WO2019040687A2 - Balai-éponge et balai combinés - Google Patents

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WO2019040687A2
WO2019040687A2 PCT/US2018/047636 US2018047636W WO2019040687A2 WO 2019040687 A2 WO2019040687 A2 WO 2019040687A2 US 2018047636 W US2018047636 W US 2018047636W WO 2019040687 A2 WO2019040687 A2 WO 2019040687A2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B15/00—Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements
    • A46B15/0055—Brushes combined with other articles normally separate from the brushing process, e.g. combs, razors, mirrors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B5/00—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
    • A46B5/0004—Additional brush head
    • A46B5/0008—Brushes with two or more heads on the same end of a handle not intended for simultaneous use
    • 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
    • A47L13/12—Implements with several different treating 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
    • A47L13/14—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing combined with squeezing or wringing devices
    • A47L13/142—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing combined with squeezing or wringing devices having torsional squeezing or wringing action
    • 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
    • A47L13/24—Frames for mops; Mop heads
    • 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
    • A47L13/24—Frames for mops; Mop heads
    • A47L13/25—Wire frames
    • A47L13/252—Wire frames for mops of textile fringes or the like
    • 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 present invention relates to a mop, and more particularly, a combination mop and broom.
  • a FIRST EXAMPLE U.S. Patent Office Document No. 399,223, Published/Issued on March 5, 1889, to Varney teaches a combined mob and brush holder including a plate having depending flanges at its edges, binding-screws mounted in the flanges to secure the brush, and a clamping bar mounted on the upper side of the plate to secure the mop.
  • a SECOND EXAMPLE U.S. Patent Office Document No. 732,743, Published/Issued on July 7, 1903, to Held teaches a utensil including a fixed clamping jaw having attaching-slots extending transversely there through, attaching apparatus located above the jaw, a brush-attaching plate having curved lugs on one edge thereof adapted to be inserted through the attaching-slots in the clamping-jaw and engage therewith and provided with an upwardly- projecting resilient member having depressions therein adapted to engage with and be disengaged from the attaching apparatus by reason of its resiliency, and a scrub-brush fast to the brush- attaching plate.
  • a FOURTH EXAMPLE U.S. Patent Office Document No. 981,756, Published/Issued on Jan. 17, 1911, to Glance teaches a holder including a supporting plate carrying a handle, a scrubbing brush attaching mechanism to detachably secure a brush to the plate, a mop holding frame pivotally mounted on the handle and adapted to hold a mop rag in position on the plate, a lever to swing the frame into and out of operative positions, a spring clip on the handle to engage the lever and secure the mop holding frame in inoperative position, and apparatus for clamping the mop against the plate.
  • a FIFTH EXAMPLE U.S. Patent Office Document No. 2,653,337, Published/Issued on Sept. 29, 1953, to Bathurst teaches a combination mop and scrubber including a frame having a planar central section and end members extending at right angles to the central section. The end sections have slots formed therein at right angles to the central section.
  • a SIXTH EXAMPLE U.S. Patent Office Document No. 2,694,824, Published/Issued on Nov. 23, 1954, to Kalinowski teaches a combination mop, scrubbing brush, and wringer, which includes a cleaning member including an oblong wooden head having an absorbent element secured to the bottom face and brush bristles extending from the front face thereof, a handle mounted in the top of the head contiguous the rear edge thereof and projecting at an angle upwardly and rearwardly relative to the cleaning member, a hinge bolt element having two spaced parallel journals at each end providing two parts of aligned journals, and a pair of clips. Each clip includes a body lying against the rear edge of the head and provided with a semi-circular bearing.
  • the body has a lip projecting over the top face of the head.
  • a single fastening device to removably attach each of the clips to the back of the head.
  • the bearing portions of the clips have one pair of the aligned hinge journals mounted therein.
  • a compressing plate, apparatus thereon engages the other pair of the aligned hinge journals, a socket along the inner longitudinal edge of the compressing plate midway between the ends thereof wherein the compressing plate also has notches adjacent the ends of the socket to provide free and bendable corners opposed to, and spaced from, the socket ends.
  • the compressing plate further provided with integral tongues adjacent the outer free swinging edge thereof.
  • a hand-hold fashioned from relatively stiff wire having some inherent resiliency and including a pair of spaced strands joined at their outer ends to provide a grip with off-set knees intermediate the ends for clamping engagement with the handle, divergent strands inwardly of the knee and extending to the compression plate, reach portions extending from the divergent strands across the compressing plate and provided with inturned toes projecting into the ends of the socket.
