US20100313367A1 - Cleaning apparatus with quickly replaceable cleaning head - Google Patents

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US20100313367A1
US20100313367A1 US12/582,598 US58259809A US2010313367A1 US 20100313367 A1 US20100313367 A1 US 20100313367A1 US 58259809 A US58259809 A US 58259809A US 2010313367 A1 US2010313367 A1 US 2010313367A1
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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
    • A47L13/14—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing combined with squeezing or wringing devices
    • A47L13/146—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing combined with squeezing or wringing devices having pivoting squeezing plates
    • 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
    • A47L13/46—Securing scouring or polishing cloths or sponges to the handles by gripping means, tongs, or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
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  • the present invention relates to a cleaning apparatus with quickly replaceable cleaning head, particularly to a cleaning apparatus with quickly replaceable cleaning head, which is mounted by having L-shaped fastening elements on held plates engage with openings on holding plates.
  • a cleaning apparatus In daily life, cleaning apparatuses with handles are important tools for cleaning, so that bending down or kneeling during cleaning of a floor is avoided.
  • a cleaning apparatus generally has a handle and a cleaning head, which is a bundle of cotton strings or a wiping cloth. The cleaning head is wrung manually or by feet, which is laborious and unhygienic.
  • a conventional cleaning apparatus 1 comprises: a main rod 10 , which is a tube; a fastening device 20 , fixed on a lower end 12 of the main rod 10 and having two fastening ends 24 ; two holding plates 61 , fastened to a lower side of the fastening device 20 , having several openings 65 ; two movable connecting pieces 71 , each having an upper hole 73 , which is hingedly connected by a bolt with one of the fastening ends 24 , and a lower hole 75 , which which is hingedly connected by a bolt with one of the connecting pieces 71 ; a cleaning head 80 a, consisting of a flexible held pan 81 a and an elongated sweeping part 82 a, with several elastic snap-fastening elements 83 a with protrusions 84 a placed on an upper surface of the held part 81 a; and a
  • the present invention comprises cleaning apparatus comprises a main rod, a fastening device, a cleaning head and a wringing device.
  • Two holding plates arc mounted on the fastening device via two movable connecting pieces.
  • the cleaning head has two held plates and a sweeping element, attached to lower sides of the held plates.
  • the held plates carry L-shaped fastening devices which respectively engage with openings in the holding plates and point outward, thereby being stably held in place due to elasticity of the sweeping element.
  • Mounting and removing of the cleaning head is performed in a single step by longitudinal compressing of the sweeping element and allowing the fastening elements to engage with and disengage from the openings.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the cleaning apparatus of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cleaning apparatus of the present invention in a disassembled state.
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view of one of the fastening elements engaging with one of the openings of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of the movement of dismounting the cleaning head of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 (prior art) is a perspective view of a conventional cleaning apparatus.
  • the present invention is a cleaning apparatus 1 , comprising: a main rod 10 ; a fastening device 20 ; two holding plates 61 ; two movable connecting pieces 71 ; a cleaning head 80 ; and a wringing device 30 .
  • the two holding plates 61 have several openings 65 , which correspond to fastening elements 83 on two held plates 81 on the cleaning head 80 , allowing fastening and unfastening in a single step, so that the cleaning head 80 is easily replaced.
  • the wringing device 30 for wringing the cleaning head 80 , pushes the two holding plates 61 inward, towards each other, which is conventional art and therefore needs no further description.
  • the cleaning head 80 comprises two held plates 81 and a sweeping part 82 , attached to lower sides thereof.
  • the two held plates 81 carry the fastening elements 83 , which are shaped like the letter L and engage with the openings 65 in the two holding plates 61 .
  • Each of the fastening elements 83 has a vertical section 84 , which is attached to one of the two held plates 81 on an upper side thereof, and a horizontal section 86 , which points towards an outer end of one of the two holding plates 61 and, after being put through one of the openings 65 , is shifted towards the outer end into a holding position to hold one of the two holding plates 61 from a top side thereof.
  • the fastening elements 83 After manually pressing on the sweeping part 82 from two ends thereof, the fastening elements 83 are pushed through the openings 65 . After releasing the sweeping part 82 , due to elasticity thereof, an outward force pushes the fastening elements 83 into the holding positions thereof.
  • the two holding plates 61 carry, next to each of the openings 65 , a projection 67 .
  • the horizontal section 86 of each of the fastening elemenb 83 has a depression 87 on a lower side thereof.

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