EP0910983B1 - Wringer assembly comprising a wringer cup for a floorcloth centrally located on a bucket with two compartments - Google Patents

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EP0910983B1
EP0910983B1 EP98630050A EP98630050A EP0910983B1 EP 0910983 B1 EP0910983 B1 EP 0910983B1 EP 98630050 A EP98630050 A EP 98630050A EP 98630050 A EP98630050 A EP 98630050A EP 0910983 B1 EP0910983 B1 EP 0910983B1
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  • the present invention relates to a spin bowl mounted in a central position on a bucket with two basins.
  • the U.S. Patent No. 5 611 104 is an advanced system of cleaning a floor with a mop that does not have the disadvantages of the system described. However, it has the disadvantage of needing three adjacent buckets, one bucket for water containing detergent, a bucket for clear water to rinse the floor and between the two buckets a third bucket to rinse the mop and carrying the means for wring it out to remove detergent water or clear water or water to rinse the swab.
  • the sequence of the different movements of the mop to follow during the cleaning becomes complicated.
  • the U.S. Patent No. 3 280 414 is an example of a bucket for two compartments which has just been described, but the mop wringing bowl is suspended from the central partition and hangs in one of the basins.
  • This system has the disadvantage described in the previous paragraph and especially that the basin spin is very poorly accessible to the mop.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a practical and safe system without disadvantage for cleaning floors or other surfaces using a mop, giving to this mop the possibility of being able to have access to the two basins of the bucket.
  • the object of the invention is favorably achieved.
  • Adopting the central position of the spin bowl advantageously provided of a screen, in combination with a partition dividing the pools shaped in a way or, depending on a variant, a spin basin whose lateral screen forms a single piece with a lower pipe appendage, in combination with a bulkhead flat separation, allows, keeping the detergent liquid and the rinsing liquid separate, which you can always access without having to move the bowl, to channel the water spin to and in only one of the two basins.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view, taken from above, of a bucket 1 having two basins 13 and 14 separated by a partition 2 which has, in its central part, a semi-circular handle which makes it possible to receive, in the central position, a spin bowl resting on the edges 4 of the bucket 1.
  • Perforated ears 3 allow the coupling of extreme nipples of a pair of handles 10.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the bucket 1 comprising the two separate basins 13 and 14 by the partition 2. We see in this figure the upper outer edge 4 and the two pairs of ears 3 symmetrical, perforated, for engaging the nipples of a pair of handles 10.
  • FIG 3 is a sectional view of the bucket 1 taken along line A-A of Figure 2. We see in this figure the upper edge 4.
  • FIG 4 is a sectional view, taken along line B-B of Figure 2, of the bucket 1 comprising the two basins 13 and 14 separated by the shaped partition 2.
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view, taken from the top, of a spin basin 7 for a floor mop, this bowl being connected, by means of flat surfaces and a frustoconical surface 5, reinforced by a series of ribs, with U-shaped profiles inverted 6 intended to support the bowl 7 on the edges 4 of the bucket. It should be noted that the surface of the bowl 7 is perforated over its entire side wall and bottom, to allow a easy drainage of the wiping water from the mop pressed against the side wall and the bottom of the bowl.
  • Figure 6 is a plan view of the bowl 7 for spinning a mop, this bowl being connected, by means of structure 5 (flat surfaces and frustoconical surface) to the two profiles 6 in the shape of an inverted U arranged symmetrically on the two lateral ends.
  • Figure 7 is a sectional view, taken along line B-B of Figure 6, of the bowl 7 of wringing out a mop, bowl which is connected, by means of flat surfaces which appear, in the figure, connect to the inverted U profiles 6, and a frustoconical surface 5 which appears in the figure, connect to the upper edge of the bowl 7, to the profiles 6 in the form of U inverted.
  • These profiles 6 are intended for snap fitting of the bowl 7 on the edges 4 from bucket 1.
  • Figure 8 is a sectional view, taken along line A-A of Figure 6, of the bowl spinning a mop.
  • This figure shows the frustoconical surface 5 ensuring the connection of the bowl 7 and we can see in this figure how the surface 5 is connected to the bowl wring 7.
  • FIG. 9 is a perspective view, taken from the top, of a screen cap 8, in funnel-shaped, which, by surrounding the perforated surface of the wringing bowl 7, prevents the spin water does not spray out far, collecting it and channeling it towards its lower opening. Centering fins 9, symmetrically spaced near the lower opening, cause the screen cap 8 to take a position coaxial with that of the bowl wring 7. This screen cap 8 can be easily separated from the bowl 7 in order to allow easy cleaning of various parts of the bowl.
  • FIG. 10 is a plan view of the cap forming a screen 8. This figure shows the symmetrical arrangement of the centering fins 9.
  • Figure 11 is a sectional view, taken along line A-A of Figure 10, of the cap 8.
  • a small gripping bead 15 which is formed on the upper edge of the cap to allow easy nesting and dislocation of the spin bowl 7.
  • Figure 12 shows in section the cap forming a screen 8 and the spin bowl 7 nested one inside the other, each of them being intended to assume its own function.
  • the fins 9 of the screen cap 8 cause this cap to assume a position coaxial and symmetrically spaced from the perforated surface of the bowl 7, thereby allowing the spin water coming out of the holes on the side surface of the bowl, to be collected by the inner surface of the cap 8 and to be forced to exit from its lower opening.
  • FIG. 13 is a perspective view, taken from the top, of the bucket 1 with two basins 13 and 14 separated by the shaped partition 2.
  • FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the bucket 1 provided with the pair of handles 10 and whose basins 13 and 14 are delimited by the shaped partition 2.
  • the profiles 6 in the shape of an inverted U which support, by means of the flat surfaces and of a frustoconical surface 5, provided with appropriate ribs, the wringing bowl 7.
  • the top of the shaped partition 2 may be at a higher level compared to the lower part of the bowl 7 which makes it possible to obtain a more large capacity of bucket 1 and simultaneously avoid possible mixing of liquids from both tanks during the bucket transport phase.
  • the screen cap 8 prevents dirty spin water from being able to flow, during the own spin phase, into the basin 13, and this by channeling it, to through its lower opening, only in the basin 14.
  • Figures 15 and 16 show in perspective, respectively from below and from on the side, the spinning bowl 7 with its perforated wiping surface highlighted.
  • Figure 17 is a perspective view of a cap forming a screen 11 collecting water wringing and surrounding the perforated surface of the wringing bowl 7, this cap being provided, at its lower part, of an appendage or "tile" 12 of almost hemispherical shape for the draining water in a single basin, again using a bucket 1 to two basins with a flat partition wall 2 arranged in the central part.
  • FIG. 18 is a plan view of the screen cap 11 provided with the appendix lower 12 channeling the spin water.
  • Figure 19 is a sectional view, taken along line C-C of Figure 18, of the cap forming a screen 11 which is provided with fins for centering and spacing the perforated surface of the wringing bowl 7, and which is further provided with the lower appendage 12 channeling the water Spin.
  • This appendage 12 having an almost hemispherical shape, ends with its edge lower located beyond the axis of symmetry, which allows the use of buckets with two basins with a flat partition wall.
  • This screen cap 11 also allows, if done rotate 180 ° around its central axis, to channel the spin water towards one or other of the two basins.
  • FIG 20 is a perspective view of the bucket 1, comprising the two basins 13 and 14 with an unshaped partition wall 2, seen in cross section, and the edges of which upper supports, in their central parts, the profiles 6 in the shape of an inverted U which in turn support, through the structure 5, the spin bowl 7.
  • the surface perforated with the wringing bowl 7 is surrounded on the outside by the screen cap 11 which collects the spin water and channels it, by means of the lower appendage 12, into the basin 14; a 180 ° rotation of the cap 11 around its central axis makes it possible to channel the water of spin, still by means of the lower appendage 12, in the basin 13.
  • the present invention allows perfect cleaning, easy access of the mop to the two basins, an energetic and safe spin of the mop, a clear distinction of the different cleaning fluids and high exploitation of bucket capacity.

