DISPENSING PAD CLEANER

• US 20170172380A1
• Filed: 01/08/2016
• Published: 06/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bradshaw International Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Casabella Holdings LLC
• Inventors: Sampaio, Andre
• Granted Patent: US 9,883,785 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/16 Cloths; Pads; Sponges metal scraping sponges A47L13/07
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/17 containing cleaning agents A47L13/19 takes precedence ; chemical compositions C11D17/049
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/26 Other cleaning devices with liquid supply arrangements such arrangements on floor-polishing machines A47L11/00, on scrapers A47L13/03, on mops A47L13/22; cloths, pads, or the like containing cleaning agents A47L13/17, A47L13/19
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/44 Securing scouring-cloths to the brush or like body of the implement
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 25/00 Domestic cleaning devices not provided for in other groups of this subclass for cleaning spectacles G02C13/00

Abstract

A dispensing pad cleaner is disclosed having a novel integrated dispensing system for delivering cleaning solutions and similar liquids to a surface to be cleaned. A removable cleaning pad coupled to a flexible pad substrate is also provided. The dispensing system has a reservoir for liquid retention that is coupled to the dispensing pad cleaner. An integral pump dispenses the liquid from the reservoir and through a nozzle to a surface to be cleaned. The pump is actuated from a lever that is depressed by a user, at times repeatedly, to facilitate pumping of the liquid onto a surface to be cleaned by scrubbing action of the dispensing pad cleaner.

Claims

1. :

A dispensing pad cleaner comprising;

a handle assembly and a handle half that mates with the handle assembly;

a front snort beam connecting the handle assembly to a pad substrate;

the pad substrate comprising a flexible material;

a wedge shaped reservoir for liquid retention having a reservoir cap and attached to the underside of the front support beam;

a pump for dispensing liquid retained in the reservoir;

the pump for dispensing liquid being embedded within and surrounded by the mated handle assembly and handle half;

a fluid channel from the reservoir to the pump;

a dispensing nozzle with a fluid channel to the pump;

the pump being actuated by user interaction with a lever located proximate the handle assembly;

wherein the lever is mechanically linked to the pump through a curved cam structure such that movement of the lever translates to linear actuation of the pump and subsequent dispensing of the liquid through the dispensing nozzle.

4. :

The dispensing pad cleaner of claim 1, wherein the reservoir cap is located on a vertical wall of the reservoir.

5. :

The dispensing pad cleaner of claim 1, wherein the reservoir cap further comprises a taper valve for admission of make up air into the reservoir while preventing liquid in the reservoir from leaking out.

6. :

The dispensing pad cleaner of claim 1, wherein the dispensing nozzle protrudes through the handle assembly.

7. :

The dispensing pad cleaner of claim 1, wherein the pump is a linear piston and cylinder pump.

8. :

The dispensing pad cleaner of claim 1, wherein the handle assembly further comprises a thumb rest.

9. :

The dispensing pad cleaner of claim 1, wherein the pump is located within the handle assembly.

10. :

The dispensing pad cleaner of claim 1, wherein the pump further includes a spring to provide return of the interacting lever while the lever is operated by a user.

11. :

The dispensing pad cleaner of claim 1, wherein the pad substrate is curved.

12. :

The dispensing pad cleaner of claim 1, wherein the pad substrate comprises side cuts.

13. :

The dispensing pad cleaner of claim 1, further comprising a handle overlay located along a gripping section of the handle assembly.

14. :

The dispensing pad cleaner of claim 1, further comprising a cleaning pad.

15. :

The dispensing pad cleaner of claim 14 wherein the dispensing pad cleaner further comprises a first pad hook and a second pad hook and the cleaning pad further comprises a first pad retention slot and a second pad retention slot.

16. :

The dispensing pad cleaner of claim 14, wherein the cleaning pad further comprises a woven abrasive material.

17. :

A cleaning pad for the dispensing pad cleaner of claim 1, the cleaning pad comprising;

a woven abrasive material;

a first pad retention tab having a first pad retention slot through the first pad retention tab;

and a second pad retention tab having a second pad retention slot through the second pad retention tab.

2. (canceled)

3. (canceled)

18. :

A dispensing pad cleaner comprising;

a handle assembly and a handle half that mates with the handle assembly;

a front support beam connecting the handle assembly to a pad substrate;

the pad substrate comprising a flexible material;

a wedge shaped reservoir for liquid retention attached to the underside of the front support beam;

a pump for dispensing liquid in fluid communication with the reservoir;

the pump for dispensing liquid being embedded within and surrounded by the mated handle assembly and handle half;

a dispensing nozzle in fluid communication with the pump;

a lever mechanically coupled to the pump through a curved cam structure such that movement of the lever translates to linear actuation of the pump and subsequent dispensing of the liquid through the dispensing nozzle.

19. :

The dispensing pad cleaner of claim 18, further comprising a cleaning pad.

20. :

The dispensing pad cleaner of claim 19 wherein the dispensing pad cleaner further comprises a first pad hook and a second pad hook and the cleaning pad further comprises a first pad retention slot and a second pad retention slot.