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US 5,864,914 AGranted
Mop holder with an elongated frame for accommodating a mop cover
AssigneeVERMOP Salmon GmbH
InventorDirk Salmon
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AssigneeVERMOP Salmon GmbH
InventorDirk Salmon
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The invention relates to a mop holder with an elongated frame (1) for accommodating a mop cover, having at least two e.g. plate-like folding wings (3, 3') forming wiping surfaces for introducing their edge sections (5, 5') in pockets of the mop cover, and having a hinged plate member (4) for attaching a handle holder (7), e.g. by a universal joint. So as to improve such a mop holder to the extent that it combines a high coverage, low chemical and water requirements, a long useful life, short cycle times during the cleaning process and/or simple and convenient operating without stooping and without touching the mop cover, while ensuring a simple design and minimum production costs, the folding wings (3, 3') are hingedly connected together and to hinged plate member (4) around a longitudinal axis (L), and the edge sections (5, 5') provided on the longitudinal edges (8, 8') of folding wings (3, 3') are designed for accommodation in pockets on longitudinal edges of the mop cover.
A mop holder with an elongated frame (1) for accommodating a mop cover (2), having at least two plate-like folding wings (3, 3') including edge sections (5, 5') on longitudinal edges (8, 8') thereof, said folding wings (3, 3') forming wiping surfaces for introducing said edge sections (5, 5') into pockets (6, 6') of said mop cover (2), and having a handle holder (7) and a hinged plate member (4) for attaching said handle holder (7), characterized in that said folding wings (3, 3') are hingedly connected together and to said hinged plate member (4) around a longitudinal axis (L) and that said edge sections (5, 5') provided on the longitudinal edges (8, 8') of said folding wings (3, 3') are designed for accommodation in the pockets (6, 6') on longitudinal edges (14, 14') of said mop cover (2), and further characterized in that said hinged plate member (4) is pivotable on to an inside (9) of one of said folding wings (3) and is detachably connectable thereto, and that an assembly comprising said one of said folding wings (3) and said hinged plate member (4) is then pivotable on to an inside (9') of the other of said folding wings (3') and is detachably connectable thereto.
A mop cover for use on a mop holder including an elongated frame (1) having at least two folding wings (3, 3') pivotable against each other around a longitudinal axis (L), said folding wings (3, 3') having edge sections (5, 5') on longitudinal edges (8, 8') thereof, said mop cover having longitudinal edges (14, 14'), characterized by pockets (6, 6') provided on said longitudinal edges (14, 14') for introducing the edge sections (5, 5') of said folding wings (3, 3') and, when said mop cover is mounted on said mop holder, being characterized by recesses (15, 15') of said longitudinal edges (14 14') adjacent to a handle holder (7) on said mop holder.
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