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The bucket (1) has two bowls (13,14) that are divided by a partition (2) which is curved in the arc of a circle in the center. A perforated basin to dry a cloth is held in the curve and is supported by the upper edge (4) of the bucket. The basin is held in a funnel which directs the water from it into one bowl.

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La présente invention concerne une cuvette d'essorage montée en position centrale sur un seau à deux bassins.The present invention relates to a spin bowl mounted in a central position on a bucket with two basins.

L'un des systèmes les plus répandus pour le nettoyage des sols prévoit l'utilisation d'une serpillière pour le lavage de ces sols. Cette serpillière exige d'être rincée plusieurs fois pendant chaque opération de nettoyage individuelle et d'autres fois elle doit être plongée dans un liquide détergent et essorée. De telles opérations d'essorage sont réalisées dans une cuvette perforée en exerçant une simple pression de la serpillière contre les parois latérales et le fond de la cuvette. Le liquide exprimé qui sort des trous de la cuvette, tombe dans le seau sous-jacent qui supporte la cuvette montée sur ses bords supérieurs. Généralement, la mise en position et la fixation solide de la cuvette d'essorage de la serpillière sur les bords du seau sont réalisées sur une extrémité latérale. Du fait de cette disposition, l'espace qui n'est pas occupé par la cuvette d'essorage demeure disponible pour plonger la serpillière dans le liquide contenu dans le seau sous-jacent.One of the most common systems for floor cleaning involves the use of a mop for washing these floors. This mop requires to be rinsed several times during each individual cleaning operation and other times it must be immersed in a liquid detergent and wrung out. Such wringing operations are carried out in a perforated bowl in exerting a simple pressure of the mop against the side walls and the bottom of the bowl. The expressed liquid coming out of the holes in the bowl, falling into the underlying bucket that supports the bowl mounted on its upper edges. Generally, the positioning and solid fixation of the mop wringing bowl on the edges of the bucket are made on one end lateral. Due to this arrangement, the space which is not occupied by the spin basin remains available to immerse the mop in the liquid contained in the underlying bucket.

