ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,923, issued on Jan. 13.

"Hair clipper cleaning device" was invented by Johansen Wilson (Meriden, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A maintenance device for maintaining a hair clipper includes a housing that has a shell that defines an interior area. One or more ports extend through the shell and into the interior area. The maintenance device includes a cleaning station disposed in the interior area and accessible via the port. The cleaning station is configured to remove hair fragments from the hair clipper. The maintenance device includes an applicator station disposed in the interior area and accessible via another port. The app...