EP0991355B1 - Balai laveur - Google Patents

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EP0991355B1
EP0991355B1 EP98917385A EP98917385A EP0991355B1 EP 0991355 B1 EP0991355 B1 EP 0991355B1 EP 98917385 A EP98917385 A EP 98917385A EP 98917385 A EP98917385 A EP 98917385A EP 0991355 B1 EP0991355 B1 EP 0991355B1
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mop
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floor mopping
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Christopher Robert Duncan
Michael Edward Gailes
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/50—Auxiliary implements
    • A47L13/58—Wringers for scouring pads, mops, or the like, combined with buckets

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  • This invention relates to the field of floor cleaning and floor treatment, and in particular relates to such activities carried out with use of a mop.
  • Well known mopping systems comprise a mop stick with a mop head of cotton strands or other similar fluid-absorbent material, a bucket and some means by which excess fluid can be removed from the mop head once it has been immersed in fluid in the bucket.
  • Many systems use a mop press or wringer to remove excess fluid from the mop head.
  • Flat head mops typically comprise a mop head pivotally attached to a mop stick.
  • the mop head is usually an elongate rectilinear flat member which carries on an underside thereof an absorbent mopping layer.
  • the mop head may be foldable so that the absorbent layer can be pressed to squeeze out excess fluid after rinsing. Folding, rinsing and pressing a mop head is a rather protracted process. Because of this a sieving layer is often provided which permits pressing to be carried out without folding the mop head.
  • US-A-2851710 discloses a mapping system in which a mop stick is provided with a knob which engages with a slot in a sieving plate, permitting levering of the mop head against the plate.
  • a floor mopping system comprising a mop 30 comprising a mop stick 32 connected at one end thereof to a mop head 34 and a sieving arrangement comprising a sieving surface 50 against which the mop head may be pressed and mop stick engagement means 35 disposed above the sieving surface, wherein the mop stick is provided with abutment means 39 for locating the mop stick in engagement with the mop stick engagement means, characterised in that the engagement means is a hook the arrangement being such that the engaged mop stick may be pivoted about the mop stick engagement means so that when a user applies pressure against an upper end region of the mop stick 32 the mop head 34 is levered about said mop stick engagement means and against said sieving surface for the discharge of excess fluid in the mop head.
  • the mop stick may be used as a, lever which is capable of creating a mechanical advantage and thereby increasing the pressure exerted by the mop head on the sieving surface. This facilitates the removal of fluid from the mop head.
  • the hook being disposed above the sieving surface results in the mop stick adopting a generally vertical orientation when the mop head is in contact with the sieving surface.
  • a fluid reservoir is disposed beneath the sieving surface so that sieved fluid is collected as it falls from the sieving surface.
  • the sieving arrangement may comprise support means for carrying the reservoir for transport over a floor to be cleaned.
  • the support means may comprise a wheeled trolley and the reservoir may comprise a bucket removably located on said trolley.
  • the hook is preferably carried by a portion of the support means.
  • the hook may be pivotally mounted so that the hook may be retracted. This is particularly useful when the reservoir is removable and the hook might otherwise foul the reservoir as it is removed from the support means.
  • the sieving surface is inclined from the horizontal by an angle of about 45° so that when the mop head is levered against the sieving surface the sieving surface exerts an upwards and horizontal reaction against the mop head.
  • the sieving surface may be elongate relative to the mop head whereby the mop head may be slid from one end thereof to the other by levering of the mop stick, the movement assisting in the removal of excess fluid from the mop head.
  • the sieving surface may be defined by an upper surface of a sieving structure, which sieving structure comprises a plurality of spaced apart rollers which together define a plurality of sieving holes.
  • rollers are disposed in a plurality of rows.
  • the holes defined by said rollers are of a size which permits entry of the absorbent working surface of a mop head therein, thereby to improve the fluid discharge effect on a sliding mop head in contact with said sieving member.
  • the rollers may each be configured as waisted beads and said sieving holes are then defined by gaps corresponding to juxtaposed waist portions of adjacent beads.
  • the mop head may be a flat mop head attached to the stick by means of a universal joint. This allows complete freedom of movement of the stick relative to the mop head. However, it is within the scope of this invention for, for example, only one degree of freedom to be present in the attachment between the stick and the flat mop head.
  • a flat floor mop typically comprises a mop stick joined to a mop head by means of a universal joint, which mop head carries on an underside thereof a fluid absorbent mopping layer.
  • the present invention is particularly efficient when used with such a mop.
  • a mopping system according to the present invention is shown generally at 10 in figure 1.
  • a trolley 11 comprises a tray with upstanding side walls and front and rear walls, which tray is provided with castors 12 at each corner thereof.
  • the trolley 11 is longer than it is wide, and at one end region 13 of the trolley is disposed an upstanding frame 14 comprised of tubular uprights 15, 16, 17 and 18.
  • the uprights together carry at the top end thereof a moulded plastics receptacle 20 for cleaning tools and detergents for treating water.
  • the other end region 21 of the trolley 11 carries a generally rectilinear bucket 22 into which may be poured cleaning solution or another fluid.
  • a mop 30 is shown held in the bucket by the arm 31 of the user.
  • the mop comprises a mop stick 32, a lower end 33 of which carries an articulated flat mop head 34.
  • the said lower end is engaged with a hook member 35.
  • the hook is disposed in a plane generally parallel to the trolley floor 11, the open side of which hook faces the frame 14.
  • the underside of the hook abuts a collar portion 39 of the mop lower end 33 in order to provide positive engagement for pivoting.
  • the bucket and hook arrangement is shown in more detail in figure 2.
  • the hook 35 is carried on a crossbar 36 which extends between the two uprights 17 and 18 of the frame 14.
  • the cross member has depending end portions 37 and 38 which are pivotally connected to flange portions 40 and 41 welded to the uprights 18 and 17. In this way the cross member may be rotated backwards (ie towards the frame 14) so that the hook may adopt an up standing configuration which permits easy removal of the bucket 22 from the trolley 11.
  • the bucket carries internally thereof a sieving tray 50.
  • the sieving tray is disposed at a back end 23 of the bucket and is inclined downwardly therefrom at a angle of about 45 degrees.
  • the sieving tray comprises a plurality of waisted beads 51.
  • the beads are disposed along four parallel inclined rows 52, 53, 54 and 55 respectively and one row 56 which forms a lip at a lower edge of the sieve tray and is generally parallel to the bottom of the bucket. This lip helps prevent the mop head 34 from slipping into the bucket when pressure is exerted thereon.
  • the user 31 dips the mop head 34 into the bucket 22 filled with fluid to a level below the sieving tray 50.
  • the lower end 33 of the mop stick 32 is then engaged with the hook 35 so that the mop head 34 rests upon the sieving tray 50.
  • the user 31 then exerts a small backward pressure on the mop stick 32 towards a front end 21 of the trolley, as indicated by the arrows in figure 1.
  • the mop stick 32 pivots about the hook 35 to provide a mechanical advantage which strongly urges the mop head 34 against the sieving tray to affect discharge of fluid back into the bucket 22.
  • the mop head may be moved from side to side as shown in figures 3 and 4.
  • the mop stick 32 is moved in the direction of the arrows C and D in figures 3 and 4 respectively, while maintaining a slight backward pressure to ensure that the mop head remains pressed against the sieving tray.
  • absorbent cotton strands 60 which make up the underside of the mop head 34 repeatedly enter and are squeezed out from gaps between the waisted beads 51 in the sieving tray (beads not shown in figures 3 and 4 for the sake of clarity). In this way an enhanced removal of excess water occurs from the cotton strands without the need for excessive pressure to be exerted by the user.

