CA2039268A1 - Holder for supporting a squeegee and sqeegee assembly employing same - Google Patents
Holder for supporting a squeegee and sqeegee assembly employing sameInfo
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- CA2039268A1 CA2039268A1 CA 2039268 CA2039268A CA2039268A1 CA 2039268 A1 CA2039268 A1 CA 2039268A1 CA 2039268 CA2039268 CA 2039268 CA 2039268 A CA2039268 A CA 2039268A CA 2039268 A1 CA2039268 A1 CA 2039268A1
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- holder
- plate
- squeegee
- upper face
- assembly
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
- A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
- A47L13/11—Squeegees
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- Cleaning Implements For Floors, Carpets, Furniture, Walls, And The Like (AREA)
- Installation Of Indoor Wiring (AREA)
Abstract
IN THE C A N A D I A N PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE
PATENT APPLICATION
entitled: Holder for supporting a squeegee and squeegee assembly employing same in the names of: Jean-Jacques POURTAU
Abel THIRIET
Thierry POURTAU
assignee : TOMECANIC
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
This invention relates to a holder for supporting a squeegee, wherein: a) the holder comprises a front plate and a rear plate, distinct from each other;
b) the front plate comprises a rib for clamping a cleaning strip, provided with perforations for passage of assembly members, and an upper face intended to overlap the upper edge of the cleaning strip; c) the rear plate comprises a rib for clamping the clea-ning strip, provided with perforations for passage of assembly members, and an upper face intended to complete the overlapping of the upper edge of the cleaning strip; d) each front and rear plate supports a half-sleeve, the two half-sleeves reconstituting, after assembly of the holder, a sleeve for fixing a handle.
One application of the invention is the economical production of a squeegee for cleaning floors.
PATENT APPLICATION
entitled: Holder for supporting a squeegee and squeegee assembly employing same in the names of: Jean-Jacques POURTAU
Abel THIRIET
Thierry POURTAU
assignee : TOMECANIC
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
This invention relates to a holder for supporting a squeegee, wherein: a) the holder comprises a front plate and a rear plate, distinct from each other;
b) the front plate comprises a rib for clamping a cleaning strip, provided with perforations for passage of assembly members, and an upper face intended to overlap the upper edge of the cleaning strip; c) the rear plate comprises a rib for clamping the clea-ning strip, provided with perforations for passage of assembly members, and an upper face intended to complete the overlapping of the upper edge of the cleaning strip; d) each front and rear plate supports a half-sleeve, the two half-sleeves reconstituting, after assembly of the holder, a sleeve for fixing a handle.
One application of the invention is the economical production of a squeegee for cleaning floors.
Description
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a holder made of metal or rigid plastics material, producing a squeegee, particularly for spreading a liquid or a powder, for rubbing and sponging over a hard floor.
BACKGROUND OF THE INV~NTION
In this domain, several devices responding to these functions exist at the present time. For example squeegees, principally constituted by a metal or rigid plastic holder having an upturned U section with a universal sleeve for fixing a conventional handle and a foam rubber strip fitting in the rigid upturned U section, which strip of foam is maintained by a rigid counter-profile fixed to the bottom of the groove of the upturned U.
This type of holder thus presents an assembly of constituent parts that may vary from five to three at a minimum which must be assembled by rivetting or by welding, and, in addition, allows only one foam rubber strip to be fixed.
Another type of holder is composed of at least three parts assembled by rivetting or welding, but does not present any upturned U sections. This holder comprises, on the one hand, a half-holder with a reinforcing shoulder serving as support for fixing to the universal sleeve, and, on the other hand, a counter half-holder fixed parallel to the first half-ho].der, clamping and maintaining one or more strips of foam or hard rubber.
Such existing holders lead to expensive finished products and their applications are limited, as either they are constituted by at least three parts which have to be assembled, or they are limited in the number of rubber strips which may be fixed.
In order to reduce the number of parts to be -2 ~3~
assembled, whilst allowing several rubber strips to be fixed, the invention proposes a holder composed of only two ribbed and shaped parts, on which may be fixed a plurality of rubber strips and possibly one or more complementary accessories.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention therefore firstly relates to a holder for supporting a squeegee, particularly for cleaning floors, comprising a front plate and a rear plate, which are distinct from each other.
