Classifications

• • 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
  • A47L13/22—Mops with liquid-feeding devices
• • 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

Definitions

• the invention relates to a cleaning device for floors, consisting of a base body, on the front side of which is to be brought into contact with a surface to be cleaned, a cleaning surface element can be detachably fastened and dosed with a cleaning liquid, comprising:
• At least one liquid distributor area which is arranged on a front side of the base body and is formed from at least one nozzle recess, for distributing and temporarily storing the cleaning liquid and which is connected directly or via at least one distribution channel in the base body to the cleaning liquid storage container, and
• At least one cleaning fluid pump for conveying cleaning fluid from the cleaning fluid reservoir into the cleaning surface element.
• a cleaning device with the essential features of the preamble of claim 1 is known from the applicant's PCT / WO01 / 01841 AI. This cleaning device has proven itself for use on window panes. With the help of the integrated hand pump, cleaning liquid dosed onto an exchangeable plaster surface element without the cleaning device having to be removed. However, it has been shown that wiping large floor areas with the handheld device is tedious. The radius of action is limited here by the length of the handle; Extensions are not possible because the lever for the cleaning fluid pump can only be operated directly on the handle.
• a cleaning device with a handle and a cleaning head which has an exit plate on its front side coming into contact with the surface to be cleaned.
• the exit plate forms a wall of the cleaning head.
• a plaster surface element in the form of a sponge or several bristle elements is attached directly to the perforated plate.
• the cleaning fluid is metered from an interior of the cleaning head to the sponge or bristles through the openings in the perforated plate.
• the dosage cannot be controlled, so that the cleaning liquid can drip off the sponge, especially when the cleaning device is pressed against the surface to be cleaned.
• Another disadvantage is that the cleaning surface elements can only be replaced together with the perforated plate and, if appropriate, with a peripheral insert frame.
• DE 94 05 755.9 shows a device for cleaning window panes, which also has a handle with a cleaning head.
• the cleaning head has a water reservoir and a single outlet opening through which the cleaning liquid can be pumped into a cleaning sponge. It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a cleaning device for floors of the type mentioned at the outset which, with a simple and inexpensive construction, enables large floor areas to be cleaned with a cleaning surface element which can be continuously rewetted during cleaning.
• the cleaning fluid reservoir has a recessed and / or molded pump chamber which is open to the outside and that the cleaning fluid pump is formed by an elastically deformable cover element which seals the pump chamber and has a guide flange and a flexible pump plate.
• cover element which is anyway required for closing the cleaning fluid reservoir, also fulfills the function of a cleaning fluid pump, which is therefore of a very simple construction and is both inexpensive and unaffected by faults.
• the cover element can easily be inserted into the compatible pump chamber by the user and is correspondingly easy to replace in the event of wear or damage.
• a force on the pump plate which is particularly easy to exert with the foot, deforms the pump plate, which consists, for example, of an elastomer, as a result of which the pressure in the liquid-filled chamber lying under the pump plate increases and cleaning liquid from the at least one nozzle recess Storage container is pressed onto the plaster surface element.
• the liquid is either introduced into a distribution channel or directly into a liquid distribution richly injected, where it is absorbed by the plaster surface element.
• the detergent storage container is formed by the hollow base body itself, which has a pump chamber which is embedded and / or molded into its rear side and which is open to the outside. It is particularly advantageous if the base body is a blow-molded plastic hollow body that is simple and inexpensive to manufacture. The relatively large opening of the pump chamber when the cover element is removed also has a funnel effect and enables the basic body to be filled easily. Thus, only two elements, namely the base body and the cover element, fulfill all the functions which are formed by a large number of different assemblies according to the prior art.
• a further preferred embodiment provides that the cleaning liquid storage container is formed by a hollow additional tank which can be placed on the base body and which has a pump chamber which is recessed and / or molded into the back and which is open to the outside.
• the guide flange of the cover element can continue in a closed storage chamber provided with at least one nozzle recess.
• Cleaning agents in particular in the form of a concentrate, can be kept in stock in this storage chamber Pressure on the pump plate is metered into the main reservoir formed by the base body or additional tank and filled, for example, with pure water.
• the entire cover element with storage chamber is preferably formed from an elastomeric material in the manner of a bellows.
• An advantageous variant also provides that several pump chambers with corresponding cover elements are provided with and without a storage chamber.
• the pump chambers are connected to one another and / or to the liquid distributor area in a liquid-conducting manner.
