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US 5,666,685 AGranted
Hand-held implement for cleaning smooth surfaces
AssigneeVileda GmbH
InventorsTassilo von Grolman, Bernhard Heise, Uwe Dingert
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AssigneeVileda GmbH
InventorsTassilo von Grolman, Bernhard Heise, Uwe Dingert
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The invention relates to a hand-held unit (200) for cleaning smooth surfaces and for squeegeeing liquid. The hand-held unit is made up of a cleaning unit (230) with a handle (234) and a wiper plate (238) as well as of a squeegeeing unit (232) with a rear stop (252) of the squeegeeing unit (232). A handle (236) of the squeegeeing unit (232) can be pushed telescopically into a tubular handle (234) of the cleaning unit (230) until a stop edge (252) of the squeegeeing unit strikes against a front stop edge (242) of the wiper plate (238). The two units (230, 232) can be held, by at least one latching and/or frictionally locking connection, in the position in which they are pushed one inside the other to provide the hand-held unit (200), and can be released from one another by hand. Consequently, for the connection of the two units (230, 232), there is no need for any additional shaping or parts which obstruct the combined or separate handling of the units.
A hand-held implement for cleaning smooth surfaces and for wiping washing liquid from the surfaces, the implement comprising a cleaning unit including a cleaning member, a carrier for the cleaning member, and a handle, which extends from the carrier for the cleaning member, the implement further comprising a squeegee unit including a squeegee member, a carrier for the squeegee member, and a handle, which extends from the carrier for the squeegee member and defines a longitudinal axis, the squeegee member being arranged at the front end of the handle of the squeegee member and extending transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis, the implement further comprising means for connecting the cleaning and squeegee units to one another in a releasable manner, at the handles of the cleaning and squeegee units and at the carriers of the cleaning and squeegee units, so that the cleaning and squeegee units are also capable of being used separately.
A hand-held implement for cleaning smooth surfaces and for wiping washing liquid from the surfaces, the implement comprising a cleaning member provided with a handle and a squeegee member provided with a handle having a front end and defining a longitudinal axis, the squeegee member being arranged at the front end of the handle of the squeegee member and extending transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis, wherein the cleaning member is a part of a cleaning unit and the squeegee member is a part of a squeegee unit, the implement further comprising means including at least one fastening device for connecting the cleaning and squeegee units to one another in a releasable manner so that the cleaning and squeegee units are also capable of being used separately, the cleaning unit including a wiper plate having a stop surface, the squeegee unit including a tubular squeegee mount, the squeegee member including a guide rail fastened removably to the tubular squeegee mount, the squeegee unit including a squeegee lip held by the guide rail, wherein the connecting means comprises a latching device with latching lugs, which project from the stop surface of the wiper plate of the cleaning unit, and which coact with corresponding latching recesses in the tubular squeegee mount.
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