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Lint removal apparatus with edge orientation

  • US 7,234,188 B1
  • Filed: 09/26/2003
  • Issued: 06/26/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A cleaning apparatus comprising:

  • a rotatable roll assembly includinga wound roll with outward facing adhesive surfaces, the roll formed of a plurality of separable sheets, each defined by an edge separable from an adjacent sheet;

    a support element rotatably and freely supporting the roll assembly; and

    first means carried on the roll assembly and second means carried on the support element, said first and second means releasably engageable with one another only when said roll assembly is at a specific rotatable position relative to said support element during rotation of the roll assembly about the support element;

    wherein the centrifugal force of the roll assembly urges the first means and the second means into engagement with one another for rotatably orienting the edge of each sheet, as the edge of each sheet becomes the outermost edge of the roll, at a predetermined angular location relative to the support.

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