Device and method for washing drinkware

Abstract

A method and device for cleaning drinkware without using electricity are disclosed including a handle, a shaft connected to the handle, a cleaning brush connected to the shaft, and a top section connected to the cleaning brush; when the interior bottom of a drinkware is pressed down, creating a pressure upon the top section, the cleaning brush is rotated in a first direction, and when the pressure decreases, the cleaning brush rotates in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

1 . A pushed-down rotary cup washing device, comprising:
 a handle;   a shaft connected to said handle; and   a cleaning brush, connected to said shaft, comprising a plurality of bristles; and   a top section connected to said cleaning brush, wherein when the interior bottom of said cup is pressed down, creating a pressure upon said top section, said cleaning brush is rotated in a first direction, and when said pressure decreases, said cleaning brush rotates in a second direction opposite to the first direction.   
     
     
         2 . The pushed-down rotary cup washing device of  claim 1  wherein said top section further comprises a cleaning liquid ejecting head connected to a top end of said cleaning brush, wherein as said pressure is increased said cleaning liquid ejecting head ejects a cleaning liquid into the interior of said cup. 
     
     
         3 . The push-down rotary cup washing device of  claim 2  wherein said handle further comprises:
 an receiving end whose interior comprises a chamber having a bottom end connected to a narrow cavity whose diameter is smaller than the diameter of said chamber; 
 an opening, disposed at the bottom of said receiving end and connected to said narrow cavity, adapted to receive said external cleaning liquid into said chamber; 
 a spout, disposed at the top of said receiving end and connected to said chamber, adapted to output said cleaning liquid; 
 a hollow section having a bottom section, main body, and a threaded top section, wherein said bottom section has a slightly smaller diameter than those of said main body, said threaded top section, and said receiving end , wherein said bottom section is slidably engaged with said input section. 
 
     
     
         4 . The push-down rotary cup washing device of  claim 2  wherein said handle further comprises:
 a bushing having a cam located at a mid-section of said bushing; 
 an elongated tube having a first enlarged section and a second enlarged section, wherein said first enlarged section rests upon said narrow cavity and said second enlarged section rests upon said bushing; and 
 a first compression spring inserted into said elongated tube and extends from said first enlarged section to said second enlarged section. 
 
     
     
         5 . The push-down rotary cup washing device of  claim 4  wherein said elongated tube has a smaller diameter than said handle and said shaft and extends from said cavity of said input section into said cleaning liquid rejecting head. 
     
     
         6 . The push-down rotary cup washing device of  claim 5  wherein said shaft further comprises:
 a spring rod; 
 a second compression spring enveloping said spring rod; and 
 a cover enveloping both of said second compression spring and said spring rod, 
 wherein said cover further comprises a top end and a threaded bottom end which is threadedly connected to said threaded top section of said handle. 
 
     
     
         7 . The push-down rotary cup washing device of  claim 6  wherein the interior surface of said spring rod further comprises:
 a plurality of spiral shaped grooves; and 
 a spring retainer having a surface area larger than that of said spring rod designed to retain said second compression spring. 
 
     
     
         8 . The push-down rotary cup washing device of  claim 6  wherein said cleaning brush further comprises:
 a cylindrical core; 
 a plurality of soft bristles extending from the outer perimeter and covering the entire outer surface of said cylindrical core; and 
 an engagement member, connected to the bottom section of said cylindrical core, adapted to engage with said plurality of spiral shaped grooves so as to cause said brush head to mechanically rotate when said push-down rotary cup washing device is pushed down. 
 
     
     
         9 . The push-down rotary cup washing device of  claim 7  wherein said cleaning liquid ejecting head further comprising:
 a half domed head having a diameter larger than that of said shaft; 
 a plurality of holes located on top of said half-dome shaped head; 
 a bushing part located at the bottom center of said half domed head adapted to connected with said elongated tube. 
 
     
     
         10 . The push-down rotary cup washing device of  claim 4  wherein said engagement member further comprises an inner cylindrical opening adapted to receive said elongated tube, an outer cylindrical having a plurality of teeth that engage with said plurality of spiral shaped grooves. 
     
