Wiping tool
AssigneeTyroler Ltd.
InventorDan TYROLER
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Abstract
A cleaning device/tool for facilitating easier wiping manipulation over a surface to be wiped. The cleaning device can be used for wiping horizontal surfaces, such as floors, and vertical surfaces, such as windows. The cleaning device of the present disclosure comprises a wiping portion with a wiping edge that is intended to engage with a surface to be wiped. The cleaning device further comprising a surface-engaging element that is fixedly coupled to the wiping portion, namely the surface-engaging element and the wiping portion are two parts of a common structure and maintain in a constant relation between them. The cleaning device further comprising a head unit that comprises a handle receptacle for receiving an end of a handle thereto, the handle receptacle is rotatable about at least one axis.
Claims21
1-43. (canceled)
A cleaning device, comprising:
- a first wiper element, a head unit and at least one surface-engaging element;
- the first wiper element comprises
- a first wiper base elongated along a first axis and extending between first and second ends, and
- a first wiping portion extending from said first wiper base to a first direction, said first wiping portion is having a first wiping edge for engaging a surface;
- the head unit, directly or indirectly, coupled to or integral with the first wiper base and comprising either (i) a coupling portion configured to be coupled with a manipulating element or (ii) a receptacle having a bore defining a receptacle axis for receiving an end of a rod, wherein either said coupling portion or said receptacle is pivotable about at least a second axis;
- said at least one surface-engaging element is fixedly attached to said wiper element and comprises an engaging portion for engaging a surface such that when the engaging portion engages the surface, the first wiping portion engages the surface at a selected constant acute angle;
- wherein a wiping axis is defined by the geometrical distance between the at least one surface-engaging element and the first wiping edge, wherein a wiping direction is defined along said wiping axis such that the surface-engaging element being the lead and the first wiping edge is trailed thereafter;
- wherein said desired constant angle is defined with respect to the wiping direction.
The cleaning device of claim comprising a bridging element extending from the first wiper base and said at least one surface-engaging element is coupled to or integral with the bridging element.
The cleaning device of claim wherein the head unit comprises a receptacle having a bore defining a receptacle axis for receiving an end of a rod, wherein said receptacle is pivotable about at least a second axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.