ROTARY MOP WITH A MOP FABRIC CAPABLE OF PREVENTING A HANDLE FROM EMERGING THEREFROM

Abstract

A rotary mop with a mop fabric capable of preventing a handle from emerging therefrom. The rotary mop includes a handle, a slide sleeve fitted on the handle and a mop fabric. The slide sleeve is movable along the handle and rotatable about the handle. One end of the mop fabric is connected with a bottom end of the handle, while another end of the mop fabric is connected with a bottom end of the slide sleeve. The mop fabric has such a structure that the bottom end of the handle cannot emerge from the mop fabric. Therefore, when mopping the ground with the rotary mop, the mop fabric can evenly spread around the handle without gathering or tangling. Accordingly, the contact area of the mop fabric with the ground can be enlarged to enhance the cleaning effect and water-wringing effect.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is related to a cleaning implement, and more particularly to a rotary mop with better water-wringing effect without scraping the ground.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 shows a conventional rotary mop 10 including a handle 12 and a slide sleeve 14 fitted on the handle 12. The handle 12 has a bottom end in which a head plug 121 is mounted. The slide sleeve 14 is axially movable along the handle 12 and rotatable about the handle 12. A mop cloth 16, one end of which is connected with a bottom end 141 of the slide sleeve 14, while the other end of the mop cloth 16 is connected with the head plug 121. In use, the slide sleeve 14 is moved to the bottom end of the handle 12 as shown in FIG. 3. At this time, the mop cloth 16 is collapsed and suspended from the bottom of the mop 10 for mopping a ground. After the mop cloth 16 is washed, a user can upward move the slide sleeve 14 to straighten the mop cloth 16, and then rotates the slide sleeve 14 relative to the handle 12 to wring the water out of the mop cloth 16.

Referring to FIG. 2, the conventional mop cloth 16 is cut with multiple elongated slits 171 to form several separated cloth strips 17.

Referring to FIG. 3, the mop cloth 16 is composed of several cloth strips 17, which can be independently twisted. Moreover, the gap between each two adjacent cloth strips 17 is very large. Therefore, in practice, when using the mop 10 to mop the ground, the head plug 121 is likely to emerge from the cloth strips 17 through the gap therebetween. As a result, the cloth strips 17 of the mop cloth 16 will gather on one side of the mop 10 and tangle with each other. Accordingly, the contact area of the mop cloth 16 with the ground is reduced so that it is hard to effectively clean the ground with the mop 10. Besides, when the head plug 121 emerges from the mop cloth 16, the head plug 121 tends to scrape the ground or damage other articles due to collision.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1, when wringing the mop cloth 16, the head plug 121 of the handle 12 will also emerge from the cloth strips 17. As a result, the cloth strips 17 will gather on one side of the handle 12. In this case, the cloth strips 17 can hardly evenly bind the handle 12. Under such circumstance, it will be hard to wring the water out of the mop cloth 16 to dry the same.

There is another type of conventional mop having a mop cloth made of cotton strips. Multiple cotton strips are side by side arranged and the top ends and bottom ends of the cotton strips are sewn and fixed respectively. Then the mop cloth is mounted on the mop. The gap between the cotton strips is also very large. When using the mop to mop the ground, the head of the handle at the bottom end thereof will emerge from the mop cloth to cause the same problems as aforesaid.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide a rotary mop with a mop fabric capable of preventing bottom end of a handle from emerging from the mop fabric.

According to the above object, the rotary mop of the present invention includes a handle, a slide sleeve fitted on the handle and a mop fabric. The slide sleeve is movable along the handle and rotatable about the handle. One end of the mop fabric is connected with a bottom end of the handle, while another end of the mop fabric is connected with a bottom end of the slide sleeve. The mop fabric is a complete piece of fabric that is not cut into fabric strips as in the conventional rotary mop. Accordingly, the bottom end of the handle is prevented from emerging from the mop fabric.

The bottom end of the handle will not emerge from the mop fabric so that the mop fabric can evenly spread around the handle without gathering or tangling. When wringing the mop fabric, the mop fabric will evenly bind the handle to effectively wring the mop fabric dry. Also, when using the rotary mop to mop the ground, the mop fabric can evenly spread around the handle to enhance the cleaning effect. The bottom end of the handle will not emerge from the mop fabric so that the ground will not be scraped.

