Procedure and device for cleaning floors with flat cleaning mops

Abstract

In a procedure for cleaning floors by hand with the help of flat cleaning mops, mops provided with a certain quantity of cleaning solution are used. In this case, at least one mop is removed from a storage container, and saturated with solution before or during removal; the solution is applied onto the surface of the mop; the mops are stored as is after use in a holding container up to their disposal for purposes of regeneration. A device for fitting and preparing a large number of flat cleaning mops consists of a storage container, which has a removal opening for removing mops, and is provided inside with a feeding device for prior saturating the removed mops with cleaning solution.

1 . Procedure for cleaning floors by hand with the help of flat cleaning mops, wherein mops provided with a certain quantity of cleaning solution are used, characterized in that at least one mop is removed from a storage container, that the mops are saturated with solution before or during removal and that the solution is applied onto the surface of the mop.  
   
   
       2 . Procedure according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the mops are fanned out and are stacked one on top of the other in the storage container.  
   
   
       3 . Procedure according to  claim 2 , characterized in that only the respective mop removed from the stack is saturated with solution.  
   
   
       4 . Procedure according to  claim 3 , characterized in that the respective uppermost or lowermost mop of the stack is saturated with solution and then removed.  
   
   
       5 . Procedure according to  claim 3 , characterized in that the respective uppermost mop of the stack is taken off and saturated with solution in the direction taken off behind the stack.  
   
   
       6 . Procedure according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the mops are saturated with a metered quantity of the solution.  
   
   
       7 . Procedure according to  claim 6 , characterized in that the mops are saturated with the solution via spraying.  
   
   
       8 . Procedure according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the mops are kept as is after use in a holding container until disposed of for purposes of their regeneration.  
   
   
       9 . Procedure for cleaning floors by hand with the help of flat cleaning mops, wherein mops provided with a certain quantity of cleaning solution are used, characterized in that at least one mop is removed from a storage container, that the mops are saturated with solution at removal and that the solution is applied onto the surface of the mop.  
   
   
       10 . Procedure for cleaning floors by hand with the help of flat cleaning mops, wherein mops provided with a certain quantity of cleaning solution are used, characterized in that at least one mop is removed from a storage container, that the mops are saturated with solution after removal and that the solution is applied onto the surface of the mop.  
   
   
       11 . Procedure according to  claim 9 , characterized in that the mops are individually filled in compartments and are removed therefrom, respectively.  
   
   
       12 . Procedure according to  claim 11 , characterized in that each compartment is filled with a single mop.  
   
   
       13 . Procedure according to claims  9 , characterized in that the mops are removed from its respective compartments and are brought into a removal position, in which they are fanned out horizontally, which removal position is accessible from outside.  
   
   
       14 . Procedure according to  claim 13 , characterized in that the mops are brought into a removal position with a downward oriented cleaning face.  
   
   
       15 . Procedure according to  claim 9 , characterized in that the mops are saturated with solution at its removal by sinking it into a stock of cleaning solution.  
   
   
       16 . Procedure according to  claim 15 , characterized in that each mop is saturated with a metered quantity of the solution.  
   
   
       17 . Procedure according to  claim 9 , characterized in that the mops are kept as is after use in a holding container until disposed of for purposes of their regeneration.  
   
   
       18 . Procedure according to  claim 8 , characterized in that the storage and holding containers are safeguarded against unauthorized removals.  
   
   
       19 . Procedure according to  claim 1  characterized in that removal of the mops from the storage container is automatically controlled.  
   
   
       20 . Device for fitting and preparing flat cleaning mops with a storage container, which stores a larger number of mops, has a removal opening for removing mops, and is provided inside with a feeding device for saturating the mops with cleaning solution.  
   
   
       21 . Device according to  claim 20 , characterized in that it also has a holding container for accommodating the dirty mops after their use.  
   
   
       22 . Device according to  claim 20 , characterized in that it comprises a metering device that routes an adjustable quantity of the solution to the feeding device from a tank with fresh cleaning solution.  
   
   
       23 . Device according to  claim 22 , characterized in that the metering device, the tank for the cleaning solution and a compressed air bottle are situated in a separate casing to convey the solution via compressed air to the feeding device.  
   
