EP0808601B1 - Cleaning implement, in particular for wet wiping - Google Patents

Cleaning implement, in particular for wet wiping Download PDF

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EP0808601B1
EP0808601B1 EP97107936A EP97107936A EP0808601B1 EP 0808601 B1 EP0808601 B1 EP 0808601B1 EP 97107936 A EP97107936 A EP 97107936A EP 97107936 A EP97107936 A EP 97107936A EP 0808601 B1 EP0808601 B1 EP 0808601B1
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Dirk Salmon
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/20Mops
    • A47L13/24Frames for mops; Mop heads
    • A47L13/254Plate frames
    • A47L13/256Plate frames for mops made of cloth
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/42Details
    • A47L13/46Securing scouring or polishing cloths or sponges to the handles by gripping means, tongs, or the like
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/50Auxiliary implements
    • A47L13/58Wringers for scouring pads, mops, or the like, combined with buckets

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  • the present invention relates to a cleaning device, in particular for wet and wet wiping, with a support group, which has a handle and a mop plate, and with a cleaning element, which is at least one connection area so attachable to a mop plate that it at least partially from this is swinging away.
  • a cleaning element of a mop consists for example of a plurality of absorbent fabric strips or a plurality of absorbent yarns, which are fastened together at the end of a broomstick.
  • the fabric strips or yarns bind soil dirt when wet over a floor to be cleaned. After cleaning the floor, the fabric strips or yarns are dipped in clean cleaning liquid such as cleaning water and rinsed therein.
  • the German Utility Model G 84 17 307.6 discloses a Jerusalem internodes on a commercial cleaning bucket hollow sieve into which a mop can be introduced, the fabric strips have been soaked with cleaning liquid.
  • the user of the mop exercises by pressing in the handle of the mop in the hollow sieve on the fabric strip from a pressure from above, so that they are pressed together in the hollow sieve.
  • the cleaning liquid contained in the fabric strip becomes squeezed out so that they can flow into the bucket provided under the hollow sieve.
  • a disadvantage for squeezing the fabric strip of the mop, a large force is necessary.
  • a development of the aforementioned hollow screen is known, according to this development, the force required to express the fabric strip of the mop is reduced.
  • a hollow sieve is provided, which is deformable as a result of the force acting on the fabric strips in the hollow wire force reducing its clear width and compressing the fabric strip of the mop transverse to the pressing direction.
  • the indentation force acting in the direction of indentation of the mop is also converted into a component acting laterally on the fabric strips of the mop.
  • the aforementioned hollow screen is a disadvantage that it is particularly prone to malfunction due to its additional mobility. Thus, it often happens that the hollow screen is pressed through a holder that is essential for the compression.
  • a cleaning device has a support group or a mop holder, which has a handle or a handle and a mop plate.
  • the mop plate is divided in the middle in the region of the attachment of the stem so that two mutually articulated mop plate halves are formed, which fold like a wing when lifting the support group down.
  • An areal cleaning element or a mop cover is fastened to an outer end of a mop plate half which is in each case remote from the common center.
  • the object of the invention with respect to the cleaning device is on the one hand achieved in that the wiper plate in at least one holding area has a contact surface, which is formed so that the cleaning element in weggeschwenktem of the mop plate state between the contact surface and at least one mating surface is compressible.
  • the cleaning element configured as mentioned above, it is particularly easy to squeeze out the cleaning liquid contained in the cleaning element, which in particular has a sponge, a fabric such as wipes or cloths, yarns or bundles of the aforementioned cleaning elements.
  • the invention is based on the idea that the force applied by the user of the cleaning device can be converted particularly effectively into a pressing force for pressing out the cleaning element by a special contact surface.
  • the mating surface is formed in particular by a further object, such as e.g. through the bottom of a bucket or through a hollow screen known in the art.
  • the counter surface is formed by the surface to be cleaned itself.
  • the cleaning element provided on the above-designed device can be pressed out in a particularly simple and easy manner, wherein the pressing out is very simple, if the contact surface is arranged substantially perpendicular to the surface of the mop plate facing the cleaning element just trained. But it is also an oblique arrangement of the contact surface with respect to the surface of the mop plate possible.
  • a clamping device is formed for attachment of the cleaning element to the mop plate, wherein the clamping device may have a releasable terminal block, which cooperates with a counter bar. Between a releasable terminal block and a counter strip, the cleaning element can be attached in a particularly simple manner by this is inserted between the counter bar and the terminal strip dissolved therefrom, whereupon the cleaning element is clamped between terminal block and counter bar.
  • the terminal block is pivotally articulated to the counter-strip, wherein at least one detent for releasable connection of clamping and Counter bar is provided, which can also be designed as a snap connection or as a hook connection.
  • at least one detent for releasable connection of clamping and Counter bar is provided, which can also be designed as a snap connection or as a hook connection.
  • the cleaning device according to the invention can be operated more easily if the support group additionally has a connecting element for connecting the handle and the wiper plate, wherein the connecting element can in particular have a joint that can be pivoted in one plane. Deviating from this, the joint can also be pivotable in two planes, as is the case when the joint is designed as a double joint.
  • a particularly simple operation of the cleaning device according to the invention results when the joint is arranged in the region of the center of gravity of the mop plate, wherein it is particularly advantageous if the joint is arranged so that the mop plate in the raised state of the handle and weggeschwenktem from the mop plate State of the cleaning element is located substantially between the handle and cleaning element. In this state, the cleaning element is at the bottom, while extending between the handle and cleaning element substantially only the mop plate.
  • a fastening assembly is provided in the connecting element, with which the handle can be attached. This can be achieved, for example, by a screw thread, a clamping connection or a transverse bore with a pin that can be fastened in a broom handle in particular.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment of the mop plate has a substantially trapezoidal plan.
  • a cleaning device with a mop plate with the above plan is suitable for easy and accurate cleaning even hidden surfaces. It increases the stability of the cleaning device according to the invention, if the Has wiper plate on its side facing away from the cleaning element stiffening elements, in particular in the form of stiffening ribs.
  • a like-trained wiper plate can be very easily made of plastic.
  • a cleaning element in particular a mop cover, intended for use in a cleaning device as described above, has a substantially planar base fabric and a cleaning fabric provided on one side of the base fabric, wherein both a base fabric section with cleaning fabric and a base fabric section without cleaning fabric is.
  • the cleaning element is particularly advantageous that the base fabric section, which has no cleaning fabric, due to its smaller thickness and therefore greater flexibility is easily attachable to the mop plate, especially if it has a clamping device according to the invention.
  • the base fabric portion may be formed with cleaning fabric as a pile fabric, wherein the pile fabric may have a pile with a pile length between 5 mm and 20 mm.
  • the base fabric section with cleaning fabric may also comprise a fabric with tufted loops, wherein moreover a fabric with sewn-on fringe and / or loop webs may also be provided.
  • the abovementioned fabrics have particularly good cleaning properties, it also being possible to use cleaning-active textile fibers. These fibers may consist of natural fibers such as cotton or viscose or of synthetic fibers such as polyester or polyamide or combinations of the aforementioned types of fibers.
  • the cleaning fabric has a section with a trapezoidal plan, which simplifies the cleaning of hard to reach areas.
  • the cleaning element can also have a section with a square plan, which can move into a region which is formed so that the cleaning element in this area has a base fabric section without cleaning fabric, with the cleaning element as already stated above particularly simple and reliable on a Clamping device can be fastened. This allows easy handling of the cleaning element according to the invention and in particular a secure attachment in the cleaning device according to the invention.
  • the cleaning element can be pressed out in a particularly simple manner, wherein a reliable and rapid cleaning of floors is made possible due to the inventive design of the cleaning device.
  • the method according to the invention for pressing out the cleaning element achieves a simple and reliable separation of the cleaning liquid present in the cleaning element.
  • the object of the invention with respect to the cleaning device is also achieved in that the cleaning device in particular for wet and wet wiping a support group having a handle and a wiper plate and a cleaning element which is connectable to form at least two connecting portions with the mop plate, wherein mop plate and cleaning element are formed so that the cleaning element in at least a first connection region is attachable to the mop plate such that they are pivotable to each other, and wherein the cleaning element and the mop plate are formed in at least one second connection region so that there in on the mop plate pivoted state of the cleaning element in the direction of the cleaning element facing surface of the mop plate together form a coherent connection, while in a direction transverse to the aforementioned surface in particular in the sense of each other are mobile, that it is possible to separate them in a simple manner.
  • the cleaning element is pivotally connected in a first region with the mop plate, while the mop plate is not fixedly connected to the mop plate in another area of the cleaning element, but in particular only firmly engageable with this ,
  • the state in which the cleaning element is firmly engaged with the mop plate given when the cleaning device according to the invention is in the cleaning position on a bottom surface.
  • the cleaning element in the region in which the mop plate is engaged with the cleaning element can not move transversely to the surface of the mop plate. This allows accurate guidance of the cleaning element on the floor to be cleaned.
  • cleaning element and mop plate preferably solve by themselves, so that the cleaning element can be used freely from the mop plate hanging down to squeeze out the cleaning liquid stored in it in a corresponding device without it as in Wiping systems known in the art would have to be removed from the mop plate.
  • a complex attachment of the cleaning element is avoided on the mop plate while Nevertheless, a simple cleaning of the cleaning element can be done without this would have to be touched by hand.
  • a particularly reliable function of the cleaning device according to the invention results when a clamping device is designed to fasten the cleaning element to the mop plate.
  • This clamping device can be developed in particular according to one of the above-described claims 5 to 11.
  • the cleaning element comprises a base fabric and a cleaning fabric provided on the base fabric, wherein on both sides of the base fabric both a base fabric section with cleaning fabric and a respective base fabric section without cleaning fabric is provided.
  • the cleaning element comprises a base fabric and a cleaning fabric provided on the base fabric, wherein on both sides of the base fabric both a base fabric section with cleaning fabric and a respective base fabric section without cleaning fabric is provided.
  • a base fabric section which does not have a cleaning fabric on either side thereof, whereby an embodiment of the cleaning element can be ensured in accordance with which it can be easily fastened in the clamping device in the region of the base fabric section without cleaning fabric.
  • the cleaning element By the aforementioned design of the cleaning element is further ensured that there is a conclusive connection of the cleaning element with the mop plate swiveled at the mop plate state of the cleaning element, since then counteracts the provided on the base fabric cleaning fabric lateral movement of the mop plate. As a result, a displacement of the mop plate and cleaning element is counteracted, so that there is a simpler handling of the cleaning device according to the invention.
  • the cleaning element is designed so that the cleaning element facing surface of the mop plate is in contact with the cleaning fabric when attached in the clamping device and swiveled to the mop plate cleaning element. Then, the cleaning fabric located under the wiper plate is compressed on the base fabric, while the adjoining upright cleaning fabric counteracts a lateral displacement of the wiper plate.
  • the cleaning apparatus according to the invention as described above may be configured with respect to the connection of the handle and the wiper plate, with regard to the construction of the mop plate according to claims 12 to 22 and with respect to the design of the cleaning element as described above. It is also possible to have a cleaning device to provide, in addition to the features of claims 26 to 31 and the features of claims 1 to 3 comprises. Such a trained cleaning device according to the invention combines the advantages of easy squeezing of the cleaning element with the advantages of ease of handling when cleaning and when moving to a state prior to squeezing the cleaning element.
  • Figure 1 shows an inventive wiper device 1 in side view.
  • the wiper device 1 has a mop 2, which is supported by a mop holder 3. In the view shown in FIG. 1, the mop 2 rests on the surface 4 of a base 5 to be cleaned.
  • the mop 2 has a carrier fabric 6, on one side of a cleaning fabric 7 is applied with tufted loops.
  • the mop 2 is divided essentially into three areas.
  • the cleaning fabric 7 has contact with the surface 4 of the bottom 5.
  • a fastening region 9 of the mop 2 is provided, in which the mop 2 is in communication with the mop holder 3.
  • a contact region 10 of the mop 2 is provided, in which the mop 2 has a double layer of base fabric 6 with cleaning fabric 7 and therefore also on its side facing away from the surface 4 cleaning fabric 7.
  • the mop 2 is in ready for use state of the wiper device 1 in the contact area 10 with the mop holder 3 in conjunction.
  • the mop 2 has a substantially trapezoidal plan, wherein the narrower side of the trapezoid is provided on the side of the mop 2 facing away from the mounting region 9.
  • the carrier fabric 6 is turned over and connected to the underside by gluing.
  • cleaning fabric 7 is likewise provided in the contact region 10 on the upper side of the mop 2, which can be seen particularly well in this illustration.
  • the fixing area 9 facing the contact area 10 itself has a square outline. Furthermore, between contact area 9 and cleaning area 8 a particularly well visible in this view, skirting cleaning area 11 is provided, which also has a square plan.
  • the mop holder 3 has, as best seen in Figure 1 and in Figure 3, a mop plate 12 which is provided over a part of its length with a rib 13.
  • the mop plate 12 is just made so large that the mop 2 protrudes in the ready state over the edges of the mop plate 12.
  • a clamping device 14 is provided with a wiping plate-side counter strip 15 and a terminal strip 16 pivotally mounted on this wiper plate 12. The clamping device 14 is designed so that the mounting portion 9 of the mop 2 can be firmly held in it.
  • a handle holder 18 is pivotally mounted via a pivot pin 17, which has a round receptacle 19 for receiving a handle 20 on its side facing away from the wiper plate 12 side. Furthermore, not shown in this view fasteners for connecting stem holder 19 and stem 20 are provided.
  • the terminal block 16 which is pivotally mounted about a pivot pin 21 on the counter strip 15, are pivoted away after releasing a snap connection 22 of the counter strip 15, so that the mounting portion 9 of the mop 2 between Counter bar 15 and terminal block 16 can be inserted.
  • the attachment region 9 of the mop 2 is inserted so far between counter strip 15 and terminal strip 16 until the edge strip cleaning area 11 of the mop 2 abuts against the front edge of the clamping device 14, as best seen in Figure 1 and in Figure 5.
  • both the counter strip 15 and the terminal strip 16 are W-shaped in cross-section.
  • the mounting portion 9 of the mop 2 is guided in a serpentine in the clamping device 14, whereby a particularly firm hold of the mop 2 in the clamping device 14 is achieved.
  • Counter bar 15 and terminal block 16 are further formed so that they together in abutting state on their side facing away from the wiper plate 12 side together form a flat pressing surface 23, which is perpendicular to the lower, the mop 2 facing surface of the mop plate 12.
  • the wiper plate 12 is also designed so that the handle 20 can be pivoted so far in the direction away from the clamping device 14 together with the handle holder 18 that the handle holder 18 rests against the top of the wiper plate 12.
  • edge strip cleaning area 11 of the mop 2 is in the region of the pressing surface 23.
  • this pressing surface 23 is perpendicular to the surface 4 of the bottom 5, which is achieved with the located above the pressing surface 23 edge strip cleaning region 11 of the mop 3 in a simple manner Any edge strips of a wall not shown in the figures can be cleaned in the area of the floor 5.
  • FIG. 6, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 show a squeezing basket 30 belonging to the wiper device 1, which is placed on a commercially available bucket 31.
  • the Auspresskorb 30 is made of plastic, which also not shown in this view Auspresskörbe metal such as steel or aluminum are provided.
  • the squeeze basket 30 has on both sides depending on a support surface 32 with hook 33, which include a bucket edge 34.
  • the bearing surfaces 32 and the hooks 33 are designed so that the Auspresskorb 30 can be placed on buckets with different diameters. Depending on the respective bucket diameter results in a position of the Auspresskorbs 30 with respect to the bucket center, as shown in Figure 6 and Figure 8 can be offset from the bucket center.
  • the Auspresskorb 30 has a funnel-shaped immersion opening 35 and extends from the insertion opening 35 to a basket bottom 36 slightly conical. Side walls 37 are perforated with vertically extending grooves 38, while in the basket bottom 36, a plurality of drain holes 39 is introduced.
  • the squeezing out of the mop 2 in the squeeze basket 30 is best understood in FIG. 9 and FIG.
  • the mop 1 lifted off the ground with the mop holder 3 folded downwards and with the mop 2 adjoining the mop holder 3 is brought over the squeeze basket 30 and inserted from above into the insertion opening 35, which is designated in FIG. 9 with the state "IV" , Subsequently, the wiper device 1 is further pressed by the application of a force F in the Auspresskorb 30, so that the mop 2 folds folds.
  • the squeeze basket 30 is designed so that the mop holder 3 can be placed with the mop 2 in the squeeze basket 30. On the one hand, this can be done in the pressed-out state "V". On the other hand, there is the possibility not completely insert the mop 2 in the Auspresskorb 30, but to hang over an edge 40 of the Auspresskorbes 30. Then the wiper device 1 is safe in the Auspresskorb 30 without the wiper device 1 can fall over.

