Sponge mop with cleaning tank attached thereto

• US 6,146,041 A
• Filed: 01/19/2000
• Issued: 11/14/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: He-Jin Chen
• Original Assignee: Chia-Yi Hsieh, He-Jin Chen
• Inventors: Chen, He-Jin, Hsieh, Chia-Yi
• Primary Examiner(s): Walczak, David J.
• Application Number:
  US09/487,659
• Time in Patent Office: 300 Days
• Field of Search: 401/140, 401/270, 401/282, 401/283, 401/284, 401/203, 401/207, 401/204, 401/205, 401/138, 15/119.1, 15/119.2
• US Class Current: 401/140
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/22 with liquid-feeding devices
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 5/0414 Plug channel at 90 degrees to the inlet

Abstract

A sponge mop includes a handle having an assembly frame connected to a lower end thereof and a cleaning tank is connected to the assembly frame. The assembly frame has two separated parts and each part having a roller connected thereto so that a sponge is connected between the two rollers. A lever member is pivotally connected to the handle and two siderails are connected between the sponge and the lever member. A valve is connected between the cleaning tank and the sponge so that when operating the valve to an open position, the detergent in the tank flows to the sponge.

Claims

1. A sponge mop comprising:

a handle having an assembly frame connected to a lower end thereof and said assembly frame having two separated parts, each part having a roller connected thereto, a connection plate connected between said two parts, a hole defined through said connection plate and a neck extending from said connection plate and enclosing said hole, a lever member pivotally connected to said handle;

a sponge having a ridge extending therefrom and said ridge located between said two parts, two siderails connected between said ridge of said sponge and said lever member; and

a cleaning tank connected to said assembly frame and a valve connected between said cleaning tank and said sponge, said valve having an extension portion engaged with said neck, a passage defined through one of said two parts and communicating with an interior of said extension portion of said valve and said hole, and an engaging hole defined radially in said sponge and communicating with said passage.

2. The sponge mop as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a tube extending from said cleaning tank and communicating with an interior of said cleaning tank, said valve mounted to said tube and having an inner tube rotatably received in said valve, said inner tube having a radial hole defined therethrough and communicating with said interior of said extension portion of said valve when rotating said inner tube to an open position.

3. The sponge mop as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a longitudinal passage defined through said sponge and communicating with said engaging hole of said sponge.

4. The sponge mop as claimed in claim 1, wherein said assembly frame has a slot defined therethrough, said cleaning tank having a nose extending therefrom and said nose engaged with said slot.

5. The sponge mop as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cleaning tank has a notch defined in a top thereof and a hook extends from said handle so that said hook is engaged with said notch.