EP0781109B1 - Balai laveur a franges - Google Patents

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EP0781109B1
EP0781109B1 EP95931320A EP95931320A EP0781109B1 EP 0781109 B1 EP0781109 B1 EP 0781109B1 EP 95931320 A EP95931320 A EP 95931320A EP 95931320 A EP95931320 A EP 95931320A EP 0781109 B1 EP0781109 B1 EP 0781109B1
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Graham Peter Boyd
Jeff Duncan
Grant David Purvis
David Iain Young
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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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  • This invention relates to mops, that is to say cleaning utensils comprising a handle having mounted at one end thereof a head comprising a bundle of elongate strips of absorbent material.
  • the invention more particularly relates to apparatuses and methods for mounting, preferably releasably mounting, a core of such absorbent mop strip elements securely onto the handle.
  • One such known mop head mounting system relies upon a plurality of laminar mop strip elements, each of which is formed with a respective centrally located aperture.
  • the strip elements are arranged in a star-like configuration, one on top of the other, so that the apertures in their respective central portions are all aligned. Then a prong projecting from a male mounting member is passed through the apertures and securely bonded to a female mounting member, which is subsequently mounted on a mop handle.
  • the apertures in the strip elements constitute areas of weakness, at which the material may wear and tear through prolonged use of the mop.
  • no simple mechanism exists for renewing the strip elements when they are worn out since the male and female mounting members are not adapted for, and may not even permit, disconnection to allow the worn out mop elements to be removed, nor for reassembly with a new set of mop strip elements clamped between them.
  • positioning a replacement set of the mop strip elements with their respective apertures in alignment and in a star-like configuration would be too technically specialised and laborious a task for a user of the mop to carry out by hand in a simple and quick manner. Consequently, it is necessary to replace the complete mop when the strip elements become worn or damaged. This is both costly to the user and environmentally unsound.
  • the cylindrical core is formed as a vertically oriented coil from a single web of the absorbent material, the web being pre-cut with a plurality of slits extending upwards into the web from its lower edge to form the individual mopping strips in the finished coiled head.
  • the coiled core is clamped at its top region by, for example, a pin or spike which penetrates that core region and also provides lateral fixing lugs or the like by which the core can be mounted onto a mop handle, or alternatively it is clamped by virtue of the web being provided with a series of perforations along and adjacent its upper edge through which spoke-like extensions of a mounting head member protrude as the web of material is wound up on itself therearound to form the coiled core.
  • a further known form of mop head attachment is described and illustrated in EP-A-0259279.
  • this further known system utilises an integral moulding technique to simultaneously bond the bundle of strip elements together at one end thereof and also provide a means of attachment to a mop handle.
  • a parallel, cylindrical bundle of individual strip elements are clenched together, one end of the bundle is placed in a mould and a body of plastics material is injected into the mould to form an integrally moulded head with the ends of the strips embedded therein.
  • the present invention seeks to overcome at least some of the above problems and provide a system by which a core of absorbent elongate mop strip elements can be quickly, easily and securely mounted on a mop handle so that the strength and durability of the absorbent material is optimised, wherein the core is readily releasable from the handle for the purpose of cheap, easy, and environmentally friendly replacement with minimal wastage of raw materials from which the mop head is constructed.
  • the invention provides an apparatus for mounting a core of absorbent strip elements on a handle to form a mop, comprising:
  • the term "core” is to be understood as meaning any physical arrangement of mop strip elements which includes an end portion suitable for or adapted for insertion into the socket of the apparatus of the invention.
  • the core may comprise a plurality of discrete, parallel arranged, elongate strip elements arranged into a generally cylindrical bundle or more practically may comprise a coil of a single web of the absorbent material which is wound up on itself and pre-cut with a plurality of slits extending into the web from and transverse to its lower edge.
  • the core may be held together, especially prior to insertion into the socket, by any suitable binding means which prevents the bundle of strips collapsing or become disarranged or the coiled-up strip from unwinding.
