Patent Application
20190307239
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The disclosure and prior art relates to cleaning assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new cleaning assembly for elongated articles.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing. A channel extends from a top to a bottom of the housing. A plurality of holes is positioned in the housing and extends annularly around an inner perimeter of the housing. Each hole extends to an interior space of the housing. A pipe, which is coupled to and extends from an outer perimeter of the housing, is in fluidic communication with the interior space. A hose connector that is coupled to the pipe distal from the housing is configured to couple the pipe to a hose. A reservoir is coupled to the pipe proximate to the housing. A tube extends between the reservoir and the pipe so that a cleaning agent in the reservoir is positioned to enter the pipe. Water from the hose and the cleaning agent exit the holes under pressure to clean an article positioned in the channel.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A plurality of holes 26 is positioned in the housing 12, as shown in
A pipe 28 is coupled to and extends from the outer perimeter 24 so that the pipe 28 is in fluidic communication with the interior space 14. The pipe 28 extends arcuately from the housing 12.
An annular pipe 30 is positioned in the interior space 14, as shown in
A hose connector 34 is coupled to the pipe 28 distal from the housing 12, as shown in
A reservoir 36 is coupled to the pipe 28 proximate to the housing 12, as shown in
A valve 42 is coupled to and is positioned in the pipe 28 proximate to the housing 12 as shown in
A grip 52 is coupled to the medial section 46 of the handle 44. The grip 52 is configured to deter slippage of the hand of the user grasping the handle 44.
A recess 54 extends into the first section 48 of the handle 44 distal from the pipe 28. The recess 54 is internally threaded. The recess 54 is complementary to the upper end 38 of the reservoir 36 so that the upper end 38 is positioned to be threadedly inserted into the recess 54 to couple the reservoir 36 to the handle 44. A tubular void 56 extends from the recess 54 to the valve 42 so that the valve 42 is in fluidic communication with the recess 54, as shown in
A controller 64 is coupled to the handle 44. The controller 64 is operationally coupled to the valve 42 so that the controller 64 is positioned to selectively actuate the valve 42 to regulate a flow of water through the pipe 28 and a rate of addition of the cleaning agent to the water that flows though the valve 42.
The controller 64 comprises a slide switch 66, as shown in
A plurality of bristles 68 is coupled to the inner perimeter 22 of the housing 12 and extends into the channel 16, as shown in
The plurality of bristles 68 comprises a set of first fibers 70 and a set of second fibers 72. The set of first fibers 70 is positioned between the plurality of holes 26 and the top 18 of the housing 12. The set of first fibers 70 is positioned in six first groups 74 that are evenly space around the inner perimeter 22. The set of second fibers 72 is positioned between the plurality of holes 26 and the bottom 20 of the housing 12. The set of second fibers 72 is positioned in six second groups 76 that are evenly space around the inner perimeter 22. The second groups 76 are aligned with the first groups 74 when viewed from the top 18 of the housing 12.
Each of a plurality of nozzles 78 is coupled to the housing 12 and extends from an associated hole 26 into the channel 16. The nozzles 78 are configured to increase a velocity of the water that exits the holes 26.
In another embodiment of the invention, as shown in
A first connector 84 is coupled to the pipe 28 distal from the hose connector 34. Each of a plurality of second connectors 86, which are complementary to the first connector 84 is coupled to a respective shell 80 so that the second connector 86 is in fluidic communication with the internal space 82 of the respective shell 80. The second connector 86 is positioned to selectively couple to the first connector 84 to couple the respective shell 80 to the pipe 28.
The second connector 86 and the first connector 84 comprise a quick connector 88. The quick connector 88 allows the user to select a shell 80 that is shaped substantially complementarily to a longitudinal cross-section of a selected elongated article and to quickly connect the shell 80 to the pipe 28. The complementarity of the shell 80 to the longitudinal cross-section allows the user to efficiently clean the selected elongated article by motivating the shell 80 along the length of the selected elongated article.
In use, the cleaning agent is positioned in the reservoir 36. The tube 40 is inserted into the tubular void 56 to fluidically couple the tube 40 to the valve 42. The upper end 38 of the reservoir 36 is threadedly inserted into the recess 54 to couple the reservoir 36 to the handle 44. The hose connector 34 is used to couple the pipe 28 to the hose. The slide switch 66 is selectively slid relative to the handle 44 to regulate the flow of water through the pipe 28 and the rate of addition of the cleaning agent to the water flowing though the valve 42. The water and the cleaning agent exit the holes 26 under pressure to clean the article that is positioned in the channel 16. The bristles 68 dislodge the particles that are adhered to the article as the user motivates the housing 12 along the length of the article.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded.
A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
