Cleaning apparatus, particularly for floors

• US 3,345,667 A
• Filed: 07/18/1966
• Issued: 10/10/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/1966
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Josef Blum
• Original Assignee: Josef Blum
• Inventors: Blum, Josef
• Application Number:
  US04/565,812
• Time in Patent Office: 449 Days
• US Class Current: 15/119.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/144 having squeezing rollers

Claims

1. A CLEANING APPARATUS, PARTICULARLY FOR FLOORS, COMPRISING A HOLDER CARRYING AT ITS TOP A HANDLE AND TERMINATING AT ITS LOWER END IN A PAIR OF FORKS, TWO SPACED PARALLEL AXLES PASSING THROUGH THE FORKS, A NUMBER OF ROLLS ROTATABLE ABOUT SAID AXLES, A SOCKET EXTENDING BETWEEN THE ROLLS, A SOFT COMPRESSIBLE CLEANING TOOL HELD BY THE SOCKET, A SHACKLE UPWARDLY PROJECTING FROM THE SOCKET, A PULL ROD CAPABLE OF ENGAGING BY ITS LOWER BENT END IN THE SHACKLE AND HAVING ITS UPPER END CONNECTED TO AN ACTUATING LEVER FOR RAISING THE PULL ROD AND THEREBY SQUEENZING OUT ANY WATER TAKEN UP BY THE CLEANING TOOL, A U-SHAPED SPRING ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHACKLE AND SERVING TO CLAMPINGLY RETAIN THE LOWER BENT END OF THE PULL ROD IN ITS POSITION IN THE SHACKLE, AND A DOWNWARDLY OPENING SLOT IN ONE OF THE FORKS OF THE HOLDER OF THE CLEANING APPARATUS TO FROM A GUIDE FOR THE PULL ROD WHEN BEING OPERATED.