EP1653841B1 - Flache moppabdeckung für eine moppvorrichtung zum aufmoppen von zu säubernden flächen - Google Patents

Flache moppabdeckung für eine moppvorrichtung zum aufmoppen von zu säubernden flächen Download PDF

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EP1653841B1
EP1653841B1 EP04740409A EP04740409A EP1653841B1 EP 1653841 B1 EP1653841 B1 EP 1653841B1 EP 04740409 A EP04740409 A EP 04740409A EP 04740409 A EP04740409 A EP 04740409A EP 1653841 B1 EP1653841 B1 EP 1653841B1
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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
    • A47L13/258—Plate frames of adjustable or foldable type
    • 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
    • A47L13/12—Implements with several different treating 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
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a flat mop cover for a mopping device for mopping surfaces to be cleaned comprising the features of the introductory part of claim 1.
  • Mopping devices for mopping surfaces to be cleaned are widely known and in extensive use in professional and non-professional floor cleaning. They use a mop holder with a removably attached flat mop cover from textile material made from natural or synthetic fibers including and increasingly using micro-fibers.
  • the present invention deals with flat mop covers for use with mopping devices.
  • the cleaning surfaces next to each other can have different properties, so that it is possible with one mop cover to first scour or scrub the floor with a relatively rough material and then clean it with a relatively soft material or first clean it wet and then dry it immediately afterwards with a dry material.
  • the attachment means are usually positioned near the transversal edges of the mop cover, but may be placed along the longitudinal edges thereof, as well.
  • the attachment means are described as insertion pockets or holding strips. Velcro means (burr means) or other attachment means such as clamping means are mentioned, as well.
  • a mop cover with a lengthwise extending edge is used with a corresponding mop holder, where an enlarged rib of plastic material extending lengthwise and fitting into a groove on the mop holder is provided.
  • This mop cover even if attached to the mop holder, hangs freely from the mop holder.
  • One side of the mop cover may be used separately from the mop holder, whereas the other side of the mop cover is used traditionally below the mop holder to clean a surface.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a mop cover for use in a mopping device, which allows efficient two-step mopping with active layers of different properties. Touch-free removal and re-attachment of the mop cover to a mop holder shall be possible as in the prior art.
  • An interesting idea of the present invention is to separate the at least two active layers by a liquid-impermeable or otherwise not liquid transporting separating section.
  • a liquid-impermeable or otherwise not liquid transporting separating section In the prior art, there were structurally different active layers, but separating only by a sewn seam, or the like. So, if one active layer were used with a cleaning liquid, this cleaning liquid would be immediately transferred into the other active layer next to the wet active layer. This transfer is now inhibited by the liquid-impermeable or otherwise not liquid transporting separating section. This increases efficiency of two-step mopping.
  • the separating section may be used between two active layers positioned laterally next to each other as in the prior art of DE 94 02 509 U1 . However, similarly, the separating section may be provided between two active layers that are positioned on top of each other, similar to the prior art of DE 295 20 193 U1 . Both systems may be combined in a multi-layer flat mop cover.
  • the invention may be used even with the specific flat mop cover disclosed in the admitted prior art that is attached to the mop holder by rib/groove attachment on one longitudinal edge thereof.
  • This kind of flat mop cover may be particularly advantageous, because the wet part of the mop cover may be pressed within a pressing device, even if the dry part of the flat mop cover is kept free from the pressing device.
  • the material used for the active layers may be a woven fabric with all kinds of specific features as disclosed in the prior art mentioned in the introductory part of the description. However, non-woven or knitted fabric may be used, as well, and sometimes with particular advantages.
  • the material can be made of natural or synthetic fibers, in particular of polyester micro-fiber or of combinations of different fibers for backing and trimming. Insofar, reference is made to a co-pending PCT application of the applicant, namely WO 2004 EP 07014 ; attorney's reference 04.0739.
  • three active layers are provided and combined in an asymmetrical one-layer/two-layer combination with the attachment means positioned on top of the one-layer section.
