CN1787770A - Cleaning apparatus and related methods - Google Patents

Abstract

A cleaning apparatus for a contoured cooking surface is disclosed. Methods of cleaning a cooking system with the cleaning apparatus are also disclosed.

Description

Cleaning device and correlation technique

Invention field

The present invention relates to a kind of cleaning systems, and particularly relate to the device that is used for cleaning cooking surface (cooking surface).

Background of invention

Many cookers all have uneven surface, these surfaces be difficult to by effectively, safety and easily mode clean and safeguard.Particularly indoor grill comprises that the indoor grill of two-sided model, its cleaning and maintenance are unusual difficulties.Cleaning and maintenance will use towel, brush and liner to finish usually, and they are difficult to use on above-mentioned surface.It much is inappropriate having in these instruments, because they can not touch all parts of cooking surface, and they do not provide and are effectively reached clean Surface safely.In addition, process of cleaning may be dull, require great effort, make slow progress and do not have effect.Thereby the cleaning of these cookers and maintenance are made us hanging back, and cause the utilization of these devices abundant inadequately.The present invention has overcome these existing shortcomings.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention relates to the device that is used for cleaning cooking surface.Described device can comprise at least the first cleaning face and the second cleaning face, wherein the second cleaning face is configured to constitute certain cleaning angle with respect to the first cleaning face, and wherein this cleaning angle corresponding to first cooking surface of the cooking surface that will clean with described device and the culinary art angle between second cooking surface.The summation at cleaning angle and culinary art angle can be about 180 degree for instance.On this external some orientation, for instance, clean the angle still cook the angle be not 90 the degree.

In certain embodiments, cleaning device can be made or contained bristle by bristle (bristles), but in a preferred embodiment, bristle has been explicitly excluded.Equally, in some preferred embodiments, if use foam or sponge material, then this class A foam A or sponge are preferably tough and tensile and resilient material, are suitable for exerting pressure in cleaning action.In a preferred embodiment, cleaning device is not suitable for using those foams that for example are used for the foam painting brush or sponge materials.In some preferred embodiments, described device does not comprise handle, as rod handle or paint brush handle etc.

Described device also can comprise at least the three cleaning face, and wherein the 3rd cleaning face is configured to constitute certain angle with respect to the first or second cleaning face.Thereby each cleaning face can make up and form a kind of structure, and this structure is selected from the group that comprises ridge (ridge), passage, groove and notch.Described device can comprise a kind of material of not denuding cooking surface.This material for example can be foam, rubber, silicon, synthetic material, polyester, cellulose, natural sponge, synthetic sponge, plastic cement, twine, fiber, nylon, natural bristle, synthetic bristle, organic polymer, extrudate (extrusion) or the like.Among other embodiment, if cooking surface can bear, then material can be steel wool, composite stone or sand for instance, or other abrasive compound.Described device for example can comprise certain absorbent material.Can be injected into cleaning agent in this material, for example water, soap, detergent, oil based material, hydrophilic substance, hydrophobic substance or the like.Described device can comprise heat proof material for instance.In a preferred embodiment, described device can also comprise at least one non-cleaning part, and wherein the surface area that comprised of at least one cleaning face is greater than the surface area of non-cleaning part.

Other embodiment relates to the method that cleans cooking surface.This method can comprise the following step, and a cooking surface promptly is set, and this cooking surface contains first cooking surface and second cooking surface at least, and wherein first cooking surface is configured to constitute a culinary art angle with respect to second cooking surface; One cleaning device is set, and this cleaning device has the first cleaning face and the second cleaning face at least, and wherein the first cleaning face is configured to constitute a cleaning angle with respect to the second cleaning face; Above-mentioned cleaning device is aimed at cooking surface, thereby made the first and second cleaning faces keep contacting fully with at least a portion of first and second cooking surfaces substantially all; And described cleaning device is being pasted cooking surface moving along rectilinear direction substantially.In other embodiments, described clean method can comprise a cleaning device is set, this cleaning device has the first cleaning face and the second cleaning face at least, wherein the first cleaning face is configured to constitute a cleaning angle with respect to the second cleaning face, wherein at least the first cooking surface and second cooking surface of at least the first cleaning face and the second cleaning face and a cooker adapt, and the first and second cleaning faces that make keep contacting fully with at least a portion of first and second cooking surfaces all substantially; And make above-mentioned cleaning device aim at and contact with each cooking surface of cleaning device.The summation at cleaning angle and culinary art angle for example can be about 180 degree.For some cookers, flange or protuberance are different from the height of its end to end.Thereby, in other embodiments, the first and second basic all cleaning faces all keep contacting fully with at least a portion of first and second cooking surfaces in an end or the zone, a place of described cooker, and only some first and second cleaning face keeps contacting fully with at least a portion of first and second cooking surfaces in the other end or another zone, place of described cooker.In certain embodiments, described device is cylindrical, avette or spherical, and has and reach 360 ° the clean surface that has groove or notch.In other embodiments, described method can comprise have two, three, four or more a plurality of device that is generally the cleaning side on plane, wherein each side all has groove or notch.In other embodiments, described cleaning device can comprise the 3rd, the 4th, the 5th or the like cleaning angle.The device that for example has a pair of groove can have six cleaning angles.

Described cleaning device for example can utilize the material that can not denude cooking surface.This material for example can be foam, rubber, silicon, synthetic material, polyester, cellulose, natural sponge, synthetic sponge, plastic cement, twine, fiber, nylon, natural bristle, synthetic bristle, organic polymer, extrudate or the like.Described device can for example comprise certain absorbent material.Can inject cleaning agent in this material, for example water, soap, detergent, oil based material, hydrophilic substance, hydrophobic substance or the like.Described device can comprise heat proof material for instance.Described device can also comprise at least one non-cleaning part, and wherein the surface area that at least one clean surface comprised is greater than the surface area of non-cleaning part.Described device can directly spread to cleaning solution all surface of cooking surface.Other embodiment relates to the cleaning device that comprises the rotary power device, and above-mentioned rotary power device has the cylindrical surface of band groove.

Other embodiment relates to cleaning device.Described device can comprise first, second, and a plurality of edges, and wherein the area of at least one face is greater than the area at any one described edge, wherein said first and described second at least one and the face fit on surface to be cleaned.

Described device can comprise first and second, and at least two for instance, three or four edges.Above-mentioned first can comprise the passage that at least one extends in the first face length degree direction.Second can comprise the passage that at least one extends in the second face length degree direction.First and second faces all comprise at least one passage separately, and wherein these passages converge at described first and second joint.Should be noted that term " passage " and " groove " can have identical meanings in the described embodiment of this specification.In others, described device can for example comprise the 3rd, the 4th or more face.First and second area for example can be greater than the area at any one edge.

Also have some embodiment to relate to the cleaning device that comprises groove or notch, these grooves or notch continue to pass through all sides or the whole periphery of described device in parallel to each other.Other embodiment relates to the cleaning device that for example can comprise cleaning element, this cleaning element comprises a plurality of grooves or notch, these grooves or notch are crossed over the length of at least one side of cleaning element with being arranged in parallel continuously, and wherein said length is more than or equal to the length of the opposite side of cleaning element.For example, be under the situation of square or rectangle at device, groove or notch can be crossed over four faces in parallel to each other continuously.In other cases, groove or notch can be perpendicular to groove and the notches on four faces, thereby produce the pattern of staggered form or checkering.

