EP0494021B1 - Hinged sponge mob - Google Patents

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EP0494021B1
EP0494021B1 EP19910403557 EP91403557A EP0494021B1 EP 0494021 B1 EP0494021 B1 EP 0494021B1 EP 19910403557 EP19910403557 EP 19910403557 EP 91403557 A EP91403557 A EP 91403557A EP 0494021 B1 EP0494021 B1 EP 0494021B1
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Bryan Résidence La Seigneurie Johnson
Jean-Luc Wertz
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/14Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing combined with squeezing or wringing devices
    • A47L13/146Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing combined with squeezing or wringing devices having pivoting squeezing plates
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/20Mops
    • A47L13/24Frames for mops; Mop heads
    • A47L13/254Plate frames
    • A47L13/258Plate frames of adjustable or foldable type

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  • the present invention relates to a sponge mop.
  • Such a brush is described in French patent FR-A-2,302,710. It comprises, in order to constitute a frame for a spongy layer, such as a sponge, two lateral wings pivoting on a median support connected, in the anteroposterior plane, to a handle inclined upwards and backwards, these wings cooperating on the one hand, with at least one elastic member tending to bring them back into a substantially aligned sponge position on the other hand, with a pusher guided relative to the brush and whose branches are capable, when it is moved, of bringing together the wings of the frame from one another to a wringing position in which the sponge layer is compressed.
  • a spongy layer such as a sponge
  • the pusher is of the pivoting type and comprises the two aforementioned branches which, at their end opposite to that of which the cam-shaped edge bears on the corresponding wing of the frame, are connected together by a pivotally mounted pin. in a split sleeve of the middle support of the frame, this axis extending orthogonally to the handle. Said branches are extended in an oblique direction by those of a handle which, in the sponging position, covers the handle and, in the wringing position, projects forward.
  • This handle is difficult to maneuver in the air over a bucket and anyway, it is a tiring operation and it is practically inevitable that the spin water sometimes falls out of the bucket.
  • the mount of the sponge is not adjustable relative to the handle, so that it is not possible to sponge under furniture and in corners.
  • the handle is so bulky that it would oppose such an operation.
  • this known sponge mop of this type or any other inclined handle does not scrape the ground, without letting go of the handle and without bending down, if during sponging dirt remains.
  • the present invention implements the known combination of means according to which the sponge mop comprises, in order to constitute a frame for a sponge layer such as a sponge, two lateral wings pivoting around at least one antero axis -posterior and connected to a handle inclined upwards and backwards, these wings cooperating with a pusher guided relative to the broom and the branches of which are capable, when it is moved, of bringing the wings of the frame one of the other towards a wringing position in which the sponge layer is compressed.
  • the sponge mop comprises, in order to constitute a frame for a sponge layer such as a sponge, two lateral wings pivoting around at least one antero axis -posterior and connected to a handle inclined upwards and backwards, these wings cooperating with a pusher guided relative to the broom and the branches of which are capable, when it is moved, of bringing the wings of the frame one of the other towards a wringing position in which the sponge layer is compressed.
  • the journal of the bent end of the handle is extended by elastically deformable jaws and housed in the sleeve of the frame, which sleeve is interposed between raised ends of the jaws and a shoulder of said pin;
  • the scraper comprises a pad fixed on a plate forming a body with a profiled finger capable of being fitted between the jaws of the end pin of the handle.
  • the sleeve of the median support is equipped with lateral stops extending above the wings of the frame to define their aligned sponge position; the lateral stops form a body with an independent cover, fitting onto the sleeve and made prisoner of the latter; perforated end walls of the cover resting on the median support of the frame are threaded onto the trunnion and the jaws of the handle and are interposed between the sleeve and, for one, the shoulder of the trunnion, for the other, the ends jaw readings.
  • the sponge layer must be interchangeable to be replaced by a new one when it is worn.
  • the spongy layer forms a body with two rigid plates intended to be applied against the wings of the frame and to be fixed thereto by removable means.
  • each plate supporting the sponge layer are constituted by two hook-shaped lugs intended to pass through two holes of the corresponding wing of the frame and to cooperate with at least one bolt of this wing.
  • the brush comprises a handle 1 forming a body with a tubular end piece 2 advantageously made of plastic, along which a pusher 3 is guided in translation and immobilized in rotation.
  • the pusher 3 is a cylindrical tube having a groove 4 and slidably mounted on the end piece 2 of cylindrical tubular shape with tongue 5.
  • the lower end of the end piece 2 of the handle is bent at about 45 ° and extended by a pin 6 which fits into a frame 7 of sponge 8 or other sponge layer.
