Cleaning and disinfecting mop roll refill
AssigneeCarl Freudenberg KG
InventorsJordon May, Fred Cecala, Leo Gubenko
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Abstract
A cleaning roll, including a cylindrical center core with an insertion slot, the insertion slot having a first width, and a first end cap detachably secured to a first end of the center core. The cleaning roll further includes a second end cap detachably secured to a second end of the center core opposite the first end and a cleaning material with a beginning insertion flap, the beginning insertion flap having a width less than or equal to the first width and being arranged within the insertion slot. The cleaning material is arranged to wind around the center core.
Claims18
A cleaning roll, comprising:
- a cylindrical center core with an insertion slot, the insertion slot having a first width;
- a first end cap detachably secured to a first end of the center core;
- a second end cap detachably secured to a second end of the center core opposite the first end;
- and
- a cleaning material with a beginning insertion flap, the beginning insertion flap having a width less than or equal to the first width and being arranged within the insertion slot,
- wherein the cleaning material is arranged to wind around the center core.
A method for arranging a cleaning roll in a cleaning device, the method comprising:
- providing a first cleaning roll with a first cylindrical center core and a cleaning material rolled around the first cylindrical center core, the cleaning material having a beginning insertion flap;
- arranging the first cleaning roll within a first position in the cleaning device;
- partially unrolling the cleaning material from around the first cleaning roll;
- inserting the beginning insertion flap into a second cylindrical center core arranged in a second position within the cleaning device;
- and
- rotating the second cylindrical center core such that the second cylindrical center core rolls the cleaning material onto the second cylindrical center core by pulling on the beginning insertion flap, and such that the cleaning material is unrolled from the first cylindrical center core.
A cleaning material configured to roll around a core, the cleaning material comprising:
- a first end and a second end opposite the first end;
- a first insertion flap arranged at the first end, the first insertion flap protruding from the first end away from the second end and having a first width;
- a second insertion flap arranged at the second end, the second insertion flap extending away from the first end and having a second width,
- wherein the first width is the same as the second width.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.