L'inconvénient que l'on rencontre du fait que la cuvette d'essorage est située sur une extrémité latérale du seau, comme il a été indiqué précédemment, est que, du fait que le seau est à bassin unique, il se produit un mélange du liquide détergent (contenu dans le seau) avec l'eau de rinçage et l'eau d'essorage et ceci nuit, après les premiers trempages et les premiers essorages de la serpillière sale, au bon nettoyage des sols. En fait, après peu d'opérations de rinçage et d'essorage, l'eau avec le détergent est salie au point de compromettre les opérations de nettoyage suivantes.The disadvantage that we encounter from the fact that the spin bowl is located on a lateral end of the bucket, as previously stated, is that, because the bucket is at single basin, there is a mixing of the detergent liquid (contained in the bucket) with the water of rinse and spin water and this harms, after the first soaking and the first wringing of dirty mops for proper floor cleaning. In fact, after a few flushing operations and the water with the detergent is so dirty that it compromises the cleaning operations following.

Le brevet des E.U.A. No. 5 611 104 est un système perfectionné de nettoyage d'un sol avec une serpillière qui n'a pas les inconvénients du système décrit. Cependant il a l'inconvénient d'avoir besoin de trois seaux adjacents, un seau pour l'eau contenant du détergent, un seau pour l'eau clair pour rincer le sol et entre les deux seaux un troisième seau pour rincer la serpillière et portant le moyen pour l'essorer pour enlever l'eau à détergent ou l'eau clair ou l'eau pour rincer la serpillière. La séquence des différents mouvements de la serpillière à suivre lors du nettoyage devient compliquée. The U.S. Patent No. 5 611 104 is an advanced system of cleaning a floor with a mop that does not have the disadvantages of the system described. However, it has the disadvantage of needing three adjacent buckets, one bucket for water containing detergent, a bucket for clear water to rinse the floor and between the two buckets a third bucket to rinse the mop and carrying the means for wring it out to remove detergent water or clear water or water to rinse the swab. The sequence of the different movements of the mop to follow during the cleaning becomes complicated.

On a cherché à remédier à cet inconvénient en adoptant un seau pourvu d'une cloison intermédiaire séparant deux bassins distincts. Dans ce cas, si la cuvette d'essorage de la serpillière continue à être montée sur une extrémité latérale du seau, le bassin se trouvant en dessous de la cuvette n'est plus accessible pour l'immersion de la serpillière. Si, avec une telle disposition, on évite le mélange de l'eau résultant de l'essorage avec le liquide détergent, on ne résout pas complètement le problème, du fait que l'on doit utiliser, en tant qu'eau de rinçage, la même eau contenant le détergent. Le résultat final d'un nettoyage au moyen d'un tel système laisse à désirer. En fait, après quelques rinçages, l'eau détergente qui devient aussi l'eau de rinçage, devient sale en compromettant les opérations suivantes.We sought to remedy this drawback by adopting a bucket provided with a partition. intermediate separating two distinct basins. In this case, if the mop drain pan continues to be mounted on one side end of the bucket, the pelvis being below the bowl is no longer accessible for immersion of the mop. If, with such a provision, we avoids mixing of the water resulting from the spin with the detergent liquid, it is not solved completely the problem, because the same water must be used as rinse water containing the detergent. The end result of cleaning with such a system leaves something to be desired. In fact, after a few rinses, the detergent water which also becomes the rinsing water, becomes dirty by compromising the following operations.

Le brevet des E.U.A. No. 3 280 414 est un exemple d'un seau à deux compartiments qui vient d'être décrit, mais la cuvette d'essorage de la serpillière est suspendue à la cloison centrale et pend dans un des bassins. Ce système a le désavantage décrit au paragraphe précédent et surtout celui que le bassin à cuvette d'essorage est très mal accessible à la serpillière.The U.S. Patent No. 3 280 414 is an example of a bucket for two compartments which has just been described, but the mop wringing bowl is suspended from the central partition and hangs in one of the basins. This system has the disadvantage described in the previous paragraph and especially that the basin spin is very poorly accessible to the mop.