  • the lower end of the pusher 3 is shaped like a fork with divergent branches 9 and 10 separated from each other both in front and in back by notches 11, 12.
  • the frame 7 advantageously made of plastic has two lateral wings 13 and 14 pivotally mounted on a median support 15. As shown more particularly in FIG. 9, articulation axes 16 aligned in the substantially horizontal anteroposterior direction pass through conjugated legs wing 13 and support 15; similarly, articulation axes 17 aligned in the substantially horizontal anteroposterior direction pass through conjugated legs of the wing 14 and of the support 15.
  • the frame 7 can be monolithic and produced by molding a polypropylene so that the axes 16 and 17 are replaced by integrated hinges coming from molding.
  • the median support 15 is integral with a sleeve 19 intended to receive the pin 6, so that the latter can rotate therein and thus, the handle can be folded down laterally to pass the sponge under the furniture or more easily access the corners of the part to be cleaned.
  • the sleeve 19 is also immobilized in translation relative to the pin 6 while remaining removable.
  • a shoulder 20 is provided between the elbow of the end piece 2 of the handle 1 and the pin 6; moreover, this pin is extended by jaws 21 with raised and chamfered ends 22.
  • Said journal 6 is therefore trapped in the sleeve 19, but with a certain axial clearance for the installation of a cover 23.
  • the latter covers the sleeve 19 and its end perforated walls 24 and 25 are threaded on the jaws 21 and the pin 6 respectively; they are then interposed between said sleeve 19 and the raised ends 22, respectively the shoulder 20.
  • the cover 23 is an advantageously molded plastic part and it is attached to the sleeve 19, since it has lateral stops 26 and 27 protruding above the wings 13 and 14 (FIG. 7) to define by contact the above-mentioned position so-called sponge alignment shown in Figure 1.
  • the notches 11 and 12 of the pusher 3 are wide enough for the branches 9 and 10 of said pusher to pass, when the latter is moved in translation downward, on either side of the cover 23. These branches allow, at the during said translation, to rotate the wings 13 and 14 towards each other to wring out the sponge 8, wringing position which is illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • Said arms 9 and 10 have internal projections 28 and 29 (Figure 2) which ensure contact with the wings 13 and 14 of the frame to rotate them towards each other. This contact, the surface of which is thus reduced, is accompanied, during the sliding downward of the pusher 3, of a sliding of the ribs downwards and forwards against said wings 13 and 14.
  • the pusher 3 can rise further, which is necessary when tilting the handle laterally to pass under a piece of furniture.
  • the race to the top of the pusher is limited by a stopper of the nozzle 2, not visible in the drawing, so that the stops 26 and 27 of said pusher define the lowest lateral inclination of the handle.
  • Sponge 8 must be removable for replacement.
  • it is integral, by gluing in particular, with two plates 30 and 31 advantageously made of plastic. These plates are intended to be applied against the wings 13 and 14 of the frame and to be fixed thereto by temporary latches 32 and 33 respectively.
  • the plate 30 is molded with two lugs 34 and 35 intended to pass through, by adjusting to it, two holes 36 and 37 of the wing 13, as well as notches 38 and 39 of a locking disc 40.
  • These notches are formed in the peripheral edge 41 of the disc and the pins are shaped, at their free end, in hooks 42 so that this edge penetrates, after fitting said pins in the notches during of the rotation of the disc, under the hooks to ensure locking.
  • the disc 40 is embedded in a housing 43 of the wing 13 and a finger 44 of which it is integral is mounted to rotate and immobilized in translation in the bottom of this housing.
  • the notch 39 (FIG. 3) is relatively extended to define, by its ends and by cooperating with a retainer 45 of the aforementioned housing, two extreme angular positions of the disc in which the latter locks or releases the lugs 34 and 35.
  • the lock 33 is similar to the lock 32. It has the same elements as the latter, which are designated by the same reference numerals.
  • the plate 30 In the position illustrated in FIG. 9 for the latch 32, the plate 30 is unlocked and its lugs 34, 35 can be disengaged to disassemble the sponge 8.
  • the plate 31 In the position illustrated in this same FIG. 9 for the latch 33 , the plate 31 is locked, the hooks 42 of its lugs 34, 35 being taken up by the edge 41 of the disc 40.
  • each locking disc 40 can be replaced by one or two sliding pins cooperating with the conjugated lugs 34 and 35.
  • Figure 1 also shows that the sponge mop can be combined with a scraper 46 which accompanies the handle 1 during its rotation around its geometric axis, while the sponge 8 follows it only in a limited stroke due to the abutment of the wings 9, 10 of the pusher 3 in the high position against the wings 13, 14 of the frame 7.
  • the scraper 46 comprises a pad 47 fixed on a plate 48 made of plastic material, molded with a profiled finger 49 capable of fitting between the jaws 21 of the end pin 6 of the handle 1, position in which the plate 48 does not touch the front of the frame 7 fitted with the sponge 8.

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La présente invention concerne un balai-éponge.The present invention relates to a sponge mop.

