Floor cleaning apparatus with integrated dispensing and containment rolls
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1. A manual floor cleaning apparatus, comprising:
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a dispensing roller mounted to the frame and adapted to carry a roll of cleaning media thereon, the dispensing roller operable to dispense cleaning media by rotating in a first rotational direction;
a collection roller mounted to the frame and adapted to collect the cleaning media in a roll form once a portion of the cleaning media has transitioned across a cleaning surface of the frame positioned between the dispensing roller and the collection roller;
a tensioning arrangement mounted to the dispensing roller and operable impart a tensioning force on the cleaning media by rotating he dispensing roller in a second rotational direction opposite the first direction;
wherein the tensioning arrangement comprises a one-way clutch;
wherein the one-way clutch includes first and second clutch members which are mounted to the dispensing roller such that they may freely rotate relative thereto;
wherein the first clutch member includes a plurality of detents, and the second clutch member includes a plurality of ramped structures, the plurality of detents, and the second plurality of ramped structures such that both the first and second clutch members rotate in the first rotational direction with the dispensing roller; and
further comprising a rack and a pinion, the pinion fixedly mounted to the second clutch member for rotation with the second clutch member such that the pinion rotates in the first rotational direction with the first and second clutch members to move the rack in a linear first direction, wherein movement of the rack in the linear first direction compresses a biasing element operably connected to an end of the rack.
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A floor cleaning apparatus is provided. The floor cleaning apparatus includes a roller arrangement for carrying rolls of soiled and unsoiled cleaning media thereon. The floor cleaning apparatus also includes an actuation arrangement operable to simultaneously unwind unsoiled cleaning media and wind soiled cleaning media.
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1. A manual floor cleaning apparatus, comprising:
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a frame; a dispensing roller mounted to the frame and adapted to carry a roll of cleaning media thereon, the dispensing roller operable to dispense cleaning media by rotating in a first rotational direction; a collection roller mounted to the frame and adapted to collect the cleaning media in a roll form once a portion of the cleaning media has transitioned across a cleaning surface of the frame positioned between the dispensing roller and the collection roller; a tensioning arrangement mounted to the dispensing roller and operable impart a tensioning force on the cleaning media by rotating he dispensing roller in a second rotational direction opposite the first direction; wherein the tensioning arrangement comprises a one-way clutch; wherein the one-way clutch includes first and second clutch members which are mounted to the dispensing roller such that they may freely rotate relative thereto; wherein the first clutch member includes a plurality of detents, and the second clutch member includes a plurality of ramped structures, the plurality of detents, and the second plurality of ramped structures such that both the first and second clutch members rotate in the first rotational direction with the dispensing roller; and further comprising a rack and a pinion, the pinion fixedly mounted to the second clutch member for rotation with the second clutch member such that the pinion rotates in the first rotational direction with the first and second clutch members to move the rack in a linear first direction, wherein movement of the rack in the linear first direction compresses a biasing element operably connected to an end of the rack. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A manual floor cleaning apparatus, comprising:
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a frame; a dispensing roller mounted to the frame and adapted to carry a roll of cleaning media thereon, the dispensing roller operable to dispense cleaning media; a collection roller mounted to the frame and adapted to collect the cleaning media in a roll form once a portion of the cleaning media has transitioned across a cleaning surface of the frame positioned between the dispensing roller and the collection roller; wherein the dispensing roller and collection roller are mechanically connected such the dispensing roller and collection roller simultaneously rotate in a first rotational direction; a one-way clutch operable mounted between the dispensing roller and the collection roller, the one-way clutch operable to rotate in the first rotational direction with the dispensing roller and the collection rollers and operable to permit the dispensing roller to rotate in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction independently of the collection roller such that rotation of the dispensing roller in the second rotational direction does not result in rotation of the collection roller; wherein the one-way clutch comprises first and second clutch members mounted to the dispensing roller such that the first and second clutch members can rotate relative to the dispensing roller; and further comprising a rack, a pinion, and a biasing element, the pinion fixedly mounted for rotation with the dispensing roller, the rack in meshed contact with the pinion, the biasing element mounted to the pinion and to a retainer such that movement of the rack in a first linear direction compresses the biasing element. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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