Mop structure

• US 7,945,982 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2008
• Issued: 05/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Perfect & Glory Enterprise Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Perfect & Glory Enterprise Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hsieh, Ming-Ti
• Primary Examiner(s): CHIN, RANDALL E
• Application Number:
  US12/126,200
• Publication Number:
  US 20090288261A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,096 Days
• Field of Search: 151/161, 151/162, 151/191, 151/192
• US Class Current: 15/119.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/144 having squeezing rollers

Abstract

A mop structure includes an adjusting sleeve sheathed to a mop tube, and the mop tube slidably connected to a slide bushing includes a slide bushing thread secured with a corresponding adjusting sleeve thread. A pull handle is pivotally connected to the slide bushing and turned up and down the slide bushing. A water squeeze head at a lower end of the mop tube includes at least two water squeeze rollers on opposite sides of the water squeeze head to define a gap. An upper edge of each link arm is pivotally connected to the pull handle, and a lower edge includes a hooking bracket. A cleaning element includes two hooking holes for receiving a hooking bracket of each link arm. The cleaning element is driven by the pull handle and the link arm, passed through the gap, and squeezed by the water squeeze rollers.

Claims

1. A mop structure, comprising:

a mop tube, having a fixing portion disposed at an appropriate position;

an adjusting sleeve, sheathed to the mop tube, coupled adjacently to the fixing portion, and turned with respect to the mop tube, and the adjusting sleeve including an adjusting sleeve thread;

a slide bushing, slidably installed at the mop tube, and including a slide bushing thread screwed correspondingly to the adjusting sleeve thread of the adjusting sleeve;

a pull handle, pivotally coupled to the slide bushing, and turned up and down with respect to the slide bushing;

a water squeeze head, installed at a lower end of the mop tube, and including at least two water squeeze rollers disposed at opposite sides of the water squeeze head to define a gap;

two link arms, each including an upper edge and a lower edge, and the upper edge being pivotally coupled to the pull handle and turned with respect to the pull handle, and the lower edge including a hooking bracket; and

a cleaning element, including two hooking holes, each being hooked by the hooking bracket of each link arm, and the cleaning element being driven by the pull handle and each link arm to pass through the gap, and squeezed by each water squeeze roller.

2. The mop structure of claim 1, wherein the fixing portion of the mop tube includes a fixing sleeve, and the appropriate position refers to an upper end of the mop tube.

3. The mop structure of claim 2, further comprising an upper mop tube installed at the fixing sleeve of the fixing portion.

4. The mop structure of claim 1, wherein the adjusting sleeve thread of the adjusting sleeve is an internal thread, and the slide bushing thread of the slide bushing is an external thread.

5. The mop structure of claim 1, wherein the water squeeze head includes two penetrating slots, and each link arm is passed through each penetrating slot.

6. The mop structure of claim 1, wherein the lower end of the mop tube includes at least one fixing hole, and the water squeeze head includes an opening corresponding to the fixing hole, and a lock element passed through the opening and the fixing hole for locking and installing the water squeeze head at the lower end of the mop tube.

7. The mop structure of claim 1, wherein the upper edge of each link arm is pivotally coupled to the pull handle by a pivoting element.

8. The mop structure of claim 1, wherein the cleaning element includes a sponge and a fixing bar, and the sponge is installed at the fixing bar, and the two hooking holes are disposed at the fixing bar.