US20070289084A1 - Device for Removing the Moisture from a Wet Mop - Google Patents

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US20070289084A1
US20070289084A1 US11/794,399 US79439905A US2007289084A1 US 20070289084 A1 US20070289084 A1 US 20070289084A1 US 79439905 A US79439905 A US 79439905A US 2007289084 A1 US2007289084 A1 US 2007289084A1
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Joachim Damrath
Markus Spielmannleitner
Gerhard Wetzl
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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
    • A47L13/50—Auxiliary implements
    • A47L13/58—Wringers for scouring pads, mops, or the like, combined with buckets
    • A47L13/60—Wringers for scouring pads, mops, or the like, combined with buckets with squeezing rollers

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  • the present invention relates to a device for removing the moisture from a wet mop, with a flat holder, on the underside of which a mop cover is disposed, with a moisture removal device, configured as a squeezing device, having a squeezing drum and a counter-surface, the squeezing drum and counter-surface forming a through gap between them for the holder and mop cover and being set up and disposed in such a manner that they can press the holder together with the mop cover together between them to remove the moisture from the mop cover.
  • a moisture removal device configured as a squeezing device, having a squeezing drum and a counter-surface, the squeezing drum and counter-surface forming a through gap between them for the holder and mop cover and being set up and disposed in such a manner that they can press the holder together with the mop cover together between them to remove the moisture from the mop cover.
  • the object of the invention is to improve a device of the type referred to in the introduction, such that the degree of moisture removal from the wet mop can be adjusted in an easily reproducible manner.
  • this object is achieved in that the squeezing drum and/or the counter-surface can be adjusted in relation to each other manually or in a driven manner by way of a single adjusting element and can be set permanently in a defined manner to selectable distance values.
  • a drive can be provided, which is able to act on the squeezing drum and/or the counter-surface or even to operate independently.
  • the squeezing drum to be set up to be in contact with the mop cover and to extend over the entire width of the mop cover and for the counter-surface to consist of two pressure elements oriented axially in relation to each other, which form a gap axially between them. This allows even wet mops, which have a handle attached to the holder, to be passed through the device, the handle passing through the gap formed by the two pressure elements.
  • the squeezing drum and the counter-surface are formed by rollers, which are supported in a rotatable manner on bearing shafts by means of plain or ball bearings. It is then also possible for the drive to be configured as a rotary drive acting on the squeezing drum and/or the counter-surface, with the result that additional drive means are not required.
  • the squeezing drum and/or the counter-surface can be moved toward a spring element from their set mutual distance position to increase the through gap.
  • a knob is connected to the eccentric in a rotation-proof manner, coaxially in relation to the bearing shaft of the squeezing drum, to adjust the width of the through gap.
  • This knob can be provided with a corresponding inscription or scaling, to allow simple and reproducible setting of the degree of moisture removal.
  • the squeezing drum is disposed on a pressure lever supported in an articulated manner, the position of said pressure lever being able to be adjusted by way of an adjusting element provided with a knob.
  • the knob can be provided with a comparable scaling.
  • the adjusting element here is advantageously configured at least in a sub-area as a threaded rod and is guided in a threaded hole of a bearing element fixed to the device.
  • the pressure lever is expediently configured as a twin-arm lever, to one end of which the squeezing drum is connected and to the other end of which the adjusting element is connected in an articulated manner.
  • the squeezing drum can be moved by way of an electromechanical actuator to adjust the through gap.
  • the electromechanical actuator be driven by an electric motor or electromagnet given the electrical operating mode provided for in any case in the device or that it be configured as a memory metal with a reset spring.
  • an electromagnetic drive it may be necessary in some circumstances to provide appropriate ratchets to fix the electromagnetically selected setting.
  • a force sensor can also advantageously be provided to determine the pressure force of the squeezing drum, the measured value of which can be displayed on a display unit. Additionally or alternatively it is also possible for this measured value to serve directly to activate the electromechanical actuator. It is also possible in this process to work out the degree of moisture from the determined force by way of an appropriate conversion, so that it is ultimately possible in this manner to regulate to fixed values of the degree of moisture.
  • the force sensor can for example be formed by a strain gage disposed on the spring element or lever.
  • the force sensor prefferably be formed by a piezoelectric element disposed on the bearing of the squeezing drum or counter-surface.
