EP0576403A1 - Flächen- und Bodenreinigungsgerät - Google Patents

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EP0576403A1
EP0576403A1 EP93830194A EP93830194A EP0576403A1 EP 0576403 A1 EP0576403 A1 EP 0576403A1 EP 93830194 A EP93830194 A EP 93830194A EP 93830194 A EP93830194 A EP 93830194A EP 0576403 A1 EP0576403 A1 EP 0576403A1
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cleaning
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reinforcing element
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Loris Meliconi
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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
    • A47L13/20—Mops
    • A47L13/24—Frames for mops; Mop heads

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  • the invention relates to an implement, more precisely a brush preferably usable with a handle, for the cleaning of floors and/or other surfaces for example walls, panels and the like, constituted by a body of substantially flat shape made from an elastomer material, thus flexible at least according to its lie plane, exhibiting at least one cleaning edge constituted by a strip of spongey elastomer material which is elastically deformable by compression.
  • the most used type of brush embraced in the prior art is constituted by a cleaning body made with filiform fibres, natural or synthetic, collected in bunches and fixed on wooden or plastic supports equipped with means for their attachment to a handle.
  • the prior art embraces other types of brush in which the fibres of the brush have been substituted by elements made of spongey rubber or like materials.
  • cleaning bodies exhibiting spongey rubber elements or like materials, although they eliminate some of the drawbacks relative to filiform fibres, present other drawbacks relative to the correct transmission of the force applied to the handle for the brushing: indeed, the spongey rubber cleaning element relaxes excessively on flexion and does not allow effective mechanical cleaning operations to be made.
  • the invention is constituted by a body having a substantially flat shape, made in an elastomer meterial, or in a polymer material, or an elastomer copolymer material, therefore relatively flexible at least according to its lie plane, exhibiting at least one cleaning edge constituted by a strip of elastomer material of the spongey type which is elastically deformable by compression, and in which the body of the implement is equipped with a seating for either its direct connection, or its connection by means of coupling, to a handle, and the said body and cleaning edge realise a structure having relative differentiated deformability.
  • a resistant reinforcing element having means for its connection to a handle and having the task, among others, of permitting a good transmission and distribution of the force exerted on the handle over the entire cleaning edge.
  • a correct and homogeneous transmission of the force applied on the handle to the cleaning edge enables the said cleaning edge to kiss perfectly, over the tract on which it leans, the profile of the surfaces to be cleaned, also following the shape of any eventual deviations from flatness, such as for example the fugue lines between the tiles of a flooring, with optimal drawing of the dirt (in particular dust and various fragments) with which it comes into contact.
  • This effect depends also on the compression-deformability and the characteristics of the cleaning edge, and the relative flexion of the body of the brush, which avoid the pushing ahead of the dirt and thus its dispersion into the atmosphere.
  • the implement is substantially constituted by a body 1, preferably monolithic, press-formed in an elastomer material, preferably polyeurethane, and having a shape which is substantially flat and shaped so as to form the body of a brush.
  • a body 1 preferably monolithic, press-formed in an elastomer material, preferably polyeurethane, and having a shape which is substantially flat and shaped so as to form the body of a brush.
  • a cleaning edge 7 is fixed, which cleaning edge 7 is destined to come into contact with the surface to be cleaned, and which is constituted by a strip of elastomer material of the spongey type and in any case elastically deformable by compression.
  • the fixing of the cleaning edge 7 to the body 1 is preferably obtained during the press-forming phase of the body 1 itself, by positioning the cleaning edge 7, already preformed, internally to the press and exploiting the unifying chemical and mechanical reactions of the polyeurethane during the pressing phase.
  • the fixing of the cleaning edge 7 to the body 1 could be effected using the above-mentioned technique or by using mastics or glues of known type and easily available on the market.
  • the body 1 can be equipped, in an opposite position to the cleaning edge 7, with a seating (not illustrated) for its direct connection to the handle 4.
  • a sleeve 3 can be housed internally to the said housing, the said sleeve 3 being of resistant material to permit the said connection of the handle.
  • the said sleeve 3 can be built into the body 1 during the pressing phase of the said body 1.
  • a reinforcing element 2 is associated to the body 1 of the implement during the said pressing phase, which reinforcing element 2 is substantially flat, completely incorporated into the body 1 and equipped with a sleeve 3, accessible from the outside, suitable to receive one of the ends of a handle 4.
  • the connection of the handle 4 can be made through screwing, clutch coupling or pressure.
  • the reinforcing element 2 extends internally to the body 1 of the implement starting from the attachment zone of the handle up to a a zone close to the said cleaning edge 7, and has a substantially reticular structure with a relatively small breadth.
  • the said structure apart from guaranteeing the firm connection of the reinforcing element 2 to the body 1, enhances transmission to the cleaning edge 7 of the force exerted by the user on the handle, causing the said cleaning edge 7 to interact with the surface to be cleaned with optimal collection and drawing of the dirt.
  • the reinforcing element 2 guarantees a better reaction to the force imparted to the handle and a better transmission of the said force if made in polypropylene.
  • the cleaning edge 7 can be made in a polyeurethane with a density (UNI 6349) ranging from 16 to 110 kg/m3, preferably 55kg/mg3, with the following mechanical characteristics;
  • the body 1 of the implement exhibits two through-holes 5 for the introduction of screws or rivets 6 to connect two plates 8 and 9 together with the interpositioning of the superior part of the body 1 between the said plates 8; in this case the reinforcing element 2 exhibits a substantially laminar structure, at least in its portion which is destined to be gripped between the said plates 8 and 9; one of the plates 9 is equipped with the said sleeve 3 for the connection of the handle 4.
  • the body 1 exhibits a groove 15 open at the opposite end to the cleaning edge 7, internally to which groove 15 the reinforcing element 2 can be introduced; both the reinforcing element 2 and the body 1 exhibit holes 16 for the passage of screws or rivets 18 which act on plates 17 gripping the said body 1 about the reinforcing element 2.
  • the reinforcing element 2 exhibits a substantially laminar structure, at least in its portion destined to be gripped between the said plates 17.
  • the reinforcing element 2 fixture can be effected using mastics or glues, or ultrasonic welding.
  • the connection between the handle 4 and the body 1 of the implement is made by means of a fork 10 associable to the handle 4 by means of a collar 14.
  • the tines of the fork 10 exhibit coaxial through holes 11 which can be crossed by a pivot 12 which passes also through a hole 13 present in the body 1.
  • the body 1 can exhibit, on the part destined to receive the handle, a tubular extension in which the part of the handle close to the connection zone with the support element can be housed, in such a way a to protect furniture from impacts with the implement.
  • the seating in the body 1, or afforded by the reinforcing element 2 for the connection of the handle 4 to the body 1 could be inclined with respect to the cleaning edge 7 to permit of better utilising the implement.
  • the material used for making the cleaning edge 7 could be of the closed-cell or the open-cell type. By using an open-cell type, traces of liquid on the surface to be cleaned can be absorbed, thus improving the final result.
  • connection between the body 1 and the cleaning edge 7 could be made using joint coupling means as illustrated in figure 12 of the drawings.
  • a first piece 20 can be made solid to the cleaning edge 7
  • a second piece 21, joint-couplable with the first shape 20 can be made solid to the base of the body 1.
  • the cleaning edge 7 can easiliy be substituted when worn or in any case when necessary.
  • they could be blocked by using, for example, closing stops pressure-forced internally to their ends.
EP93830194A 1992-06-23 1993-05-07 Flächen- und Bodenreinigungsgerät Ceased EP0576403A1 (de)

