Stethoscope cleaning assembly
First Claim
1. An assembly structured to clean a head portion of a stethoscope, said assembly comprising:
- a housing including an entrance and an exit and a path of travel for the head portion extending therebetween,said entrance and exit providing access to an interior of said housing,a fluid supply structured to contain a cleaning fluid for dispensing into said interior of said housing,an applicator disposed in said path of travel in engaging relation to the head portion,a dispenser comprising at least two dispensing positions and operatively connected to said fluid supply, said dispensing positions being sufficiently longitudinal offset relative to one another to direct said cleaning fluid to different portions of said path of travel,at least one disinfectant agent disposed in said housing in at least partially communicating relation with the head portion, andsaid at least one disinfectant agent having a composition destructively effective against bacteria.
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Abstract
An assembly structured to clean the head portion of a stethoscope comprising a housing including a path of travel along which the head portion passes during cleaning. A supply of cleaning fluid associated with a dispenser assembly is cooperatively disposed relative to an activating assembly. The activating assembly is operated in moveable engagement with the head portion, and activates the dispenser assembly when engaged by the head portion as it passes along the path of travel. The dispenser assembly delivers the cleaning fluid to an applicator assembly which distributes the cleaning fluid to the head portion and facilitates the cleaning thereof and removal of excess cleaning fluid there from. At least one disinfectant agent is dispersed within or comprises a portion of the housing and is formulated to be destructively effective against pathogenic bacteria, such as in the spore form, which is generally not affected by the cleaning fluid.
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26 Claims
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1. An assembly structured to clean a head portion of a stethoscope, said assembly comprising:
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a housing including an entrance and an exit and a path of travel for the head portion extending therebetween, said entrance and exit providing access to an interior of said housing, a fluid supply structured to contain a cleaning fluid for dispensing into said interior of said housing, an applicator disposed in said path of travel in engaging relation to the head portion, a dispenser comprising at least two dispensing positions and operatively connected to said fluid supply, said dispensing positions being sufficiently longitudinal offset relative to one another to direct said cleaning fluid to different portions of said path of travel, at least one disinfectant agent disposed in said housing in at least partially communicating relation with the head portion, and said at least one disinfectant agent having a composition destructively effective against bacteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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