     
         11 . The push-down rotary cup washing device of  claim 4  wherein said plurality of soft bristles are arranged into six array of soft bristles and each array is arranged in a straight line along the longitudal length of said cylindrical core and each array forms a sixty degree angle with respect to one another. 
     
     
         12 . A drinkware cleaning box, comprising:
 a first compartment for providing a first cleaning for a drinkware using a first pushed-down rotary cup cleaning device;   a second compartment for providing a second cleaning for said drinkware using a second pushed-down rotary cup cleaning device; and   a distribution tube network, distributed along the interior walls of said second compartment and connected to said second pushed-down rotary cup cleaning device, adapted to receive an external source of cleaning liquid for said second cleaning.   
     
     
         13 . The drinkware cleaning box of  claim 11  wherein said first compartment further comprises a plurality of external bristles densely disposed along all interior walls of said first compartment and extending outward for said first cleaning during which said first pushed-down rotary cup cleaning device cleans the interior of said drinkware and said plurality of bristles cleans the exterior of said drinkware. 
     
     
         14 . The drinkware cleaning box of  claim 11  wherein during said second cleaning said second pushed-down rotary cup cleaning device cleans the interior of said drinkware and said distribution tube network cleans both the interior and exterior of said drinkware. 
     
     
         15 . The drinkware cleaning box of  claim 14  further comprises:
 a base; 
 a base top surface placed directly on top of said base; 
 a main body, mounted on top of said base top surface and said base, said main body further comprising said first compartment and said second compartment separated from said first compartment by a divider; and 
 an insertion box removably inserted into said first compartment, said insertion box fits snuggle into said first compartment and further comprises: a lip located at a top corner of said insertion box; a plurality of bristles positioned around the entire interior surface area of said insertion box and extending outward for cleaning the exterior of said drinkware. 
 
     
     
         16 . The drinkware cleaning box of  claim 11  wherein said first pushed-down rotary cup cleaning device further comprises a cleaning brush section and a handle section, wherein said handle section is mounted vertically at said base top surface in said first compartment, and wherein when the interior bottom of said drinkware is pressed down creating a pressure on top of said cleaning brush section, said first push-down cleaning brush is rotated in a first direction, and said first pushed-down cleaning brush is rotated in a second direction when said pressure is decreased. 
     
     
         17 . The drinkware cleaning box of  claim 11  wherein said second pushed-down rotary cup cleaning device further comprises a cleaning brush section and a handle section, wherein said handle section is mounted vertically at said base top surface in said second compartment, and wherein when the interior bottom of said drinkware is pressed down, creating a pressure on top of said cleaning brush section, said second pushed-down cleaning brush is rotated in a first direction and said first pushed-down cleaning brush is rotated in a second direction when said pressure is decreased. 
     
     
         18 . A method of cleaning a drinkware, comprising:
 providing a first cleaning of the interior and exterior of said drinkware by pressing down the interior bottom of said drinkware to create a pressure on top of a vertically erected first cleaning brush;   causing said first cleaning brush to mechanically rotate in a first direction using said pressure;   decreasing said pressure and simultaneously causing said drinkware to rotate in a second direction opposite to said first direction;   providing a second cleaning of the interior and exterior of said drinkware by pressing the interior bottom of said drinkware to create a second pressure on top of a vertically erected second cleaning brush;   causing said second cleaning brush to mechanically rotate in said first direction and simultaneously ejecting an external source of cleaning liquid to the interior and exterior of said drinkware; and   decreasing said second pressure and simultaneously causing said drinkware to rotate in a second direction opposite to said first direction.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18  wherein causing said first cleaning brush to mechanically rotate in a first direction further comprises the steps of:
 cleaning the exterior of said drinkware using a plurality of bristles as said drinkware is rotating in said first direction and said second direction. 
 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18  wherein said causing said first cleaning brush to mechanically rotate in a first direction further comprises the step of ejecting a second cleaning liquid to the interior of said drinkware.