Patent ID: 6594852
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A47J,A47L

Abstract:
A cleaning device for cleaning a grate bar, comprising a pair of tongs having two limbs held in an opened position by tension, and being squeezable together into a working position by hand-applied force, said limbs each comprising a free end with the free ends disposed generally opposite to each other, and an opposite end which is connected to the opposite end of the other limb, a holding element being disposed at the free end of each said limb which is oriented in a direction transverse to the limb and inwardly toward the other free end,wherein the holding elements are disposed such that: when the tongs are in the opened position, there is not an overlap between the holding elements, which are separated by a distance that is larger than the diameter of a grate bar to be cleaned, and the free ends are separated by a distance which is smaller than the distance between adjacent grate bars to be cleaned, and when when the tongs are in the working position, the holding elements overlap, said cleaning device further comprising, at the free ends of the limbs, a cleaning element comprising at least one flexible cleaning cable, and constructed and arranged to be at least partially wrapped around the grate bar to be cleaned.