Un tel balai est décrit dans le brevet français FR-A- 2.302.710. Il comprend, afin de constituer une monture pour une couche spongieuse, telle qu'une éponge, deux ailes latérales pivotant sur un support médian relié, dans le plan antéro-postérieur, à un manche incliné vers le haut et l'arrière, ces ailes coopérant d'une part, avec au moins un organe élastique tendant à les ramener en position sensiblement alignée d'épongeage d'autre part, avec un poussoir guidé relativement au balai et dont des branches sont susceptibles, lorsqu'il est déplacé, de rapprocher les ailes de la monture l'une de l'autre vers une position d'essorage dans laquelle la couche spongieuse est comprimée.Such a brush is described in French patent FR-A-2,302,710. It comprises, in order to constitute a frame for a spongy layer, such as a sponge, two lateral wings pivoting on a median support connected, in the anteroposterior plane, to a handle inclined upwards and backwards, these wings cooperating on the one hand, with at least one elastic member tending to bring them back into a substantially aligned sponge position on the other hand, with a pusher guided relative to the brush and whose branches are capable, when it is moved, of bringing together the wings of the frame from one another to a wringing position in which the sponge layer is compressed.

Dans ce balai connu, le poussoir est du type pivotant et comporte les deux branches précitées qui, à leur extrémité opposée à celle dont le bord profilé en came porte sur l'aile correspondante de la monture, sont reliées entre elles par un axe monté pivotant dans un manchon fendu du support médian de la monture, cet axe s'étendant orthogonalement au manche. Lesdites branches sont prolongées dans une direction oblique par celles d'une poignée qui, dans la position d'épongeage, recouvre le manche et, dans la position d'essorage, fait saillie vers l'avant.In this known brush, the pusher is of the pivoting type and comprises the two aforementioned branches which, at their end opposite to that of which the cam-shaped edge bears on the corresponding wing of the frame, are connected together by a pivotally mounted pin. in a split sleeve of the middle support of the frame, this axis extending orthogonally to the handle. Said branches are extended in an oblique direction by those of a handle which, in the sponging position, covers the handle and, in the wringing position, projects forward.

Cette poignée est difficile à manoeuvrer en l'air au-dessus d'un seau et de toute façon, il s'agit d'une opération fatigante et il est pratiquement inévitable que l'eau d'essorage tombe parfois hors du seau.This handle is difficult to maneuver in the air over a bucket and anyway, it is a tiring operation and it is practically inevitable that the spin water sometimes falls out of the bucket.

En outre, la monture de l'éponge n'est pas orientable relativement au manche, de sorte qu'il n'est pas possible d'éponger sous les meubles et dans les recoins. D'ailleurs la poignée est tellement encombrante qu'elle s'opposerait à une telle manoeuvre.In addition, the mount of the sponge is not adjustable relative to the handle, so that it is not possible to sponge under furniture and in corners. Besides, the handle is so bulky that it would oppose such an operation.

Par ailleurs, ce balai-éponge connu qu'il soit de ce type ou de tout autre à manche incliné, ne permet pas de gratter le sol, sans lâcher le manche et sans se baisser, si en cours d'épongeage une salissure subsiste.Furthermore, this known sponge mop of this type or any other inclined handle, does not scrape the ground, without letting go of the handle and without bending down, if during sponging dirt remains.

D'autre part le document GB-A- 793671 décrit un balai-éponge similaire au balai du FR-A- 2302710 mais équipé d'une manche orientable.On the other hand the document GB-A-793671 describes a sponge mop similar to the broom of FR-A-2302710 but equipped with an adjustable handle.

Enfin, le changement de l'éponge ou autre couche spongieuse est une opération longue et délicate.Finally, changing the sponge or other sponge layer is a long and delicate operation.

La présente invention a pour but de remédier à ces inconvénients et notamment :

  • de maîtriser l'orientation de la monture porte-éponge relativement au manche en se servant de celui-ci même si son inclinaison se modifie au cours de la manoeuvre, ce qui permet d'éponger facilement sous les meubles et dans les coins.
  • concomitamment, de gratter le sol en manoeuvrant directement avec le manche,
  • de rendre l'essorage de l'éponge, plus commode et moins fatigant,
  • de faciliter le changement de l'éponge.
The aim of the present invention is to remedy these drawbacks and in particular:
  • to control the orientation of the sponge holder frame relative to the handle by using it even if its inclination changes during the maneuver, which allows to easily sponge under furniture and in corners.
  • concomitantly, to scrape the ground by maneuvering directly with the handle,
  • make spinning the sponge more convenient and less tiring,
  • to facilitate the change of the sponge.

