Toilet plunger with self-cleaning mechanism

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11808021
APP PUB NO 20210332577A1
SERIAL NO

17301947

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A self-cleaning plunger includes an elongate cylindrical handle; a fluid reservoir clamped to the handle; a pump housed within the handle; and a resilient plunger cup coupled to a fluid dispersing sprayer assembly. A grip is formed around one end of the handle and the fluid dispersing assembly is coupled to the other. The fluid reservoir communicates fluid to the pump which communicates fluid to the dispersing assembly. The cup has a central aperture and the sprayer assembly is coupled to the handle. The sprayer assembly has an upper component with spray nozzles to direct spray toward a convex surface of the cup and a lower component extending through the central aperture to direct spray toward a concave surface of the cup. A method of cleaning a plunger with the self-cleaning plunger includes putting cleaning fluid in the fluid reservoir and actuating the pump.

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STEELE ELAINE AUGUSTAARLINGTON VA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Malko, Pierre Arlington, US 9 22
Steele, Elaine Augusta Arlington, US 2 0

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