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The cleaning machine has a wiper plate (12). It has a cleaning element at the contact pressure face (23) in at least one connecting area. This is designed so that the cleaning element (2) can be compressed between the pressure face and at least one counter face in a position where it is swivelled away from the wiper plate. The contact pressure face is flat and set substantially perpendicular to the surface of the wiper plate facing the cleaning element. A clamping device (14) is formed for fixing the cleaning element on the wiper plate. The clamping device has a detachable clamping strip (16) interacting with a counter-strip (15).

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Reinigungsgerät, insbesondere zum Feucht- und Naßwischen, mit einer Traggruppe, die eine Handhabe sowie eine Wischplatte aufweist, und mit einem Reinigungselement, das unter Bildung wenigstens eines Verbindungsbereiches derart an einer Wischplatte befestigbar ist, daß es von dieser wenigstens teilweise wegschwenkbar ist.The present invention relates to a cleaning device, in particular for wet and wet wiping, with a support group, which has a handle and a mop plate, and with a cleaning element, which is at least one connection area so attachable to a mop plate that it at least partially from this is swinging away.

Im Stand der Technik sind professionelle Naßwisch-Systeme bekannt, zu denen ein an einem Stiel befestigter Wischmop, wenigstens ein Eimer zur Aufnahme einer Reinigungsflüssigkeit und eine Vorrichtung zum Auspressen des mit Reinigungsflüssigkeit vollgesogenen Wischmops gehören. Ein Reinigungselement eines Wischmops besteht beispielsweise aus einer Vielzahl saugfähiger Gewebestreifen oder einer Vielzahl saugfähiger Garne, die zusammengefaßt am Ende eines Besenstiels befestigt sind. Die Gewebestreifen oder die Garne binden in angefeuchtetem Zustand Bodenschmutz, wenn sie über einen zu reinigenden Boden bewegt werden. Nach dem Reinigen des Bodens werden die Gewebestreifen oder die Garne in saubere Reinigungsflüssigkeit wie Putzwasser eingetaucht und darin ausgespült. Danach werden sie von überschüssigem Putzwasser befreit, indem sie in eine Wischmop-Presse eingeführt werden, in der sie unter Betätigung eines langen Presshebels auf einfache Weise ausgepreßt werden können. Nachdem das vorbeschriebene Naßwisch-System zur Reinigung von großen Gebäuden bestimmt ist, fällt es groß und schwer aus, da große Behälter für Reinigungsflüssigkeit und eine stabile Presse vorgesehen sind. Zum leichteren Bewegen des vorbeschriebenene Naßwisch-Systems sind daher die Presse und sowie die Behälter zur Aufnahme der Reinigungsflüssigkeit auf einem fahrbaren Gestell vorgesehen. Bei den vorgenannten Naschwisch-Sytemen ist von Nachteil, daß diese für den Gebrauch in einem Privathaushalt zu groß und zu sperrig sind.In the prior art professional wet wipe systems are known, which include a mop mounted on a handle, at least a bucket for receiving a cleaning liquid and a device for squeezing the mop saturated with cleaning liquid mop. A cleaning element of a mop consists for example of a plurality of absorbent fabric strips or a plurality of absorbent yarns, which are fastened together at the end of a broomstick. When wet, the fabric strips or yarns bind soil dirt when wet over a floor to be cleaned. After cleaning the floor, the fabric strips or yarns are dipped in clean cleaning liquid such as cleaning water and rinsed therein. Then they are freed from excess cleaning water by being introduced into a mop-press in which they can be easily squeezed out by pressing a long pressing lever. After the above-described wet wipe system is designed for cleaning large buildings, it is large and heavy, since large containers for cleaning liquid and a stable press are provided. For ease of moving the above-described Naßwisch system, therefore, the press and the container for receiving the cleaning liquid are provided on a mobile frame. In the aforementioned Naschwisch systems is a disadvantage that they are too large for use in a private household and too bulky.

