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US 7,114,211 B2Granted
Cleaning brush for sanitary appliance
OwnerZvi Elsterinventor
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Abstract
A cleaning brush including a housing including a reservoir for storing therein cleaning fluid, the reservoir in fluid communication with a pump, a hollow spindle rotatably mounted in the housing, connected to and powered by a motor, the hollow spindle being in fluid communication with the pump, and a brush including bristles in fluid communication with the hollow spindle, wherein a fluid flowing through the hollow spindle flows directly to the bristles of the brush.
Claims7
A cleaning brush comprising:
- a housing comprising a reservoir for storing therein cleaning fluid, said reservoir in fluid communication with a pump;
- a hollow spindle rotatably mounted in said housing, connected to and powered by a motor, said hollow spindle being in fluid communication with said pump;
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- a brush comprising bristles in fluid communication with said hollow spindle, wherein a fluid flowing through said hollow spindle flows directly to said bristles of said brush;
- wherein said pump comprises a push button handle and a plunger that pumps fluid from said reservoir to a chamber in said housing, wherein said spindle is in fluid communication with said chamber, and wherein said motor is controlled by a switch configured like a trigger, and said switch and said push button handle are positioned on opposite sides of a pistol grip handle of said housing.
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A cleaning brush comprising:
- a housing comprising a reservoir for storing therein cleaning fluid, said reservoir in fluid communication with a pump;
- a hollow spindle rotatably mounted in said housing, connected to and powered by a motor, said hollow spindle being in fluid communication with said pump;
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- a brush comprising bristles in fluid communication with said hollow spindle, wherein a fluid flowing through said hollow spindle flows directly to said bristles of said brush;
- wherein said hollow spindle comprises a one-way valve, wherein said one-way valve permits fluid to flow to said bristles of said brush only upon application of pressure to said brush;
- wherein said reservoir comprises a cover and a sealing cap;
- wherein said motor is energized by a power source housed in said housing and is controlled by a switch configured like a trigger;
- wherein said pump comprises a push button handle and a plunger that pumps fluid from said reservoir to a chamber in said housing, wherein said spindle is in fluid communication with said chamber;
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- wherein said switch and said push button handle are positioned on opposite sides of a pistol grip handle of said housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.