US2018160876A1PendingUtilityA1

Cleaning tool

Assignee: CHEN SHIGUANGPriority: Aug 8, 2016Filed: Aug 9, 2017Published: Jun 14, 2018
Est. expiryAug 8, 2036(~10 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Shiguang Chen
A47L 13/58A46B 2200/30A47L 13/22A46B 15/0055A47L 13/02A47L 13/254A47L 13/20
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Abstract

A cleaning tool comprises a mop, a cleaning base and a bucket, wherein the mop comprises a mop rod, and a cleaning head provided with a wiper is arranged at the lower end of the mop rod; the cleaning base is connected to the bucket through a guide rail and can move up and down relative to the bucket in a guided mode through the guide rail; the cleaning base can abut against the wiping surface of the cleaning head erected in the bucket and can move up and down relatively. The cleaning tool is characterized in that a water pumping device is arranged in the bucket or between the cleaning base and the bucket, and the cleaning base moves up and down relative to the bucket so that the water pumping device can be driven to deliver water in the bucket to the wiping surface of the cleaning head of the mop for cleaning. The water pumping device is arranged, the cleaning base moves up and down relative to the bucket to drive the water pumping device to discharge water onto the wiping surface of the cleaning head erected in the bucket for cleaning, the water pumping device is easy, convenient and fast to operate, and the cleaning base abuts against the wiper of the cleaning head for operation, so that the cleaning effect is better; the working efficiency of the cleaned mop is high, and bacterium breeding can be prevented when the clean mop is stored.

Claims

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1 . A cleaning tool, comprising a mop ( 1 ), a cleaning base ( 2 ) and a bucket ( 3 ), wherein the mop comprises a mop rod ( 1 - 1 ), and a cleaning head ( 1 - 2 ) provided with a wiper is arranged at the lower end of the mop rod; the cleaning base ( 2 ) is connected to the bucket ( 3 ) through a guide rail, and the cleaning base can move up and down relative to the bucket in a guided mode through the guide rail; the cleaning base ( 2 ) can abut against the wiping surface of the cleaning head ( 1 - 2 ) erected in the bucket ( 3 ) and can move up and down relatively; characterized in that a water pumping device ( 4 ) is arranged in the bucket ( 3 ) or between the cleaning base ( 2 ) and the bucket ( 3 ), and the cleaning base ( 2 ) moves up and down relative to the bucket ( 3 ) so that the water pumping device ( 4 ) can be driven to deliver water in the bucket ( 3 ) to the wiping surface of the cleaning head ( 1 - 2 ) of the mop for cleaning. 
     
     
         2 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the water pumping device ( 4 ) is arranged between the cleaning base ( 2 ) and the bucket ( 3 ) and comprises an inner rod and an outer rod sleeving the inner rod, and a sealing device is arranged between the inner rod and the outer rod; a lower rod ( 1 - 3 ) of one of the inner rod and the outer rod is connected into the bucket ( 3 ) and internally provided with a water inlet channel ( 8 ), and the water inlet channel ( 8 ) can communicate with a water storage part in the bucket ( 3 ) and is connected with a water inlet device ( 9 ); an upper rod ( 1 - 4 ) of one of the inner rod and the outer rod is connected with the cleaning base ( 2 ) and internally provided with a water outlet channel ( 10 ), and the water outlet channel ( 10 ) is connected with a water outlet device ( 11 ); a cavity between the water inlet device ( 9 ) and the water outlet device ( 11 ) of the water pumping device ( 4 ) is the water storage part ( 12 ) of the water pumping device, and the cleaning base ( 2 ) can move up and down relative to the bucket ( 3 ) in a guided mode through the inner rod and the outer rod sleeving the inner rod. 
     
     
         3 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 2 , characterized in that the water inlet channel ( 8 ) can extend out of the lower rod ( 1 - 3 ), the water inlet device ( 9 ) comprises a movable abutting piece ( 9 - 1 ) arranged in the water inlet channel ( 8 ), and the abutting piece ( 9 - 1 ) can seal the water inlet end of the water inlet channel ( 8 ) in an abutting mode through self gravity or by being connected with a reset device ( 9 - 2 ) and can move to not seal the water inlet channel ( 8 ) in the abutting mode anymore; the water outlet channel ( 10 ) can extend out of the upper rod ( 1 - 4 ), the water outlet device ( 11 ) comprises a movable abutting piece ( 11 - 1 ) arranged in the water outlet channel ( 10 ), and the abutting piece ( 11 - 1 ) can seal the water storage part end of the water outlet channel ( 10 ) in an abutting mode through self gravity or by being connected with a reset device ( 11 - 2 ) and can move to not seal the water outlet channel ( 10 ) in the abutting mode anymore. 
     