Dans ce but, la présente invention met en oeuvre la combinaison de moyens connue selon laquelle le balai-éponge comprend, afin de constituer une monture pour une couche spongieuse telle qu'une éponge, deux ailes latérales pivotant autour d'au moins un axe antéro-postérieur et reliées à un manche incliné vers le haut et l'arrière, ces ailes coopérant avec un poussoir guidé relativement au balai et dont les branches sont susceptibles, lorsqu'il est déplacé, de rapprocher les ailes de la monture l'une de l'autre vers une position d'essorage dans laquelle la couche spongieuse est comprimée.To this end, the present invention implements the known combination of means according to which the sponge mop comprises, in order to constitute a frame for a sponge layer such as a sponge, two lateral wings pivoting around at least one antero axis -posterior and connected to a handle inclined upwards and backwards, these wings cooperating with a pusher guided relative to the broom and the branches of which are capable, when it is moved, of bringing the wings of the frame one of the other towards a wringing position in which the sponge layer is compressed.

Elle réside :

  • en ce que l'extrémité coudée du manche est prolongée par un tourillon monté tournant et immobilisé en translation dans un manchon faisant corps de la monture,
  • et en ce qu'un grattoir est monté en bout du tourillon du manche et s'étend près de la face antérieure de la monture et à proximité de celle-ci, de façon que, par rotation du manche autour de son axe, on mette en contact du sol, soit la surface spongieuse soit le grattoir.
She resides:
  • in that the bent end of the handle is extended by a journal mounted to rotate and immobilized in translation in a sleeve forming part of the frame,
  • and in that a scraper is mounted at the end of the pin of the handle and extends near the front face of the frame and close to the latter, so that, by rotation of the handle around its axis, we put in contact with the ground, either the spongy surface or the scraper.

Avantageusement, le tourillon de l'extrémité coudée du manche est prolongé par des mors déformables élastiquement et logés dans le manchon de la monture , manchon qui est interposé entre des bouts relevés des mors et un épaulement dudit tourillon ; le grattoir comporte un tampon fixé sur une platine faisant corps avec un doigt profilé susceptible d'être emboîté entre les mors du tourillon extrême du manche.Advantageously, the journal of the bent end of the handle is extended by elastically deformable jaws and housed in the sleeve of the frame, which sleeve is interposed between raised ends of the jaws and a shoulder of said pin; the scraper comprises a pad fixed on a plate forming a body with a profiled finger capable of being fitted between the jaws of the end pin of the handle.

En ce qui concerne plus précisément l'essorage de l'éponge, l'invention réside :

  • en ce que les ailes de la monture sont montées pivotantes sur un support médian faisant corps avec le manchon et assujetties à au moins un organe élastique tendant à les ramener en position sensiblement alignée d'épongeage,
  • et en ce que le poussoir est un coulisseau tubulaire guidé en translation le long du manche jusqu'à une butée supérieure et immobilisé en rotation autour dudit manche, ce coulisseau tubulaire faisant corps avec deux branches inférieures s'étendant de part et d'autre dudit manchon.
As regards more precisely the spinning of the sponge, the invention resides:
  • in that the wings of the frame are pivotally mounted on a median support integral with the sleeve and subject to at least one elastic member tending to bring them back into a substantially aligned sponge position,
  • and in that the pusher is a tubular slide guided in translation along the handle to an upper stop and immobilized in rotation around said handle, this tubular slide being integral with two lower branches extending on either side of said muff.

Suivant une forme de réalisation particulièrement avantageuse, le manchon du support médian est équipé de butées latérales s'étendant au-dessus des ailes de la monture pour définir leur position alignée d'épongeage ; les butées latérales font corps avec un capot indépendant, s'emboîtant sur le manchon et rendu prisonnier de celui-ci ; des parois extrêmes ajourées du capot reposant sur le support médian de la monture sont enfilées sur le tourillon et les mors du manche et sont interposées entre le manchon et, pour l'une, l'épaulement du tourillon, pour l'autre, les bouts relevés des mors.According to a particularly advantageous embodiment, the sleeve of the median support is equipped with lateral stops extending above the wings of the frame to define their aligned sponge position; the lateral stops form a body with an independent cover, fitting onto the sleeve and made prisoner of the latter; perforated end walls of the cover resting on the median support of the frame are threaded onto the trunnion and the jaws of the handle and are interposed between the sleeve and, for one, the shoulder of the trunnion, for the other, the ends jaw readings.

Bien entendu, la couche spongieuse doit être interchangeable pour être remplacée par une neuve lorsqu'elle est usée.Of course, the sponge layer must be interchangeable to be replaced by a new one when it is worn.

A cet effet et selon l'invention, la couche spongieuse fait corps avec deux plaques rigides destinées à être appliquées contre les ailes de la monture et à y être fixées par des moyens démontables.To this end and according to the invention, the spongy layer forms a body with two rigid plates intended to be applied against the wings of the frame and to be fixed thereto by removable means.

Les moyens de fixation de chaque plaque supportant la couche spongieuse sont constitués par deux ergots en forme de crochets destinés à traverser deux trous de l'aile correspondante de la monture et à coopérer avec au moins une targette de cette aile.The fixing means of each plate supporting the sponge layer are constituted by two hook-shaped lugs intended to pass through two holes of the corresponding wing of the frame and to cooperate with at least one bolt of this wing.

