Cleaning device and method of construction

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EP 1 121 877 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	22.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/39

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	08.08.2001 Bulletin 2001/32

(21)	Application number: 01300883.4

(22)	Date of filing: 31.01.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A46B 5/06

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

31.01.2000 US 494866

(71)	Applicant: Koregelos, George
	Piedmont, California 94611-3452 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Koregelos, George Piedmont, California 94611-3452 (US)

(74)	Representative: Pluckrose, Anthony William et al
	BOULT WADE TENNANT, Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)

(54)	Cleaning device and method of construction

(57) A cleaning device 1 and method for making which is constructed from a thermoplastic material 2 to which a plurality of fibers 3 are fused and protrude therefrom, and formed into a curvilinear configuration such as a helix-like, or U-shape-like configuration. The method includes the steps of heating the base 2 until it is softened and bent to a U-shape like configuration and then cooling the base member 2, or helically winding the base 2 onto a rotating mandrel 11; stopping the mandrel 11 and severing an end of the base member 2; and cooling the base member 2 so that it retains its U-shape or helical configuration.

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