Cleaning device for eyeglasses

Claim 1

A cleaning device for eyeglasses comprising: (a) an elongated, rigid tubular wall means defining a casing, the opposite top and bottom ends thereof being open, the interior thereof being unobstructed and the interior cross-sectional configuration thereof being substantially uniform between positions adjacent the top and bottom ends thereof; (b) removable cover means for closing said opposite top and bottom ends; (c) a guide member substantially conforming to the interior cross-sectional configuration of said casing and longitudinally slidable therein between upper and lower positions in said casing; (d) a projection extending rearwardly from said guide member; (e) two spaced resilient limbs extending forwardly from said guide member, the free ends of said limbs each including retainer means, said limbs being adapted to extend around the edge of a spectacle lens; (f) a spong-like wiper member replaceably mounted on each of said retainer means at the free end of the respective resilient limb; (g) conduit means extending through said projection, through said guide member and through each of said limbs and communicating with each of said sponge-like wipers; (h) a collapsible bag detachably secured to said rearwardly extending projection for containing a liquid cleaning agent; and (i) a pair of apertures in opposite sides of said tubular wall means in alignment with said collapsible bag when said guide member is positioned at said upper position in said casing, and resilient diaphragm means covering each of said apertures; (j) whereby when said guide member is at said lower position said limbs and wipers are contained within said casing, and when said guide member is in said upper position said limbs extend above said casing in an operative position, and in said latter position said resilient diaphragms may be pressed towards each other to compress opposite sides of said collapsible bag and cause said liquid cleaning agent to be fed through said conduit means to each of said sponge-like wipers when eyeglasses are being cleaned.