Das deutsche Gebrauchsmuster G 84 17 307.6 offenbart ein auf einem handelsüblichen Putzeimer aufzusetzendes Hohlsieb, in das sich ein Wischmop einführen läßt, dessen Gewebestreifen sich mit Reinigungsflüssigkeit vollgesogen haben. Der Benutzer des Wischmops übt durch das Hineinpressen des Stiels des Wischmops in das Hohlsieb auf die Gewebestreifen einen Druck von oben aus, so daß diese im Hohlsieb zusammengepreßt werden. Dadurch wird die in den Gewebestreifen enthaltene Reinigungsflüssigkeit herausgepreßt, so daß sie in den unter dem Hohlsieb vorgesehenen Eimer fließen kann. Bei dieser Lösung ist von Nachteil, daß zum Auspressen der Gewebestreifen des Wischmops eine große Kraft notwendig ist. Weiterhin besteht ständig die Gefahr der nachteiligen Verformung des Hohlsiebs oder des unerwünschten Umstoßens des Putzeimers.The German Utility Model G 84 17 307.6 discloses a aufzusetzendes on a commercial cleaning bucket hollow sieve into which a mop can be introduced, the fabric strips have been soaked with cleaning liquid. The user of the mop exercises by pressing in the handle of the mop in the hollow sieve on the fabric strip from a pressure from above, so that they are pressed together in the hollow sieve. As a result, the cleaning liquid contained in the fabric strip becomes squeezed out so that they can flow into the bucket provided under the hollow sieve. In this solution is a disadvantage that for squeezing the fabric strip of the mop, a large force is necessary. Furthermore, there is always the risk of adverse deformation of the hollow screen or the undesirable repulsion of the cleaning bucket.

Aus der DE 40 38 372 A1 ist eine Weiterbildung des vorgenannten Hohlsiebs bekannt, wobei gemäß dieser Weiterbildung die zum Ausdrücken der Gewebestreifen des Wischmops benötigten Kraft verringert wird. Dazu ist ein Hohlsieb vorgesehen, das infolge der beim Eindrücken der Gewebestreifen in den Hohlsieb wirksamen Kraft unter Verringerung seiner lichten Weite und unter Zusammenpressen der Gewebestreifen des Wischmops quer zur Pressrichtung verformbar ist. Bei diesem Hohlsieb Wird die in Eindrückrichtung des Wischmops wirkende Eindrückkraft auch in eine seitlich auf die Gewebestreifen des Wischmops wirkende Komponente umgewandelt. Bei dem vorgenannten Hohlsieb ist von Nachteil, daß es aufgrund seiner zusätzlichen Beweglichkeit besonders anfällig für Betriebsstörungen ist. So kommt es häufig vor, daß das Hohlsieb durch eine für das Zusammenpressen wesentliche Halterung hindurchgedrückt wird. Weiterhin bleibt das Hohlsieb nach dem Herausziehen der Gewebestreifen des Wischmops häufig an den Gewebestreifen des Wischmops hängen und fällt nachfolgend in den unter dem Hohlsieb bereitgestellten Eimer für die Reinigungsflüssigkeit. Die beiden vorgenannten Betriebsstörungen schränken die Tauglichkeit des bekannten Naßwisch-System in erheblichem Umfang ein.From DE 40 38 372 A1 a development of the aforementioned hollow screen is known, according to this development, the force required to express the fabric strip of the mop is reduced. For this purpose, a hollow sieve is provided, which is deformable as a result of the force acting on the fabric strips in the hollow wire force reducing its clear width and compressing the fabric strip of the mop transverse to the pressing direction. In this hollow sieve, the indentation force acting in the direction of indentation of the mop is also converted into a component acting laterally on the fabric strips of the mop. In the aforementioned hollow screen is a disadvantage that it is particularly prone to malfunction due to its additional mobility. Thus, it often happens that the hollow screen is pressed through a holder that is essential for the compression. Furthermore, after pulling out the fabric strips of the mop, the hollow wire frequently remains hanging on the fabric strip of the mop and subsequently falls into the bucket for the cleaning liquid provided under the hollow wire. The two aforementioned malfunctions limit the suitability of the known Naßwisch system to a considerable extent.

Weiter ist aus der GB-A-284 625 ein Reinigungsgerät mit den Merkmalen des Oberbegriffs von Patentanspruch 1 bekannt.Furthermore, from GB-A-284 625 a cleaning device with the features of the preamble of claim 1 is known.

Ein Reinigungsgerät hat eine Traggruppe bzw. einen Mophalter, der eine Handhabe bzw. einen Stiel sowie eine Wischplatte aufweist. Die Wischplatte ist in der Mitte im Bereich der Befestigung des Stiels derart geteilt, daß zwei gelenkig zueinander bewegliche Wischplattenhälften entstehen, die beim Anheben der Traggruppe flügelartig nach unten zusammenklappen. An je einem äußeren, von der gemeinsamen Mitte abweisenden Ende einer Wischplattenhälfte ist über je einen schmalen Gewebestreifen ein flächiges Reinigungselement bzw. ein Mopbezug befestigt. Bei auseinandergeklappten Wischplattenhälften des Reinigungsgeräts, also in Reinigungsstellung, liegt das Reinigungselement an der Unterseite der dann gebildeten ebenen Wischplatte an, so daß das Reinigungselement flächig auf dem Boden aufliegt und über das zu reinigende Bodenstück bewegt werden kann. Beim Anheben der Traggruppe klappen die Wischplattenhälfte der Wischplatte entlang ihrer beweglichen Mittellinie zusammen, so daß das Reinigungselement nur von den jeweils an den Enden der Wischplattenhälfte vorgesehenen Gewebestreifen getragen unter Bildung eines Bogens von den Enden der Wischplattenhälften nach unten hängt. In diesem Zustand kann das Reinigungselement in eine Hebelpresse eingeführt werden, wobei nachfolgend die in dem Reinigungselement vorhandene Reinigungsflüssigkeit ausgepreßt werden kann. Bei dem gattungsgemäßen Reinigungsgerät ist besonders von Nachteil, daß eine teure und platzraubende Hebelpresse zum Auspressen des Reinigungselements vorhanden sein muß. Weiterhin ist von Nachteil, daß das Reinigungselement auf umständliche Weise an der Wischplatte befestigt werden muß. Schließlich ist der Aufbau des gattungsgemäßen Reinigungsgeräts auch kompliziert, so daß dessen Bedienung umständlich ist.A cleaning device has a support group or a mop holder, which has a handle or a handle and a mop plate. The mop plate is divided in the middle in the region of the attachment of the stem so that two mutually articulated mop plate halves are formed, which fold like a wing when lifting the support group down. An areal cleaning element or a mop cover is fastened to an outer end of a mop plate half which is in each case remote from the common center. When unfolded wiper plate halves of the cleaning device, ie in cleaning position, the cleaning element is located on the underside of the planar wiper plate then formed, so that the cleaning element rests flat on the ground and can be moved over the bottom piece to be cleaned. When lifting the support group fold the mop plate half of the mop plate along its movable center line, so that the cleaning element carried only by the respectively provided at the ends of the mop plate half fabric strip to form a bow from the ends of Wiping plate halves hanging down. In this state, the cleaning element can be inserted into a lever press, wherein subsequently the cleaning liquid present in the cleaning element can be squeezed out. In the generic cleaning device is particularly disadvantageous in that an expensive and space-consuming lever press must be present for pressing out of the cleaning element. Furthermore, it is disadvantageous that the cleaning element must be attached to the mop plate in a complicated manner. Finally, the structure of the generic cleaning device is also complicated, so that its operation is cumbersome.

Es ist daher Aufgabe der Erfindung, ein Reinigungsgerät insbesondere zum Feucht- und Naßwischen bereitzustellen, das einen einfachen Aufbau hat und das einfach zu bedienen ist, wobei eine zuverlässige und genaue Reinigung gewährleistet ist. Außerdem ist es erwünscht, daß sich der Benutzer zum Wechseln des Reinigungselements nicht bücken muß.It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a cleaning device in particular for wet and wet wiping, which has a simple structure and is easy to use, with a reliable and accurate cleaning is guaranteed. In addition, it is desirable that the user does not have to bend down to change the cleaning element.

Es ist auch Aufgabe der Erfindung, ein solide ausgeführtes Reinigungssystem bereitzustellen, mit dem insbesondere unter Verwendung handelsüblicher Putzeimer eine einfache und effektive Reinigung insbesondere von Bodenbereichen möglich ist, wobei ein einfaches und sicheres Auspressen des Reinigungselements gewährleistet ist. Dabei soll insbesondere ein Kontakt des Benutzers mit dem Schmutzwasser vermieden werden.It is also an object of the invention to provide a solid executed cleaning system, with a simple and effective cleaning of soil areas is possible in particular using commercial cleaning bucket, with a simple and safe pressing of the cleaning element is guaranteed. In particular, a contact of the user with the dirty water should be avoided.

Darüberhinaus ist es Aufgabe der Erfindung, ein Verfahren zum Auspressen eines Reinigungselements eines vorgenannten Reinigungssystems bereitzustellen, das ein einfaches und möglichst vollständiges Auspressen sicherstellt.Moreover, it is an object of the invention to provide a method for squeezing a cleaning element of an aforementioned cleaning system, which ensures a simple and complete as possible squeezing.

Die Aufgabe der Erfindung hinsichtlich des Reinigungsgeräts wird zum einen dadurch gelöst, daß die Wischplatte in wenigstens einem Haltebereich eine Anpressfläche auf weist, die so ausgebildet ist, daß das Reinigungselement in von der Wischplatte weggeschwenktem Zustand zwischen der Anpressfläche und wenigstens einer Gegenfläche komprimierbar ist.The object of the invention with respect to the cleaning device is on the one hand achieved in that the wiper plate in at least one holding area has a contact surface, which is formed so that the cleaning element in weggeschwenktem of the mop plate state between the contact surface and at least one mating surface is compressible.

Mit dem wie vorgenannt ausgestalteten Reinigungselement ist es besonders einfach, die in dem Reinigungselement, das insbesondere einen Schwamm, ein Gewebe, wie Tücher oder Lappen, Garne oder durch Bündel der vorgenannten Reinigungselemente aufweist, enthaltene Reinigungsflüssigkeit auszupressen. Der Erfindung liegt nämlich der Gedanke zugrunde, daß durch eine besondere Anpressfläche die von dem Benutzer des Reinigungsgeräts aufgewandte Kraft besonders effektiv in eine Presskraft zum Auspressen des Reinigungselements umgewandelt werden kann. Die Gegenfläche wird dabei insbesondere durch einen weiteren Gegenstand gebildet, wie z.B. durch den Boden eines Eimers oder durch ein im Stand der Technik bekanntes Hohlsieb. Weiterhin ist es denkbar, daß die Gegenfläche durch die zu reinigende Bodenfläche selbst gebildet wird.With the cleaning element configured as mentioned above, it is particularly easy to squeeze out the cleaning liquid contained in the cleaning element, which in particular has a sponge, a fabric such as wipes or cloths, yarns or bundles of the aforementioned cleaning elements. The invention is based on the idea that the force applied by the user of the cleaning device can be converted particularly effectively into a pressing force for pressing out the cleaning element by a special contact surface. The mating surface is formed in particular by a further object, such as e.g. through the bottom of a bucket or through a hollow screen known in the art. Furthermore, it is conceivable that the counter surface is formed by the surface to be cleaned itself.

