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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2004
Applicants:
Masao Okano, Toride, JP;
Yoshitaka Yugami, Shizuoka, JP;
Ryozo Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Baldwin-Japan Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 1/02 (2006.01); B41F 35/00 (2006.01); B41L 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cleaning apparatus includes a pressure pad for a cleaning fabric. The pressure pad comprises a particular portion formed on a base portion. The base portion has a predetermined hardness. The particular portion has a predetermined hardness which is lower than the hardness of the base portion. The cleaning fabric is nipped between the particular portion and a subject to clean the subject with the cleaning fabric.