Nail cleaner

• US 4,119,439 A
• Filed: 04/20/1977
• Issued: 10/10/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John L. Boucher
• Original Assignee: John L. Boucher
• Inventors: Boucher, John L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bleutge, Robert L.
• Application Number:
  US05/789,196
• Time in Patent Office: 538 Days
• Field of Search: 4/165, 128/366, 128/368, 134/111, 134/198, 134/200, 134/199, 134/182, 134/183
• US Class Current: 134/183
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 29/17 Nail cleaners, e.g. scrapers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/80 Implements for cleaning or washing the skin of surgeons or patients
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 12/00 Accommodation for nursing, e.g. in hospitals, not covered by groups A61G1/00 - A61G11/00, e.g. trolleys for transport of medicaments or food service or tea-tables, trolleys or wagons A47B31/00; Prescription lists
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2200/14 Children

Abstract

A nail cleaner for use in such areas as hospitals where sanitary conditions require cleaning beneath a person'"'"'s fingernails, beauty salons, food, drug, electronic industries where hand cleaniness is required. The cleaner may also be used for industrial and commercial bathrooms and households/living quarters for normal cleaning and sanitary use, especially for young children where nail file tips are painful and may be detrimental to fingernails. The nail cleaner comprises a hood having an aperture formed therein for the placement of a person'"'"'s hands therein and a basin cooperatively forming an enclosure for a nail cleaning operation. The nail cleaner further comprises a filter, a pump, a relief valve, and a spray manifold having a plurality of orifices formed therein to deliver a stream of water, detergent and antispetic solution through the orifices at a predetermined pressure wherein the person'"'"'s fingers are held so that the streams of solution from the orifices engage the crevices between the person'"'"'s fingers and his nails to dislodge and dissolve dirt.

Claims

1. A nail cleaner for cleaning beneath a person'"'"'s fingernails comprising an enclosure having a basin forming the base thereof and an enlarged hood detachably attached to said basin along the perimeter thereof, an aperture formed in said enlarged hood for placing the person'"'"'s hand therethrough, said aperture being disposed rearward of the front of said enlarged hood and including a skirt extending inwardly from the inner periphery thereof to prevent splashing, and a cleaning solution delivery means comprising a pump having supply source of cleaning solution and a spray manifold disposed within said enclosure operatively coupled to the outlet of said pump, said spray manifold including a plurality of orifices to discharge a cleaning solution at a predetermined delivery pressure disposed laterally relative to said aperture and perpendicular to said aperture so as to permit cleaning beneath the person'"'"'s fingernails within said enclosure whereby cleaning solution engages the crevices between the person'"'"'s fingertips and fingernails to dislodge and dissolve dirt.

2. The nail cleaner of claim 1 wherein said predetermined delivery pressure is between 75 psi and 200 psi.

3. The nail cleaner of claim 1 wherein the diameter of each of said orifice is between 2.0mm and 0.1mm.