  • the aforementioned tongues embrace the reach portions of the hand-hold and the bendable corners engage the reach portions at the toes. The corners are bent after the toes are entered in the socket.
  • a mop including a supporting element having a rear transverse edge to serve as a scrapper, handle apparatus pivotally secured to the supporting element forwardly of the rear transverse edge, resilient apparatus connected with the supporting element and with the handle apparatus and movable relative to the handle apparatus to facilitate angular adjustment of the handle apparatus with respect to the supporting element, a pair of head plate sections hingedly secured to the supporting apparatus, resilient apparatus connected with the head plate sections to maintain them normally separated, a compressible scrub bing element secured to the lower sides of the head plate sections and foldable therebetween when the head plate sections are swung together for extracting water from the scrubbing element, an extractor handle, apparatus pivotally securing the extractor handle to the supporting element rearwardly of the transverse centers of the head plate sections and forwardly of the rear transverse edge, booster shoulders on the extractor handle engageable with the tops of the head plate sections forwardly of the last-named apparatus, and roller
  • a headband for a mop head assembly that includes four scrubbing surfaces that allow a user to scrub a surface with the headband.
  • the scrubbing surfaces include a plurality of interstices and scrubbing sections that are formed by coating a knitted polyester base material with an adhesive and abrasive coating. The coating provides strength, durability, and abrasiveness to the base material.
  • the headband allows the yarn beneath the headband to dry thus preventing mildew.
  • a floor mop with a handle and a mop head having a base, a handle connector, and a scrubbing mechanism.
  • the base may include a platen and cleaning pad and is connected to the mop handle through the handle connector.
  • the base may also include an opening for holding the handle connector and scrubbing mechanism.
  • the handle connector houses the components of the scrubbing mechanism, including a scrubbing pad, an axle, a slide and a spring.
  • the scrubbing pad is located on the lower surface of the handle connector.
  • the axle is connected to the base of the mop head and to the slide so that when sufficient downward force is applied to compress the spring, the scrubbing pad moves downward relative to the lower surface of the handle connector so that the scrubbing pad engages the cleaning surface.
  • AN OBJECT of the present invention is to provide a combination mop and broom that avoids the disadvantages of the prior art.
  • ANOTHER OBJECT of the present invention is to provide a combination mop and broom that is simple and inexpensive to manufacture .
  • STILL ANOTHER OBJECT of the present invention is to provide a combination mop and broom that is simple to use.
  • BRIEFLY STATED, STILL YET ANOTHER OBJECT of the present invention is to provide an all-in-one multi-functional implement that mops a floor in any direction without rotating the implement, is wrung outable, sweeps the floor in any direction without rotating the implement, and scrubs the floor from any direction without rotating the implement.
  • the all-in-one multifunctional implement includes a handle, a mop head, and a broom and scrubber head.
  • the handle has a longitudinal axis.
  • the mop head is affixed to the handle and mops the floor in the any direction without rotating the handle about the longitudinal axis thereof.
  • the broom and scrubber head is affixed to the handle, sweeps the floor in the any direction without rotating the handle about the longitudinal axis thereof and scrubs the floor from the any direction without rotating the handle about the longitudinal axis thereof.
  • Figure 1 is a diagrammatic elevational view illustrating the invention ready for use as a mop
  • Figure 2 is a diagrammatic elevational view illustrating the invention ready for use as a broom
  • Figure 3 is a diagrammatic elevational view illustrating fluid in the mop component being wrung into bucket shown in phantom.
  • Introductory all-in-one multi-functional implement of embodiments of present invention for mopping floor 12 in any direction without rotating implement 10, for wringing out mopping, for sweeping floor 12 in any direction without rotating implement 10, and for scrubbing floor 12 from any direction without rotating implement 10
  • mop head for mopping floor 12 in any direction without rotating handle 14 about longitudinal axis 15 thereof broom and scrubber head for sweeping floor 12 in any direction without rotating handle 15 about longitudinal axis 15 thereof and for scrubbing floor 12 from any direction without rotating handle 14 about longitudinal axis 15 of handle 14
  • the overall configuration of the all-in-one multi-functional implement 10 can best be seen in FIGURES 1 and 2, and as such, will be discussed with reference thereto.
  • the all-in-one multi-functional implement 10 comprises a handle 14, a mop head 16, and a broom and scrubber head 18.