  • binding means may be for example a length or band of adhesive tape or paper (or the like) or shrink-wrap plastics material applied to the exterior periphery of the end portion of the core or alternatively may be adhesive applied to the interior of the core, i.e. to the end portions of individual strips or to one or both surfaces of the end portion of the single web of strip material, prior to or during the formation of the core itself.
  • Such binding means helps to maintain the core as a tight bundle of strips which is readily storable, transportable and manipulatable as and when required.
  • the core may even be an integral moulded core such as that known from EP-A-0259279 referred to above, though this is less preferred for reasons already discussed.
  • a primary advantage of the apparatus of the invention is that a core of mop strip elements clamped within the socket can be easily renewed by a user by configuring the clamping means into the non-core-clamping configuration, removing the core from the socket by axial displacement so as to extract the internal clamping member from the end portion of the core, inserting a new core into the socket by opposite axial displacement so as to insert the inner clamping member into the end portion of the new core, and once more configuring the clamping means into the core-clamping configuration.
  • a further advantage of the invention is that replacement of the core involves minimal wastage of raw materials from which the mop head is constructed, with associated lower cost and environmentally improved long term impact.
  • the clamping means are configured into their core-clamping configuration by generally radially outward deformation of the or each internal clamping member into an expanded state.
  • the internal clamping member which is preferably a single such member disposed centrally within the socket, may comprise a rawlplug-like member comprising two or more resilient fingers united at one end thereof but separated along at least part of their length by a gap, so that the plug member can be expanded by the insertion of a prong, spike, screw or similar element which may thus constitute the configuring means.
  • the latter may be provided as a separate constructional element or, more preferably, may be provided on the mop handle itself, so that expansion of the internal clamping member to effect clamping of the core is effected by the action of actually mounting the apparatus onto the mop handle.
  • the clamping means are configurable into their core-clamping configuration by generally radially inward deformation of the external clamping member or members.
  • the external clamping member or members may be formed either as part of the housing or alternatively as part of a discrete clamping ring which encircles the inner clamping member and which may be disposed at least partially internally or alternatively externally of the housing.
  • the external clamping member(s) are formed as part of the housing, they are preferably formed as radially inwardly projecting resilient barbs, teeth, claws or other gripping elements, preferably integral with the main body of the socket, which naturally assume a non-core clamping configuration.
  • the configuring means preferably takes the form of a collar external to the socket and moveable axially or rotationally or both, for example using screw threaded means, relative thereto to bring one or more abutment surfaces provided thereon into abutting engagement with the gripping elements and so urge them radially inwardly into the socket interior to clamp a core situated therein.
  • the clamping ring is formed with again preferably a plurality of radially inwardly projecting barbs, teeth, claws or other gripping elements, which may themselves be resiliently deformable in order to provide the dual configuration capability or otherwise the main body of the clamping ring itself may be resiliently deformable to serve the same function.
  • the clamping ring may be disposed with at least that part thereof which carries the gripping elements situated within the socket, with a portion of the housing itself forming the configuring means which urges the gripping elements radially into the socket interior upon mutual abutting engagement of respective abutment surfaces or surface formations on the clamping ring and the housing as the two are displaced axially or rotationally or both relative to one another.
  • the clamping ring may be disposed externally of the housing, in which case the housing is provided with one or more, or respective, apertures through which the gripping elements can protrude into the socket interior to clamp a core situated therewithin.
  • the configuring means are constituted preferably by interacting abutment surfaces on the housing and the clamping ring which are displaceable axially or rotationally or both relative to one another. Under such relative movement the gripping elements of the clamping ring may be either withdrawn from their respective apertures in the housing to abut the exterior of the main housing body (their non-core clamping configuration) or allowed to protrude into the housing interior through their respective apertures (their core-clamping configuration). Accordingly, in this arrangement it is preferred that the clamping ring is constructed and arranged such that the gripping elements naturally assume their core-clamping configuration.
