A cleaning brush comprises a brush body rotatably mounted on and biased axially towards a brush holder by a compression spring, a post non-rotatable on the brush body and projecting axially towards the brush holder, a sleeve mounted on the posts for rotation relative thereto and non-rotatable relative to the brush holder, and an actuating lever for displacing the sleeve axially away from the brush holder. The post has a circumferentially extending slot engaged by a pair of opposed inwardly proje...

An improved squeegee has a releasable clamping member mounted to the flared portion of the squeegee handle. A pivot pin is disposed in the clamping member in a position transverse to the handle, with the ends of the pin secured to fasteners mounted on opposite sides of the clamping member. The fasteners hold the flared portion of the handle and the back clamping plate which secures the support channel of the squeegee. When the position of the clamping member is shifted past its fulcrum point, th...

A device for cleaning leaves and other debris from elevated roof gutters for use by a person standing on the roof of a house or building which includes a rake member for scraping leaves and other debris from the bottom of a gutter and a handle for manipulating the rake member. In its preferred form, the rake member is substantially flat, generally rectangular, and slotted, and has a bottom edge bent out of the plane of the rake member, and a side edge also bent out of the plane of the flat porti...

A squeegee construction is disclosed which has an elongated handle, a V-shaped frame mounted at one end of the handle, and a continuous elongated squeegee blade secured to the frame. The squeegee blade extends lengthwise along substantially the entire length of the V-shaped frame, and thus assumes a V-shape geometrically similar to the V-shape of the frame. The squeegee blade extends below the lower edge of the frame, and the lower edge of the squeegee blade is substantially coplanar over the en...

A boat brush is disclosed for cleaning the submerged portion of the hull. The brush has a high degree of structural strength, adequate clearance during operation as no part of the brush frame will make unwanted contact with the hull, and the brush contacts all of the hull with a two position locking brush head.

A wipe down knife of the type used in drywall construction that has a knife blade attached to a handle in a manner that the blade is rotatable by hand between two stable rotatable positions. The blade is maintained in either of those positions by a combination of a positive stop to prevent the blade from rotating in one direction and a frictional pivot to make it difficult to rotate in the other direction.

This invention relates to an attachment for holding and adjustably positioning a brush. It is substantially provided to be mounted on an extention rod, and enables an operator ease in covering difficult to reach areas.

This troweling device for finishing wet concrete consists of a long, detachable handle assembly which is attached to a trowel or bull float blade by means of a pitch adjusting mechanism. This pitch adjusting mechanism allows the user to alter the angle of the blade in relation to the handle assembly while the trowel is in use by axially rotating the handle assembly. The pitch adjusting mechanism consists of a worm thread cylinder which is held in engagement to the geared portion of a geared supp...

A carpet sweeper, vacuum cleaner or other upright floor cleaning device includes a base unit (2) and a handle (6) freely pivoted on the base unit for translation over a floor (3). The handle pivots in a vertical plane (9) extending transverse to the base unit support wheel axles (5). A handle grip (10) includes a first grip portion (12) which is coaxial with the handle and forms an extension thereof. The outer end of the first grip portion connects with a second grip portion (14) which comprises...

A toothbrush having a head portion (1) which has bristles (2) attached, a handle portion (3) and an intermediate portion (4) of reduced cross-section with regard to the head and handle portions (1), (3). The intermediate portion (4) of the toothbrush is non-resiliently deformable to change the angular relationship between the head portion (1) and the handle portion (2). If this angular relationship is changed after brushing, the user is applying excessive pressure during brushing. The shape of t...