US 11,668,960 B2
Cleaning device for a pair of spectacles having bar-shaped cleaning elements
Jan Gèrald Belemans, Kesteren (NL)
Assigned to SPECSTACULR IP B.V., Kesteren (NL)
Appl. No. 17/295,077
Filed by Specstaculr IP B.V., Kesteren (NL)
PCT Filed Nov. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/NL2019/050765
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/106149, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2022059 (NL), filed on Nov. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0011605 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G02C 13/00 (2006.01); B08B 1/00 (2006.01); B08B 1/02 (2006.01); B08B 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC G02C 13/006 (2013.01) [B08B 1/006 (2013.01); B08B 1/008 (2013.01); B08B 1/02 (2013.01); B08B 11/02 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning device for a pair of spectacles, comprising:
a housing defining a cleaning space;
a clamp for holding the pair of spectacles inside said space;
sets of opposing cleaning elements for cleaning opposing faces of glasses of the pair of spectacles; and
a motor for moving the pair of spectacles and the cleaning elements relative to each other during a cleaning operation;
in which the sets of opposing cleaning elements are positionable relative to each other between an inactive position, that is configured to have at least one of the sets of the cleaning elements lie spaced from at least one of the opposing faces of the respective glasses, and a cleaning position, that is configured to have the sets of opposing cleaning elements lie against both opposing faces of the respective glasses,
wherein each of the cleaning elements is bar-shaped,
wherein, in the cleaning position, each of the bar-shaped cleaning elements has a longitudinal axis that extends substantially parallel to the opposing faces of the glasses,
wherein the motor is configured to translate the pair of spectacles and the bar-shaped cleaning elements relative to each other substantially parallel to the opposing faces of the glasses while rubbing or wiping them clean,
wherein the motor operates a rack box that is slidable in a first direction, and a rack plate that is slidable in a second direction with respect to the rack box,
wherein the clamp for holding the pair of spectacles is connected to the rack plate or the bar-shaped cleaning elements are connected to the rack plate, and
wherein the motor is configured to force the rack box and the rack plate to start to translate in the first and second directions, respectively.