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EP1342445A2
EP1342445A2 EP03004811A EP03004811A EP1342445A2 EP 1342445 A2 EP1342445 A2 EP 1342445A2 EP 03004811 A EP03004811 A EP 03004811A EP 03004811 A EP03004811 A EP 03004811A EP 1342445 A2 EP1342445 A2 EP 1342445A2
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Dirk Salmon
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/20—Mops
    • A47L13/24—Frames for mops; Mop heads
    • A47L13/254—Plate frames
    • A47L13/256—Plate frames for mops made of cloth
    • 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
    • A47L13/42—Details
    • A47L13/46—Securing scouring or polishing cloths or sponges to the handles by gripping means, tongs, or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25G—HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS
    • B25G1/00—Handle constructions
    • B25G1/04—Handle constructions telescopic; extensible; sectional
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25G—HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS
    • B25G3/00—Attaching handles to the implements
    • B25G3/38—Hinged, pivoted, swivelling, or folding joints

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  • the invention relates to a mopping device, in particular for cleaning surfaces, and in particular walls, ceilings, doors and furniture.
  • Mopping devices for cleaning surfaces have long been known in the field of cleaning.
  • Known wiping devices of this type have a clamping device for receiving a wiping textile, such as a cleaning cloth or a mop-like cover.
  • the contact pressure required for cleaning is transferred through a work surface, which is usually located on the underside of the wiper device and on which the wiping textile lies in a defined manner.
  • the work surface is understood to mean the surface which the wiping textile supports essentially parallel to the surface to be cleaned and which is used to exert pressure.
  • a handle is attached to such wiping devices in an articulated manner, this articulated connection generally being designed as a loose double joint.
  • Wipers of this type are particularly unsuitable for cleaning ceilings and walls, since in such constructions the work surface is always oriented downwards due to its own weight and the property of the double joint. It is therefore only possible with great skill to set the work surface to the side or upwards, which would be necessary in particular for cleaning walls and ceilings.
  • a wide variety of exemplary embodiments are known in the art with regard to the clamping device.
  • the main differences are in how the wiping textile can be attached to the wiping devices. It is known, for example, to fasten the wiping textile to the wiping device by means of straps or to use Velcro fasteners or push buttons for the attachment. Furthermore, it is known to use a wiping textile which is provided with pockets into which lateral end pieces of the wiping device are inserted. A disadvantage of these designs is that the wiping cloth must always be removed from the clamping device for washing out.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a mopping device that enables easy cleaning of walls, ceilings, doors, furniture and the like, which avoids the disadvantages inherent in the prior art as much as possible and at the same time allows the efficient use of the wiping textile surface used.
  • the clamping device has an elongated clamping point formed in the region of a front edge of the work surface, and the handle is articulated via a spring arrangement which generates a restoring force when deflected.
  • a wiper device designed according to the invention has the advantage that, although the spring arrangement enables the handle to be inclined with little effort relative to the work surface, the wiper device automatically returns to its starting position after being relieved.
  • the spring arrangement means that the work surface and thus also the wiping textile always lie flat against a surface to be cleaned. This can cause a optimal cleaning can be achieved.
  • changes in the angle of the handle from the top to the bottom relative to the cleaning surface are completely absorbed by the spring arrangement.
  • pressure is generated in the area of the front edge of the work surface.
  • This has the advantage that a scraping effect occurs in this area, while a wiping or dirt-absorbing effect is achieved in the rear area. The dirt is thus loosened from the cleaning surface through the area of the front edge and absorbed by the wiping fabric in the rear area.
  • the clamping device arranged in the region of a front edge of the work surface. This enables the user to make optimum use of all sides of a wiping textile.
  • the wiping textile can be folded in the middle, for example, and the resulting edge can be clamped, resulting in four working pages. Except for the area of the resulting edge, the complete textile surface can be used for cleaning in this case.
  • the wiper device has two working surfaces lying opposite one another. This improves the utilization of the entire surface of the wiping textile, since a different side of the wiping textile lies on one of the two work surfaces by rotating the wiping device. Therefore, all sides are used efficiently without removing the wiping textile from the clamping device.
  • the respective work surface is formed by one side of a flat pressure plate. This supports the entire surface of the wiping textile and improves the cleaning effect by evenly flying the wiping textile on a cleaning surface.
  • the clamping device has at least one clamping jaw. This has the advantage that conventional cleaning cloths can be used as the wiping cloth instead of more expensive wiping cloths provided with pockets, Velcro fasteners or buttons.
