System for removal of stains

• US 7,225,502 B2
• Filed: 10/23/2003
• Issued: 06/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH (Henkel AG & Co KGaA)
• Original Assignee: Dial Corporation (Henkel AG & Co KGaA)
• Inventors: Shenouda, Ben
• Primary Examiner(s): Snider; Theresa T.
• Application Number:
  US10/692,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20050086761A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,321 Days
• Field of Search: 153/20, 153/94, 154/09, 153/44, 68/5.A, 682/12, 682/13, 682/35.R, 682/40, 100/234, 100/243
• US Class Current: 15/320
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 25/08 Pads or the like for cleaning clothes using adhesive surfaces A47L25/005
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/02 Nozzles suction nozzles for fluid transport B65G51/00

Abstract

An apparatus for removing stains from a fabric includes a device configured to draw a stain removal liquid through the fabric. The stain removal liquid may be drawn through the liquid through the use of suction directed by a nozzle. The nozzle may be placed over the fabric, which is placed over a reservoir of stain removal liquid. Thereafter, a pressure is activated and the stain removal liquid is drawn through the fabric, removing the stain. The apparatus may be a hand-held device. The hand-held device comprises two handles and two workpieces. A pressure source is placed in the handle, creating a pressure at a first workpiece. The fabric is placed between the first workpiece and the second workpiece, drawing a stain removal liquid from a reservoir in the second workpiece through the fabric.

Claims

1. An apparatus for removing stains from fabrics comprising a first handle, said first handle containing a stain removal liquid and a first fabric area and a second handle coupled to said first handle, said second handle having a first pressure cartridge and a second fabric area.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first handle further comprises a stain removal liquid exit port.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first handle further comprises a pressure port.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first pressure cartridge contains a positive pressure.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first pressure cartridge contains a vacuum.

6. An apparatus for removing stains from fabrics comprising:

a first handle configured to accept a stain removal liquid;

a second handle pivotally coupled to said first handle and configured to provide a pressure, wherein said provided pressure is a negative pressure;

a first workpiece coupled to said first handle and having a stain removal liquid exit port; and

a second workpiece coupled to said second handle and having a stain removal liquid intake port.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein when said first and second handles are compressed, said first and second workpieces are directed proximate to one another.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein when said first and second workpieces are proximate to one another, said stain removal liquid exit port is proximate to said stain removal liquid intake port.