Vicki R Walters

US Patent:

57040893, Jan 6, 1998

Filed:

Nov 29, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/770377

Inventors:

Vicki R. Walters - Trumbull CT

International Classification:

B08B 1100

US Classification:

15227

Abstract:

In a preferred embodiment, a cleaning device for cleaning a finned heating element having a plurality of spaced apart parallel fins defining therebetween a plurality of channels, the device including: an elongated frame member having a handle portion for the manual grasping thereof; a plurality of parallel, spaced apart tines extending from the distal end of the frame member; a plurality of closely fitting fabric sleeves disposed over the tines; and the dimensions of the sleeved tines being such that the diameter of each sleeved tine approximates the width of the channel between adjacent the fins, and adjacent the sleeved tines are spaced apart such that they can simultaneously closely engage facing surfaces of fins defining adjacent channels of the finned heating element.