• a first cover element is provided for the pure pump function and a second cover element with which cleaning agent concentrate can be injected into the storage container if required.
• FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the cleaning device according to the invention
• FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the cleaning device according to the invention
• Fig. 4 shows the locking mechanism in the embodiment of FIG. 3 in a sectional view.
• the base body 10 is preferably a hollow blow molded body made of plastic, for example made of polyethylene, and at the same time serves as a cleaning fluid reservoir.
• the cleaning surface element 20 is preferably a section of a textile cleaning cloth made of microfiber fabric or nonwoven, which has a known good cleaning effect, particularly in the moistened state, for all common household soiling, such as dust and grease deposits.
• the holding elements 21, ..., 24 are preferably disks made of a flexible material, into each of which a cross-shaped or star-shaped slot 22.1 is made. The segments of the holding elements which are separated from one another by the slots 22.1 are then individually deformable.
• a cleaning surface element 20 can be placed around the front side 11 of the base body 10 and fixed by pressing into the slots 22.1 of the holding elements 21, ..., 24.
• Velcro hook plates can also be used as holding elements.
• FIG. 2a shows the base body 10 with a view of the front side 11.
• the front side 11 has depressions 11.3, 11.4, in which Velcro hook tapes can be countersunk.
• a sponge element (not shown) can be attached to this are brought, which is arranged between base body 10 and plaster surface element 20. It can serve as an intermediate store for liquid and / or compensate for unevenness in the floor due to its elasticity and thus press the cleaning surface element 20 lying on the entire surface against the surface to be cleaned.
• liquid distribution areas 11.1, 11.2 are provided, each of which is formed by one or more nozzle recesses 13 through which the cleaning liquid flows through the
• Base body 10 formed cleaning fluid reservoir can emerge.
• An outwardly open pump chamber 16 is formed on the rear side 12 of the base body 10 shown in FIG. 2b.
• At least one handle or handle adapter receptacle 14 is molded onto which handles or longer handles, which are provided with compatible adapter elements 60, 61, can be fastened, for example by simply snapping them into place.
• Receiving chamber recesses 18.1,..., 18.4 are each formed at the corners, and are each covered with a holding element 21,..., 24 in the cleaning device 100, as shown in FIG. 1.
• the receiving chamber recesses 18.1, ..., 18.4 allow the segments of the holding elements 21, ..., 24 formed by the cuts 22.1 to be deformed downward and also the tip of the textile clamped in the holding elements 21, ..., 24 Record cleaning surface element 20.
• the pump chamber 16 is covered with a cover element 40 when the cleaning device 100 is used as intended, which is in particular mushroom-shaped with a tubular guide flange 41 (see FIG. 3) and a convex one over the rear side 12 of the
• the compatible pump chamber 16 is preferably cylindrical.
• the pump plate 42 is centered in the pump chamber 16 by the guide flange 41, and in addition an air- and liquid-tight clamp connection is produced on the guide flange 41 with the wall of the pump chamber 16.
• the convex pump plate 42 which is raised above the surface of the rear side 12, can be deformed for pumping cleaning liquid by a force exerted in particular by the foot, that is to say pressed inward. As a result, the pressure in the pump chamber 16 and the adjoining liquid-filled base body 10 increases, so that cleaning liquid passes through the at least one outlet recess 13 in the liquid distributor areas
• the cleaning liquid is then either temporarily stored in the sponge element, not shown, and is absorbed by the cleaning surface element 20 when it dries out, or is passed directly to the cleaning surface element 20 by punching out the sponge element.
• the base body 10 ′ does not simultaneously serve as a cleaning liquid reservoir. Instead, a separate additional tank 50 is provided, which can be detachably connected to the base body 10.
• the Base body 10 ' also has at least one handle or handle adapter receptacle 14 and receiving chamber recesses 18.1, ..., 18.4, in which holding elements 21, 22 are to be used.
• the base body 10 ' has at least two locking recesses 19' which extend continuously from the front 11 'to the rear 12'.
• pins 52 which are arranged on the underside of the additional tank 50, are inserted into the latching recesses 19'.
• nozzle recesses 53 are introduced, through which cleaning fluid is introduced into a sponge or cleaning surface element 20, which is in contact with the front 11 ′, when the pump plate 42 is actuated.
• the additional tank 52 also has a pump chamber 56, which is sealed with a cover element 40. The structure and function of the cleaning fluid pump formed by pump chamber 56 and cover element 40 correspond to the first embodiment of a cleaning device 100 described above.
• the locking mechanism is shown in detail in FIG. 4.
• the base body 10 two resilient locking bars 19.2' are inserted, which, aligned parallel to one another, extend across the cross section of the locking recess 19 '.
• the mushroom-shaped pin 52 presses the locking bars 19.2 'apart when the additional tank 50 is placed on the base body 10'.
• the mushroom-shaped head of the pin 52 has passed the locking bars 19.1, these spring back into their starting position and lie down in a groove 52.1 or directly on the shaft of the pin 52.
• the auxiliary tank 50 is thus on the

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