Advanced cleaning system with off-head mounted nozzle
AssigneeThe Clorox Company
InventorsRussell Bell, Cherie Bulala, Susan Huestis, Michael J. Hall
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Abstract
An advanced cleaning system having a handle portion with a proximal end and a distal end, a cleaning head portion, the cleaning head portion adapted for use with a removable cleaning pad, and a cleaning fluid reservoir fluidically coupled to the cleaning head portion such that cleaning fluid is controllably allowed to flow via gravity onto the surface to be cleaned adjacent the cleaning head portion.
Claims27
A gravity-fed cleaning system comprising:
- a handle portion with a proximal end and a distal end, the handle portion including a housing adapted to receive a replaceable cleaning fluid reservoir, the handle portion further including a fluid nozzle removably coupled to the handle portion adjacent the distal end of the handle portion;
- a cleaning head portion coupled to the distal end of the handle portion with a yoke section, the cleaning head portion further comprising a mechanical securing device for retaining a removable cleaning pad;
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- a replaceable cleaning fluid reservoir received within the housing, the cleaning fluid reservoir fluidically coupled to the nozzle.
A gravity-fed, hard surface cleaning system comprising:
- a handle portion with a proximal end and a distal end, the handle portion further including a housing adapted to receive a replaceable fluid reservoir;
- a cleaning head portion coupled to the distal end of the handle portion with a yoke section, the cleaning head portion further comprising a mechanical secure for retaining a removable cleaning pad;
- a replaceable cleaning fluid reservoir adapted to be received within the housing;
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- a fluid nozzle mounted off the head portion and adjacent the head portion, the cleaning fluid reservoir fluidically coupled to the fluid nozzle.
A gravity-fed cleaning system:
- a handle portion with a proximal end and a distal end, the handle portion further including a housing for receiving a replaceable cleaning fluid reservoir;
- a cleaning head portion coupled to the distal end of the handle portion with a yoke section, the cleaning head portion having an essentially convex lower surface and further comprising a mechanical secure for retaining a removable cleaning pad;
- a replaceable cleaning fluid reservoir adapted to be received within the housing;
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- a fluid nozzle mounted adjacent the cleaning head, the cleaning fluid reservoir fluidically coupled to the fluid nozzle.
A rectangular, conventionally shaped cleaning head portion for a cleaning tool wherein an elongated handle portion of the cleaning tool is used to move the cleaning head portion on a surface being treated in a direction primarily perpendicular to the length of the cleaning head portion, the cleaning head portion comprising:
- an essentially rectangular base portion, the base portion having an operative length and an operative width, the base portion further having an essentially convex lower surface.
A rectangular, conventionally shaped cleaning head portion for a cleaning tool, the cleaning head portion comprising:
- an essentially rectangular base portion, the base portion having an operative length and an operative width, the base portion further having an essentially convex lower surface.
A gravity-fed, hard surface cleaning system comprising:
- a handle portion with a proximal end and a distal end, the handle portion further including a housing adapted to receive a replaceable fluid reservoir;
- a cleaning head portion coupled to the distal end of the handle portion with a yoke section, the cleaning head portion further comprising a mechanical secure for retaining a removable cleaning pad;
- a replaceable cleaning fluid reservoir adapted to be received within the housing;
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- a fluid nozzle mounted off the head portion and adjacent the head portion, the cleaning fluid reservoir fluidically coupled to the fluid nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.