Brushing – scrubbing – and general cleaning – Implements – Holder – mop
Patent
1988-02-18
1989-02-28
Feldman, Peter
Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Implements
Holder, mop
15228, 152298, A47L 13258
Patent
active
048073237
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a floor mop having a support for holding an attachment provided on its underside with a plurality of fringes or the like, or with a raised-pile washing attachment or the like, which consists of two arms and a central piece, whereby the arms of the support are pivotably connected with the central piece at their mutually facing ends and the central piece is equipped with a handle support arranged in the middle thereof.
In a known floor mop of this kind, in the two arms, locking devices are provided, which makes possible a locking in position between the central piece and the pivotable arms. By means of outwardly protruding pegs, it is possible to unlock the locking device, so that the arms can be swung away downwardly with respect to the central piece and the attachment provided with fringes or the like can be detached from the arms. The refastening of the attachment and the swinging in place of the arms of the support follows the reverse order. The fastening of the attachment to the ends of the arms takes place for instance by means of Velcro-type fastening tapes, which pass through hooks or the like arranged at the ends of the arms. A disadvantage of this known floor mop consists in the fact that its arms have to be shaped like a housing, in order to accommodate the locking device, which results not only in comparatively complicated manufacturing, but also in cumbersome mounting. A further disadvantage of this known mop consists in the fact that, in order to clamp it together or to clamp it apart, both hands have to be used, whereby on the one hand the handle becomes an impediment and, on the other hand, there is the danger of contamination with dirt.
Departing from this state of the art, it is the object of this invention to create a floor mop wherein the afore-mentioned disadvantages are avoided and which is not only easy to manufacture and to assemble, but also provides in addition for a quick, clean and safe handling with respect to the fastening and the detaching of the attachment covered with fringes or the like.
In accordance with the invention, this problem is solved by the fact that the central piece has a bottom plate pivotally linked with the two arms, to which a support plate is attached, a spring disk being rotatably arranged thereon, on which a clamping disk connected thereto is located, the handle holder being secured to this clamping disk, whereby tension springs provided on the upper side of both arms are inserted in grooves or the like on the spring disk, in order to tension the arms. Due to this configuration, it is possible by simply turning the handle which serves for manipulation, and therewith by turning the connected tension springs and the thereby linked spring disks by approximately 90.degree., to cause the locking of the two arms in their working horizontal position, respectively the unlocking, so that the arms spring away downwardly from the bottom plate, whereby a certain spreading position of the two arms is insured, due to the effect of the springs. The downhanging attachment can be cleaned in a press, after which, by raising the slightly spread apart arms and by putting pressure on the handle, the arms will swing away from each other back into their horizontal position and by turning back the handle by 90 degrees they will be locked again in their horizontal working position. The cleaning of the attachment is usually done in a pail of water, whereafter it is pressed dry in a mop press. Due to this configuration, it is possible to cause the tensioning, as well as the unlocking of the two arms by simply turning the handle by 90 degrees in one or the other direction of rotation. The margins of the two arms and of the bottom plate have upturned positions on their longitudinal sides, which are traversed by pivot pins. Thus, both components have U-shaped cross sections, so that an extra flat configuration results, since the central piece and the remaining required components can be arranged within the height of the upwardly bent portion. Besides, the botto
REFERENCES:
patent: 1526455 (1925-02-01), Beaudet
patent: 2975451 (1961-03-01), McPherson
Dubno Herbert
Feldman Peter
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