  • the mop head 16 is affixed to the handle 14 and is for mopping the floor 12 in any direction without rotating the handle 14 about the longitudinal axis 15 thereof.
  • the broom and scrubber head 18 is affixed to the handle 14 and is for sweeping the floor 12 in any direction without rotating the handle 14 about the longitudinal axis 15 thereof and for scrubbing the floor 12 in any direction without rotating the handle 14 about the longitudinal axis 15 thereof.
  • the all-in-one multi-functional implement 10 further comprises a wringer assembly 20.
  • the wringer assembly 20 selectively exposes the broom and scrubber head 18 and is for wringing out the mopping.
  • the Specific Configuration of the Handle 14 The specific configuration of the handle 14 can best be seen in FIGURES 1 and 2, and as such, will be discussed with reference thereto .
  • the handle 14 is slender, elongated, and has a proximal end 22 and a distal end 24.
  • the specific configuration of the broom and scrubber head 18 can best be seen in FIGURES 1 and 2, and as such, will be discussed with reference thereto.
  • the broom and scrubber head 18 is fixedly attached to the distal end 24 of the handle 14 in a circular configuration for sweeping the floor 12 in the any direction without rotating the handle 14 about the longitudinal axis 15 thereof and for scrubbing the floor 12 in any direction without rotating the handle 14 about the longitudinal axis 15 thereof.
  • the specific configuration of the mop head 16 can best be seen in FIGURES 1 and 2, and as such, will be discussed with reference thereto.
  • the mop head 16 is movably mounted up and down the handle
  • the mop head 16 is disposed completely outside and around the broom and scrubber head for mopping the floor 12 in the any direction without rotating the handle 14 about the longitudinal axis 15 thereof.
  • the broom and scrubber head 18 When the mop 16 is in the down position, the broom and scrubber head 18 is hidden from view, and when the mop 16 is in the up position, the broom and scrubber head 18 is visible for use .
  • the wringer assembly 20 can best be seen in FIGURES 1-3, and as such, will be discussed with reference thereto.
  • the wringer assembly 20 comprises a spring-loaded button 26.
  • the spring-loaded button 26 of the wringer assembly 20 is operationally disposed on the handle 14, approximately midway therealong.
  • the wringer assembly 20 further comprises a collar 28.
  • the collar 28 of the wringer assembly 20 is fixedly attached to the mop head 16, and is free to move up and down the handle 14.
  • the collar 28 of the wringer assembly 20 has a through bore 30.
  • the through bore 30 of the collar 28 of the wringer assembly 20 extends radially therethrough, and selectively receives the spring-loaded button 26 of the wringer assembly 20.
  • the collar 28 of the wringer assembly 20 is pulled up the handle 14 until the through bore 30 of the collar 28 of the wringer assembly 20 receives the spring-loaded button 26 of the wringer assembly 20, locking the collar 28 of the wringer assembly 20 in place .
  • the spring- loaded button 26 of the wringer assembly 20 When the mop head 16 is for being wrung out, the spring- loaded button 26 of the wringer assembly 20 is pressed in, releasing the spring-loaded button 26 of the wringer assembly 20 from the through bore 30 of the collar 28 of the wringer assembly 20, unlocking the collar 28 of the wringer assembly 20, to thereby allow the collar 28 of the wringer assembly 20 to be rotated relative to the handle 14 taking the mop head 16 with it and wringing out the mop head 16.

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La présente invention concerne un outil multifonctionnel tout-en-un (10) qui lave un sol dans n'importe quelle direction sans mettre l'outil en rotation, est essoré, balaye le sol dans n'importe quelle direction sans mettre l'outil en rotation, et nettoie le sol en le frottant à partir de n'importe quelle direction sans mettre l'outil en rotation. L'outil multifonctionnel tout-en-un (10) comprend un manche (14), une tête de balai à franges (16), et une tête de balai et de brosseuse (18). Le manche (14) présente un axe longitudinal. La tête de balai à franges (16) est fixée au manche (14) et lave le sol dans n'importe quelle direction sans mettre le manche (14) en rotation autour de son axe longitudinal. La tête de balai et de brosseuse (18) est fixée au manche (14), balaye le sol dans n'importe quelle direction sans mettre le manche (14) en rotation autour de son axe longitudinal, et nettoie le sol en le frottant à partir de n'importe quelle direction sans mettre le manche (14) en rotation autour de son axe longitudinal.
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