  • Fig. 1 shows a flat mop cover 1 for a mopping device for mopping surfaces to be cleaned.
  • This flat mop cover may be manufactured from textile material, either a woven fabric or a non-woven or knitted fabric of natural or synthetic fibers like polyester micro-fibers, or the like.
  • the flat mop cover 1 shown in Fig. 1 in a plan view has exactly two active layers 2, 3 of preferably and here realized different properties.
  • a first active layer 2 may be a textile material with backing and trimming of different fibers, particularly suitable for wet cleaning a surface, whereas the second active layer 3 may be constructed to be particularly suited for dry cleaning or drying of an already wet surface.
  • Other requirements may be the use of a scrubbing layer in combination with a softer and/or wet cleaning layer.
  • Fig. 1 shows a plan view of the flat mop cover 1 from the cleaning surfaces 2', 3' of the active layers 2, 3, whereas the plan view in Fig. 2 shows the view towards the opposite side of the flat mop cover 1.
  • the backing material 4 can be identified, whereas in Fig. 1, the trimming material forming the cleaning surfaces 2', 3' is specifically indicated.
  • Such trimming material may be loop-forming material, such as terrycloth, or straight, densely positioned fibers like velvet, preferably of synthetic micro-fibers.
  • Fig. 2 shows attachment means 5 in the form of holding strips extending transversally across the backing material 4 of the flat mop cover 1.
  • Fig. 3 shows how a schematically displayed mop holder 6 is positioned on top of the mop cover 1 with the ends below holding strips 5 and position-fixing means 7 on the mop holder positioning the mop cover 1 properly on the mop holder 6.
  • WO 03/020100 A please refer to the prior art of WO 03/020100 A .
  • the two active layers 2, 3 are geometrically and hydraulically separated by a liquid-impermeable or other not liquid transporting, separating section 8.
  • the separating section 8 here, separates the two active layers 2, 3 that are positioned laterally next to each other and so is a separating strip geometrically and hydraulically separating the two active layers 2, 3.
  • the separating section 8 is made from a net-like, synthetic fiber material. Any other materials may be used for this purpose.
  • the separating section 8 is a separate part and made from a material different from the backing material 4 of the flat mop cover 1. However, the material of the separating section 8 is connected to the neighboring active layers 2, 3, namely to their backing material 4.
  • the separating section 8 may be of the same material of the backing material of the neighboring active layers 2, 3. Then, the separating section 8 may formed unitarily with the backing material 4 of both layers 2, 3. Of course, this needs a backing material 4 that is not liquid transporting. In this kind of design, the liquid-adsorbing and/or distributing material of an active layer 2; 3 is concentrated in the trimming of the specific layer 2, 3.
  • FIG. 4 shows a different embodiment obtained from a co-pending, parallel international patent application of the applicant, namely WO 2004 EP 07009 , attorney's reference 03.1461.
  • the flat mop cover 1 used here has one longitudinal edge section provided with a gripping counter-formation 9 that co-acts with gripping means on a mop holder not displayed here.
  • a gripping counter-formation 9 that co-acts with gripping means on a mop holder not displayed here.
  • the sectional view in the enlarged part of Fig. 4 shows that, here, two active layers 2, 3 are positioned on top of each other, thus forming two opposite, alternately usable cleaning surfaces 2', 3', which are, here, of about the same size.
  • a liquid-impermeable separating layer in between the two active layers 2, 3 is a liquid-impermeable separating layer as separating section 8.
  • the two layers 2, 3 may have different properties and the separating section 8 means an essential advantage for two-step mopping with a wet side and a dry side.
  • Fig. 5 shows a further embodiment of a flat mop cover with two active layers 2, 3 laterally next to each other, both layers having different properties and the layers being separated by a separating section 8, which is liquid-impermeable or otherwise not liquid transporting.
  • the measures of the first active layer 2 are such that a standard mop holder 6 is positioned only on this active layer 2, whereas the neighboring active layer 3 is free from any mop holder 6. So the attachment means 5 is in the area of the first active layer 2 only, whereas the second active layer 3 is used in cleaning as an additional mopping means.