According to the invention, this holder presents the following features: a) the front plate comprises a rib for clamping at least one cleaning strip which is provided with perforations for passage of assembly members, such as rivets, and an upper face intended to overlap, at least partially, the or each upper edge of the or each cleaning strip; b~ the rear plate comprises a rib for clamping said at least one cleaning strip, which is provided with perforations for passage of said assembly members, and an upper face intended to complete the overlapping of the or each upper edge of the cleaning strips and extending to that end parallel to the upper face of the front plate, with at least partial overlapping of one of said upper faces by the other upper face; c) each front and rear plate supports a halE-sleeve, these two half-sleeves constituting, after assembly by assembly members which cooperate with said perforations, a sleeve for fixing a handle.
~he following advantageous arrangements are, in addition, preferably adopted:
- the half-sleeve supported by one of the front and rear plates constitutes a monobloc assembly with said plate;
~5 - each half-sleeve, and the plate which corres--3- ~ ~3 ponds thereto, are preferably formed from one single initial piece;
- the bottom of the clamping rib of each plate forms an angle substantially equal to 90 with the upper face of said plate, whilst the width of said upper face is greater than the depth of the clamping rib.
The invention also relates to a squeegee assembly employing a holder as defined hereinbefore, and which 70 comprises at least two rubber strips clamped between the ribs of the two plates.
A complementary accessory, such as a scraper blade, is advantageously and preferably fixed on the holder by means of said members for assembling the front and rear plates.
The principal advantage of the invention resides in economically producing squeegees which present a satisfactory resistance.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will be more readily understood on reading the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a section through the front plate.
Figure 2 is a section through the rear plate.
Figure 3 is a view in perspective oE an embodiment according to the invention, before final assembly.
Figure ~ is a view in perspective of an embodiment according to the invention, after final assembly, including the fixing of a complementary accessory.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Referring now to the drawings, the holder shown therein comprises two distinct plates: a front plate 10 and a rear plate 11. Each plate 10, 11 is provided with a half-sleeve 101, 111 which is monobloc with the corresponding plate. In particular, it is advanta-4 ;~3~3~68 geous to form the plate 10, 11 and the half-sleeve 101, 111 which corresponds thereto, from a single initial plece, for example by stamping.
The front plate 10 (Figure 1) comprises:
a) a lon~itudinal ribbing lOB, of which the vertical rib bottom (lOB) and the horizontal face lOA of the top of the plate, form an angle of 90;
b) the width LlOA of the horizontal face lOA
is greater than the horizontal depth PlOB of the rib lOB;
c) a half-sleeve 101, of a sleeve for fixing a handle, forms an integral part of the front plate 10 and is monobloc with and made of the same material as the ribbed and perforated longitudinal part, thus forming the whole of the front plate 10.
The rear plate 11 (Figure 2) comprises:
a) a longitudinal ribbing llB, of which the vertical rib bottom (llB) and the face llA of the top of the rear plate 11 form an angle of 90;
b) the width LllA of the horizontal face llA
is greater than the horizontal depth PllB of the rib llB;
c) a half-sleeve 111, of a sleeve for fixing a handle, forms an integral part of the rear plate 11 and is monobloc with and made of the same material as the ribbed and perforated longi.tudinal part, thus forming -the whole of the rear plate 11.
~ ssembly according to the invention is represented in Figure 3, in which the plates 10 and 11 are placed respectively in front of and behind two strips of rubber 12 and 13, these four pieces being assembled in one rivetting operation by rivets 19 passing through perforations 14 made in the bottom of the ribs lOB
and llB. In this way, a squeegee assembly may be produced, adapted, in particular, for cleaning floors~
;~39~i8 With this assembly, it is possible, and advanta-geous, to be able to fix together one or more strips of ruhber, ox other materials, whilst effecting fixa-tion of plates 10 and 11, thus formin~ the whole c of the holder according to the invention.
~ igure 4 shows the final assembly with, according to one possibility of the invention, the fixation of a complementary accessory 15, constituted in the example shown by a scraper made of semi-supple or rigid plastics material, said complementary accessory 15 being fixed by the rivets l9 themselves, simulta-neously with plates lO and ll and the strips of rubber 12 and 13.
Figure 4 also shows the final position of the two half-sleeves 101 and lll, of which the assembly forms the socket for fixing a handle. The handle is fixed, in conventional manner, by tightening wing nut 17 on screw 16, thus clamping the two half-sleeves 101 and 111, themselves already fixed together on the opposite side by a rivet 18.
