EP0897280B1 - Dispositif de lavage et/ou recurage a usage manuel - Google Patents

Dispositif de lavage et/ou recurage a usage manuel Download PDF

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EP0897280B1
EP0897280B1 EP98906972A EP98906972A EP0897280B1 EP 0897280 B1 EP0897280 B1 EP 0897280B1 EP 98906972 A EP98906972 A EP 98906972A EP 98906972 A EP98906972 A EP 98906972A EP 0897280 B1 EP0897280 B1 EP 0897280B1
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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
    • A47L13/02—Scraping
    • A47L13/022—Scraper handles
    • 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
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L17/00—Apparatus or implements used in manual washing or cleaning of crockery, table-ware, cooking-ware or the like
    • A47L17/04—Pan or pot cleaning utensils
    • A47L17/08—Pads; Balls of steel wool, wire, or plastic meshes

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  • This device comprises two elements, the first of which is a support and the second of which is a sliding pad.
  • a device of the prior art is described in US-A-2 998 614.
  • the support fig. 1 and 2 pl. 1/2 consists of two symmetrical longitudinal parts and theoretically identical preferably (A) and (B), which can be arranged as an extension to each other in the direction of their lengths by means of a median hinge of width (n), axis of symmetry of the device, located along a fold line (p).
  • 3 and 3bis pl. 1/2 can be assembled and locked longitudinally by means of a median longitudinal rail (r) projecting from (M2) to penetrate by manual pressure into a median longitudinal cavity (c) located opposite of (r) in the volume of (M1), of length greater by slight excess than the length of (r) and whose depth has a value slightly greater than the height of (r), the sections of (r) and of (c) being isosceles trapezoidal with the same slopes, the male section of (r) being slightly stronger than the female section of (c) for good light locking pressure.
  • (M1) and (M2) once joined together constitute the handle of the device.
  • they should be removed by the application of two slight radial forces in opposite directions, on corresponding taps (k1) and (k2) preferably arranged in symmetrical concavities at the two respective ends of (M1) and (M2) fig. 3 pl. 1/2.
  • the second element of the device is a sliding pad (t) fig. 1, 2 and 3 pl. 1/2 and fig. 4 pl. 2/2 preferably composed of two blanks of identical length and width, of thickness identical also in general (but not necessarily if the two blanks are not produced in identical materials or if for special needs, the materials identical are of different thicknesses).
  • flanks will be considered of identical dimensions, and cut in a thick and flexible commercial scouring material, made of abrasive fibers.
  • the two sides fig.4 pl.2 / 4 will be superimposed and sewn along the edge longitudinally according to their lengths (L), and their width (v) between the seams is very slightly greater than the width (n) of (C), (C '), (D) and (D'), so that the buffer obtained, after completion of the two side seams, can slide flat successively along flat parallelepiped elements (C '), (C), (D) and (D') whose edges are aligned on two parallels distant from (n), after having been introduced by the end of the longitudinal profile (M1) of the handle (that is to say preferably, that which does not include the rail protruding, for convenience), the two longitudinal profiles (M1) and (M2) being then in the extension of one another on either side of the device, the latter being fully open fig. 2 pl. 1/2.
  • the length (L) of the sliding pad (t) is equal to or slightly greater than the values cumulative lengths of (C) + (C ') or (D) + (D'), so as not to hinder the closing of the device when locking the longitudinal profiles (M1) and (M2) fig. 3 pl. 1/2, when use.
  • the two sides of the tampon can also be cut from a soft sponge material (vegetable sponge or compact chemical foam), in a soft material (thick cotton, for example), etc ... according to specific needs.
  • the two sides of the tampon can be of different thicknesses. They can be from different materials sewn longitudinally (example, one scouring side / one side soft or spongy). They can also be glued longitudinally at the edge at the level of their opposite lengths in cases where the manufacture of these pads would allow achieve better costs without the glue used causing chemical incompatibility with the material of the scouring medium.
  • a buffer in the form of a thick tube fig. 5 pl. 2/2, cut for example from a flexible commercial scouring material consisting of fibers abrasive.
  • L the longitudinally crushed tampon, of length (L), which must be threaded flat along (C '), (C), (D) and (D') just a little further than the hinge to the first use. If (n) is the width of the support, the useful value of the width of the crushed buffer corresponds to (v).
  • the thickness of the flexible tube of scouring material will have an operative limit by relation to the value of the acute angle ( ⁇ ) between the flat parallelepiped elements (C) and (D) hinged, to allow the support to be closed by securing fig.3 pl.1 / 2 of its two longitudinal profiles (M1) and (M2) which form the handle.
  • the pad of the invention can be produced from a monolithic sidewall parallelepiped drilled halfway through a width (v) and a drilling height in relationship with the thickness of the elements (C '), (C), (D) and (D') fig. 6 pl.2 / 2.
  • Plate 2/2 represents the three types of buffers most suitable for the support according to the invention.
  • FIG. 4 represents the sewn tampon
  • FIG. 5 the tubular tampon which can be used flat
  • Figure 6 the monolithic parallelepipedal buffer drilled at mid-thickness.
  • the support will preferably be injection molded of polypropylene in a mold direct mold release, precisely because of the concept of the handle.
  • the two longitudinal profiles (M1) and (M2) assemble and lock with slight pressure, and will remain locked by the fact that the hand maintains the two profiles recessed into each other during use of the device.
  • the two flat parallelepiped elements (C) and (D) hinged, as well as their respective angulated flat extensions, the flat parallelepiped elements (C ') and (D'), will uniformly all have a thickness of between approximately 2 and 3 millimeters for sufficient mechanical resistance in the case of vigorous household scrubbing. of the extra thicknesses on (C ') and (D'), in the vicinity of the birth of each of the two profiles longitudinal (M1) and (M2) constituting the handle, will allow a better robustness of the device in action by one or other of its active faces in pressure / friction energetic on the surface to be stripped, whether it is flat, convex or concave.
  • the middle hinge between (C) and (D) may be a "natural" hinge provided in the injection mold by simply reducing the thickness of the material in the groove fig. 2 pl. 1/2 along the fold line (p) towards the inside of the angle ( ⁇ ) fig. 3 pl. 1/2 between (A) and (B), on a depth between approximately 1/3 and 1/2 of the thickness of the elements flat parallelepiped (C) or (D) and for a variable groove width depending on the angle ( ⁇ ) that is desired between (C) and (D), this angle having to be between approximately 35 and 45 °, for the best attack of the scouring surface by one of the two active faces of the device.
  • angles ( ⁇ ) between the internal faces of (C) and (C ') and the internal faces of (D) and (D ') must have a value between approximately 135 and 145 °, so that the insertion of the pad by sliding flat, preferably from the end of the longitudinal profile (M1) of the handle (the one not including the longitudinal rail median (r)), can be carried out easily without being hindered by a too closed angle which obstruct the pad in its projection towards the hinge, or make this projection impossible.
  • the operation of the device consists in successively using one and the other side of the pad after turning it over, which requires the pad to come out flat by the handle to present it on its opposite active face, then progressively advance the buffer perpendicular to the hinge along the elements (C '), (C), (D) and (D') or in the opposite direction, so that the wear of the pad at the hinge location can be interrupted in time, i.e. before tearing and the device can continue to operate with a buffer always in good condition at the hinge, and this until uniform wear of the tampon over its entire length, and on both of its two faces.
  • the device opening fully hinged at 180 ° fig. 2 pl. 1/2, (the two profiles longitudinal (M1) and (M2) then being approximately in the extension one of the other), allows the sliding pad to advance.
  • the device by closing, (the two longitudinal profiles (M1) and (M2) being found joined together), allows the pad to be angularly blocked over a portion of its width covering the hinge and not yet showing any wear.

