# US 2021/0276049 A1 · Blade Cleaning and Storage System

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- Number: US 2021/0276049 A1
- Document ID: US20210276049A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/809,454
- Filed: 2020-03-04
- Published: 2021-09-09
- Earliest claimed: 2020-03-04
- Inventors: Dariel Perez; Dariel Perez, JR.
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210276049A1

## CPC

- B08B 1/12: Brushes
- A47L 21/00: Polishing of table-ware, e.g. knives, forks, spoons
- A47L 25/00: Domestic cleaning devices not provided for in other groups of this subclass (for cleaning spectacles G02C13/00)
- B08B 1/20: Cleaning of moving articles, e.g. of moving webs or of objects on a conveyor
- B08B 3/04: Cleaning involving contact with liquid
- B26B 21/4037: {Details or parts covering the blades, e.g. caps for storage; Attachments}
- B26B 21/4075: {Mounting devices}
- A46B 2200/30: Brushes for cleaning or polishing
- B08B: CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
- A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08)
- B26B: HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufactering or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; {vegetable slicers, julienne cutters and similar devices and holders therefor, B26D3/28}; for surgical purposes A61B; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B7/22; pincers B25C11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; {perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet, B26F1/26}; for erasing B43L19/00; for textile materials D06H)
- A46B: BRUSHES (handles not integral with brushware B25G)

## Abstract

A device for cleaning and organizing sheetrock knives is disclosed. The device includes a panel having an orifice covered on at least one side with brush bristles. The panel has at least one slot for holding sheetrock knives and may contain additional compartments for holding utility knives and pencils. When a user places the device in a five gallon bucket, she may rinse and brush sheet rock knives using the orifice and cleaning liquid in the bucket or she may store the knives and other tools in the slots and other compartments.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A blade cleaning apparatus comprising:
a panel having a top side and a bottom side;
a cleaning orifice extending from the top side to the bottom side;
a plurality of bristles connected to the bottom side of the panel, said plurality of bristles at least partially obstructing the cleaning orifice.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The blade cleaning apparatus of claim 1 further comprising one or more slots extending from the top side to the bottom side.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The blade cleaning apparatus of claim 1 further comprising one or more hammer holes extending from the top side to the bottom side.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The blade cleaning apparatus of claim 1 further comprising one or more holders extending from the top side partially into the panel.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The blade cleaning apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:
a first strip and a second strip;
the first strip obstructing part of the cleaning orifice; and
the second strip obstructing part of the cleaning orifice.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The blade cleaning apparatus of claim 5 wherein the first strip is a brush handle and the second strip is a brush handle.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The blade cleaning apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:
a first concave section adjacent one side of the cleaning orifice;
a second concave section adjacent one side of the cleaning orifice opposite the side of the cleaning orifice adjacent the first concave section; and
the first concave section and the second concave section each extending from the top face and equal depth partially into the panel.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The blade cleaning apparatus of claim 1 wherein the diameter of the panel along the top face is longer than the diameter of the panel along the bottom face.

### Claim 9

A blade cleaning apparatus comprising:
a panel having a top side and a bottom side;
a cleaning orifice extending from the top side to the bottom side;
a plurality of bristles connected to the bottom side of the panel, said plurality of bristles at least partially obstructing the cleaning orifice;
one or more slots extending from the top side to the bottom side;
one or more hammer holes extending from the top side to the bottom side;
one or more holders extending from the top side partially into the panel a first strip and a second strip;
the first strip obstructing part of the cleaning orifice;
the second strip obstructing part of the cleaning orifice;
the first strip is a brush handle; and
the second strip is a brush handle.