EXPAND THE SCHOOLS AND BANKS AND REALLY ANYWHERE YOU NEED TO PICK UP A PEN.
>> YOU HEAR THE CLICKING
RELOCKED BACK IN.
>> IT IS SO EASY.
WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE THE
BRAINS BEHIND THE CLEAN BLOCK
WITH US.
JOINING US NOW TODD ROBERTS OF
COURSE.
THE CLEAN BLOCK INVENTOR.
SO FIRST I HAVE TO ASK YOU,
TODD, ABOUT YOUR DRIVE AND YOUR
COMMUTE FROM ST. CLOUD.
THAT IS HELPED YOU A LITTLE BIT
IN THE WHEELS TURNING HIGHER
MAKING THESE INVENTIONS.
>> MANY PEOPLE DO NOT REALLY
APPRECIATE THE TRAFFIC BUT WHEN
I GOT STUCK IN TRAFFIC I USED
THE TIME TO HELP REFINE AND FIX
LITTLE THINGS AND LITTLE POINTS
HERE AND THERE.
>> SO WE COULD ALL APPRECIATE
THE TRAFFIC FOR THAT.
BUT YOU DID A LOT OF THIS
BUILDING IN YOUR OWN GARAGE.
>> I DID.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT WITH
THE IDEA HIT ME I WENT TO MY
GARAGE AND STARTED BUILDING
BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING LIKE
IT OUT THERE.
IN THE FIRST RENDITIONS DID NOT
TURN OUT WELL.
A CONCEPT WAS THERE.
>> WE WERE PLAYING WITHIN A FEW
SECONDS AGO.
IT COMES OUT DRY.
>> YES.
>> IT HAS LIKE A SQUEEGEE ON
BOTH SIDES.
DID YOU COME UP WITH ONE
PROTOTYPE AND JUST ADDED MORE
BELLS AND WHISTLES?
>> I CAME UP WITH THE IDEA BUT
I WANTED AND KNEW WHAT I WANTED
ON THE END PRODUCT.
BETWEEN ME AND MY FAMILY BE
WORKED OUT A WAY TO GET THIS TO
WORK RIGHT.
WE REALLY NEEDED IT TO HAVE A
SQUEEGEE AT THE END.
>> AND IT SMELLS GOOD TOO.
>> IT SMELLS FANTASTIC.
>> IT DOES.
>> WHAT IS THE PLAN AND WHEN
WILL WE START SEEING IS BECAUSE
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ONE OF
THESE ON SAY THE MACHINE AT
CHECKOUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO SIGN
FOR YOUR CREDIT CARD SWIPE OR
AT THE PHARMACY AND I’M GOING
TO THE DRIVE-THROUGH OR
WHATEVER GETTING A PRESCRIPTION
AND I KNOW SOMEBODY ELSE CAME
THROUGH WITH HER COOTIES.
[LAUGHTER] I DON’T WANT TO SIGN
BUT I HAVE TO SIGN AND I DON’T
WANT TO TOUCH THAT PEN.
>> WE ARE HOPING TO GET IT OUT
THERE.
AS OF JANUARY 2020 WE HAVE
BEGUN SELLING.
AND IT IS SPORADIC WORK FROM
CALIFORNIA TO PENNSYLVANIA TO
FLORIDA.
SO IT IS EVERYWHERE AND WE ARE
HOPING PEOPLE JUST GO AND
PURCHASE IT WHEN THEY NEEDED,
EACH BUSINESS.
>> NEED PEOPLE TO SEE IT.
AND MICHAEL SCHMIDT ARE HELPING
TO MAKE SURE THIS GETS
DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT ORLANDO
HEALTH.
>> TODD AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON THIS FOR A YEAR AND 1/2,
CLOSE TO TWO YEARS NOW.
MY ROLE IS TO REALLY HELP
ORLANDO HEALTH TEAM MEMBERS
PROTOTYPE AND TEST AND MAKE
SURE YOU’RE TACKLING THIS THE
RIGHT WAY.
AND NOW IT IS FOR SALE ONLINE
WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
EVERYBODY THAT WE TALKED TO
SAID IT’S BRILLIANT AND THEY’VE
NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT PENS BUT
NOW THEY WON’T THINK ABOUT THEM
THE SAME WAY.
THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE GERMS ON
THEM AND AS A HOSPITAL SYSTEM
WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE WANT TO REDUCE EVERY CAN
ABOUT GERMS PUTTING THIS MAKES
A LOT OF SENSE.
>> WE ALWAYS HAVE THESE STORIES
THAT SAYS WHAT IS MORE DIRTY
THAN YOUR TOILET?
NORMALLY IT IS THINGS LIKE YOUR
PHONE OR A PEN OR REMOTE
CONTROL WHERE YOU DON’T THINK
ABOUT CLEANING WHERE THE
BATHROOM GETS CLEANED ALL THE
TIME.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
SCHOOLS, IF YOU REMEMBER
STANDING IN LINE FOR THE PENCIL
SHARPENER.
THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE NEXT
WAVE.
>> AND I TOLD MY WIFE ABOUT IT
SHE SAID WE ARE BUYING TWO FOR
YOUR KIDS SCHOOLS.
I’M YOUR FIRST CUSTOMER AND
THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED.
>> IT IS SO FUN BECAUSE KIDS
WOULD EMBRACE THIS BECAUSE IT
IS SO EASY TO USE.
>> THAT IS WHAT I’M HOPING FOR
AND THAT WAS THE REASON BEHIND
BEING TRANSPARENT SO PEOPLE CAN
MANUFACTURED HERE IN FLORIDA.
>> YES THAT IS IMPORTANT TO
YOU, RIGHT?
>> WITHIN THE USA AND LOCALLY
WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
>> AND YOU ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL.
THE JAIL IS SPECIAL BECAUSE
IT’S HIGHLY CONCENTRATED.
>> YES THE JEALOUS 70 PERCENT
ETHANOL AND THE VISCOSITY IS
JUST THE RIGHT THICKNESS NEEDS
TO BE SO DOES NOT LEAK AND IS
MADE HERE IN TOWN FDA APPROVED.
>> HOW MANY PEN SWEEPS TO HAVE
ONE OF THOSE BOXES.
>> LOOKING AT ROUGHLY 1400
SWIPES PER BLOCK WHICH WOULD
EQUATE IT TO WHAT THEY DO NOW.
WHEN THEY PUT ON A GLOVE AND
WIPE IT DOWN.
SO BASICALLY THIS WILL COME OUT
FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
>> YES.
>> CLEAN BLOCK.COM.