EP1273259A2 - Ustensile de nettoyage ainsi qu'élément constitutif d'un tel ustensile de nettoyage - Google Patents

Ustensile de nettoyage ainsi qu'élément constitutif d'un tel ustensile de nettoyage Download PDF

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EP1273259A2
EP1273259A2 EP02077628A EP02077628A EP1273259A2 EP 1273259 A2 EP1273259 A2 EP 1273259A2 EP 02077628 A EP02077628 A EP 02077628A EP 02077628 A EP02077628 A EP 02077628A EP 1273259 A2 EP1273259 A2 EP 1273259A2
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cleaning device
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Luc Ysebaert
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Waak-Beschutte Werkplaats VZW
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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
    • A47L13/20—Mops
    • A47L13/22—Mops with liquid-feeding devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B11/00—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water
    • A46B11/001—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water with integral reservoirs
    • A46B11/0013—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water with integral reservoirs dispensing by gravity or by shaking
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B11/00—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water
    • A46B11/0072—Details
    • A46B11/0079—Arrangements for preventing undesired leakage or dispensing
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
    • A46B2200/30—Brushes for cleaning or polishing
    • A46B2200/302—Broom

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  • the invention relates to a cleaning device, as well as to a part, more particularly a stick-shaped part, for forming such cleaning device.
  • a cleaning device of the type which is destined for cleaning a floor, in particularly cleaning by adding a liquid, such as water and/or another liquid cleaning product.
  • cleaning devices of this type comprise a relatively long stick which, during use, is held substantially upright and on which, at the lower extremity, a cleaning element, such as a brush, a scraper, a floor-cloth, a holder with an absorbing floor-cloth, a sweeper, a cleaning cloth or a mop or such is provided.
  • a cleaning element such as a brush, a scraper, a floor-cloth, a holder with an absorbing floor-cloth, a sweeper, a cleaning cloth or a mop or such is provided.
  • cleaning devices also can be applied in combination with a liquid, more particularly water and/or a cleaning liquid, whereby the liquid may have the purpose to render the surface to be cleaned really completely wet, as well as it may have the purpose to provide exclusively for a light moisturizing of the surface to be cleaned and, more particularly, for keeping the cleaning element moist; all this in order to ensure that the dirt better comes off the surface to be cleaned and/or is taken up better at the cleaning element.
  • a liquid more particularly water and/or a cleaning liquid
  • said liquid can be applied during cleaning by either pouring it and spreading it, immediately before sweeping, onto the surface to be cleaned, more particularly, the floor, or by soaking the cleaning element during cleaning regularly in a bucket with the liquid concerned.
  • the present invention relates to a cleaning device which, by the use thereof, allows to remedy the aforementioned disadvantages, or at least to minimize them, which cleaning device morever is realized such that it is particularly efficient in its use.
  • the invention relates to a cleaning device of the type which is provided with a stick, with as a characteristic that it comprises at least one reservoir for liquid, more particularly, a supply reservoir, formed in the stick and that this cleaning device is provided with means for releasing liquid outward from said reservoir, more particularly, during the application thereof.
  • the cleaning device has its own liquid reservoir, it is possible to have an amount of liquid available at any moment during cleaning, and it is clear that all aforementioned disadvantages, and more particularly the disadvantages connected to the use of buckets and such, are excluded.
  • the cleaning device according to the invention moreover has the advantage that such reservoir is present at the cleaning device in an efficient manner, whereby it is hindering very little during the use of this device.
  • the reservoir and the means for releasing the liquid from the reservoir outward are situated exclusively in and/or at the aforementioned stick, with as an advantage that such stick, provided with such reservoir and said means for releasing the liquid from the reservoir outward, can be applied in combination with various kinds of cleaning elements, more particularly, sweepers. Moreover, existing cleaning elements can be used.
  • a coupling part is provided which allows a coupling to different cleaning elements.
  • said reservoir will extend in longitudinal direction of the stick and in particular will be formed by a tubular element, as a result of which the cleaning device, at the location of the stick, can keep a slim contour, and the presence of the reservoir, as a consequence, will cause no or little hindrance during cleaning, which is particularly important when cleaning the floor under a cupboard, bed or the like.
  • the stick is realized as a traditional single tubular element, in which the reservoir then, as aforementioned, is formed.
  • the reservoir then, as aforementioned, is formed.
  • one or more reservoirs can be provided which extend along this stick element, which together form a whole to be held as a stick, whereby this whole then, of course, must be seen as being "the stick" of the invention.
  • a very efficient form of embodiment consists in that the actual stick element is realized with a semicircular cross-section, whereas the reservoir attached thereto is realized as a complementary semicircular part.
  • the aforementioned reservoir is realized as a fixed refillable reservoir.
  • replaceable reservoirs whether for single use or not, however, is not excluded within the scope of the present invention.
  • a fixed refillable reservoir offers a smaller risk of leaking and can be integrated into the stick in a more simple manner.
  • said means for releasing the liquid from the reservoir preferably consist of an outlet for the liquid, sealing means for this outlet, as well as operating means for activating the sealing means, more particularly, for bringing the outlet into open position, such that a user can dose the amount of liquid more or less by opening the outlet during a limited period of time.
  • said outlet comprises an outlet opening and/or mouthpiece, whereby this opening and/or mouthpiece is situated at the stick itself, more particularly next to the lower end of the stick and, still better, at the side wall of the lower end of this stick.
