Brushing – scrubbing – and general cleaning – Implements – Holder – mop
Patent
1994-12-27
1996-11-19
Scherbel, David
Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Implements
Holder, mop
151441, 151442, 152296, 152298, A47L 1324, B25G 106
Patent
active
055750338
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a floor-cleaning appliance or the like with a cardanic or semi-cardanic fastening of the handle to the actual cleaning, scrubbing, wiping or other device.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Modern floor-cleaning appliances, to which cloths, fringes, textile coverings or the like are attached for the actual wiping operation, usually have a cardanic or semi-cardanic suspension of their handle for the purpose of more versatile use.
This affords considerable advantages in versatility, but has the disadvantage that under no circumstances does the handle stand up by itself and further cannot even be merely leaned against something. It simply falls over and to the ground.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object on which the invention is based is to avoid the problems mentioned above and also for other reasons. The invention permits the particular appliance and the handle attached thereto to be fixed in a substantially upright position permitting it to be leaned against a fixed object and thus making the handle accessible to the user without the user or operator having to bend over to pick up the appliance.
This object is achieved in a surprisingly simple way by means of a setting-up stirrup articulated on the cleaning device and intended for engaging behind a projection, screw or peg on the handle or for catching in a horizontal groove of this handle.
The operator therefore no longer needs to bend down to the handle lying on the floor in order to recover the cleaning appliance. Also, there is no need for separate devices to hold the cleaning appliance, i.e., holding constructions provided outside the cleaning appliance. It is sufficient to actuate the setting-up stirrup articulated, for example, on the baseplate of the cleaning appliance, in such a way that it engages behind a projection, screw, peg or the like on the handle fastening and the handle then comes to bear against the holding stirrup. The handle stands essentially freely in space, even though its foot is nevertheless articulated on the cleaning appliance cardanically, that is to say movably for substantially any conceivable degree of freedom.
According to one embodiment of the invention, it is also possible, if appropriate even without changing the shape, that the half-lug of the setting-up stirrup, which can be articulated at the same location of the baseplate of the cleaning appliance, simply falls into a horizontal groove of the handle, is pushed in or catches in the latter. The groove can also be designed as a slot or the like. In general, however, the groove will be continuous.
Preferably, the setting-up stirrup can have a tread on the side remote from the handle. This tread can have a formed-on plastic mass or, according to another embodiment, can simply consist of wire ends bent back against themselves. With regard to the joints, the half-lug part of the setting-up stirrup is arranged on one side and the tread on the other side of these joints. When the operator steps on the tread, the stirrup rises automatically, and therefore the operator does not need to bend down in order to operate it.
The half-lug part of the setting-up stirrup is expediently or advantageously bent to the rear, i.e., downward toward the base to form a support. This makes it easier for it to engage against projections of the handle or holder.
Preferably, in the longitudinal region of the setting-up stirrup, the stirrup wires are, if the bent part is supported on the base, shaped or bent in such a way that they come to rest along this base.
As a result of the particular embodiment wherein the bent part is so supported on the base and the stirrup wires rest along the base, the versatility of use of the cleaning appliance is enhanced, since it can thus also wipe under a cupboard or the like, even when a setting-up stirrup is present. In this version of the invention, similarly to the other versions, the setting-up operation is carried out using the tread.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Exemplary embodiments of the invention wi
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patent: 131674 (1872-09-01), Fitzhugh
patent: 1943479 (1934-01-01), Hesson
patent: 2671236 (1954-03-01), Richards
patent: 4850075 (1989-07-01), Kresse
Chin Randall E.
Dishong George W.
Metaform Metalliverarbeitungs-Gesellschaft mbH
Scherbel David
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