In the embodiment of Figure ~, a characteristic of the invention is repres~nted by the particular arrangement of the horizontal faces lOA and llA, whereby, after :Einal assembly, horizontal face lOA
is superposed on horizontal face llA and may slide thereon, so as to adapt itself to the variable thick-ness of the one or more strips of rubber or other materials.
The invention is not limited to the embodiments described, but, on the cont.rary, covers all the va-riants which may be made thereto without departing from the scope nor spi.rit thereof.
In particular, the complementary accessors~ 15 and the strips 12 and 13 may be of any material appro-priate for a particular, determined use, and be made,for example, of rubber, of solid or cellular synthetic -6 ~ 32~i~
materials, of supple, semi-xigid plastics matexials, of fabrics, steel, etc...
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a holder made of metal or rigid plastics material, producing a squeegee, particularly for spreading a liquid or a powder, for rubbing and sponging over a hard floor.
BACKGROUND OF THE INV~NTION
In this domain, several devices responding to these functions exist at the present time. For example squeegees, principally constituted by a metal or rigid plastic holder having an upturned U section with a universal sleeve for fixing a conventional handle and a foam rubber strip fitting in the rigid upturned U section, which strip of foam is maintained by a rigid counter-profile fixed to the bottom of the groove of the upturned U.
This type of holder thus presents an assembly of constituent parts that may vary from five to three at a minimum which must be assembled by rivetting or by welding, and, in addition, allows only one foam rubber strip to be fixed.
Another type of holder is composed of at least three parts assembled by rivetting or welding, but does not present any upturned U sections. This holder comprises, on the one hand, a half-holder with a reinforcing shoulder serving as support for fixing to the universal sleeve, and, on the other hand, a counter half-holder fixed parallel to the first half-ho].der, clamping and maintaining one or more strips of foam or hard rubber.
Such existing holders lead to expensive finished products and their applications are limited, as either they are constituted by at least three parts which have to be assembled, or they are limited in the number of rubber strips which may be fixed.
In order to reduce the number of parts to be -2 ~3~
assembled, whilst allowing several rubber strips to be fixed, the invention proposes a holder composed of only two ribbed and shaped parts, on which may be fixed a plurality of rubber strips and possibly one or more complementary accessories.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention therefore firstly relates to a holder for supporting a squeegee, particularly for cleaning floors, comprising a front plate and a rear plate, which are distinct from each other.
According to the invention, this holder presents the following features: a) the front plate comprises a rib for clamping at least one cleaning strip which is provided with perforations for passage of assembly members, such as rivets, and an upper face intended to overlap, at least partially, the or each upper edge of the or each cleaning strip; b~ the rear plate comprises a rib for clamping said at least one cleaning strip, which is provided with perforations for passage of said assembly members, and an upper face intended to complete the overlapping of the or each upper edge of the cleaning strips and extending to that end parallel to the upper face of the front plate, with at least partial overlapping of one of said upper faces by the other upper face; c) each front and rear plate supports a halE-sleeve, these two half-sleeves constituting, after assembly by assembly members which cooperate with said perforations, a sleeve for fixing a handle.
~he following advantageous arrangements are, in addition, preferably adopted:
- the half-sleeve supported by one of the front and rear plates constitutes a monobloc assembly with said plate;
~5 - each half-sleeve, and the plate which corres--3- ~ ~3 ponds thereto, are preferably formed from one single initial piece;
- the bottom of the clamping rib of each plate forms an angle substantially equal to 90 with the upper face of said plate, whilst the width of said upper face is greater than the depth of the clamping rib.
The invention also relates to a squeegee assembly employing a holder as defined hereinbefore, and which 70 comprises at least two rubber strips clamped between the ribs of the two plates.
A complementary accessory, such as a scraper blade, is advantageously and preferably fixed on the holder by means of said members for assembling the front and rear plates.
The principal advantage of the invention resides in economically producing squeegees which present a satisfactory resistance.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will be more readily understood on reading the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a section through the front plate.
Figure 2 is a section through the rear plate.
Figure 3 is a view in perspective oE an embodiment according to the invention, before final assembly.