Divers autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortent d'ailleurs de la description détaillée qui suit.Various other characteristics and advantages of the invention will also emerge from the detailed description which follows.

Une forme de réalisation de l'objet de l'invention est représentée, à titre d'exemple non limitatif, sur le dessin annexé.An embodiment of the object of the invention is shown, by way of nonlimiting example, in the accompanying drawing.

Sur ce dessin :

  • la figure 1 est une perspective illustrant un balai-éponge, conforme à l'invention, en position d'épongeage,
  • la figure 2 est une vue analogue à la figure 1 montrant le même balai-éponge en position d'essorage,
  • la figure 3 est une élévation partielle prise suivant la flèche F de la figure 2,
  • la figure 4 est une demi-coupe, demi-élévation vue de l'avant, la demi-coupe étant prise suivant la ligne IV-IV de la figure 3,
  • la figure 5 est une coupe transversale prise suivant la ligne V-V de la figure 2,
  • la figure 6 est une coupe prise, à plus grande échelle, suivant la ligne VI-VI de la figure 1,
  • la figure 7 est un plan vu de dessus suivant la ligne VII-VII de la figure 6,
  • la figure 8 est une perspective en vue synoptique montrant la monture et l'éponge écartées l'une de l'autre,
  • la figure 9 est un plan vu de dessus de la monture selon la figure 8, sous laquelle est fixée l'éponge,
  • la figure 10 est une coupe prise suivant la ligne X-X de la figure 9.
On this drawing :
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective illustrating a sponge mop, according to the invention, in the sponging position,
  • FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 showing the same sponge mop in the wringing position,
  • FIG. 3 is a partial elevation taken along the arrow F in FIG. 2,
  • FIG. 4 is a half-section, half-elevation seen from the front, the half-section being taken along the line IV-IV of FIG. 3,
  • FIG. 5 is a cross section taken on the line VV in FIG. 2,
  • FIG. 6 is a section taken, on a larger scale, along the line VI-VI of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 7 is a plan seen from above along the line VII-VII of FIG. 6,
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective in block view showing the frame and the sponge separated from one another,
  • FIG. 9 is a plan seen from above of the frame according to FIG. 8, under which the sponge is fixed,
  • FIG. 10 is a section taken on line XX of FIG. 9.

Ainsi que cela ressort du dessin et plus particulièrement des figures 1 et 2, le balai comporte un manche 1 faisant corps avec un embout tubulaire 2 avantageusement en matière plastique, le long duquel un poussoir 3 est guidé en translation et immobilisé en rotation.As is apparent from the drawing and more particularly from FIGS. 1 and 2, the brush comprises a handle 1 forming a body with a tubular end piece 2 advantageously made of plastic, along which a pusher 3 is guided in translation and immobilized in rotation.

Dans l'exemple représenté sur la figure 5, le poussoir 3 est un tube cylindrique présentant une rainure 4 et monté coulissant sur l'embout 2 de forme tubulaire cylindrique avec languette 5.In the example shown in Figure 5, the pusher 3 is a cylindrical tube having a groove 4 and slidably mounted on the end piece 2 of cylindrical tubular shape with tongue 5.

En bas, l'extrémité inférieure de l'embout 2 du manche est coudée à 45° environ et prolongée par un tourillon 6 s'emboîtant dans une monture 7 d'éponge 8 ou autre couche spongieuse.At the bottom, the lower end of the end piece 2 of the handle is bent at about 45 ° and extended by a pin 6 which fits into a frame 7 of sponge 8 or other sponge layer.

En bas également, l'extrémité inférieure du poussoir 3 est conformée en fourchette à branches divergentes 9 et 10 séparées l'une de l'autre aussi bien en avant qu'en arrière par des échancrures 11, 12.Also at the bottom, the lower end of the pusher 3 is shaped like a fork with divergent branches 9 and 10 separated from each other both in front and in back by notches 11, 12.

La monture 7 avantageusement en matière plastique comporte deux ailes latérales 13 et 14 montées pivotantes sur un support médian 15. Comme le montre plus particulièrement la figure 9, des axes d'articulation 16 alignés dans la direction antéro-postérieure sensiblement horizontale traversent des pattes conjuguées de l'aile 13 et du support 15 ; de même, des axes d'articulation 17 alignés dans la direction antéro-postérieure sensiblement horizontale traversent des pattes conjuguées de l'aile 14 et du support 15. Bien entendu, la monture 7 peut être monolithique et réalisée par moulage d'un polypropylène afin que les axes 16 et 17 soient remplacés par des charnières intégrées venues de moulage.The frame 7 advantageously made of plastic has two lateral wings 13 and 14 pivotally mounted on a median support 15. As shown more particularly in FIG. 9, articulation axes 16 aligned in the substantially horizontal anteroposterior direction pass through conjugated legs wing 13 and support 15; similarly, articulation axes 17 aligned in the substantially horizontal anteroposterior direction pass through conjugated legs of the wing 14 and of the support 15. Of course, the frame 7 can be monolithic and produced by molding a polypropylene so that the axes 16 and 17 are replaced by integrated hinges coming from molding.