Other embodiment relates to the device that comprises more than one materials on its parts or each face.For example, different materials can have different cleanings, absorb and wash away characteristic.On different materials, different face or side and/or identical side, material and surface, can use multiple color.Can use described device by the clean method that comprises this type of device purposes with more than one materials.Described device can provide flexibility in cleaning.

Embodiment relates to the preparation method of cleaning device.Described method comprises selects surface to be cleaned; Select can not denude the material on described surface; And described material made configuration, thereby described material and described surface are adapted.

Also have some embodiment to relate to cleaning device, described cleaning device for example can comprise: first cleaning element that comprises first material; Second cleaning element that comprises second material; And the adhesive layer that connects first and second cleaning elements, wherein one of them can comprise the clean surface to first and second cleaning elements at least, comprises a plurality of passages in this clean surface.

Described first cleaning element for example can comprise first color, and second cleaning element can comprise second color.First cleaning element can comprise non-abrasive material, and wherein second cleaning element can comprise absorbent material.First cleaning element can comprise first non-abrasive material, and wherein second cleaning element can comprise second non-abrasive material.The abrasion of first non-abrasive material is relatively less than second non-abrasive material.Preferably, at least one cleaning element and cooking surface to be cleaned adapt.

Other embodiment relates to cleaning systems, and described system for example can comprise: the cooker that contains uneven cooking surface; And cleaning element, this cleaning element comprises at least two and the corresponding cleaning face of uneven cooking surface.

Some embodiment relate to cleaning systems, and described cleaning systems comprise: the cooker with uneven cooking surface; And cleaning element.This cleaning element comprises one or more sides and at least two cleaning faces corresponding with above-mentioned uneven cooking surface, wherein said at least two cleaning bread contain length, and the length of wherein said at least two cleaning faces is more than or equal to the length of at least one side in described one or more sides.In addition, in this type systematic, for instance, one of them the area at least in described at least two cleaning faces is more than or equal to the area of a side in described one or more sides.

Also have some embodiment to relate to cleaning device, described device for example comprises a plurality of cleaning faces, and wherein each cleaning face is configured to it and uneven cooking surface adapts.In addition, some embodiment relate to cleaning systems, and described system for example comprises: the cooker that comprises shaping (contoured) cooking surface; And cleaning device, this cleaning device comprises at least one cleaning face, and cleaning face and shaping cooking surface adapt.

Other embodiment relates to cleaning device, and described device for example comprises incompressible cleaning element, and described cleaning element comprises at least one cleaning face, and at least a portion of this a cleaning face and a shaping cooking surface adapts.

In addition, some embodiment relate to cleaning device, and described device for example comprises spherical cleaning element, and this spherical cleaning element comprises a plurality of grooves or notch, and these grooves or notch are configured to cross over continuously abreast the whole periphery of cleaning element.

Also have some embodiment to relate to cleaning device, described device for example comprises the rectangle cleaning element, and this element for example can comprise: at least the first cleaning face, and wherein the first cleaning face can be included in more than first parallel ridges that the first cleaning face length degree direction is extended; At least the second cleaning face, wherein the second cleaning face can be included in more than second parallel ridges that the first cleaning face length degree direction is extended; At least the three cleaning face, wherein the 3rd cleaning face can be included in more than the 3rd parallel ridges that the 3rd cleaning face length degree extends; And at least the clean of the cleaning politics, economics, organization, and ideology, wherein clean of cleaning politics, economics, organization, and ideology can be included in more than the 4th parallel ridges that the clean face length degree of cleaning politics, economics, organization, and ideology extends, wherein said cleaning element can comprise at least two kinds of materials, these two kinds of materials are selected from and comprise foam, rubber, silicon, synthetic material, polyester, cellulose, natural sponge, synthetic sponge, plastic cement, twine, fiber, nylon, natural bristle, synthetic bristle, organic polymer, one group of material of extrudate and compound thereof, wherein first, second, the 3rd and more than the 4th parallel ridges constituted a plurality of continuous ridge that crosses the cleaning element periphery.

Described ridge for example can have about 3/8 inch width, and can be apart about 3/8 inch.Described ridge for example can have 4 inches length.The first cleaning face can also comprise more than the 5th parallel ridges perpendicular to more than first parallel ridges.

Description of drawings

Figure 1A～1B illustrates example surface to be cleaned, and the cleaning device that adapts with it.

Fig. 1 C illustrates the example of incompatible with it existing burnisher.

Fig. 2 A～2D illustrates the cleaning device that adapts and several non-limiting instance on surface to be cleaned.

Fig. 3 illustrates the top view of an exemplary cleaning device.

Fig. 4 illustrates the perspective view of an exemplary cleaning device.

Fig. 5 illustrates the bottom view of an exemplary cleaning device.

Fig. 6 illustrates the perspective view of an exemplary cleaning device.

Fig. 7 illustrates the bottom view of an exemplary cleaning device.

Fig. 8 illustrates the top view of an exemplary cleaning device.

Fig. 9 illustrates the perspective view of an exemplary cleaning device.

Figure 10 illustrates the bottom view of an exemplary cleaning device.

Figure 11 illustrates the top view of an exemplary cleaning device.

Figure 12 A～12C illustrate an exemplary cleaning device top view, look closely and side view.

Figure 13 illustrates the perspective view of an exemplary cleaning device.

Figure 14 illustrates the end-view of cleaning device among Figure 13.

Figure 15 illustrates the side view of exemplary cleaning device among Figure 13.

Figure 16 A～B illustrates the top view and the bottom view of cleaning device among Figure 13.

Figure 17 illustrates the top view of an exemplary cleaning device.

Figure 18 illustrates the end-view of cleaning device among Figure 17.

Figure 19 illustrates the side view of cleaning device among Figure 17.

Figure 20 illustrates the front view of the big cleaning device with higher and darker groove or passage.

Figure 21 illustrates the side view of the big cleaning device with high height.

Figure 22 illustrates the top view of the big cleaning device with dark groove or passage.

Specific embodiment

Embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and wherein same numbers is meant similar elements from the beginning to the end.Employed term in this explanation, should be not only because of it is that detailed description with specific embodiment of the present invention combines use, just explain with any limitation or restrictive mode.In addition, embodiments of the invention may comprise some new features, in these features, can form ideal characterisitics of the present invention alone without any one, perhaps are absolutely necessary for putting into practice the described the present invention of this specification.

Many cookers, for example the roasting mould of the grill of indoor and outdoors, sandwich making machine and wafer all for example comprises uneven or irregular parts and surface, comprises ridge, flange, groove and/or the passage of rising.Indoor culinary art grill comprises the indoor electric precooker for instance, may comprise ridge, and these ridges make meat or other food bake by grease drippage with when flowing away.Unfortunately, ridge may be difficult to cleaning, because high temperature can cause food " to be baked and stick with paste " to cooking surface.Same because the food sediment comprises meat and flavoring sediment, can heap and on the surface between the ridge, stuck with paste by roasting, also can cause difficulty.Cooker also can be approaching each other owing to each ridge and the degree of depth of ridge, and be difficult to cleaning, for some devices, because its cooking surface is very exquisite, also can cause this difficulty.

