Nail cleaner
US4119439A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 20, 1977 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61G2200/14
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A nail cleaner for use in such areas as hospitals where sanitary conditions require cleaning beneath a person's fingernails, beauty salons, food, drug, electronic industries where hand cleaniness is required. The cleaner may also be used for industrial and commercial bathrooms and households/living quarters for normal cleaning and sanitary use, especially for young children where nail file tips are painful and may be detrimental to fingernails. The nail cleaner comprises a hood having an aperture formed therein for the placement of a person's hands therein and a basin cooperatively forming an enclosure for a nail cleaning operation. The nail cleaner further comprises a filter, a pump, a relief valve, and a spray manifold having a plurality of orifices formed therein to deliver a stream of water, detergent and antispetic solution through the orifices at a predetermined pressure wherein the person's fingers are held so that the streams of solution from the orifices engage the crevices between the person's fingers and his nails to dislodge and dissolve dirt.
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