Mop base fitted with a hinged rotation limiter

Abstract

The invention concerns a device attached to a mop base that facilitates its use on a wall, limiting its possible angular travel with respect to the handle and arranging it for a correct approach to and positioning against a vertical wall.

1 . A mop device comprising a base, a handle, and a rotation limiter fixed between the base and the handle, the rotation limiter in a first position close to the base intervening to limit the reciprocal rotation between the base and the handle to a position compatible with laying the base against a vertical wall with a cleaning cloth inserted, and in a second resting position some distance from the base provides the free reciprocal rotation between the base and the handle. 
     
     
         2 . The mop device according to  claim 1  wherein said rotation limiter is configured as an element joined in a sliding manner to the handle or to the base, the rotation limiter fitted with one or more end parts directed towards the base, which, in the first position close to the base, interfere with a surface of the base directed towards the handle, reducing the range of the angle of rotation around the longitudinal axis of the base itself. 
     
     
         3 . The mop device according to  claim 1  wherein said rotation limiter in said first position maintains a perpendicular position between the base and the handle, whereby the base may be positioned in a resting position against a vertical wall with the cleaning cloth inserted in between. 
     
     
         4 . The mop device according to  claim 1  wherein said rotation limiter in said first position maintains a perpendicular configuration between base and handle, whereby with the base resting on a floor the handle takes on an erect and stable position requiring an operator to position the handle against a wall or in a handle-holder retainer. 
     
     
         5 . The mop device according to  claim 1  wherein said rotation limiter passes from said first position to said second position by means of a sliding movement with an axis parallel to the axis of the handle. 
     
     
         6 . The mop device according to  claim 1  wherein said rotation limiter effects a shift between said first position and said second rest position following a sliding of the arrangement along the base kept constrained in a position resting against a wall, following an angulation of the handle. 
     
     
         7 . The mop device according to  claim 1  wherein the base includes two active working sides. 
     
     
         8 . The mop device according to  claim 7  wherein said rotation limiter is symmetrically arranged and configured in order to be able to carry out the limitation for each active surface to be rested against the wall. 
     
     
         9 . The mop device according to  claim 1  wherein said rotation limiter in combination with a base that has two active cleaning sides, in the rest configuration does not interfere with the rotation of the handle with respect to the base, allowing the handle to settle in an undisturbed manner for rotation above each of the two cleaning sides of the base. 
     
     
         10 . The mop device according to  claim 1  wherein between the mop base and the handle, double jointed hinging, the first of which corresponds to hinging with an axis practically parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base, and the second of which has an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the base, and there is an element that temporarily blocks the rotation around the hinging axis of the mop base around the perpendicular axis, and there the rotation limiter is connected solidly to the above-mentioned temporary blocking element. 
     
     
         11 . The mop device according to  claim 1  wherein said rotation limiter can pass from the first position to the second rest position, while the above-mentioned temporary blocking element in any event performs its function of blocking the rotation around the axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the base.