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  • Absorbent Articles And Supports Therefor (AREA)
  • Cleaning Implements For Floors, Carpets, Furniture, Walls, And The Like (AREA)
  • Cleaning By Liquid Or Steam (AREA)
  • Cleaning In General (AREA)
  • Polishing Bodies And Polishing Tools (AREA)
EP98906972A 1997-02-12 1998-02-05 Dispositif de lavage et/ou recurage a usage manuel Expired - Lifetime EP0897280B1 (fr)

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FR9701836 1997-02-12
FR9701836A FR2759280B1 (fr) 1997-02-12 1997-02-12 Dispositif de lavage et/ou recurage a usage manuel
PCT/FR1998/000204 WO1998035605A1 (fr) 1997-02-12 1998-02-05 Dispositif de lavage et/ou recurage a usage manuel

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JP (1) JP2000508956A (es)
AT (1) ATE231359T1 (es)
CA (1) CA2250303A1 (es)
DE (1) DE69810859T2 (es)
ES (1) ES2190065T3 (es)
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WO (1) WO1998035605A1 (es)

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FR2787005B1 (fr) * 1998-12-09 2001-01-12 Progress Dispositif de fixation, sur un manchon adaptable sur un appareil de recurage, d'un materiau de recurage ou d'abrasion
US20080028555A1 (en) * 2006-07-21 2008-02-07 Nice Life, Inc. Hand cleaning tool with removeable cleaning head
KR200447443Y1 (ko) 2008-01-31 2010-01-25 강태현 치과용 연마기
US9408522B2 (en) * 2012-03-09 2016-08-09 3M Innovative Properties Company Fryer cleaning tool with cleaning head with cleaning pad slidably mountable thereon

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US1658153A (en) * 1924-06-17 1928-02-07 Applin Samuel Scouring device
US1585006A (en) * 1926-01-23 1926-05-18 Zell Rhoda Thomas Chamois brush
US1686526A (en) * 1926-07-20 1928-10-09 William A Lacy Holder
US2609236A (en) * 1951-04-04 1952-09-02 Myshock Louis Mop holder and fountain spray device
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US2870472A (en) * 1956-08-22 1959-01-27 Albert E Hartmann Cleaning implements
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US3581447A (en) * 1969-04-21 1971-06-01 Colgate Palmolive Co Reversible scouring pad
GB1405889A (en) * 1971-12-08 1975-09-10 Ici Ltd Holding devices
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US4618279A (en) * 1984-02-15 1986-10-21 Joseph Gurevich Dishwashing apparatus with plural sponges
FR2560035B1 (fr) * 1984-02-29 1986-12-26 Benarrouch Jacques Appareil de lavage et recurage a usage domestique
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WO1998035605A1 (fr) 1998-08-20
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ES2190065T3 (es) 2003-07-16
CA2250303A1 (fr) 1998-08-20
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