  • the device can also have a memory element, which is provided to store and call up preferred distance values. Tables can also be stored in this memory, which allow an assignment of measured pressure force to required residual moisture.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view of a device for removing moisture from a wet mop together with a wet mop for use with the device as an exemplary embodiment
  • FIG. 2 shows an enlarged partial view of the device according to FIG. 1 viewed from the front, together with the wet mop,
  • FIG. 3 shows a side view of the device according to FIG. 1 during operation of the device to moisten and remove moisture from the wet mop
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic detailed diagram of the moisture removal facility, viewed from the side in sub-figure a) and in cross-section in sub-figure b) and
  • FIG. 5 shows an alternative embodiment in a diagram corresponding to FIG. 4 a.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of an exemplary embodiment of a manually operated device 104 for moistening a wet mop 101 .
  • the wet mop 101 has a holder 102 attached to a handle 118 to hold a mop cover 103 .
  • the mop cover 103 is flexible and absorbent, so that it can be moistened to clean in particular floors using a cleaning fluid.
  • the wet mop 101 is guided through the device 104 in the arrow direction by means of a guide 113 , which has individual guide elements in the form of horizontally disposed plates.
  • the guide 113 hereby guides the holder 102 in a horizontal position along a horizontal movement path above a nozzle 112 .
  • the nozzle 112 is connected by way of a fluid line 11 to a pump 108 , which is disposed below on the base of a container 105 , which forms the basis of the device 104 .
  • the container 105 contains a cleaning fluid 106 , which can be taken in by the pump 108 by way of an input filter 107 and pumped through the line 11 to the nozzle 112 .
  • the fluid 106 can be sprayed through the nozzle 112 from below toward the mop cover 103 of the wet mop 101 .
  • a sensor 114 for example in the form of a switch, is provided in the guide 113 , to detect the presence of the holder 102 in the guide 113 .
  • a controller (not shown) activates the pump 108 , so that the fluid 106 is sprayed upward through the nozzle 112 .
  • a motor-driven drive roller 110 is activated, which is disposed below the movement path.
  • Two counter-rollers 109 are disposed on the side of the movement path opposite the drive roller 110 , said counter-rollers 109 being disposed coaxially in relation to each other and being able to be rotated about an axis of rotation, which is parallel to the axis of rotation of the drive roller 110 .
  • the holder 102 can thus be drawn through between the drive roller 110 and the counter-rollers 109 together with the mop cover 103 .
  • the distance between the drive roller 110 and the counter-rollers 109 is dimensioned such that the holder 102 with the mop cover 103 is gripped frictionally by the rollers 109 , 110 , so that it can be detected and driven.
  • the drive roller 110 extends over the entire width of the mop cover 103 perpendicular to the drive direction, so that it is in contact with the bottom of the mop cover 103 over its entire width.
  • the two counter-rollers 109 are disposed respectively so that they are disposed over the edges of the holder 102 and the mop cover 103 in an extension of the width of the holder 102 , leaving an intermediate space between them.
  • the intermediate space between the rollers 109 is used for the passage of the handle 118 of the wet mop.
  • FIG. 2 shows the upper part of the device 104 together with the lower part of the wet mop 101 , viewed from the front.
  • the counter-rollers 109 each consist of two cylinder segments 119 , 120 disposed concentrically in relation to each other and having differing diameters.
  • the smaller cylinder segments 119 are respectively disposed on the inside and the larger cylinder segments 120 are respectively disposed on the outside. This means that the gap between the drive roller 110 and the larger cylinder segments on the outside is smaller than the gap between the drive roller 110 and the smaller cylinder segments 119 .
  • the drive roller 110 is also connected to a motor 116 for the purposes of being driven in the direction of rotation.
  • the mop cover 103 is wider in the direction of movement than the holder 102 and projects beyond the sides of the holder 102 .
  • the edges of the mop cover 103 projecting on both sides thereby form a cushion for the holder 102 , which also serves as protection against damage to other objects, for example furniture, by the holder 102 .
  • the holder 102 Since the holder 102 has to be able to transmit force to squeeze out the mop cover 103 , the holder 102 is preferably made of a rigid material, for example a metal, so that the holder 102 could damage other objects on contact. For this reason a projecting, cushioning mop cover 103 as protection is particularly advantageous.
