MELAMINE FOAM PADS FOR MOTORIZED FLOOR CLEANING MACHINES

• US 20100223748A1
• Filed: 02/11/2010
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Anthony D. Miller II, Laura A. Lowe
• Original Assignee: Anthony D. Miller II, Laura A. Lowe
• Inventors: Lowe, Laura A., Miller, Anthony D. II
• Application Number:
  US12/704,220
• Publication Number:
  US 20100223748A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/209.100
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/164 Parts or details of the brushing tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4038 Disk shaped surface treating tools
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2266/0278 Polyurethane
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2266/0285 Condensation resins of aldehydes, e.g. with phenols, ureas, melamines
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2266/06 Open cell foam
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/50 having particular mechanical properties
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2432/00 Cleaning articles, e.g. mops, wipes personal care B32B2555/00
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 3/30 characterised by a layer formed with recesses or projections, e.g. hollows, grooves, protuberances, ribs apertured layer B32B3/266; layer with cavities or internal voids B32B3/26
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 5/18 characterised by features of a layer of foamed material
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 5/22 characterised by the presence of two or more layers which are next to each other and are fibrous, filamentary, formed of particles or foamed layer formed of natural mineral fibres or particles next to a foam layer B32B19/047, next to a layer made of particles B32B19/048, or next to a fibrous or filamentary layer B32B19/06; paper layer or cardboard layer next to a paper layer or cardboard layer B32B29/005, next to a foam layer B32B29/007, next to a fibrous or filamentary layer B32B29/02, or next to a particulate layer B32B29/04
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 5/245 another layer next to it being a foam layer
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 5/32 at least two layers being foamed and next to each other
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 7/12 using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties

Abstract

A cleaning pad system for use on a motorized floor cleaning or polishing machine is described wherein the pad has melamine resin based foam.

Claims

1. A cleaning pad for use on a motorized floor cleaning or polishing machine, comprising:

a substantially circular melamine foam disk having a diameter, a thickness, a first scrubbing surface comprised substantially exclusively of melamine foam and;

a second surface spaced from said scrubbing surface by the thickness;

a backing disk not of melamine foam having substantially the same diameter; and

a fastener fixedly coupling the backing disk to the second surface.

2. The cleaning pad of claim 1 wherein the fastener is an adhesive.

3. The cleaning pad of claim 2 wherein the backing disk is a foam.

4. The cleaning pad of claim 3 wherein the backing disk is a polyurethane foam.

5. The cleaning pad of claim 4 wherein the backing disk is at least ¾

inch thick.

6. A cleaning pad for use on a motorized floor cleaning or polishing machine, comprising:

a substantially circular melamine foam disk having a diameter, a thickness, a first scrubbing surface comprised substantially exclusively of melamine foam and;

a second surface spaced from said scrubbing surface by the thickness;

a fastener secured to the second surface.

7. The cleaning pad of claim 6 wherein the fastener is a hook part of a hook and loop system.

8. The cleaning pad of claim 6 wherein the thickness is at least ½

inch.

9. A floor cleaning system comprising a scrubbing portion that is substantially exclusively a melamine foam disk rotationally driven by a rotating member of a floor machine.

10. The floor cleaning system of claim 9 wherein the rotating member is a pad driver.

11. The floor cleaning system of claim 9 wherein the rotating member is an abrasive stripping pad operatively attached to said motorized floor cleaning machine and wherein said melamine foam disk is disposed against said stripping pad, whereby said melamine foam disk is held to said stripping pad by friction at the interface of said melamine foam disk and said stripping pad.

12. A no-strip method of cleaning a waxed floor comprising:

using water or a detergent solution and a rotary floor machine at low speed driving a circular melamine foam pad to remove dirt from depressions in the waxed floor without stripping off wax prior to doing so.

13. A no-strip method of cleaning a waxed floor by using a rotary machine comprising:

without first stripping wax, using a cleaning fluid and the rotary machine at low speed with a circular melamine foam pad having a polyurethane foam backer attached to the melamine foam, said backer penetrated by a pad driver of the machine to rotationally drive the melamine foam pad and remove dirt from scratches and grout lines in the waxed floor.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the cleaning fluid is water.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the cleaning fluid is a detergent solution.

16. A method of maintaining a floor having a waxed surface comprising:

without stripping wax from the floor, securing a disc-like melamine foam pad under a pad driver of a low speed floor cleaning machine;

depositing a cleaning liquid on the waxed surface; and

operating the low speed floor cleaning machine to rotate the melamine foam pad at a low rotation speed on the waxed surface so that the melamine foam pad enters depressions in the floor and moves substantially all the dirt from depressions in the waxed floor surface to the liquid;

removing the cleaning liquid;

buffing the wax surface with a buffing pad.