Cleanroom mopping system
AssigneeContec, LLC
InventorsDavid P. Nobile, Jackson S. Burnett, III
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Abstract
A mop system for cleanroom use incorporating an autoclavable mop head adapted for snap-on, pressure fit attachment to a frame member having a pair of substantially planar free end portions. The mop head incorporates raised profile insert elements engaging free end portions of the frame member. The mop head is also optionally adapted to retain a dusting cloth or other web structure in removable relation across its surface.
Claims11
A mop system comprising:
- a handle manipulated frame having a pair of substantially planar free ends, the free ends having open zones at least partially surrounded by wire perimeter elements;
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- a mop head adapted for press fit attachment to the handle manipulated frame, the mop head comprising;
- a cellular foam body of predefined thickness;
- a fabric layer adhered in fixed relation at least partially across a lower face of the foam body;
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- an attachment plate disposed in fixed relation across an upper face of the foam body, the attachment plate comprising a base and a plurality of raised profile insert structures adapted for press fit insertion at least partially through the open zones in the free ends, wherein at least a portion of the raised profile insert structures comprise a flared distal surface and a reduced diameter body disposed between the base and the flared distal surface, wherein the flared distal surface is adapted to pass in compressed relation through the open zones in the free ends such that at least a portion of the wire perimeter elements are held against the reduced diameter body in underlying relation to edge portions of the flared distal surface.
A replaceable, autoclavable mop head adapted to engage a handle-manipulated frame having a pair of substantially planar free ends, the free ends having open zones at least partially surrounded by wire perimeter elements, the mop head comprising:
- a cellular foam body of predefined thickness;
- a fabric layer adhered in fixed relation at least partially across a lower face of the foam body;
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- a molded plastic attachment plate disposed in fixed relation across an upper face of the foam body, the attachment plate comprising a base and a plurality of molded-in, substantially hollow raised profile insert structures extending away from the base, the insert structures having underlying cavities disposed in overlying relation to an upper surface of the foam body, wherein at least one of the raised profile insert structures comprises a flared distal surface and a reduced diameter body disposed between the base and the flared distal surface, wherein the flared distal surface is adapted to pass in compressed aligned relation through an open zone in a free end such that at least a portion of the wire perimeter elements are held against the reduced diameter body in underlying relation to edge portions of the flared distal surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.