US20150101140A1

US20150101140A1 - Infinity Mop

Info

Publication number: US20150101140A1
Application number: US13/954,967
Authority: US
Inventors: Alfred Raymond Pierce
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2013-10-10
Filing date: 2013-10-10
Publication date: 2015-04-16

Abstract

The Infinity Mop is a mop that uses a set length of rolled cleaning fabric material which is attached to one side of the mop head, then passes underneath the bottom of the mop surface area and onto the opposite side of the mop head. As the cleaning surface area of the cleaning material becomes dirty, the soiled area can be advanced manually or electronically to the back compartment of the mop, while the sheet of clean fabric material is advanced onto the bottom cleaning surface area of the mop at the same time. This process is repeated until the end of the pre-rolled cleaning sheet is used up and a new cleaning roll is inserted into the mop.

Description

BACKGROUND

This device consist of a mop that is used for cleaning floors on various surfaces such as wood, tile and vinyl. There are a number of mops on the market that consist of disposable pieces of cleaning cloth that are attached to the bottom of the mop. These individual disposable pieces become dirty quickly and need to be replaced often when only cleaning small areas of flooring. This requires frequent handling of the dirty pieces of the soiled fabric and interrupts the floor cleaning process many times in order to stop and change out a dirty fabric piece with another new clean fabric piece. The Infinity Mop removes the constant handling of these dirty individual fabric pieces while speeding up the cleaning process in a faster and cleaner way by utilizing a set length of pre-rolled fabric material that is attached to the bottom and sides of the mop.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective full view of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective side view of the front of the mop head.

FIG. 3 is a perspective side view of the rear of the mop head.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view of the mop head.

FIG. 5 is a perspective full view of the invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective side view of the front of the mop head.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the mop head.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional side view of the mop head.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 shows one of the main embodiments of the invention which includes the main mop head housing area 4 which provides a housing system for the rolled cleaning fabric material 9, along with a removable and refillable container system 3. The rolled cleaning fabric 9 is placed inside the front compartment of the mop under the hinged lid 5. The initial clean roll of fabric material is pre-attached around the front rolling stick 10 which can contains either a male or female locking mechanism on its opposite ends, which fit into the front compartment locking mechanism 6 on the sidewalls of the front compartment of the mop head. The sidewall locking mechanisms 6 would contain a male or female mechanism opposite of the male or female locking mechanism of the rolling stick 10 in order to secure it in place.
FIG. 1 shows the option of a removable container system 3 that is connected to the two spray nozzles 7, which are located on the opposite ends of the lower front section of the mop as shown in FIG. 2. The removable and refillable container system 3 is used for dispensing liquid such as hot or cold water and or a cleaning solution onto the floor through the two front spray nozzles 7.
FIG. 1 also shows two main control buttons, one button 2, which operates the motor 16 and the gearing system 18,19,20 and 21. A second control button 1, operates the two spray nozzles 7 for dispensing the liquid stored in the container system 3.
FIG. 3 shows the lead end of the clean fabric material 14, attached to the back rolling stick 12, which can contain either a male or female locking mechanism on its ends 11. These two ends 11, attach to the rear sidewalls of the mop base 15. The rear sidewalls 15, contain the opposite locking male or female mechanisms of 11, in order to lock it in place. The control button 2 would then be engaged to advance the clean fabric material 9 and remove any slack in the roll. The rear cover 13, would be lowered once everything was securely tightened in place. Both the front and year housing sections can contain a free rolling spindle or free rolling cylinder 8, that would assist with the spinning or advancement of the clean fabric material 9.
FIG. 4 shows a cross sectional side view of the preferred embodiment of the mop head that details the front and back sections of the rolling mechanisms involved with the housing and advancement of the rolling cleaning fabric material. The clean fabric material 9, is housed in the front right section of the mop formed by a wall 17. The rear compartment is formed on the left of FIG. 4 by the rear wall 17. FIG. 4 also shows the main battery operated motor 16, which operates and spins the rotor 20, which operates and spins the gear 21. This turns the rear sidewall mechanism 15 in either a clockwise or counter clockwise motion spinning stick 11 in the same direction, which advances the cleaning fabric material 9 further around stick 11 until the desired position of the new cleaning fabric material has covered the bottom of the mop surface area. A clockwise motion is shown in FIG. 4 with the lead fabric material rolling up and around stick 11. A counter clockwise motion would rap the soiled material inside of the rear fabric material which would self contain most of the soiled particles from the floor, making is a bit easier and cleaning to dispose of the used fabric cleaning material 9. FIG. 4 also shows the option of attaching rotor 19, which is attached to gear 21 on the left and to the front gear 18 on its right. As the motor spins the rotor and gears 20 and 21, rotor 19 would in turn spin gear 18, which in turns spins the front side locking mechanism 6 that rotates the front clean fabric material contained on stick 10. This type of option would also secure the clean fabric material more tightly in place during the floor cleaning process for both the front and rear sections of the cleaning fabric material 9.
FIG. 5 shows another preferred embodiment of the invention that contains a refillable container system that is housed in the main mop head 4. The refillable container system could be removable or permanently secured in place as depicted in FIG. 6, number 23. This particular embodiment shows the refillable container system capable of filling with liquid through a secured screw cap opening 22. This container system could dispense hot water, cold water and or a liquid cleaning solution through spray nozzles 7 as shown in FIG. 2.
FIG. 7 is a cross sectional side view of the mop head that shows a refillable container system that is steam based such that the refillable container system 23 is heated electronically that dispenses steam through feed lines 24 and out through holes in the bottom of the mop 25.
This feature is also depicted in FIG. 8 which shows nine steam dispensing holes on the bottom of the mop along with the feed lines 24. In this view the cleaning fabric material is not shown in place.

Claims

I claim:

1. A mop, comprising,

a housing,

a first internal roller and a second internal roller enclosed within said housing,

a length of rolled cleaning fabric material, said material having a first end and a second end and being

attached to said first internal roller at said first end, passing through a first opening in said housing, along and beneath a bottom surface of said housing, into a second opening in said housing, and attaching at said second end to said second internal roller; and

a means of advancing said length of rolled cleaning fabric.