  • the clamping means are configured into their core-clamping configuration by the action of attaching the housing to the mop handle.
  • the housing in such embodiments preferably comprises a handle-receiving portion into which an end portion of the handle can be received, and which allows for penetration therethrough of the configuring means either into the internal clamping member or to engage the external clamping member(s) to configure them into their core-clamping configuration.
  • the configuring means are independently operable subsequent to attachment of the mop handle to the housing, such chat a core can be clamped in the socket in a two-stage process, in the first of which the core is inserted into the socket and the internal clamping member inserted into the end portion of the core, and in the second of which the configuring means are actuated by the user to configure the clamping means into their core-clamping configuration.
  • the clamping means are configured into their core-clamping configuration by the action of inserting the core of mop strip elements into the socket of the housing.
  • the apparatus may be so constructed that as the core is fully inserted into the socket, the configuring means are configured into their core-clamping configuration.
  • anchoring means are provided within the socket of the housing for ensuring that the core of mop strip elements remains correctly positioned within the socket during use of the mop, and especially for preventing rotation of the core therein.
  • the anchoring means may, for example, comprise longitudinal ridges projecting inwardly into the socket interior.
  • the internal clamping member may be formed with transverse or longitudinal ridges or other surface formations projecting outwardly into the socket interior, or may even have a cruciform or similarly functioning cross-section.
  • the entire, or at least a substantial part of the, mounting apparatus of the invention may be formed, especially by a moulding process, from plastics material, suitable examples of which are well known in the art of mop head attachments.
  • the present invention provides a mop comprising:
  • the invention provides a method of forming a mop, comprising the steps of:
  • a first embodiment of a mop comprising a housing 4 defining a handle-receiving portion 10 into which an end portion of a mop handle 3 is partly inserted.
  • the end portion of the handle 3 and the inner surface of the handle receiving portion 10 are both screwthreaded to provide a secure connection, and the handle 3 is additionally formed with one or more detent lugs 8 which fit into detent holes (not shown) on the inner surface of the handle receiving portion 10.
  • FIG. 1 the apparatus of the invention is shown in combination with a core 2 of elongate, absorbent mop strip elements formed with an integrally moulded head 12 of plastics material at its upper end region, whereby the strip elements are united together.
  • the strip elements may be bound together by other suitable means, for example, a length or band of adhesive tape or paper or shrink wrap plastics material applied to the exterior periphery of the end portion of the core 2 or by adhesive applied to the strip layers of the core during the formation thereof.
  • the core 2 includes a centrally located, generally cylindrical channel 9 therein for accommodating an inner clamping member 5 of the apparatus, as described further below.
  • This channel 9 may be formed during production of the core itself, especially where, as in this embodiment, the core is formed with an integral head moulding, or may be formed in a post-production step. In embodiments where a non-moulded core is used, it may be sufficient simply for the collection of mop strips to be clenched together sufficiently loosely for the internal clamping member to be insertable with the centre of the core by pressure alone.
  • the housing 4 comprises a skirt 14 (shown partly cut away in Figure 1) which defines a socket 7 for receiving an end portion of the core 2.
  • a skirt 14 shown partly cut away in Figure 1
  • an internal clamping member 5 Extending axially into the socket 7 from the roof of the housing 4 is an internal clamping member 5 which resembles a rawplug in form, construction and function, as is well known in the art of mechanical fixings.
  • the plug member 5 is insertable into the aperture 9 in the end of the core 2 as the latter is received in the socket 7.
  • the end of the handle 3 is formed with a prong 13 extending longitudinally therefrom.
  • Transversely oriented ribs 19 are provided on the exterior surface of the plug 5 to better centralise the plug 5 within the channel 9 and preferably also to assist the retention of the core 2 within the socket 7.
  • the inner surface of the skirt 14 is formed with a plurality of longitudinal ridges 11 which dig into the core 2 when the mounting apparatus is in the core-clamping configuration and thus hinder rotation of the core 2 within the socket 7.