     
         4 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 2 , characterized in that the water pumping device ( 4 ) is connected with a control mechanism ( 6 ) which comprises an exhaust port ( 12 - 1 ) formed in the water storage part ( 12 ) of the water pumping device, the exhaust port ( 12 - 1 ) is connected with a movable exhaust valve ( 12 - 2 ), and the exhaust valve ( 12 - 2 ) can move to seal the exhaust port ( 12 - 1 ) in an abutting mode or to not seal the exhaust port ( 12 - 1 ) in the abutting mode anymore; the water pumping device ( 4 ) can pump water or stop pumping water by controlling the exhaust port ( 12 - 1 ) to be in the sealed state or the non-sealed state. 
     
     
         5 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the water pumping device ( 4 ) is arranged between the cleaning base ( 2 ) and the bucket ( 3 ) and comprises a rotatable impeller ( 13 ) arranged in the bucket ( 3 ), the cleaning base ( 2 ) is connected with a threaded rod piece ( 14 ), a rotating piece ( 15 ) is arranged in the impeller ( 13 ), a thread ( 15 - 1 ) matched with the threaded rod piece ( 14 ) is arranged in the rotating piece ( 15 ), and the cleaning base ( 2 ) can move up and down relative to the bucket ( 3 ) in a guided mode through matching between the threaded rod piece ( 14 ) and the impeller ( 13 ); a one-way transmission mechanism ( 16 ) is arranged between the rotating piece ( 15 ) and the impeller ( 13 ), and the threaded rod piece ( 14 ) can move up and down relative to the bucket ( 3 ) to drive the impeller ( 13 ) to rotate in one direction; a shell ( 17 ) is arranged on the periphery of the impeller ( 13 ) and connected to the water storage part of the bucket, and the shell ( 17 ) is connected with a water outlet pipeline ( 18 ) which can deliver water to the wiping surface of the cleaning head ( 1 - 2 ); an opening communicating with the water storage part in the bucket is formed in the shell ( 17 ), and the threaded rod piece ( 14 ) moves up and down relative to the impeller ( 13 ) to discharge water in the shell ( 17 ) to the wiping surface of the cleaning head ( 1 - 2 ), erected in the bucket, of the mop through the water outlet pipeline ( 18 ). 
     
     
         6 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 5 , characterized in that the one-way transmission mechanism ( 16 ) comprises a transmission gear ( 15 - 2 ) arranged at the bottom of the rotating piece ( 15 ) and a transmission gear ( 13 - 1 ) arranged at the bottom of the inner side of the impeller ( 13 ), the two transmission gears are provided with engaging surfaces and sliding surfaces matched with the engaging surfaces, and the rotating piece ( 15 ) can move up and down relative to the impeller ( 13 ); when the rotating piece rotates in one direction to make the engaging surfaces of the two transmission gears abut against each other, one-way transmission is formed; when the rotating piece rotates in another direction to make the sliding surfaces of the two transmission gears abut against each other, the rotating piece ( 15 ) moves relative to the impeller ( 13 ), so that idling is formed. 
     
     
         7 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 5 , characterized in that the water pumping device ( 4 ) is connected with a control mechanism ( 6 ) which comprises a movable or rotatable water outlet pipeline ( 18 ) connected to the shell ( 17 ), and the water pumping device ( 4 ) can discharge water to the wiping surface of the cleaning head ( 1 - 2 ) erected in the bucket ( 3 ) or discharge water deviating from of the wiping surface of the cleaning head ( 1 - 2 ) by controlling the direction of a water outlet ( 18 - 4 ) of the water outlet pipeline ( 18 ). 
     
     
         8 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 7 , characterized in that the water outlet end of the water outlet pipeline ( 18 ) is sleeved with a rotatable water connector ( 18 - 3 ). 
     