Es hat sich gezeigt, daß das am wie vorgenannt ausgestalteten Gerät vorgesehene Reinigungselement auf besonders einfache und leichte Weise ausgepreßt werden kann, wobei das Auspressen ganz besonders einfach von statten geht, wenn die Anpressfläche im wesentlichen senkrecht zu der dem Reinigungselement zugewandten Oberfläche der Wischplatte angeordnet und eben ausgebildet ist. Es ist aber auch eine schräge Anordnung der Anpressfläche hinsichtlich der Oberfläche der Wischplatte möglich.It has been shown that the cleaning element provided on the above-designed device can be pressed out in a particularly simple and easy manner, wherein the pressing out is very simple, if the contact surface is arranged substantially perpendicular to the surface of the mop plate facing the cleaning element just trained. But it is also an oblique arrangement of the contact surface with respect to the surface of the mop plate possible.

In Ausgestaltung der Erfindung ist zur Befestigung des Reinigungselements an der Wischplatte eine Klemmeinrichtung ausgebildet, wobei die Klemmeinrichtung eine lösbare Klemmleiste aufweisen kann, die mit einer Gegenleiste zusammenwirkt. Zwischen einer lösbaren Klemmleiste und einer Gegenleiste kann das Reinigungselement auf besonders einfache Weise befestigt werden, indem dieses zwischen die von Gegenleiste und die davon gelöste Klemmleiste eingelegt wird, worauf das Reinigungselement zwischen Klemmleiste und Gegenleiste eingeklemmt wird.In an embodiment of the invention, a clamping device is formed for attachment of the cleaning element to the mop plate, wherein the clamping device may have a releasable terminal block, which cooperates with a counter bar. Between a releasable terminal block and a counter strip, the cleaning element can be attached in a particularly simple manner by this is inserted between the counter bar and the terminal strip dissolved therefrom, whereupon the cleaning element is clamped between terminal block and counter bar.

Bei der vorbeschriebenen Ausführungsform des erfindungsgemäßen Reinigungsgeräts wird ein besonders guter Halt des Reinigungselements zwischen Klemm- und Gegenleiste gewährleistet, wenn diese im Querschnitt U-förmig ausgebildet sind. Dadurch wird nämlich eine schlangenförmige Führung des Reinigungselements im Bereich der Klemmeinrichtung erreicht, so daß das Reinigungselement stoffschlüssig in der Klemmeinrichtung gehalten wird. Ein noch besseres Halteergebnis wird dadurch erreicht, daß Klemmleiste und/oder Gegenleiste im Querschnitt W-förmig ausgebildet sind.In the above-described embodiment of the cleaning device according to the invention, a particularly good hold of the cleaning element between clamping and counter strip is ensured if they are formed in cross-section U-shaped. As a result, a snake-shaped guidance of the cleaning element is achieved in the region of the clamping device, so that the cleaning element is held cohesively in the clamping device. An even better retention result is achieved in that the terminal strip and / or counter strip are formed in cross-section W-shaped.

Weiterhin ist vorgesehen, daß die Klemmleiste verschwenkbar an der Gegenleiste angelenkt ist, wobei wenigstens eine Arretierung zum lösbaren Verbindung von Klemm- und Gegenleiste vorgesehen ist, die auch als Schnappverbindung bzw. als Hakenverbindung ausgebildet sein kann. Dadurch wird die Bedienung der Klemmeinrichtung wesentlich erleichtert.It is further provided that the terminal block is pivotally articulated to the counter-strip, wherein at least one detent for releasable connection of clamping and Counter bar is provided, which can also be designed as a snap connection or as a hook connection. As a result, the operation of the clamping device is much easier.

Besonders vorteilhaft ist es, wenn die von der Wischplatte wegweisenden Oberflächen von Klemmleiste und Gegenleiste eine Anpressfläche im Sinne der Erfindung bilden. Dann ergibt sich nämlich ein einfacher Aufbau des erfindungsgemäßen Reinigungsgeräts.It is particularly advantageous if the surfaces of terminal strip and counter strip facing away from the mop plate form a contact surface in the sense of the invention. This results in a simple construction of the cleaning device according to the invention.

Das erfindungsgemäße Reinigungsgeräts läßt sich einfacher bedienen, wenn die Traggruppe zusätzlich ein Verbindungselement zur Verbindung von Handhabe und Wischplatte aufweist, wobei das Verbindungselement insbesondere ein Gelenk haben kann, das in einer Ebene verschwenkbar ist. Das Gelenk kann abweichend davon auch in zwei Ebenen verschwenkbar sein, wie es der Fall ist, wenn das Gelenk als Doppelgelenk ausgebildet ist.The cleaning device according to the invention can be operated more easily if the support group additionally has a connecting element for connecting the handle and the wiper plate, wherein the connecting element can in particular have a joint that can be pivoted in one plane. Deviating from this, the joint can also be pivotable in two planes, as is the case when the joint is designed as a double joint.

Eine besonders einfache Bedienung des erfindungsgemäßen Reinigungsgeräts ergibt sich dann, wenn das Gelenk im Bereich des Schwerpunkts der Wischplatte angeordnet ist, wobei es besonders vorteilhaft ist, wenn das Gelenk so angeordnet ist, daß die Wischplatte bei angehobenem Zustand der Handhabe und bei von der Wischplatte weggeschwenktem Zustand des Reinigungselements im wesentlichen zwischen Handhabe und Reinigungselement gelegen ist. In diesem Zustand befindet sich das Reinigungselement zuunterst, während sich zwischen Handhabe und Reinigungselement im wesentlichen nur die Wischplatte erstreckt. Durch einen Druck mit der Handhabe auf die Wischplatte kann dadurch das sich unter der Wischplatte befindliche Reinigungselement schnell zusammengepreßt werden, wodurch eine einfache Bedienung und ein effektives Auspressen des Reinigungselements erreicht wird, ohne daß das Reinigungselement mit der Hand berührt werden müßte.A particularly simple operation of the cleaning device according to the invention results when the joint is arranged in the region of the center of gravity of the mop plate, wherein it is particularly advantageous if the joint is arranged so that the mop plate in the raised state of the handle and weggeschwenktem from the mop plate State of the cleaning element is located substantially between the handle and cleaning element. In this state, the cleaning element is at the bottom, while extending between the handle and cleaning element substantially only the mop plate. By a pressure with the handle on the mop plate, the cleaning element located under the mop plate can thereby be compressed quickly, whereby a simple operation and effective squeezing of the cleaning element is achieved without the cleaning element would have to be touched by hand.

Schließlich ist gemäß der Erfindung eine Befestigungsbaugruppe im Verbindungselement vorgesehen, mit dem die Handhabe angebracht werden kann. Dies ist beispielsweise durch ein Schraubgewinde, eine Klemmverbindung oder eine Querbohrung mit in einem insbesondere Besenstiel befestigbaren Stift erreichbar.Finally, according to the invention, a fastening assembly is provided in the connecting element, with which the handle can be attached. This can be achieved, for example, by a screw thread, a clamping connection or a transverse bore with a pin that can be fastened in a broom handle in particular.

Eine besonders vorteilhafte Ausbildung der Wischplatte hat einen im wesentlichen trapezförmigen Grundriß. Ein Reinigungsgerät mit einer Wischplatte mit dem vorgenannten Grundriß ist zum einfachen und genauen Reinigen auch versteckter Flächen geeignet. Dabei erhöht es die Stabilität des erfindungsgemäßen Reinigungsgeräts, wenn die Wischplatte auf ihrer vom Reinigungselement abgewandten Seite Versteifungselemente insbesondere in Form von Versteifungsrippen aufweist. Eine wie vorgenannt ausgebildete Wischplatte läßt sich besonders einfach aus Kunststoff fertigen.A particularly advantageous embodiment of the mop plate has a substantially trapezoidal plan. A cleaning device with a mop plate with the above plan is suitable for easy and accurate cleaning even hidden surfaces. It increases the stability of the cleaning device according to the invention, if the Has wiper plate on its side facing away from the cleaning element stiffening elements, in particular in the form of stiffening ribs. A like-trained wiper plate can be very easily made of plastic.

Ein Reinigungselement, insbesondere ein Mopbezug, der zur Verwendung in einem Reinigungsgerät wie es oben beschrieben wurde bestimmt ist, hat ein im wesentlichen ebenes Grundgewebe sowie ein auf einer Seite des Grundgewebes vorgesehenes Reinigungsgewebe, wobei sowohl ein Grundgewebeabschnitt mit Reinigungsgewebe als auch ein Grundgewebeabschnitt ohne Reinigungsgewebe vorgesehen ist.A cleaning element, in particular a mop cover, intended for use in a cleaning device as described above, has a substantially planar base fabric and a cleaning fabric provided on one side of the base fabric, wherein both a base fabric section with cleaning fabric and a base fabric section without cleaning fabric is.

Bei dem Reinigungselement ist besonders von Vorteil, daß der Grundgewebeabschnitt, der kein Reinigungsgewebe aufweist, aufgrund seiner geringeren Dicke und aufgrund seiner daher größeren Flexibilität einfach an der Wischplatte befestigbar ist, und zwar insbesondere dann, wenn diese eine erfindungsgemäße Klemmeinrichtung aufweist.In the cleaning element is particularly advantageous that the base fabric section, which has no cleaning fabric, due to its smaller thickness and therefore greater flexibility is easily attachable to the mop plate, especially if it has a clamping device according to the invention.

Der Grundgewebeabschnitt kann mit Reinigungsgewebe als Polgewebe ausgebildet sein, wobei das Polgewebe einen Flor mit einer Florlänge zwischen 5 mm und 20 mm aufweisen kann. Alternativ dazu kann der Grundgewebeabschnitt mit Reinigungsgewebe auch ein Gewebe mit getufteten Schlingen aufweisen, wobei darüber hinaus auch ein Gewebe mit aufgenähten Fransen- und/oder Schlingenbahnen vorgesehen sein kann. Die vorgenannten Gewebe haben besonders gute Reinigungseigenschaften, wobei auch reinigungsaktive textile Fasern verwendet werden können. Diese Fasern können aus Naturfasern, wie Baumwolle oder Viskose oder auch aus Kunstfaser, wie Polyester oder Polyamid oder aus Kombinationen der vorgenannten Faserarten bestehen.The base fabric portion may be formed with cleaning fabric as a pile fabric, wherein the pile fabric may have a pile with a pile length between 5 mm and 20 mm. Alternatively, the base fabric section with cleaning fabric may also comprise a fabric with tufted loops, wherein moreover a fabric with sewn-on fringe and / or loop webs may also be provided. The abovementioned fabrics have particularly good cleaning properties, it also being possible to use cleaning-active textile fibers. These fibers may consist of natural fibers such as cotton or viscose or of synthetic fibers such as polyester or polyamide or combinations of the aforementioned types of fibers.