The present invention can be best understood through the following description and accompanying drawings wherein:

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional rotary mop;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a conventional mop cloth of the conventional rotary mop;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the use of the conventional rotary mop;

FIG. 4 is a perspective assembled view of a first embodiment of the rotary mop of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective exploded view of the first embodiment of the rotary mop of the present invention according to FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the bottom end of the handle and the cap member of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a perspective exploded view according to FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of the first embodiment of the rotary mop of the present invention, showing that the slide sleeve is moved upward;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the mop fabric of the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 shows that the rotary mop of the present invention is used to mop the ground;

FIG. 11 shows that the mop fabric of the present invention is straightened;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the mop fabric of a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the rotary mop of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the mop fabric of the third embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the mop fabric of a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Please refer to FIGS. 4 and 5, which show a first embodiment of the rotary mop 20 of the present invention, the rotary mop 20 includes a handle 30, a slide sleeve 50 and a mop fabric 60.

Referring to FIGS. 6 and 7, a small-diameter section 32 is formed at a bottom end of the handle 30. Two ribs 34 are disposed on a circumference of the small-diameter section 32. An insertion hole 36 is formed through the small-diameter section 32.

A cap member 40, which has an open bottom end and a hub section 42 at a top end thereof. Two insertion channels 44 are formed on an inner circumference of the hub section 42. A first through hole 4 and a second through hole 47 are radially formed through the hub section 42. The first through hole 46 is positioned above the second through hole 47. The small-diameter section 32 of the handle 30 is inserted into the hub section 42 of the cap member 40 with the ribs 36 inserted in the insertion channels 44. Accordingly, the cap member 40 and the handle 30 are prevented from being rotated relative to each other. An insertion pin 48 is inserted in the first through hole 46 of the cap member 40 and the insertion hole 36 of the handle 30 so as to quickly detachably fixedly connect the cap member 40 with the handle 30 as shown in FIG. 6. In addition, two perforations 49 are formed on a circumference of the cap member 40.

As shown in FIG. 8, the slide sleeve 50 is fitted on the handle 30, and is axially movable along and rotatable about the handle 30. A circular tray 52 is disposed at a bottom end of the slide sleeve 50. The slide sleeve 50 has an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the handle 30, whereby a receiving space 57 is defined between the slide sleeve 50 and the handle 30. A rotary tube 55 is fitted on the handle 30 and rotatable about the handle 30. When the mop 20 is erected, the rotary tube 55 will naturally drop to the bottom end of the handle 30 due to gravity. When the slide sleeve 50 is moved downward, the rotary tube 55 is received in the receiving space 57.

As shown in FIG. 5, the mop fabric 60 of the rotary mop 20 is a complete piece of fabric that is not cut into fabric strips and is free from any hollow section. When assembled, two lateral sides 62 of the mop fabric 60 are first sewn with each other to form a cylindrical sheet as shown in FIG. 9. Then, the top end of the mop fabric 60 is fixedly tied on the circular tray 52 of the slide sleeve 50. The bottom end of the mop fabric 60 is plugged into the bottom end of the cap member 40. Then, a binding member 65, (such as a fastening string as shown in FIG. 5), is conducted through the second through hole 47 of the cap member 40, the perforations 49 of the cap member 40 and the mop fabric 60 to fixedly tie the bottom end of the mop fabric 60 with the cap member 40. The measure for fixedly connecting the mop fabric 60 with the cap member 40 is not limited to the aforesaid method. The mop fabric 60 can be fixedly connected with the cap member 40 in any other suitable manner.

In use, the slide sleeve 50 is moved to the bottom end of the handle 30 to suspend the mop fabric 60 from the mop 20 as shown in FIG. 10. At this time, a user can use the mop 20 to mop the ground. The mop fabric 60 is a complete piece of fabric free from any slit. Therefore, the cap member 40 at the bottom end of the handle 30 will not emerge from the mop fabric 60. When mopping the ground, the mop fabric 60 can be evenly spread without gathering or tangling. Accordingly, the contact area of the mop fabric with the ground can be enlarged to enhance the cleaning effect. Moreover, the cap member 40 is prevented from emerging from the mop fabric 60, therefore, the cap member 40 will not scrape the ground or damage other articles due to collision.

When wringing the mop fabric 60, the slide sleeve 50 is moved upward along the handle 30 so as to straighten the mop fabric 60 as shown in FIGS. 8 and 11. At this time, the slide sleeve 50 is positioned above the rotary tube 55. Then the slide sleeve 50 and the handle 30 are rotated relative to each other so as to wring the mop fabric 60. When the mop fabric 60 is wrung tight, the mop fabric 60 binds the rotary tube 55 rather than the handle 30. Accordingly, the handle 30 and the slide sleeve 50 can be further rotated relative to each other so as to truly wring the mop fabric 60 dry. The mop fabric 60 is free from any slit, therefore, even if the mop 20 is tilted as shown in FIG. 11, the cap member 40 can be still enclosed in the mop fabric 60 without being exposed to outer side. Accordingly, the mop fabric 60 will spread around the handle 30 without gathering or tangling on one side thereof. Accordingly, the mop fabric 60 can be more effectively wrung dry.