  • the clamping device is advantageously integrated in the front area of the respective pressure plate. This integral production of the clamping device and the pressure plate can reduce the production costs for such a wiping device.
  • the wiper device is preferably designed with at least two clamping jaws, the clamping jaws being connected to one another via a bearing point and at least one of the clamping jaws being movable against the other clamping jaw in a spring-loaded manner.
  • the clamping jaws define the elongated clamping point mentioned above.
  • the respective jaws can be opened against the spring force and are always against each other in the unloaded state due to the spring force, which enables the wiping textile to be firmly clamped.
  • This bearing point is advantageously designed in a hinge-like manner so that the clamping jaws are connected to one another in a tiltable manner. So that the clamping jaws always stand against each other and the wiping textile can be firmly clamped, at least one leg spring is preferably attached between one of the clamping jaws and the bearing point.
  • the spring arrangement is connected to one of the pressure plates and at least one of the pressure plates is provided with a recess, the width of which essentially corresponds to the width of the spring arrangement. This configuration prevents the spring arrangement from colliding with an edge of the pressure plate when it is deflected.
  • At least one of the clamping jaws is preferably provided with teeth in the region of the elongated clamping point, so that a wiping textile is held firmly in the clamping point and cannot slip or slip out during use.
  • At least one of the clamping jaws is provided with a squeezing surface in the region of its end face.
  • the wiping textile can be washed out by immersing it in a container without the cloth having to be removed from the clamping device. If the container is also equipped with a press sieve, the washing water can be pressed out of the wiping textile.
  • the pressing surface described above which is adapted to the counter surface in the press sieve, makes it possible to transfer the pressing force well to the wiping textile and thus to facilitate the pressing out of the water.
  • At least one of the clamping jaws has a width of around 200 mm to around 400 mm in order to provide a sufficient wiping area and good handling. Furthermore, this width enables the use of wiping textiles which are customary in cleaning and which generally have a similar width.
  • the handle advantageously has a receiving opening for an extension style at one end. This makes it possible to use the mopping device for particularly high ceilings.
  • the end of the extension style is pushed into the intended opening of the handle, resulting in a forceful connection.
  • the handle additionally has at least one spring-loaded locking pin in the region of the receiving opening, which latches into a corresponding recess in the extension style and additionally fixes it.
  • the wiped textile can be freed of dirt that has been absorbed by washing it out in water and then pressing it out.
  • the one end of the handle is designed with a mushroom-like contour.
  • the surface of the handle is advantageously provided with ergonomically adapted depressions in the form of a finger contour or with a corrugation. As a result, the handle lies well in the hand of the user during the work process.
  • the wiper device consists essentially entirely of plastic.
  • the wiper has a low weight, which makes it easier to use, especially for cleaning ceilings.
  • the wiper is made of plastic and is corrosion-resistant and more economical than other materials.
  • the wiping textile is for a wiping device according to the invention with one for clamping in the clamping point of the clamping device provided provided clamping point, which divides the wiping textile into two areas, each with two sides.
  • the wiping textile is folded at this clamping point and the resulting edge is clamped in the clamping point of the clamping device.
  • the surface condition of the two sides of the wiping textile can be designed differently.
  • one surface can be designed in such a way that a good cleaning effect can be achieved and the other in such a way that the dirt previously loosened from one side can be well absorbed.
  • the surfaces of the wiping textile can thus be optimally adapted to the corresponding cleaning conditions.
  • Fig. 1 the wiper 1 is shown in the starting position.
  • the wiping textile 2 lies on the work surface 3 and is clamped in the clamping device 4 along the clamping point 5.
  • the respective work surface 3 is formed by one side of the respective pressure plate 9.
  • the clamping device 4 shown in integral construction with the pressure plate 9 is connected via a bearing 8 to the spring arrangement 6, which is mounted directly at one end of the handle 7.
  • the spring arrangement 6 with the bearing point 8 is immovably mounted relative to the clamping device 4 or the pressure plates 9.
  • the articulated mounting of the handle 7 is ensured exclusively by the spring arrangement 6.
  • Fig. 2 shows the wiper device 1 of Fig. 1 deflected by the angle ⁇ .
  • the spring arrangement 6 is designed with little effort by the user.
  • One of the work surfaces 3 is placed on the surface to be cleaned and the handle 7 corresponding to a comfortable working position in relation to the surface to be cleaned and thus also the surface Working surface 3 inclined at an angle ⁇ . If the work surface 3 is not under force on the surface to be cleaned, the wiping device automatically returns to the starting position, shown in FIG. 1, by the restoring force of the spring arrangement 6.