Das Reinigungsgewebe hat insbesondere einen Abschnitt mit trapezförmigem Grundriß, wodurch die Reinigung auch schwer zugänglicher Stellen vereinfacht wird. Weiterhin kann das Reinigungselement auch einen Abschnitt mit quadratischem Grundriß aufweisen, der in einen Bereich übergehen kann, der so ausgebildet ist, daß das Reinigungselement in diesem Bereich einen Grundgewebeabschnitt ohne Reinigungsgewebe aufweist, mit dem das Reinigungselement wie bereits oben ausgeführt besonders einfach und zuverlässig an einer Klemmeinrichtung befestigbar ist. Dadurch wird eine einfache Handhabung des erfindungsgemäßen Reinigungselements und insbesondere eine sichere Befestigung im erfindungsgemäßen Reinigungsgerät ermöglicht.In particular, the cleaning fabric has a section with a trapezoidal plan, which simplifies the cleaning of hard to reach areas. Furthermore, the cleaning element can also have a section with a square plan, which can move into a region which is formed so that the cleaning element in this area has a base fabric section without cleaning fabric, with the cleaning element as already stated above particularly simple and reliable on a Clamping device can be fastened. This allows easy handling of the cleaning element according to the invention and in particular a secure attachment in the cleaning device according to the invention.

Die Aufgabe der Erfindung hinsichtlich des Reinigungssystems wird dadurch gelöst, daß die folgenden Komponenten im Reinigungssystem vorgesehen sind:

  • ein Reinigungsgerät, insbesondere zum Feucht- und Naßwischen, mit einer Traggruppe, die eine Handhabe sowie eine Wischplatte aufweist, und mit einem Reinigungselement, das unter Bildung wenigstens eines Verbindungsbereiches derart an einer Wischplatte befestigbar ist,daß es von dieser wenigstens teilweise wegschwenkbar ist; sowie
  • eine vorzugsweise auf einem Behälter für die Reinigungsflüssigkeit aufsetzbare Auspressvorrichtung für das Reinigungselement, wobei die Wischplatte in wenigstens einem Haltebereich eine Anpressfläche aufweist, die so ausgebildet ist, daß das Reinigungselement in von der Wischplatte weggeschwenktem Zustand zwischen der Anpressfläche und wenigstens einer Gegenfläche komprimierbar ist und wobei die Auspressvorrichtung als Auspresskorb ausgebildet ist, an dessen Innenseite die Gegenfläche ausgebildet ist bzw, die Gegenflächen ausgebildet sind.
The object of the invention with regard to the cleaning system is achieved in that the following components are provided in the cleaning system:
  • a cleaning device, in particular for wet and wet wiping, with a support group, which has a handle and a mop plate, and with a cleaning element which is fastened to form at least one connecting portion on a mop plate such that it is at least partially pivotable away therefrom; such as
  • a preferably placed on a container for the cleaning liquid dispensing device for the cleaning element, wherein the wiper plate in at least one holding region has a contact surface which is formed so that the cleaning element in the weggeschwenktem from the wiping plate state between the contact surface and at least one mating surface is compressible and wherein the squeezing device is designed as a squeeze basket, on the inside of which the mating surface is formed or the mating surfaces are formed.

In dem wie vorgenannt ausgebildeten erfindungsgemäßen Reinigungssystem läßt sich das Reinigungselement auf besonders einfache Weise auspressen, wobei aufgrund der erfindungsgemäßen Ausbildung des Reinigungsgeräts eine zuverlässige und schnelle Reinigung von Böden ermöglicht wird.In the cleaning system according to the invention formed as mentioned above, the cleaning element can be pressed out in a particularly simple manner, wherein a reliable and rapid cleaning of floors is made possible due to the inventive design of the cleaning device.

Eine sichere Verbindung von Auspresskorb mit dem Behälter für die Reinigungsflüssigkeit ergibt sich dann, wenn der Auspresskorb Auflageflächen mit Haken aufweist, die unter den Rand eines Eimers einhakbar sind. Dadurch wird einem Umstoßen des Eimers durch eine unachtsame Bewegung des Benutzers des erfindungsgemäßen Reinigungssystems beim Auspressen des Reinigungselements entgegengewirkt.A secure connection of Auspresskorb with the container for the cleaning liquid is obtained when the Auspresskorb having bearing surfaces with hooks, which are hooked under the edge of a bucket. This counteracts a repelling of the bucket by a careless movement of the user of the cleaning system according to the invention during the pressing of the cleaning element.

Ein erfindungsgemäßes Verfahren zum Auspressen eines Reinigungselements eines Reinigungssystems insbesondere nach den Ansprüchen 23 oder 24 weist die folgenden Schritte auf:

  • die Wischplatte wird vom Reinigungselement weg derart in eine im wesentlichen vertikale Stelle geschwenkt, daß die Auspressfläche an einer nach unten gewandten Seite der Wischplatte zu liegen kommt und das Reinigungselement vertikal nach unten hängt,
  • das Reinigungselement wird in dieser Stellung in den Auspresskorb eingeführt und zwischen Anpressfläche und der im Auspresskorb vorgesehenen Gegenfläche bzw. den im Auspresskorb vorgesehenen Gegenflächen komprimiert.
An inventive method for pressing a cleaning element of a cleaning system in particular according to claims 23 or 24 comprises the following steps:
  • the mop plate is pivoted away from the cleaning element in a substantially vertical position such that the squeezing surface comes to lie on a downwardly facing side of the mop plate and the cleaning element hangs vertically downwards,
  • the cleaning element is inserted into this position in the Auspresskorb and compressed between the contact surface and the counter-surface provided in the Auspresskorb or provided in the Auspresskorb mating surfaces.

Durch das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren zum Auspressen des Reinigungselements wird eine einfache und zuverlässige Abscheidung der im Reinigungselement vorhandenen Reinigungsflüssigkeit erreicht.The method according to the invention for pressing out the cleaning element achieves a simple and reliable separation of the cleaning liquid present in the cleaning element.

Die Aufgabe der Erfindung hinsichtlich des Reinigungsgeräts wird außerdem dadurch gelöst, daß das Reinigungsgerät insbesondere zum Feucht- und Naßwischen eine Traggruppe mit einer Handhabe sowie mit einer Wischplatte und ein Reinigungselement aufweist, das unter Bildung von wenigstens zwei Verbindungsbereichen mit der Wischplatte verbindbar ist, wobei Wischplatte und Reinigungselement so ausgebildet sind, daß das Reinigungselement in mindestens einem ersten Verbindungsbereich derart an der Wischplatte befestigbar ist, daß diese zueinander verschwenkbar sind, und wobei das Reinigungselement und die Wischplatte in mindestens einem zweiten Verbindungsbereich so ausgebildet sind, daß diese dort in an der Wischplatte angeschwenktem Zustand des Reinigungselements in Richtung der dem Reinigungselement zugewandten Oberfläche der Wischplatte zusammen eine schlüssige Verbindung bilden, während sie in einer Richtung quer zur vorgenannten Oberfläche insbesondere in dem Sinn zueinander beweglich sind, daß es möglich ist, diese auf einfache Weise zu trennen.The object of the invention with respect to the cleaning device is also achieved in that the cleaning device in particular for wet and wet wiping a support group having a handle and a wiper plate and a cleaning element which is connectable to form at least two connecting portions with the mop plate, wherein mop plate and cleaning element are formed so that the cleaning element in at least a first connection region is attachable to the mop plate such that they are pivotable to each other, and wherein the cleaning element and the mop plate are formed in at least one second connection region so that there in on the mop plate pivoted state of the cleaning element in the direction of the cleaning element facing surface of the mop plate together form a coherent connection, while in a direction transverse to the aforementioned surface in particular in the sense of each other are mobile, that it is possible to separate them in a simple manner.

Durch diese besondere Ausbildung des erfindungsgemäßen Reinigungsgeräts wird sichergestellt, daß das Reinigungselement in einem ersten Bereich verschwenkbar mit der Wischplatte verbunden ist, während die Wischplatte in einem anderen Bereich des Reinigungselements nicht fest mit der Wischplatte verbunden, sondern insbesondere nur fest mit dieser in Eingriff bringbar ist. Vorzugsweise ist der Zustand, in dem das Reinigungselement mit der Wischplatte fest in Eingriff steht, dann gegeben, wenn sich das erfindungsgemäße Reinigungsgerät in der Reinigungsstellung auf einer Bodenfläche befindet. Dann ist durch die Ausbildung von Wischplatte und Reinigungselement gewährleistet, daß sich das Reinigungselement in dem Bereich, in dem die Wischplatte mit dem Reinigungselement in Eingriff steht, nicht quer zu der Oberfläche der Wischplatte verschieben kann. Dadurch wird eine genaue Führung des Reinigungselements auf dem zu reinigenden Boden möglich. Beim Anheben der Wischplatte von der zu reinigenden Bodenfläche lösen sich Reinigungselement und Wischplatte vorzugsweise von selbst voneinander, so daß das Reinigungselement frei von der Wischplatte nach unten hängend zum Auspressen der in ihm gespeicherten Reinigungsflüssigkeit in eine entsprechende Vorrichtung eingesetzt werden kann, ohne daß es wie bei im Stand der Technik bekannten Wischsystemen von der Wischplatte abgenommen werden müßte. Dadurch wird eine aufwendige Befestigung des Reinigungselements an der Wischplatte vermieden, während trotzdem eine einfache Reinigung des Reinigungselements erfolgen kann, ohne daß dieses dazu mit der Hand berührt werden müßte.By this particular embodiment of the cleaning device according to the invention it is ensured that the cleaning element is pivotally connected in a first region with the mop plate, while the mop plate is not fixedly connected to the mop plate in another area of the cleaning element, but in particular only firmly engageable with this , Preferably, the state in which the cleaning element is firmly engaged with the mop plate, given when the cleaning device according to the invention is in the cleaning position on a bottom surface. Then it is ensured by the formation of the wiper plate and cleaning element that the cleaning element in the region in which the mop plate is engaged with the cleaning element, can not move transversely to the surface of the mop plate. This allows accurate guidance of the cleaning element on the floor to be cleaned. When lifting the mop plate of the floor surface to be cleaned, cleaning element and mop plate preferably solve by themselves, so that the cleaning element can be used freely from the mop plate hanging down to squeeze out the cleaning liquid stored in it in a corresponding device without it as in Wiping systems known in the art would have to be removed from the mop plate. As a result, a complex attachment of the cleaning element is avoided on the mop plate while Nevertheless, a simple cleaning of the cleaning element can be done without this would have to be touched by hand.

