Classifications

• • 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
• • 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
  • A47L13/144—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing combined with squeezing or wringing devices having squeezing rollers
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B08—CLEANING
  • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
  • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
  • B08B1/30—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface
  • B08B1/32—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface using rotary cleaning members

Definitions

• the object of the present invention is a washing device for cleaning a cleaning sponge used in tiling work, the cleaning sponge comprising a handle part to which is connected a base part, to which the actual sponge part is fixed.
• the publication EP0797948 discloses the squeezing dry of a sponge wetted in washing fluid above the washing fluid.
• the publication US2006/0283212 discloses the cleaning of a sponge by passing the sponge through several pressing nips. This solution is unsuitable for cleaning sponges with handles.
• the object of the present invention is, therefore, to provide a washing device, by means of which cleaning sponges with handles used in tiling work can be cleaned quickly and efficiently.
• the washing device is characterised in that the path is made curved so that the cleaning sponge travels along the curved path, around an essentially horizontal axis of rotation, and that the path runs at least partly within the cleaning fluid in a container part.
• Figure 1 shows a diagrammatic exploded view of an embodiment of the washing device according to the invention
• Figure 2 shows the device of Figure 1 when assembled without the container part
• Figure 3 shows a sectional side view of the device of Figure 1 when assembled
• Figure 4 shows a sectional front view of the device of Figure 1 when assembled.
• the washing device according to a preferred embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 1-4 comprises a container part 1, in which can be placed a frame part 8.
• a motor unit 5 which comprises a rotating motor.
• a sleeve part 17 which is stationary with respect to the motor unit, to which sleeve part can be connected rolls 9, 9'.
• the rolls may comprise a fixed central shaft 11 and a shell part 19 arranged around it, which is preferably arranged to rotate freely around the central shaft 11. The rolls are supported at their outer end on a supporting arc 7 connected to the support- ing frame 8.
• a rotating inner sleeve 14 which is attached to the output shaft 15 of the motor means, to which sleeve are, by means of an attachment flange 13, connected gripping means 6, on which are formed gripping parts 6' at a radial distance from the rotating shaft 10, which grip the handle part 4 of the cleaning sponge 2 with positive coupling.
• the cleaning sponge 2 is placed in the gripping means 6 in such a way that the handle part 4 grips the gripping parts 6' with positive coupling, while the cleaning sponge is preferably located at a radial distance from the rotating shaft 10 and the sponge part 3 is directed towards the vertical plane determined by the rolls 9, 9'.
• the start button 16 is then pressed, whereupon the cleaning sponge begins to travel along a circular path, pressing at each roll 9 and 9' against the roll.
• the sponge part and the rolls meet in a diagonal position as the sponge part passes over each roll, whereby the sponge part is pressed efficiently over its entire surface area.
• the final roll 9' is preferably arranged above the cleaning fluid level in the container, which means that it acts as a drying roll for drying the sponge to a suitable moisture content for reuse.

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• Cleaning Implements For Floors, Carpets, Furniture, Walls, And The Like (AREA)
• Cleaning In General (AREA)

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• 2010
  • 2010-01-08 FI FI20105013A patent/FI20105013A0/fi not_active Application Discontinuation
  • 2010-12-14 WO PCT/FI2010/051027 patent/WO2011083202A2/en active Application Filing
• 2012
  • 2012-08-07 FI FI20125831A patent/FI123948B/fi not_active IP Right Cessation

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