Clean these cookers with existing burnisher, the bad and inefficiency of effect also may be damaged cooker.Reason is that above-mentioned burnisher is difficult to enter between flange, ridge, passage and/or the groove or inner, thus make cooker cleaning and safeguard very difficult.For example, brush and sponge may be excessive or blocked up.In addition, can be applicable to all burnishers of passage, flange, ridge and/or groove, for example towel, sponge or brush can not fully contact with the side with all parts on the surface that is being cleaned.Its reason can not provide enough and the contacted surface area in surface to be cleaned at least partially in this class instrument.Therefore Just because of this, the user can not apply enough cleaning power on enough zones, cleaning device effectively.On the position that this difficulty that may cause the roasting residue of sticking with paste to stay grill cleans.Towel can arrive groove, ridge, passage and/or rib is inner or on every side, thereby but is difficult to apply all parts and the side on enough pressure or active force cleaning cooker surface.Burn or the roasting food of sticking with paste, for example meat or fat especially can make cleaning can not accomplish effectively and thoroughly.

If water and/or cleaning solution are coated onto above the food, many burn or the roasting food of sticking with paste just is easier to cleaning.Yet existing burnisher can not provide enough liquid to zone to be cleaned, and this is because existing burnisher can not be carried enough liquid, or burnisher can not be transported to liquid all parts and the side on surface to be cleaned.Cleaning solution can comprise water, liquid soap, cleaning solution, solvent, wet goods etc.

In addition, existing cleaning device can not provide suitable protection for the user.Under many circumstances, in food or cooker temperature also when higher, or before they cool off fully, food that can most convenient ground clean cooked-on.Equally, a lot of cookers can make user's hand be exposed to coarse and/or scorching hot parts owing to lack the protectiveness surf zone.Many existing burnishers are unable to bear to be attached on the hot surface and use, and, just may break fusing or distortion if use.In addition, this class cleaning device is not because it isolates scorching hot food or device fully, and all rough parts, and is therefore safe inadequately and convenient.Those can protect the existing cleaning device that the user avoids high temperature or rough parts injury, then may corrasion be arranged to cooking surface, and can damage cooking surface.

In addition, because already mentioned existing burnisher is less with the total surface area that surface to be cleaned contacts, cleaning power must be applied to less zone.Like this, contact owing to calcination or with rough parts and cause injured incidence higher.Because in order to clean the surface that is difficult to clean, the abrasive force that is applied on the small surface area increases, and can cause cooking surface to damage equally.This also can cause the damage of burnisher, and the increase of wearing and tearing and breaking.

Therefore, embodiments of the invention are relevant with cleaning device, alleviate and overcome the problems referred to above.Embodiment relates to the cleaning device that adapts to the surface that is cleaned wholly or in part.Thereby described device is bigger with the surface area that the more parts on surface to be cleaned contact.This just allows user's the cleaning can be more effective and safer.In some cases, because the more parts of instrument contact with surface to be cleaned, the user just can apply power on the more multizone of cleaning device, and therefore this is the less mode of a kind of abrasion.This can cause cooker less to damage equally and wear and tear and break, and encourages the user to use cooker more.

Embodiment relates to cleaning device equally, and described cleaning device can still keep its shape and integrality after repeatedly using.When described device uses, can keep its shape and integrality equally on rough parts, low temperature parts, high-temperature component even scorching hot parts.Described device comprises in conjunction with after soap and common cleaning solution and the cleanser use with hand with after with the rinsing maching cleaning, can keep its shape and integrality.In addition, embodiment also relates to such device: described device can carry cleaning solution and it is spread to above the zone to be cleaned.For example in some cases, described device is bigger with the surface area that surface to be cleaned contacts, and can also carry more cleaning solution or solution and spreads on the clean surface.Described device can also be wiped " dirty " liquid above it easily and regularly when keeping its integrality, and is provided new liquid to clean in order to continuing again.Carry cleaning solution and itself and surf zone to be cleaned are done the maximum ability that contacts, can help cooling down high-temperature or scorching hot device, remove food and sediment, reach the protection user.Described cleaning device can use with cleaning solution or cleaning agent, and wherein washing agent or cleaning agent are encased in the device, or provides with the form of case or independent packing.Thereby described device can come into operation at any time.Cleaning agent can be liquor, finish or dried agent, is included as the fine surface that cleans the specific type grill and the cleaning agent of preparing especially.

As already mentioned, embodiment relates to the device that adapts with the apparatus surface that is cleaned.Here employed " adaptation " meaning is that cleaning device is configured to contact with the whole or big portion on the surface that just is being cleaned.Thereby in a preferred embodiment, cleaning device can be configured to the mirror image on surface to be cleaned.Accordingly, in a preferred embodiment, cleaning device can have a surface, and it is inner or on every side that this surface reaches the profile on the surface that is cleaned.For example,, cleaning device can be constructed with passage or groove if device to be cleaned has the ridge or the flange of rising, passage or groove can and ridge and rib around, the top and/or between adaptive.Described cleaning device comprises the design of ridge, groove and angle, allows cooker obtain cleaning from a plurality of different angles, thereby makes the efficient of cleaning can optimization, and thereby shortens cleaning time for instance.The ridge of some cooker has different height at the different sections of its length.For example, some ridge of being had of device may have nothing in common with each other aspect height.For example, one or more ridges may be higher near device anterior, slide or roll from cooking surface in order to avoid the food of being cooked, and identical ridge is just shorter in the opposite end.Therefore, this cleaning device can be configured to be complementary with the ridge of differing heights.Yet " adaptation " is not that to mean that this device must be configured to surface to be cleaned in full accord.In certain embodiments, preferably, described cleaning device can be configured to as far as possible closely mate the profile on surface to be cleaned, and in other embodiments, described device is configured to roughly consistent with the profile on surface to be cleaned.Other embodiment comprises the cleaning device that can use on many different cooking surfaces or cooker.In this class embodiment, cleaning device can not be the accurate mirror image of any device, but their profile makes that still the user can safer and more effective ground cleaning device.

Figure 1A～1B and Fig. 2 illustrate two cooker examples that can use cleaning device of the present invention.Figure 1A～1B and Fig. 2 A～2D express cleaning device can be how and the surperficial non-limiting instance of " adaptation " mutually to be cleaned.With reference to Fig. 1, it provides anterior elevational view.Figure 1A and Figure 1B comprise the cleaning device 10 with ridge 14.Shown in ridge 14 have the top and be any shape.Burnisher 12 has passage or groove 16, and the mirror image of the ridge 14 on passage or groove 16 and the cleaning device 10 adapts, thereby makes that cleaning device 12 is easy to contact with surface to be cleaned.Fig. 1 C illustrates existing burnisher 18.Fig. 1 C illustrates the defective of this existing burnisher 18, promptly burnisher 18 is not being applied under the situation of active force at least, and burnisher 18 is difficult for contacting with the cooker 10 with ridge 14.