Eine besonders zuverlässige Funktion des erfindungsgemäßen Reinigungsgeräts ergibt sich dann, wenn zur Befestigung des Reinigungselements an der Wischplatte eine Klemmeinrichtung ausgebildet ist. Diese Klemmeinrichtung kann insbesondere entsprechend einem der oben beschriebenen Ansprüche 5 bis 11 weitergebildet sein.A particularly reliable function of the cleaning device according to the invention results when a clamping device is designed to fasten the cleaning element to the mop plate. This clamping device can be developed in particular according to one of the above-described claims 5 to 11.

Die vorstehende Ausführungsform des erfindungsgemäßen Reinigungsgeräts kann vorteilhafterweise dadurch weitergebildet sein, daß das Reinigungselement ein Grundgewebe sowie ein auf dem Grundgewebe vorgesehenes Reinigungsgewebe aufweist, wobei auf beiden Seiten des Grundgewebes sowohl je ein Grundgewebeabschnitt mit Reinigungsgewebe als auch je ein Grundgewebeabschnitt ohne Reinigungsgewebe vorgesehen ist. Insbesondere kann auch ein Grundgewebeabschnitt vorgesehen sein, der auf keiner seiner beiden Seiten ein Reinigungsgewebe aufweist, wobei dadurch eine Ausbildung des Reinigungselements gewährleistet werden kann, gemäß der es im Bereich des Grundgewebeabschnitts ohne Reinigungsgewebe auf einfache Weise in der Klemmeinrichtung befestigbar ist.The above embodiment of the cleaning device according to the invention may advantageously be further developed in that the cleaning element comprises a base fabric and a cleaning fabric provided on the base fabric, wherein on both sides of the base fabric both a base fabric section with cleaning fabric and a respective base fabric section without cleaning fabric is provided. In particular, it is also possible to provide a base fabric section which does not have a cleaning fabric on either side thereof, whereby an embodiment of the cleaning element can be ensured in accordance with which it can be easily fastened in the clamping device in the region of the base fabric section without cleaning fabric.

Durch die vorgenannte Ausbildung des Reinigungselements wird weiterhin sichergestellt, daß sich eine schlüssige Verbindung des Reinigungselements mit der Wischplatte bei an der Wischplatte angeschwenktem Zustand des Reinigungselements ergibt, da dann das auf dem Grundgewebe vorgesehene Reinigungsgewebe einer seitlichen Bewegung der Wischplatte entgegenwirkt. Dadurch wird einer Verschiebung von Wischplatte und Reinigungselement entgegengewirkt, so daß sich eine einfachere Handhabung des erfindungsgemäßen Reinigungsgeräts ergibt. Dies ist insbesondere dann der Fall, wenn das Reinigungselement so ausgebildet ist, daß sich bei in der Klemmeinrichtung befestigtem und an die Wischplatte angeschwenktem Reinigungselement die dem Reinigungselement zugewandte Oberfläche der Wischplatte in Kontakt mit dem Reinigungsgewebe befindet. Dann wird das sich unter der Wischplatte befindliche Reinigungsgewebe auf dem Grundgewebe zusammengedrückt, während das sich daneben befindliche, aufrecht stehende Reinigungsgewebe einer seitlichen Verschiebung der Wischplatte entgegenwirkt.By the aforementioned design of the cleaning element is further ensured that there is a conclusive connection of the cleaning element with the mop plate swiveled at the mop plate state of the cleaning element, since then counteracts the provided on the base fabric cleaning fabric lateral movement of the mop plate. As a result, a displacement of the mop plate and cleaning element is counteracted, so that there is a simpler handling of the cleaning device according to the invention. This is the case, in particular, when the cleaning element is designed so that the cleaning element facing surface of the mop plate is in contact with the cleaning fabric when attached in the clamping device and swiveled to the mop plate cleaning element. Then, the cleaning fabric located under the wiper plate is compressed on the base fabric, while the adjoining upright cleaning fabric counteracts a lateral displacement of the wiper plate.

Das wie vorstehend ausgebildete Reinigungsgerät gemäß der Erfindung kann hinsichtlich der Verbindung von Handhabe und Wischplatte, hinsichtlich der Ausbildung der Wischplatte entsprechend den Ansprüchen 12 bis 22 sowie hinsichtlich der Ausbildung des Reinigungselements wie das oben beschriebene ausgestaltet sein. Außerdem ist es möglich, ein Reinigungsgerät vorzusehen, das neben den Merkmalen der Ansprüche 26 bis 31 auch die Merkmale der Ansprüche 1 bis 3 umfaßt. Ein derart ausgebildetes erfindungsgemäßes Reinigungsgerät vereint die Vorteile des leichten Auspressens des Reinigungselements mit den Vorteilen der leichten Handhabung beim Reinigen und beim Bewegen in einen Zustand vor dem Auspressen des Reinigungselements.The cleaning apparatus according to the invention as described above may be configured with respect to the connection of the handle and the wiper plate, with regard to the construction of the mop plate according to claims 12 to 22 and with respect to the design of the cleaning element as described above. It is also possible to have a cleaning device to provide, in addition to the features of claims 26 to 31 and the features of claims 1 to 3 comprises. Such a trained cleaning device according to the invention combines the advantages of easy squeezing of the cleaning element with the advantages of ease of handling when cleaning and when moving to a state prior to squeezing the cleaning element.

Die Erfindung wird nachfolgend anhand eines Ausführungsbeispiels mit Bezug auf die begleitenden Zeichnungen näher erläutert.

Fig. 1
zeigt ein erfindungsgemäßes Wischgerät beim Reinigungseinsatz in der Seitenansicht,
Fig. 2
zeigt den Wischmop des Wischgeräts aus Figur 1 in der Draufsicht,
Fig. 3
zeigt den Mophalter des Wischgeräts aus Figur 1 in der Ansicht von vorne,
Fig. 4
zeigt den Mophalter aus Figur 1 in der Ansicht von vorne mit geöffneter Klemmeinrichtung,
Fig. 5
zeigt das Wischgerät aus Figur 1 in der Ansicht von vorne,
Fig. 6, 7 und 8
zeigen einen auf einen Eimer aufgesetzten Auspresskorb, der zusammen mit dem Wischgerät aus Figur 1 ein erfindungsgemäßes Wischsystem bildet, und
Fig. 9 und 10
veranschaulichen die Handhabung des erfindungsgemäßen Wischsystems beim Auspressen des Wischmops aus Figur 1 und Figur 5.
The invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to an embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1
shows a wiper according to the invention in the cleaning insert in the side view,
Fig. 2
shows the mop of the wiper device of Figure 1 in plan view,
Fig. 3
shows the mop holder of the wiper device of Figure 1 in front view,
Fig. 4
shows the mop holder of Figure 1 in the front view with open clamping device,
Fig. 5
shows the wiper of Figure 1 in front view,
FIGS. 6, 7 and 8
show an attached to a bucket Auspresskorb, which forms a wiper system according to the invention together with the wiper device of Figure 1, and
FIGS. 9 and 10
illustrate the handling of the wiper system according to the invention when squeezing the mop from Figure 1 and Figure 5.

Figur 1 zeigt ein erfindungsgemäßes Wischgerät 1 in der Seitenansicht.Figure 1 shows an inventive wiper device 1 in side view.

Das Wischgerät 1 hat einen Wischmop 2, der von einem Mophalter 3 getragen wird. In der in Figur 1 gezeigten Ansicht liegt der Wischmop 2 auf der zu reinigenden Oberfläche 4 eines Bodens 5 auf.The wiper device 1 has a mop 2, which is supported by a mop holder 3. In the view shown in FIG. 1, the mop 2 rests on the surface 4 of a base 5 to be cleaned.

Der Wischmop 2 hat ein Trägergewebe 6, auf den einseitig ein Reinigungsgewebe 7 mit getufteten Schlingen aufgebracht ist. Der Wischmop 2 gliedert sich dabei im wesentlichen in drei Bereiche. In einem Reinigungsbereich 8 hat das Reinigungsgewebe 7 Kontakt mit der Oberfläche 4 des Bodens 5. Weiterhin ist ein Befestigungsbereich 9 des Wischmops 2 vorgesehen, in dem der Wischmop 2 mit dem Mophalter 3 in Verbindung steht. Schließlich ist noch ein Kontaktbereich 10 des Wischmops 2 vorgesehen, in dem der Wischmop 2 eine doppelte Lage Grundgewebe 6 mit Reinigungsgewebe 7 und daher auch auf seiner von der Oberfläche 4 wegweisenden Seite Reinigungsgewebe 7 aufweist. Der Wischmop 2 steht in einsatzbereitem Zustand des Wischgeräts 1 auch im Kontaktbereich 10 mit dem Mophalter 3 in Verbindung.The mop 2 has a carrier fabric 6, on one side of a cleaning fabric 7 is applied with tufted loops. The mop 2 is divided essentially into three areas. In a cleaning region 8, the cleaning fabric 7 has contact with the surface 4 of the bottom 5. Furthermore, a fastening region 9 of the mop 2 is provided, in which the mop 2 is in communication with the mop holder 3. Finally, a contact region 10 of the mop 2 is provided, in which the mop 2 has a double layer of base fabric 6 with cleaning fabric 7 and therefore also on its side facing away from the surface 4 cleaning fabric 7. The mop 2 is in ready for use state of the wiper device 1 in the contact area 10 with the mop holder 3 in conjunction.

Wie besser in Figur 2 zu sehen ist, hat der Wischmop 2 einen im wesentlichen trapezförmigen Grundriß, wobei die schmälere Seite des Trapezes an der vom Befestigungsbereich 9 abgewandten Seite des Wischmops 2 vorgesehen ist. In diesem Bereich ist wie bereits vorstehend ausgeführt das Trägergewebe 6 umgeschlagen und mit der Unterseite durch Kleben verbunden. Dadurch ist im Kontaktbereich 10 an der Oberseite des Wischmops 2 ebenfalls Reinigungsgewebe 7 vorgesehen, was in dieser Darstellung besonders gut zu sehen ist.As can be better seen in FIG. 2, the mop 2 has a substantially trapezoidal plan, wherein the narrower side of the trapezoid is provided on the side of the mop 2 facing away from the mounting region 9. In this area, as already stated above, the carrier fabric 6 is turned over and connected to the underside by gluing. As a result, cleaning fabric 7 is likewise provided in the contact region 10 on the upper side of the mop 2, which can be seen particularly well in this illustration.

Der dem Kontaktbereich 10 gegenüberliegende Befestigungsbereich 9 selbst hat einen quadratischen Grundriß. Weiterhin ist zwischen Kontaktbereich 9 und Reinigungsbereich 8 ein in dieser Ansicht besonders gut zu sehender Randleisten-Reinigungsbereich 11 vorgesehen, der einen ebenfalls quadratischen Grundriß hat.The fixing area 9 facing the contact area 10 itself has a square outline. Furthermore, between contact area 9 and cleaning area 8 a particularly well visible in this view, skirting cleaning area 11 is provided, which also has a square plan.

