EP4388965A1 - Seau de lavage de balai à franges à compartiments multiples - Google Patents

Seau de lavage de balai à franges à compartiments multiples Download PDF

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EP4388965A1
EP4388965A1 EP23216670.2A EP23216670A EP4388965A1 EP 4388965 A1 EP4388965 A1 EP 4388965A1 EP 23216670 A EP23216670 A EP 23216670A EP 4388965 A1 EP4388965 A1 EP 4388965A1
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Cristian Leonardi
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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
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to an innovative mop washing bucket, suitable to comprise a plurality of distinct compartments, which are filled with at least two receptacles, all autonomous and not communicating; said bucket allows an effective rinsing of the mop, without immersing it in dirty water, before cleaning hard surfaces.
  • the mop is a tool used to clean hard surfaces (floors, tiles) and consists of a head connected to a handle, to which strips of fabric are attached.
  • Each mop must be moistened with soap and water, in order to thoroughly clean the surfaces.
  • the mop is immersed in the same water while cleaning hard surfaces, both to soap the fabric strips, and to clean the mop following the cleaning of the surfaces, inevitably dirtying the water contained inside the common mop washing bucket.
  • Each bucket used today, comprises a single compartment, which is suitable to accommodate the soapy water, subsequently dirtied after the first rinsing of the mop.
  • compartments being exclusively constituted by a partition which divides the bucket internally, are suitable to hinder the filling and emptying of said bucket, especially if the user is interested in emptying or filling only one of the two compartments.
  • patent WO2022213772 published on 13 October 2022 , does not solve the above problems as it claims a mop bucket suitable to comprise a plurality of communicating vessels, in which dirty water is intended to flow; patent WO2022213772 thus describes a complex and elaborate bucket, which is intended to significantly increase production costs, resulting in a significant increase in the sale price of a product which has always been intended for the most modest population.
  • the object of the patent is therefore to envisage the creation of a mop washing bucket which is simple but precise, suitable to divide the washing water used in cleaning hard surfaces.
  • a multi-compartment mop washing bucket is created which effectively solves the aforementioned problems.
  • the mop washing bucket object of the invention, comprises a plurality of compartments, in order to house the same number of receptacles which can contain a different type of water therein, allowing the mop to be washed without contaminating it with the dirty water coming from the previous rinsing.
  • the dirty water coming from the mop after being wrung by means of a special wringer basket is intended to flow inside a sub-bottom of the bucket, which does not communicate with any receptacle, thus allowing said mop to always be washed with clean, soapy water.
  • the two receptacles contained inside said bucket are all independent of each other, and can thus be extracted separately to be emptied or filled during the cleaning operations of hard surfaces.
  • said two receptacles are suitable to be more tightly bound to the bucket by means of the use of a Velcro, installed inferiorly and laterally to the external outer surface of the receptacles and to the internal surface of the bucket; said Velcro is suitable to give greater stability to the receptacles comprised inside the bucket, obtaining a greater overall rigidity of the article.
  • said two receptacles are suitable to employ a plurality of magnets to be more tightly bound to the bucket; said magnets are thus installed inside said receptacles and inside of said bucket, in order to confer a greater overall rigidity to the article; said magnets are further useful to speed up and facilitate the insertion of said receptacles inside the bucket by exploiting the magnetic attraction.
  • the bucket is therefore made of rigid plastic material, suitable to house at least two receptacles therein, separated from each other, each containing a different liquid, allowing the mop to be washed without contaminating it with dirty water; said bucket therefore constitutes an external rigid structure which has the purpose of compacting and binding said two receptacles while cleaning hard surfaces.
  • Said bucket comprises an upper transversal rim suitable for joining the upper edges, facilitating the binding of a wringer basket.
  • a first receptacle is made of rigid plastic material and is suitable to contain soapy water therein, in order to allow the cleaning of hard surfaces by means of said mop; said first receptacle is suitable to be engaged inside said bucket and is characterized by a width of 50 centimetres, a depth of 27 centimetres and a height ranging from 32 to 35 centimetres.
  • the first receptacle comprises a handle, constrained on the upper edges and suitable for rotating, facilitating the extraction of the receptacle and thus the emptying thereof.
  • Said first receptacle comprising at least four support feet, installed inferiorly, suitable for maintaining a stable distance from the floor, when said first receptacle is extracted from the bucket.
  • the dirty water used for rinsing said mop, following the cleaning of hard surfaces, is contained in a second receptacle, also made of rigid plastic material; said second receptacle is suitable to be engaged inside the bucket, having a width of 50 centimetres, a depth of 27 centimetres and a height ranging from 32 to 35 centimetres.
