WO2009094546A4 - Food waste disposer scouring scrub device - Google Patents

Food waste disposer scouring scrub device Download PDF

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WO2009094546A4
WO2009094546A4 PCT/US2009/031844 US2009031844W WO2009094546A4 WO 2009094546 A4 WO2009094546 A4 WO 2009094546A4 US 2009031844 W US2009031844 W US 2009031844W WO 2009094546 A4 WO2009094546 A4 WO 2009094546A4
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fiber strands
central core
scrub device
scrub
bundle
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Scott W. Anderson
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Emerson Electric Co.
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Priority to CN200990100046.3U priority Critical patent/CN202179266U/en
Priority to JP2010544441A priority patent/JP5306375B2/en
Priority to AU2009206301A priority patent/AU2009206301B2/en
Priority to EP09704716.1A priority patent/EP2249679A4/en
Publication of WO2009094546A1 publication Critical patent/WO2009094546A1/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B13/00—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers
    • A46B13/02—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers power-driven carriers
    • A46B13/04—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers power-driven carriers with reservoir or other means for supplying substances
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B11/00—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B5/00—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
    • A46B5/0004—Additional brush head
    • A46B5/0012—Brushes with two or more heads on the same end of a handle for simultaneous use, e.g. cooperating with each-other
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B9/00—Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
    • A46B9/02—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups
    • A46B9/026—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups where the surface of the brush body or carrier is not in one plane, e.g. not flat
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
    • A46B2200/30—Brushes for cleaning or polishing
    • A46B2200/3073—Brush for cleaning specific unusual places not otherwise covered, e.g. gutters, golf clubs, tops of tin cans, corners
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/12—Plumbing installations for waste water; Basins or fountains connected thereto; Sinks
    • E03C1/26—Object-catching inserts or similar devices for waste pipes or outlets
    • E03C1/266—Arrangement of disintegrating apparatus in waste pipes or outlets; Disintegrating apparatus specially adapted for installation in waste pipes or outlets

Abstract

A scrub device having a central core and multiple flexible strands of a polymeric material can be placed into a food waste disposer, which is then turned on, and the low mass and low inertia of the scrub device permits a spinning motion to promote frictional cleaning by the flexible strands. Multiple geometries of the scrub devices provide for different cleaning motions. The material of both the central core and flexible strands can be ground or can be retained during operation of the disposer while preventing disposer damage permitting the scrub device to be permanently left in the disposer. Holding and extraction tools are provided for manual cleaning motion or removal of the scrub devices.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS received by the International Bureau on 7 August 2009 (07.08.2009)
1. A scrub device for insertion into a food waste disposer having a rotatable inner surface, comprising: a central core created from a portion of multiple flexible fiber strands of a polymeric material connected together, having individual ones of the fiber strands of at least one length extending outwardly from the central core, each of the fiber strands adapted to flex and when randomly contacting the inner surface during rotation of the inner surface adapted to abrade to clean the inner surface.
2. The scrub device of Claim 1 , wherein the fiber strands are grouped into multiple bundles of the fiber strands each bundle extending outwardly from the central core.
3. The scrub device of Claim 2, wherein the central core is contained within a grouping of tubular shaped barrels having the flexible fiber strands of each bundle directly extending from an end of individual ones of the tubular shaped barrels, the tubular shaped barrels oriented at an angle to each other.
4. The scrub device of Claim 3, wherein the plurality of tubular shaped barrels are fixedly connected to one another and commonly created during a molding process.
5. The scrub device of Claim 1 , wherein the multiple flexible fiber strands are grouped in a plurality of fiber bundles extending outwardly from the central core, wherein the at least one length of the fiber strands of each bundle defines a substantially single length.
6. The scrub device of Claim 1 , wherein the central core defines a circular shape. Attorney Docket No. 3572B-189POA
7. The scrub device of Claim 1 , wherein the central core defines a non-circular geometric shape.
5 8. The scrub device of Claim 1 , wherein the central core is defined by a portion of the multiple flexible fiber strands being centrally grouped, the central core lacking a standard geometric form and variable in both size and geometry based on a random quantity of the flexible strands grouped together to form the central core. 10
9. The scrub device of Claim 1 , wherein the at least one length of the multiple flexible fiber strands comprises multiple random lengths.
10. A scrub device for insertion into a food waste disposer having a 15 rotatable inner surface, comprising: a central core of a polymeric material; and multiple flexible fiber strands of the polymeric material having individual ones of the fiber strands of at least one length extending outwardly from the central core, each of the fiber strands adapted to flex and when
20 randomly contacting the inner surface during rotation of the inner surface adapted to clean the inner surface.
11. The scrub device of Claim 10, wherein the core is a body including first and second body portions joined together.
25
12. (Cancelled)
13. (Cancelled)
30 14. The scrub device of Claim 11 , wherein the fiber strands are grouped into multiple bundles of the fiber strands each bundle extending outwardly from the central core.
17 Attorney Docket No. 3572B-189POA
15. The scrub device of Claim 14, wherein the body includes a plurality of faces each having one of the bundles extending outwardly from the face.
5 16. The scrub device of Claim 15, wherein individual ones of the bundles are oriented at a first angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the body.
17. The scrub device of Claim 16, wherein proximate ones of the 10 bundles are oriented with respect to each other by a bundle-to-bundle included angle different from the first angle.
18. A scrub device for insertion into a food waste disposer, comprising: a body of a polymeric material having a non-uniform shape and a
15 plurality of body faces oriented randomly with respect to each other; each of the body faces including an outwardly extending bundle; each bundle including multiple outwardly extending flexible fiber strands of a polymeric material; and
20 individual ones of the bundles being randomly oriented with respect to each other to promote random motion of the scrub device in the food waste disposer.
19. The scrub device of Claim 18, wherein the flexible fiber strands of 25 each bundle have an equal length.
20. The scrub device of Claim 18, wherein the flexible fiber strands of each bundle have random lengths.
18 Attorney Docket No. 3572B-189POA
21. (Cancelled)
22. (Cancelled)
5 23. (Cancelled)
24. (Cancelled)
25. (Cancelled) 10
26. (Cancelled)
27. (Cancelled)
15 28. A food waste disposer and scrub brush system, comprising: a food waste disposer including a food conveying section and a rotating grinding section adapted to receive food from the food conveying section; and a cleaning device adapted to be inserted through the food 0 conveying section into the food grinding section, including: a central core of a polymeric material; and multiple flexible fiber strands of at least one length extending outwardly from the central core, each adapted to individually flex and randomly contact at least the food grinding section of the food waste disposer to clean the 25 food grinding section.
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Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CN200990100046.3U CN202179266U (en) 2008-01-24 2009-01-23 Scouring scrub device of food waste disposer, and system composed of food waste disposer and scrub device
JP2010544441A JP5306375B2 (en) 2008-01-24 2009-01-23 Cleaning device for polishing food waste disposer
AU2009206301A AU2009206301B2 (en) 2008-01-24 2009-01-23 Food waste disposer scouring scrub device
EP09704716.1A EP2249679A4 (en) 2008-01-24 2009-01-23 Food waste disposer scouring scrub device

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US2319908P 2008-01-24 2008-01-24
US61/023,199 2008-01-24

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