WO1989000396A1

WO1989000396A1 - Wiper

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Publication number: WO1989000396A1
Application number: PCT/DE1988/000436
Authority: WO
Inventors: Gustav HÜBNER
Original assignee: Huebner Gustav
Priority date: 1987-07-17
Filing date: 1988-07-16
Publication date: 1989-01-26
Also published as: AU2070388A; DE8709837U1

Abstract

A wiper for wiping and drying surfaces consists of a longitudinal, two-part basic element (1) and a sponge (8) fastened to the basic element. The two parts of the basic element are connected by a hinge (2) and can be pivoted mutually by an actuation device (5) in such a manner that the sponge fixed to the basic element is squeezed together. The axis of the hinge is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the basic element. Both parts (1a, 1b) of the basic element are provided with handles (5, 21) which project laterally beyond the end faces of the basic element.

Description

W i s c h device

The invention relates to a wiper for wiping and drying surfaces, consisting of a Län Lichen two-part base body and a sponge attached to the base body, in which the 5 two parts of the base body are connected by a hinge and are tunable by means of an actuating device such as αeσen that the sponge attached to the base body is pressed together.

10 In a wiper device known from the prior art for wiping and drying floors, the axis runs between the two parts of the base body in the longitudinal direction of the elongated green body. The actuator is for

15 the pivoting of the parts of the base body arranged on egg scrubber handle leading to the base body. Due to the longitudinal division of the base body, there are relatively unfavorable when pivoting the two parts of the base body against each other

20 leverage ratios, so that the cleaning float m a is only incompletely squeezed out with great effort. As a result, drying with the known wiper device in particular is unsatisfactory. With the well-known mopping device you can

25 borrowed from the cleaned surface insufficiently remove the washer fluid. There remain two relatively large-area closures are frequently left, which remain visible on the cleaned surface after the liquid has dried.

The object of the invention is to further develop the mopping device of the type mentioned at the outset such that the cleaning sponge can be completely squeezed out with great force, so that it is possible to sufficiently dry the previously wet-cleaned surface again with the completely squeezed out cleaning sponge. The wiper should therefore be suitable for drying and stripping windows, mirrors, cars, walls, surfaces and the like, and for cleaning and drying floors.

To achieve this object, the invention proposes, starting from a wiper device of the type mentioned at the outset, that the axis of the joint runs transversely to the longitudinal direction of the base body and that the two parts of the base body face the end faces of the base body superior handles are provided.

In the wiping device according to the invention, because of the special arrangement of the position of the pivot axis of the two parts of the base body, the lever ratios are considerably more favorable, so that the pressing forces generated when the sponge is pressed out are considerably greater than in the case of the state of the art Technology known cleaning devices. It is also possible to use a sponge with fine-pored cells, for example made from PVAL (polyvinyl alcohol), and additionally with a floor wipe and a scrubbing brush. cloth made of hard fibrous material. In this composition, the sponge fulfills the task as a water carrier when cleaning and as an intensive water vacuum when drying and, if necessary, removing leather.

The two handles expediently complement one another to form a handle which is fastened to the upper side of the base body and which makes it possible to move the cleaning device over the surfaces to be cleaned. respectively.

A first embodiment of the wiper device according to the invention provides that the two holding handles are axially displaceably mounted in guides which are assigned to the two parts of the base body. These laterally displaceable handles are only pulled out during the squeezing of the sponge and remain pushed into the guides during the cleaning work, so that they are not hindered during the cleaning work.

The two handles are expediently telescopic into one another above the joint. This way the joint between the. stiffened both parts of the base body, so that the two parts of the base body form a rigid working unit in the working position.

In addition, the two handles can expediently be fixed in the guides against axial displacement by rotation about their longitudinal axis. so it is prevented in a simple manner that the handles slide out axially at the wrong time and the two parts of the Base body pivot against each other at the wrong time and hinder the cleaning work.

