Universal washing aparatus for eyeglasses

Abstract

The present invention is directed towards a universal washing apparatus with water or cleaning liquid inside for eyeglasses, or sunglasses, and frame of any size or shape. A cleaning container with sealing cover and mounting structure is provided to securely retain the eyeglasses and fame in the container without leakage. The cleaning container is an open-top case, sealed with a cover having a sealing groove tightly fitting the open edges of the case. The sealing cover may be a separated from or attached to the open-top case, and may be further secured to the case with pairs of snap locking keys. An elastic cushion or band spring is on the inner side of the sealing cover to securely press and retain the eyeglasses on the mounting structure inside the case. In one embodiment, the mounting structure is a mounting bar between the two long walls of the open-top case, with shape matching the nose pads of eyeglasses so that the eyeglasses can stay on. In another embodiment, the mounting bar has a slot and pairs of positioning holes long the slot walls, so that two arch-shaped blocks with positioning key matching the positioning holes can stay securely in the slot and prevent the eyeglasses from moving.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A container for cleaning eyeglasses with water or cleaning liquid, composing:
 an open-top case, said open-top case having a mounting structure inside for the eyeglasses to rest on in an appropriate position in the open-top case;   a sealing cover, said sealing cover having a sealing groove to match the top edges of said open-top case and tightly seal the open-top case without leakage, and an elastic cushion on the inner side of the sealing cover to press the eyeglasses securely on to the mounting structure in the open-top case.   
     
     
         2 . A cleaning container according to  claim 1 , wherein said open-top case has one locking key on each outer surface of the four vertical walls of the open-top case, and said sealing cover has one locking lid attached on each edge of the sealing cover to match and lock to the four locking keys of the open-top case. 
     
     
         3 . A cleaning container according to  claim 1 , wherein said elastic cushion on the inner side of said sealing cover is replaced by a curved band spring installed into two sockets on the inner side of the sealing cover to press the eyeglasses on to the mounting structure when the sealing cover is closed on to said open-top case. 
     
     
         4 . A cleaning container according to claim wherein said mounting structure is a mounting bar between the two longer walls of said open-top case, and has an isosceles trapezoid shape in cross-section to match the nose-pads of eyeglasses so that the eyeglasses can rest on the mounting bar in a appropriate position in the open-top case. 
     
     
         5 . A cleaning container according to  claim 4 , wherein fine v-grooves are made on the surface of said mounting bar to prevent the mounted eyeglasses from moving. 
     
     
         6 . A cleaning container according to  claim 4 , wherein said mounting bar is lower in the central portion and higher at the two ends so as to prevent the eyeglasses mounted on the mounting bar from touching the ails of the said open-top case. 
     
     
         7 . A cleaning container according to  claim 4 , wherein said mounting structure is a mounting bar having a slot along the mounting bar with certain number of positioning holes in pairs through the two opposite walls of the slot, and a pair of elastic arch-shape blocks capable of being locked in appropriate positions along the slot by mating a pair of button-shape keys on the blocks to the corresponding positioning holes on the slot walls to prevent the eyeglasses mounted on the mounting bar between the two blocks from moving along the mounting bar. 
     
     
         8 . A cleaning container according to  claim 1 , wherein said sealing cover is attached to said open-top case at their mating edges via a thin connection, and seals the open-top case without leakage by snap-locking three locking lids, attached to the other three edges of the sealing cover via thin connections, to three corresponding locking keys on the walls of the open-top case. 
     
     
         9 . A cleaning container according to  claim 8 , wherein said elastic cushion on the inner side of said sealing cover is replaced by a curved band spring installed into two sockets on the inner side of the sealing cover to press the eyeglasses on to the mounting structure when the sealing cover is closed on to said open-top case. 
     
     
         10 . A cleaning container according to  claim 8 , wherein said mounting structure is a mounting bar between the two longer walls of said open-top case, and has an isosceles trapezoid shape in cross-section to match the nose-pads of eyeglasses so that the eyeglasses can rest on the mounting bar in a appropriate position in the open-top case. 
     
     
         11 . A cleaning container according to  claim 10 , wherein fine v-grooves are made on the surface of said mounting bar to prevent the mounted eyeglasses from moving. 
     
     
         12 . A cleaning container according to  claim 10 , wherein said mounting bar is lower in the central portion and higher at the two ends so as to prevent the eyeglasses mounted on the mounting bar from touching the walls of the said open-top case. 
     
     
         13 . A cleaning container according to  claim 10 , wherein said mounting structure is a mounting bar having a slot along the mounting bar with certain number of positioning holes in pairs through the two opposite walls of the slot, and a pair of elastic arch-shape blocks capable of being locked in appropriate positions along the slot by mating a pair of button-shape keys on the blocks to the corresponding positioning holes on the slot walls to prevent the eyeglasses mounted on the mounting bar between the two blocks from moving along the mounting bar.