Floor sweeper with cloth cleaning pad

• US 20090077761A1
• Filed: 09/26/2007
• Published: 03/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bryan Kaleta, Mark Kaleta
• Original Assignee: Bryan Kaleta, Mark Kaleta
• Inventors: Kaleta, Bryan, Kaleta, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 8,020,236 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/88.400
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/33 having means for storing dirt
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4013 Contaminants collecting devices, i.e. hoppers, tanks or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4025 Means for emptying
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4036 Parts or details of the surface treating tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4041 Roll shaped surface treating tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4069 Driving or transmission means for the cleaning tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4075 Handles; levers
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/12 Implements with several different treating devices
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/16 Cloths; Pads; Sponges metal scraping sponges A47L13/07

Abstract

A light weight floor sweeper having a very low profile sweeper head that uses a sweeping brush and cleaning pad to slide across the surface to be cleaned. The floor sweeper head is mounted to an elongated handle by means of a universal pivot or universal joint which allows the floor sweeper head to easily pivot about the handle in any direction to pick up debris under over hanging cabinets or under furniture. A sweeping brush is mounted on the bottom of the sweeper head to provide sweeping action as the floor sweeper is moved in any direction. Furthermore there is a soft cleaning pad releasably mounted adjacent to the brush to entrap dust and particles that the brush does not pick up. The brush is powered by a small electric motor. A removable dust-receiving tray is mounted in the sweeper head to receive debris swept by the brush.

Claims

1. A floor sweeper comprising:

an elongated handle having opposite top and bottom ends;

a sweeper head with a top, bottom, front, back, and opposite first and second sides, the front, back and opposite sides defining an outer edge of the sweeper head;

a roller having sweeping bristles mounted thereon mounted to the sweeper head for rotation in a first direction;

mounting means for connecting the sweeper head to the bottom of the elongated handle;

debris receiving means for receiving the debris swept by the front roller; and

a cloth mounted to the bottom of the sweeper head between the roller and the outer edge for picking up and retaining dust particles and debris not swept into the debris receiving means by the roller.

2. The floor sweeper of claim 1 and further comprising a planar mounting surface on the bottom of the sweeper head on which the cloth is mounted.

3. The floor sweeper of claim 1 and further comprising guides mounted to the sweeper head to direct debris toward the roller.

4. The floor sweeper of claim 3 and further comprising pads mounted to the guides to protect from damage objects struck by the guides.

5. The floor sweeper of claim 1 wherein the mounting means comprises a pivotal mounting means for attaching the bottom end of the elongated handle to the sweeper head.

6. The floor sweeper of claim 5 wherein the pivotal mounting means is a universal joint allowing the elongated handle to pivot 360°

about the universal joint.

7. The floor sweeper of claim 1 and further comprising drive means for rotating the first roller in the first direction.

8. The floor sweeper of claim 7 wherein the drive means comprises an electric motor and power source to energize the electric motor, the electric motor connected to the front roller.

9. The floor sweeper of claim 1 and further comprising releasable mounting means for mounting the cloth to the bottom of the sweeper head for removal and replacement of the cloth.

10. The floor sweeper of claim 1 and further comprising a ventilation opening in the sweeper head in fluid communication with the debris receiving means and the front roller.

11. The floor sweeper of claim 1 wherein the debris receiving means comprises a removable debris receiving tray.

12. A floor sweeper adapted to be moved horizontally in any direction over a surface and clean the surface by the combination of brushing and dust retention, the sweeper comprising a head having a top and a bottom, a handle extending from the top and connected to the head by a universal joint, a brush moveably mounted on the head and extending therebelow so as to engage the surface, a cloth mounted below the head proximate to the brush for absorbing dust, the cloth permitting the head to engage the surface in a manner permitting relatively free movement of the head over the surface in any horizontal direction and the universal joint permitting the sweeper head relatively free movement with respect to the handle as the head freely moves over the surface in any horizontal direction, and moving means operatively connected to the brush to cause it to rotate relative to said head.

13. The floor sweeper of claim 12, in which said brush is mounted on the head so as to rotate in a direction such as to tend to sweep debris into the head.

14. The floor sweeper of claim 13, in which the head engages the surface by means permitting relatively free movement of the head over the surface in a plurality of direction other than forward and back.

15. The floor sweeper of claim 12 and further comprising releasable mounting means for mounting the cloth to the bottom of the sweeper head for removal and replacement of the cloth.

16. The floor sweeper of claim 12 and further comprising a ventilation opening in the sweeper head in fluid communication with the brush.

17. The floor sweeper of claim 12 and further comprising releasable mounting means for mounting the cloth to the bottom of the sweeper head for removal and replacement of the cloth.