Une amélioration significative a été obtenue avec l'adoption d'une essoreuse à cuvette déplaçable le long des bords du seau, de manière à pouvoir la placer, suivant l'opération à effectuer (rinçage ou essorage), au-dessus de l'un ou de l'autre des deux bassins. Il est ainsi possible de plonger la serpillière dans les deux bassins contenant l'un l'eau avec le détergent et l'autre l'eau seule, l'eau d'essorage étant recueillie dans le bassin prévu à cet effet.Significant improvement has been achieved with the adoption of a bowl wringer movable along the edges of the bucket, so that it can be placed, depending on the operation perform (rinse or spin) above one or the other of the two basins. It is so possible to immerse the mop in the two basins, one containing water with detergent and the other water only, the spin water being collected in the basin provided for this purpose.

Les inconvénients que présentent encore un tel système ne sont pas négligeables. Le fait de ne pas avoir une cuvette d'essorage fixe empêche d'obtenir un essorage sûr et énergique du fait que la cuvette d'essorage peut se déplacer en venant se placer partiellement ou totalement au-dessus du bassin contenant l'eau propre. Le déplacement nécessaire de la cuvette pour pouvoir accéder au bassin sous-jacent, avec la remise en position subséquente pour utiliser correctement l'eau d'essorage, peut amener l'opérateur à effectuer une manoeuvre erronée compromettant le résultat final d'un nettoyage correct.The drawbacks that such a system still presents are not negligible. The fact not having a fixed spin bowl prevents a safe and energetic spin due to the fact that the spin bowl can move by being placed partially or totally above of the basin containing clean water. The necessary displacement of the bowl to be able access the underlying pelvis, with subsequent repositioning for proper use the spin water, may cause the operator to perform an incorrect maneuver compromising the final result of correct cleaning.

Le but de la présente invention est de fournir un système pratique et sûr et sans inconvénient pour le nettoyage de sols ou d'autres surfaces au moyen d'une serpillière, en donnant à cette serpillière la possibilité de pouvoir avoir accès aux deux bassins du seau. The object of the present invention is to provide a practical and safe system without disadvantage for cleaning floors or other surfaces using a mop, giving to this mop the possibility of being able to have access to the two basins of the bucket.

Selon l'invention ce but est réalisé par le dispositif d'essorage selon la revendication 1. D'autres modes de réalisation préférés dudit dispositif selon l'invention sont décrits aux revendications dépendantes.According to the invention this object is achieved by the wringing device according to the claim 1. Other preferred embodiments of said device according to the invention are described in the dependent claims.

En disposant d'une manière stable la cuvette d'essorage d'une serpillière, avantageusement accompagnée d'un écran, dans la position médiane du seau à l'endroit de la cloison qui sépare les deux bassins du seau ou au-dessus de cette cloison, on réalise favorablement le but de l'invention.By stably arranging the spin bowl of a mop, advantageously accompanied by a screen, in the middle position of the bucket at the point of the partition separating the two basins from the bucket or above this partition, the object of the invention is favorably achieved.

L'adoption de la position centrale de la cuvette d'essorage, avantageusement pourvue d'un écran, en combinaison avec une cloison de séparation des bassins façonnée d'une manière appropriée ou bien, suivant une variante, d'une cuvette d'essorage dont l'écran latéral forme une seule pièce avec un appendice de canalisation inférieur, en combinaison avec une cloison de séparation plane, permet, en maintenant séparés le liquide détergent et le liquide de rinçage, auxquels on peut toujours avoir accès sans avoir à déplacer la cuvette, de canaliser l'eau d'essorage vers et dans un seul des deux bassins.Adopting the central position of the spin bowl, advantageously provided of a screen, in combination with a partition dividing the pools shaped in a way or, depending on a variant, a spin basin whose lateral screen forms a single piece with a lower pipe appendage, in combination with a bulkhead flat separation, allows, keeping the detergent liquid and the rinsing liquid separate, which you can always access without having to move the bowl, to channel the water spin to and in only one of the two basins.

Dé cette façon, on obtient un nettoyage parfait, en ayant toujours deux liquides distincts à savoir le liquide détergent et le liquide de rinçage, et ce d'une manière pratique et sûre, grâce à l'adoption d'une cuvette d'essorage ancrée d'une manière stable dans la zone médiane d'un seau, dans la zone de la cloison qui sépare les deux bassins.This way you get a perfect cleaning, always having two separate liquids namely the detergent liquid and the rinse liquid, in a practical and safe way, thanks to the adoption of a spin basin anchored in a stable manner in the middle area of a bucket, in the area of the partition separating the two basins.

Tout ce qui a été exposé précédemment ressort clairement de l'examen des dessins annexés.All that has been stated above clearly emerges from the examination of the drawings. attached.