     
         9 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the water pumping device ( 4 ) is arranged in the bucket ( 3 ) and comprises a pump body ( 19 ), a piston ( 20 ) and a driving piece ( 21 ), the pump body ( 19 ) is connected to the bucket ( 3 ), a water storage cavity ( 19 - 1 ) is formed in the pump body ( 19 ) and connected with a water inlet channel ( 22 ), the water storage cavity ( 19 - 1 ) can communicate with the water storage part in the bucket through the water inlet channel ( 22 ), and the water inlet channel ( 22 ) is connected with a water inlet device ( 22 - 1 ); one end of the driving piece ( 21 ) is arranged outside the pump body ( 19 ) and can abut against the cleaning base ( 2 ) arranged in the bucket, the other end of the driving piece ( 21 ) penetrates into the water storage cavity ( 19 - 1 ) of the pump body, and the driving piece ( 21 ) can move up and down relative to the pump body ( 19 ); the piston ( 20 ) is arranged in the water storage cavity ( 19 - 1 ), and the outer side wall of the piston ( 20 ) abuts against the side wall of the water storage cavity; the piston ( 20 ) is connected to the end, arranged in the water storage cavity ( 19 - 1 ), of the driving piece ( 21 ), and the piston ( 20 ) can move up and down relative to the pump body ( 19 ) along with the driving piece ( 21 ); the water storage cavity ( 19 - 1 ) is connected with a water outlet channel ( 23 ) and can communicate with the outside of the pump body ( 19 ) through the water outlet channel ( 23 ), and the water outlet channel ( 23 ) is connected with the water outlet device ( 23 - 1 ); the cleaning base ( 2 ) can move up and down relative to the bucket ( 3 ) to make the driving piece ( 21 ) move in an abutting mode. 
     
     
         10 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 9 , characterized in that the water inlet device ( 22 - 1 ) comprises a movable abutting piece ( 22 - 5 ) arranged in the water inlet channel ( 22 ), and the abutting piece ( 22 - 5 ) can seal the water inlet end of the water inlet channel ( 22 ) in an abutting mode through self gravity or by being connected with a reset device and can move to not seal the water inlet channel ( 22 ) in the abutting mode anymore; the water outlet device ( 23 - 1 ) comprises a movable abutting piece ( 23 - 3 ) arranged in the water outlet channel ( 23 ), and the abutting piece ( 23 - 3 ) can seal the water storage part end of the water outlet channel ( 23 ) through self gravity or by being connected with the reset device and can move to not seal the water outlet channel ( 23 ) in the abutting mode anymore; a reset device ( 26 ) is arranged between the pressed driving piece ( 21 ) and the pump body. 
     
     
         11 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 9 , characterized in that the control mechanism ( 6 ) comprises a movable or rotatable water outlet channel ( 23 ) connected to the water storage cavity ( 19 - 1 ), and the water pumping device ( 4 ) can discharge water to the wiping surface of the cleaning head ( 1 - 2 ) erected in the bucket or discharge water deviating from the wiping surface of the cleaning head ( 1 - 2 ) by controlling the direction of the water outlet ( 23 - 4 ) of the water outlet channel ( 23 ). 
     
     
         12 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 11 , characterized in that the water outlet end of the water outlet channel ( 23 ) is sleeved with a rotatable water connector ( 23 - 2 ). 
     
     
         13 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 9 , characterized in that the guide rail comprises an inner rod and an outer rod, the inner rod is sleeved with the outer rod, a lower rod ( 1 - 3 ) of one of the inner rod and the outer rod is connected to the bucket ( 3 ), an upper rod ( 1 - 4 ) of one of the inner rod and the outer rod is connected with the cleaning base ( 2 ), and the cleaning base ( 2 ) can move up and down relative to the bucket ( 3 ) in a guided mode through the inner rod and the outer rod sleeving the inner rod. 
     
     
         14 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 9 , characterized in that the guide rail comprises a guiding piece and a guiding rail, and the guiding piece is sleeved with the guiding rail; the guiding rail is arranged on the side wall of the bucket, the guiding piece is connected to the cleaning base, and the cleaning base can move up and down relative to the bucket in a guided mode through matching between the guiding piece and the guiding rail. 
     
     
         15 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the cleaning base ( 2 ) comprises a brush or a scraping strip, and the wiping surface of the cleaning head ( 1 - 2 ) erected in the bucket ( 3 ) can abut against the brush or the scraping strip.

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