Fig. 2 A～2D has illustrated a plurality of exemplary cleaning device structures in anterior elevational view.These structures show in certain embodiments, can do the explanation of broad sense to " adaptation ".In other embodiments, " adaptation " can be interpreted as the meaning that closely adapts to the surface that just is being cleaned. Cleaning device 20,24,28 and 32 to a certain extent all with cooker 22,26,30 and 34 " adaptation " mutually.Anterior elevational view and top view are arranged among Fig. 2 B, be illustrated under the situation of cleaning device 24 less than total surface to be cleaned, cleaning device 24 still adapts with the part on this surface, and can move on cooker 26, thereby cleans this surperficial remainder to be cleaned.Fig. 2 A～2D illustrates the situation that burnisher 20,24,28 and 32 has certain geometrical shape separately, when above-mentioned geometry is not the accurate mirror image that is cleaned surperficial, each instrument still is considered to and this surface adapts to, and is all the more so during particularly with respect to existing smooth burnisher consideration as Fig. 1 C as shown in.In addition, Fig. 2 A～2D provides several examples of cooking surface and cleaning device.Those of skill in the art can recognize many other variations that this specification is contemplated easily.Behind the cooker manufacturer list that below considering, is provided especially like this.The embodiment cleaning device that comprises those " general " and still can " adapt to " in addition, and those can be effectively and clean the cleaning device of the many different cooking surface that geometry has nothing in common with each other safely, even the structure of these cleaning devices may not be the accurate mirror image of device of being cleaned.

Cleaning device can be designed to be fit to or adapt to any cooking surface.Preferred cooking surface comprises indoor culinary art grill, and as the grill that will enumerate below those, preferred then is those grills with non-adhering surfaces.Other preferred cooking surface comprises waffle machines.For example, described device can adapt with difform ridge, flange, passage or groove, comprises that those are shaped as the ridge of circle, square, triangle, taper or the like, flange, passage or groove.In a preferred embodiment, cleaning device accurately is complementary with the surface that is cleaned or adapts to.Yet in other embodiments, described device roughly meets the profile on the surface that is cleaned.Some indoor culinary art machines or grill have lid, just contact or push after this lid covers by the both sides of cooking article.In some cases, the profile of the cooking surface of lid will be different with the cooking surface of base.Thereby in certain embodiments, described device can have the face that a cooking surface with base adapts, and the face that adapts of the cooking surface of another and lid.In addition, cleaning device can be made with flexible material or compressible material.To go through material below.Described device can also be designed to and user's hand fit cosily, or the profile of the hand by meeting the user, and the user can be used easily.

The device that adapts with surface to be cleaned has many advantages.Since above-mentioned device have can with the contacted bigger surf zone in the more multilist face of the device that is cleaned zone, so they can clean more surf zone.Equally,, cleaning device mates in other words, so do not need the user to require great effort or dried " taskwork " because having adapted with surface profile.Since burnisher by design with passage or groove fit or adaptation, so the user there is no need it is forced into or " filling in " passage or groove in.In most of the cases, thus the user only needs mobile cleaning device to do laterally or horizontal movement comes moving device along the length on surface to be cleaned.In some cases, the vertical that applies of user or pressure is less or do not have fully.Owing to needn't apply very big vertical or not apply any vertical fully, described device is just safer for the user, and this is because possibility coarse or high-temperature component is very little on user's the hand contact device.Equally, less vertical makes that the wearing and tearing of cooker are also less, and these are particularly for those devices with fine surface such as Teflon .Yet; need or be necessary if having; the user can use bigger vertical or leverage; and this device still can clean cooker in effective and safe ground; this is because the design and the surface of this cleaning device adapt to better; allow to carry more cleaning solutions, and bigger protection intensity (protective density) is provided.Still just can be cleaned in the heat at device like this, thereby make the user's of cleaning device impression reach best.

Embodiment also relates to can carry cleansing composition such as cleaning solution, and it is spread to the cleaning device in zone to be cleaned.In some cases, carry and scatter cleaning solution, or use cleaning solution for example water to wash surface to be cleaned be favourable.This device is under the situation of compression and the less (if there is) of deformation extent, with the profile phase adaptation on the surface that is cleaned.Therefore cleaning device can take cleaning solution on the surface that is cleaned to.For example in some cases, the device that the surf zone that contacts with surface to be cleaned is bigger can carry more cleaning solution or solution equally, and it can be spread to be cleaned the surface than many parts.Existing towel or sponge then must manually be out of shape or be pressed in the passage or groove of cooker.Therefore, the entrained all liq of towel or sponge has just been squeezed goes out, thereby makes it can not arrive the All Ranges on the surface that is cleaned effectively.

Other embodiment relates to cleaning device, and described device is after the use through 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30 time and similar number of times; More preferably, be after the use of about 35,40,45,50,55,60,65,70 times and similar number of times; Even more preferably, be after the use of about 75,100,125,150 times and similar number of times, even under hot conditions, also keep and keeping shape, integrality and functional.Described device can clean with hand, dish-washing machine or washing machine, and after the use through 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30 time and similar number of times; More preferably, be after the use of about 35,40,45,50,55,60,65,70 times and similar number of times; Even more preferably, be after the use of about 75,100,125,150 times and similar number of times, continue to keep its shape, integrality and functional.

Described device can have random color and can have various shape and size.For example, described device can be square, rectangle, circle, triangle, sphere, cube, taper, rhombus, star, carinate, tetrahedron, avette, oval, cylindrical, the shape that has handle, adapt to hand, or the like.Described device can be shaped as similar to arbitrary objects, comprises unique object, as football or boxing glove.Described device is fit to the purpose of promotional equally, wherein the groove of channel-type and corresponding notch design can be integrated within such device: it is similar to football, racing car and apparatus, as indoor grill, licensed-in symbol (licensedcharacters) or image.Although the device of this class propaganda can.The shape of described device can be shaped to adaptation user's the hand or the profile of finger, perhaps can comprise slit or hole that hand or finger can insert.Size also can change.In certain embodiments, described size of devices and at least one ridge, groove, flange or passage adapt.In a preferred embodiment, described device and more than one ridge, groove, flange or passage adapt.In certain embodiments, preferably, described cleaning device can contain the material of at least a type on a face, and the material that on this face, contains second type at least, perhaps simply on any position of this device, comprise on the identical face, contain the material of more than one types.The preferred size of described device allow the user can be up and down laterally, moving device flatly, thereby " scouring " motion is provided.Yet in other embodiments, described device can cover cooking surface zone all or almost all.For example, such device can be used for soaking cooker.This cleaning device can be used for depositing cooker, therefore is provided with soft lining from the teeth outwards, and this soft lining can not protected cooker between the operating period at cooker.Some nonrestrictive exemplary dimensions will provide in the example below.

Described cleaning device adapts with surface to be cleaned on a face, more than one or all face.Figure 1A～1B discussed above and Fig. 2 A～2D provide the example of the cleaning device that adapts on a face.Those cleaning devices can be configured to adapt with more than one face.For example, be shaped as at described device under the situation of rectangular block shape or cubic, a face can be configured to adapt with cooking surface, or more than one can be configured to adapt with it.As another example, the shape of described device can be shaped as spherical, and by comprising one or more groove and/or ridges that pass completely through the circumference of ball, and be configured to adapt with the ridge of cooker.Another example comprises a kind of block device, and it is characterized in that all has the washing pad surfaces in all groove shape passages and vertical slot.Other embodiment can adapt to described cleaning device on more than one direction.For example, piece or cube can have the passage of one-tenth an angle of 90 degrees intersected with each other on one or more.In addition, the ridge of cleaning device, flange, passage, grooves etc. can be provided with any suitable orientation.

