Cleaning implement
AssigneeCarl Freudenberg KG
InventorPaul M. Lesley
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Abstract
A cleaning implement that includes a shaft, a mop disposed on one end of the shaft, a wringer, and a fixed grip. The wringer includes a wringing sleeve and a wringer handle. The wringer is movable over a range of travel between a mopping position and a range of wringing positions, in which wringing positions the wringing sleeve covers and compresses at least a portion of the mop to thereby expel liquid from the mop. The wringer is rotatable relative to the shaft through at least a portion of the axial range of travel. The wringer further comprises at least one volute wherein the volute defines a semi-enclosed area inside the wringer, the semi-enclosed area configured to receive a portion of the mop through a gap defined in the volute. The volute includes a first fin and a second fin that define the gap therebetween.
Claims24
A cleaning implement comprising;
- a shaft including an operator end and a mopping end;
- a mop assembly including a mop;
- a wringer defining a cavity configured to receive the mop, the wringer attached to the shaft wherein the wringer is moveable axially and rotatably relative to the shaft, the wringer including,
- at least one major volute that extends into an interior area of the wringer, the major volute includes a slot that passes through the wringer, the slot being elongate and extending along at least a portion of the at least one major volute.
A cleaning implement comprising;
- a shaft including an operator end and a mopping end;
- a mop assembly including a mop;
- a wringer defining a cavity configured to receive the mop, the wringer attached to the shaft wherein the wringer is moveable axially and rotatably relative to the shaft, the wringer including
- a first fin and a second fin disposed along a helical path on an inside surface of the wringer, the first fin and the second fin projecting from the inside surface into an interior of the wringer, wherein the fins define a gap therebetween to receive a portion of the mop.
A cleaning implement comprising;
- a shaft including an operator end and a mopping end;
- a mop assembly including a mop;
- a wringer defining a cavity configured to receive the mop, the wringer attached to the shaft wherein the wringer is moveable axially and rotatably relative to the shaft, the wringer including
- a first fin and a second fin disposed on an inside surface of the wringer, the first fin and the second fin projecting from the inside surface into an interior of the wringer, wherein the fins define a gap therebetween to receive a portion of the mop, and wherein the fins are curved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.