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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8046863 | Integrated mop system In an embodiment, a mop includes a mop head and a shaft attached to the mop head. A handle is attached to the shaft by a pivot. An actuator member is coupled to the handle between a grip end and the pivot. Translation of the handle causes the actuator member to tran... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7984527 | Handheld cleaning implement A cleaning implement is specifically designed to be held with one hand during cleaning operations. The implement has an upper control section and a lower cleaning section which are detachable from each other. The lower section is primarily a cleaning element in the ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7945982 | Mop structure A mop structure includes an adjusting sleeve sheathed to a mop tube, and the mop tube slidably connected to a slide bushing includes a slide bushing thread secured with a corresponding adjusting sleeve thread. A pull handle is pivotally connected to the slide bushin... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7624469 | Cleaning implement Disclosed is a cleaning implement, preferably in the form of a roller mop, that includes a mop head, a shaft, and a wringer. The cleaning implement further includes a connecting link connected to the mop head and to the shaft or wringer. The mop head has a connectin... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7555805 | Holding assembly for sweeping and wringing apparatus A holding assembly for a sweeping and wringing apparatus comprises a fastening assembly, fastened to a lower end of a holding rod of the sweeping and wringing apparatus, having a chamber which is enclosed by a left wall and a right wall into which insertion holes ar... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555804 | Cleaning head for sweeping and wringing apparatus A cleaning head for a sweeping and wringing apparatus is mounted on a lower end of a connecting rod thereof and comprises a cleaning element, having a sweeping part and a held part, a base plate, holding the held part of said cleaning element and having two fixing e... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555803 | Sponge mop construction A squeeze mop head construction includes a squeeze housing with a separate and separable sponge assembly that includes catch members positioned in a manner which ensures retention of the sponge assembly by the squeeze housing, and which further ensures that lateral ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7469441 | Floor mop A floor mop has two mop supporting wings, which carry an absorbent mop layer and are hinge-connected to a common supporting centerpiece. A mop handle is hinge-mounted to the supporting centerpiece via a Cardan joint. A squeezing slider, which is displaceable along t... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7418758 | Baseboard cleaning apparatus An apparatus for cleaning a baseboard of a wall generally comprises an extendable handle to which a friction decreasing device such as a wheel, an adsorbent/desorbent pad and a pad compression device are assembled in a manner such that the lower end of said apparatu... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7398576 | Sponge mop and scrubber A mop has a shaft, a housing at a distal end of the shaft, a sponge movably coupled to the housing, and a pair of rollers. The pair of rollers are movably mounted to the housing spaced apart from each other and straddle at least a portion of the sponge. The mop also... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7334285 | Attachment mechanism with an adapter to a metal mop head to removably and securely retain a cleaning implement attachment on a wringer mop A cleaning attachment which removably holds the cleaning implement such as a scrubber pad or a scrub brush in place on a wringer mop head and will not fall off during the vigorous scrubbing or brushing action because it is locked in place by means of a novel attachi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7293317 | Holding device and cleaning tool with the holding device Disclosed is a holding device including a handle and a support member pivotally connected to a front end of the handle for supporting a cleaning wiper. The support member has a pivot axis oriented in a direction crossing a shaft axis of the handle. The support membe... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7269875 | Cleaning apparatus Fluid is removed from the cleaning element of such as a sponge mop or string mop by inflating a bladder or like expansible member which is positioned in an enclosure adjacent the cleaning element, causing the expansible member to expand into contact with the cleanin... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264413 | Mops with one or more cleaning members Mops comprising one or more cleaning members. In select embodiments, the cleaning members are releasably secured to the mop and may be capable of compression. In these embodiments, the different cleaning members enable the mop to operate in a plurality of different ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263739 | Roller for mop The cleaning implement includes a shaft having an operator end and a cleaning end, a mop head comprising a liquid-absorbent material and a wringing mechanism. The mop head and the wringing mechanism are movable relative to one another between at least a cleaning pos... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260863 | Surgical scrub brush and cleaner apparatus A scrub brush-sponge includes a base provided with a recessed peripheral lip, which has a plurality of attenuated regions configured to minimize the resistance of the base to external bending forces, and a sponge coupled to the base and made from polymeric material,... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257853 | Mops and mop components Disclosed is a butterfly mop having an elongate shaft with a mop element disposed at one end of the shaft and a wringer connected to the shaft and the mop element. In preferred embodiments, the wringer includes a channel body having first and second leg portions def... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7225497 | Mop device A mop device includes a handle member, a pulling grip, a connecting rod, a press assembly, a flat base and a guide arm. The handle member is fixedly attached to a joint head and the joint head has a fork free end with a traverse threaded hole. The pulling grip is pi... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225495 | Mop with attached scrubber A separate scrubber is securely attached to a mop that has a sponge mop element. The scrubber is attached to the mounting head with mounting stems. The mounting stems take the form of walls that are spaced at a distance apart. One or more of the walls has an outward... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216403 | Ergonomic appliance handle The ergonomic appliance handle is an extension handle that is attachable to a carrying or transport handle on a canister style vacuum cleaner or similar floor appliance. The ergonomic appliance handle provides an elongated handle shaft that is attached to the canist... