Patent Publication Number: US-8966710-B1

Title: Skin cleaning assembly

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     Field of the Disclosure 
     The disclosure relates to skin cleaning devices and more particularly pertains to a new skin cleaning device for cleaning a person&#39;s body. 
     SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing that has a first end and a second end. The housing is elongated along a longitudinal axis extending through the first and second ends. The first end comprises a head that has a circular shape. The second end comprises a handle. The head includes a front wall, a back wall, and a perimeter wall extending between the front and back walls. A cleaning disk is rotatably coupled to the housing and is positioned in and extends away from the front wall. The cleaning disk includes a plurality of bristles extending outwardly away from the head. A massage disk is rotatably coupled to the housing and is positioned in and extends away from the back wall. The massage disk includes a plurality of hemispherical massagers that are attached to and extend laterally away from the massage disk. A control circuit is mounted to the housing. The control circuit is actuated to rotate the cleaning disk and actuated to oscillate the massage disk. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a front side perspective view of a skin cleaning assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a back side perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a back side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a right side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a cross sectional view taken along line  6 - 6  of  FIG. 4  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 7  is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 7  thereof, a new skin cleaning device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 7 , the skin cleaning assembly  10  generally comprises a housing  12  that has a first end  14  and a second end  16 . The housing  12  is elongated along a longitudinal axis extending through the first  14  and second  16  ends. The first end  14  comprises a head  18  that has a circular shape. The second end  16  comprises a handle  20 . The housing  12  may be comprised of a rigid and fluid impermeable material. 
     The head  18  includes a front wall  22 , a back wall  24 , and a perimeter wall  26  extending between the front  22  and back walls  24 . The perimeter wall  26  has a convexly arcuate shape from the front wall  22  to the back wall  24 . The perimeter wall  26  extends a distance beyond each of the front  22  and back  24  walls and the perimeter wall  26  includes a first edge  28  and a second edge  30 . The front wall  22  has a brush aperture  32  extending therethrough. The back wall  24  has a massage aperture  34  extending therethrough to access an interior of the head  18 . 
     The handle  20  has an outer wall  36  forming a hollow cylinder that has an open end  38  and has an interior that is in communication with the interior of the head  18 . A pair of mounts  40  each is coextensively attached to and extends inwardly from corresponding ones of the first  28  and second  30  edges of the perimeter wall  26 . Each of the mounts  40  is co-planar with a corresponding one of the front  22  and back  24  walls. Each of the mounts  40  defines a disk opening  42  and defines a flange space  44  between each of the mounts  40  and a corresponding one of the front  22  and back  24  walls. Each of the mounts  40  may be comprised of a rigid material. 
     A cleaning disk  46  is rotatably coupled to the housing  12  and is positioned upon and extends away from the front wall  22 . The cleaning disk  46  is rotatably positioned within one of the disk openings  42 . The cleaning disk  46  has a drive side  48 , a cleaning side  50  and a perimeter edge  52 . The cleaning disk  46  has a primary axis extending from the drive side  48  to the cleaning side  50 . The cleaning disk  46  may be comprised of a rigid material. 
     The cleaning disk  46  includes a first gear  54  that is attached to and extends laterally away from the drive side  48  and extends through the brush aperture  32 . The first gear  54  may have a frusto-conical shape. A plurality of brushes  56  is attached to and extends laterally away from the cleaning side  50 . The brushes  56  may be comprised of a flexible material. A first flange  58  is attached to and extends outwardly from the perimeter edge  52  adjacent to the drive side  48  and is extended into a corresponding one of the flange spaces. 
     A massage disk  60  is rotatably coupled to the housing  12  and is positioned in and extends away from the back wall  24 . The massage disk  60  is movably positioned in a remaining one of the disk openings  42  and extends through the massage aperture  34 . The massage disk  60  has a cam side  61 , a massage side  62  and an exterior edge  63 . The massage disk  60  has a prime axis extending from the cam side  61  to the massage side  62 . The massage disk  60  may be comprised of a rigid material. 