La figure 1 est une vue en perspective, prise du haut, d'un seau 1 comportant deux bassins 13 et 14 séparés par une cloison 2 qui présente, dans sa partie centrale, une anse semi-circulaire qui permet de recevoir, en position centrale, une cuvette d'essorage prenant appui sur les bords 4 du seau 1. Des oreilles perforées 3 permettent l'accouplement de tétons extrêmes d'une paire de poignées 10.Figure 1 is a perspective view, taken from above, of a bucket 1 having two basins 13 and 14 separated by a partition 2 which has, in its central part, a semi-circular handle which makes it possible to receive, in the central position, a spin bowl resting on the edges 4 of the bucket 1. Perforated ears 3 allow the coupling of extreme nipples of a pair of handles 10.

La figure 2 est une vue en plan du seau 1 comportant les deux bassins 13 et 14 séparés par la cloison 2. On voit sur cette figure le bord externe supérieur 4 et les deux paires d'oreilles 3 symétriques, perforées, pour l'engagement des tétons d'une paire de poignées 10.FIG. 2 is a plan view of the bucket 1 comprising the two separate basins 13 and 14 by the partition 2. We see in this figure the upper outer edge 4 and the two pairs of ears 3 symmetrical, perforated, for engaging the nipples of a pair of handles 10.

La figure 3 est une vue en coupe du seau 1 faite suivant la ligne A-A de la figure 2. On voit sur cette figure le bord supérieur 4.Figure 3 is a sectional view of the bucket 1 taken along line A-A of Figure 2. We see in this figure the upper edge 4.

La figure 4 est une vue en coupe, faite suivant la ligne B-B de la figure 2, du seau 1 comportant les deux bassins 13 et 14 séparés par la cloison 2 façonnée. On voit sur cette figure le bord supérieur 4 du seau et une paire d'oreilles perforées 3 pour l'accouplement des tétons d'une paire de poignées 10.Figure 4 is a sectional view, taken along line B-B of Figure 2, of the bucket 1 comprising the two basins 13 and 14 separated by the shaped partition 2. We see in this figure the upper edge 4 of the bucket and a pair of perforated ears 3 for coupling the nipples of a pair of handles 10.

La figure 5 est une vue en perspective, prise du haut, d'une cuvette d'essorage 7 pour une serpillière de lavage d'un sol, cette cuvette étant reliée, par l'intermédiaire de surfaces planes et d'une surface tronconique 5, renforcées par une série de nervures, à des profilés en forme de U inversé 6 destinés à soutenir la cuvette 7 sur les bords 4 du seau. Il convient de noter que la surface de la cuvette 7 est perforée sur toute sa paroi latérale et son fond, afin de permettre un écoulement facile de l'eau d'essorage de la serpillière pressée contre la paroi latérale et le fond de la cuvette.FIG. 5 is a perspective view, taken from the top, of a spin basin 7 for a floor mop, this bowl being connected, by means of flat surfaces and a frustoconical surface 5, reinforced by a series of ribs, with U-shaped profiles inverted 6 intended to support the bowl 7 on the edges 4 of the bucket. It should be noted that the surface of the bowl 7 is perforated over its entire side wall and bottom, to allow a easy drainage of the wiping water from the mop pressed against the side wall and the bottom of the bowl.

La figure 6 est une vue en plan de la cuvette 7 pour l'essorage d'une serpillière, cette cuvette étant reliée, au moyen de la structure 5 (surfaces planes et surface tronconique) aux deux profilés 6 en forme de U inversé disposés symétriquement sur les deux extrémités latérales.Figure 6 is a plan view of the bowl 7 for spinning a mop, this bowl being connected, by means of structure 5 (flat surfaces and frustoconical surface) to the two profiles 6 in the shape of an inverted U arranged symmetrically on the two lateral ends.

La figure 7 est une vue en coupe, faite suivant la ligne B-B de la figure 6, de la cuvette 7 d'essorage d'une serpillière, cuvette qui est reliée, au moyen de surfaces planes qui apparaissent, sur la figure, se raccorder aux profilés en U inversé 6, et d'une surface tronconique 5 qui apparaít, sur la figure, se raccorder au bord supérieur de la cuvette 7, aux profilés 6 en forme de U inversé. Ces profilés 6 sont destinés au montage par encliquetage de la cuvette 7 sur les bords 4 du seau 1.Figure 7 is a sectional view, taken along line B-B of Figure 6, of the bowl 7 of wringing out a mop, bowl which is connected, by means of flat surfaces which appear, in the figure, connect to the inverted U profiles 6, and a frustoconical surface 5 which appears in the figure, connect to the upper edge of the bowl 7, to the profiles 6 in the form of U inverted. These profiles 6 are intended for snap fitting of the bowl 7 on the edges 4 from bucket 1.

