EP 0717604 A1 19960626 - MOPS
Title (en)
MOPS
Title (de)
MOP
Title (fr)
BALAIS A LAVER
Publication
Application
Priority
- GB 9401924 W 19940905
- GB 9318627 A 19930908
- GB 9318630 A 19930908
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9507046A1] A mop including an integral wringing device allowing for selective wet- and dry-wringing, comprises: a handle (1; 102) terminating at one end in a head (3; 105) from which extend a plurality of absorbent mop elements (4; 104); a shroud (5; 116) rotatably mounted on the handle (1; 102) and slidable relative thereto between a withdrawn position in which the mop elements (4; 104) are exposed for mopping and an advanced position in which the mop elements (4; 104) are retracted within the shroud (5; 116), whereby the action of sliding the shroud (5; 116) relative to the handle (1; 102) from said withdrawn position into said advanced position effects a wet-wringing of said mop elements (4; 104) as they are retracted within the shroud (5; 116); and at least one wringing element (10; 130) mounted on or within the shroud (5; 116) and including a or a respective mop element-engagable portion (14; 134), the or each wringing element (10; 130) being deformable and/or movable so as to be configurable in either of a first position in which retraction of the mop elements (4; 104) into the shroud (5; 116) upon sliding of the shroud (5; 116) from said withdrawn position to said advanced position is relatively unhindered, and a second position in which, with the shroud (5; 116) in its advanced position and the mop elements (4; 104) retracted therewithin, the or the respective mop element-engagable portion (14; 134) of the wringing element or elements (10; 130) engage and grip the mop elements (4; 104) within the shroud (5; 116) upon rotation of the shroud (5; 116) relative to the handle (1; 102), whereby the action of rotating the shroud (5; 116) relative to the handle (1; 102) when the mop elements (4; 104) are retracted within the shroud (5; 116) and the wringing element or elements (10; 130) are configured in their second position, constitutes a dry-wringing of said mop elements (4; 104).
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A47L 13/14 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A47L 13/14 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9507046A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9507046 A1 19950316; AU 7541694 A 19950327; BR 9407425 A 19960409; EP 0717604 A1 19960626; HU 9600570 D0 19960528; HU T74532 A 19970128
DOCDB simple family (application)
GB 9401924 W 19940905; AU 7541694 A 19940905; BR 9407425 A 19940905; EP 94925550 A 19940905; HU 9600570 A 19940905