An alternative embodiment of the wiper device according to the invention for floor cleaning provides that a scrubber handle is attached to the top of the base body. This makes it possible to guide the cleaning device like a scrubber when cleaning floors. To squeeze the sponge over the wiping bucket, the base body located at the end of the scrubber handle is raised and gripped by the two extendable handles. By pivoting the two handles against one another, the parts of the base body are pivoted toward one another in such a way that the sponge is pressed out with great force, if necessary with a floor cloth and scrubbing cloth.

An advantageous further development of the last-mentioned embodiment of the wiping device according to the invention provides that the sponge is covered over part of its underside with a scrubbing fleece made of hard-fiber material and that the scrubbing handle is in two different angular positions on the base body can be locked. In this way it is possible to bring the base body into a position in which the scrubbing fleece preferably comes into contact with the floor. In the other angular position, on the other hand, the wiping part of the sponge or the floor wipe preferably comes into contact with the floor to be cleaned. By an appropriate angle adjustment so the device can be used as a scrubbing brush and ^"as Wi¬ shear. Another advantageous embodiment of the wiper device of the invention for cleaning and stripping windows, mirrors, cars and the like provides that the two handles on the top of the two parts of the base body can be pivoted in the horizontal plane by 90 ° in each case, such that the two handles protrude laterally from the base body in the pivoted-out position and bear against one another in the pivoted-in position and complement each other to form a handle.

In this way, a wiping device for cleaning and leather removal, which can be guided on a short handle, is obtained, the cleaning sponge of which can be squeezed out by pivoting the two components of the handle twice. Namely, the handles that together form the handle are first pivoted by 90 ° around the axes arranged on the two base bodies and then about the hinge axis between the two parts of the base body. The result is an overall very easy-to-use mopping device with which you can wipe without getting your hands wet.

In order to impart greater rigidity to the two parts of the base body in the extended position in the last-mentioned embodiment, the two parts of the base body in the extended position can be designed to be rigid with respect to one another by means of a spring lock. Exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings.

Show it:

1 shows a mopping device according to the invention in plan view;

FIG. 2 shows the wiper device according to FIG. 1 in a side view with the handles pulled out;

3 is a side view of the wiper device according to FIG. 1 in the squeezing position;

4 shows a plan view of a wiper device according to the invention with a scrubber handle;

FIG. 5 shows a side view of FIG. 4;

Fig. 6 is an end view of Fig. 4; 7 shows a plan view of a further exemplary embodiment of a wiper device according to the invention with the handles pivoted in;

8 shows a side view of FIG. 7 with the handles swung out;

Fig. 9, the wiper shown in Fig. 7 in the squeezing position.

In the drawing, the two parts of the square-wave square-elongated base body 1 with άeτ> ^~ reference symbols 1a and 1b, respectively. The two parts 1a and 1b of the base body 1 are connected to one another by an articulated band 2, which allows the two parts 1a and 1b to pivot about an articulation axis which is arranged approximately in the middle of the base body 1 and extends transversely to its longitudinal direction. In the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 3, guides 3 are fastened to the upper side of the base body 1, which complement each other to form a bow-shaped handle. The guides 3 have guide channels 4 for handles 5 that can be pulled out laterally. The two handles 5, with their mutually facing ends, can be telescopically pushed into one another such that when the handles 5 are inserted, the two parts 1a and 1b of the base body 1, which are articulated against one another, become rigid. In the inserted position, the handles 5 can also be locked by rotating them about their longitudinal axis. For this purpose, locking lugs 6 are provided on the outer circumference of the handles 5, which can engage in corresponding locking recesses 7 in the guides 3.

A sponge 8 is attached to the underside of the base body 1 and covers both parts 1a and 1b of the base body 1. This sponge can be pivoted out by pivoting the two parts 1a and 1b of the base body against one another about the joint axis formed by the hinge band 2 (cf. FIG. 3). Relatively large pressing forces act on the sponge 8 because the lever arms that become effective during squeezing are relatively large due to the pull-out handles 5.

The embodiment of FIGS. 4 to 6 corresponds in its basic structure essentially to the wiper device according to FIGS. 1 to 3, so that the corresponding reference numerals could be retained here. In this embodiment, the two parts 1a and 1b of the base body 1 are through

Replacement sheet An articulated piece 9 connected to each other, which by articulated axes 10 with the two parts la and. 1b of the base body 1 is connected. Overall, here too there is an articulation about an axis arranged approximately in the middle of the base body 1 and extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the base body 1.

