of frictional cleaning elements projecting from the front surface;
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- a floor affixed to at least a portion of a bottom edge of the front wall, the floor having a top surface and a bottom surface and a plurality of frictional cleaning elements projecting from the bottom surface;
- wherein the front and rear curved walls are hingedly affixed to each other and movable between an open position and a closed position;
- wherein a concavity of the front curved wall and a concavity of the rear curved wall both face in a same direction when the brush is in the closed position;
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- wherein a convexity of the front curved wall and a convexity of the rear curved wall both face in a same direction when the brush is in the closed position;
- with the brush in the open position, position the brush relative to the cutter/strainer such that the plurality of frictional cleaning elements projecting from the bottom surface of the floor contact a top surface of the floor of the cutter/strainer and such that the plurality of frictional cleaning elements projecting from the back surface of the front wall contact an inner surface of the sloped wall of the cutter/strainer;
- moving the back wall to the closed position such that the plurality of frictional cleaning elements projecting from the front surface of the back wall contact an outer surface of the sloped wall of the cutter/strainer;
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- while applying a clamping force to the front and back walls of the brush and applying a downward force to the floor of the brush, moving the brush along the sloped wall of the cutter/strainer.
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A cleaning brush comprising:
- a front curved wall having a front surface and a back surface, a plurality of frictional cleaning elements projecting from the back surface;
- and
- a rear curved wall having a front surface and a back surface, a plurality of frictional cleaning elements projecting from the front surface;
- wherein the front and rear curved walls are hingedly affixed to each other and movable between an open position and a closed position;
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- wherein the curve of the front curved wall and the curve of the rear curved wall correspond such that the front and rear curved walls nest when the brush is in the closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.