La figure 8 est une vue en coupe, faite suivant la ligne A-A de la figure 6, de la cuvette d'essorage d'une serpillière. On voit sur cette figure la surface tronconique 5 assurant la liaison de la cuvette 7 et on peut voir sur cette figure comment la surface 5 se raccorde à la cuvette d'essorage 7. On voit également sur cette figure, représenté en tirets, l'un des deux profilés 6 en forme de U inversé.Figure 8 is a sectional view, taken along line A-A of Figure 6, of the bowl spinning a mop. This figure shows the frustoconical surface 5 ensuring the connection of the bowl 7 and we can see in this figure how the surface 5 is connected to the bowl wring 7. We also see in this figure, shown in dashes, one of the two profiles 6 in inverted U shape.

La figure 9 est une vue en perspective, prise du haut, d'une coiffe formant écran 8, en forme d'entonnoir, qui, en entourant la surface perforée de la cuvette d'essorage 7, empêche que l'eau d'essorage ne gicle au loin, en la recueillant et en la canalisant vers son ouverture inférieure. Des ailettes de centrage 9, espacées symétriquement à proximité de l'ouverture inférieure, amènent la coiffe formant écran 8 à prendre une position coaxiale avec celle de la cuvette d'essorage 7. Cette coiffe formant écran 8 peut être séparée facilement de la cuvette 7 afin de permettre un nettoyage facile des diverses parties de la cuvette.FIG. 9 is a perspective view, taken from the top, of a screen cap 8, in funnel-shaped, which, by surrounding the perforated surface of the wringing bowl 7, prevents the spin water does not spray out far, collecting it and channeling it towards its lower opening. Centering fins 9, symmetrically spaced near the lower opening, cause the screen cap 8 to take a position coaxial with that of the bowl wring 7. This screen cap 8 can be easily separated from the bowl 7 in order to allow easy cleaning of various parts of the bowl.

La figure 10 est une vue en plan de la coiffe formant écran 8. On voit sur cette figure la disposition symétrique des ailettes de centrage 9.FIG. 10 is a plan view of the cap forming a screen 8. This figure shows the symmetrical arrangement of the centering fins 9.

La figure 11 est une vue en coupe, faite suivant la ligne A-A de la figure 10, de la coiffe 8. On voit sur cette figure un petit bourrelet de préhension 15 qui est formé sur le bord supérieur de la coiffe afin de permettre un emboítement et un déboítement faciles de la cuvette d'essorage 7. On voit également les ailettes de centrage 9.Figure 11 is a sectional view, taken along line A-A of Figure 10, of the cap 8. We see in this figure a small gripping bead 15 which is formed on the upper edge of the cap to allow easy nesting and dislocation of the spin bowl 7. We also see the centering fins 9.

La figure 12 représente en coupe la coiffe formant écran 8 et la cuvette d'essorage 7 emboítées l'une dans l'autre, chacune d'elles étant destinée à assumer sa propre fonction. On notera que les ailettes 9 de la coiffe formant écran 8 font prendre à cette coiffe une position coaxiale et écartée symétriquement de la surface perforée de la cuvette 7, ce qui permet ainsi à l'eau d'essorage qui sort des trous de la surface latérale de la cuvette, d'être recueillie par la surface interne de la coiffe 8 et d'être contrainte à sortir à partir de son ouverture inférieure. Figure 12 shows in section the cap forming a screen 8 and the spin bowl 7 nested one inside the other, each of them being intended to assume its own function. We note that the fins 9 of the screen cap 8 cause this cap to assume a position coaxial and symmetrically spaced from the perforated surface of the bowl 7, thereby allowing the spin water coming out of the holes on the side surface of the bowl, to be collected by the inner surface of the cap 8 and to be forced to exit from its lower opening.

La figure 13 est une vue en perspective, prise du haut, du seau 1 à deux bassins 13 et 14 séparés par la cloison 2 façonnée. Les profilés 6 en forme de U inversé qui soutiennent la cuvette d'essorage 7, prennent appui sur les bords supérieurs 4 du seau 1, en position centrale.FIG. 13 is a perspective view, taken from the top, of the bucket 1 with two basins 13 and 14 separated by the shaped partition 2. The inverted U-shaped profiles 6 which support the spin bowl 7, bear on the upper edges 4 of the bucket 1, in the central position.

