Stethoscope cleaning assembly
First Claim
1. An assembly structured to clean a head portion of a stethoscope, said assembly comprising:
- a housing including an entrance portion and an exit portion and a path of travel for the head portion extending therebetween,said entrance and said exit portions respectively structured to facilitate entry and removal of the head portion relative to a housing interior,a cartridge assembly disposed within said housing and including a fluid supply assembly connected thereto;
said fluid supply assembly structured for containment and dispensing of cleaning fluid,an applicator assembly including a base;
a plurality of applicator segments connected to said base and extending outwardly therefrom into engaging relation with the head portion moving along said path of travel,said plurality of applicator segments collectively disposed in predetermined array comprising both a lateral and a longitudinal relative spacing of said plurality of applicator segments,said predetermined array configured to apply and at least partially remove the cleaning fluid to and from the head portion, andan activating assembly movably disposed into and out of actuating relation to said fluid supply assembly.
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Abstract
An assembly structured to clean the head portion of a stethoscope comprising a housing including a path of travel along which the head portion passes during cleaning. A supply of cleaning fluid is associated with a dispenser assembly which is cooperatively disposed relative to an activating assembly. The activating assembly is manually operated due to moveable engagement with the head portion as it travels along the path of travel. The activating assembly is thereby operatively positioned to activate the dispenser assembly when engaged by the head portion as it passes along the path of travel. The dispenser assembly delivers the cleaning fluid to an applicator assembly which distributes the cleaning fluid to the head portion and facilitates the cleaning thereof and removal of excess cleaning fluid there from.
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30 Claims
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1. An assembly structured to clean a head portion of a stethoscope, said assembly comprising:
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a housing including an entrance portion and an exit portion and a path of travel for the head portion extending therebetween, said entrance and said exit portions respectively structured to facilitate entry and removal of the head portion relative to a housing interior, a cartridge assembly disposed within said housing and including a fluid supply assembly connected thereto; said fluid supply assembly structured for containment and dispensing of cleaning fluid, an applicator assembly including a base;
a plurality of applicator segments connected to said base and extending outwardly therefrom into engaging relation with the head portion moving along said path of travel,said plurality of applicator segments collectively disposed in predetermined array comprising both a lateral and a longitudinal relative spacing of said plurality of applicator segments, said predetermined array configured to apply and at least partially remove the cleaning fluid to and from the head portion, and an activating assembly movably disposed into and out of actuating relation to said fluid supply assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An assembly structured to clean a head portion of a stethoscope, said assembly comprising:
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a housing including an entrance portion, an exit portion and a path of travel for the head portion extending therebetween, a cartridge assembly removably disposed within said housing and including a fluid supply assembly connected thereto; an applicator assembly including a base and a plurality of applicator segments connected to said base and extending outwardly therefrom into engaging relation with the head portion moving along said path of travel, said plurality of applicator segments collectively disposed in a predetermined array comprising both a lateral and longitudinal spacing of said plurality of applicator segments along said base, a dispenser assembly including at least two dispenser structures each operatively connected to said fluid supply assembly; and said at least two dispenser structures disposed in a sufficiently offset relation to one another to direct cleaning fluid from said fluid supply assembly to different portions of said path of travel and in communicating relation to said applicator assembly. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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