Can cleaner device

• US 4,813,091 A
• Filed: 07/09/1987
• Issued: 03/21/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kenneth A. Glasener
• Original Assignee: Kenneth A. Glasener
• Inventors: Glasener, Kenneth A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Feldman, Peter
• Application Number:
  US07/073,113
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 15/160, 15/70, 15/65, 15/67, 15/56, 15/21 A, 15/180, 15/164, 15/104, 15/104.012, 15/104.03, 15/104.04, 15/104.02, 15/97 R, 15/191 A , 15/191 R, 15/28, 15/244.1, 15/210 R, 15/211, 15/104.94, 15/DIG. 5, 15/DIG. 6, D 4/130, D 4/137, D 4/127, D32/40, D32/46
• US Class Current: 15/160
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/3073 Brush for cleaning specific unusual places not otherwise covered, e.g. gutters, golf clubs, tops of tin cans, corners
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/02 Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 1/00 Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto B08B9/00
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 1/12 Brushes
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 1/14 Wipes; Absorbent members, e.g. swabs or sponges with integrated means for dispensing fluids B08B1/40
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/20 External fittings of containers made by folding or erecting blanks made of paper B65D5/44
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 15/05 Varied length bristle

Abstract

A can cleaning device including a base having a cylindrical cross-section and an integral side wall to form a cavity for receiving the top of a can. A cleaning material is affixed to the base within the cavity to scrub the top of a can through manual manipulation of the device.

Claims

1. A can cleaning device for cleaning the top of a conventional pop top can including a top, a peripheral rim and a circular groove adjacent thereto, comprising:

a generally circular shaped body forming a cavity in which the end of a pop top can can be positioned, said body including a generally circular base portion and an integral frusto-conically shaped side wall formed on the periphery of said base and depending downwardly therefrom, said frusto-conical side wall portion having an internal diameter larger than said can rim at its lower, open end, so that the interior of said side wall portion acts as a guide means to engage the rim of the can and center the cleaning device on the can top; and

cleaning means in the form of a plurality of bristles extending downwardly form said body means within the cavity, said bristles comprising a plurality of sets of bristle portions including a first set of said bristle portions arranged in an annular ring generally adjacent said peripheral side wall to engage and clean the perimeter groove of the pop top can the length of said first set of bristles extending downwardly in length approximately one-half the height of the peripheral side wall and a second generally circular shaped set of bristle portion on the interior of said first annular shaped set, said second set of bristles being substantially shorter than said first set for engaging and cleaning the portion of the pop top can interior to its peripheral grooves.