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ITBO920136U 1992-06-23
IT92BO000136U IT227893Y1 (it) 1992-06-23 1992-06-23 Arnese per la pulizia di pavimenti e/o altre superfici

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Cited By (5)

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WO1995004493A1 (en) * 1993-08-04 1995-02-16 Meliconi S.P.A. A tool for cleaning surfaces
DE29502602U1 (de) * 1995-02-17 1995-04-06 Coronet Werke Gmbh Reinigungsvorrichtung
USD379699S (en) 1995-08-30 1997-06-03 Sportsbroom Ltd. Foam broom
US6306960B1 (en) 1998-05-13 2001-10-23 Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc. Articles formed from foamable polypropylene polymer
US7776431B2 (en) * 2006-02-03 2010-08-17 Derin Holzapfel & Co. Grundbesitz Und Beteiligungs Kg Plastic planar structure comprising a foamed upper layer

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US1612531A (en) * 1923-08-06 1926-12-28 Peed John Thomas Hand sweeper
CH214575A (de) * 1940-07-18 1941-05-15 Blonsky Siegfried Gerät zur Wohnungsreinigung.
US2735129A (en) * 1956-02-21 Sponge rubber broom
GB813668A (en) * 1957-07-17 1959-05-21 Josef Blum Improvements in or relating to cleaning devices
US2915768A (en) * 1956-11-19 1959-12-08 Ralph S Hall Broom having mounting member for a detachable brush element
US2975454A (en) * 1957-10-08 1961-03-21 George S Leiner & Co Cleaning implement formed of sponge rubber or the like
US4386443A (en) * 1981-02-17 1983-06-07 Perfex Corporation Floor squeegee structure
US4553282A (en) * 1985-01-15 1985-11-19 Libman Broom Company Mop head
CH678343A5 (en) * 1988-12-09 1991-08-30 Friedrich Erny Ground sweeper with elongated wiper - which is strip-shaped and of rubber-elastic foam with open pores

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2735129A (en) * 1956-02-21 Sponge rubber broom
US1612531A (en) * 1923-08-06 1926-12-28 Peed John Thomas Hand sweeper
CH214575A (de) * 1940-07-18 1941-05-15 Blonsky Siegfried Gerät zur Wohnungsreinigung.
US2915768A (en) * 1956-11-19 1959-12-08 Ralph S Hall Broom having mounting member for a detachable brush element
GB813668A (en) * 1957-07-17 1959-05-21 Josef Blum Improvements in or relating to cleaning devices
US2975454A (en) * 1957-10-08 1961-03-21 George S Leiner & Co Cleaning implement formed of sponge rubber or the like
US4386443A (en) * 1981-02-17 1983-06-07 Perfex Corporation Floor squeegee structure
US4553282A (en) * 1985-01-15 1985-11-19 Libman Broom Company Mop head
CH678343A5 (en) * 1988-12-09 1991-08-30 Friedrich Erny Ground sweeper with elongated wiper - which is strip-shaped and of rubber-elastic foam with open pores

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1995004493A1 (en) * 1993-08-04 1995-02-16 Meliconi S.P.A. A tool for cleaning surfaces
DE29502602U1 (de) * 1995-02-17 1995-04-06 Coronet Werke Gmbh Reinigungsvorrichtung
USD379699S (en) 1995-08-30 1997-06-03 Sportsbroom Ltd. Foam broom
US6306960B1 (en) 1998-05-13 2001-10-23 Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc. Articles formed from foamable polypropylene polymer
US7776431B2 (en) * 2006-02-03 2010-08-17 Derin Holzapfel & Co. Grundbesitz Und Beteiligungs Kg Plastic planar structure comprising a foamed upper layer

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