Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B15/00—Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements
  • A46B15/0095—Brushes with a feature for storage after use
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B15/00—Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B5/00—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
  • A46B5/002—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware having articulations, joints or flexible portions
  • A46B5/0033—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware having articulations, joints or flexible portions bending or stretching or collapsing
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B5/00—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
  • A46B5/002—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware having articulations, joints or flexible portions
  • A46B5/0033—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware having articulations, joints or flexible portions bending or stretching or collapsing
  • A46B5/005—Brushes with a telescopic or similarly moveable portion
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B7/00—Bristle carriers arranged in the brush body
  • A46B7/02—Bristle carriers arranged in the brush body in an expanding or articulating manner
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B7/00—Bristle carriers arranged in the brush body
  • A46B7/02—Bristle carriers arranged in the brush body in an expanding or articulating manner
  • A46B7/023—Bristle carriers arranged in the brush body in an expanding or articulating manner where the bristle carrier retracts or collapses, i.e. for storage
  • A46B7/026—Bristle carriers arranged in the brush body in an expanding or articulating manner where the bristle carrier retracts or collapses, i.e. for storage where the bristle carrier collapses
• • 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
  • A47L13/50—Auxiliary implements
  • A47L13/51—Storing of cleaning tools, e.g. containers therefor
• • 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
  • A47L13/50—Auxiliary implements
  • A47L13/52—Dust pans; Crumb trays
• • 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
  • B25G3/02—Socket, tang, or like fixings
  • B25G3/12—Locking and securing devices
  • B25G3/18—Locking and securing devices comprising catches or pawls
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
  • A46B2200/30—Brushes for cleaning or polishing
  • A46B2200/302—Broom

Definitions

• the present invention is in the field of maintenance, cleaning and household chores.
• the invention particularly relates to a collapsible cleaning device consisting of a broom and a shovel.
• a broom presents a brush made integral with d. a xaanche serving as a gripping means and e me manipulation for scanning, then the pickup of said dust and the like in the ladit excavator.
• said brush has an elongate shape, receiving on the underside bristles of flexible or semi-rigid material and fixed at the center of the upper face to the lower end of said handle, giving said blade a general shape in inverted T .
• a major disadvantage lies in the length of said handle, more than one meter, which combined with its T-shape, presentan a clutter for storage that then requires a dedicated space, usually a closet.
• the shovel is in the form of a rectangular or square parallelepiped plate, forming the bottom and surmounted on its upper face on three of its sides with protruding walls, defining a space for receiving dust and the like.
• the wall-free face allows the introduction of dust inside said space, during pickup.
• gripping means secured to said rear wall and said aqu.
• a brush-shovel assembly is described in the document ITS345 096 and consists of a handle in the form of a single tube at the lower end of which the brush bristles are directly attached.
• a shovel has a hollow tubular handle, allowing the insertion of said handle by its upper end and the coul ssment of said shovel until coming to the locking position inferleurement at the brush.
• a telescopic handle has been imaged, designed to move from an extended to folded position, and vice versa.
• An example of such a telescopic handle is described in US S 661 868.
• a brush is mounted at the lower end of a handle consisting of several sections in the form of tabular sleeves of different diameters, in particular a lower sleeve. has a smaller diameter than the inner section of the adjacent upper sleeve. From then on, each lower sleeve slides inside and along its contiguous upper sleeve.
• this document describes a shovel inside which can be positioned said broom in the folded position, 1 ⁇ ma che of said shovel being in 1® form of a half-cylinder and the inside of the shovel being of form parailelipipedi e r m eaming a reception space of the straight brush of said broom "
• the present invention aims to overcome the disadvantages of the state of the art, by providing a collapsible cleaning device consisting of a broom and a shovel, which is intended to facilitate its storage by reducing its size, all year making it easier to use.
• such a device is provided articulated so as to move from a folded position for storage, to a deployed position for use, and inverseme.
• the brush is provided folding, so as to move from a retracted position.
• the collapsible cleaning device consists of a broom and a shovel, said blade consisting of a brush provided with a lower bristle and secured to the upper face of the lower end of the bristle.
• a handle said spoon being constituted, on the one hand, to not plate provided on at least one of its edges d f a projecting wall on the upper side and on the other hand, the gripping means made integral at said wall
• said brush is articulated so as to pass from a retracted position extending along said handle to a position and vice versa.
• the handle of the broom is provided telescopic, so that it can be folded, decreasing its height, and, secondly, the shovel is the storage compartment of said Another advantage of the invention lies in the folding of the handle, thereby turning the brush into a brush, facilitating the operation of amassing dust and the like to 1 / inside the shovel.
• said handle may be teleseopic, so as to go from a folded position to an unfolded position, and vice versa, the said gripping means being provided hollow and constituting "housing receiving said telescopic arm in the folded position.