  • the sealing means consist of a valve which is forced into closed position by means of elastic means, more particularly, a valve comprising a valve body which is mounted axially movable in the stick, whereby said elastic means then, for example, consist of a pressure spring cooperating with the underside of the valve body.
  • elastic means for example, consist of a pressure spring cooperating with the underside of the valve body.
  • the operating means comprise an operating element situated next to the upper end of the stick, more particularly an operating element in the form of a push-button situated on the upper axial end of the stick, such that a user, by a simple movement of, for example, his thumb, can push this push-button in order to release liquid from the reservoir, without having to interrupt the cleaning.
  • the invention also relates to parts for realizing such cleaning device, more particularly to a stick realized with the above-described characteristics.
  • a stick realized with the above-described characteristics.
  • Such part in other words, such stick, however, can be commercialized separately, whereby the user then, for example, attaches the desired cleaning element to the lower end of the stick, whether or not by means of special coupling means allowing a simple connection.
  • the cleaning device 1 represented in figure 1 substantially consists of a stick 3, in this case formed by a tube 2, at which, at the lower end, a cleaning element 4, in the example a holder with an absorbing floor-cloth, is fixed by means of coupling means, formed by coupling parts 5-6, at the lower side of the stick, the upper side of the cleaning element 4, respectively.
  • the cleaning device 1 comprises, on one hand, a reservoir 7 for liquid formed in the stick 3, and, on the other hand, means 8 for releasing liquid from the aforementioned reservoir 7 outward, more particularly during cleaning.
  • the reservoir 7 comprises a filling opening 9 situated at the upper end of the stick 3, as well as an outlet 10 for the liquid, next to the lower end of the stick 3, with an outlet opening 11 through which the liquid, as represented in dashed line in figure 1, can flow out of the reservoir 7 onto the ground.
  • the filling opening 9 may be sealable or not, for example, by means of a not-represented sealing element, such as a stop, closing slide, or the like.
  • the reservoir 7 is formed of the aforementioned tube 2 and is bordered at its lower extremity by means of an end wall 12, formed by a stopper-shaped element provided in the tube 2, whereas, at its upper end, it is provided with an end piece 13 attached on the tube 2, in which end piece 13 said filling opening 9 is provided.
  • Said tube 2 is slid with its lower end into a sleeve-shaped end piece 14, which, on one hand, carries said coupling part 5 at its lower end and in which, on the other hand, said outlet opening 11 is provided.
  • said means 8 for releasing the liquid from the reservoir 7 outward also comprise sealing means 15 for this outlet 10, as well as operating means 16 for activating the sealing means 15, more particulary, for bringing the outlet 10 into open position.
  • the sealing means 15 consist of a valve 17, formed by a passage 18 provided in said end wall 12, and a cylindrical valve body 19 cooperating therewith, which latter can not only provide for sealing the passage 18, but also, at its circumference 20, provides for a sealing against the inner wall 21 of the sleeve-shaped end piece 14.
  • valve body 19 is axially movable and, by the intermediary of a pressure spring 22, is forced into the direction of the end wall 12 up into a position in which said passage 18 is sealed and the valve body 19 moreover is situated above said outlet opening 11.
  • the operating means 16 for activating the sealing means 15, more particularly, for opening the valve body 19 against the force of the pressure spring 22, in this case, for pushing it downward consist of a rod 23 which extends through said tube 2 and which, at its lower end, cooperates with said valve body 19 and which connects with its upper end to an operating element 24, more particularly to an operating button which is axially movable in the upper end piece 13 of the stick and which protrudes therefrom with a free end 25.
  • a sealing element can be provided in the upper end of reservoir 7, which sealing element in the example consists of an elastic sealing collar 26 formed at said operating button.
  • the reservoir 7 is filled, through filling opening 9, with the necessary liquid, for example, water and/or a cleaning product.
  • valve body 19 When said operating means 16, as represented in figure 2, are not activated, the valve body 19 is pushed upward by pressure spring 22 up to against the end wall 12, as a result of which the reservoir 7 is closed off at the bottom and, thus, no liquid can escape therefrom.
  • valve body 19 sealingly connects against the inner wall 21 of the sleeve-shaped end piece 14, it is impossible that liquid accumulates under the valve body 19.
  • an embodiment variant is represented, more particularly relating to the sealing means 15, which, in this case, are formed by a conical seat 28 with which a conical valve 29 can cooperate.
  • This valve 29 either may or may not be combined with a valve body 19, as described in the first embodiment.
  • the tube 2 forming the reservoir 7 for example, locally may show a larger diameter at a certain height, such that a larger content of the reservoir 7 is obtained.
  • the outlet opening 11 may be provided with an outlet mouthpiece, for example, in the form of an outlet tube or pipe which either is or is not provided with a mouthpiece or a nozzle at its free end, such in order to release the liquid even closer to the cleaning element 4.
  • an outlet mouthpiece for example, in the form of an outlet tube or pipe which either is or is not provided with a mouthpiece or a nozzle at its free end, such in order to release the liquid even closer to the cleaning element 4.
  • the coupling means 5-6 which connect the stick 3 to the cleaning element 4, may have different forms.
  • the stick 3 may be provided with any kind of coupling system usually found on cleaning elements 4 sold on the market, and consequently, such stick 3 also may be commercialized as a separate part, whereby the user himself then chooses which cleaning element he attaches under the stick 3.
  • the stick 3 also may be provided with a usual, straight lower end.
  • one or more additional separate reservoirs can be provided, each, for example, filled with a different cleaning product.
  • the cleaning device 1 is equipped with means for pressurizing the liquid reservoir 7, for example, by means of an air cartridge with compressed air, or by the intermediary of a manual air pump.