     The massage disk  60  includes a plurality of hemispherical massagers  59  that are attached to and extend laterally away from the massage side  62 . Each of the massagers  59  may be comprised of a rigid material. A second flange  64  is attached to and extends outwardly away from the exterior edge  63  and is extended into a corresponding one of the flange spaces  44 . A gasket  65  may be coextensively positioned between the second flange  64  and the back wall  24 . The gasket  65  may be comprised of a resiliently compressible material. 
     A control circuit  66  is mounted to the housing  12 . The control circuit  66  includes a first electric motor  67  that is mechanically engaged to the cleaning disk  46  and rotates the cleaning disk  46  when the first electric motor  67  is actuated to an on position. A second electric motor  68  is mechanically engaged to the massage disk  60  and oscillates the massage disk  60  when the second electric motor  68  is actuated. Each of the first  67  and second  68  electric motors may be hermetically sealed to prevent fluid infiltration into the first  67  and second  68  motors. Each of the first  67  and second  68  electric motors may have an operational voltage of more than 3 volts and less than 9 volts. 
     A massage shaft  69  is positioned adjacent to the cam side  61 . The massage shaft  69  includes a primary end  70  and a secondary  71  end. The massage shaft  69  is elongated along a longitudinal axis extending through the primary  70  and secondary  71  ends. The massage shaft  69  is mechanically coupled to the first electric motor  67  and extends perpendicular to the prime axis through the interior of the head  18 . The primary end  70  is coupled to the first electric motor. 
     A first bearing  72  may be attached to a distal inner surface  73  of the perimeter wall  26  with respect to each of the first  67  and second  68  electric motors. The secondary end  71  may rotatably engage the first bearing  72 . A pair of cams  74  each is mounted on the massage shaft  69  to frictionally engage the cam side  61 . Each of the cams  74  may have an extended end  75 . Each of the cams  74  may be positioned on the massage shaft  69  so each of the extended ends  75  alternatively frictionally engages the cam side  61  to oscillate the massage disk  60 . 
     A cleaning shaft  76  is positioned adjacent to the drive side  48 . The cleaning shaft  76  includes a principle end  77  and an auxiliary end  78 . The cleaning shaft  76  is elongated along a longitudinal axis extending through the principle  77  and auxiliary ends  78 . The cleaning shaft  76  is mechanically coupled to the second electric motor  68  and extends perpendicular to the primary axis through the interior of the head  18 . The principle end  77  is coupled to the second electric motor  68 . 
     A second bearing  79  may be attached to the distal inner surface  73  of the perimeter wall  26 . The auxiliary end  78  may rotatably engage the second bearing  79 . A second gear  11  is positioned on the cleaning shaft  76  and mechanically engages the first gear  54  to rotate the cleaning disk  46 . The second gear  11  may have a frusto-conical shape and the second gear  11  may engage the first gear  54  at a right angle to transfer rotational torque to the first gear  54 . The second gear  11  may be comprised of a rigid material. 
     A first actuator  13  and a second actuator  15  each is positioned on the handle  20  and each is in electrical communication with a corresponding one of the first  67  and second  68  motors. Each of the first  67  and second  68  actuators is positionable in a first position to actuate a corresponding one of the first  67  and second  68  motors to the on position. Each of the first  13  and second  15  actuators is positionable in a second position to de-actuate the corresponding one of the first  67  and second  68  motors to an off position. Each of the first  67  and second  68  motors may be actuated and de-actuated individually or simultaneously. Each of the first  13  and second  15  switches may be hermetically sealed to prevent fluid infiltration into the first  13  and second  15  switches. 
     The first actuator  13  actuates the first electrical motor  67  to the on position to rotate the massage shaft  69 . The second actuator actuates  15  the second electrical motor  68  to rotate the cleaning shaft  76 . A power supply  17  is positioned within the interior of the handle  20  and is in electrical communication with each of the first  13  and second  15  actuators. The power supply  17  comprises at least one battery  19  and the power supply  17  may be hermetically sealed from the interior of the handle  20  to prevent fluid infiltration into the power supply  17 . A cover  21  is removably positioned on the open end  38 . The cover  21  may produce a hermetic seal with the handle  38 . 
     In use, the first actuator may be positioned in the first position to rotate the cleaning disk for cleaning. The second actuator may be positioned in the first position to oscillate the massage disk for massaging. The first and second actuators may be positioned in the first or second positions individually or simultaneously. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure.