EP1472965A1 - Appareil de balayage et d'auto-essorage - Google Patents

Appareil de balayage et d'auto-essorage Download PDF

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EP1472965A1
EP1472965A1 EP03447100A EP03447100A EP1472965A1 EP 1472965 A1 EP1472965 A1 EP 1472965A1 EP 03447100 A EP03447100 A EP 03447100A EP 03447100 A EP03447100 A EP 03447100A EP 1472965 A1 EP1472965 A1 EP 1472965A1
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cleaning head
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Ming-Hsien Lin
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Giant Lead Inc
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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
    • A47L13/257—Plate frames for mops made of sponge material
    • 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
    • A47L13/14—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing combined with squeezing or wringing devices
    • A47L13/146—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing combined with squeezing or wringing devices having pivoting squeezing plates

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  • the present invention is related to a sweeping and wringing apparatus, particularly to a sweeping and wringing apparatus which allows to be effectively wrung dry in an inward folding squeezing movement.
  • a sweeper with a long handle is used to avoid to have to bend down during the cleaning work.
  • the handle has a front end to which a cleaning element is attached, which is a piece of cloth or a sponge.
  • this kind of sweeper does not have a device allowing to wring the cleaning element dry, so after the cleaning work the cleaning element has to be wrung dry by hand or by stepping thereon by foot, which is inconvenient.
  • a sweeping and wringing apparatus with a cleaning element that allows to be squeezed has been brought on the market, mainly comprising, as shown in Fig. 13: a handle 1; a sponge 2; a connecting piece 3, attached to a lower end of the handle 1; a gripping element 4, made of punched metal and gripping an upper part of the sponge 2; a connecting rod assembly 5, having L-shaped elements fastened to the gripping element 4, for transmitting a downward movement to the sponge 2; a pair of roll bars 6, attached to a lower side of the connecting piece 3; and a lever 7, connected with the connecting rod assembly 5.
  • the lever 7 When the lever 7 is lifted, the connecting rod assembly 5 is pulled up, dragging upward the sponge 2, which is subsequently squeezed between the pair of roll bars 6, so that water contained in the sponge 2 is wrung out.
  • This conventional sweeping and wringing apparatus allows to press out water contained therein, but has the following shortcomings :
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a sweeping and wringing apparatus having a cleaning element that is easily replaceable.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a sweeping and wringing apparatus which is easily wrung dry and which is inexpensively manufactured.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a sweeping and wringing apparatus which is convenient to assemble and disassemble.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the sweeping and wringing apparatus of the present invention in the regular state.
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic illustration of the sweeping and wringing apparatus of the present invention with the cleaning head dismounted and the transmission rod not pulled up (regular state).
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic illustration of the sweeping and wringing apparatus of the present invention with the cleaning head mounted and the transmission rod pulled up halfway.
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic illustration of the sweeping and wringing apparatus of the present invention with the cleaning head dismounted and the transmission rod pulled up halfway.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic illustration of the sweeping and wringing apparatus of the present invention with the cleaning head dismounted and the transmission rod completely pulled up.
  • Fig. 6 is a schematic illustration of the movement of the moving bar of the present invention.
  • Fig. 7 is a perspective schematic illustration of the wringing system of the present invention at the lower part thereof.
  • Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the cleaning head of the present invention.
  • Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional schematic illustration mounting of the cleaning head on the pair of holding plates of the present invention.
  • Fig. 10 is a schematic illustration of the cleaning head of the present invention in the second embodiment.
  • Fig. 11 is a schematic illustration of the cleaning head of the present invention in the third embodiment.
  • Fig. 12 is a schematic illustration of the cleaning head of the present invention in the fourth embodiment.
  • Fig. 13 is a perspective view of a conventional sweeping and wringing apparatus.
  • the sweeping and wringing apparatus of the present invention comprises: a handle 10; a moving bar 20; a transmission rod 30; a frame 40; a pair of hinge plates 50, defining left and right sides; a pulling element 60; a pair of holding plates 70; and a cleaning head 100.
  • the handle has a lower end to which the frame 40 is attached.
  • the pair of hinge plates 50 are hingedly connected with opposite lower ends of the frame 40.
  • the moving bar 20 is connected with the handle 10 and is used to drive a wringing movement.
  • the transmission rod 30 runs inside the handle 10, being connected with the moving bar 20.
  • the pulling element 60 is attached to the transmission rod 30.
  • the pair of holding plates 70 extend to the left and right, being hingedly connected with and driven by the pulling element 60.
  • the cleaning head 100 is mounted on a lower side of the pair of holding plates 70 and has an upper surface connected with the pair of hinge plates 50, thus being driven thereby in a squeezing movement.
  • the handle 10 is manually gripped at, having an upper end with an adjusting device 11 for adjusting the length of the handle 10.
  • the adjusting device 11 is conventional art and therefore not described further.
  • the handle 10 has an inner space which accommodates the moving bar 20 and the transmission rod 30.
  • the moving bar 20 has an upper rod 21 and a lower rod 22, which is connected with the upper rod at a middle position thereof. Furthermore, the moving bar 20 has an upper end 23, which is hingedly connected with the handle at a middle position thereof.
  • the lower rod 22 has a lower end 25, which is hingedly connected with the handle at a lower position thereof and with the transmission rod 30, driving the transmission rod 30.
  • the upper rod 21 and the lower rod 22 partly pass through an opening 12 of the handle 10.
  • the upper rod 21 has a far end carrying a grip 27 that allows manually to pull out the moving bar 20. In a regular state, the upper rod 21 is held close to the handle 10 by an elastic clasp 13.
  • the transmission rod 30 is partly accommodated in the handle 10, being able to glide therein upward and downward.
  • the transmission rod 30 has an upper end 31, which is hingedly connected with the lower end 25 of the lower rod 22, and a lower end 32, which is connected with the pulling element 60, driving the pulling element 60 upward.
  • the frame 40 is a hollow body, shaped like the inverted letter T, having a vertical part 41 connected with the lower end of the handle 10 and a horizontal part 42 with two far ends that extend away from the vertical part 41 to the left and right.
  • each of the pair of hinge plates 50 has a shape like the letter L, with a top end through which a bolt 51 passes to establish a hinged connection with one of the far ends of the horizontal parts 42. Furthermore, each of the pair of hinge plates 50 has a bent part 52 with a bolt 54 for connecting with the pair of holding plates 70.
  • the pulling element 60 being roughly shaped like the inverted letter T, is fixed on the lower end 32 of the control rod 30 and has a bottom part with two pulling hinges 61 to the left and right.
  • the pair of holding plates 70 are in a symmetric arrangement hingedly connected with the pulling hinges 61, having roughly T-shaped cross-sections.
  • Each of the pair of holding plates 70 has a vertical rib 71 with an inner end 73, which is hingedly connected with one of the pulling hinges 61, and an outer end having a slanted elongated hole 74, which accommodates the bolt 54 of the bent part 52 of one of the hinge plates 50.
  • each of the pair of holding plates 70 has a horizontal plate 72, which is provided with a plurality of holes 75 for holding the cleaning head 100.
  • the cleaning head 100 is fastened to the pair of holding plates 70 by screws or by clamping or binding means. This is conventional art and therefore not described further.
  • the cleaning head 100 comprises a positioning plate 80 and a cleaning element 90, held on a bottom side of the positioning plate 80.
  • the cleaning element 90 is shaped like a strip of material capable of sucking water, like a sponge, cloth or plastics material.
  • the present description uses a sponge, but this does not restrict the range of embodiments.
  • the positioning plate covers the cleaning element 90 from above, exerting squeezing pressure thereon (as shown in Fig. 3) to wring out water.
  • the positioning plate 80 has a base plate 81 made of soft material and a plurality of hooks 82 on a top side of the base plate 81.
  • peaks 83 of the hooks 82 are inserted into the plurality of holes 75 of the pair of holding plates 70 to be held therein, so as to perform cleaning work.
  • the positioning plate 80 is shorter than the cleaning element 90.
  • Each of the hooks 82 has a peak 83, a blocking part 84 and an embracing part 85. As shown in Fig. 9, for each of the hooks 82, the embracing part 85 allows to be pushed inward to lean on an inner wall of one of the holes 75, whereas the blocking part 84 grips an outer periphery thereof. Thus the hooks 82 hold the positioning plate 80 effectively on the holding plates 70.
  • the peak 83 has a front slope 86, a back slope 88 as well as left and right slopes 87.
  • the hooks are oriented back to back.
  • tensions exerted during the cleaning work are effectively countered by the blocking part 84 and the embracing part 85 of each of the hooks 82.
  • the present invention in second to fourth embodiments has cleaning elements 90A, 90B and 90C, which are a plurality of textile strips, a textile mesh and a plurality of plastics strips, respectively.
  • the cleaning elements 90A, 90B and 90C are fastened to the positioning plate 80 by gluing, screw or binding means, which is conventional art and therefore not explained further.
  • hooks 82 on one side are inserted into holes 75, then the hooks 82 on the opposite side are inserted into holes 75.
  • hooks 82 may be inserted in the order of one on the left and one on the right.
  • hooks 82 on one side are pressed inward and pulled out of holes 75, then the hooks 82 on the opposite side are pressed inward and pulled out of holes 75. Again, hooks 82 may be pulled out in the order of one on the left and one on the right.
  • the sweeping and wringing apparatus of the present invention has the following advantages:

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WO2009068160A1 (fr) * 2007-11-28 2009-06-04 Carl Freudenberg Kg Balai laveur à deux ailes
KR100949757B1 (ko) * 2009-05-10 2010-03-25 (주)애드홈 밀대걸레
KR100974196B1 (ko) * 2010-01-08 2010-08-05 (주)애드홈 밀대걸레
DE102009037071A1 (de) * 2009-08-13 2011-02-17 Leifheit Ag Wischer mit verschwenkbar gelagerten Wischflügeln
WO2011128617A3 (fr) * 2010-04-12 2012-01-05 Peter Kalam Ali Dispositif de nettoyage avec tampon de nettoyage
WO2012045316A1 (fr) * 2010-10-04 2012-04-12 Carl Freudenberg Kg Balai serpillère
EP2374396A3 (fr) * 2009-09-17 2012-09-05 Carl Freudenberg KG Balai
US8584300B2 (en) 2007-11-29 2013-11-19 Carl Freudenberg Kg Squeeze mop
CN105748004A (zh) * 2016-04-15 2016-07-13 嘉兴捷顺旅游制品有限公司 一种新型胶棉拖把
CN109837850A (zh) * 2019-02-01 2019-06-04 南通绿能环保设备有限公司 一种便于安装的扫地车
CN110801185A (zh) * 2019-10-15 2020-02-18 师永杰 一种建筑物天花板用手持式擦洗机构

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US2926373A (en) * 1955-07-25 1960-03-01 American Marietta Co Compression sponge mop
GB985124A (en) * 1962-03-23 1965-03-03 Re Enrico Improvements in or relating to mops or like cleaning devices
US4077672A (en) * 1976-09-27 1978-03-07 Tantera, Inc. Method of making a sponge mop part
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WO2009068160A1 (fr) * 2007-11-28 2009-06-04 Carl Freudenberg Kg Balai laveur à deux ailes
US8584300B2 (en) 2007-11-29 2013-11-19 Carl Freudenberg Kg Squeeze mop
KR100949757B1 (ko) * 2009-05-10 2010-03-25 (주)애드홈 밀대걸레
DE102009037071A1 (de) * 2009-08-13 2011-02-17 Leifheit Ag Wischer mit verschwenkbar gelagerten Wischflügeln
DE102009037071B4 (de) * 2009-08-13 2014-02-13 Leifheit Ag Wischer mit verschwenkbar gelagerten Wischflügeln
EP2374396A3 (fr) * 2009-09-17 2012-09-05 Carl Freudenberg KG Balai
KR100974196B1 (ko) * 2010-01-08 2010-08-05 (주)애드홈 밀대걸레
WO2011128617A3 (fr) * 2010-04-12 2012-01-05 Peter Kalam Ali Dispositif de nettoyage avec tampon de nettoyage
CN102843947A (zh) * 2010-04-12 2012-12-26 彼得·卡拉姆·阿里 具有清洗垫的清洗装置
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CN102843947B (zh) * 2010-04-12 2016-04-20 彼得·卡拉姆·阿里 具有清洗垫的清洗装置
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WO2012045316A1 (fr) * 2010-10-04 2012-04-12 Carl Freudenberg Kg Balai serpillère
CN105748004A (zh) * 2016-04-15 2016-07-13 嘉兴捷顺旅游制品有限公司 一种新型胶棉拖把
CN109837850A (zh) * 2019-02-01 2019-06-04 南通绿能环保设备有限公司 一种便于安装的扫地车
CN109837850B (zh) * 2019-02-01 2024-02-20 南通绿能环保设备有限公司 一种便于安装的扫地车
CN110801185A (zh) * 2019-10-15 2020-02-18 师永杰 一种建筑物天花板用手持式擦洗机构

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