  • Said second receptacle also has a handle, constrained on the upper edges and suitable for rotating, facilitating the extraction and thus the emptying of said second receptacle.
  • Said second receptacle comprising at least four support feet, installed inferiorly, suitable for maintaining a stable distance from the floor, when said second receptacle is extracted from the bucket.
  • a sub-bottom of the bucket is instead obtained centrally in the bucket but below said said first and said second receptacle; said sub-bottom is suitable for holding the water absorbed by the mop when it is wrung out in said wringer basket.
  • the wringer basket is installed above said bucket, at the bottom of the sub-bottom of the bucket, engaging inside the upper transverse edge, in order to convey the water obtained from wringing out the mop, inside said sub-bottom.
  • said wringer basket is suitable for being screwed inside the upper transversal rim of the bucket, by means of the use of a thread engraved on said transversal rim; said wringer basket, once screwed, provides an increased rigidity of the overall article.
  • Two handles are installed on the side of said bucket, suitable for facilitating its transport and for making it easier to handle; said handles are further suitable for facilitating the removal of the receptacles from the bucket by preventing the lifting of the latter.
  • Said bucket further comprises a main handle, suitable to allow it to be lifted while cleaning said hard surfaces.
  • a plurality of wheels can be installed externally to said bucket, in order to facilitate its handling while cleaning hard surfaces.
  • at least four rubber elements are installed inferiorly to said bucket, one for each edge, suitable for rotating, limiting their protrusion externally to said bucket. These elements, when in contact with the floor, reduce the slipping of the bucket on the treated hard surface.
  • FIGURE 1 shows a perspective view of the bucket 20 designed to comprise therein, thanks to a plurality of compartments, at least two receptacles 12, 13.
  • a first receptacle 12 is suitable to contain the soapy water, useful to treat the mop before cleaning hard surfaces.
  • a second receptacle 13 is suitable to contain the washing water, suitable to rinse said mop, following the cleaning of hard surfaces.
  • the mop if immersed in the first 12 or in the second receptacle 13, is subsequently wrung out in a suitable basket 10, in order to drain the excess water inside a sub-bottom 14 of the bucket.
  • the bucket 20 is further equipped with a plurality of wheels 21 and with a plurality of rubber elements 16, suitable to reduce the slipping of the bucket 20 on soapy hard surfaces.
  • At least two handles 18 are installed laterally to said bucket 20, in order to obtain an easy removal of the receptacles 12, 13, stopping the position of the bucket 20.
  • FIG. 1 an exemplary diagram of the multi-compartment mop washing bucket 20, described in the present patent application, is illustrated.
  • Said bucket 20 is suitable to comprise a plurality of receptacles 12, 13 therein, allowing a free and independent management of each receptacle 12, 13 containing a certain washing water for the mop.
  • Both the first 12 and the second receptacle 13 can be removed from the bucket by using a handle 19, installed on both receptacles 12, 13.
  • the removal of one receptacle does not in any way affect the operation of the other receptacles 12, 13.
  • the first receptacle 12 is suitable to contain the soapy water, useful to soap the mop before beginning to clean hard surfaces.
  • a second receptacle 13 contains the washing water therein, intended to rinse the mop between one cleaning session and the other.
  • the mop between one immersion and the other, inside the first 12 or the second receptacle 13, is suitable to be wrung out inside a special basket 10, installed above a transversal rim 11 of said bucket 20.
  • the water coming from wringing out the mop, through the basket 10, is made to flow inside a sub-bottom 14 of the bucket.
  • Each receptacle 12, 13 lends itself to being totally independent and removable from said bucket 20.
  • the movement of the bucket 20 is ensured by the presence of a plurality of wheels 21, and by the presence of at least two handles 18, suitable for facilitating the grip of the bucket for its movement inside the treated rooms.
  • Said handles 18 are further suitable for facilitating the removal of said receptacles 12, 13, keeping the structure of the bucket 20 stationary during the lifting of said first 12 and said second receptacle 13.
  • a plurality of rubber elements 16 are highlighted, suitable to fix the position of the bucket 20 when said elements are in contact with the floor.

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2002000089A1 (fr) * 2000-06-23 2002-01-03 Worre, Regitze Seau de nettoyage
EP2286706A1 (fr) * 2008-04-30 2011-02-23 Carlos Rivadulla Oliva Seau pour serpillières à deux compartiments
US20160316988A1 (en) * 2015-05-01 2016-11-03 Ecolab Usa Inc. Mop bucket
WO2022213772A1 (fr) 2021-04-07 2022-10-13 林胜超 Seau pour balai à franges plat

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2002000089A1 (fr) * 2000-06-23 2002-01-03 Worre, Regitze Seau de nettoyage
EP2286706A1 (fr) * 2008-04-30 2011-02-23 Carlos Rivadulla Oliva Seau pour serpillières à deux compartiments
US20160316988A1 (en) * 2015-05-01 2016-11-03 Ecolab Usa Inc. Mop bucket
WO2022213772A1 (fr) 2021-04-07 2022-10-13 林胜超 Seau pour balai à franges plat

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