La figure 14 est une vue en perspective du seau 1 pourvu de la paire de poignées 10 et dont les bassins 13 et 14 sont délimités par la cloison façonnée 2. Sur les bords latéraux 4 du seau 1 prennent appui, en position centrale, les profilés 6 en forme de U inversé qui soutiennent, au moyen des surfaces planes et d'une surface tronconique 5, pourvues de nervures appropriées, la cuvette d'essorage 7. Le sommet de la cloison façonnée 2 peut se trouver à un niveau plus haut par rapport à la partie inférieure de la cuvette 7 ce qui permet d'obtenir de cette façon une plus grande capacité du seau 1 et d'éviter simultanément un mélange possible des liquides des deux bassins au cours de la phase de transport du seau. Dans tous les cas, même si la cloison façonnée 2 n'est pas trop élevée, la coiffe formant écran 8 empêche que l'eau sale d'essorage ne puisse s'écouler, au cours de la propre phase d'essorage, dans le bassin 13, et ce en la canalisant, à travers son ouverture inférieure, uniquement dans le bassin 14.FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the bucket 1 provided with the pair of handles 10 and whose basins 13 and 14 are delimited by the shaped partition 2. On the lateral edges 4 of the bucket 1 are supported, in the central position, the profiles 6 in the shape of an inverted U which support, by means of the flat surfaces and of a frustoconical surface 5, provided with appropriate ribs, the wringing bowl 7. The top of the shaped partition 2 may be at a higher level compared to the lower part of the bowl 7 which makes it possible to obtain a more large capacity of bucket 1 and simultaneously avoid possible mixing of liquids from both tanks during the bucket transport phase. In any case, even if the shaped partition 2 is not too high, the screen cap 8 prevents dirty spin water from being able to flow, during the own spin phase, into the basin 13, and this by channeling it, to through its lower opening, only in the basin 14.

Les figures 15 et 16 représentent en perpective, respectivement à partir du dessous et du côté, la cuvette d'essorage 7 avec sa surface d'essorage perforée mise en évidence. On voit sur ces figures la structure 5, pourvue de nervures, assurant la liaison avec les profilés 6 en forme de U inversé qui sont destinés à s'emboíter sur les bords 4 du seau 1.Figures 15 and 16 show in perspective, respectively from below and from on the side, the spinning bowl 7 with its perforated wiping surface highlighted. We see on these Figures the structure 5, provided with ribs, ensuring the connection with the U-shaped profiles 6 inverted which are intended to fit on the edges 4 of the bucket 1.

La figure 17 est une vue en perspective d'une coiffe formant écran 11 recueillant l'eau d'essorage et entourant la surface perforée de la cuvette d'essorage 7, cette coiffe étant pourvue, à sa partie inférieure, d'un appendice ou "tuile" 12 de forme presque hémisphérique pour la canalisation de l'eau d'essorage dans un seul bassin, en utilisant là encore un seau 1 à deux bassins comportant une cloison de séparation plane 2 disposée dans la partie centrale.Figure 17 is a perspective view of a cap forming a screen 11 collecting water wringing and surrounding the perforated surface of the wringing bowl 7, this cap being provided, at its lower part, of an appendage or "tile" 12 of almost hemispherical shape for the draining water in a single basin, again using a bucket 1 to two basins with a flat partition wall 2 arranged in the central part.

La figure 18 est une vue en plan de la coiffe formant écran 11 pourvue de l'appendice inférieur 12 canalisant l'eau d'essorage.FIG. 18 is a plan view of the screen cap 11 provided with the appendix lower 12 channeling the spin water.

La figure 19 est une vue en coupe, faite suivant la ligne C-C de la figure 18, de la coiffe formant écran 11 qui est pourvue des ailettes de centrage et d'écartement de la surface perforée de la cuvette d'essorage 7, et qui est pourvue en outre de l'appendice inférieur 12 canalisant l'eau d'essorage. Cet appendice 12, ayant une forme presque hémisphérique, se termine avec son bord inférieur situé au-delà de l'axe de symétrie, ce qui permet d'utiliser des seaux à deux bassins avec une cloison de séparation plane. Cette coiffe formant écran 11 permet en outre, si on la fait tourner de 180° autour de son axe central, de canaliser l'eau d'essorage vers l'un ou l'autre des deux bassins.Figure 19 is a sectional view, taken along line C-C of Figure 18, of the cap forming a screen 11 which is provided with fins for centering and spacing the perforated surface of the wringing bowl 7, and which is further provided with the lower appendage 12 channeling the water Spin. This appendage 12, having an almost hemispherical shape, ends with its edge lower located beyond the axis of symmetry, which allows the use of buckets with two basins with a flat partition wall. This screen cap 11 also allows, if done rotate 180 ° around its central axis, to channel the spin water towards one or other of the two basins.

