Brush cleaning and disinfecting device

A brush cleaning and disinfecting device, for cleaning a brush having a plurality of brush bristles, comprising:

• a housing, the housing comprising a lower portion and an upper portion having a top, the lower portion forming a cavity capable of retaining a liquid, the upper portion having a brush receiving aperture capable of allowing the brush to be inserted at least partially downward into the cavity;
• the lower portion having a bottom, the bottom having a shaft seat for each cleaning element, each shaft seat accepting the shaft from one of the cleaning elements, allowing the shaft to rotate therein, and allowing the shaft to easily left from the shaft seat when the cleaning elements are being removed to be cleaned themselves;
• a brush cleaning means extending inside the lower portion comprising a drive motor which causes the cleaning elements to rotate in the same direction when the brush is inserted into the lower portion, the brush cleaning means including at least three cleaning elements, each cleaning element having a shaft which extends into the upper portion and each shaft having a pulley connected to the drive motor with a common drive belt, arranged circumferentially around an aperture central axis, for engaging the brush circumferentially;
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• at least one comb member present in the lower portion, the comb member meshing with at least one of the cleaning elements.