A cleaning apparatus having a cleaning member movably arranged at a housing, the cleaning member having a cleaning portion for engaging a surface to be cleaned; a handle member connects with and is resiliently movable between a raised position and a lower position so that when the handle member is arranged at the raised position, a resilient member operably connecting the handle member with the housing is substantially compressed thereby applying a pressing force onto the cleaning member towards the surface to be cleaned.

An article of manufacture for providing a lint roller assembly is disclosed. The lint roller assembly includes a handle having an opening to couple to a shaft component, a roller barrel having a shaft opening running lengthwise through the center of the roller barrel and a pair of bearing cavities at each end, the shaft component having a threaded end and an opposite end having a threaded retaining hole, and a pair of bearing components having an outer edge and an inner edge. The roller barrel being configured to retain a roll of adhesive material about the outer surface. The outer edge being coupled to the bearing cavities and the inner edge engaging the shaft component to permit the roller barrel to rotate about the shaft component.

A disposable cleaning wipe that can used by hand or by attachment to a sweeper is provided wherein the cleaning wipe has tacky pick-up material concentrated at its working surfaces as opposed to within its intermediate region.

A system includes a universal handle and a variety of tools selectively secured within the handle. The tools can be tools for grooming or collecting hair, and are especially useful with animals such as household pets. One example tool includes a mat breaker that is adjustable for left handed or right handed use. Another example tool is a fur sweeper tool and a fur accumulator tool. Other tools include deshedders, brushes, and combs.

A head for a debris collector including a mounting member configured to be pivotably connected to a handle such that the mounting member is pivotal about at least one pivot axis that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the handle; and a plurality of adhesive layers removably attached to the mounting member for collecting debris, wherein the adhesive layers are removable from the mounting member one layer at a time.

A cleaning equipment includes a first take-up reel, a first supply reel, a frame, a first cleaning film, and a transmission assembly. The frame includes an inner space accommodating the first take-up reel and the first supply reel side by side and an outer surface having at least one gap communicating with the inner space. The first cleaning film has a supply part on the first supply reel, a take-up part on the first take-up reel, and a middle part at least partially covering the outer surface of the frame. Two ends of the middle part enter the inner space through the at least one gap and are connected to the supply part and the take-up part, respectively. The transmission assembly is coupled to the first supply reel and the first take-up reel and drives at least one of the first supply reel and the first take-up reel to rotate.

Provided is a sticky cleaner for antimicrobial treatment capable of removing organic dirt deposited on an article surface and of providing antimicrobial properties to the surface. The sticky cleaner according to this invention comprises a dirt-collecting member that collects organic dirt as it comes in contact with the article surface. The dirt-collecting member comprises a PSA in an area that comes in contact with the article surface, with the PSA providing antimicrobial properties to the article surface upon contact with the surface. The PSA comprises a base polymer and an antimicrobial agent.

A cleaning system includes a base element, a cleaning element coupled to the base element, wherein a surface of the cleaning element includes an adhesive material, and a removable cover having a first position and a second position. In the first position, the removable cover covers the cleaning element and is engaged with a first end of the base element. In the second position, the removable cover does not cover the cleaning element and is engaged with a second end of the base element.

This invention provides a sticky cleaner used for removing organic dirt deposited on an article surface. The sticky cleaner comprises a dirt-collecting member that collects the organic dirt upon contact with the article surface. The dirt-collecting member has an acrylic PSA in an area that comes in contact with the article surface. The dirt-collecting member exhibits a hardness of 90 or less in the area that comes in contact with the article surface.

An automatic and currentless dirt remover for collecting dirt from the area surrounding the dirt remover, having a dirt-collecting body and a rolling-action sheath body, which defines a receiving space for receiving the dirt-collecting body. The sheath body has openings for providing external access to the dirt-collecting body, which has a surface that collects the dirt.