Cleaning apparatus with touch-free pad pick up and release mechanism
OwnerJose Longoria, Joseph Fiore, Jr.inventors
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Abstract
A cleaning apparatus and related system is disclosed where the cleaning apparatus includes a one or more grabber that is actuated by a one or more slider such that the cleaning apparatus is moveable between a closed position and an open position. By moving the cleaning apparatus into the open position, a user is able to place the apparatus over a pad. Moving the apparatus into a closed position while over the pad causes the grabber to pinch the pad to the base, thereby securing it to the apparatus. When the user wishes to discard the pad, the apparatus is moved from the closed position to the open position, releasing the pad.
Claims10
A cleaning apparatus selectably movable between a closed position and an open position, the cleaning apparatus comprising:
- a base;
- a slider attached to the base, the slider configured with an actuation point where a force may be exerted in order to translate the slider linearly and longitudinally relative to the base;
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- a grabber attached to the base and to the slider, and configured such that a movement of the slider along a linear path relative to the base is translated into a movement of the grabber relative to the base, selectively between the closed position and the open position, wherein the slider remains substantially parallel to the base during its movement, where at least a portion of the grabber sits above the base while in the closed position and the portion of the grabber sits below the base while in the open position.
A cleaning system comprising:
- a cleaning apparatus, the cleaning apparatus comprising:
- a base;
- a slider attached to the base, the slider configured with an actuation point where a force may be exerted to translate the slider linearly along a longitudinal axis relative to the base;
- and a grabber attached to the base and to the slider, configured such that the linear longitudinal movement of the slider relative to the base is translated into a linear movement of the grabber between an open position and a closed position relative to the base, where the grabber remains in a parallel plane relative to the base during its movement and is positioned above the base in the closed position and below the base in the open position;
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- a pad, whereby the system enables a user to pick up the pad by clinching the pad in the cleaning apparatus between the grabber and the base in the closed position, and then release the pad by moving the cleaning apparatus into the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.