• said handle may consist of cylindrical sections mounted in sliding relation to each other, and that the said gripping means are in the form of a tube of internal section equivalent to or greater than the outer section of the larger diameter section of said handle.
• each section may be in tabular form and, for a first and a second portion mounted in sliding manner, said first section of larger diameter comprises an orifice shaped to receive a push button mounted on said second section, so as to form a stop,
• said first section of larger diameter comprises on its inner surface guiding means in the form of a groove or a pin conformed complementarily so to cooperate reciprocally with u ergot or a groove formed on the outside face of said second section.
• said shovel may comprise, on three of its edges, projecting lateral walls on the upper face, defining an interior space, said inner space being dimensioned to receive said brush in the retracted position.
• said brush may consist of two articulated lateral wings and mounted in rotation at the lower end of said handle in a quarter-circle race.
• said device comprises storage means in the form of a hollow parallelepipedal casing f provided with an opening at a level of at least one of its faces, constituting a housing sized to receive internally by insertion said shovel.
• Figure 1 shows use perspective view in unfolded and unfolded vertical positions of a preferred embodiment siode
• FIG. 2 represents a perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1, in the folded and retracted positions of a geigrade;
• Figure 5 shows a perspective view of the nesting of the brush in the folded position within the shovel
• FIG. 6A, 6B and SC show a detail during the passage from the positio deployed to retracted brush
• Figure 7 shows a perspective view of a detail of the sections of said brush in the folded position
• Figure 8 shows two sections of the blade in the unfolded position
• FIGS. 9 ⁇ , 9B and 9C show three details according to different views of the blocking of the sections in the deployed position.
• Figure 11 shows an exploded view of a specific embodiment of the articulated brush of said cleaning device.
• the present invention relates to a collapsible cleaning device 1.
• said device 1 is provided articulated so as to be unfolded for use and folded for storage and storage.
• Such a device 1 consists of a broom 2 and shovel 3.
• said blade 2 consists of a brush 5 made integral on the upper face of the lower end of a handle 6.
• said brush 5 is fixed to said handle 6 at its center by means of fixing means 7.
• said brush S is provided on the underside with bristles S.
• These bristles may be made of any natural, composite, plastic or even metallic material, preferably flexible or semi-rigid .
• said shovel 3 is constituted, on the one hand, of a plate 9 provided on at least one of its edges 10 with a protruding wall 11 on the upper face and, on the other hand, with means 12 of gripping made integral with said wall 11.
• gripping means 12 may be integral with said projecting wall 11, at its rear outer face, or directly of said plate 10, or both at once.
• said shovel 3 may consist of a rectangle or square parallel plate 9, surmounted on the upper face at three of its peripheral edges 10 of three walls 11. The last edge is left free to make an opening.
• said shovel 3 has a space upper interior, open on one side, to introduce dust and other waste at the time of collection.
• ledi sleeve 6 can be telescopic, so as to move from a folded position to an unfolded position, and vice versa.
• the broom 2 is similar to a brush.
• said handle 6 may consist of sections 60.
• the latter are therefore provided for eccentrically, that is to say they are provided in translation, with respect to each other, so as to retract or to lengthen. Once retracted, the sections 60 are all nested within each other, the length of said shaft 6 then being equivalent to that of the longest section, receiving internally or externally the other sections.
• said sections 60 may have complementary, circular, ovoid or polygonal sections. According to the preferred embodiment, said sections 60 have a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical shape. In addition, they can be provided hollow.
• a central section 600 may be cylindrical and of smaller diameter, while the other adjacent sections 601 have larger sections and the end sections 602 have even larger sections. Said sections are dimensioned to allow the different sections 600, 01 and 02 to be inserted and slide inside each other.
• said handle 6 may also comprise upper sections 603 and lower 60, the latter being able to be secured to said brush 5.
• said sections 60 can be slidably mounted relative to one another, but they can also be planned foldable and foldable by screwing and unscrewing.
• each section 60 may be locked at least in the unfolded position, in order to keep longitudinally rigid said handle 6 during its use.
• each section 60 is in tabular form and, for a first 61 and a second 62 sections mounted in a combination, said first section 61 of larger diameter comprises an orifice 63 shaped to receive a push button 64 mounted on said second section 62., so as to constitute a stop.
• the button, pusher 64 resiliently returned to a projecting position, engages by interlocking within said orifice 63, of complementary section, and block the translation of the two sections 61 and 62 between them.
• a detail of this preferred type of blocking is schematized on the 9A, 9B and 9C.
• unlocking of said push button 64 can be carried out raanuellemen, or during the sliding of another section, of greater diameter, which then press when moving into the folded position.
• said knob 64 may have an upper face 66 inclined, in the direction of sliding longitudinal translation, on the side of said upper section, so as to facilitate sliding and 1 'support section.
• said push button 64 is formed by not cutting within the wall of its section, an end 67 remaining connected to the remainder of said wall.
