CLEANING SYSTEM HAVING SELF-CHANGING CLEANING SURFACE

• US 20130097798A1
• Filed: 04/11/2012
• Published: 04/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Julie Marie Francis
• Original Assignee: Julie Marie Francis
• Inventors: Francis, Julie Marie
• Application Number:
  US13/444,687
• Publication Number:
  US 20130097798A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/209.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4047 Wound-up or endless cleaning belts
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/16 Cloths; Pads; Sponges metal scraping sponges A47L13/07
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/22 with liquid-feeding devices
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 1/00 Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto B08B9/00
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 1/10 characterised by the type of cleaning tool
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 18/103 Reel-to-reel type web winding and unwinding mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/174 Textile, fibre for filamentary material B65H2701/31 and subgroups

Abstract

A cleaning system having a handle attached to a cleaning head and a first roller disposed within the cleaning head, the first roller adapted to supply unused cleaning cloth is described. The cleaning system can also include a second roller disposed within the cleaning head and adapted to store used cleaning cloth. The cleaning system can further include a control section adapted to engage or disengage the first and second rollers in response to a control input so as to provide unused cleaning cloth from the first roller and to take up and store used cleaning cloth on the second roller.

Claims

1. A cleaning system comprising:

a handle attached to a cleaning head;

a first roller disposed within the cleaning head, the first roller adapted to supply unused cleaning cloth;

a second roller disposed within the cleaning head and adapted to store used cleaning cloth; and

a control section adapted to engage or disengage the first and second rollers in response to a control input so as to provide unused cleaning cloth from the first roller and to take up and store used cleaning cloth on the second roller.

2. The cleaning system of claim 1, wherein the control section includes a mechanism adapted to lock or unlock the first and second rollers to permit the rollers to roll in an unlocked position and to prevent the rollers from rolling in a locked position.

3. The cleaning system of claim 1, further comprising a cleaning fluid supply tank, a cleaning fluid supply line, and one or more cleaning fluid nozzles, wherein the cleaning fluid supply tank is disposed on the handle of the cleaning system and the one or more cleaning fluid nozzles are disposed on the cleaning head.

4. The cleaning system of claim 1, wherein the first and second rollers are housed in a removable cartridge.

5. The cleaning system of claim 1, wherein the first roller and the second roller are each independently removable from the cleaning head.

6. The cleaning system of claim 1, wherein the cleaning cloth is a disposable material.

7. The cleaning system of claim 1, wherein the cleaning cloth is a reusable material.

8. The cleaning system of claim 1, wherein the first and second rollers are disposable.

9. A hand-held cleaning system comprising:

a handle;

a cleaning head attached to the handle;

a first roller disposed within the cleaning head;

a second roller disposed within the cleaning head; and

one or more controls disposed on the handle, wherein a cleaning cloth is supplied from the first roller to the second roller in response to a control input received from the one or more controls.

10. The cleaning system of claim 9, further comprising a control section that includes a mechanism adapted to permit the rollers to roll in response to the control input.

11. The cleaning system of claim 9, further comprising a cleaning fluid supply tank, a cleaning fluid supply line, and one or more cleaning fluid nozzles, wherein the cleaning fluid supply tank is disposed on the handle of the cleaning system and the one or more cleaning fluid nozzles are disposed on the cleaning head.

12. The cleaning system of claim 9, wherein the first and second rollers are housed in a removable cartridge.

13. The cleaning system of claim 9, wherein the first roller and the second roller are each independently removable from the cleaning head.

14. The cleaning system of claim 9, wherein the cleaning cloth is a disposable material.

15. The cleaning system of claim 9, wherein the cleaning cloth is a reusable material.

16. The cleaning system of claim 9, wherein the first and second rollers are disposable.

17. The cleaning system of claim 11, wherein cleaning fluid is supplied in response to one of a manually exerted force or an automatically exerted force.