  • Figures 2 and 3 furthermore show the process by which the core 2 is mounted on the handle 3.
  • the clamping means of the apparatus are shown in their non-core-clamping configuration, in which the handle 3 is only partially inserted into the handle-receiving portion 10 of the housing 4, and the core 2 is not inserted into the socket 7.
  • Figure 3 shows the core 2 inserted into the socket 7, and the handle 3 fully inserted into the handle-receiving portion 10 of the housing 4, whereby the prong 13 has been forced fully into the interior of the plug 5, thus expanding it to clamp the end portion of the core 2 against the interior skirt walls of the socket 7.
  • Barbs 15 at the respective upper ends of the longitudinal ridges 11 dig into the core 12, thus helping to retain it within the socket 7.
  • a second embodiment of the mounting apparatus of the invention comprises a clamping ring 20 formed with a plurality of radially inwardly projecting barbs or other gripping elements 21.
  • the clamping ring 20 is inserted into the socket 7 of the housing 4 in a first (i.e. non-clamping) position (shown in Figure 5), in which its upper section only protrudes into the socket 7.
  • the lower section of the clamping ring 20 is formed with a plurality of notches 25 in its outer surface which facilitate rotation of the clamping ring 20 within the socket 7.
  • Screwthreads 16 on the exterior surface of the clamping ring 20 engage corresponding screwthreads on the inner surface of the skirt 14 so that the clamping ring is drawn up into the socket 7 into a second (i.e. clamping) position therein (shown in Figure 6) as the two are screwed together relative to one another.
  • a resilient detent portion 27 of the screwthread 16 projects through a detent aperture 24 in the skirt 14, and so serves to retain the clamping ring 20 in the second position until the detent portion 27 is inwardly deformed (for example by the user) to allow the clamping ring to be removed by unscrewing from the housing 4.
  • the barbs 21 projecting inwardly from the clamping ring 20 are deformed inwardly by a frustoconical abutment surface 22 on the inside of the socket 7, and are thus urged into the care 2 received within the socket, thereby clamping it against the internal clamping member 6.
  • the barbs 21 also help to lift the core 2 fully into the socket 7, whereby an optional widened portion 26 of the inner member 6 enters the end portion of the core 2, deforming it radially outwards and so further assisting the clamping action against the inner surface of the skirt 14.
  • FIGs 7, 8 and 9 show a third embodiment of the mounting apparatus of the invention, which comprises a locking collar 30.
  • the locking collar 30 is slid axially from a first, non-clamping position (shown in Figure 8) proximate the handle-receiving portion 10 of the housing 4 into a second, clamping position (shown in Figure 9) proximate the open end of the socket 7, where it abuttingly engages a plurality of claws 32 which are formed with integral resilient connections to the body of the housing are equally spaced around the socket 7.
  • the claws 32 are urged radially inwards into the core 2, thereby clamping the core 2 against the inner clamping member 6.
  • the clamping action is enhanced by the provision of a plurality of axial ridge elements 31 provided on the socket interior wall.
  • Figures 10, 11 and 12 show a fourth embodiment of the mounting apparatus of the invention, which comprises a locking collar 41 which can be rotated around the exterior of the skirt 14 of the housing between locked and unlocked positions.
  • a shoulder 47a formed at the lower periphery of the skirt 14 and a circumferential bead 47b formed at the upper periphery of the skirt 14 prevent the locking collar 41, which is axially located between the shoulder 47a and bead 47b, from becoming detached from the skirt 14.
  • the shoulder 47a further provides an annular seat upon which the collar 41 rests as it is rotated.
  • Either or both of the collar 41 and the skirt 14 may be resiliently deformable such that the collar 41 can be snapped over the bead 47b during assembly of the mounting apparatus.
  • a plurality of equispaced gripping elements 42 are Formed by a partially cut-out windows in the wall of the skirt 14 a plurality of equispaced gripping elements 42, each of which is joined at one end to the housing body via an integral resilient connection and naturally assumes a non-clamping configuration in which its end distal to its connection to the housing is retracted from the interior of the socket.