Des ressorts 18 en forme de lames ou de boudins relient les ailes 13 et 14 au-dessus du support 15 pour tendre à ramener lesdites ailes en position d'alignement, dite position d'épongeage (figure 1), contre des butées décrites ci-après.Springs 18 in the form of blades or sausages connect the wings 13 and 14 above the support 15 to tend to bring said wings into alignment position, called sponge position (Figure 1), against stops described above. after.

Le support median 15 fait corps avec un manchon 19 prévu pour recevoir le tourillon 6, afin que celui-ci puisse y tourner et qu'ainsi, le manche puisse être rabattu latéralement pour passer l'éponge sous les meubles ou accéder plus facilement aux angles de la pièce à nettoyer.The median support 15 is integral with a sleeve 19 intended to receive the pin 6, so that the latter can rotate therein and thus, the handle can be folded down laterally to pass the sponge under the furniture or more easily access the corners of the part to be cleaned.

Le manchon 19 est également immobilisé en translation relativement au tourillon 6 tout en restant démontable. A cet effet et ainsi que cela ressort de la figure 6, un épaulement 20 est prévu entre le coude de l'embout 2 du manche 1 et le tourillon 6 ; de plus, ce tourillon est prolongé par des mors 21 à bouts relevés et chanfreinés 22.The sleeve 19 is also immobilized in translation relative to the pin 6 while remaining removable. For this purpose and as shown in FIG. 6, a shoulder 20 is provided between the elbow of the end piece 2 of the handle 1 and the pin 6; moreover, this pin is extended by jaws 21 with raised and chamfered ends 22.

Ledit tourillon 6 est donc prisonnier du manchon 19, mais avec un certain jeu axial pour la mise en place d'un capot 23. Celui-ci coiffe le manchon 19 et ses parois extrêmes ajourées 24 et 25 sont enfilées sur les mors 21 et le tourillon 6 respectivement ; elles sont alors interposées entre ledit manchon 19 et les bouts relevés 22, respectivement l'épaulement 20.Said journal 6 is therefore trapped in the sleeve 19, but with a certain axial clearance for the installation of a cover 23. The latter covers the sleeve 19 and its end perforated walls 24 and 25 are threaded on the jaws 21 and the pin 6 respectively; they are then interposed between said sleeve 19 and the raised ends 22, respectively the shoulder 20.

Le capot 23 est une pièce avantageusement moulée en matière plastique et elle est rapportée sur le manchon 19, car elle présente des butées latérales 26 et 27 faisant saillie au-dessus des ailes 13 et 14 (figure 7) pour définir par contact la position précitée d'alignement dite d'épongeage illustrée par la figure 1.The cover 23 is an advantageously molded plastic part and it is attached to the sleeve 19, since it has lateral stops 26 and 27 protruding above the wings 13 and 14 (FIG. 7) to define by contact the above-mentioned position so-called sponge alignment shown in Figure 1.

Les échancrures 11 et 12 du poussoir 3 sont suffisamment larges pour que les branches 9 et 10 dudit poussoir puissent passer, lorsque celui-ci est déplacé en translation vers le bas, de part et d'autre du capot 23. Ces branches permettent, au cours de ladite translation, de faire pivoter les ailes 13 et 14 l'une vers l'autre pour essorer l'éponge 8, position d'essorage qui est illustrée par la figure 2.The notches 11 and 12 of the pusher 3 are wide enough for the branches 9 and 10 of said pusher to pass, when the latter is moved in translation downward, on either side of the cover 23. These branches allow, at the during said translation, to rotate the wings 13 and 14 towards each other to wring out the sponge 8, wringing position which is illustrated in FIG. 2.

Lesdites branches 9 et 10 présentent en saillie interne des nervures 28 et 29 (figure 2) qui assurent le contact avec les ailes 13 et 14 de la monture pour les faire pivoter l'une vers l'autre. Ce contact dont la surface se trouve ainsi réduite s'accompagne, lors du coulissement vers le bas du poussoir 3, d'un glissement des nervures vers le bas et vers l'avant contre lesdites ailes 13 et 14.Said arms 9 and 10 have internal projections 28 and 29 (Figure 2) which ensure contact with the wings 13 and 14 of the frame to rotate them towards each other. This contact, the surface of which is thus reduced, is accompanied, during the sliding downward of the pusher 3, of a sliding of the ribs downwards and forwards against said wings 13 and 14.

Après essorage, les ailes 13 et 14 reviennent, sous l'action des ressorts 18, se placer en position d'épongeage, position dans laquelle elles s'appuient contre les butées 26 et 27.After spinning, the wings 13 and 14 return, under the action of the springs 18, to be placed in the sponge position, position in which they bear against the stops 26 and 27.

