Cleaning device

• US 8,495,781 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2008
• Issued: 07/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
• Original Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
• Inventors: Dingert, Uwe
• Primary Examiner(s): Glessner, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): MATTEI, BRIAN DAVID
• Application Number:
  US12/808,864
• Publication Number:
  US 20100306939A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,686 Days
• Field of Search: 15/411, 15/44, 15/501, 15/503, 15/51, 15/52, 15/521, 153/20, 154/03, 153/401
• US Class Current: 15/50.3
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/22 Floor-sweeping machines, hand-driven
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/33 having means for storing dirt
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4016 specially adapted for collecting fluids
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4036 Parts or details of the surface treating tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4075 Handles; levers
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4083 Liquid supply reservoirs; Preparation of the agents, e.g. mixing devices

Abstract

A cleaning device for cleaning a floor includes a base body, a rotatable roller brush disposed on the base body, a dirt container disposed on the base body, a liquid container configured to receive a cleaning liquid disposed on the base body; and a sponge configured to receive a soiled cleaning liquid disposed on the base body.

Claims

1. A cleaning device for cleaning a floor, the device comprising:

a base body;

a rotatable roller brush disposed on the base body;

a dirt container disposed on the base body;

a liquid container configured to receive a cleaning liquid disposed on the base body;

a sponge configured to receive a soiled cleaning liquid disposed on the base body; and

a fabric covering on a side of the sponge lacing the floor,

wherein the base body includes a slot-shaped opening disposed on a side facing the floor, and

wherein the sponge projects through the slot-shaped opening so as to contact the floor.

2. The cleaning device as recited in claim 1, wherein the sponge is removable.

3. The cleaning device as recited in claim 1, wherein the liquid container is connected to the roller brush such that the cleaning liquid is applicable to the roller brush.

4. The cleaning device as recited in claim 1, wherein the roller brush has a plurality of bristles including a material having a water absorption capacity.

5. The cleaning device as recited in claim 4, wherein at least some of the plurality of bristles include a wear indicator.

6. The cleaning device as recited in claim 4, wherein at least some of the plurality of bristles are treated with an antibacterial agent.

7. The cleaning device as recited in claim 1, wherein the roller brush is vertically displaceable on the base body.

8. The cleaning device as recited in claim 1, wherein the sponge is operatively connected to the dirt container.

9. The cleaning device as recited in claim 8, further comprising a perforated partition disposed between the sponge and the dirt container.

10. The cleaning device as recited in claim 1, wherein the sponge is an open-cell sponge.

11. The cleaning device as recited in claim 1, wherein the sponge comprises a polyurethane.

12. A cleaning device for cleaning a floor, the device comprising:

a base body;

a rotatable roller brush disposed on the base body;

a dirt container disposed on the base body;

a handle;

a liquid container configured to receive a cleaning liquid disposed on the handle;

a sponge configured to receive a soiled cleaning liquid disposed on the base body; and

a fabric covering on a side of the sponge facing the floor,

wherein the base bogy includes a slot-shaped opening disposed on a side facing the floor, and

wherein the sponge projects through the slot-shaped opening so as to contact the floor.

13. The cleaning device as recited in claim 12, wherein the sponge is an open-cell sponge.

14. The cleaning device as recited in claim 12, wherein the sponge comprises a polyurethane.

15. A cleaning device for cleaning a floor, the device comprising:

a base body;

a rotatable roller brush disposed on the base body;

a dirt container disposed on the base body;

a liquid receiving device configured to receive a cleaning liquid disposed on the base body;

a mechanism configured to receive a soiled cleaning liquid disposed on the base body; and

a fabric covering on a side of the mechanism facing the floor,

wherein to base body includes a slot-shaped opening disposed on a side facing the floor, and

wherein the mechanism projects through the slot-shaped opening so as to contact the floor.

16. The cleaning device as recited in claim 15, wherein the liquid receiving device includes a suction device.

17. The cleaning device as recited in claim 15, wherein the mechanism comprises a zeolite.

18. The cleaning device as recited in claim 15, wherein the mechanism comprises a silicate.

19. The cleaning device as recited in claim 15, wherein the mechanism comprises a chemical drying agent or a super-absorber.