Back to results
US 4,826,340 AGranted
Hand brush
OwnerEmil Rothweiler, Gerald Siegelinventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A hand brush having a housing and a handle which jointly enclose a space for storing a cleaning liquid applied thereinto through a filing opening closed with a flap. A valve which closes a liquid discharge opening is formed on a spring yoke connected to a hand-operated actuating slide provided on the handle. The yoke exerts on the valve a force in the closing direction of the discharge opening.
Claims4
A hand brush, comprising, a handle;
- a housing;
- a brush body releasably supported on said housing, said handle and said housing forming a storage space for a cleaning liquid;
- means defining a discharge opening for said liquid which opens in said brush body;
- a valve member provided between said brush body and said storage space for closing and opening said discharge opening;
- a spring yoke member connected with said valve member to exert a pressure thereon in direction of closing of said valve member;
- a hand-operated actuating member for actuating said valve member;
- a connecting member which connects said yoke member with said actuating member, said housing with said handle being jointly formed of two mirror-inverted similar halves of a synthetic plastic material which are connected with one another over a connection surface, said halves being provided with grooves which extend from said connection surface and formed for receiving said members, said actuating member together with said valve member and said spring yoke member and said connecting member being formed as a one-piece unit which is insertable in respective ones of said grooves prior to connection of said halves over said connection surface.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.