Cleaning device can be configured to adapt with any cooker, comprises indoor culinary art grill.Some exemplary manufacturers of this class cooker that available cleaning device cleans comprise: Aroma, Betty Crocker, Black﹠amp; Decker, Cooking.com, DeLonghi, Deni, Dualit, Equipex, Farberware, GE, Hamilton B each, Kuhn Rikon, Maxim, Nesco, Oster, Philips, Presto, Proctor Silex, Rival, Salton (for example GeorgeForeman Grill ), Santa Fe, Sanyo, Star, Swiss Specialty, Swissmar Imports, T-FAL, Thermos (Grill-2-Go brand), Toastmaster, Villaware, Welbilt, WestBend, Zojirushi or the like.

In other embodiments, described cleaning device can be configured to adapt with other utensil, and other utensil for example is the roasting mould of wafer, sandwich making machine, pizza oven, juice extractor, wafer manufacture machine, bread furnace, shredding machine and other similar cook utensil.In certain embodiments, preferably, described device can be configured to and adapt such as roasting this class cooker of mould of double-side type wafer electricity.This manufacturer with cooker of unique ridged style comprises Krups, Toastmaster, and Hamilton Beach, Cuisinart, Kenmore, Villa Ware, Oster, Black and Decker, or the like.Described cleaning device for example simply (at least in part) be the mapping on surface to be cleaned, thereby adapt with surface to be cleaned.An exemplary embodiment that is fit to this cooker has been shown in the example 5 below.In other embodiments, can clean this cooker with device with parallel channels or flange.The cleaning device that is used for these cooking apparatus can be carried cleansing composition equally, for example comprises soap, water and other cleaning substance of mentioning here.

In other preferred embodiment, cleaning device described herein can be used to cleaning vehicle parts, instrument and fexible unit and so on.For example, the cleaning device with groove or passage can be sent to automotive rim, special apparatus, vinyl, leather, plastics, rubber and all other surfaces with wax and polymer cleaners, on the particularly uneven surface.Cleaning device can be made into has the size that the profile with article to be cleaned matches.In addition, cleaning device can be used to wax is coated onto on the sled, is used for clean golf clubs, fishing rod and fishing tackle and the device of camping.Generally speaking, described cleaning device can be applied to solvent, cleaning agent and protective agent on kinds of surface, product and the position.Described cleaning device can also use in the common area, and for example there are bathroom, garage and living space that all are such in the common area; Wherein as lamp, table, cabinet, night stand or have any article of band corner edge or cone shape, as sleeve pipe, tap or handle, all need to use cleaning agent or take out stains, deposit, grease and other material.

Described cleaning device can be made by any suitable material with the various combination of material.Preferably, in certain embodiments, above-mentioned material is a kind of material that does not damage or destroy cooking surface.For and offending cooker, outer cooker of multicell so, the abrasion of material can be big and more durable.For the comparatively exquisite cooker in surface, can use the abrasion materials with smaller.In other embodiments, described device can be made by the material that can carry liquid and send it to surface to be cleaned.In certain embodiments, cleaning device can comprise a kind of material on one or more, comprises another kind of material on one or more other faces.An example of this cleaning device as shown in figure 13.For example, on a face, can use porous cellulose or foam sponge material, and another face can comprise bigger plastic cement of abrasion or polymer.On one or more clean surfaces, have different materials, the cleaning power that just can allow the user apply to vary in size, and when using cleaning solution, can use different type (if having dissimilar).On different faces, use different materials to provide extra flexibility, thereby allow the user select best clean conditions at specific environment as the user.For example, face may excellent absorbency, can be used to transmit cleaning solution for instance, and another face washability is stronger for instance.Described device can comprise handle or suspension hook on a face, or other any similar parts.In an embodiment, cleaning device can be by constructed of durable materials, and comprises under the hot conditions in various conditions, uses through one or many, and through the one or many washing, still can keep its integrality.Large-scale and small-sized cleaning device comprises the cleaning device of " especially big " size that can be used for cleaning large-scale cooker for instance, all can be varying sized.

The exemplary materials of cleaning device comprises all types of foams, expanded rubber, silicon, artificial composite, synthetic foam, shaped polymer, cellulosic material, sponge material, plastic mesh, winding plastic fiber, nylon, organic polymer and relevant extrudate.Special exemplary materials or material matrix comprise: polyethers or polyester, low or highdensity, little, big or two pore sizes, closed chamber or open melamine or post processing dipping the foam chamber, fire retardant or non-combustion adjuvant (non-retardant), pliable and tough or semihard, the plane, or the like.The mixture that comprises neoprene, natural rubber, SBR, butyl, butadiene, nitrile, EPDM, ECH, polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, EVA, EMA, metallocene resin, polyurethane, PVC, above-mentioned any material equally, or the like.Natural sponge also can use and for example comprise sponge from aquatic animal, and dry, be used for the cavernous body of specific species bone of storage of water through processing.Preferably, can use cellulose-based sponges.Cellulose-based sponges for example can comprise the sponge that obtains from plant product.More preferably, can use synthetic foam, even more preferably, can at least one face, use synthetic foam, and at least one face, use polyester.Synthetic sponge for example can be made of following material: expanded rubber, synthetic foam, other plastic cement and rubber derivative or the like.In other embodiments, cleaning device can be on one or more side/face be made by abrasive or is comprised abrasive.For example, abrasive can be steel wool, plastics suede, pottery, sand or stone synthetic, plastics, wire, metal or the like.The technical staff utilizes many and corresponding to other material of discussion, configuration device like a cork here.

The method that embodiments of the invention relate to design and/or make cleaning device as described herein.Described method can comprise according to a surface or a plurality of surfaces to be cleaned to be cleaned selects suitable material, comprise the clean surface use, the surface structure, and the surface material.The selection of material can be included in and need or do not need to use liquid to help cleaning, perhaps selects on the basis that the surface need be cleaned at high temperature or when scorching hot.The method of making cleaning device can comprise material is formed processing, thereby the surface of itself and cooker to be cleaned is adapted.Be shaped and for example can comprise the consideration of cooker size.Cleaning device can use various forms of manufacture methods to be shaped, and for example comprises the mold of extruding, hand cut or shaping, cross cutting, precise laser processing, sawing, particular design, and other any similar method.In addition, can design and make special machining tool and/or mold.Described method for example can comprise uses special machining tool etc., comes bonding or connects different materials, thereby produce cleaning device.Described method can comprise the process and assemble process of multistep.

Conventional preparation method can comprise top full content, but described device equally can be by the combination of said process, or independently any method is made.In other words, prefabricated mold can be used for making whole cleaning device, and perhaps prefabricated mold can use in the step in process.For example, described device can be made by prefabricated process, and cross cutting is pushed in the later step that is packaged into before the manufactured goods then.

Embodiment also relates to the method for utilizing cleaning device to clean cooker, and at least a portion of above-mentioned cleaning device and cooking surface adapts.Described method can comprise the cleaning device that surf zone is big, cover bigger surface to be cleaned.Equally, described method can increase the liquid dissemination amount as required, and bigger surface coverage scope is arranged, and has strengthened the protection to the user, and the user need not use very great strength.Therefore, described method comprises uses a kind of device, and this device can scatter liquid on bigger surf zone, the protection user, and the user need not exert all one's effort or require great effort and just can fully clean.