FIG. 12 shows the mop fabric 80 of a second embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the mop fabric 80 is a piece of fabric made by knitting and directly formed with a cylindrical shape. In this case, the sewing process of the first embodiment is omitted.

The mop fabric 80 is also a complete piece of fabric. Therefore, after mounted on the mop, the cap member at the bottom end of the handle will not emerge from the mop fabric 80. The effect achieved by the second embodiment is identical to the effect of the first embodiment and thus will not be repeatedly described hereinafter.

FIGS. 13 and 14 show a third embodiment of the mop 90 of the present invention. The mop 90 also includes a handle 92, a slide sleeve 94 and a mop fabric 100. The mop fabric 100 is formed with several ventilation sections, which are slots 102. The slots 102 are randomly or regularly arranged at intervals. The maximum length of each the slot 102 is such that the cap member of the handle cannot pass through any slot.

Similarly, in this embodiment, the mop fabric 100 is also a complete piece of fabric rather than several cloth strips as in the conventional rotary mop. Therefore, the cap member 40 can be reliably enclosed in the mop fabric 100. In use, the slide sleeve 94 is moved to the bottom end of the handle 92 to suspend the mop fabric 100 from the mop 90. At this time, a user can use the mop 90 to mop the ground. The interior of the mop fabric 100 can be ventilated through the slots 102 of the mop fabric 100, whereby the mop fabric 100 can collapse and suspend more easily and quickly.

FIG. 15 shows the mop fabric 110 of a fourth embodiment of the present invention. The mop fabric 110 is also formed with several ventilation sections, which are holes 112. The dimension of the holes 112 is such that the cap member of the mop cannot pass through any hole and the interior of the mop fabric 110 can be easily ventilated through the holes of the mop fabric 110.

In conclusion, when using the rotary mop of the present invention to mop the ground, the cap member of the mop will not emerge from the mop fabric. Therefore, the cleaning effect of the mop can be enhanced and the ground is protected from being scraped. Moreover, in the wringing process, the mop fabric can evenly bind the handle (rotary tube) to enhance the water-wringing effect.

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, not intended to limit the scope thereof. Many modifications of the above embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Claims

1. A rotary mop with a mop fabric capable of preventing a handle from emerging therefrom, the rotary mop comprising:

a handle;

a slide sleeve fitted on the handle, the slide sleeve being movable along the handle and rotatable about the handle; and

a mop fabric having a cylindrical shape, one end of the mop fabric being connected with a bottom end of the slide sleeve, while another end of the mop fabric being connected with a bottom end of the handle, whereby the handle and the slide sleeve are rotatable relative to each other to wring the mop fabric;

said rotary mop being characterized in that the mop fabric is a piece of fabric that is not cut into fabric strips so that the bottom end of the handle is prevented from emerging from the mop fabric.

2. The rotary mop as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mop fabric is free from any hollow section.

3. The rotary mop as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mop fabric is formed with several ventilation sections each having such a dimension that the bottom end of the handle cannot pass through any ventilation section to emerge from the mop fabric.

4. The rotary mop as claimed in claim 3, wherein the ventilation sections are slots arranged at intervals.

5. The rotary mop as claimed in claim 3, wherein the ventilation sections are holes arranged at intervals.

6. The rotary mop as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mop fabric is made of a piece of fabric having two lateral sides, the lateral sides being connected with each other to form the mop fabric with a cylindrical shape.

7. The rotary mop as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mop fabric is made by knitting and formed with a cylindrical shape.

8. The rotary mop as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a cap member disposed at the bottom end of the handle, one end of the mop fabric being connected with the cap member.

9. The rotary mop as claimed in claim 8, wherein at least one rib is disposed on an outer circumference of the bottom end of the handle; an insertion hole being formed through the bottom end of the handle; the cap member having a hub section disposed at a top end of the cap member; at least one insertion channel being formed on an inner circumference of the hub section; a through hole being formed through the hub section, the bottom end of the handle being inserted in the hub section of the cap member with the rib inserted in the insertion channel; an insertion pin being inserted in the through hole of the cap member and the insertion hole of the handle.

10. The rotary mop as claimed in claim 9, wherein the bottom end of the handle is formed with a small-diameter section, the rib and the insertion hole being disposed on the small-diameter section, the small-diameter section of the handle being inserted in the hub section.