[0001] The present invention refers to a scraping device adapted to be applied to a floor
cleaning tool, the utilisation of which considerably improves the range of application
of the aformentioned cleaning tool.
[0002] Floor cleaning tools as known until now and provided with threads forming mops for
cleaning floors have the inconveniency that when encountering certain kinds of dirt
on the floor, like smudge, debris, dry food residues and the like, the removal of
such material by rubbing it with the the mop is practically impossible. A device
is needed which permits scraping such dirt formations from the floor to terminate
the operation by washing the respective location.
[0003] The scraping device applicable to a floor cleaning tool and being subject matter
of the present invention eliminates the aforementioned inconveniency by providing
means for scraping the very dirty surfaces and eventually incrusted by various materials
to prepare the respective surfaces by means of the tool for their later cleaning in
order to obtain a total cleanness. The application of the device at a floor cleaning
tool is attained very easy without affecting the specific function of the cleaning
tool.
[0004] In order to facilitate the explanation, the present description is accompanied by
some drawings in which as an illustrative and not limiting example an embodiment of
a scraping device is shown which is applicable to a mop, in accordance with the principles
of the claim .
[0005] In the drawings:
Fig. 1 shows a floor cleaning tool provided with a scraping device of the described
type.
Fig. 2 shows in increased scale the proper cleaning tool incorporating the scaping
device disposed for its use.
[0006] The elements designated by numerals in the drawings in the following correspond to
the indicated parts.
[0007] The floor cleaning tool, conventionally constituted by a mop 1 formed by a plurality
of parallel threads supported by a head 2 to which at an upper connector 3 thereof,
an actuation rod 4 is affixed, comprises in the zone where the connector adjoins the
head an element 5 in form of a ring associated to the body of said device constituted
by a flat piece 6 preferably of triangular spattle-like shape defining a rectilinear
side 7 in the most salient zone and a fold 8 in prolongation thereof.
[0008] The ring 5 and the spattle 6 are integrally formed from a rigid or semirigid plastic
material.
[0009] The ring 5 adapts easily to any type of connector 3 of the different floor cleaning
tool models available in the market. When made from an at least semirigid material,
it adapts to prismatic or circular shapes presented by the connectors of usual floor
cleaning tools.
[0010] For its part, the semirigidity provided to the spattle 6 and to the fold 8 by the
material results in that they do their work perfectly without excessive deformation
when said head of the cleaning tool is applied at a surface to be scaped.
[0011] The form of the spattle 6 should preferably be isosceles triangular or the like,
and particularly its elongation, i.e. the height of the isosceles triangle formed
in this case is larger than the diameter of the head 2 in order that the device protrudes
therefrom and the fold 8 remains external so that it can efficiently operate to scrape
without any interference by the threads of the mop 1.
Scraping device adapted to be applied to a floor cleaning tool, essentially characterized
in that it comprises a flat body in form of a triangular spattle with a front edge
eventaully provided with a fold, and comprising means for coupling to a mop supporting
head of a floor cleaning tool, said means being constituted by an annular body adaptable
to the connector of the head, and in particular the radius of the ideal circumference
defined by the scraper edge being larger than the radius of the mop supporting head.
