Patent ID: 6799579
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A belt cartridge that is releasably attachable to a manicuring machine having a drive roller that is insertable into the belt cartridge for engagement of the drive roller with a flexible belt contained in the cartridge, comprising:a casing having a front wall and a back wall; a flexible belt contained in the casing, the flexible belt having an abrasive outer surface for shaping fingernails and/or toenails and an inner surface for engaging a drive roller; a first idler roller or bearing surface mounted in the casing for guiding the flexible belt around a circuitous path; a second idler roller or bearing surface mounted in the casing for guiding the flexible belt around the circuitous path; an opening through the back wall of the casing to allow insertion of a drive roller into engagement with the inner surface of the flexible belt; and a first arcuate ridge that projects from an interior surface of the front wall of the casing, and an opposing second arcutate ridge that projects from an interior surface of the back wall of the casing, the opposing first and second arcuate ridges together defining a retainer for holding the flexible belt in close proximity to the circuitous path when a drive roller is not inserted into the casing.