US 12,343,766 B2
Rope cleaner
Michael Glen Brewer, Paradise, TX (US); and Dustin Whitaker, Childress, TX (US)
Filed by Brewer Open Range Agricultural Business LLC, Paradise, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/508,184.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/481,532, filed on Jan. 25, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0246120 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B08B 1/20 (2024.01); B08B 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 1/20 (2024.01) [B08B 11/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rope cleaning tool for cleaning a rope, wherein:
said rope cleaning tool comprises one or more wiper disks and a frame assembly;
said frame assembly comprises a first shell portion and a second shell portion, and a plurality of fasteners;
said plurality of fasteners comprise at least a first fastener, and each comprise a first fastener portion and a second fastener portion;
said frame assembly is attached to a portion of said one or more wiper disks using a portion of said plurality of fasteners;
each among said frame assembly comprises an enclosed end and an open end;
said one or more wiper disks comprises a receiver slot and a wiping aperture;
said receiver slot is aligned with said open end of said frame assembly;
said receiver slot and said wiping aperture comprises a cut in said one or more wiper disks allowing an object to pass through said receiver slot and slide into said wiping aperture without disassembling said rope cleaning tool; and
one among said first shell portion and said second shell portion comprises an inner diameter lip at least partially within said wiper aperture and keeping said first shell portion and said second shell portion aligned.