Structure modifying apparatus

US9675989B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Alan David Willey · Columbus, US
• Jacob Robert Adams · Cincinnati, US
• Earl Osborne · Cincinnati, US
• Daniel E. Machenheimer · Morganfield, US
• Vanessa Marie Melendez · Cincinnati, US
• Randall Alan Watson · Loveland, US
• Philip Andrew Sawin · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 8, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2017
• Expiry date: Feb 28, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N2005/0644
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An apparatus for activating a chemistry disposed upon a target structure includes a handle; a structure contacting element rotatably attached to the handle and adapted to roll without slipping upon a target structure; and a radiant energy source having an emissive outlet at least partially within the structure contacting element wherein said contacting element is at least partly transparent or translucent to said radiant energy.