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213296 | Spreading apparatus for flowable materials and spreader pad therefor A spreading apparatus is provided for spreading flowable materials such as adhesives and/or sealants on a surface such as a floor and/or a wall. The apparatus has a pad retainer for retaining a removable spreader pad and a reservoir chamber for flowable material piv... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7197785 | Connecting assembly for sweeping and wringing apparatus A connecting assembly for a sweeping and wringing apparatus is used in conjunction with a sweeping and wringing apparatus having a cleaning head, a main rod and a U-shaped wringing rod and comprises a connecting rod, having an upper end that is hingedly connected wi... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7185387 | Dismountable cleaning head for sweeping apparatus A cleaning head for a sweeping and wringing apparatus, connected with a connecting part thereof, comprises a cleaning element, having a sweeping part and a held part, a base plate on an upper side of the cleaning part, on a top side carrying two fastening elements w... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181801 | Absorbent structure for cleaning surfaces The invention relates to an absorbent structure for cleaning surfaces. The absorbent structure has areas or sections or mixtures comprising different material, these areas, sections or mixtures having either a primarily absorbent effect or a primarily cleaning effec... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178189 | Mop with clamping assembly A mop is provided having a clamping assembly formed of a hinge having flanges for clamping a sponge movable into a mop head cavity in a wringing position, then to a neutral position and by depressing a release member and rotating a lever the sponge may be released f... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178194 | Mop A mop has a holder for attaching a mop covering. The holder is composed of an at least substantially rigid core and of a flexible edge lining that is placed along a part or all of the edge of the flat core, and/or the mop covering projects beyond the holder on at le... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171720 | Device for expelling liquid from a wiping element The invention relates to a device for expelling liquid from a wiping element which is held on a wiping head of a surface cleaning device so as to form a wiping surface, comprising a container, in which a wiping element holding device accommodating the wiping element... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163349 | Combined cleaning pad and cleaning implement Cleaning compositions, pads, wipes, and implements provide effective cleaning of hard surfaces. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7144172 | Cleaning device with sponge-like working element A cleaning device, comprising a housing having a substantially vertical axis; a sponge-like working element movable between a working position in which it is located outside the housing for cleaning a surface, and a position in it is forcedly moved into the housing ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144173 | Cleaning composition, pad, wipe, implement, and system and method of use thereof Cleaning compositions, pads, wipes, and implements provide effective cleaning of hard surfaces. ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7124465 | Multi-layered hanging cleaning sponge The present invention is directed to a cleaning sponge. The cleaning sponge contains a cavity that is cut radially inward through one of the sides of the sponge. The cavity is located closer to the side of the sponge rather than its center. Furthermore, the sponge h... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7120962 | Cleaning implement head with dual cleaning members A cleaning tool implement has a cleaning head having dual parallel aligned supports. The supports can take the form of interconnected parallel plates which are configured and sized to receive and removeably secure cleaning elements, for example, bonnets with strande... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7086114 | Wet floor wiping device A wet floor wiping device includes a mop made of absorbent material and a mop frame exhibiting a center carrier piece (4) attached to a handle (3). Mounted pivotably at each hinge edge (5) at the center carrier piece (4) are two mop carri... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7055204 | Cleaning device A cleaning device having a support pad with a planar side and a side opposed to the planar side. An electrostatic cleaning sheet is detachably secured across the planar side of the pad. An elongated arm is secured at one end to the opposed side of the support pad. A... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044674 | Multi purpose hand held cleaning device Multi purpose hand held cleaning device comprising a gun shaped handle portion, a first tubular portion perpendicularly attached at one end to the handle portion, a U shaped frame attached at the opposite end, the legs of the U frame terminating in transverse roller... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7028363 | Swivel pad painter A painting tool capable of swiveling through 360 degrees comprising a base having a pad mounted thereto and upwardly projecting threaded portion on the base having a recess or socket and a handle having a ball at one end to engage the socket. A threaded nut joins th... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6983509 | Sweeping and wringing apparatus A sweeping and wringing apparatus, comprising: a handle; a moving bar, having an upper end that is hingedly connected with the handle at a middle position thereof and a lower end that is placed inside the handle at a lower position thereof; a transmission rod, glidi... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6976282 | Dual-function cleaning device A cleaning device includes a rod having a frame connected to an end thereof and a connection member is connected to two assist plates which movably extend through the frame and pivotably connected to a pull handle on the rod. Two boards are pivotably connected to tw... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6926678 | Sample collection and delivery device A specimen collecting device is disclosed. The device has an elongated foam member that is circumscribed by a hollow tubular member along a portion of its longitudinal axis. The hollow tubular member has a cross sectional area less than the uncompressed cross sectio... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920664 | Mop with attached wringer cup A mop with an attached wringer cup has a set of perforations near the outwardly tapering lower end of the wringer cup. The perforations have a width that is equal to about one-third the diameter of the handle, and less than the width of the flat mop strips that form... | 07/26/2005 |
