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US 6,988,290 B2Granted
Remotely actuated surface cleaning device
AssigneeDuard W. Enoch, III
InventorsDuard W. Enoch, III, Harry Linden
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Abstract
A remotely actuated surface cleaning device employs an inner component having a resiliently flexible body with a plurality of embedded magnets and a cleaning element to engage a surface to be cleaned. An outer housing containing an electric motor moves a support disc containing an operably like plurality of magnets to those embedded in the body. The inner and outer components are placed oppositely adjacent on the surface to be cleaned thereby supporting the inner component with respect to the outer component by magnetic attraction. Operation of the motor moving the second support disc causes the sympathetic motion of the first support disc and body thereby rapidly moving the cleaning element across the surface to be cleaned.
Claims19
A surface cleaning device comprising:
- a cleaning component for placement on a first surface to be cleaned and having
- magnetic elements carried therein and,
- means for cleaning the surface;
- an actuating component for placement adjacent the cleaning component on a second surface opposite from the first surface and having a support means containing
- an actuator with complementary magnetic elements to the magnetic elements of the cleaning component for attraction thereof through the first and second surface,
- a motor operably attached to the actuator for inducing motion of the actuator, the motion of the actuator urging complementary motion of the cleaning component through magnetic attraction of the magnetic elements and complementary magnetic elements wherein the motor has a drive means and the actuator comprises a disc and means for engaging a circumference of the disc for mating to the drive means to rotate the actuator;
- and,
- means for powering the motor.
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A surface cleaning device comprising:
- a cleaning component for placement on a first surface to be cleaned and having
- magnetic elements carried therein and,
- means for cleaning the surface;
- an actuating component for placement adjacent the cleaning component on a second surface opposite from the first surface and having a support means containing
- an actuator with complementary magnetic elements to the magnetic elements of the cleaning component for attraction thereof through the first and second surface,
- a motor operably attached to the actuator for inducing motion of the actuator, the motion of the actuator urging complementary motion of the cleaning component through magnetic attraction of the magnetic elements and complementary magnetic elements wherein the motor has an eccentric drive axle and the actuator is mounted to the drive axle causing oscillatory reciprocating motion of the actuator;
- and,
- means for powering the motor.
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A surface cleaning device comprising:
- a cleaning component for placement on a first surface to be cleaned and having
- a sleeve including means for rotational support of a disc,
- magnetic elements carried within the disc and,
- means on the disc for cleaning the surface,
- wherein the means for rotation support comprises a magnetic sphere constrained at a rotation point on the sleeve;
- an actuating component for placement adjacent the cleaning component on a second surface opposite from the first surface and having a support means containing
- an actuator with complementary magnetic elements to the magnetic elements of the cleaning component for attraction thereof through the first and second surface,
- a motor operably attached to the actuator for inducing motion of the actuator, the motion of the actuator urging complementary motion of the cleaning component through magnetic attraction of the magnetic elements and complementary magnetic elements;
- and,
- means for powering the motor.
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A surface cleaning device comprising:
- a cleaning component for placement on a first surface to be cleaned and having
- a sleeve incorporating a magnetic sphere at a rotation point and a plurality of corner magnets,
- a cleaning disc having central aperture carrying a centering magnet attracted to and rotating on the magnetic sphere and further carrying a plurality of radially spaced magnetic elements, the disc having an abrasive surface element adjacent the first surface;
- an actuating component for placement on a second surface opposite from the first surface adjacent the cleaning component and having a support means containing
- an actuation disc with complementary magnetic elements to the magnetic elements mounted in the cleaning disc for attraction thereof through the first and second surface,
- a DC motor attached to the actuation disc by a circumferential belt drive for inducing rotation of the actuation disc, the motion of the actuation disc urging complementary motion of the cleaning disc through magnetic attraction of the magnetic elements and complementary magnetic elements,
- a plurality of mating corner magnets of complimentary polarity to the corner magnets on the sleeve and supported by the support means in complementary spaced relation to the corner magnets on the sleeve for attraction thereof through the surface, the polarity of the corner magnets and mating corner magnets opposite to the magnetic elements and complementary magnetic elements respectively;
- batteries carried by the support means for powering the motor;
- and,
- a switch for activating the motor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.