Abstract:
An insert for a mop includes a rail and a cleaning element at least partially disposed in an internal channel of the rail. Two protrusions are disposed on the body, each forming a leg connected to the body and a cylindrical wall defining an actuation bore connected to the leg. Each actuation bore is adapted to overlap a substantial portion of a tine, the tine being associated with a sponge mop having a hand lever that operates to pull the tine, the tine being disposed in the actuation bore and configured to impart a force onto the body through the actuation bore to pull the rail and the cleaning element through a set of rollers to wring out fluids that may be present in the cleaning element.
Abstract:
A mechanism by which the mop of a sponge roller mop is released without a user having to touch a dirty mop so that the sponge can be released and replaced with a clean sponge, including a sponge pin molded onto the brace which retains the sponge. The mechanism includes a transverse section with a movable hole through which the crown from the sponge pin is inserted. The wall is moved by a transverse spring force so that the wall from the opening of the trigger mechanism is placed between the crown and a lower section of the sponge pin to thereby retain the crown within the rod retaining mechanism. When a pushbutton is pushed transversely, it overcomes the spring force so that the crown is released and a downward force from the vertical compression spring forces the crown downwardly and out of the trigger mechanism, thereby releasing the sponge.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a cleaning implement, preferably in the form of a roller mop, that includes a mop head, a shaft, and a wringer. The cleaning implement further includes a connecting link connected to the mop head and to the shaft or wringer. The mop head has a connecting side and a cleaning side thereby defining a mop axis, which axis is disposed at an oblique angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. At least a portion of the connecting link is disposed with the shaft. The mop head can include a scrubber attachment. Also inventive is the disclosed mechanism by which the scrubber attachment connects to the head of the mop. Various embodiments of mop heads can be used with the invention. A cleaning cloth can be mounted to the mop head.
Abstract:
A holding assembly for a sweeping and wringing apparatus comprises a fastening assembly, fastened to a lower end of a holding rod of the sweeping and wringing apparatus, having a chamber which is enclosed by a left wall and a right wall into which insertion holes are bored, an insertion assembly, inserted between the insertion holes and having two cross-shaped insertion heads separated by a spring, and a release assembly, shaped like the letter U and having two end sections with chamfered end faces which wedge-like respectively enter spaces between the left and right walls and the insertion heads when the release assembly is pressed on, with a spring exerting a counterforce, so that a cleaning head of the sweeping and wringing apparatus is easily replaced.
Abstract:
A mop has a shaft, a housing at a distal end of the shaft, a sponge movably coupled to the housing, and a pair of rollers. The pair of rollers are movably mounted to the housing spaced apart from each other and straddle at least a portion of the sponge. The mop also comprises an actuator configure to move the sponge between the rollers from a retracted position to a deployed position. At least one scrubbing element is disposed on at least one of the rollers, the scrubbing element configured to automatically move into a deployed position as the sponge is moved into the retracted position, the scrubbing element also configured to automatically move into a retracted position as the sponge is moved into the deployed position.
Abstract:
A holding assembly for a sweeping and wringing apparatus comprises a fastening assembly, fastened to a lower end of a holding rod of the sweeping and wringing apparatus, having a chamber which is enclosed by a left wall and a right wall into which insertion holes are bored, an insertion assembly, inserted between the insertion holes and having two cross-shaped insertion heads separated by a spring, and a release assembly, shaped like the letter U and having two end sections with chamfered end faces which wedge-like respectively enter spaces between the left and right walls and the insertion heads when the release assembly is pressed on, with a spring exerting a counterforce, so that a cleaning head of the sweeping and wringing apparatus is easily replaced.
Abstract:
A cleaning head for a sweeping and wringing apparatus is mounted on a lower end of a connecting rod thereof and comprises a cleaning element, having a sweeping part and a held part, a base plate, holding the held part of said cleaning element and having two fixing elements, which each have a fixing hole and a guiding surface.
Abstract:
A squeeze mop head construction includes a squeeze housing with a separate and separable sponge assembly that includes catch members positioned in a manner which ensures retention of the sponge assembly by the squeeze housing, and which further ensures that lateral side-to-side movement of the sponge assembly is precluded.
Abstract:
A sweeping and wringing apparatus comprises a cleaning head, a squeezing head, a main rod, a wringing rod, two connecting rods, two transverse bars, and two squeezers. The two transverse bars are symmetrically fastened to front and rear parts of the squeezing head at a fixed mutual distance. A plurality of squeezing sections is put excentrically over the transverse bars, forming two lines. When the cleaning head is pulled up to be wrung, passing through between the two lines of squeezers, the squeezers turn, with a gap in between gradually becoming narrower as the cleaning head moves upward, resulting in effective wringing of the cleaning head.
Abstract:
A mophead for a sponge mop, which includes a sponge body, and two protective cover layers covered on two opposite side walls of the sponge body, wherein the protective cover layers, which can be made of foamed skin, scouring pad, or woven fabrics, each have open spaces of size smaller than open spaces in the sponge body, a density greater than the sponge body, and a bottom scraper portion, which scrapes dirt from the floor when the mophead is moved over the floor.