Patent ID: 9161678
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for cleaning an article of footwear, the apparatus comprising: a housing extending in a longitudinal direction between a front end and a rear end, the housing further comprising: a rotary brush supported on laterally opposed ones of the perimeter walls of the housing that define the refuse receptacle portion so as to be arranged for rotation about a laterally oriented axis oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the housing at a location above the refuse receptacle portion of the housing, an upper portion of the rotary brush being received through an upper opening at the top end of the housing such that the upper portion is located above the top wall so as to be arranged to engage an article of footwear; a drive motor supported on the housing in connection with the rotary brush so as to be arranged to drive rotation of the rotary brush in a working direction corresponding to the rotary brush rotating towards the rear end of the housing at a top side of the rotary brush; and a discharge opening in one of the perimeter walls at a location spaced upwardly from the bottom wall so as to be arranged to discharge contents of the refuse receptacle portion therethrough.