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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2003
Paulus Antonius Augustinus Höfte, Sint Martens Latem, BE;
Gregory Clegg Spooner, Hong Kong, CN;
Terence Graham Curtis, Bucks, GB;
Hoss Vong, Hong Kong, CN;
Leonard Joseph Keller, Jr., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thibault Fayette, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Paulus Antonius Augustinus Höfte, Sint Martens Latem, BE;
Gregory Clegg Spooner, Hong Kong, CN;
Terence Graham Curtis, Bucks, GB;
Hoss Vong, Hong Kong, CN;
Leonard Joseph Keller, Jr., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thibault Fayette, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an actuating device suitable for remotely actuating a tool which can be the fluid delivery mechanism of a cleaning implement. The actuating device has a flexible tape attached at one end to a spring-loaded spool mechanism connected to a trigger where the spring loaded spool mechanism is located within a housing for holding the device. The tape is threaded through at least one pole segment and is attached to a tool which can be actuated by a pulling or pushing motion of the tape. The present invention also provides a pair of electric cables which are attached at one end to the spring-loaded spool and at the other end to an electric tool or device such as a motor for driving a pump. An electric switch, which is located on the housing of a pistol-grip, is used to close the electric circuit formed by the pair of cables.