• said section consists of a material plastic, conferring the elasticity characteristics necessary for the deformation of the lang-uette 67 thus formed and its return to its original position.
• said push button 64 is constituted by an independent elastic blade 70. More particularly, said blade 70 may have a V shape and said knob 64 is split and constituted by each free end of this blade 70. The latter then cooperate with two orifices 64,
• said blade 70 is mounted on a support 71, shaped in tip. This form allows it to fit into the breast and at the end of a stretch.
• This support 71 has in particular longitudinal lugs 72, projecting projecting along its outer surface, so as to block it during its insertion force within said section.
• a peripheral flange extending projecting around the outer end of said support 71, can serve as a stop during its insertion and enfo cem within said section.
• said device 1 provides guide means. Such means are visible on the section of FIG. 7.
• said first section 61 of larger diameter comprises on its inner surface guide means in the form of a groove or a lug 65 complementarily shaped so as to cooperate reciprocally with a lug or "throat 65 spared opposite outside of said second section 62.
• four grooves are formed in a rectilinear manner within and along the outer wall of the smaller diameter section 62, forming grooves, within which pins, in particular in the form of straight projecting lines extending along the inner wall of said first section 61 of larger diameter, are inserted and slid integrally and longitudinally, preventing rotation of said sections 61 and 62; one compared to the other.
• said guide means can be destrossipeurs, in order to allow only a single interlocking and thus the sliding of the sections las relative to each other.
• this characteristic can result in a different number of grooves 65 and an identical number of lugs depending on the sections.
• a first section has two grooves on the outside face and the second section of upper diameter which slides on it presents two corresponding lugs.
• this second section may have three grooves externally which cooperates with the three lugs of a third section of still greater diameter.
• the location of said grooves and lugs prohibits, through a different angle that a section with three grooves can cooperate with a section having only two lugs.
• said gripping means 12 allow the user to manipulate said shovel 3. Furthermore, they are provided hollow and constitute a housing for receiving said telescopic handle 6 in the folded position.
• said gripping means 12 are in the form of a tube 13 of inner section equivalent to or greater than the outer section of the larger diameter section of said handle 6,
• this tube 13 can have a length greater than or equal to the length of the longest section of the groove 6.
• an essential characteristic lies in the fact that said brush 5 is articulated so as to pass from a retracted position extending along said channel 6 to an extended position extending orthogonally with respect to said sleeve 6, and inve .
• said brush 5 is divided into two elements, in the form of two lateral wings 50, the latter are mounted hinged about an axis of rotation 51 at the lower end of said handle 6 in a quarter-turn stroke. circle. Indeed, in the retracted position, said wings 50 abut against said blade 6, while in deployed position, said wings 50 are locked to the right of each other to form continuously said brush 5.
• the blocking of the stroke for deployment can be obtained by stops 52, visible in FIG. 5, or the form itself of said wings 50, in L, which come to lock against one another at their level. right angle.
• each wing 5 may be provided removable, in order to be dissociated for their change.
• means may be provided, in particular by clipping or through a removable pin or by magnetism, to keep locked wings 50 in the deployed position, to avoid any retraction during scanning.
• said brush 5 consists of a section 500 constituting the lower section of said handle 6.
• This section 500 has a base 501 shaped specifically, more broadly, so as to receive said axes 51 of rotation of said wings 50.
• Said base 501 also comprises two vents 502 for receiving the wings 50 in the retracted position.
• said inner space of the shovel 3 is sized to receive said brush 5 in the retracted position.
• the brush 5 is housed in the space provided by the shovel 3. More particularly, the dimensions of said space are greater than the size of the brush 5 in the retracted position, so that the latter does not exceed.
• the protruding walls 11, protect the bristles 8 of each wing 50, also helping to maintain said brush 5 retracted within said shovel 3, due to the friction of said bristles 8 against the inner face of the walls 11.
• said device 1 may also comprise storage means in the form of a hollow parallelepiped housing provided with an opening 0 at the level of at least one of the its faces, preferably its upper, constituting a housing dimensioned to receive internally by insertion said shovel 3, and said brush 5 in the retracted position and said handle S in the folded position within said gripping means 12.
• the housing 4 then serves as storage by providing a smaller footprint, without leaving out the hair 8 the latter still keeping inlaid with the. dust or particles.
• magnetic means can be positioned so as to maintain certain elements between them of said device 1.
• the sections 60 of the handle 6, the housing 4, the excavator 3 f its tube 13 or the wings 50 of the brush S may comprise magnets to allow them to be held together and f simple handling of the user, including a pull, allows the unblocking imposed raagnetically.
• the invention consists of its broom 2 to manch 6 with foldable sections and its brush 5 wings 50 retractable, these articulated elements combined with a shovel 3 positioned to allow them to be housed, provides a device X having a minimum space requirement for storage, while offering a modulable broom when using it »

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