La figure 20 est une vue en perspective du seau 1, comportant les deux bassins 13 et 14 avec une cloison de séparation 2 non façonnée, vu en coupe transversale, et dont les bords supérieurs soutiennent, dans leurs parties centrales, les profilés 6 en forme de U inversé qui supportent à leur tour, par l'intermédiaire de la structure 5, la cuvette d'essorage 7. La surface perforée de la cuvette d'essorage 7 est entourée, à l'extérieur, par la coiffe formant écran 11 qui recueille l'eau d'essorage et la canalise, au moyen de l'appendice inférieur 12, dans le bassin 14; une rotation de 180° de la coiffe 11 autour de son axe central permet de canaliser l'eau d'essorage, toujours au moyen de l'appendice inférieur 12, dans le bassin 13.Figure 20 is a perspective view of the bucket 1, comprising the two basins 13 and 14 with an unshaped partition wall 2, seen in cross section, and the edges of which upper supports, in their central parts, the profiles 6 in the shape of an inverted U which in turn support, through the structure 5, the spin bowl 7. The surface perforated with the wringing bowl 7 is surrounded on the outside by the screen cap 11 which collects the spin water and channels it, by means of the lower appendage 12, into the basin 14; a 180 ° rotation of the cap 11 around its central axis makes it possible to channel the water of spin, still by means of the lower appendage 12, in the basin 13.

De tout ce qui précède, en tenant compte des buts de la présente invention, ressort à l'évidence l'innovation apportée par celle-ci.From all of the above, taking into account the aims of the present invention, evidence of the innovation brought by it.

En particulier, l'objet de la présente invention consiste en les points suivants :

  • la mise en place particulière, dans la zone médiane du seau, d'une cuvette d'essorage pour une serpillière de lavage d'un sol;
  • la combinaison de cette cuvette avec une coiffe formant écran, anti-projection, pourvue éventuellement d'un appendice inférieur de canalisation de l'eau d'essorage;
  • un seau à cloison de séparation des deux bassins façonnée pour permettre de recevoir, dans la zone médiane du seau, la cuvette d'essorage dont la profondeur dépasse le sommet de la cloison de séparation.
In particular, the subject of the present invention consists of the following points:
  • the special installation, in the middle area of the bucket, of a wringing bowl for a floor-mop;
  • the combination of this bowl with a cap forming a screen, anti-projection, optionally provided with a lower appendage for channeling the spin water;
  • a bucket with a partition wall separating the two basins shaped to allow the receiving, in the middle area of the bucket, the spin bowl, the depth of which exceeds the top of the partition wall.

La présente invention permet un nettoyage parfait, un accès facile de la serpillière aux deux bassins, un essorage énergique et sûr de la serpillière, une nette distinction des différents liquides de nettoyage et une exploitation élevée de la capacité du seau. Les diverses solutions qui ressortent du concept inventif caractérisant l'invention, ainsi qu'il a été décrit et représenté, ne font pas sortir du cadre de l'invention et il convient de préciser que les dessins et la description sont relatifs à une solution préférée donnée à titre d'exemple.The present invention allows perfect cleaning, easy access of the mop to the two basins, an energetic and safe spin of the mop, a clear distinction of the different cleaning fluids and high exploitation of bucket capacity. The various solutions that emerge from the inventive concept characterizing the invention, as has been described and represented, do not not depart from the scope of the invention and it should be noted that the drawings and the description are relating to a preferred solution given by way of example.

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  1. Wringer assembly for a floorcloth comprising a bucket (1) divided by means of a wall (2) into two basins (13,14) and a wringer cup (7) for a f loorcloth mounted on said bucket (1), characterized by a screen forming cap (8,11) coaxial with the wringer cap (7) and provided or not with a lower appendix (12), and in that said wall is a median wall having in its middle a semicircular arc for receiving the lower part of the wringer assembly so as to leave after mounting of the wringer assembly on the bucket to each of the basins (13,14) practically identical access areas for introducing the floorcloth and a practically identical capacity to the two basins (13,14) for the dirty liquid and the clean liquid.
  2. Wringer assembly for a floorcloth according to claim 1, characterized in that the screen forming cap (8,11), which is removable, coaxially surrounds the wringer cap (7) for a floorcloth and hinders the wringer water leaving the perforated lower wall of the cup (7) to spray outside and forces it to leave only from the lower opening of the cap (8,11).
  3. Wringer assembly for a floorcloth according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the removable screen forming cap (11), provided with a lower appendix (12) coaxially surrounds the wringer cup for a floorcloth and canalises the wringer water by means of the appendix (12) into a predetermined direction.
  4. Wringer assembly for a floorcloth according to claim 3, characterized in the removable cap (11) having a lower appendix (12) the ramp of which terminates beyond the middle line, is mounted for rotation about its axis and once rotated by 180°, canalises the wringer water into the opposite direction.
  5. Use of the wringer assembly for a floorcloth on a bucket (1) having two basins (13,14) divided by a plane middle wall (2) into two basins (13,14) of equal size, characterized in that, when the middle wall terminates at a level below the lower end of the device, the lower appendix (12) canalises the wringer water towards and only into one of the basins (13,14) of the bucket (11) depending on the choice of the basin containing the detergent liquid or the rinsing liquid and the position of the device and its arc with respect to the middle wall so that the two basins (13,14) have practically identical access areas for the introduction of the floorcloth and practically identical capacities for the dirty liquid and the clean liquid.
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