Mopping Device

• US 20120103078A1
• Filed: 06/23/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
• Original Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
• Inventors: Lindholm, Keijo, Tuominen, Aulis, Reimann, Ulla, Laehdetie, Sakari, Pesonen-Leinonen, Eija
• Granted Patent: US 8,943,875 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 73/73
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/254 Plate frames
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/42 Details

Abstract

The invention relates to a mopping device (1) having a mop plate (2), or which a mop cover (3) can be fastened in a replaceable manner, wherein a measuring device (4) for detecting the residual moisture present in the mop cover (3) is integrated in the mop plate (2).

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. A mopping device comprising:

a mop plate on which a mop cover can be affixed in a replaceable manner and a measuring device for the detection of the residual moisture present in the mop cover, the measuring device being integrated into the mop plate.

12. A mopping device according to claim 11, wherein the measuring device is operatively connected with a signaling device.

13. A mopping device according to claim 11, wherein the measuring device has two contact surfaces arranged at a distance from one another that can be brought into contact with the mop cover.

14. A mopping device according to claim 11, wherein the measuring device determines an electrical parameter of the mop cover.

15. A mopping device according to claim 11, wherein the measuring device determines the electrical resistance or the conductance of the mop cover.

16. A mopping device according to claim 11, wherein the measuring device determines the permittivity of the mop cover.

17. A mopping device according to claim 13, wherein additional contact surfaces are integrated into the mop cover.

18. A mopping device according to claim 11, wherein the mop cover is provided with electrically conductive wires or threads.

19. A mopping device according to claim 11, wherein the measuring device comprises nanotubes to detect water vapor.

20. A method for monitoring the cleaning performance of a mop cover affixed on a mop plate of a mopping device comprising the steps of:

detecting the quantity of cleaning liquid presented in the mop cover with a measuring device integrated into the mop plate, and triggering a signal when a prespecified threshold value of the quantity of cleaning liquid is not reached or is exceeded.