  • FIG. 3 shows the wiper device 1 according to the invention from FIG. 1, the clamping device 4 having two clamping jaws 10, 11, which are shown in the open position.
  • the bearing point 8 connects the handle 7 to the two jaws 10, 11 and, as the example shown shows, lies inside between the two jaws 10, 11.
  • Said bearing point 8 connects the two jaws 10, 11 to one another in such a way that the two jaws 10, 11 can be tilted towards one another in order to enable the clamping of a wiping textile 2. So that the two jaw ends 12, 13 are always against each other, the two jaws 10, 11 are spring-loaded in the region of the bearing 8, for example by means of one or more leg springs.
  • the two jaw ends 10, 11 move apart.
  • the wiping textile 2 is then folded essentially in the middle, creating an edge which, as a clamping point 14, divides the wiping textile 2 into two areas, each with two sides.
  • the wiping textile 2, which is initially only loosely between the two jaws 10, 11, is finally clamped at its clamping point 14 by releasing the two jaws 10, 11 and the spring load acting on the jaws 10, 11 between the two jaw ends 12, 13.
  • the jaw ends 12, 13 are preferably tapered and designed with interlocking teeth 15 in order to be able to fix the wiping textile 2 well.
  • FIG. 4 shows the wiper device 1 according to the invention from FIG. 1 in the deflected state.
  • the bearing 8, which connects the spring arrangement 6 and the handle 7 to the jaws 10 and 11, is arranged inside between the two jaws 10, 11. So that the spring arrangement cannot collide with one of the clamping jaws 10, 11 during a deflection, both clamping jaws 10, 11 are provided with a recess 16 in the area of this spring arrangement 6.
  • the handle 7 has at one end a receiving opening 18 into which an extension style 17 can be inserted.
  • At least one spring-loaded locking pin 19, which snaps into a corresponding recess in the extension style 17, is used for the additional fixing of the extension style 17. With the help of the extension style, even high ceilings can be cleaned without using ladders or the like.
  • FIG. 5 shows the wiper device 1 according to the invention from FIG. 1 during the pressing-out process in a press sieve 20 provided therefor, which is placed on a cleaning container 21.
  • a press sieve 20 provided therefor, which is placed on a cleaning container 21.
  • one end of the handle 7 is designed with a mushroom-like contour.
  • the jaw ends 12, 13 are angled and form a flat pressing surface 23, which serves to be able to transfer the pressing force well to the wiping textile 2.
  • the pressing surface 23 formed is adapted to the counter surface of the press screen 20 in order to achieve an optimal result.
  • the wiping textile 2 can be washed out by immersing it in a cleaning container 21 without the wiping textile 2 having to be removed from the wiping device 1.
  • the wiping device 1 is inserted into a press screen 20, which rests on the cleaning container 21, and through the User transfer a pressing force over the mushroom-like contour 22 of the end of the handle 7 to the wiping textile 2 by means of the pressing surface 23.

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EP1665974A1 (fr) * 2004-12-04 2006-06-07 Trisa Holding AG Joint articulé avec système de blocage pour la fixation d'un manche de balayeuse
EP1731078A1 (fr) * 2005-06-09 2006-12-13 Vermop Salmon Gmbh Dispositif d'essorage
EP1959813A1 (fr) * 2005-11-03 2008-08-27 3M Innovative Properties Company Balai a laver reversible double face
FR2932708A1 (fr) * 2008-06-19 2009-12-25 Nielsen Innovation Systeme d'articulation agence entre un outil mene et un organe manuel de conduite
WO2013028724A1 (fr) * 2011-08-22 2013-02-28 The Procter & Gamble Company Dispositif permettant de traiter une surface cible et qui comprend une poignée ergonomiquement pivotante
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EP1665974A1 (fr) * 2004-12-04 2006-06-07 Trisa Holding AG Joint articulé avec système de blocage pour la fixation d'un manche de balayeuse
EP1731078A1 (fr) * 2005-06-09 2006-12-13 Vermop Salmon Gmbh Dispositif d'essorage
EP1959813A4 (fr) * 2005-11-03 2010-06-02 3M Innovative Properties Co Balai a laver reversible double face
EP1959813A1 (fr) * 2005-11-03 2008-08-27 3M Innovative Properties Company Balai a laver reversible double face
FR2932708A1 (fr) * 2008-06-19 2009-12-25 Nielsen Innovation Systeme d'articulation agence entre un outil mene et un organe manuel de conduite
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