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EP02077628A 2001-07-06 2002-07-02 Ustensile de nettoyage ainsi qu'élément constitutif d'un tel ustensile de nettoyage Withdrawn EP1273259A3 (fr)

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WO2006067615A1 (fr) * 2004-12-24 2006-06-29 Noel Eric Manche de balai a support integre
EP2926708A1 (fr) * 2014-04-01 2015-10-07 Waak-BW VZW Poignée de réservoir pour un élément de nettoyage, tel qu'une brosse, un chiffon ou similaire
EP2962615A1 (fr) * 2014-07-01 2016-01-06 Easy-Do Products Limited Améliorations apportées à un appareil de distribution de fluide
US9980621B1 (en) 2016-01-10 2018-05-29 Worldwide Integrated Resources, Inc. Fluid dispenser having a liquid release bottle with suction bellows or a liquid squeeze bottle incorporated into a flat mop

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WO2006067615A1 (fr) * 2004-12-24 2006-06-29 Noel Eric Manche de balai a support integre
EP2926708A1 (fr) * 2014-04-01 2015-10-07 Waak-BW VZW Poignée de réservoir pour un élément de nettoyage, tel qu'une brosse, un chiffon ou similaire
BE1022104B1 (nl) * 2014-04-01 2016-02-16 Waak-Bw Vzw Reservoirsteel voor een reinigingselement zoals een borstel, aftrekker of dergelijke
US9750336B2 (en) 2014-04-01 2017-09-05 Waak-Bw Vzw Reservoir handle for a cleaning element such as a brush, wiper or similar
EP2962615A1 (fr) * 2014-07-01 2016-01-06 Easy-Do Products Limited Améliorations apportées à un appareil de distribution de fluide
US9980621B1 (en) 2016-01-10 2018-05-29 Worldwide Integrated Resources, Inc. Fluid dispenser having a liquid release bottle with suction bellows or a liquid squeeze bottle incorporated into a flat mop

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