The joint piece 9 is provided on its upper side with a fastening piece 11, to which a scrubber handle 12 is pivotably fastened. The fastening piece 11 is provided with two locking grooves 13, in which a spring pin 14 assigned to the scrubber handle 12 can snap into two different angular positions. In this way it is possible to adjust the angle between the scrub handle 12 and the base body 10 to two different sizes.

In this embodiment, there is a scrubbing fleece 15 made of hard fiber material on the underside of the sponge 8, which stretches approximately over a third of the width of the sponge. Depending on the angular position between the base body 1 and the scrubbing handle 12, when working with this wiping device either the wiping area of the sponge 8 or the scrubbing fleece 15 comes into contact with the floor to be cleaned.

In this embodiment, the sponge 8 is squeezed out by lifting the base body with the aid of the scrubbing handle 12. Then the two handles 5 are gripped with the hands and pulled out to the side. The sponge is then squeezed out by pivoting the both parts 1a and 1b of the base body against each other.

In the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 7, 8 and 9, a pivot axis 20 which is vertically upward is arranged on each part 1a and 1b of the base body 1. On each pivot axis 20 a handle 21 is pivotally mounted in the horizontal plane. When the two handles 21 lie against one another, as shown in FIG. 7, they together form a handle for guiding the wiper device. If, on the other hand, the two handles 21 are pivoted about the pivot axes 20 by 90 °, the two handles 21 form a lateral extension of the base body 1a or 1b, so that here too the sponge 8 can be squeezed out with relatively great force.

In order to stabilize the two parts 1a and 1b of the base body 1 against one another, a spring catch device 23 is provided in this exemplary embodiment between the two parts 1a and 1b of the base body, which in the extended position locks the two parts 1a and 1b of the base body 1 against one another .

Claims

Patent claims

1. Wiping device for wiping and drying surfaces, consisting of an elongated, two-part base body and a sponge attached to the base body, in which the two parts of the base body are connected by a joint and can be pivoted relative to one another by means of an actuating device such that the sponge fastened to the base body is pressed together, characterized in that the axis of the joint extends transversely to the longitudinal direction of the base body (1) and in that the two parts (1a, 1b) of the base body (1) with hand protruding laterally from the front sides of the base body. handles (5, 21) are provided.

2. Wiper device according to claim 1, so that the two handles (5, 21) complement each other to form a holding handle attached to the upper side of the base body (1).

3. Wiper device according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the two handles (5) axially displaceable in guides (3) of the two parts (1a, 1b) of the basic - ii -

body (1) are mounted, the two parts (1a, 1b) of the base body (1), which are assigned to the two parts (1a, 1b) of the base body (1).

4. Mopping device according to claims 1 to 3, that the two axially displaceable handles (5) can be telescoped into one another above the joint.

5. mopping device according to claim 4, d a d u r c h g e k e n e z e i c h n t that the two axially displaceable handles (5) by rotation about their longitudinal axis in the guides (3) against axial displacement fixable bar.

6. Wiper device according to one or more of claims 1 to 5, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the sponge (8) is covered on its underside with a chamois and / or with a floor wipe.

7. Mopping device according to one or more of claims 1 to 5, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that a scrubber handle (12) is attached to the top of the base body (1).

3. Wiper device according to claim 7, characterized in that the sponge (8) is covered over a portion of its underside with a scrubbing cloth made of hard fiber material and the other part with a floor wiping cloth and that the scrubber handle (12) in two different angular positions on the base body (1) can be locked.

9. Mopping device according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the two handles (21) on the top of the two parts (1a, 1b) of the base body (1) are pivotable in the horizontal plane by 90 °, such that the two Handles (21) protrude laterally from the base body (1) in the swiveled-out position and rest against each other in the swiveled-in position and complement each other to form a handle.

10. Wiper device according to claim 9, so that the two parts (1a, 1b) of the base body (1) can be locked against one another in the extended position by a spring latching device (22).