   
       24 . Device according to  claim 20 , characterized in that the feeding device is designed as a spraying device.  
   
   
       25 . Device according to  claim 20 , characterized in that the storage container has a magazine with a horizontal cross section, which corresponds roughly to the dimensions of a fanned-out mop, and whose height is dimensioned according to the stacking height of the number of fresh mops stacked one on top of the other therein.  
   
   
       26 . Device according to  claim 25 , characterized in that the stack with fresh mops is situated below, and the feeding device ( 11 ) above, inside the storage container relative to the removal opening.  
   
   
       27 . Device according to  claim 26 , characterized in that the feeding device has spray nozzles distributed over the container cross section, which are connected with the metering device.  
   
   
       28 . Device according to  claim 25 , characterized in that an intermediate floor carrying the stack and situated in the storage container can be adjusted in height based on the stack height, which diminishes as the mops stacked in the magazine are removed.  
   
   
       29 . Device according to  claim 28 , characterized in that the height of the intermediate floor can be incrementally adjusted, wherein the height is adjusted by about the thickness of one mop in each increment.  
   
   
       30 . Device according to  claim 29 , characterized in that each height adjustment is linked with an actuation of the metering device, so that the respectively removed mop or uppermost mop of the stack is saturated with solution.  
   
   
       31 . Device according to  claim 28 , characterized in that the height of the intermediate floor is advantageously adjusted by a spring force, exerted by the removal of the stack weight or through the use of an upper stop.  
   
   
       32 . Device according to  claim 20 , characterized in that the removal opening is sealed from outside by a flap, which, when opened, actuates the metering device, whose subsequent actuation is disabled until the saturated mop has been removed.  
   
   
       33 . Device according to  claim 21 , characterized in that the lid section of the holding container has a feed inlet bridged to the inside by a deflection compartment, which prevents a hand from reaching in.  
   
   
       34 . Device according to  claim 25 , characterized in that the storage container has a drip floor below the stack for cleaning solution released to the sides of the stack.  
   
   
       35 . Device for fitting and preparing flat cleaning mops with a storage container, which stores a larger number of mops and has a removal opening for removing mops, which device is provided with a feeding device for prior saturating the removed mops with cleaning solution.  
   
   
       36 . Device according to  claim 35 , characterized in that the feeding device is formed as a flat trough.  
   
   
       37 . Device according to  claim 36 , characterized in that the trough comprises a perforated flexible upper plate and a stiff lower plate, the stiff lower plate being arranged underneath the perforated flexible upper plate at a distance such, that, upon elastic deformation of the flexible upper plate, the flexible upper plate may abut against the stiff lower plate.  
   
   
       38 . Device according to  claim 37 , characterized in that the stiff lower plate is perforated.  
   
   
       39 . Device according to  claim 35 , characterized in that the storage container is formed as a rotatable drum having a plurality of radially arranged compartments, wherein the dimensions of each compartment correspond roughly to the dimensions of a fanned out mop.  
   
   
       40 . Device according to  claim 39 , characterized in that the removal opening for removing mops from the drum is formed in a fixed casing of the drum, wherein the removal opening is arranged in a position underneath a horizontal plane passing through the center of the drum, and wherein the aperture of the removal opening corresponds roughly to an aperture of the radially arranged compartments.  
   
   
       41 . Device according to  claim 40 , characterized in that a guide plate is arranged at the removal opening for guiding the mops to a removal position in the trough.  
   
   
       42 . Device according to  claim 39 , characterized in that a filling opening for filling mops in the storage container is formed in a fixed casing of the drum, wherein the filling opening is arranged in a position above a horizontal plane passing through the center of the drum.  
   
   
       43 . Device according to  claim 42 , characterized in that an aperture of the filling opening corresponds roughly to a plurality of apertures of the radially arranged compartments.  
   
   
       44 . Device according to  claim 35 , characterized in that it has a holding container for accommodating the dirty mops after their use.  
   
   
       45 . Device according to  claim 35 , characterized in that it comprises a metering device that routes an adjustable quantity of the solution to the feeding device from a tank with fresh cleaning solution.  
   
   
       46 . Device according to  claim 44 , characterized in that a lid section of the holding container has a feed inlet bridged to the inside by a deflection compartment, which prevents a hand from reaching in.