Figure ~ is a view in perspective of an embodiment according to the invention, after final assembly, including the fixing of a complementary accessory.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Referring now to the drawings, the holder shown therein comprises two distinct plates: a front plate 10 and a rear plate 11. Each plate 10, 11 is provided with a half-sleeve 101, 111 which is monobloc with the corresponding plate. In particular, it is advanta-4 ;~3~3~68 geous to form the plate 10, 11 and the half-sleeve 101, 111 which corresponds thereto, from a single initial plece, for example by stamping.
The front plate 10 (Figure 1) comprises:
a) a lon~itudinal ribbing lOB, of which the vertical rib bottom (lOB) and the horizontal face lOA of the top of the plate, form an angle of 90;
b) the width LlOA of the horizontal face lOA
is greater than the horizontal depth PlOB of the rib lOB;
c) a half-sleeve 101, of a sleeve for fixing a handle, forms an integral part of the front plate 10 and is monobloc with and made of the same material as the ribbed and perforated longitudinal part, thus forming the whole of the front plate 10.
The rear plate 11 (Figure 2) comprises:
a) a longitudinal ribbing llB, of which the vertical rib bottom (llB) and the face llA of the top of the rear plate 11 form an angle of 90;
b) the width LllA of the horizontal face llA
is greater than the horizontal depth PllB of the rib llB;
c) a half-sleeve 111, of a sleeve for fixing a handle, forms an integral part of the rear plate 11 and is monobloc with and made of the same material as the ribbed and perforated longi.tudinal part, thus forming -the whole of the rear plate 11.
~ ssembly according to the invention is represented in Figure 3, in which the plates 10 and 11 are placed respectively in front of and behind two strips of rubber 12 and 13, these four pieces being assembled in one rivetting operation by rivets 19 passing through perforations 14 made in the bottom of the ribs lOB
and llB. In this way, a squeegee assembly may be produced, adapted, in particular, for cleaning floors~
;~39~i8 With this assembly, it is possible, and advanta-geous, to be able to fix together one or more strips of ruhber, ox other materials, whilst effecting fixa-tion of plates 10 and 11, thus formin~ the whole c of the holder according to the invention.
~ igure 4 shows the final assembly with, according to one possibility of the invention, the fixation of a complementary accessory 15, constituted in the example shown by a scraper made of semi-supple or rigid plastics material, said complementary accessory 15 being fixed by the rivets l9 themselves, simulta-neously with plates lO and ll and the strips of rubber 12 and 13.
Figure 4 also shows the final position of the two half-sleeves 101 and lll, of which the assembly forms the socket for fixing a handle. The handle is fixed, in conventional manner, by tightening wing nut 17 on screw 16, thus clamping the two half-sleeves 101 and 111, themselves already fixed together on the opposite side by a rivet 18.
In the embodiment of Figure ~, a characteristic of the invention is repres~nted by the particular arrangement of the horizontal faces lOA and llA, whereby, after :Einal assembly, horizontal face lOA
is superposed on horizontal face llA and may slide thereon, so as to adapt itself to the variable thick-ness of the one or more strips of rubber or other materials.
The invention is not limited to the embodiments described, but, on the cont.rary, covers all the va-riants which may be made thereto without departing from the scope nor spi.rit thereof.
In particular, the complementary accessors~ 15 and the strips 12 and 13 may be of any material appro-priate for a particular, determined use, and be made,for example, of rubber, of solid or cellular synthetic -6 ~ 32~i~
materials, of supple, semi-xigid plastics matexials, of fabrics, steel, etc...
Claims (10)
1. In a holder for supporting a squeegee, particular-ly for cleaning floors, comprising a front plate and a rear plate, distinct from each other, a) the front plate comprises a rib for clamping at least one cleaning strip, which is provided with perforations for passage of assembly members, such as rivets, and an upper face intended to overlap, at least partially, the or each upper edge of the or each cleaning strip;
b) the rear plate comprises a rib for clamping said at least one cleaning strip, which is provided with perforations for passage of assembly members, and an upper face intended to complete the overlapping of the or each upper edge of the cleaning strips and extending to that end parallel to the upper face of the front plate, with at least partial overlapping of one of said upper faces by the other upper face;
c) each front and rear plate supports a half-sleeve, these two half-sleeves constituting, after assembly by assembly members which cooperate with said perforations, a sleeve for fixing a handle.
b) the rear plate comprises a rib for clamping said at least one cleaning strip, which is provided with perforations for passage of assembly members, and an upper face intended to complete the overlapping of the or each upper edge of the cleaning strips and extending to that end parallel to the upper face of the front plate, with at least partial overlapping of one of said upper faces by the other upper face;
c) each front and rear plate supports a half-sleeve, these two half-sleeves constituting, after assembly by assembly members which cooperate with said perforations, a sleeve for fixing a handle.