  • mop covers 1 and mop holders 6 for professional floor cleaning have a length of approximately 20 cm to approximately 100 cm, preferably of approximately 40 cm to approximately 60 cm.
  • the width is preferably about 20 cm. So, in this embodiment, the width of the flat mop cover 1 doubles to about 40 cm, although a standard mop holder 6 can be used.
  • Fig. 6 shows a further and final embodiment of the flat mop cover 1 according to the invention.
  • three active layers 2, 3, 10 are provided and combined in an asymmetrical one-layer/two-layer combination with the attachment means 5 positioned on top of the one-layer section.
  • One separating section 8 separates the active layers 2, 3, whereas a second separating section 8' separates the active layer 3 from the co-planar active layer 10 with the cleaning surface 10'.
  • the attachment means 5 is in the one-layer section on active layer 2.
  • the separating section 8 is of the same material as a backing material of the neighboring active layers 2, 3 and is unitarily formed therewith.
  • the separating section 8 is a separate part, but connected to the neighboring active layers 2, 3 and, preferably, from a different material than the material of the neighboring active layers 2, 3.
  • the separating section 8 is made from a net-like material from preferably synthetic fibers.

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  1. Flachwischbezug für eine Moppvorrichtung zum Moppen von zu reinigenden Flächen, der Folgendes umfasst:
    mindestens zwei aktive Lagen (2, 3) mit vorzugsweise verschiedenen Eigenschaften, die entsprechende Reinigungsflächen (2', 3') bilden, und
    ein Befestigungsmittel (5) zur Befestigung des Flachwischbezugs (1) an einem Mopphalter (6),
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    mindestens zwei der aktiven Lagen (2, 3) durch einen flüssigkeitsundurchlässigen oder auf andere Weise nicht flüssigkeitstransportierenden Trennabschnitt (8, 8') hydraulisch getrennt sind.
  2. Wischbezug nach Anspruch 1, dadurch
    gekennzeichnet, dass
    zwei aktive Lagen (2, 3) lateral nebeneinander angeordnet sind und der Trennabschnitt (8) ein Trennstreifen zwischen den Lagen ist.
  3. Wischbezug nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch
    gekennzeichnet, dass
    zwei aktive Lagen (2, 3) übereinander angeordnet sind und zwei einander gegenüberliegende, wahlweise einsetzbare Reinigungsflächen (2', 3') bilden, die vorzugsweise die gleiche Größe aufweisen, und
    der Trennabschnitt (8) eine flüssigkeitsundurchlässige Trennlage zwischen den beiden aktiven Lagen (2, 3) ist.
  4. Wischbezug nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    drei aktive Lagen (2, 3, 10) vorgesehen und zu einer asymmetrischen Einlagen-/Zweilagen-Kombination kombiniert sind, wobei das Befestigungsmittel (5) oben auf dem Einlagenabschnitt angeordnet ist.
  5. Wischbezug nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Gesamtgröße des Wischbezugs viel größer, vorzugsweise mehr als doppelt so groß, ist als ein zugeordneter Mopphalter (6) und
    nur eine Lage (2) der beiden Lagen (2, 3) mit dem Befestigungsmittel (5) für den Mopphalter (6) versehen ist.
  6. Wischbezug nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    der Trennabschnitt (8) aus dem gleichen Material wie eine Rückenbeschichtung der benachbarten aktiven Lagen (2, 3) besteht und einstückig damit ausgebildet ist.
  7. Wischbezug nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Trennabschnitt (8) ein getrenntes Teil, aber mit den benachbarten aktiven Lagen (2, 3) verbunden ist und vorzugsweise aus einem anderen Material als das Material der benachbarten aktiven Lagen (2, 3) besteht.
  8. Wischbezug nach Anspruch 7, dadurch
    gekennzeichnet, dass
    der Trennabschnitt (8) aus einem netzartigen Material, vorzugsweise aus Kunstfasern, besteht.
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