Floor-cleaning appliance
US5575033A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 27, 1994 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25G3/38
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to an improved cleaning appliance used to clean floors, walls or the like, with a cardanic or semi-cardanic fastening of the handle to the basic body portion or the cleaning device which does the actual cleaning, scrubbing, wiping or other cleaning function. The invention permits the particular appliance and the handle, semi-cardanically attached thereto, to be fixed in a substantially upright position permitting it to be leaned against a fixed object and thus making the handle accessible to the user without the user or operator having to bend over to pick up the appliance. A setting-up stirrup is articulatably attached on the cleaning device and is caused to articulate by an operator thereby engaging behind a projection, screw or peg on the handle or for catching in a horizontal groove of this handle.
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