Cleaning device for controlled environments
AssigneeCarl Freudenberg KG
InventorsJordon May, Fred Cecala, Leo Gubenko
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Abstract
A cleaning device includes a hexagonal flat mop head and an articulating mop handle and that are geometrically configurable into a plurality of different cleaning positions with respect to linear handle axis to improve access to surfaces and corners of a restricted access controlled environment. To enable articulation of the mop handle, an articulating handle joint interconnects an upper handle segment and a lower handle segment so as to pivot with respect to a handle pivot axis that can be orthogonal to the linear handle axis. The cleaning device may also include a mop coupling enabling multiaxial movement of the flat mop head and the articulating mop handle.
Claims24
A cleaning device for a restricted access controlled environment comprising:
- an articulating mop handle elongated with respect to a linear handle axis and including an articulating handle joint having a locking mechanism for selectively locking the articulating mop handle in a plurality of cleaning positions with respect to the linear handle axis;
- a hexagonally shaped flat mop head including a frame plate having a split-frame design and a microfiber cleaning pad cover releasably fitted to the mop frame;
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- a mop coupling connecting the articulating mop handle to the flat mop head, the mop coupling configured to enable multiaxial movement of the flat mop head with respect to the linear handle axis.
A cleaning device for a restricted access controlled environment comprising:
- an articulated mop handle elongated with respect to a linear handle axis and comprising an upper handle segment and a lower handle segment joined at an articulating handle joint enabling the upper handle segment and the lower handle segment to angularly articulate with respect to a handle pivot axis that is orthogonal to the linear handle axis, the articulating handle joint include a locking mechanism for selectively locking the articulating mop handle in a plurality of angular cleaning positions with respect to the handle pivot axis a hexagonally shaped flat mop head having a frame plate defining a frame plane;
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- a mop coupling connecting the articulating mop handle to the flat mop head, the mop coupling including:
- a swivel pivot joint enabling the flat mop head to angularly articulate with respect to the articulating mop handle about a swivel axis that is orthogonal to the linear handle axis;
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- a frame pivot joint enabling the flat mop head to angularly articulate with respect to the mop coupling about a longitudinal frame axis that is orthogonal to the swivel axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.