  • Spaced circumferentially to either side of each gripping element is each of a respective pair of external stop ridges 49 which define the rotational limits of the locking collar 41 between its unlocked and locked positions.
  • the locking collar 41 has protruding radially inwardly from its inner wall, at equispaced locations corresponding to those of the gripping elements, respective stop lugs 48, the sides of which abut respective stop ridges 49 at each of the rotational limiting positions of the collar 41 defined thereby.
  • each of the stop lugs 48 abuts and advances across the outer surface of a respective gripping element 42, and in doing so urges it increasingly radially inwards (represented by arrows 43) about its resilient hinge-like connection to the skirt, until the locked limiting position is reached, at which the distal end of the gripping element is pushed to the maximum extent possible inwards towards the socket interior.
  • each of the gripping elements assumes its maximum core-clamping configuration, as shown in Figure 12.
  • Each of the gripping elements 42 has one or more surface formations 50 such as barbs, ridges, teeth or such like, on its inner surface at or adjacent its distal end, for optimising its gripping and clamping function against a core which is received with the socket in a similar manner as in the other embodiments described above prior to actuation of the clamping mechanism.
  • surface formations 50 such as barbs, ridges, teeth or such like
  • Figures 13, 14 and 15 show a fifth embodiment of the mounting apparatus of the invention, which comprises housing 4 having a substantially cylindrical skirt 52, and generally cylindrical inner clamping body 54, which is insertable into the housing 4 as the core of mop elements 2 is inserted into the socket 7, which in this embodiment is defined within the clamping body 54 as shown in Figures 14 and 15.
  • the clamping body 54 comprises a frustoconical skirt 53 ( Figure 14), the maximum external diameter of which is that at the lower end thereof and which is greater than the maximum internal diameter of the cylindrical skirt 52 of the housing 4.
  • the frustoconical skirt 53 of the clamping body 54 has one or more axial slits 51 formed therein (Figure 13) extending from the lower peripheral edge thereof towards an upper region thereof, as shown in the Figure, whereby the frustoconical skirt 53 is resiliently deformable in a radial direction.
  • the inner surface of the cylindrical skirt 52 abuts the outer surface of the frustoconical skirt 53 and forces it radially inwardly, thereby urging the slit(s) 51 to close, and thus causing barbs 56 projecting radially inwardly from the clamping body 54 to dig into the core 2 to clamp it against the inner clamping member 6 which protrudes into the end portion of the core as in the other embodiments described above.
  • resilient detent elements 58 extending generally axially alongside the clamping body wall from their integral connections to the lower periphery of the clamping body 54 come into register with respective detent apertures 59 in the skirt 14, and project therethrough, thus securely retaining the clamping body 54 within the socket 7.
  • resiliently deforming the detent elements 58 radially inwards a user can release them from the detent apertures 59, thus enabling the clamping body 54 to be released from the socket 7.
  • one or more slots 57 are provided in the skirt 14 along which one or more respective guide lugs 55 of the clamping body 54 slide as the clamping body moves between its core-clamping and non-core-clamping positions.
  • the upper and lower ends of the or each slot 57 are closed, so that the range of relative axial movement of the clamping body 54 and the housing 4 is limited, and so that the clamping body 54 cannot be completely detached from the housing 4.
  • FIGS 16, 17 and 18 show a sixth embodiment of the mounting apparatus of the invention, which comprises a housing 4 having a handle-receiving portion 60, the inner surface of which is appropriately screwthreaded to receive a correspondingly screwthreaded end portion of mop handle 3.
  • a core-receiving socket 7 which accommodates clamping body 62 (seen more clearly in Figure 17) formed with a plurality of inwardly projecting teeth 64.
  • the clamping body 62 has a non-core-clamping configuration (shown in Figure 17) in which a core of mop strip elements 2 (as before received) within the socket 7 is not clamped, and an axially displaced core-clamping position (shown in Figure 18) in which the teeth 64 are inwardly deformed by abutment surfaces 68 of the mouth region of the housing 4, and thus driven into the core 2 to effect secure clamping thereof.
