Fluid distribution nozzle and stream pattern

• US 6,976,802 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2002
• Issued: 12/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Clorox Company
• Original Assignee: Clorox Company
• Inventors: Chow, Katie K., Minkler, Douglas J., Hall, Michael J., Mitra, Shumanta, Couts, Danielle J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Justine R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, HUYEN D
• Application Number:
  US10/233,773
• Publication Number:
  US 20040076463A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,208 Days
• Field of Search: 401136-140, 401/268, 401/270, 401/284, 401/271, 401/274, 401/282, 401/283, 401/286, 401/187, 152/28
• US Class Current: 401/140
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/22 with liquid-feeding devices
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/26 Other cleaning devices with liquid supply arrangements such arrangements on floor-polishing machines A47L11/00, on scrapers A47L13/03, on mops A47L13/22; cloths, pads, or the like containing cleaning agents A47L13/17, A47L13/19
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/312 supplied with liquid wax or oil
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/44 Securing scouring-cloths to the brush or like body of the implement

Abstract

An advanced cleaning system having a handle portion with a proximal end and a distal end, a cleaning head portion, the cleaning head portion adapted for use with a removable cleaning pad, and a cleaning fluid reservoir fluidically coupled to the cleaning head portion such that cleaning fluid is controllably allowed to flow via gravity onto the surface to be cleaned adjacent the cleaning head portion.

Claims

1. A liquid distribution nozzle detachably snap-mounted onto a head portion of a gravity-fed cleaning system having a (i) a handle portion, (ii) a liquid reservoir held within a housing on the handle portion and (iii) a head portion pivotally coupled to the handle portion, the nozzle comprising:

an inlet for liquid passing through the nozzle;

a central liquid chamber; and

a plurality of liquid outlet orifices, the plurality of liquid outlet orifices each in fluid communication with the central liquid chamber, the plurality of liquid outlet orifices each having a predetermined shape and orientation within the nozzle, wherein discharge of liquid from the nozzle under the force of gravity results in liquid uniformly distributed in a predetermined pattern in front of the head portion of the cleaning system.

2. The liquid distribution nozzle of claim 1 in which the nozzle is constructed integrally with the head portion.

3. The liquid distribution nozzle of claim 1 in which the nozzle is permanently mounted to the head portion.

4. A liquid distribution nozzle detachably mounted to a head portion of a gravity-fed cleaning system with a bayonet-type mounting, the cleaning system having a (i) a handle portion, (ii) a liquid reservoir held within a housing on the handle portion and (iii) a head portion pivotally coupled to the handle portion, the nozzle comprising:

an inlet for liquid passing through the nozzle;

a central liquid chamber; and

a plurality of liquid outlet orifices, the plurality of liquid outlet orifices each in fluid communication with the central liquid chamber, the plurality of liquid outlet orifices each having a predetermined shape and orientation thin the nozzle, wherein discharge of liquid from the nozzle under the force of gravity results in liquid uniformly distributed in a predetermined pattern in front of the head portion of the cleaning system.

5. A liquid distribution nozzle detachably and slide mounted to a head portion of a gravity-fed cleaning system having a (i) a handle portion, (ii) a liquid reservoir held within a housing on th handle portion and (iii) a head portion pivotally coupled to the handle portion, the nozzle comprising:

an inlet for liquid passing through the nozzle;

a central liquid chamber; and

a plurality of liquid outlet orifices, the plurality of liquid outlet orifices each in fluid communication with the central liquid chamber, the plurality of liquid outlet orifices each having a predetermined shape and orientation within the nozzle, wherein discharge of liquid from the nozzle under the force of gravity results in liquid uniformly distributed in a predetermined pattern in front of the head portion of the cleaning system.