Sweeper device

• US 5,815,878 A
• Filed: 12/23/1996
• Issued: 10/06/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company, Unicharm Corporation
• Original Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
• Inventors: Kenmochi, Yasuhiko, Ishikawa, Hiroki, Murakami, Masaki
• Primary Examiner(s): TILL, TERRENCE R
• Application Number:
  US08/772,633
• Time in Patent Office: 652 Days
• Field of Search: 15/114, 15/115, 15/118, 15/147.1, 15/228, 15/231, 15/232, 15/233, 15/247, 15/150
• US Class Current: 15/231
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/256 for mops made of cloth
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/46 Securing scouring or polishing cloths or sponges to the handles by gripping means, tongs, or the like

Abstract

A sweeper device including a head, a stick mounted on an upper surface of the head and a sweeping sheet detachably attached to the head, a pair of clamping members being provided in a transversely symmetric relationship with respective inner ends thereof being opposed to each other, each of the clamping members being pivotally mounted at an inner end thereof on the upper surface of the head so that the clamping member can be pivotally opened upward from the upper surface of the head.

Claims

1. A sweeper device comprising a generally rectangular head defined by two pairs of side walls, a stick mounted on an upper surface of the head and a sweeping sheet detachably attached to the head to cover a bottom side of the head, further comprising:

a pair of clamping members provided at transversely symmetric positions on the upper surface of the head and having respective inner ends opposed to each other and locking members formed in the upper surface of the head adapted to be releasably engaged with the clamping members, respectively; and

wherein

the pair of clamping members are pivotally mounted at the inner ends thereof on the upper surface of the head so that a marginal portion of the sweeping sheet can be inserted between the clamping members and the upper surface of the head after the clamping members have been pivotally opened upward from the upper surface of the head and the clamping members can be brought into engagement with the locking members to hold the inserted marginal portion of the sweeping sheet between the clamping members and the upper surface of the head as the clamping members are closed, wherein each of the clamping members comprises a locking jaw formed on a lower surface of an outer end opposed to the inner end of the clamping member and engaged with the locking members provided in the upper surface of the head.

2. A sweeper device according to claim 1, wherein the locking members provided in the upper surface of the head comprises a locking jaw formed on the surface of the head.

3. A sweeper device comprising a generally rectangular head defined by two pairs of side walls, a stick mounted on an upper surface of the head and a sweeping sheet detachably attached to the head to cover a bottom side of the head, further comprising:

a pair of clamping members provided at transversely symmetric positions on the upper surface of the head and having respective inner ends opposed to each other and locking members formed in the upper surface of the head adapted to be releasably engaged with the clamping members, respectively; and

wherein

the pair of clamping members are pivotally mounted at the inner ends thereof on the upper surface of the head so that a marginal portion of the sweeping sheet can be inserted between the clamping members and the upper surface of the head after the clamping members have been pivotally opened upward from the upper surface of the head and the clamping members can be brought into engagement with the locking members to hold the inserted marginal portion of the sweeping sheet between the clamping members and the upper surface of the head as the clamping members are closed, wherein the head is provided at transversely symmetric positions on the upper surface thereof with a pair of recesses which have substantially entire areas thereof covered with the respective clamping members.

4. A sweeper device according to claim 3, wherein each of the recesses comprises a pair of slots formed at opposite sides on an bottom thereof, and each of the clamping members comprises a pair of locking projections formed at opposite sides on the lower surface thereof to be inserted into the respective slots as the clamping members are mated with the recesses.

5. A sweeper device according to claim 4, wherein each of the locking projections has a forward end in the form of sawteeth.

6. A sweeper device according to claim 3, wherein each of the recesses comprises a hook tape affixed to the bottom thereof.

7. A sweeper device comprising a generally rectangular head defined by two pairs of side walls, a stick mounted on an upper surface of the head and a sweeping sheet detachably attached to the head to cover a bottom side of the head, further comprising:

a pair of clamping members provided at transversely symmetric positions on the upper surface of the head and having respective inner ends opposed to each other and locking members formed in the upper surface of the head adapted to be releasably engaged with the clamping members, respectively; and

wherein

the pair of clamping members are pivotally mounted at the inner ends thereof on the upper surface of the head so that a marginal portion of the sweeping sheet can be inserted between the clamping members and the upper surface of the head after the clamping members have been pivotally opened upward from the upper surface of the head and the clamping members can be brought into engagement with the locking members to hold the inserted marginal portion of the sweeping sheet between the clamping members and the upper surface of the head as the clamping members are closed, wherein the head comprises a main body made of hard plastic material and an elastic plate member made of soft elastic material covering a bottom and a peripheral edge of the main body.