Patent ID: 8028366
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: A46B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A tile and grout cleaning tool comprising: a cylindrical head having first and second, peripherally spaced, longitudinally extending bristle sections, one of said sections having rows of tile cleaning bristle bundles closely spaced along said head to form a compact brush portion suitable for cleaning the surfaces of multiple tiles, the close spacing of the bristles of said tile cleaning bristle bundles making them stiff enough to resist collapsing when pressed against tile surfaces, the other of said sections containing discrete arrays of grout cleaning bristle bundles spaced along said head, said grout cleaning bristle bundles being fewer in number and spaced wider apart than said tile cleaning bristle bundles to provide bristle flexibility, whereby bristles in an array pressed against tile surfaces will flex to allow other bristles in the array to penetrate into a grout channel, and a handle attached to said head so that it can be turned over, end-to-end to place a selected one of said sections into cleaning position.