  • the clamping body 62 is configured into the core-clamping position by insertion of end portion 65 of mop handle 3 into a handle-receiving portion 60 of the housing using a screwing action, such that the screwthreaded portions of the handle receiving portion 60 and mop handle 3 engage one another and the end portion 65 of the mop handle 3 is drawn into the handle receiving portion 60, whereby the tip of the handle 3 abuttingly engages an upstanding extension 67 of the clamping body 62 and forces the clamping body 62 axially downwards into its core-clamping position, as a result of which action the teeth elements 64 of the clamping body are urged radially inwardly by the action of housing abutment surfaces 68, as mentioned above.
  • Slots 66 are preferably provided in the housing 4 along which lugs 69 formed on the clamping body 62 can slide, in a similar manner to the corresponding lugs/slots in the fifth embodiment described above with reference to Figures 13 to 15.
  • the lugs 69 ensure that the clamping body 12 can only be moved in an axial direction and that it cannot be removed from the socket 7.

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  1. Un dispositif de montage d'une partie centrale d'éléments de franges absorbantes sur un manche pour former un balai laveur à franges, comprenant :
    un logement (4) pouvant être monté sur le manche du balai laveur (3) et définissant un manchon (7) destiné à recevoir une partie d'extrémité de la partie centrale (2) ; et
    des moyens de serrage (5, 13, 15) pouvant être configurés de façon sélective soit en une configuration de non serrage de la partie centrale, dans laquelle la partie centrale (2) peut être insérée dans et extraite du manchon (7), soit en une configuration de serrage de la partie centrale, dans laquelle une partie centrale (2) reçue dans le manchon (7) est serrée de façon fixe à l'intérieur de celui-ci ;
       dans lequel lesdits moyens de serrage comportent au moins un élément de serrage interne (5, 13) s'étendant axialement à l'intérieur du manchon (7) pour l'insertion dans la partie d'extrémité de la partie centrale (2) d'éléments de franges, au moins un élément de serrage externe (15), et un moyen de configuration pour configurer de façon sélective l'un ou l'autre ou les deux éléments de serrage interne et externe en ladite configuration de non serrage de la partie centrale ou en ladite configuration de serrage de la partie centrale, dans lequel, lorsque les moyens de serrage adoptent ladite configuration de serrage de la partie centrale, une partie centrale (2) reçue dans le manchon (7) est serrée par une force de serrage radiale entre les éléments de serrage interne et externe.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, dans lequel lesdits moyens de serrage sont configurés en ladite configuration de serrage de la partie centrale par déformation radiale vers l'extérieur de l'élément de serrage ou de chaque élément de serrage interne en un état d'élargissement.
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel lesdits moyens de serrage sont configurés en ladite configuration de serrage de la partie centrale par déformation radiale vers l'intérieur de l'élément de serrage ou de chaque élément de serrage externe.
  4. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel le(s) moyen(s) de serrage externe(s) comporte(nt) des éléments de préhension se projetant radialement vers l'intérieur du logement.
  5. Dispositif selon la revendication 4, dans lequel le moyen de configuration comporte un collier extérieur au manchon et pouvant être déplacé axialement et/ou par rotation par rapport à celui-ci, pour amener une ou plusieurs surface(s) de butée prévues sur celui-ci en un engagement de butée avec les éléments de préhension et pour les contraindre ainsi radialement vers l'intérieur en la configuration de serrage de la partie centrale.
  6. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel le(s) moyen(s) de serrage extérieur(s) comporte(nt) des éléments de préhension se projetant radialement vers l'intérieur, prévus sur un anneau de serrage, lesdits moyens de configuration pouvant être actionnés pour déformer ledit anneau de serrage et/ou lesdits éléments de préhension de façon à les contraindre à l'intérieur d'une dite partie centrale reçue dans le manchon.
