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Cleaning system for shirt collar and sleeves

a collar and sleeves technology, applied in the field of shirt collar and sleeves cleaning system, can solve the problems of fatigue in arms and hands, dirty collar and sleeves, stubborn rings around them, etc., and achieve the effect of optimal stain removal and cleaning stubborn stains

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-07-28
HWANG YONG KOO
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"The invention is a cleaning system for removing stubborn stains from clothing before they are washed in a washing machine. The system includes a motorized brush, an idle roller, a pressure plate assembly, a lineup adjustment assembly, and a soup-water bowl. The operator applies pressure to the collar or sleeve edge while sliding it sideways to rub off the stains with the rotating brush. The system is designed to provide optimal stain removal by adjusting the pressure and spacing between the brush and the pressure roller. The motor and idle roller can be activated with various switches or foot pedals."

Problems solved by technology

Dress shirts get dirty especially at the collar and the sleeve edges, and the rings around them are very stubborn to get out.
Manual brushing of clothing items with stubborn stains over several hours causes fatigue in the arms and hands.

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[0006] With the reference to the accompanying drawing, the present invention will now be described. As shown in FIGS. 1, the present invention is provided as a cleaning system for stubborn stains such as the rings around shirt collar and sleeves comprising a wheel brush 10 driven by a motor 11, a soup-water bowl 60, a free-spinning pressure roller 20, a pressure transfer rod 21, a pressure plate 22, a pressure adjustment assembly 23, a linkage plate 30, a lineup adjustment assembly 31, and a foot pedal 40. All of the parts are set up on a table except the foot pedal.

[0007] The main idea of this invention is to place the heavily stained color and sleeve edges of a dress shirt onto a rotating wheel brush with an optimal pressure to get the stubborn stains out, and then wash the shirt in a washing machine. When idle, there is a gap 50 between the wheel brush 10 and the pressure roller 20 so the operator can place the shirt collar or a sleeve edge between them. The shirt collar is plac...

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Abstract

The invention presents a cleaning system for stubborn stains such as dress-shirt collar and sleeve edges comprising a motorized wheel brush, a pressure roller to press clothing item against the rotating brush, a roller pressure adjustment assembly, and a cleaning-solution container under the brush to make the brush partially submerged in the solution. The proposed system eliminates manual brushing currently performed on stubborn stains, resulting in a much improved cleaning quality and reduced labor costs.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] Dress shirts get dirty especially at the collar and the sleeve edges, and the rings around them are very stubborn to get out. The present method of cleaning them is to rely on hand brushing before putting them in a conventional washing machine. Manual brushing of clothing items with stubborn stains over several hours causes fatigue in the arms and hands. It is the object of this invention to automate the brushing operation of clothing such as dress shirts to improve cleaning quality and reduce labor costs. [0002] There are many machines for dry cleaning and laundry, but there is no special machine for cleaning the rings around the collar and sleeves of dress shirts similar to this invention. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0003] Accordingly, it is the object of this invention to provide a cleaning system that removes stubborn stains from clothing such as the collar and sleeve edges of dress shirts before they are loaded into a washing machine in a ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): D06F3/00D06F9/00
CPCD06F9/00
Inventor HWANG, YONG KOO
Owner HWANG YONG KOO
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