Domestic cleaning device

Claim 1

A domestic cleaning device for cleaning and polishing pots, pans, kitchen utensils, eating utensils, appliances, surfaces, and the like, said domestic cleaning device comprising a housing having a hole formed through one end thereof; an electric motor mounted in the housing and having a shaft extending through the hole thereof; an ON-OFF switch electrically connected between the motor and a source of electrical energy and extending out of the housing for manual operation thereof; a plurality of substantially disc-type cleaning and polishing members adapted to be individually removably affixable to the shaft outside the housing for rotation by the motor, said cleaning and polishing members including a steel wool pad, a natural hair pad, a wire bristle member, a silver polisher, a sponge, a shoe brush, and the like; a flexible cable having spaced opposite first and second ends, the first end having first coupling means for removably affixing it to the shaft and the second end having second coupling means for removably affixing it to a disc-type cleaning and polishing member; a handle extending from the housing at an end opposite that having the hole formed therethrough for providing a grip for a first hand of a user; a pistol grip handle pivotally mounted on the housing intermediate the ends thereof for providing a grip for a second hand of a user, said pistol grip handle having a pair of partly cylindrical members pivotally mounted on diametrically opposite ends of an axis through the housing and having a retracted position alongside said housing and an extended position; mounting means for releasably supporting said domestic cleaning device in substantially upright position; and a waterproof housing removably covering said mounting means and said device mounted on it with said cable extending from said mounting means whereby an item spaced from said mounting device is cleanable via said cable and a disc-type cleaning and polishing member removably affixed to said cable.