Hands-free pot scrubber
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1. A hands-free portable device for cleaning a cooking utensil, the device comprising:
- one or more motors;
one or more batteries, said batteries electrically coupled to said motors to supply power to the motors; and
two or more scrub brushes rotationally coupled to said motors, each scrub brush having an axis of rotation, wherein at least two of said scrub brushes have a non-zero angle between their respective axes of rotation,wherein motion from said motors is rotationally transferred to said scrub brushes, said transferred motion and non-zero angle between the axes of rotation of said at least two scrub brushes causing said device to be self-propelled on the surface of said cooking utensil.
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Abstract
A portable, hands-free device for cleaning a cooking utensil includes a motor, a battery electrically coupled to the motor, and scrub brushes mechanically coupled to the motor.
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27 Claims
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1. A hands-free portable device for cleaning a cooking utensil, the device comprising:
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one or more motors; one or more batteries, said batteries electrically coupled to said motors to supply power to the motors; and two or more scrub brushes rotationally coupled to said motors, each scrub brush having an axis of rotation, wherein at least two of said scrub brushes have a non-zero angle between their respective axes of rotation, wherein motion from said motors is rotationally transferred to said scrub brushes, said transferred motion and non-zero angle between the axes of rotation of said at least two scrub brushes causing said device to be self-propelled on the surface of said cooking utensil. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A hands-free device for cleaning a cooking utensil, the device comprising:
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one or more motors; one or more rechargeable batteries, said batteries electrically coupled to said motors to supply power to the motors; two or more scrub brushes rotationally coupled to said motors, wherein motion from said motors is rotationally transferred to said scrub brushes, thereby causing said device to be self-propelled on the surface of said cooking utensil; a housing for containing said one or more motors and said one or more rechargeable batteries; a handle attached to said housing, said handle comprising two or more first electrical contacts electrically coupled to said one or more rechargeable batteries for recharging said batteries; and a charging stand comprised of; a base; a supporting arm comprising two or more second electrical contacts for mating with said first electrical contacts to recharge said batteries when said handle is mounted on top of said supporting arm; and an electrical plug for receiving electrical power from an electrical outlet, said electrical plug electrically coupled to said second electrical contacts.
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23. A device for cleaning a cooking utensil, the device comprising:
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two or more hand-held scrubbers, wherein each hand-held scrubber comprises; a housing containing; a motor; and a battery, said battery electrically coupled to the motor to supply power to the motor; a scrub brush rotationally coupled to the motor, said scrub brush having an axis of rotation; one or more attachment members for attaching the housings of said hand-held scrubbers together, wherein at least two of said scrub brushes of said hand-held scrubbers have a non-zero angle between their respective axes of rotation when said hand-held scrubbers are attached together, wherein motion from said motors is rotationally transferred to said scrub brushes, said transferred motion and non-zero angle between the axes of rotation of said at least two scrub brushes causing said device to be self-propelled on the surface of said cooking utensil. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A hands-free portable device for cleaning a cooking utensil, the device comprising:
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one or more motors; one or more batteries, said batteries electrically coupled to said motors to supply power to the motors; and two or more scrub brushes rotationally coupled to said motors, each scrub brush having an axis of rotation, wherein at least one of said scrub brushes has a non-zero angle between its axis of rotation and an axis that is perpendicular to the surface of the cooking utensil, wherein motion from said motors is rotationally transferred to said scrub brushes, said transferred motion and non-zero angle between the axis of rotation of said at least one scrub brush and the axis that is perpendicular to the surface of the cooking utensil causing said device to be self-propelled on the surface of said cooking utensil. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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