Dispensing dish brush
View Patent ↗A dispensing dish brush includes a cap, a handle portion and a cleaning head. The cap and the handle portion define a common wall that defines a reservoir. The reservoir stores and dispenses a cleaning liquid. The handle portion includes a gripping portion and a neck portion. The gripping portion includes a core section, a middle section and an upper section that define a diaphragm. The neck portion has an extension portion that connects to the cleaning head. The cleaning head includes a plurality of bristles and an aperture with a wall. The aperture is placed with a removable valve and valve lock to restrict the flow of the cleaning liquid. The diaphragm is squeezable and flexes to dispense the cleaning liquid. The diaphragm accelerates the flow of the cleaning liquid in the reservoir. The cap provides access to the reservoir.
1. A dispensing dish brush that comprises:
a cleaning head that includes a face, the face comprises a plurality of bristles and an aperture, the aperture has a wall that divides the aperture into two semi-circular sections, the aperture adapted to dispense a cleaning fluid as a single stream, the cleaning head includes a valve and a valve lock that are adapted to restrict the flow of the cleaning liquid from the aperture;
a handle portion that includes a gripping portion and a neck portion, the gripping portion comprises a core section, a middle section and an upper section that are adapted to define a reservoir and a diaphragm, the diaphragm adapted to increase the velocity of the cleaning liquid, the reservoir adapted to store and dispense the cleaning liquid, the neck portion connects to the face of the cleaning head to provide an instant flow of the cleaning liquid at the aperture;
a cap that includes a through hole to hang the brush from a hook, the cap has a wall that defines a fraction of the reservoir that stores the cleaning liquid, the cap provides an access to the reservoir for the refilling or draining of the cleaning liquid from the brush;
a first position wherein the handle portion defines a first distance between the diaphragm and an opposing wall of the handle portion; and
a second position wherein the handle portion is flexed and the distance between the diaphragm and the opposing wall is a second distance, whereby the second distance is less than the first distance.
2. The dispensing dish brush of claim 1 , wherein the core section is made of a material that has a low coefficient of friction that promotes a frictionless laminar flow in the reservoir.
3. The dispensing dish brush of claim 1 , wherein the handle portion may be flexed to control the rate of flow of the cleaning liquid from the reservoir.
4. The dispensing dish brush as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reservoir includes a liquid and that accelerates over the diaphragm as the diaphragm flexes to the second position.
5. The dispensing dish brush as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the face of the cleaning head is approximately transverse to a central longitudinal axis of the handle portion.
6. The dispensing dish brush as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the neck portion has a structural rigidity relative to handle to provide directional control for the angular orientation of the cleaning head.