Other embodiment comprises such clean method: wherein, about 1%, 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 33%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 66%, 70%, 74%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98%, 99% and 100% of at least one face of cleaning device and cleaning device surface contacts.

Example 1

Fig. 3～7 illustrate the various views of an exemplary cleaning device.This device is the example as the device that adapts on more than one or side.In the illustrated embodiment, cleaning device is manual cutting.Fig. 3 is the top view of cleaning device 40, has shown the top of cleaning device 40.Device 40 is to make with suitable material.Material is the native cellulose sponge.Device among Fig. 3 all comprises notches 44 on each end 46.Notches 44 is passed through terminal 46 length, as shown in Figure 4.Show top 42, side 48 and one of them end 46.Fig. 4 also illustrates the groove 44 of the length of passing through a face, and this face is exactly terminal 46.The bottom view of 40 bottoms 50 of device shown in Fig. 5.Fig. 5 also shows the passage 52 of the length of crossing over bottom surface 50, and the surface of itself and cooker adapts.

As shown in Figure 6, described device has 11/2 inch height " Y ", 4 inches length " Z ", and the width of 3-3/8 inch " X ".The notches of device shown in Fig. 6 is 3/8 inch at the width of the wideest part " A ", has 3/8 inch gap between " B ", and extends along the whole length Z of device 40.

Embodiment shown in Fig. 7, in this embodiment, each in the notches 2,4,6,8, and each interval 1,3,5,7 and 9 between the notches are 3/8 inch wide without exception.It should be noted that measured value can change.Length and measured value preferably adapt with particular surface to be cleaned.Although notches can come to a point in leg-of-mutton pattern, for adapting with surface to be cleaned on demand, they can also be configured to circle or square.

Example 2

Fig. 8～11 are illustrated in the cleaning device that adapts with surface to be cleaned on two faces.Fig. 8 illustrates the top view of the device 60 of an end 64 that has top 62 and have notches 66.Fig. 9 provides the additional views of device 60, has shown top 66, end 64, side 68 among the figure, and further illustrates the end 66 with the notches of crossing over terminal 64 vertical lengths.The view that also comprises a side/face 68 among Fig. 9.Figure 10 illustrates the bottom view of the bottom 70 that comprises device 60.The passage 72 that bottom 70 also comprises the length of crossing over device 60, itself and device to be cleaned adapt.Figure 11 illustrates the top view at the top 62 that comprises device 60.

Figure 11 shows the width " A " of notch 66, and the spacing between the notch 64 " B ", and for this special device, the two is 3/8 inch.Described device adapts to the cooker by the cleaning device cleaning.

Example 3

Figure 12 A～12C illustrates another exemplary cleaning device by several different views.Figure 12 A illustrates the top view of device 80, and this device has clean surface, top 82, and it has a plurality of notches 86 that are arranged in parallel along clean surface, top 82.Notches 86 is separated by a plurality of ridges 88 that form tip cleaning surface 90,92.Figure 12 B illustrates the end-view of device 80.As shown in the figure, a plurality of notches 86 extend to tip cleaning surface 90,92.Figure 12 C is the side view that demonstrates an embodiment, wherein on side 94,96 notches 86 is not set.

Figure 12 A～12C illustrates a kind of device, and in this device, notches has 3/8 inch width " A ", and it passes through 3/8 inch spacing " B " and isolates each other, and has 3/8 inch the degree of depth " C ".In an optional embodiment, notches has 1/2 inch the degree of depth " C ".The size that is provided is schematic.

Example 4

Figure 13～16 are by several another exemplary cleaning devices of different view diagrams.Figure 13 is the perspective view of cleaning device 100.Device 100 comprises downside 102 and the upside 104 that is connected by adhesive 112.Device 100 also comprises a plurality of grooves and notch 108.

Cleaning device is made by two kinds of different materials.Downside 102 is made by polyester, and upside 104 is made by synthetic foam.Polyester provides the different structure and different absorbabilities that is used to clean for instance, and vice versa.When polyester uses, can have bigger abrasion on some cookers.Synthetic foam has bigger absorbability usually.

Though size can be changed and change, special device is 4 inches long, 2 inches high and, 33/8 inch is wide.In certain figures, two sides have identical size, size and profile; But the side can have different sizes, size and profile.

Can use multiple color.This just allows the user can distinguish different faces and different cleaning features simply.

Groove and notch 108 continuous loops are crossed over 360 ° of angles and are crossed four faces around entire device.In optional embodiment, cleaning device can comprise and groove shown in Figure 13 and perpendicular groove and the notch of notch, thereby produces the pattern (Figure 17～19 of face discussion as follows) of a kind of " checkering " for instance.In other embodiments, groove and notch be not around whole surface and all faces.Described cleaning device has six faces, and wherein some take on a different character and size.This difference just allows to clean neatly the cleaning on the different shape that may need to clean, the degree of depth, surface or the like.The side of angled notch and differing heights allows the user can be by applying active force and coming cleaning device with a plurality of different angles.

Figure 14 illustrates the end-view of cleaning device.Groove 108 extends in parallel to each other, up to top side and bottom side.The side view of exemplary cleaning device shown in Figure 15.In illustrated embodiment, relative end-view and side view are represented by end-view and side view shown in Figure 14 and Figure 15 equally.The side does not comprise groove and notch, but smooth.In other embodiments, the side can comprise groove and notch.In this example, not containing on flattened side flutedly provides different flexibilities with notch, and these some parts to the cleaning cooker are useful.Figure 16 A and 16B illustrate the top and the bottom of cleaning device.Figure 16 A shows the synthetic foam top, and Figure 16 B illustrates polyester bottom.

Therefore, Figure 13～16 illustrate the rectangle cleaning device 100 with four sides, have groove and notch 108 on the side, and they extend parallel to each other, and have crossed above-mentioned four sides fully, and each groove part is continuous.The user can select different faces neatly, carries out effective cleaning with different size.Concerning cleaning many cooking devices, polyester portion is compared with synthetic foam, has bigger abrasion.Synthetic foam has bigger suction-operated to most of materials such as liquid.Two sides can have different abilities aspect absorbing or obtaining food and waste material from cooker.In this example, described device has two parts that size equates.In other embodiments, ratio can have more different, for example, a kind of percentage of material area is about 1%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 66%, 75%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 97%, 98% and 99%, and the other parts of device are made up of the zone of residue ratio.Can use various combinations and can use two or more different materials, for example 3,4,5 kind or more kinds of material, wherein not add up to 100% between the ipsilateral.

Groove angulation in this example and become pointed.In certain embodiments, this design provides the flexibility that applies active force, and device can arrive the different parts of cooker in different angles.Groove is arch or circle in certain embodiments, and groove can have the side more than three or three for instance in other embodiments.

Though the color of discussing according to upside and downside is blueness and carbonarius, can use different schemes of colour, color combination and design, and they is imagined at this all.Cleaning device for example is comprised in the tool box as a part with clean solution or sprayer or other any annex.In certain embodiments, the color of material can be represented the characteristic of cleaning device, for example abrasion of the type of the clean cpd that it comprised, temperature control or heat resistance, material or the like.

Cleaning device is to form two sides by particular process, two sides is bonded together makes then.

