WO2002083370A1 - Dismountable exchangeable handle for cleaning implements - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the manufacture of a dismountable exchangeable handle for multiple cleaning implements such as brooms, mops, brushes, water rakes, garden hoes, bath brushes, squeegees, dustpans and dusters, which is characterized by a structure consisting of independent tubes with an easy assembly system on its ends, thereby enabling the use of one single handle in all the above-mentioned implements and their corresponding replacements. The inventive handle provides a novel manufacturing and marketing system of said cleaning implements. The aim of the invention is to ensure greater functionality and versatility of cleaning implements by using a single handle for all said implements. The handle can have the size needed for any given situation and for all implements and adapts to user requirements while reducing plastic wastes and the use of wood as a result of current manufacture of the handles separately used in said cleaning implements.

Description

INTERCHANGEABLE REMOVABLE HANDLE FOR CLEANING IMPLEMENTS

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

limpiar baños, limpiador para vidrios(secador pequeño), recogedor y sacudidor, los cuales utilizan mangos de plástico por lo regular de 30 a 50 cm. de largo aproximadamente, por ün ancho variable. Estos implementos están constituidos por '-una base Hmpiadoía- a que entra en contacto con ía superficie a limpiar) y por el mango. En la actualidad estos productos se venden completos, es decir, mango y base limpiadora juntos, lo cual implica que al terminar la vida útil úβ h base limpiadora es desechada jμnío con el mango, generando Jos siguientes tipos de consecuencias importantes: l- La fabricación de los implementos de limpieza del inciso a requiere el uso de toneladas de madera por año, esto se da porque los mangos de estos implementos son de este material y su vida útil en promedio es de 2 a 3 meses y son desechados. 2 .- La fabricación de los implementos del inciso b requiere de toneladas de plástico no reciclable al año para los mangos y, como mencionamos, al ser desechados al termino de la vida útil de la base limpiadora cada 3 a 4 meses para estos implementos, los mangos también son inservibles y por lo tanto, desechados.The cleaning work in houses, offices or establishments requires the use of several implements that fulfill a specific cleaning activity, so these implements can be classified, according to their current presentation eru a) Those sold with fixed long handle such as the broom, mop, brush, puller or dryer and paya garden trench, which occupy a wooden or plastic handle of 1.20 m. e long by ^{3 to} -1 inch wide. And b) Those sold with a fixed short handle such as the brush

clean bathrooms, glass cleaner (small dryer), dustpan and shaker, which use plastic handles usually 30 to 50 cm. approximately in length, by a variable width. These implements are constituted by '-a Hmpiadoía base- which comes into contact with the surface to be cleaned) and by the handle. At present, these products are sold complete, that is to say, handle and cleaning base together, which implies that at the end of the useful life uβ h cleaning base is discarded with the handle, generating the following types of important consequences: l- Manufacturing of the cleaning tools of the subsection a requires the use of tons of wood per year, this is because the handles of these implements are made of this material and their useful life on average is 2 to 3 months and they are discarded. 2 .- The manufacture of the implements of part b requires tons of non-recyclable plastic per year for the handles and, as mentioned, when they are discarded at the end of the life of the cleaning base every 3 to 4 months for these implements, Mangoes are also unusable and therefore discarded.

3. - For the current conditions of life, this type of articles are not very functional since they take up a lot of space at the time of saving them and imply difficulties for the user to use them and have to move from one place to another when performing the work. In the case of sections 1 and 2, the current method of manufacturing and marketing these items has a significant environmental impact because of the huge volume of waste Non-recyclable plastics and by the use of wood, and in reference to section 3, generates more space required for. save them, difficulty in moving and most importantly, the cost of the products increases when they are marketed with their respective handle.

In addition, the current design of all these cleaning implements with a fixed-sized handle makes them very versatile and functional for the demands of modern life, since they do not adapt to the needs of the user when performing their work according to: a) The reduced spaces between furniture, in which the handle lafgo is cumbersome. b) High surfaces to be cleaned in which some implements with short handles are insufficient. c) They do not adapt fully to the user's height by making the work uncomfortable or performing them incompletely. With the purpose of suppressing these aforementioned factors, the development of an interchangeable disarmable muftíusos handle that could be used in all of the above mentioned ones was considered, an invention that we will describe later.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention belongs to the mechanical engineering technical sector and refers to the manufacture of a single removable and interchangeable handle for use in multiple cleaning implements. In reference to the state of the current tecmca, I mention that there is currently no removable handle to be used in various cleaning implements that require different handle sizes, according to the international search report on the state of the tecmca made by the Mexican Institute of Property Industrial on January 18, 2002 with folio number DDPS2; 01 „1595, so I want to specify that the present invention does not derive from any previous model, since it is completely new because of its structure and its parts, its ecological and functional advantages, as well as being a handle with a single embone system usable in multiple cleaning implements, as described below. This invention will allow the user to acquire and use a single mang for all lps cleaning implements because its following structure is proposed:

The handle is composed of independent tubes, each with a system of embone at each of its ends, said system of embone ¿and described below, but it can also be constituted by other forms such as, to name a few, by thread, pressurized or any other used to pack tubes, a structure that will allow it to be used in all implements, using several tubes when the work requires it, forming the long horn handle in the case of the broom, mop, pull and ratchet or embone only one of the tubes in the cleaning base to form a bath brush, dustpan, glass cleaner or shaker, even this system will allow the user to form any size of handle for each and every one of the implements required in special situations, for example when cleaning very high surfaces, adapting the handle to the height you require, disassembling it to clean in small spaces such as inside the car mobile and in small spaces between furniture or forming a suitable size for people of very short or very tall stature

0 simply by forming the implement size that is most convenient and functional for him.

