U.S. patent application number 13/954967 was filed with the patent office on 2015-04-16 for infinity mop.
The applicant listed for this patent is Alfred Raymond Pierce. Invention is credited to Alfred Raymond Pierce.
Application Number | 20150101140 13/954967 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 52808400 |
Filed Date | 2015-04-16 |
United States Patent
Application |
20150101140 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Pierce; Alfred Raymond |
April 16, 2015 |
Infinity Mop
Abstract
The Infinity Mop is a mop that uses a set length of rolled
cleaning fabric material which is attached to one side of the mop
head, then passes underneath the bottom of the mop surface area and
onto the opposite side of the mop head. As the cleaning surface
area of the cleaning material becomes dirty, the soiled area can be
advanced manually or electronically to the back compartment of the
mop, while the sheet of clean fabric material is advanced onto the
bottom cleaning surface area of the mop at the same time. This
process is repeated until the end of the pre-rolled cleaning sheet
is used up and a new cleaning roll is inserted into the mop.
Inventors: |
Pierce; Alfred Raymond;
(Mount Holly, NJ) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Pierce; Alfred Raymond |
Mount Holly |
NJ |
US |
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Family ID: |
52808400 |
Appl. No.: |
13/954967 |
Filed: |
October 10, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
15/228 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47L 13/22 20130101;
A47L 13/254 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
15/228 |
International
Class: |
A47L 13/254 20060101
A47L013/254; A47L 13/22 20060101 A47L013/22 |
Claims
1. A mop, comprising, a housing, a first internal roller and a
second internal roller enclosed within said housing, a length of
rolled cleaning fabric material, said material having a first end
and a second end and being attached to said first internal roller
at said first end, passing through a first opening in said housing,
along and beneath a bottom surface of said housing, into a second
opening in said housing, and attaching at said second end to said
second internal roller; and a means of advancing said length of
rolled cleaning fabric.
Description
BACKGROUND
[0001] This device consist of a mop that is used for cleaning
floors on various surfaces such as wood, tile and vinyl. There are
a number of mops on the market that consist of disposable pieces of
cleaning cloth that are attached to the bottom of the mop. These
individual disposable pieces become dirty quickly and need to be
replaced often when only cleaning small areas of flooring. This
requires frequent handling of the dirty pieces of the soiled fabric
and interrupts the floor cleaning process many times in order to
stop and change out a dirty fabric piece with another new clean
fabric piece. The Infinity Mop removes the constant handling of
these dirty individual fabric pieces while speeding up the cleaning
process in a faster and cleaner way by utilizing a set length of
pre-rolled fabric material that is attached to the bottom and sides
of the mop.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0002] FIG. 1 is a perspective full view of the invention.
[0003] FIG. 2 is a perspective side view of the front of the mop
head.
[0004] FIG. 3 is a perspective side view of the rear of the mop
head.
[0005] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view of the mop head.
[0006] FIG. 5 is a perspective full view of the invention.
[0007] FIG. 6 is a perspective side view of the front of the mop
head.
[0008] FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the mop head.
[0009] FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional side view of the mop head.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0010] FIG. 1 shows one of the main embodiments of the invention
which includes the main mop head housing area 4 which provides a
housing system for the rolled cleaning fabric material 9, along
with a removable and refillable container system 3. The rolled
cleaning fabric 9 is placed inside the front compartment of the mop
under the hinged lid 5. The initial clean roll of fabric material
is pre-attached around the front rolling stick 10 which can
contains either a male or female locking mechanism on its opposite
ends, which fit into the front compartment locking mechanism 6 on
the sidewalls of the front compartment of the mop head. The
sidewall locking mechanisms 6 would contain a male or female
mechanism opposite of the male or female locking mechanism of the
rolling stick 10 in order to secure it in place.
[0011] FIG. 1 shows the option of a removable container system 3
that is connected to the two spray nozzles 7, which are located on
the opposite ends of the lower front section of the mop as shown in
FIG. 2. The removable and refillable container system 3 is used for
dispensing liquid such as hot or cold water and or a cleaning
solution onto the floor through the two front spray nozzles 7.
[0012] FIG. 1 also shows two main control buttons, one button 2,
which operates the motor 16 and the gearing system 18,19,20 and 21.
A second control button 1, operates the two spray nozzles 7 for
dispensing the liquid stored in the container system 3.
[0013] FIG. 3 shows the lead end of the clean fabric material 14,
attached to the back rolling stick 12, which can contain either a
male or female locking mechanism on its ends 11. These two ends 11,
attach to the rear sidewalls of the mop base 15. The rear sidewalls
15, contain the opposite locking male or female mechanisms of 11,
in order to lock it in place. The control button 2 would then be
engaged to advance the clean fabric material 9 and remove any slack
in the roll. The rear cover 13, would be lowered once everything
was securely tightened in place. Both the front and year housing
sections can contain a free rolling spindle or free rolling
cylinder 8, that would assist with the spinning or advancement of
the clean fabric material 9.
[0014] FIG. 4 shows a cross sectional side view of the preferred
embodiment of the mop head that details the front and back sections
of the rolling mechanisms involved with the housing and advancement
of the rolling cleaning fabric material. The clean fabric material
9, is housed in the front right section of the mop formed by a wall
17. The rear compartment is formed on the left of FIG. 4 by the
rear wall 17. FIG. 4 also shows the main battery operated motor 16,
which operates and spins the rotor 20, which operates and spins the
gear 21. This turns the rear sidewall mechanism 15 in either a
clockwise or counter clockwise motion spinning stick 11 in the same
direction, which advances the cleaning fabric material 9 further
around stick 11 until the desired position of the new cleaning
fabric material has covered the bottom of the mop surface area. A
clockwise motion is shown in FIG. 4 with the lead fabric material
rolling up and around stick 11. A counter clockwise motion would
rap the soiled material inside of the rear fabric material which
would self contain most of the soiled particles from the floor,
making is a bit easier and cleaning to dispose of the used fabric
cleaning material 9. FIG. 4 also shows the option of attaching
rotor 19, which is attached to gear 21 on the left and to the front
gear 18 on its right. As the motor spins the rotor and gears 20 and
21, rotor 19 would in turn spin gear 18, which in turns spins the
front side locking mechanism 6 that rotates the front clean fabric
material contained on stick 10. This type of option would also
secure the clean fabric material more tightly in place during the
floor cleaning process for both the front and rear sections of the
cleaning fabric material 9.
[0015] FIG. 5 shows another preferred embodiment of the invention
that contains a refillable container system that is housed in the
main mop head 4. The refillable container system could be removable
or permanently secured in place as depicted in FIG. 6, number 23.
This particular embodiment shows the refillable container system
capable of filling with liquid through a secured screw cap opening
22. This container system could dispense hot water, cold water and
or a liquid cleaning solution through spray nozzles 7 as shown in
FIG. 2.
[0016] FIG. 7 is a cross sectional side view of the mop head that
shows a refillable container system that is steam based such that
the refillable container system 23 is heated electronically that
dispenses steam through feed lines 24 and out through holes in the
bottom of the mop 25.
[0017] This feature is also depicted in FIG. 8 which shows nine
steam dispensing holes on the bottom of the mop along with the feed
lines 24. In this view the cleaning fabric material is not shown in
place.
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