Der Mophalter 3 hat, wie am besten in Figur 1 und in Figur 3 zu sehen ist, eine Wischplatte 12, die über einen Teil ihrer Länge mit einer Rippe 13 versehen ist. Die Wischplatte 12 ist dabei gerade so groß ausgeführt, daß der Wischmop 2 in betriebsbereitem Zustand über die Ränder der Wischplatte 12 hinausragt. Weiterhin ist an der Wischplatte 12 eine Klemmeinrichtung 14 mit einer wischplattenseitigen Gegenleiste 15 und einer an dieser verschwenkbar befestigten Klemmleiste 16 vorgesehen. Die Klemmeinrichtung 14 ist so ausgestaltet, daß der Befestigungsbereich 9 des Wischmops 2 in ihr fest aufgenommen werden kann.The mop holder 3 has, as best seen in Figure 1 and in Figure 3, a mop plate 12 which is provided over a part of its length with a rib 13. The mop plate 12 is just made so large that the mop 2 protrudes in the ready state over the edges of the mop plate 12. Furthermore, a clamping device 14 is provided with a wiping plate-side counter strip 15 and a terminal strip 16 pivotally mounted on this wiper plate 12. The clamping device 14 is designed so that the mounting portion 9 of the mop 2 can be firmly held in it.

An der Rippe 13 ist über einen Drehbolzen 17 schwenkbar ein Stielhalter 18 angebracht, der an seiner von der Wischplatte 12 wegweisenden Seite eine runde Aufnahme 19 zur Aufnahme eines Stiels 20 hat. Weiterhin sind in dieser Ansicht nicht dargestellte Befestigungselemente zur Verbindung von Stielhalter 19 und Stiel 20 vorgesehen.On the rib 13, a handle holder 18 is pivotally mounted via a pivot pin 17, which has a round receptacle 19 for receiving a handle 20 on its side facing away from the wiper plate 12 side. Furthermore, not shown in this view fasteners for connecting stem holder 19 and stem 20 are provided.

Wie am besten in Figur 4 zu sehen ist, kann die Klemmleiste 16, die um einen Drehbolzen 21 verschwenkbar an der Gegenleiste 15 befestigt ist, nach dem Lösen einer Schnappverbindung 22 von der Gegenleiste 15 weggeschwenkt werden, so daß der Befestigungsbereich 9 des Wischmops 2 zwischen Gegenleiste 15 und Klemmleiste 16 eingelegt werden kann. Dabei wird der Befestigungsbereich 9 des Wischmops 2 so weit zwischen Gegenleiste 15 und Klemmleiste 16 eingeführt, bis der Randleisten-Reinigungsbereich 11 des Wischmops 2 an der Vorderkante der Klemmeinrichtung 14 anliegt, wie am besten in Figur 1 und in Figur 5 zu sehen ist. In Figur 1 tritt dabei deutlich hervor, daß sowohl Gegenleiste 15 als auch Klemmleiste 16 im Querschnitt W-förmig ausgebildet sind. Dadurch wird der Befestigungsbereich 9 des Wischmops 2 in einer Schlangenlinie in der Klemmeinrichtung 14 geführt, wodurch ein besonders fester Halt des Wischmops 2 in der Klemmeinrichtung 14 erreicht wird. Gegenleiste 15 und Klemmleiste 16 sind dabei weiterhin so ausgebildet, daß sie in aneinander anliegendem Zustand an ihrer von der Wischplatte 12 wegweisenden Seite zusammen eine ebene Pressfläche 23 bilden, die zu der unteren, zum Wischmop 2 hin weisenden Oberfläche der Wischplatte 12 senkrecht steht.As best seen in Figure 4, the terminal block 16 which is pivotally mounted about a pivot pin 21 on the counter strip 15, are pivoted away after releasing a snap connection 22 of the counter strip 15, so that the mounting portion 9 of the mop 2 between Counter bar 15 and terminal block 16 can be inserted. In this case, the attachment region 9 of the mop 2 is inserted so far between counter strip 15 and terminal strip 16 until the edge strip cleaning area 11 of the mop 2 abuts against the front edge of the clamping device 14, as best seen in Figure 1 and in Figure 5. In FIG. 1, it is clear that both the counter strip 15 and the terminal strip 16 are W-shaped in cross-section. Characterized the mounting portion 9 of the mop 2 is guided in a serpentine in the clamping device 14, whereby a particularly firm hold of the mop 2 in the clamping device 14 is achieved. Counter bar 15 and terminal block 16 are further formed so that they together in abutting state on their side facing away from the wiper plate 12 side together form a flat pressing surface 23, which is perpendicular to the lower, the mop 2 facing surface of the mop plate 12.

Die Wischplatte 12 ist darüber hinaus so ausgeführt, daß der Stiel 20 zusammen mit dem Stielhalter 18 so weit in Richtung weg von der Klemmeinrichtung 14 verschwenkt werden kann, daß der Stielhalter 18 an der Oberseite der Wischplatte 12 anliegt.The wiper plate 12 is also designed so that the handle 20 can be pivoted so far in the direction away from the clamping device 14 together with the handle holder 18 that the handle holder 18 rests against the top of the wiper plate 12.

In Figur 1 ist das Wischgerät 1 in drei Stellungen "I", "II" sowie "III" eingezeichnet. Die Ansicht "I" zeigt das Wischgerät 1, nachdem es so auf den Boden 5 aufgesetzt ist, daß der Wischmop 2 nahezu vollständig auf der Oberfläche 4 des Bodens aufliegt, während der Mophalter 3 die Oberseite des Wischmops 2 noch nicht berührt. Die Lage "II" zeigt einen Zwischenzustand des Mophalters 3 auf dem Weg vom Zustand "I" in den Zustand "III". Im Zustand "III", der auch in Figur 5 dargestellt ist, ist der Mophalter 3 vollständig auf die obere Oberfläche des Wischmops 2 aufgesetzt. In diesem Zustand drückt ein rückwärtiger Bereich 24, der auch in Figur 3 zu sehen ist, das Reinigungsgewebe 7 im Kontaktbereich 10 auf der Oberseite des Wischmops 2 nieder. In der in Figur 1 gezeigten Darstellung sind zur besseren Veranschaulichung die seitlich neben dem rückwärtigen Bereich 24 stehenbleibenden Teile des Reinigungsgewebes 7 im Kontaktbereich 10 weggelassen. In dieser Stellung "III" des Mophalters 3 stellt der Kontakt des Randes der Wischplatte 12 im rückwärtigen Bereich 24 mit dem nicht niedergedrückten Reinigungsgewebe 7 des Kontaktbereichs 10 des Wischmops 2 sicher, daß sich die Wischplatte 12 bezüglich des Wischmops 2 nicht seitlich verlagert. Auf der dem Kontaktbereich 10 gegenüberliegenden Seite des Wischmops 2 wird dieser im Befestigungsbereich 9 durch die Klemmeinrichtung 14 des Mophalters 3 festgehalten, so daß insgesamt eine verdrehsichere Führung des Wischmops 2 durch den Mophalter 3 erreicht wird, solange sich der Mophalter 3 in der Stellung "III" befindet. Weiterhin ist durch die besondere Art der Befestigung des Wischmops 2 in der Klemmeinrichtung 14 gewährleistet, daß sich der Randleisten-Reinigungsbereich 11 des Wischmops 2 im Bereich der Pressfläche 23 befindet. Wenn sich der Mophalter 3 in der Stellung "III" befindet, dann steht diese Pressfläche 23 senkrecht zu der Oberfläche 4 des Bodens 5, wodurch erreicht wird, daß mit dem sich über der Pressfläche 23 befindlichen Randleisten-Reinigungsbereich 11 des Wischmops 3 auf einfache Weise etwaige sich im Bereich des Bodens 5 befindliche Randleisten einer in den Figuren nicht dargestellten Wand gereinigt werden können.In Figure 1, the wiper device 1 in three positions "I", "II" and "III" is located. The view "I" shows the wiper device 1, after it is placed on the bottom 5, that the mop 2 almost completely rests on the surface 4 of the bottom, while the mop holder 3, the top of the mop 2 is still not affected. The layer "II" shows an intermediate state of the mop holder 3 on the way from the state "I" to the state "III". In the state "III", which is also shown in Figure 5, the mop holder 3 is completely placed on the upper surface of the mop 2. In this state, a rear region 24, which can also be seen in FIG. 3, presses the cleaning fabric 7 down in the contact region 10 on the upper side of the mop 2. In the illustration shown in FIG. 1, for better illustration, the parts of the cleaning fabric 7 that remain laterally adjacent to the rear region 24 have been omitted in the contact region 10. In this position "III" of the mop holder 3, the contact of the edge of the mop plate 12 in the rear region 24 with the non-depressed cleaning fabric 7 of the contact region 10 of the mop 2 ensures that the mop plate 12 does not shift laterally with respect to the mop 2. On the opposite side of the contact area 10 of the mop 2 this is held in the mounting portion 9 by the clamping device 14 of the mop holder 3, so that a total rotation-proof guiding of the mop 2 is achieved by the mop holder 3, as long as the mop holder 3 in the position "III "is located. Furthermore, it is ensured by the particular type of attachment of the mop 2 in the clamping device 14 that the edge strip cleaning area 11 of the mop 2 is in the region of the pressing surface 23. When the mop holder 3 is in the "III" position, then this pressing surface 23 is perpendicular to the surface 4 of the bottom 5, which is achieved with the located above the pressing surface 23 edge strip cleaning region 11 of the mop 3 in a simple manner Any edge strips of a wall not shown in the figures can be cleaned in the area of the floor 5.

