Cleaning apparatus with continuous action wiping and sweeping
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1. A cleaning apparatus, comprising:
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a supply reel secured within the housing;
a take-up reel secured within the housing;
a cleaning ribbon extending from the supply reel to the take-up reel, the cleaning ribbon being configured to form a particle trap; and
a rotatable brush secured within the housing, wherein the rotatable brush is disposed on a forward side of the particle trap, and sweeps debris into the particle trap upon rotation of the rotatable brush.
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Abstract
A cleaning apparatus includes a housing to be moved along a surface to be cleaned. Within the housing, a cleaning ribbon is disposed between a supply reel and a take-up reel. A portion of the cleaning ribbon is held parallel to, and in substantial contact with, the surface to be cleaned, for attracting and retaining smaller debris. Another portion of the cleaning ribbon is configured to create a particle trap. A rotatable brush, also disposed within the housing, sweeps larger debris into the particle trap. The supply reel, the take-up reel, the cleaning ribbon, and/or the rotatable brush are alternatively included in a cartridge which is detachably secured within the housing.
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1. A cleaning apparatus, comprising:
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a housing;
a supply reel secured within the housing;
a take-up reel secured within the housing;
a cleaning ribbon extending from the supply reel to the take-up reel, the cleaning ribbon being configured to form a particle trap; and
a rotatable brush secured within the housing, wherein the rotatable brush is disposed on a forward side of the particle trap, and sweeps debris into the particle trap upon rotation of the rotatable brush. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A cleaning apparatus, comprising:
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a housing; and
a cartridge detachably secured within the housing, the cartridge including;
a supply reel;
a take-up reel;
a cleaning ribbon extending from the supply reel to the take-up reel, the cleaning ribbon being configured to form a particle trap and having a cleaning surface substantially parallel to a surface to be cleaned; and
a rotatable brush disposed on a forward side of the cleaning surface, wherein the rotatable brush sweeps particles into the particle trap upon rotation of the rotatable brush. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A cleaning apparatus, comprising:
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a housing;
means for advancing the housing along a surface to be cleaned;
a supply reel secured within the housing for dispensing a supply of cleaning ribbon;
a take-up reel secured within the housing for collecting spent cleaning ribbon;
means within the housing for keeping a portion of the cleaning ribbon which extends between the supply reel and the take-up reel substantially parallel to the surface to be cleaned;
means within the housing for trapping debris; and
means secured within the housing for sweeping debris into the debris trapping means. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A cartridge for detachable securement within a cleaning apparatus, the cartridge comprising:
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a supply reel;
a take-up reel;
a cleaning ribbon extending between the supply reel and the take-up reel, the cleaning ribbon being configured so as to form a particle trap;
means for sweeping debris into the particle trap; and
means for detachably securing the cartridge to the cleaning apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A cartridge for detachable securement within a cleaning apparatus, that includes a housing and a rotatable brush the cartridge comprising:
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a supply reel;
a take-up reel;
a cleaning ribbon for being fed along a path between the supply reel and the take-up reel, a length of the cleaning ribbon positioned between the supply reel and the take-up reel being disposed for cleaning a surface to be cleaned when in use, and the cleaning ribbon being configured to form a particle trap along the path of the cleaning ribbon downstream of the length of the cleaning ribbon for cleaning the surface to be cleaned and upstream of the take-up reel, before the cleaning ribbon is collected by the take-up reel; and
means for detachably securing the cartridge to the cleaning apparatus, wherein, when the cartridge is mounted in the cleaning apparatus and the cleaning apparatus is in use, the particle trap receives debris swept by the rotatable brush. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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