2. Squeegee assembly employing the holder of Claim 1, wherein a complementary accessory, such as a scraper blade, is fixed on the holder by means of said means for assembling the front and rear plates.
3. The holder of Claim 1, wherein the bottom of the clamping rib of each plate forms an angle substantially equal to 90° with the upper face of said plate, whilst the width of said upper face is greater than the depth of the clamping rib.
4. Squeegee assembly employing the holder of Claim 3, wherein a complementary accessory, such as a scraper blade, is fixed on the holder by means of said members for assembling the front and rear plates.
5. Squeegee assembly employing the holder of Claim 1, wherein it comprises at least two strips of rubber clamped between the ribs of the two plates.
6. The holder of Claim 1, wherein the half-sleeve supported by one of the front and rear plates consti-tutes a monobloc assembly with said plate.
7. The holder of Claim 6, wherein each half-sleeve, and the plate which corresponds thereto, are formed from one sole initial piece.
8. Squeegee assembly employing the holder of Claim 6, wherein a complementary accessory, such as a scraper blade, is fixed on the holder by means of said members for assembling the front and rear plates.
9. The holder of Claim 1, wherein the bottom of the clamping rib of each plate forms an angle substan-tially equal to 90° with the upper face of said plate, whilst the width of said upper face is greater than the depth of the clamping rib.
10. Squeegee assembly employing the holder of Claim 9, wherein a complementary accessory, such as a scraper blade, is fixed on the holder by means of said means for assembling the front and rear plates.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR9004114A FR2660181B1 (en) | 1990-03-30 | 1990-03-30 | SUPPORT FRAME OF A FLOOR CLEANING SQUEEGEE AND SQUEEGEE ASSEMBLIES USING THE SAME. |
| FR9004114 | 1990-03-30 |
Publications (1)
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|---|---|
| CA2039268A1 true CA2039268A1 (en) | 1991-10-01 |
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| CA 2039268 Abandoned CA2039268A1 (en) | 1990-03-30 | 1991-03-27 | Holder for supporting a squeegee and sqeegee assembly employing same |
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| EP (1) | EP0451027B1 (en) |
| CA (1) | CA2039268A1 (en) |
| DE (1) | DE69100822T2 (en) |
| FR (1) | FR2660181B1 (en) |
| PT (1) | PT97145A (en) |
Families Citing this family (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5502857A (en) * | 1994-05-02 | 1996-04-02 | Jubinville; Gisele Y. | Scraper device for a broom |
| FR2790378B1 (en) * | 1999-03-01 | 2002-04-19 | Vidrequin Sa | CLEANING SQUEEGEE |
| CA3044479C (en) * | 2015-12-08 | 2023-10-03 | Pro Paint Gear Inc. | Floor squeegee |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US2261475A (en) * | 1939-08-26 | 1941-11-04 | William E Kautenberg | Squeegee |
| US2278208A (en) * | 1940-08-31 | 1942-03-31 | George F Minnis | Squeegee |
| US3766591A (en) * | 1966-07-08 | 1973-10-23 | F Soito | Squeegee implement |
| US4094036A (en) * | 1975-12-13 | 1978-06-13 | Heinrich Karpp | Floor cleaning device |
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1990
- 1990-03-30 FR FR9004114A patent/FR2660181B1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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1991
- 1991-03-26 PT PT9714591A patent/PT97145A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1991-03-27 CA CA 2039268 patent/CA2039268A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 1991-03-28 DE DE1991600822 patent/DE69100822T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1991-03-28 EP EP19910400836 patent/EP0451027B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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| PT97145A (en) | 1993-04-30 |
| EP0451027A1 (en) | 1991-10-09 |
| FR2660181A1 (en) | 1991-10-04 |
| EP0451027B1 (en) | 1993-12-22 |
| FR2660181B1 (en) | 1994-10-14 |
| DE69100822T2 (en) | 1994-05-05 |
| DE69100822D1 (en) | 1994-02-03 |
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