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Can cleaning device

  • US 4,763,380 A
  • Filed: 09/16/1987
  • Issued: 08/16/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A new and improved can cleaning device, comprising:

  • a circular plate having a diameter slightly larger than a can to be cleaned;

    a downwardly extending cylindrical sidewall formed on said circular plate;

    four radially extending openings symmetrically formed through said circular plate;

    each of said openings tapering in width from a narrow radially inner end adjacent a central portion of said circular plate to a wider radially outer end adjacent an outer edge portion of said circular plate;

    each of said openings having opposed radiused inner and outer end walls;

    a plurality of bristles extending downwardly from a bottom surface of said circular plate;

    said cylindrical sidewall surrounding said bristles and a circular bottom edge of said cylindrical sidewall extending downwardly beyond the extent of said bristles;

    said bristles forming a first generally circular radially outer brush portion composed of circumferentially spaced discrete arcuate segments dimensioned for engagement in a gutter formed on a top surface of a first standard size beverage can and a second, radially spaced, generally circular radially inner brush portion composed of circumferentially spaced discrete arcuate segments dimensioned for engagement in a gutter formed on a top surface of a second standard size beverage can; and

    said bristles also forming four radially extending circumferentially spaced brush portions symmetrically disposed between said four radially extending openings.

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