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EP 0457943 B1 19930707 - WIPING MOP

Title (en)

WIPING MOP

Publication

EP 0457943 B1 19930707 (DE)

Application

EP 90109750 A 19900522

Priority

EP 90109750 A 19900522

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0457943A1] A wiping mop with a handle (1), a wiping head (4) and a press device (3) which is arranged behind the wiping head (4), and comprises a box-shaped case (14), a squeezing roller (23) carried in angled guides (22) and running from the outside towards the inside, and opposing guide rollers (20), the damp wiping cloth being squeezed out by pulling it into the case. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

A47L 13/144

IPC 8 full level

A47L 13/144 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A47L 13/144 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0457943 A1 19911127; EP 0457943 B1 19930707; AT E91222 T1 19930715; DE 59001923 D1 19930812; ES 2043177 T3 19931216; US 5172446 A 19921222

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 90109750 A 19900522; AT 90109750 T 19900522; DE 59001923 T 19900522; ES 90109750 T 19900522; US 70413291 A 19910522