Method and apparatus for cleaning a computer mouse device
US6666926B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 23, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB08B1/14
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for cleaning a computer mouse device with a computer mouse ball located in an interior ball cavity that has a plurality of mouse contact rollers includes removing the computer mouse ball from the interior ball cavity; inserting a cleaning surface of a mouse cleaner into the interior ball cavity, the cleaning surface attached to a lumen and in communication with a pressure mechanism via the lumen, the cleaning surface including an expandable and collapsible body; actuating the pressure mechanism so as to cause an operative effect at the cleaning surface, the operative effect being the expansion of the body within the mouse cavity so that the cleaning surface compresses against the mouse contact rollers; and rotating the cleaning surface so as to cause one or more of the plurality of mouse contact rollers to roll and thereby be cleaned by the cleaning surface.
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