Dans cette position, le poussoir 3 peut remonter davantage, ce qui est nécessaire lorsqu'on incline latéralement le manche pour passer sous un meuble. Cependant, la course vers le haut du poussoir est limitée par un arrêtoir de l'embout 2, non visible sur le dessin, afin que les butées 26 et 27 dudit poussoir définissent l'inclinaison latérale la plus basse du manche.In this position, the pusher 3 can rise further, which is necessary when tilting the handle laterally to pass under a piece of furniture. However, the race to the top of the pusher is limited by a stopper of the nozzle 2, not visible in the drawing, so that the stops 26 and 27 of said pusher define the lowest lateral inclination of the handle.

L'éponge 8 doit être démontable pour son remplacement. Dans l'exemple représenté sur les figures 8 à 10, elle fait corps, par collage en particulier, avec deux plaques 30 et 31 avantageusement en matière plastique. Ces plaques sont destinées à être appliquées contre les ailes 13 et 14 de la monture et à y être fixées par des verrous temporaires 32 et 33 respectivement.Sponge 8 must be removable for replacement. In the example shown in Figures 8 to 10, it is integral, by gluing in particular, with two plates 30 and 31 advantageously made of plastic. These plates are intended to be applied against the wings 13 and 14 of the frame and to be fixed thereto by temporary latches 32 and 33 respectively.

Dans cet exemple, plus spécialement illustre par la figure 9, la plaque 30 est venue de moulage avec deux ergots 34 et 35 destines à traverser, en s'y ajustant, deux trous 36 et 37 de l'aile 13, ainsi que des échancrures 38 et 39 d'un disque de verrouillage 40. Ces échancrures sont ménagées dans le bord périphérique 41 du disque et les ergots sont conformés, à leur extrémité libre, en crochets 42 afin que ce bord pénètre, après emboîtement desdits ergots dans les encoches lors de la rotation du disque, sous les crochets pour assurer le verrouillage.In this example, more particularly illustrated in FIG. 9, the plate 30 is molded with two lugs 34 and 35 intended to pass through, by adjusting to it, two holes 36 and 37 of the wing 13, as well as notches 38 and 39 of a locking disc 40. These notches are formed in the peripheral edge 41 of the disc and the pins are shaped, at their free end, in hooks 42 so that this edge penetrates, after fitting said pins in the notches during of the rotation of the disc, under the hooks to ensure locking.

Dans ledit exemple plus particulièrement illustré par la figure 10, le disque 40 est noyé dans un logement 43 de l'aile 13 et un doigt 44 dont il est solidaire est monte tournant et immobilisé en translation dans le fond de ce logement.In said example more particularly illustrated by FIG. 10, the disc 40 is embedded in a housing 43 of the wing 13 and a finger 44 of which it is integral is mounted to rotate and immobilized in translation in the bottom of this housing.

L'échancrure 39 (figure 3) est relativement étendue pour définir, par ses extrémités et en coopérant avec un arrêtoir 45 du logement précité, deux positions angulaires extrêmes du disque dans lesquelles celui-ci verrouille ou libère les ergots 34 et 35.The notch 39 (FIG. 3) is relatively extended to define, by its ends and by cooperating with a retainer 45 of the aforementioned housing, two extreme angular positions of the disc in which the latter locks or releases the lugs 34 and 35.

Pour la plaque 30, le verrou 33 est semblable au verrou 32. Il comporte les mêmes éléments que celui-ci, lesquels sont désignés par les mêmes chiffres de référence.For plate 30, the lock 33 is similar to the lock 32. It has the same elements as the latter, which are designated by the same reference numerals.

Dans la position illustrée sur la figure 9 pour le verrou 32, la plaque 30 est déverrouillée et ses ergots 34, 35 peuvent être déboîtés pour démonter l'éponge 8. Par contre, dans la position illustrée sur cette même figure 9 pour le verrou 33, la plaque 31 est verrouillée, les crochets 42 de ses ergots 34, 35 étant pris par le bord 41 du disque 40.In the position illustrated in FIG. 9 for the latch 32, the plate 30 is unlocked and its lugs 34, 35 can be disengaged to disassemble the sponge 8. By cons, in the position illustrated in this same FIG. 9 for the latch 33 , the plate 31 is locked, the hooks 42 of its lugs 34, 35 being taken up by the edge 41 of the disc 40.

Bien entendu, chaque disque de verrouillage 40 peut être remplacé par une ou deux targettes coulissantes coopérant avec les ergots conjugués 34 et 35.Of course, each locking disc 40 can be replaced by one or two sliding pins cooperating with the conjugated lugs 34 and 35.

