Lint remover

• US 4,399,579 A
• Filed: 08/06/1981
• Issued: 08/23/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Evercare Company
• Original Assignee: Helmac Products Corporation
• Inventors: McKay, Nicholas D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Chris K.
• Application Number:
  US06/290,780
• Time in Patent Office: 747 Days
• Field of Search: 15/27, 15/104 A, 15/230.11, 242/552, 29/110.5, 29/116 R
• US Class Current: 15/104.002
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 25/005 using adhesive or tacky surfaces to remove dirt, e.g. lint removers

Abstract

A lint remover assembly comprising an adhesive tape roll sleeve-engaging hollow support cylinder container and an elongate handle member adapted for axially aligned end-to-end selective engagement with the open end of the cylinder container so as to selectively effect closure thereof to form a storage compartment therein. An adhesive tape roll sleeve assembly provided for selective axial slidable covering engagement with the hollow support cylinder container so as to be selectively rotatable thereon upon movable contact across a surface being cleaned.

Claims

1. In a lint remover assembly, the combination comprising:

an adhesive taper roll sleeve-engaging hollow cylinder container being open at one end thereof, said cylinder container defining a storage compartment therein; and

an elongate handle member in axially aligned end-to-end selectively fixed engagement with said open end of said cylinder container so as to selectively effect closure of said storage compartment.

2. In the lint remover assembly of claim 1 wherein an adhesive tape roll sleeve assembly is provided for selective rotatably slidable covering engagement with said cylinder container.

3. In the lint remover assembly of claim 2 wherein said adhesive tape roll sleeve assembly includes a hollow sleeve member, said hollow sleeve member provided with a lint removing adhesive tape roll positioned thereon.

4. In the lint remover assembly of claim 3 wherein an adhesive tape roll sleeve-engaging annular cylinder container stop flange is provided along the peripheral edge of the closed end of said cylinder container and an adhesive tape roll sleeve-engaging annular handle stop flange is provided on the support cylinder container-engaging end of said handle member, said handle stop flange being in spaced-apart axially aligned register with said cylinder container stop flange, said handle stop flange and said cylinder container stop flange adapted to slidably retain the sleeve member therebetween so as to restrain said adhesive tape roll assembly against relative axial movement on said cylinder container while permitting selective rotative movement of said adhesive taper roll sleeve assembly on said cylinder container.

5. In the lint remover assembly of claim 1 wherein at least two spaced-apart annular bearing ridges are provided on the outer surface of said cylinder container, said spaced-apart bearing ridges adapted to facilitate rotative movement of said adhesive tape roll sleeve assembly on said cylinder container.

6. In the lint remover assembly of claim 1 wherein said handle member comprises an elongate hollow conical handle member.

7. In the lint remover assembly of claim 1 wherein said handle member comprises an elongate flat handle member.