There is provided a cleaning tool configured for cleaning an aerosol-generating device including a heating chamber and a heating element disposed in the heating chamber, the cleaning tool including: multiple prongs configured to be inserted into the heating chamber of the aerosol-generating device and to clean at least the heating element; and an actuating element configured to move the multiple prongs between a first position and a second position, wherein the multiple prongs are expanded towards inner sidewalls of the heating chamber in the first position and contracted towards the heating element in the second position.

A method for cleaning a coke deposit from an internal surface of a process equipment, comprising removing at least a portion of the coke deposit from the internal surface using a flexible pig comprising a plurality of bristles, without damaging a metal protective layer of the internal surface of the process equipment. A flexible pig for cleaning a coke deposit from an internal surface of a process equipment without damaging a metal protective layer of the internal surface, comprising a flexible body formed of a polymeric material, and a plurality of bristles partially encapsulated by the polymeric material of the flexible body.

The present application provides a tool for cleaning an electric heating smoking device. The electric heating smoking device includes an accommodating cavity for accommodating a smoking stick. The tool includes a bracket configured to be inserted into the accommodating cavity; an electric motor configured to drive the bracket to move along an inner wall of the accommodating cavity; and a cleaning unit disposed on the bracket.

Disclosed are various embodiments of a garbage disposal cleaning brush. The brush can include a brush head, a splash guard, and a rod. The splash guard can include a shaft, a circular channel well and a lip extending from the outer wall of the circular channel well. The rod may be connected to the brush head and extending through the shaft of the splash guard. The shaft can include a first inner wall and a first outer wall. The circular channel wall can include a hold on a bottom surface, a second inner wall, and a second outer wall.

Embodiments of apparatus for reusable drinking straw cleaning include a flexible central brush and a plurality of external brushes supported by a hand-held handle. The flexible central brush is passed into one end of a drinking straw and the drinking straw is drawn down into concentrically disposed external brushes. The drinking straw is withdrawn, reversed and the process is repeated. A handle or central bore provides external brush pressure onto the straw when it has been drawn into contact with the external brushes. After both ends of the reusable drinking straw are cleaned, the reusable drinking straw is withdrawn from the assembly and placed in a sterilizing solution or dishwasher, and dried. The flexible central brush is replaced without disassembly of the apparatus. Embodiments provide a support stand to receive and hold the assembly in a vertical position from the bottom of a wash sink.

An illustrated view of an exemplary straw cleaning system for cleaning and sanitizing a straw as well as for providing a clean container to store the straw. The straw cleaning system has a straw with an expandable area. The straw is placed in a straw holder. The straw holder having a hole in the bottom to drain liquid of the straw. A straw brush is then placed into the straw and cap of the straw brush is coupled to the straw container. The cap fits around an outside of the straw holder to seal the straw in the straw holder. The straw brush has a brush with soft bristles for cleaning residue from inside of the straw.

Rotary devices and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The rotary devices may be configured as cleaning apparatuses. A cleaning apparatus may include an elongated tube member with an attachment end portion, a holding end portion, an internal cavity, and a helical slot. The cleaning apparatus may also include a handle with a following pin, the tube member extending through the handle with the following pin extending through helical slot. The cleaning apparatus may further include a guide element, a stop member, a first resilient biasing element of a first stiffness and a second resilient biasing element of a second stiffness positioned within the internal cavity. Longitudinal translation of the handle along the tube member from the holding end portion to the attachment end portion rotates the tube member about the longitudinal axis and resiliently deforms the first and second resiliently deforms the biasing elements.

A portable tool for simultaneously shaving, scraping or cleaning the outer circumference of pipe has a drill shaft that connects the tool to a power source. The drill shaft has a gear wheel attached to an inner end. This drift shaft engages a circular ban to form a gear assembly that will enable the ban to rotate when power is applied to the drill shaft. Connected to the inner wall of the circular ban is a plurality of bristles that will engage the surface of a pipe. After a pipe is inserted into the tool and power applied to the tool the drill shaft and circular ban will begin to rotate. As the ban rotates, the bristles will move over the surface of the pipe thereby performing the cleaning activity on the pipe's outer surface. During the cleaning process, the user can move the pipe linearly through the tool and clean the entire length of the pipe.

A cleaning swab device and method for cleaning a fluid coupling or connector. The device includes a generally elongate cylindrical tubular swab body, and a channel formed at an end thereof to define at least one cleaning finger for insertion into a housing and/or port of the connector to remove residual fluids, clean and disinfect the connector. The cleaning device optionally further includes a guide stem or plunger configured to extend through the tubular body of the swab, having a plug at one end for sealing debris out of a lumen of the connector during cleaning.

Rotary devices and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The rotary devices may be configured as cleaning apparatuses. A cleaning apparatus may include an elongated tube member with an attachment end portion, a holding end portion, an internal cavity, and a helical slot. The cleaning apparatus may also include a handle with a following pin, the tube member extending through the handle with the following pin extending through helical slot. The cleaning apparatus may further include a guide element, a stop member, a first resilient biasing element of a first stiffness and a second resilient biasing element of a second stiffness positioned within the internal cavity. Longitudinal translation of the handle along the tube member from the holding end portion to the attachment end portion rotates the tube member about the longitudinal axis and resiliently deforms the first and second resiliently deforms the biasing elements.