Disclosed is a drinking straws cleaning system. Embodiments of the present invention discloses a drinking straws cleaning system that includes a flexible tubular elongated shaft including a first end, a second end, a body portion disposed in between the first end and the second end, a holding member configured at the second end, and one or more flaps configured proximal to the holding member at the second end, wherein the flexible tubular elongated shaft is passed through a hollow cavity of a straw through a top opening until the first end of the flexible tubular elongated shaft emerges out of a bottom opening of the straw, and then pulled therethrough to fully emerge out of the hollow cavity of the straw to clean the straw.

A brush includes a wire core, a round tip formed on a distal end of the wire core, the round tip being unitary with the wire core section and being formed by melting or welding a portion of the wire core at the distal end, and a molded tip attached to the wire core at the distal end via a ball-and-socket connection.

A rotary cleaning tool assembly for cleaning difficult to clean articles includes a housing that defines an interior space. A power module and a motor are coupled to the housing and are positioned in the interior space. The motor is operationally coupled to the power module. Each of a plurality of cleaning heads is selectively couplable to the housing so that the cleaning head is operationally coupled to the motor. The motor is positioned to rotate the cleaning head to clean an article.

This invention relates to an apparatus (10) for cleaning a helical member (52) such as a tabulator blade. The apparatus comprises opposed scrubbing brushes (32, 34) for removing deposits from the helical faces of the helical member (52) as it is passed between opposed bristles of the scrubbing brushes (32, 34). The opposed scrubbing brushes (32, 34) are mounted with the apparatus via a rotatable bearing (12) such that as the helical faces are reciprocated between the brushes, the continuously curving profile of the helical member (52) causes the brushes to rotate. Accordingly, the opposed scrubbing brushes (32, 34) maintain good contact with the helical surfaces thereby simplifying and improving the removal of deposits.

A brush includes a wire core, a round tip formed on a distal end of the wire core, the round tip being unitary with the wire core section and being formed by melting or welding a portion of the wire core at the distal end, and a molded tip attached to the wire core at the distal end via a ball-and-socket connection.

A cleaning device for a mechanical cleaning of a gas nozzle of a protective gas welding burner, provided with a controlled, rotatably driven cleaning head having at least one co-rotating cleaning element, and with a supplying and centering apparatus for a coaxial positioning of the gas nozzle with respect to the axis of rotation of the cleaning head in the region of at least one cleaning element. The cleaning head has two cleaning arms creating a scissors-form with the cleaning arms, which are suspended in a freely swinging manner on a pivot bearing arranged transversely to the axis of rotation in the cleaning head. Respective centrifugal weights are arranged on the cleaning arms on the lower regions facing away from the gas nozzle, so that the cleaning scissors are spread apart with a rotation of the of the cleaning head.

A cleaning assembly for elongated articles includes a housing. A channel extends from a top to a bottom of the housing. A plurality of holes is positioned in the housing and extends annularly around an inner perimeter of the housing. Each hole extends to an interior space of the housing. A pipe, which is coupled to and extends from an outer perimeter of the housing, is in fluidic communication with the interior space. A hose connector that is coupled to the pipe distal from the housing is configured to couple the pipe to a hose. A reservoir is coupled to the pipe proximate to the housing. A tube extends between the reservoir and the pipe so that a cleaning agent in the reservoir is positioned to enter the pipe. Water from the hose and the cleaning agent exit the holes under pressure to clean an article positioned in the channel.

A filament retaining device is disclosed for a chimney and duct cleaning tool. The device comprises a socket having a bore defined by a side wall of the socket and a plurality of pairs of apertures disposed in the side wall of the socket, the pairs of apertures being separated longitudinally of the socket. The device further comprises a plug arranged to move in sliding relation within the bore of the socket. The plug comprises a plurality of channels disposed therein, separated longitudinally of the plug, and separately alignable with a pair of apertures in the side wall. The device further comprises an adjustment member for adjusting a position of the plug within the bore.

The device is for cleaning the inner surface of a pipe. The device has a spindle arranged to be rotated and having a front end and a rear end between which a plurality of elastic metal blades are attached both in the rotation direction of the spindle and in the direction perpendicular to the rotation direction to clean the inner surface of the pipe. The blades has a shape that is curved at at least two points such that they curve at least once towards the circumferential direction of the spindle and at least once outwards from the circumferential direction of the spindle to prevent the device from getting stuck in uneven pipe systems.

Cleaning tools and associated methods for cleaning lumens of medical devices are provided. An embodiment of the cleaning tool comprises an elongated core, two scrubbers attached to the elongated core, and a wiper attached to the elongated core. The wiper is axially disposed between the two scrubbers. The cleaning tool may be used to clean the lumen prior to decontamination of the lumen.