  7. Dispositif selon la revendication 6, dans lequel l'anneau de serrage est disposé avec au moins cette partie de celui-ci qui supporte lesdits éléments de préhension placés à l'intérieur du manchon, avec une partie du logement lui-même formant le moyen de configuration qui contraint les éléments de préhension radialement vers l'intérieur du manchon par engagement de butée mutuel de surfaces de butée respectives ou de formations de surface sur l'anneau de serrage et le logement, lorsque les deux sont déplacés axialement ou par rotation l'un par rapport à l'autre.
  8. Dispositif selon la revendication 6, dans lequel l'anneau de serrage est disposé à l'extérieur du logement et le logement est doté d'une ou de plusieurs ouverture(s), ou d'ouvertures respectives, à travers lesquelles les éléments de préhension peuvent avancer vers l'intérieur du manchon pour serrer une partie centrale qui y est placée à l'intérieur.
  9. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les moyens de serrage sont configurés en ladite configuration de serrage de la partie centrale par l'action consistant à attacher ledit manche au dit logement.
  10. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, dans lequel les moyens de serrage sont configurés en ladite configuration de serrage de la partie centrale par l'action consistant à insérer ladite partie centrale dans ledit manchon.
  11. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant en outre des moyens destinés à empêcher ladite partie centrale de tourner à l'intérieur du dit manchon.
  12. Un balai laveur à franges comportant :
    un manche ;
    une partie centrale d'éléments de franges absorbantes ; et
    un dispositif de montage de ladite partie centrale d'éléments absorbants sur ledit manche, ledit dispositif comportant :
    un logement attaché au manche et définissant un manchon dans lequel est reçue une partie d'extrémité de la partie centrale ; et
    un moyen de serrage pouvant être configuré de façon sélective, soit en une configuration de non serrage de la partie centrale, dans laquelle la partie centrale peut être insérée dans et extraite du manchon, soit en une configuration de serrage de la partie centrale, dans laquelle la partie centrale est serrée de façon fixe à l'intérieur du manchon ;
       dans lequel ledit moyen de serrage comporte au moins un élément de serrage interne s'étendant axialement à l'intérieur du manchon et inséré dans une partie d'extrémité de la partie centrale des éléments de franges, au moins un élément de serrage externe, et un moyen de configuration pour configurer de façon sélective l'un ou l'autre ou les deux éléments de serrage interne et externe en ladite configuration de non serrage de la partie centrale ou en ladite configuration de serrage de la partie centrale ;
    le moyen de serrage dans le balai laveur à franges prêt à être utilisé pour le nettoyage adoptant ladite configuration de serrage de la partie centrale, ladite partie centrale étant ce faisant solidement serrée par une force de serrage radiale entre les éléments de serrage interne et externe.
  13. Un balai laveur à franges selon la revendication 12, dans lequel la partie centrale d'éléments de franges absorbantes comporte un enroulement d'une bande simple de matière absorbante qui est enroulée sur elle-même et prédécoupée avec une pluralité de fentes s'étendant vers l'intérieur de la bande depuis et transversalement à son bord inférieur.
  14. Un procédé de fabrication d'un balai laveur à franges, comprenant les étapes consistant :
    à fournir un manche, une partie centrale d'éléments de franges absorbantes, et un dispositif de montage selon la revendication 1 ;
    à configurer le moyen de serrage dudit dispositif de montage selon la configuration de non serrage de la partie centrale ;
    à insérer une partie d'extrémité de ladite partie centrale d'éléments de franges dans le manchon dudit dispositif de montage ;
    à insérer l'élément de serrage interne dudit dispositif de montage dans la partie d'extrémité de ladite partie centrale des éléments de franges ; et
    à configurer le moyen de serrage selon la configuration de serrage de la partie centrale, ladite partie centrale étant ce faisant serrée de façon fixe à l'intérieur du manchon par une force de serrage radiale entre les éléments de serrage interne et externe du dispositif de montage.
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