La figure 1 montre par ailleurs que le balai-éponge peut être combiné avec un grattoir 46 qui accompagne le manche 1 lors de sa rotation autour de son axe géométrique, alors que l'éponge 8 ne le suit que suivant une course limitée en raison de la butée des ailes 9, 10 du poussoir 3 en position haute contre les ailes 13, 14 de la monture 7.Figure 1 also shows that the sponge mop can be combined with a scraper 46 which accompanies the handle 1 during its rotation around its geometric axis, while the sponge 8 follows it only in a limited stroke due to the abutment of the wings 9, 10 of the pusher 3 in the high position against the wings 13, 14 of the frame 7.

A cet effet, le grattoir 46 comporte un tampon 47 fixé sur une platine 48 en matière plastique, venue de moulage avec un doigt profilé 49 susceptible de s'emboîter entre les mors 21 du tourillon extrême 6 du manche 1, position dans laquelle la platine 48 ne touche pas l'avant de la monture 7 équipée de l'éponge 8.To this end, the scraper 46 comprises a pad 47 fixed on a plate 48 made of plastic material, molded with a profiled finger 49 capable of fitting between the jaws 21 of the end pin 6 of the handle 1, position in which the plate 48 does not touch the front of the frame 7 fitted with the sponge 8.

Ainsi, par rotation du manche autour de son axe géométrique, on met en contact avec le sol soit le grattoir 46, soit l'éponge 8.Thus, by rotation of the handle around its geometric axis, the scraper 46 or the sponge 8 is brought into contact with the ground.

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  1. Sponge mop including, in order to form a mounting (7) for a spongy layer such as a sponge (8), two side wings (13, 14) pivoting about at least one anterior-posterior axis and connected to an upwardly and rearwardly inclined handle (1), these wings cooperating with a pusher which is guided relative to the mop and of which the branches (9, 10) are capable, when it is displaced, of bringing the wings of the mounting close to each other towards a drying position in which the spongy layer is compressed, characterised:
    - in that the bent end of the handle (1) is extended by a bearing neck (6) mounted rotatably and fixed to prevent translation in a sleeve (19) integral with the mounting (7),
    - and in that a scraper (46) is mounted at the end of the bearing neck (6) of the handle (1) and extends close to the front face of the mounting (7) and in the vicinity thereof, so that, by rotation of the handle about its axis, either the spongy surface (8) or the scraper (47) is brought into contact with the floor.
  2. Sponge mop according to claim 1, characterised:
    - in that the bearing neck of the bent end of the handle (1) is extended by elastically deformable jaws (21) accommodated in the sleeve (19) of the mounting (7), which sleeve is interposed between turned-up ends (22) of the jaws (21) and a shoulder (20) of said bearing neck (6),
    - and in that the scraper (46) comprises a pad (47) fixed to a flat part (48) integral with a profiled finger (49) capable of being fitted between the jaws (21) of the end bearing neck (5) of the handle (1).
  3. Sponge mop according to claim 1 or 2, characterised:
    - in that the wings of the mounting are mounted pivotably on a centre support (15) integral with the sleeve (19) and are subjected to at least one elastic member (18) which biases them into a substantially aligned sponging position,
    - and in that the pusher is a tubular slide (3) guided in translation along the handle as far as an upper stop and fixed non-rotatably (4, 5) about said handle, this tubular slide being integral with two lower branches (9, 10) extending on either side of said sleeve.
  4. Sponge mop according to claim 3, characterised in that the sleeve (19) of the centre support (15) is equipped with side stops (26, 27) extending above the wings (13, 14) of the mounting (7) to define their aligned sponging position.
  5. Sponge mop according to claim 4, characterised in that the side stops (26, 27) are integral with a separate cap (23) fitted over the sleeve (19) and made captive thereby.
  6. Sponge mop according to claim 5, characterised in that apertured end walls (24, 25) of the cap (23) resting on the centre support (15) of the mounting (7) are attached to the bearing neck (6) and the jaws (21) of the handle (1) and are interposed between the sleeve (19) and, for one (25), the shoulder (20) of this bearing neck (6), and for the other (24), the turned-up ends (22) of these jaws (21).
  7. Sponge mop according to any of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the spongy layer (8) is integral with two rigid plates (30, 31) designed to be applied to the wings (13, 14) of the mounting (7) and to be fixed thereto by dismountable means (32, 33).
  8. Sponge mop according to claim 7, characterised in that the means for fixing each plate (30, 31) supporting the spongy layer (8) consist of two lugs (34, 35) in the form of hooks (42) designed to pass through two holes (36) of the corresponding wing (13, 14) of the mounting (7) and to cooperate with at least one slide bolt (40) of this wing.
  9. Sponge mop according to claim 8, characterised in that each slide bolt (40) is common to two lugs (34, 35) and shaped as a disc mounted rotatably in the corresponding wing (13, 14) of the mounting (7), this disc comprising, for passage of the lugs, two notches (38, 39) opening out at the circular edge (41) of the disc which is provided to penetrate, on rotation of this disc, under the hooks (42) and thus lock the corresponding plate (30, 31).
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