Figur 6, Figur 7 und Figur 8 zeigen einen zum Wischgerät 1 gehörenden Auspresskorb 30, der auf einen handelsüblichen Eimer 31 aufgesetzt ist. Der Auspresskorb 30 ist aus Kunststoff gefertigt, wobei auch in dieser Ansicht nicht gezeigte Auspresskörbe aus Metall wie Stahl oder Aluminium vorgesehen sind. Zur Befestigung auf dem Eimer 31 hat der Auspresskorb 30 zu beiden Seiten je eine Auflagefläche 32 mit Haken 33, die einen Eimerrand 34 umfassen. Die Auflageflächen 32 und die Haken 33 sind so ausgestaltet, daß der Auspresskorb 30 auf Eimern mit unterschiedlichen Durchmessern aufgesetzt werden kann. In Abhängigkeit des jeweiligen Eimer-Durchmessers ergibt sich eine Position des Auspresskorbs 30 in Bezug auf die Eimermitte, die wie in Figur 6 und Figur 8 dargestellt von der Eimermitte versetzt sein kann. Der Auspresskorb 30 hat eine trichterförmige Eintauchöffnung 35 und verläuft von der Eintauchöffnung 35 zu einem Korbboden 36 hin leicht konisch. Seitenwände 37 sind mit vertikal verlaufenden Nuten 38 durchbrochen, während im Korbboden 36 eine Vielzahl von Ablaufbohrungen 39 eingebracht ist.FIG. 6, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 show a squeezing basket 30 belonging to the wiper device 1, which is placed on a commercially available bucket 31. The Auspresskorb 30 is made of plastic, which also not shown in this view Auspresskörbe metal such as steel or aluminum are provided. For attachment to the bucket 31, the squeeze basket 30 has on both sides depending on a support surface 32 with hook 33, which include a bucket edge 34. The bearing surfaces 32 and the hooks 33 are designed so that the Auspresskorb 30 can be placed on buckets with different diameters. Depending on the respective bucket diameter results in a position of the Auspresskorbs 30 with respect to the bucket center, as shown in Figure 6 and Figure 8 can be offset from the bucket center. The Auspresskorb 30 has a funnel-shaped immersion opening 35 and extends from the insertion opening 35 to a basket bottom 36 slightly conical. Side walls 37 are perforated with vertically extending grooves 38, while in the basket bottom 36, a plurality of drain holes 39 is introduced.

Das Auspressen des Wischmops 2 im Auspresskorb 30 ist am besten in Figur 9 und Figur 10 nachzuvollziehen. Das vom Boden abgehobene Wischgerät 1 mit dem nach unten geklappten Mophalter 3 und mit dem sich an den Mophalter 3 anschließenden Wischmop 2 wird über den Auspresskorb 30 gebracht und von oben in die Eintauchöffnung 35 eingeführt, was in Figur 9 mit Zustand "IV" bezeichnet ist. Nachfolgend wird das Wischgerät 1 unter Aufwendung einer Kraft F weiter in den Auspresskorb 30 gedrückt, so daß sich der Wischmop 2 faltenartig zusammenlegt. Mit der ebenen Pressfläche 23 wird nun der Wischmop 2 durch Druck von oben derart zusammengepreßt, daß eine im Wischmop 2 enthaltene Reinigungsflüssigkeit durch die Nuten 38 in den Seitenwänden 37 in den Eimer 31 ablaufen kann, wie in Figur 10 mit Zustand "V" bezeichnet ist. Durch die relativ kleine Pressfläche 23 ergibt sich unter der Anwendung der Kraft F ein hoher Druck und damit ein Auspressergebnis, das mit dem manuellen Auswringen des Wischmops 2 vergleichbar ist.The squeezing out of the mop 2 in the squeeze basket 30 is best understood in FIG. 9 and FIG. The mop 1 lifted off the ground with the mop holder 3 folded downwards and with the mop 2 adjoining the mop holder 3 is brought over the squeeze basket 30 and inserted from above into the insertion opening 35, which is designated in FIG. 9 with the state "IV" , Subsequently, the wiper device 1 is further pressed by the application of a force F in the Auspresskorb 30, so that the mop 2 folds folds. With the flat pressing surface 23, the mop 2 is now compressed by pressure from above such that a cleaning liquid contained in the mop 2 can drain through the grooves 38 in the side walls 37 in the bucket 31, as indicated in Figure 10 with state "V" , Due to the relatively small pressing surface 23 results in the application of the force F, a high pressure and thus a Auspressergebnis, which is comparable to the manual wringing of the mop 2.

Wie man in Figur 10 am besten sieht, ist der Auspresskorb 30 so ausgeführt, daß der Mophalter 3 mit dem Wischmop 2 im Auspresskorb 30 abgestellt werden kann. Zum einen kann dies im ausgepreßten Zustand "V" erfolgen. Andererseits besteht die Möglichkeit, den Wischmop 2 nicht komplett in den Auspresskorb 30 einzuführen, sondern über einen Rand 40 des Auspresskorbes 30 zu hängen. Dann steht das Wischgerät 1 sicher im Auspresskorb 30, ohne daß das Wischgerät 1 umfallen kann.As best seen in Figure 10, the squeeze basket 30 is designed so that the mop holder 3 can be placed with the mop 2 in the squeeze basket 30. On the one hand, this can be done in the pressed-out state "V". On the other hand, there is the possibility not completely insert the mop 2 in the Auspresskorb 30, but to hang over an edge 40 of the Auspresskorbes 30. Then the wiper device 1 is safe in the Auspresskorb 30 without the wiper device 1 can fall over.

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  1. Cleaning device, in particular for moist and wet wiping, having a support group which has a handle (20) and a wiping plate (12), and having a cleaning element (2), which can be attached to a wiping plate with formation of at least one connecting region, wherein the wiping plate (12) has a contact surface (23) in at least one connecting region, characterised in that the cleaning element can be attached to the wiping plate such that it can be pivoted away from the latter at least partly, and the contact surface is designed such that the cleaning element (2) can be compressed between the contact surface (23) and at least one counter surface (36, 37) in the state pivoted away from the wiping plate (12).
  2. Cleaning device according to claim 1, characterised in that the contact surface (23) is arranged essentially vertically to the surface of the wiping plate (12) facing the cleaning element (2).
  3. Cleaning device according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterised in that the contact surface (23) is designed to be flat.
  4. Cleaning device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that a clamping device (14) is designed to attach the cleaning element (2) to the wiping plate (12).
  5. Cleaning device according to claim 4, characterised in that the clamping device (14) has a releasable clamping strip (16), which cooperates with a counter strip (15).
  6. Cleaning device according to claim 5, characterised in that the clamping strip and/or counter strip are designed to be U-shaped in cross-section.
  7. Cleaning device according to claim 5, characterised in that the clamping strip (16) and/or counter strip (15) are designed to be W-shaped in cross-section.
  8. Cleaning device according to one of claims 5 to 7, characterised in that the clamping strip (16) is hinged to be pivotable on the counter strip (15).
  9. Cleaning device according to one of claims 5 to 8, characterised in that at least one lock (22) is provided for releasable connection of clamping strip (16) and counter strip (15).
  10. Cleaning device according to claim 9, characterised in that the lock is designed as a snap connection (22) or as a hook connection.
  11. Cleaning device according to one of claims 4 to 9, characterised in that the surfaces of clamping strip (16) and counter strip (15) pointing away from the wiping plate (12) form a contact surface (23).
  12. Cleaning device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the support group (3) has a connecting element (18) to connect handle (20) and wiping plate (12).
  13. Cleaning device according to claim 12, characterised in that the connecting element (18) has a hinge (17).
  14. Cleaning device according to claim 13, characterised in that the hinge (17) can be pivoted in one plane.
  15. Cleaning device according to claim 13, characterised in that the hinge can be pivoted in two planes.
  16. Cleaning device according to claim 15, characterised in that the hinge is designed as a double-hinge.
  17. Cleaning device according to one of claims 13 to 16, characterised in that the hinge is arranged in the centre of gravity of the wiping plate.
  18. Cleaning device according to one of claims 13 to 17, characterised in that the hinge (17) is arranged so that the wiping plate (12) is placed essentially between handle (20) and cleaning element (2) in the raised state of the handle (20) and in the state of the cleaning element (2) pivoted away from the wiping plate (12).
  19. Cleaning device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the connecting element has an attachment component (19) to receive the handle (20).
  20. Cleaning device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the wiping plate (12) has an essentially trapezoidal outline.
  21. Cleaning device according to one of the p eceding claims, characterised in that the wiping plate (12) has at least one stiffening element (13) on its side facing away from the cleaning element (2).
  22. Cleaning device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the wiping plate (12) is made from plastic.
  23. Cleaning system comprising
    - a cleaning device (1), in particular for moist and wet wiping, having a support group which has a handle (20) and a wiping plate (12), and having a cleaning element (2), which can be attached to a wiping plate (12) with formation of at least one connecting region, wherein the wiping plate (12) has a contact surface (23) in at least one connecting region,
    - and a squeezing device for the cleaning element which can be placed preferably on a container for the cleaning fluid,
    characterised in that
    - the cleaning element can be attached to the wiping plate such that it can be pivoted away from the latter at least partly, and the contact surface is designed so that the cleaning element (2) can be compressed between the contact surface (23) and at least one counter surface (36, 37) in the state pivoted away from the wiping plate (12),
    - and in that the squeezing device is designed as a squeezing basket (30), on the inner side of which the counter surface is formed or the counter surface (36, 37) are formed.
  24. Cleaning system according to claim 23, characterized in that the squeezing basket has support surfaces (32) with hooks, which can be hooked under the rim (34) of a bucket (31).
  25. Process for squeezing a cleaning element of a cleaning system, in particular according to claim 23 or claim 24, characterized in that the wiping plate (12) is pivoted away from the cleaning element (2) into an essentially vertical position such that the contact surface (23) comes to rests on a side of the wiping plate (12) facing downwards and the cleaning element (2) hangs vertically downwards, and in that the cleaning element (2) is introduced into the squeezing basket (30) in this position and is compressed between contact surface (23) and the counter surface provided in the squeezing basket (30) or/and the counter surfaces (36, 37) provided in the squeezing basket (30).
  26. Cleaning device, in particular for moist and wet wiping, having a support group which has a handle (20) and a wiping plate (12), and having a cleaning element (2), which can be connected to the wiping plate with formation of at least two connecting regions, characterized in that wiping plate (12) and cleaning element (2) are designed so that the cleaning element (2) can be attached to the wiping plate (12) in at least one first connecting region such that they can be pivoted with respect to one another, and in that the cleaning element (2) and the wiping plate (12) are formed in at least one second connecting region so that together they form a positive connection there in the state of the cleaning element (2) pivoted on the wiping plate (12) in the direction of the surface of the wiping plate (12), whereas they can be moved with respect to one another in a direction transversely to the surface of the wiping plate (12).
  27. Cleaning device according to claim 26, characterized in that a clamping device (14) is formed to attach the cleaning element (2) to the wiping plate (12).
  28. Cleaning device according to one of claims 26 or claim 27, characterised in that the cleaning element (2) has a basic fabric (6) and a cleaning fabric (7) provided on the basic fabric, wherein in each case both a basic fabric section with cleaning fabric (10, 8) and in each case a basic fabric section without cleaning fabric (9) is provided on both sides of the basic fabric (6).
  29. Cleaning device according to claim 28, characterised in that at least one basic fabric section without cleaning fabric (9) is provided.
  30. Cleaning device according to claim 29, characterised in that the cleaning element (2) is designed so that it can be attached in the clamping device (14) in the region of the basic fabric section without cleaning fabric (9).
  31. Cleaning device according to claim 30, characterised in that the cleaning element is designed so that the surface of the wiping plate (12) facing the cleaning element (2) is in contact with cleaning fabric (7) when the cleaning element (2) is attached in the clamping device (14) and pivoted on the wiping plate (12).
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