Cleaning device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9113770-B2
Application number	US-201013518079-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2010
Priority date	Dec 21, 2009
Publication date	Aug 25, 2015
Grant date	Aug 25, 2015

Abstract

A cleaning device ( 1 ) comprising a handle ( 2 ). The handle ( 2 ) is formed by a tube ( 3 ), which defines a liquid reservoir ( 4 ). A nozzle unit ( 5 ) is arranged at one end of the handle and a hand grip ( 6 ) is arranged at the other end of the handle. An operating device ( 7 ) for the nozzle unit ( 5 ) is associated with the hand grip ( 6 ) The operating device ( 7 ) is connected to the nozzle unit ( 5 ) by an operative connection ( 8 ) arranged in the tube ( 3 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cleaning device comprising:
a handle, the handle being formed from a tube that defines a fluid reservoir;
a nozzle jet unit arranged at one end of the handle;
a handgrip arranged at the other end of the handle, the handgrip projecting away from the handle at an angle relative to a first axis that extends longitudinally relative to the handle and a second axis that extends perpendicularly relative to the handle such that the handgrip extends along a handgrip axis that is closer to the second axis than the first axis; and
an actuating device for the nozzle unit associated with the handgrip;
wherein the actuating device is connected to the nozzle jet unit via an operative connection that is arranged entirely inside the tube, the actuating device comprising a lever that is actuatable by one or more fingers of a user, the operative connection including an additional tube disposed inside the tube and extending between the actuating device and the nozzle jet unit, the additional tube operating as a pushrod to activate the nozzle jet unit when the lever is actuated, the additional tube further being hollow to form therethrough a fluid passageway such that, when the lever is actuated, a fluid is adapted to pass from the fluid reservoir to the nozzle jet unit through the additional tube.

2. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the nozzle unit comprises a pump atomizer.

3. The cleaning device according to claim 2 , wherein the nozzle unit comprises a fastening device for a cleaning body.

4. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the additional tube has openings formed adjacent its ends, the openings configured to fluidly connect a hollow interior of the additional tube with the fluid reservoir and the nozzle jet unit.

5. The cleaning device according to claim 4 , wherein spacers are associated with the additional tube.

6. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the handgrip has a filling opening for filling the fluid reservoir with a cleaning fluid.

7. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the handgrip has at least one transparent section.

8. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the handgrip is inserted at least in certain sections into the tube.

9. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the nozzle unit is inserted at least in certain sections into the tube.

10. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the cleaning device is constructed as a flat mop.

11. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the cleaning device is constructed as a fringe-type mop.

Assignees

• Dingert Uwe
• Dietz Markus
• Freudenberg Carl Kg

Inventors

• Dingert Uwe
• Dietz Markus

Classifications

• A47L13/22 Primary

  with liquid-feeding devices · CPC title

• A47L13/20

  Mops · CPC title