[0009] The floor mop consists of two identical rectangular arms
1 rounded toward their ends which are long rectangular trapezoid shaped in section.
Arm
1 corners at the longer side of the section are rounded. The arms
1 have C - cutouts
2 at the top with their central side being convex. Under each of them are two rectangular
holes
3 in the center of which is a locking beam
3a. Under those holes
3 are two circular seats
4 with the crescent-shaped outflow holes
5a. In another part of each arm is a pair of rectangular holes
6 which centrally have the axes
7 with collars
8 for fixing clamping flaps
9. At the very end of the arms
1 there are grooves
10, in the center of which are holes
11 shaped identically as those grooves
10, which fulfill various functions with respect to what tools are used.
[0010] The top side of the arms
1 has a surface lower than the symmetry axis of the circular seats
4. At the bottom the arms
1 have plenty of hollows
12 which have the shape of rectangles, rectangles with one of their sides convex or
concave, right-angled triangles with one of their sides convex or concave, whereas
at hollow vertexes there are bearing seats
13. The main element
14 having two pairs of protruding pins
15 is between the arms
1 in the hollows
2. The main axis
17 is fixed on the main pivots
16 on the top surface of the main element
14, and the extended axes
18 are externally fixed on both sides of its extensions, on which there are combined
releasing pedals
19, equipped with a springy element
20, internal incomplete bearings
21, external incomplete bearings
22, locking catches
23, external locking bumpers
24. On the top surface of the releasing pedals
19 are anti-slip ridges
a. The extended axes
18 are supported by additional pivots
25. The main element
14 has a slide cutout
26, a seat
27, and externally the main protruding locking bumpers
28. Near each main locking bumper
28 there are nicked slots
29, due to which the bumpers
28 are stringy. At the bottom the main element
14 has rectangular hollows
b and rectangular holes
c, which are under the main axis
17 and the extended axes
18. The floor mop may be equipped with one or two clamping flaps
9 or
9a, which look like a rectangle but have rounded corners at the bottom, which are of
the same radius as arm
1 rounded corners. At the top the clamping flaps
9 or
9a have centrally protruding rounding with a hollow
31 which is also present on the rectangular part. On the hollows
31 there are anti-slip humps
32 , due to which it is easier to hold the flaps
9 or
9a while putting fabric. The clamping flaps
9,
9a are convex externally, have rectangular protrusions
34 on which there are protruding spikes
35 for holding fabric. Moreover the clamping flaps
9 or
9a have catches at the bottom, which are mounted on the axes
7 with collars
8, and centrally the flat springy element
32 which is in circular seats
4a when the clamping flaps
9,
9a are fixed. Also, it is possible to use narrower clamping flaps
9a of the same construction as flaps
9. When the mop is used the arms
1 are locked by the locking catches
23, which are clipped by the locking beam
3a. When the mop is used the internal locking bumpers
24 are in the socket
27. To fold the arms
1 with their bottom surfaces inward a user must press down one of the two releasing
pedals
19 to unlock the locking catches
23 from the locking beams
3a. During that phase the springy element
20 moves along the slide cutout
26 to the center. The arms
1 are released and fall down, because the bearing seats
13 swivel on the pins
15. Fabric pieces spread on the arms
1 fall and then contact. Fabric pieces contacted in this manner can be easily put inside
the press and wringed. If it is necessary to use the mop again when the arms
1 are folded, the mop should be placed in such a position so that its arms
1 could touch the mopped floor. Next, by pressing the stick and the fixing-protective
mechanism located on the main axis
17, the arms
1 unfold to their horizontal position. During the final phase, the locking catches
23 while sliding down along the locking beam
3a catch it, and then the arms
1 get locked. During the same phase the combined releasing pedals
19 move down through the rotating internal incomplete bearings
21, incomplete external bearings
22, whereas the springy element
20 moves through the slide cutout
26, and the external locking bumpers
24 move out from the seat
27. Whereas in the final phase the main locking bumpers
28 touch the external surfaces of the arms
1 making their further upward movement impossibl