Patent ID: 8898847

Claim:
An apparatus for cleaning an object, wherein the apparatus comprises a container capable of holding a liquid, the apparatus comprising: a first wiping element mountable in the interior of the container and positioned so that at least a portion of the first wiping element is capable of being submerged in the liquid when the liquid is placed into the container and at least a portion of the object is contactable with the first wiping element while said portion of the object is submerged in the liquid, wherein the first wiping element is capable of removing undesirable material from the portion of the object; and a second wiping element mounted to the container; at an upper edge of a rim encircling a peripheral edge of the container, wherein at least a portion of the rim to which the second wiping element is mounted is angled, whereby excess liquid can be returned to the container; wherein the portion of the object can undergo at least a two-step wiping comprising a first wiping against the first wiping element while submerged in the liquid and a second wiping against the second wiping element after being at least partially removed from the liquid, and wherein the position of the second wiping element does not change relative to the position of the first wiping element during either insertion of the portion of the object into the container or removal of the portion of the object from the container.