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  Device for cleaning floors and similar surfacesUSPTO Application #: 20070240270Title: Device for cleaning floors and similar surfaces Abstract: A device for cleaning floors and similar surfaces, comprising a stick, connected, at a terminal portion thereof, by way of kinematic connection means, to a supporting means, which is associable with cleaning means, the supporting device comprising at least two arms, which lie along respective main longitudinal directions and are mounted so that they can rotate with respect to said stick about a respective articulation axis in order to pass, upon insertion of said supporting means in a wringing basket associated with a water containment bucket, from an extended condition, in which the respective main longitudinal directions define a working surface, to a retracted condition, in which the respective longitudinal directions of said at least two arms are angularly spaced from the working surface, return means being further provided which are adapted to return said supporting means to the extended condition as a consequence of disengagement from said wringing basket. (end of abstract)
Agent: Modiano & Associati - Milano, IT Inventors: Luisa Urbano, Veit Michael Heinzer USPTO Applicaton #: 20070240270 - Class: 015119100 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Brushing, Scrubbing, And General Cleaning, Implements, Combined, Wiper, Mop And Wringer The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070240270. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a device for cleaning floors and similar surfaces. BACKGROUND ART [0002] Currently, among the manual devices used to wash floors, the most widely used is the so-called scrubbing brush, which is constituted by a stick that can be gripped at one end by the user and is connected, at the other end, to a brush-like element, which is arranged at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the stick and is to be associated with a wet floor cloth. [0003] The floor cloth must be periodically rinsed and then wrung so as to remove the collected dirt and allow to wet the floor cloth again. [0004] This operation, by using the devices briefly described above, is usually performed by hand, with considerable inconvenience for the user, since in addition to performing an effort he/she is forced to dirty his/her hands or to wear suitable gloves. [0005] In order to try to solve the problems noted above, floor cleaning devices have been proposed which have, at the end of the stick that is opposite to the one to be held, a floor cloth constituted by a bundle of strips of fabric, which can be wrung without being touched by engaging them with an appropriately provided perforated cup that is associated with the bucket that contains the water for cleaning. [0006] However, although this device, usually called mop, is valid from the conceptual standpoint, it forces to use a floor cloth that has a particular shape and therefore must be provided specifically. DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION [0007] The aim of the present invention is to eliminate or at least drastically reduce the drawbacks noted above in known types of device for cleaning floors. [0008] Within this aim, an object of the present invention is to provide a device for cleaning floors that allows to wring the floor cloth without having to touch it. [0009] Another object of the present invention is to provide a device for cleaning floors that allows to use currently commercially available floor cloths. [0010] This aim and these and other objects that will become better apparent hereinafter are achieved by a device for cleaning floors and similar surfaces, comprising a stick connected at a substantially terminal portion, by way of kinematic connection means, to a supporting means that is associable with cleaning means, characterized in that the supporting means comprises at least two arms, which lie along respective main longitudinal directions and are mounted so that they can rotate with respect to the stick about a respective articulation axis in order to pass, upon insertion of the supporting means in a wringing basket associated with a water containment bucket, from an active or extended condition, in which the respective main longitudinal directions define a working surface, to a wringing or retracted condition, in which the respective longitudinal directions of the at least two arms are angularly spaced from the working surface, return means being further provided which are adapted to return the supporting means to the active or extended condition as a consequence of disengagement from the wringing basket. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0011] Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will become better apparent from the description of some preferred but not exclusive embodiments of a device for cleaning floors according to the invention, illustrated by way of non-limiting example in the accompanying drawings, wherein: [0012] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a device for cleaning floors according to the present invention; [0013] FIG. 2 is a bottom elevation view of the device for supporting the cleaning means; [0014] FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view of the supporting device, taken along the line III-III of FIG. 2; [0015] FIG. 4 is a top elevation view of a bucket for containing water for cleaning floors; [0016] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the device for cleaning floors in the condition in which it is inserted in a wringing basket associated with the water containment bucket; [0017] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the supporting device associated with a cloth in the wringing or retracted condition; [0018] FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a cloth; and [0019] FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the cloth, taken along the line VIII-VIII of FIG. 7. 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