Example 5

Figure 17～19 illustrate another exemplary cleaning device by several different views.Figure 17 shows the top view or the bottom view of cleaning device 140.In certain embodiments, the difference between top and the bottom can be different material, different size or even also have different design (for example shown in the figure of top institute and the bottom has only parallel channels not have vertical channel).And in other embodiments, top and bottom can be made by identical materials, and have identical size or design.Device 140 also comprises continuously parallel more than first groove and notch 148, and parallel continuously more than second groove and notch 150.As shown in figure 17, more than first groove and notch 148 and more than second groove and notch 150 have formed a kind of pattern of " checkering " basically, thereby constitute clean surface 154.

Preceding and lateral side view have been shown among Figure 18.As shown in figure 18, device 140 comprises downside 142 and the upside 144 that engages by adhesive 156.Cleaning device can be made of a variety of materials, and in a preferred embodiment, cleaning device is made by aforesaid two kinds of different materials.Optionally, cleaning device can be made by independent a kind of material, has not just needed adhesive in this case.

Figure 19 shows the side of device 140.Shown in Figure 17 and 19, this device has 2 inches height " Y ", 4 inches length " Z ", and the width of 3-3/8 inch " X ".It is 3/8 inch that the width that notches 148 locates in the wideest part " A " has been shown among Figure 17, and 1/4 inch gap is arranged between " B ", and along the end " C " of length " Y " and device 9/6 inch interval is arranged.It is 3/8 inch that Figure 17 also illustrates the width that notches 150 locates in the wideest part " A ", and 3/8 inch gap is arranged between " D ".Notch also is shown Figure 19 and groove 148,150 may have the degree of depth " E " that approximates 1/2 inch.Above size is exemplary, and can increase and decrease according to cooker to be cleaned.Concrete size can be depending on the specific cooker that will use device 140.For example, each device 140 can be that cooker for a particular manufacturer designs.Alternatively, cleaning device 140 can be designed to be suitable for the cooker of most of manufacturers.

Can use multiple color.For providing simple means, the user distinguishes different faces and different cleaning features like this.

Groove and notch 150 are continuous around entire device, cross over 360 ° of angles and pass across four faces.Groove and notch are not continuously around entire device, and only pass across end face and bottom surface.Yet in certain embodiments, imagination makes groove and notch around entire device, is continuous, crosses over 360 ° of angles and passes across four faces.Therefore, in certain embodiments, only the top of cleaning device and bottom have checkered pattern, and end has ridge, and the side has flat surfaces.In other embodiments, four surfaces can have checkered pattern, and two surfaces can have carinate or flat surfaces.In other embodiments, six surfaces of all of rectangle cleaning device can have checkered pattern.

Example 6

According to Fig. 1～19 explanations of being done, the embodiment for cleaning device provides exemplary size as above.In certain embodiments, the width X of cleaning device recited above can be any numerical value or the number range from about 3 inches to 6 inches, the height Y of cleaning device can be any numerical value or the number range from about 3 inches to 6 inches, and the length Z of cleaning device can be any numerical value or the number range from about 4 inches to 8 inches.Actual size also may be more higher or lower than top indicated size.In certain embodiments, wherein the height Y of cleaning device is that the degree of depth C of groove and notch is about 1/2 inch from about 3 inches to about 4 inches.In certain embodiments, wherein, the height Y of cleaning device is about 4 inches to 5 inches, and the degree of depth C of groove and notch is about 3/4 inch.In certain embodiments, wherein, the height Y of cleaning device is that the degree of depth C of groove and notch is about 1 inch from about 5 inches to about 6 inches.

Cleaning device with these sizes can be used for large-scale outdoor grills, utensil, automobile, ceramic tile or the like equally.In certain embodiments, may need solid material to clean surface to be cleaned fully.For example, may need the metallic fiber sill to clean outdoor grills and barbecue frame.Other exemplary material comprises the extract of polyester, foam, silicon and extrudate, twine, metallic fiber sill or the like.

Propose to have the exemplary cleaning device of large-size in Figure 20～22.As shown in figure 20, exemplary cleaning device 200 has front side 202, and it has the parallel channels 204 that crosses the surface, and passage is a vertical orientation as shown in the figure.Shown in device make by two kinds of different materials 206,208, top material 206 is a synthetic foam, and base material 208 is a polyester.These two kinds of material absorbent core but separated.In other embodiments, cleaning device can comprise a kind of material in parts, in this case, has not just needed adhesive.Figure 21 illustrates the side view of cleaning device 200.This side view shows top synthetic foam part 206, and bottom polyester portion 208.Figure 22 illustrates the top view of big cleaning device 200.As shown in figure 22, this cleaning device comprises end face 210, and the parallel channels 212 that crosses the surface.The opening of the passage 204 shown in Figure 20 also is revealed, and this shows the continuation property of passage in this specific embodiments, and wherein passage is fully laterally crossed over four sides of cleaning device.Though shown in passage have 1/2 inch the degree of depth, the degree of depth and width are revisable, to be fit to special device to be cleaned.Though Figure 22 is a top view according to description, it also can represent the bottom view of big exemplary means.

The description details of front some embodiments of the present invention.Yet, recognize how detailed it is that no matter aforesaid explanation has in text, the present invention can the several different methods practice.Similarly, as described above, it should be noted that when describing specific features of the present invention or aspect, the use of special term should not be used to hint that term is redefined here, comprises the of the present invention parts relevant with term or any clear and definite feature of aspect thereby be defined as.So scope of the present invention should be made explanations according to claims and its any equivalence.

Claims (51)

1. device that is used to clean cooking surface comprises:

The first cleaning face; And

The second cleaning face;

The wherein said second cleaning face is configured to constitute a cleaning angle with respect to the described first cleaning face, and wherein said cleaning angle is corresponding to first cooking surface of the described cooking surface that will be cleaned by described device and the culinary art angle between second cooking surface.

2. according to the device of claim 1, the summation at wherein said cleaning angle and described culinary art angle is about 180 degree.

3. according to the device of claim 1, wherein said cleaning angle and described culinary art angle are not 90 degree.

4. according to the device of claim 1, also comprise the 3rd cleaning face at least, wherein said the 3rd cleaning face is configured to constitute angle with respect to the described first or second cleaning face.

5. according to the device of claim 1, the wherein described at least first and second cleaning faces can in conjunction with and form a fixed structure, described structure is selected from next group: ridge, passage, groove and notch.

6. according to the device of claim 1, wherein said device comprises the material that can not denude described cooking surface.

7. according to the device of claim 6, wherein said material is selected from next group: foam, rubber, silicon, synthetic material, polyester, cellulose, natural sponge, synthetic sponge, plastic cement, twine, fiber, nylon, natural bristle, synthetic bristle, organic polymer, extrudate, and their combination.

8. according to the device of claim 1, wherein said device comprises absorbent material.

9. according to the device of claim 1, be injected into cleaning agent in the wherein said device.

10. according to the device of claim 9, wherein said cleaning agent is selected from next group: water, soap, detergent, oil based material, hydrophilic substance, hydrophobic substance, and their combination.

11. according to the device of claim 1, wherein said device is heat-resisting.

12., also comprise at least one non-cleaning part according to the device of claim 1.

13. according to the device of claim 12, wherein the surface area that comprised of at least one cleaning face is greater than the surface area of described non-cleaning part.