One of the most important characteristics of this handle will be that you will only need spare parts of cleaning bases when they finish their useful life, a unique feature that would generate the following important benefits:

1 ^ Tons of non-recyclable plastic waste would be generated in the country due to the manufacture of handles for cleaning implements, as well as tons of wood or leftover wood used in the manufacture of these handles, these aspects would have a great Ecological impact favorable for the country.

2, - The cost of cleaning implements would be lower for the consumer in the long term, since it would acquire a single handle usable in multiple implements, which would only need spare parts of these.

3 .- It would be achieved for the user a significant saving of space in his house, office or establishment, and a great ease of transfer, since due to the structure of the countries and its consequent decrease in size when the handle is disassembled, it may be susceptible to be stored with all its implements in a cleaning organizer. Said interchangeable removable handle can be exploited industrially and commercially by companies in the field of manufacturing of residential and industrial implements and cleaning supplies, since it gives added value to cleaning implements unlike what currently exists by eliminating their limitations and making them more versatile and functional

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

The structure of the removable-interchangeable handle for cleaning implements (1) represented in Figure 1, is made up of several independent tubes (2) such as the layout in Figure 2, which must have at each end a new embonement system . As seen in figures 3 and 4, at the lower end each tube will have an emhone system by lateral support arms with snap (3) whose conformation is as follows:

The novelty of the system that is claimed is that its structure is formed by a complete cylindrical body in its upper part (4), and with a central opening (5) in its lower part, which forms two support arms (6) whose essential function is to provide the handle with the necessary resistance to pressure at the joints of the tubes, all this was incorporated into a three-piece clasp that by itself does not withstand the pressure to which the joints of the tubes are subjected to be assembled and in use, this clasp is located within the central opening referred to, said parts of the sori clasp; in the center a rectangular containment bar (7), which prevents excessive pressure of the angular endings, on the sides of it, 2 flexible bars (8) with an angular termination (9) which is contracted and expands to fill the tubes which is achieved satisfactorily due to the design of the upper end of these whose conformation is as follows; a) It is provided with two lateral holes (10) in which, by expanding the angular endings, it will be able to embed the referred tubes and by contracting it will allow their separation, b) It has an inner central bar (11) at the end of the side holes, whose function is to prevent the rotational movement of the tubes when they are embossed, due to the complement that it achieves inside the tube with the referred support arms.

The entries of the cleaning implements must have this same design to be able to embed the tubes interchangeably.

This system will allow the tubes to be easily placed and removed, without the need to screw or exert any additional force, making it easy for anyone to use.

Having sufficiently described my invention, I consider the device a novelty that, as a result of a modification in its structure, represents an advantage in terms of its usefulness unlike what currently exists and therefore my property's claim is contained in the following clauses :

1.- Improvement of the pressure embonement system essentially characterized by being constituted by a snap to which an incorporation is made to its structure to give it the unique quality of being able to be applied to the assembly of tubes, and therefore the novelty that The claim is based on the incorporation of a cylindrical body with two lateral support arms whose function is to provide the handle with the necessary resistance to the pressure in the joints of the assembled pipes and prevent the rotational movement of these, since without these novelties and only with a brooch would not be possible its grip and satisfactory resistance. 2.- Removable handle for multiple cleaning implements, essentially characterized by being formed by independent tubes, each one of them with a pressurized system with lateral support arms at its lower end and with two lateral holes and a central bar inside at its upper end whose function is to achieve a pressure-resistant assembly imposed by the intended use.

3.- Interchangeable handle for multiple cleaning implements, since being also disassembled it has the quality of being able to be used in multiple cleaning implements with different length handle requirements, allowing to form long, medium and short implements indistinctly, which should have the same design of the upper end of the handle to fit in it

Claims

 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to the manufacture of a removable interchangeable handle for multiple cleaning implements, such as: broom, mop, brush, puller (dryer), tpnphe for garden, brush for bathroom, glass cleaner (dryer), dustpan and shaker, based on having a structure formed by independent tubes with an easy embone system at its ends, allowing to use a single handle for each and every one of them and their subsequent spare parts, imposing a new manufacturing and marketing system for these implements. The object of this invention is mainly to generate greater functionality and versatility of cleaning implements using a single handle for each and every one of them, forming the size that is required »any situation and for all implements, adapting to the needs of the user, as well as the reduction of plastic waste and use of wood caused by the current way of manufacturing the handles that use these cleaning implements separately.