  • the smaller cylinder segments 119 are dimensioned such inside that they can squeeze out the holder 102 together with the part of the mop cover 103 below it on the drive roller 110 and the larger cylinder segments 120 are dimensioned such that they can squeeze out the edges of the mop cover 103 projecting beyond the holder 102 on the drive roller 110 .
  • the height of the larger cylinder segments 120 in the axis direction is at least equal to the width of the projecting edge of the mop cover 103 and the diameter of the larger cylinder segments 120 together with the distance between the axes for the counter-rollers 109 and the drive roller 110 is selected such that the projecting edge of the mop cover 103 can be compressed therebetween.
  • the smaller cylinder segments 119 disposed on the inside are concerned, it is only necessary that they are in contact with the holder 102 and can press it against the drive roller 110 , in order to be able to squeeze out the part of the mop cover 103 covered by the holder 102 .
  • Between the two smaller cylinder segments 119 is a break or gap for passage of the handle 118 .
  • the narrower the gap the more difficult it is to pass the handle 118 through.
  • the surface with which the smaller cylinder segments 119 press on the holder 102 increases and the bending moments acting on the holder 102 are thus reduced.
  • the two adjacent cylinder segments 119 , 120 are supported on a common shaft coaxially in relation to each other, with both cylinder segments 119 , 120 being able to rotate independently of each other.
  • the pressure of the drive roller 110 acting over the entire width causes moisture to be partially removed from the mop cover 103 again or fluid is pressed out of the mop cover 103 .
  • the fluid pressed out 106 runs onto an intermediate trap 117 and from there through a dirt filter 115 back into the container 105 .
  • the mop cover 103 is sprayed with cleaning fluid 106 from below so that the mop cover 103 is moistened and dirt contained therein can be rinsed out, and then moisture is partially removed again, so that it leaves on the right side of the device 104 with a defined moisture level. This means that the mop cover 103 does not drip during cleaning.
  • the controller thereby also detects when the holder 102 clears the sensor 114 again or when the rear end of the holder 102 has passed the sensor 114 and then activates the pump 108 and drive roller 110 again for a specific time period, until the holder 102 has been drawn completely through the rollers 109 , 110 . Activation of the pump 108 can thereby also be terminated before activation of the rollers 109 , 110 .
  • the squeezing drum 110 can be adjusted in relation to the counter-surface 109 manually by way of a single adjusting element 124 and can be set permanently in a defined manner to selectable distance values. This allows selectable moisture removal values to be predetermined in a simple and reproducible manner, this also being possible when wet mops 101 of differing thickness are used by corresponding scaling of the adjusting element 124 in a manner not shown in greater detail in the drawing.
  • the squeezing drum 101 can be moved toward a spring element 125 from its set mutual distance position to increase the through gap.
  • a knob forming the adjusting element 124 is connected to the eccentric 127 in a rotation-proof manner, coaxially in relation to the bearing shaft of the squeezing drum 110 , to adjust the width of the through gap.
  • This knob can be provided with a corresponding inscription or scaling, to allow simple and reproducible setting of the degree of moisture removal.
  • the squeezing drum 110 is disposed on a pressure lever 130 supported in an articulated manner, the position of said pressure lever being able to be adjusted by way of an adjusting element 124 provided with a knob.
  • the knob can again be provided with a comparable scaling.
  • the adjusting element 124 here has a threaded rod 131 at least in a sub-area, said threaded rod 131 being guided in a threaded hole of a bearing element 132 fixed to the device.
  • the pressure lever 130 is configured here as a twin-arm lever, to one end of which the squeezing drum 110 is connected and to the other end of which the adjusting element 124 is connected in an articulated manner.
  • the electromechanical actuator is driven by an electric motor or electromagnet given the electrical operating mode provided for in any case in the device. It can however also be configured as a memory metal with a reset spring. In the case of an electromagnetic drive it may be necessary in some circumstances to provide appropriate ratchets to fix the electromagnetically selected setting.
  • a force sensor is then provided to determine the pressure force of the squeezing drum 110 , the measured value of which can be displayed on a display unit. This measured value can however also serve directly to activate the electromechanical actuator.
  • the force sensor can be formed in the usual manner by a strain gage disposed on the spring element or lever or by a piezoelectric element disposed on the bearing of the squeezing drum or counter-surface.
  • the device can also have a memory element, to allow the storing and calling up of preferred distance values. Tables can also be stored in this memory, which allow an assignment of measured pressure force to required residual moisture.

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