14. a method that cleans cooking surface comprises:

One cooking surface is set, and described cooking surface has first cooking surface and second cooking surface at least, and wherein said first cooking surface is configured to constitute the culinary art angle with respect to described second cooking surface;

One cleaning device is set, and described device has the first cleaning face and the second cleaning face at least, and the wherein said first cleaning face is configured to constitute the cleaning angle with respect to the described second cleaning face;

Described cleaning device is alignd with described cooking surface, and make the described first and second cleaning faces almost all keep contacting fully with at least a portion of described first and second cooking surfaces; With

Making described cleaning device paste described cooking surface moves generally along rectilinear direction.

15. according to the method for claim 14, the summation at wherein said cleaning angle and described culinary art angle is about 180 degree.

16. according to the method for claim 14, wherein said device has 360 ° of clean surfaces of band groove or notch.

17., also comprise all each faces that cleaning solution directly spread to described cooking surface according to the method for claim 14.

18. a cleaning device that is used for cooking surface comprises:

First;

Second; And

A plurality of edges;

Wherein, described first or second face at least one of them area and have at least one to be fit to adapt in wherein said first and second greater than any area in described a plurality of edges with surface to be cleaned.

19. according to the device of claim 18, one of them comprises at least two, three or four edges at least for wherein said first or second face.

20. according to the device of claim 18, wherein said first face comprises at least one passage, described passage extends on described first length.

21. according to the device of claim 18, wherein said second face comprises at least one passage, described passage extends on described second length.

22. according to the device of claim 18, wherein said first and second faces comprise at least one passage separately.

23. according to the device of claim 22, wherein said passage converges at described first and second joint.

24. according to the device of claim 18, wherein said first and second area is greater than the area at any one described edge.

25., also comprise the 3rd at least according to the device of claim 18.

26. a cleaning device comprises:

One cleaning element, it comprises a plurality of grooves or notch, described a plurality of grooves or notch are configured to parallel at least two sides crossing over described cleaning element continuously.

27. according to the device of claim 26, wherein said cleaning element comprises a plurality of grooves or notch, described a plurality of grooves or notch are configured to parallel at least four sides crossing over described cleaning element continuously.

28. according to the device of claim 26, wherein said cleaning element comprises a plurality of grooves or notch, described a plurality of grooves or notch are configured to parallel all sides of crossing over described cleaning element continuously.

29. according to the device of claim 26, wherein said cleaning element is a rectangle.

30. according to the device of claim 29, wherein said a plurality of grooves or notch are configured to cross over abreast at least four faces of described rectangle cleaning element.

31. according to the device of claim 30, further comprise a plurality of grooves or notch, described a plurality of grooves or notch are configured to perpendicular to groove or notch on described four faces of described rectangle cleaning element at least.

32. a cleaning device comprises:

First cleaning element, it comprises first material;

Second cleaning element, it comprises second material; And

One adhesive layer, it connects first and second cleaning elements,

Wherein, one of them comprises a clean surface to described first and second cleaning elements at least, and this clean surface comprises a plurality of passages.

33. according to the cleaning device of claim 32, wherein said first cleaning element comprises first color, and described second cleaning element comprises second color.

34. according to the cleaning device of claim 32, wherein said first cleaning element comprises non-abrasive material, and wherein said second cleaning element comprises absorbent material.

35. according to the cleaning device of claim 32, wherein said first cleaning element comprises first non-abrasive material, and wherein said second cleaning element comprises second non-abrasive material.

36. according to the cleaning device of claim 35, the abrasion of wherein said first non-abrasive material is lower than described second non-abrasive material.

37. according to the cleaning device of claim 32, wherein the surface of at least one described cleaning element and cooker to be cleaned adapts.

38. a method of making cleaning device comprises:

Select a profiled surface to be cleaned;

Select can not denude the material on described surface; And

Dispose described material, so that described material and described surface adapt.

39. cleaning systems comprise:

One cooker, it comprises a uneven cooking surface; And

One cleaning element, it comprises at least two and the corresponding clean surface of described uneven cooking surface.

40. cleaning systems comprise:

One cooker, it comprises a uneven cooking surface; And

One cleaning element, it comprises one or more sides, and at least two and the corresponding clean surface of described uneven cooking surface, wherein said at least two clean surfaces comprise certain-length, and the described length on wherein said at least two surfaces is more than or equal at least one the length in described one or more sides.

41. according to the system of claim 40, the area of at least one in wherein said at least two clean surfaces is more than or equal to one area in described one or more sides.

42. a cleaning device comprises:

A plurality of clean surfaces, wherein said clean surface are configured to adapt with a uneven cooking surface.

43. cleaning systems comprise:

One cooker, it comprises a shaping cooking surface; And

One cleaning device, it comprises at least one clean surface, described clean surface and described shaping cooking surface adapt.

44. a cleaning device comprises:

One incompressible cleaning element, it comprises at least one clean surface, described clean surface is fit to adapt with at least a portion of a shaping cooking surface.

45. a cleaning device comprises:

One spherical cleaning element, it comprises a plurality of grooves or notch, described a plurality of grooves or notch are configured to the parallel whole periphery of crossing over described cleaning element continuously.

46. a cleaning device comprises:

One rectangle cleaning element, it comprises:

At least one first cleaning face, the wherein said first cleaning face comprise more than first parallel ridges of the length of crossing over the described first cleaning face;

At least one second cleaning face, the wherein said second cleaning face comprise more than second parallel ridges of the length of crossing over the described first cleaning face;

At least one the 3rd cleaning face, wherein said the 3rd cleaning face comprise more than the 3rd parallel ridges of the length of crossing over described the 3rd cleaning face;

Clean of at least one cleaning politics, economics, organization, and ideology, the clean face of wherein said cleaning politics, economics, organization, and ideology comprise more than the 4th parallel ridges of the length of crossing over clean of described cleaning politics, economics, organization, and ideology;

Wherein said cleaning element comprises at least two kinds of materials, and described at least two kinds of materials are selected from next group: foam, rubber, silicon, synthetic material, polyester, cellulose, natural sponge, synthetic sponge, plastic cement, twine, fiber, nylon, natural bristle, synthetic bristle, organic polymer, extrudate, and their combination

Wherein said first, second, third and more than the 4th parallel ridges form a plurality of continuous ridge that crosses described cleaning element periphery.

47. according to the cleaning device of claim 46, wherein said ridge has about 3/8 inch width, and 3/8 inch separated from one another by approximately.

48. according to the cleaning device of claim 46, long 4 inches of wherein said ridge.

49. according to the cleaning device of claim 43, the wherein said first cleaning face also comprises and more than first more than the 5th parallel ridges that parallel ridges is vertical.

50. a method that cleans cooking surface comprises:

One cleaning device is set, described cleaning device has at least the first cleaning face and the second cleaning face, the wherein said first cleaning face is configured to constitute certain cleaning angle with respect to the described second cleaning face, the wherein said at least the first cleaning face and the second cleaning face adapt with first cooking surface and second cooking surface of a cooker at least, and make the described first and second cleaning faces keep contacting fully with at least a portion of described first and second cooking surfaces basically all; And

Make described cleaning device aim at and contact with each cooking surface of described cleaning device.

51. a cleaning device comprises:

One cleaning element, it comprises a plurality of grooves or notch, and described groove or notch are configured to parallel length of crossing at least one side of described cleaning element continuously, and wherein said length is more than or equal to the described cleaning element length of opposite side at least.

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