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  1. Système de balai de lavage de sols, composé d'un balai à laver 30 comprenant un manche de balai 32 raccordé, à l'une des extrémités de celui-ci, à une tête de balai 34 et d'un agencement de tamisage comprenant une surface de tamisage 50 contre laquelle la tête de balai peut être pressée et un moyen d'engagement 35 du manche de balai qui est disposé au-dessus de la surface de tamisage, dans lequel le manche de balai est muni d'un moyen d'aboutement 39 pour positionner le manche de balai de façon à l'engager dans le moyen d'engagement du manche de balai, caractérisé en ce que le moyen d'engagement est un crochet, l'agencement étant tel qu'après engagement le manche de balai peut être pivoté autour du moyen d'engagement du manche de balai, de sorte que lorsqu'un utilisateur exerce une pression contre une partie de l'extrémité supérieure du manche de balai 32, la tête de balai 34 subit un effet de levier autour dudit moyen d'engagement du manche de balai, et contre ladite surface de tamisage afin d'évacuer l'excès de liquide de la tête du balai.
  2. Système de balai de lavage de sols, selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit moyen d'aboutement comprend un collier 39 qui est positionné sur une partie de l'extrémité inférieure du manche de balai.
  3. Système de balai de lavage de sols, selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant un réservoir de liquide qui est disposé sous la surface de tamisage.
  4. Système de balai de lavage de sols, selon la revendication 3, et comprenant un moyen de support pour porter le réservoir en vue de son transport au-dessus d'un sol destiné à être nettoyé.
  5. Système de balai de lavage de sols, selon la revendication 4, dans lequel le moyen de support comprend un chariot à roulettes 11 et le réservoir comprend un seau 22 qui est placé de façon amovible sur ledit chariot.
  6. Système de balai de lavage de sols, selon la revendication 4 ou la revendication 5, dans lequel le crochet est porté par une section du moyen de support.
  7. Système de balai de lavage de sols, selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le crochet est monté de façon pivotante de telle sorte que le crochet puisse être rétracté.
  8. Système de balai de lavage de sols, selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la surface de tamisage est inclinée par rapport au plan horizontal selon un angle de 45 degrés environ, de sorte que, lorsque la tête de balai est soumise à un effet de levier contre la surface de tamisage, la surface de tamisage va exercer une réaction ascendante et horizontale contre la tête de balai.
  9. Système de balai de lavage de sols, selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la surface de tamisage est allongée par rapport à la longueur de la tête de balai, de sorte qu'il est possible de faire glisser la tête de balai d'une extrémité de la surface de tamisage à l'autre extrémité en raison de l'effet de levier sur le manche de balai, le mouvement en question facilitant l'élimination de l'excès de liquide de la tête du balai.
  10. Système de balai de lavage de sols, selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la surface de tamisage est définie par une surface supérieure d'une structure de tamisage, laquelle structure de tamisage comprend une pluralité de rouleaux 51 qui sont espacés les uns des autres et qui, ensemble, définissent une pluralité de trous de tamisage.
  11. Système de balai de lavage de sols, selon la revendication 10, dans lequel lesdits rouleaux sont chacun configurés comme des billes 51 à partie rétrécie, et lesdits trous de tamisage sont définis par des espaces qui correspondent aux sections rétrécies juxtaposées de billes adjacentes.
  12. Système de balai de lavage de sols, selon la revendication 11, dans lequel entre environ 60% et 80% de la superficie de tamisage est perforée de trous de tamisage.
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GBGB9713685.7A GB9713685D0 (en) 1997-06-27 1997-06-27 Floor mopping system
PCT/GB1998/001114 WO1999000050A1 (fr) 1997-06-27 1998-04-16 Balai laveur

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