(19)
(11) EP 1 050 237 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/20

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.11.2000 Bulletin 2000/45

(21) Application number: 00303582.1

(22) Date of filing: 28.04.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A46B 17/08, B60S 3/04, A46B 15/00, A46B 5/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 07.05.1999 US 306723

(71) Applicant: GENERAL HOUSEWARES CORP.
Terre Haute, Indiana 47804 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Lozeau, Kevin
    Ridge, NY11961 (US)
  • Chan, Edwin
    Brooklyn, NY 11215 (US)
  • Hughes, William Scott
    New York, NY 10038 (US)
  • Stowell, David
    New York, NY 10003 (US)
  • French, David L.
    Stamford, CT 06902 (US)

(74) Representative: Woodward, John Calvin et al
Venner Shipley & Co. 20 Little Britain
London EC1A 7DH
London EC1A 7DH (GB)

   


(54) Combined scraper with brush


(57) A scraper (24) combined with a brush (26) including a shaft (20) having a handle (22), a scraper (24) attached to the shaft (20), a brush (26) attached to the shaft (20), and an adjustment mechanism provided between the brush (26) and the shaft (20) for adjusting an angular position of the brush with respect to the shaft (40). The adjustment mechanism includes a spring (118) that biases the brush (26) towards the shaft (20) thereby engaging complementary and opposing protrusions and recesses (48) located on the brush (26) and the shaft (20). The adjustment mechanism further includes an actuator (130) that is configured to have a locked position, in which the protrusions and recesses (48) are engaged, and an unlocked position, in which the actuator forced the protrusions and the recesses (48) to disengage by moving the brush (26) away from the shaft (20).







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