EP2633794A1 - Tragbares Reinigungsgerät - Google Patents

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EP2633794A1
EP2633794A1 EP13001040.8A EP13001040A EP2633794A1 EP 2633794 A1 EP2633794 A1 EP 2633794A1 EP 13001040 A EP13001040 A EP 13001040A EP 2633794 A1 EP2633794 A1 EP 2633794A1
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Zorzo Bruno
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Filmop SRL
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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
    • A47L13/16—Cloths; Pads; Sponges
    • 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
    • A47L13/42—Details
    • A47L13/44—Securing scouring-cloths to the brush or like body of the implement

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  • This invention concerns hand held-held cleaning equipment for smooth and unbroken surfaces, like tables, etc.
  • Velcro requires that the cloth be washed gently so as not to diminish the effectiveness of its grip to the relative support; moreover the removal of the cloth from the support to which it is joined needs to be carried out manually, thereby interrupting the cleaning operations, and requires the use of both hands, one for holding the support firmly and the other for removing the cloth; also the use of a new cloth generally requires the use of both hands to ensure precise coupling, and lastly, said hooks that join to the Velcro create a discontinuity on the surface of the small support that makes it difficult to clean, and therefore likely not to be tolerated in delicate environments requiring some disinfection.
  • the object of the invention is to make available a hand-held cleaning apparatus that allows you to use cloth without Velcro. Another object of the invention is to make available a hand-held cleaning apparatus that can be used with just one hand.
  • a still further object of the invention is to make available a hand-held cleaning apparatus that can be uncoupled from the bond with the respective cloth with just one hand.
  • An even further object of the invention is to make available a hand-held cleaning apparatus that can be coupled to a new cloth with just one hand.
  • a still further object of the invention is to make available a hand-held cleaning apparatus where the above-mentioned operations can be carried out while keeping the hand on the grip.
  • An even further object of the invention is to make available a hand-held cleaning apparatus where the working surface is a continuous and active surface.
  • a still further object of the invention is to make available a hand-held cleaning apparatus where both the separation from a cloth as well as the joining with a single cloth takes place without the hand ever touching cloth itself.
  • An even further object of the invention is that any manoeuver accidentally releasing the cloth is prevented.
  • a hand-held cleaning apparatus which has a base formed of two half-frames hinged together, and on one of which there is a handle for manual gripping and kept flat by a retention device capable of taking on an angled configuration suitable for insertion inside the pockets of a specific cleaning cloth.
  • the distance between the entry of the pockets of the cleaning cloth is smaller than the overall dimension, in an extended and flat configuration of the base.
  • said half-frames during use are kept in a solidly connected configuration conferring the base a flat appearance.
  • a retention device that prevents the reciprocal release and keeps the structure of the cleaning apparatus stable, and is arranged against the grip.
  • said retention device can be used directly by the hand that holds the grip, without having to release it.
  • said retention device is bonded to a first half plane being supported and joined in a partly revolving manner to a second half plane.
  • said retaining device has a flexible wing attached underneath the first half plane.
  • this wing is preloaded beneath the first half plane, and carrying out its elastic return as soon as the constraint between the device and the plane is no longer there, it pushes the second half plane far away from the planarity with the first half plane.
  • This flexible wing, joined solidly to the retention device, during the phase when it returns to the condition of use with the two aligned half planes is also the element that, preloaded by the first half plane, keeps the restraint of the retention device rotated in a preloaded manner, remaining stably joined with the first half plane.
  • the restoration of the flat configuration of the base, from its angled configuration there is an initial overcoming of an interference, during which the small flexible wing is preloaded, and a partial action of this preload occurs as soon as the coupling becomes possible with the first half plane by means of a rotation of said retention device and maintaining, with the residual preload, the coupling in tension.
  • a further benefit consists of the fact that in order to prevent an overcoming of the planarity in the reciprocal rotation, the two half planes are partially overlapping. With this overlapping, rotation beyond the planarity is impeded, and above all it allows you to obtain a structurally stable and robust frame when closed, with said overlapping parts continuous and against each other.
  • the opening of the base is sufficiently open in an angled manner that the end of each half-frame comes near to the entrance of the pockets of the cloth and inside which they are ready to enter, continuing inside the pockets until the base is flat.
  • each half -frame The entry into these pockets by the ends of each half -frame is brought about by a manoeuvrer carried out by the operator on the handle, aimed at reaching coplanarity, and therefore diverting the angled situation to a flat configuration, where said ends near the entrance of the pockets engage them taking them inside until a flat condition is attained, and carrying out the joint between the base and the cloth.
  • the diagrams show a realisation of the hand-held cleaning device invention that is by way of example only and in no way restrictive.
  • the base comprises two half-frames 1, 2 hinged together, on at least one of these there is a handle for gripping 4.
  • the hinging 6 between the two half-frames 1, 2 is preferably situated in the central zone of the base.
  • the base has a lower flat and continuous active surface when the two half-frames are kept in a planar arrangement by a retaining device 3.
  • This base can take on an angled configuration of the two half-frames 1, 2 suitable for releasing from and engaging with a specific cloth 5 that has pockets 11.
  • the pockets of the cloth which are suitable for being used with this base, are at the ends of the cloth itself with the opening directed towards the central part of the cloth itself.
  • Said retention device in fact, has a reducing element 8 in the form of a groove inside which a protruding part 7 in the form of a notch is held, preferably at the end of the first half-frame 1.
  • Said retention element 3 also has a flexible wing 9 located below the first half-frame 1, which can, when there is no retention constraint between the groove 8 and the protrusion 7, create the initial reciprocal rotation between the two half-frames 1, 2 that are hinged together.
  • Said flexible wing 9 is preloaded during the operations for creating the coplanarity of the base, and, once the initial interference of the protrusion 7 with respect to the retention device 3 is overcome, ensures the coupling between the groove 8 and the protrusion 7 with a residual preload, keeping the coupling taut. Precisely by overcoming this residual preload, using the lever 10 of the retention device3, is the decoupling possible between the groove 8 and the protrusion 7.
  • the opening of the base from a flat configuration is such that the angled position of the two half-frames 1,2 arrives at an arrangement of the two ends of the respective half-frames near the entrance of the pockets 11 of the cloth 5, and therefore with an action carried out by the operator on the handle 4, in the sense of conferring the planar arrangement to the base, the two ends of the half-frames 1, 2 can easily enter said pockets 11 of the cloth 5.
  • the pockets are completely, or for the most part, engaged, creating that stable connection between the base and the cloth 5 needed for efficient cleaning.
  • the invention designed and configured in this way therefore attains all the objectives.
EP13001040.8A 2012-03-02 2013-03-01 Tragbares Reinigungsgerät Withdrawn EP2633794A1 (de)

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IT000060A ITPD20120060A1 (it) 2012-03-02 2012-03-02 Attrezzo di pulizia a mano

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DE29512724U1 (de) * 1995-08-08 1995-10-19 Vermop Salmon Gmbh Mophalter sowie Mopbezug hierfür
EP1245179A2 (de) * 2001-03-30 2002-10-02 Ditta FILMOP, società responsabilità limitata Mophalter für Mopbezüge mit Taschen
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US20060260083A1 (en) * 2004-07-20 2006-11-23 Rothweil David A Cleaning implements having magnetic means

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