US3006010A - Cleansing pad holder - Google Patents

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US3006010A
US3006010A US844357A US84435759A US3006010A US 3006010 A US3006010 A US 3006010A US 844357 A US844357 A US 844357A US 84435759 A US84435759 A US 84435759A US 3006010 A US3006010 A US 3006010A
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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

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  • the present invention relates to hand-grips for cleansing pads, such for example as natural or synthetic sponges and to cleaning devices embodying such hand-grips.
  • the principal object of the invention is to provide a hand-grip which is inexpensive to manufacture and which enables squeezing pressure developed by the user to be exerted upon a cleansing pad with a convenient mechanical advantage.
  • a cleaning device including a hand-grip comprising two relatively movable actuating members, one of the said members having two compressor members, between. which a cleansing pad is to be supported, hingedly mounted at one end, the other actuating member having fixed to one end a stirrup whose ends lie upon opposite sides of the compressor members at least when the compressor members are close together, and a hinged link coupling each end of the stirrup to one of the compressor members the arrangement being such that as the two actuating members are moved relatively to one another in a direction to cause the compressor members to approach one another, the angle between the links increases.
  • the links may, for example, move from positions of approximate parallelism to positions in which they approach alignment with one another.
  • actuating members are two arms hinged together at the end opposite to the said one end.
  • Spring means may be provided to urge the two actuating members into a position in which the compressor members are at t-he maximum desired spacing but when the pad is resilient, as in the case of a sponge, the pad itself serves to urge the compressor members apart and no separate spring is needed.
  • the compressor members may be in the form of flat plates to which the pad is fixed by suitable adhesive. ll he links may be hinged to these plates near their outer edges.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a View in front elevation of the embodiment of PEG. 1.
  • two arms 19 and 11 are hinged together at one end 12.
  • a stirrup 13 the plane of which is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the arm 19, the ends of the stirrup extending on opposite sides of the other arm 11.
  • Two compressor plates 14, 15 are hinged to the arm 11, the hinge axis being approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis of this other arm.
  • the hinge is formed by a strip 16 of fabric.
  • Two links 17, 18 are provided each pivoted at one end to a compressor plate 14 or 15 and at the other end to one end of the stirrup 13. These links are so arranged that when the arms 19 and 11 are furthest apart so that the compressor plates 14 and 15 are in the positions shown in full lines in FIG. 2, [the links are nearly parallel to one another and when the arms are closest together and therefore when the compression plates are in the positions shown in broken lines in FIG. 2, the angle between the links is increased.
  • the stirrup may be of any shape but a semi-circular shape is often convenient.
  • the hand-grip constituted by the arms lll and 11 may be of metal, plastic or wood or of a combination of these materials.
  • the arms and/ or the stirrup may be tubular or of channel or like section giving a high stillness for a given weight.
  • a pad 19 such as a sponge is fixed between the compressor members 14, 15 and may then be charged with water or other cleansing liquid.
  • pressure is exerted between the compressor members upon the pad and liquid is expelled from the pad in a readily controllable amount.
  • the compressor plates i4, 15 may be cut away in a taper as shown at 2% in order to facilitate the cleaning of recessed objects.
  • the pad 19 is preferably provided, as shown, with a V-shaped recess 21. The effect of this recess is that when the compressor plates Li and 1 5 are brought together in order to expel liquid from the pad, the pad lies wholly between the tapered compressor plates. If the V-s'naped recess were not provided, the part of the pad 19 between the tapered ends of the compressor plates would bulge outward and it would not be possible to expel liquid effectively from this part of the pad.
  • a cleansing pad holder comprising a hand-grip including two relatively movable actuating members comprising two arms, hinge means connecting said two arms together at one end of the arms, two opposed compressor members between which a cleansing pad is to be supported, means hingedly mounting said compressor me. bers at the free end of one of said actuating arms for movement towards and away from each other, stirrup means supported at its mid portion upon the free end of the other of said actuating arms, the ends of said stirrup means being disposed upon opposite sides of said compressor members at least in certain positions of said compressor members, and a hinged link coupling each end of said stirrup means to the compressor member nearer thereto.
  • a cleansing pad holder comprising a hand-grip including two relatively movable actuating members comprising two arms, hinge means connecting said two arms together at one end of the arms, two opposed compressor members having inner surfaces, means hingedly mounting said compressor members at the free end of one of said actuating arms for movement towards and away from each other, a cleansing pad secured by adhesive to the inner surfaces of said compressor members, stirrup means supported at its mid portion upon the free end of the other of said actuating arms, the ends of said stirrup means being disposed upon opposite sides of said compressor members at least in certain positions of said compressor members, and a hinged link coupling each end of said stirrup means to the compressor member nearer thereto.

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US4893369A (en) * 1988-05-20 1990-01-16 Spontex Incorporated Hand-held utensil for surface cleaning, mopping and the like
WO1999019088A1 (fr) * 1997-10-14 1999-04-22 Neff, Thomas, Joseph Dispositif absorbant auto-adhesif pouvant etre manipule d'une seule main
US20100313370A1 (en) * 2009-06-12 2010-12-16 Ming-Hsien Lin Cleaning apparatus with tiltable cleaning head
US9220390B2 (en) * 2010-04-12 2015-12-29 Peter Kalam Ali Cleaning device with cleaning pad

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GB2203932B (en) * 1987-04-28 1990-10-10 Spontex Limited Hand-held utensil for surface cleaning, mopping and the like
EP0914797B1 (fr) * 1997-11-06 2005-04-13 LEIFHEIT Aktiengesellschaft Appareil pour le nettoyage humide des surfaces planes

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DE617197C (de) * 1933-01-15 1935-08-14 Theodor Sendler Wischgeraet mit geteiltem Wischerkopf
US2768398A (en) * 1954-06-29 1956-10-30 Karlitsky Abraham Combined floor mop and wringer
FR1155042A (fr) * 1955-07-25 1958-04-21 American Marietta Co Perfectionnements aux balais porte-éponge

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DE617197C (de) * 1933-01-15 1935-08-14 Theodor Sendler Wischgeraet mit geteiltem Wischerkopf
US2768398A (en) * 1954-06-29 1956-10-30 Karlitsky Abraham Combined floor mop and wringer
FR1155042A (fr) * 1955-07-25 1958-04-21 American Marietta Co Perfectionnements aux balais porte-éponge

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4893369A (en) * 1988-05-20 1990-01-16 Spontex Incorporated Hand-held utensil for surface cleaning, mopping and the like
WO1999019088A1 (fr) * 1997-10-14 1999-04-22 Neff, Thomas, Joseph Dispositif absorbant auto-adhesif pouvant etre manipule d'une seule main
US5922140A (en) * 1997-10-14 1999-07-13 Thomas Joseph Neff Self-wringing absorbent device operable with one hand
US20100313370A1 (en) * 2009-06-12 2010-12-16 Ming-Hsien Lin Cleaning apparatus with tiltable cleaning head
US9220390B2 (en) * 2010-04-12 2015-12-29 Peter Kalam Ali Cleaning device with cleaning pad

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