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US 9,314,083 B2Granted
Fingernail cleaning apparatus and method
OwnerShaul Shaulinventor
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Abstract
A fingernail cleaning apparatus (10), comprising: a chamber (60) into which fingernails (44) of a user are placed; a compressor (22), for generating a jet (42) of abrasive powder (40); and a first nozzle (30), for directing the abrasive powder jet (42) onto a front side of the fingernails (44) when placed in the chamber (60); thereby allowing cleaning the front side of the fingernails (44) and/or roughening the front side of the fingernails (44) by the abrasive powder (40) as a preceding step for applying nail polish.
Claims9
A fingernail cleaning apparatus (10), comprising:
- a chamber (60) into which fingernails (44) of a user are placed;
- a compressor (22), for generating a jet (42) of abrasive powder (40);
- and
- a first nozzle (30), for directing said abrasive powder jet (42) onto a front side of the fingernails (44) when placed in said chamber (60);
- and
- means for protecting tissues of the user being adjacent to the fingernails (44) from said jet (42) of abrasive powder (40)
- a liquid dispenser (50), for dispensing liquid (52), through said first nozzle (30) or through a second nozzle (54),
- thereby allowing cleaning the front side of the fingernails (44) and/or roughening the front side of the fingernails (44) by the abrasive powder (40) as a preceding step for applying nail polish, and
- thereby dispensing the liquid (52) on the fingernails (44).
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A fingernail cleaning method, comprising the steps of:
- generating a jet (42) of abrasive powder (40);
- and
- guiding (18, 38) a first nozzle (30), for directing the abrasive powder jet (42) from said first nozzle (30) onto a front side of fingernails (44) while protecting tissues adjacent to said front side of fingernails (44),
- guiding a second nozzle (30, 54) to the front side of the fingernails of the user;
- and
- dispensing liquid (52) from said second nozzle (54) onto said front side of the fingernails, for polishing thereof,
- thereby blowing the abrasive powder (42) onto the front side of the fingernails (44).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.