Cleaning implements

• US 6,722,806 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2003
• Issued: 04/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Benecke, Arnold George, Zwart, Kevin James, Lesley, Paul Michael, Kunkler, Jeffery Scott, Boyer, Christopher Todd, Campbell, Kevin Michael, Kleiss, Roderick Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Huson, Gregory L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, HUYEN D
• Application Number:
  US10/431,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20030194259A1
• Time in Patent Office: 348 Days
• Field of Search: 401/136-140, 15/98, 152/28, 153/20, 153/21
• US Class Current: 401/138
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/20 Mops
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/22 with liquid-feeding devices
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 3/0032 the bottle or container being held upside down and provided with a closure, e.g. a cap, adapted to cooperate with a feed tube
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/43 Solvents
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/505 encapsulated or adsorbed on a carrier, e.g. zeolite or clay

Abstract

A cleaning implement is provided. The cleaning implement includes a liquid delivery system for providing a cleaning liquid to a surface to be cleaned having a canister for storing a liquid, an electrical motor driving a pump, and a voltage source for engerizing the electric motor. A support head is pivotally attached to the handle for releasably receiving a cleaning sheet. The handle includes a switch and is formed from a plurality of handle sections. Each handle section has at least one electrical connector which is electrically connected with an electrical connector of an adjacent handle section so that the switch can activate the electrical motor. The support head can be configured to allow visual inspection of the cleaning sheet through the support head during use. The canister is provided with plurality of side walls and vent valve having a cracking pressure of at least about 0.6 Kpa, wherein the canister is substantially in the form of a parallelogram in a plan view cross section and wherein one or more of the side walls has a plurality of grooves.

Claims

1. A kit, comprising:

a mop head;

a universal joint connected to said mop head;

a canister housing connected to said universal joint having an electrical motor and pump; and

a handle comprising at least one handle section and having a switch, wherein said handle is electrically disconnected from said housing when disassembled from said canister housing but which is electrically connected to said canister housing when assembled with said canister housing.

2. The kit of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of handle sections.

3. The kit of claim 1, further comprising a container having a length of less than about 650 mm, a width of less than about 200 mm, and a height of less than about 125 mm for storing said mop head, said handle, and said canister housing.

4. The kit of claim 1, wherein said at least one handle section has a length of less than about 75 cm.