GROUT CLEANING APPARATUS

• US 20080229530A1
• Filed: 03/20/2008
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eric Kordick
• Original Assignee: Eric Kordick
• Inventors: Kordick, Eric
• Application Number:
  US12/052,561
• Publication Number:
  US 20080229530A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/50.3
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 11/001 with integral reservoirs A46B11/0003, A46B11/0006 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 11/0065 Brushes where the reservoir is specifically intended for being replaced when empty
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 13/008 Disc-shaped brush bodies
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 13/04 with reservoir or other means for supplying substances
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/3033 Household brush, i.e. brushes for cleaning in the house or dishes
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 5/0012 Brushes with two or more heads on the same end of a handle for simultaneous use, e.g. cooperating with each-other
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 7/04 interchangeably removable bristle carriers
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/10 Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/26 Other cleaning devices with liquid supply arrangements such arrangements on floor-polishing machines A47L11/00, on scrapers A47L13/03, on mops A47L13/22; cloths, pads, or the like containing cleaning agents A47L13/17, A47L13/19

Abstract

An improved grout cleaning apparatus has in line cleaning wheels positioned within a housing, at the terminus of a shaft. A grip is coupled at an upper end of the shaft, and may be grasped by a user to move the apparatus for cleaning purposes. In one embodiment, a drive motor supplies power to the in line cleaning wheels, which may be made to turn in opposing directions so as to provide improved cleaning efficiency. A cleaning fluid dispenser may also provided on the shaft, to permit the dispensing of fluid proximate the cleaning wheels during operation.

Claims

1. An improved grout cleaning apparatus comprising, in combination:

a shaft having a first end and a second end;

a grip coupled at the first end of the shaft;

a cleaning housing coupled at the second end of the shaft; and

two inline cleaning wheels positioned within the cleaning housing.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the inline cleaning wheels each has a brush positioned therearound.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a cleaning fluid dispenser positioned on the shaft, having a dispenser hose coupled thereto, wherein the dispensing hose terminates within the cleaning housing, and wherein dispensing of cleaning fluid from the cleaning fluid dispenser through the dispensing hose is activated by an activator located proximate the grip.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the activator is a trigger.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a shock absorbing assembly located within the cleaning housing and operable on the cleaning wheels.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a drive motor adapted to drive the two inline cleaning wheels.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the drive motor is adapted to drive one of the cleaning wheels in a clockwise direction and an other of the cleaning wheels in a counterclockwise direction.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of guide wheels positioned along a periphery of the cleaning housing.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a grout alignment guide located on the housing and visible to a user of the apparatus.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the grout alignment guide comprises a transparent section, located on the housing, and in alignment with the wheels.

11. An improved grout cleaning apparatus comprising, in combination:

a shaft having a first end and a second end;

a grip coupled at the first end of the shaft;

a cleaning housing coupled at the second end of the shaft;

two inline cleaning wheels positioned within the cleaning housing;

wherein each of the inline cleaning wheels has a brush positioned therearound; and

a drive motor adapted to drive the two inline cleaning wheels;

wherein the drive motor is adapted to drive one of the cleaning wheels in a clockwise direction and an other of the cleaning wheels in a counterclockwise direction.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a cleaning fluid dispenser positioned on the shaft, having a dispenser hose coupled thereto, wherein the dispensing hose terminates within the cleaning housing, and wherein dispensing of cleaning fluid from the cleaning fluid dispenser through the dispensing hose is activated by an activator located proximate the grip.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the activator is a trigger.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a shock absorbing assembly located within the cleaning housing and operable on the cleaning wheels.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a plurality of guide wheels positioned along a periphery of the cleaning housing.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising a grout alignment guide located on the housing and visible to a user of the apparatus.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the grout alignment guide comprises a transparent section, located on the housing, and in alignment with the wheels.

18. An improved grout cleaning apparatus comprising, in combination:

a shaft having a first end and a second end;

a grip coupled at the first end of the shaft;

a cleaning housing coupled at the second end of the shaft;

two inline cleaning wheels positioned within the cleaning housing;

wherein each of the inline cleaning wheels has a brush positioned therearound;

a drive motor adapted to drive the two inline cleaning wheels;

wherein the drive motor is adapted to drive one of the cleaning wheels in a clockwise direction and an other of the cleaning wheels in a counterclockwise direction;

a cleaning fluid dispenser positioned on the shaft, having a dispenser hose coupled thereto, wherein the dispensing hose terminates within the cleaning housing, and wherein dispensing of cleaning fluid from the cleaning fluid dispenser through the dispensing hose is activated by an activator located proximate the grip;

a shock absorbing assembly located within the cleaning housing and operable on the cleaning wheels;

a plurality of guide wheels positioned along a periphery of the cleaning housing; and

a grout alignment guide located on the housing and visible to a user of the apparatus;

wherein the grout alignment guide comprises a transparent section, located on the housing, and in alignment with the wheels.