Fingernail cleaning apparatus and method
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A fingernail cleaning apparatus (10), comprising:
- a chamber (60) into which fingernails (44) of a user are placed;
a compressor (22), for generating a jet (42) of abrasive powder (40); and
a first nozzle (30), for directing said abrasive powder jet (42) onto a front side of the fingernails (44) when placed in said chamber (60); and
means for protecting tissues of the user being adjacent to the fingernails (44) from said jet (42) of abrasive powder (40)a liquid dispenser (50), for dispensing liquid (52), through said first nozzle (30) or through a second nozzle (54),thereby allowing cleaning the front side of the fingernails (44) and/or roughening the front side of the fingernails (44) by the abrasive powder (40) as a preceding step for applying nail polish, andthereby dispensing the liquid (52) on the fingernails (44).
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A fingernail cleaning apparatus (10), comprising: a chamber (60) into which fingernails (44) of a user are placed; a compressor (22), for generating a jet (42) of abrasive powder (40); and a first nozzle (30), for directing the abrasive powder jet (42) onto a front side of the fingernails (44) when placed in the chamber (60); thereby allowing cleaning the front side of the fingernails (44) and/or roughening the front side of the fingernails (44) by the abrasive powder (40) as a preceding step for applying nail polish.
-
Citations
9 Claims
-
1. A fingernail cleaning apparatus (10), comprising:
-
a chamber (60) into which fingernails (44) of a user are placed; a compressor (22), for generating a jet (42) of abrasive powder (40); and a first nozzle (30), for directing said abrasive powder jet (42) onto a front side of the fingernails (44) when placed in said chamber (60); and means for protecting tissues of the user being adjacent to the fingernails (44) from said jet (42) of abrasive powder (40) a liquid dispenser (50), for dispensing liquid (52), through said first nozzle (30) or through a second nozzle (54), thereby allowing cleaning the front side of the fingernails (44) and/or roughening the front side of the fingernails (44) by the abrasive powder (40) as a preceding step for applying nail polish, and thereby dispensing the liquid (52) on the fingernails (44). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
-
-
9. A fingernail cleaning method, comprising the steps of:
-
generating a jet (42) of abrasive powder (40); and guiding (18, 38) a first nozzle (30), for directing the abrasive powder jet (42) from said first nozzle (30) onto a front side of fingernails (44) while protecting tissues adjacent to said front side of fingernails (44), guiding a second nozzle (30, 54) to the front side of the fingernails of the user; and dispensing liquid (52) from said second nozzle (54) onto said front side of the fingernails, for polishing thereof, thereby blowing the abrasive powder (42) onto the front side of the fingernails (44).
-
Specification