Mop assembly with liquid detergent supply

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6692172
  • Patent Number
    6,692,172
  • Date Filed
    Monday, April 14, 2003
    21 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, February 17, 2004
    20 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Nguyen; Tuan N.
    Agents
    • Troxell Law Office PLLC
Abstract
A mop assembly with liquid detergent supply has a detergent storage bottle connected between the mop and the handle of a mop, a pump installed inside the storage bottle, a sucking tube disposed at one end of the pump, and an outlet nozzle connected with the storage bottle disposed on the other end of the pump, so that the handle pushes the pump and compresses a spring to resume the pump into its original position. Such back and forth movement squeezes the liquid detergent out from the pump and sucks liquid detergent into the pump when the pump resumes its position, and thus spraying the detergent out from the outlet nozzle. By means of the handle directly driving the pump in the storage bottle for the back and forth squeezing, it gives the convenience of supplying detergent before mopping. Furthermore, an n-shape contractible support rod is disposed each on both sides of the mop to fit mops of different specifications, and thus having the effect of expanding the applications.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to an improved mop assembly with liquid detergent supply, comprising a detachable storage bottle, a detachable handle, and a detachable mop that constitute a linear body after assembling the foregoing components. By means of the reciprocating movement of the handle, the pump in the storage bottle is squeezed to convey the detergent for convenient use, and the present invention can reduce the packaging volume for transportation and lower the cost. Additionally, a contractible support rod is disposed on each on both sides of the mop to fit the mops of different specifications and thus enhancing the cost-effectiveness of such technical area.




2. Description of the Related Art




A mop is a common cleaning tool that has existed for a long time. It is generally used together with a piece of cotton cloth or a polyester cloth to offer convenience of cleaning highly recognized by consumers. However, when a user needs to remove dirt by liquids such as clean water or liquid detergent, it is necessary to spray the dirty place first and wipe off the dirt by a mop, and thus causing inconvenience to users for such operation. Therefore, the following prior arts came to their place:




(1) The first prior art hangs a storage bottle on the handle of a mop and installs a small direct current pump outside the storage bottle; a press switch is disposed at the top of the handle; an electric cable extends along the exterior of a pipe of the sectional handle to such small electric pump for supplying power from a battery outside the storage bottle; and by means of pressing the switch, the electric pump is controlled to spray liquid detergent from the storage bottle.




(2) The second prior art also sets a press switch at the top of the handle of a mop, and uses the siphon principle of an air pump as well as extends the pipeline from the interior of the pipe of the handle into a storage bottle. By pressing the switch, the air pump is controlled to spray the liquid detergent.




The aforementioned first prior art still has the following shortcomings:




(1) The storage bottle is hung outside the handle of the mop. Since the storage bottle protrudes from the outer side, and liquid detergent is stored in the storage bottle when the mop is being used, the center of gravity deviates from the mop, which causes an unstable operation of the mop.




(2) Battery is used as power supply to the electric pump, and the power consumption is large. It is necessary to replace the battery quite often, and causes inconvenience to its use. The storage bottle is, dipped or wetted by the liquid detergent easily, and causes corrosions and damages to the battery and the battery compartment.




(3) The electric cable is installed in the pipe of a sectional handle, which makes the assembling procedure complicated and increases costs. In addition, when the mops are packed separately, the volume is larger and thus increasing the volume of material for transportation as well as the transportation cost.




(4) The electric cable installed in the pipe of the sectional handle has a specific length, so that the length of the handle cannot be adjusted according to the height of the user, which limits its use.




(5) The foregoing mop is of a fixed specification, and cannot be used together with a longer piece of cloth for the mops of other specifications.




The aforementioned second prior art still has the following shortcomings:




(1) Since the press switch is installed at the top of the handle, and there is a pipeline inside the pipe of the sectional handle. To detach the sections of the handle, a pipe connector is needed at each end of the joint for the connection of the sections of the handle. Air leakage may occur and make the operation impossible if such joint is loosened during the assembling or while the mop is in use.




(2) The assembling procedure of the aforementioned handle is complicated, and thus increasing the cost.




(3) The foregoing storage bottle is hung outside the front of the handle of the mop. Since the storage bottle stores liquid detergent and its center of gravity deviates from the mop, causing an unstable operation.




(4) Since the pipeline is too long, it is difficult for the air pump to provide a fixed quantity of the sprayed liquid detergent. It is necessary to press the press switch many times to spray the required amount of detergent, and thus making the use time-consuming and a waste of efforts.




(5) The foregoing mop is also of fixed specification, and cannot be used together with a longer piece of cloth of other specifications.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The primary objective of the present invention is to solve the foregoing problems by taking the following measures.




(1) The present invention directly connects a storage bottle with a sectional handle and a mop, such that the center of gravity of the storage bottle falls onto the mop, and makes the operation stable for users, and can reduce the volume of material for individual packaging and lower the transportation cost.




(2) A pump is installed inside the storage bottle, and the back-and-forth pressing movement drives the handle to squeeze the pump in a longitudinal direction, and the compression is larger than that of the aforementioned electric pump, so that the liquid detergent can be spread out and sprayed evenly.




(3) There is no pipeline or electric cable inside the pipe of the sectional pipe in accordance with the present invention, which makes the assembly easy and saves assembling costs. In addition, the length of the sectional handle can be adjusted according to the height of the user, which flexibly expands the effect of its applications.




(4) The mop of the present invention has a contractible support rod at the interior of both sides to provide the extension of the mop's length and fit the cloths of different specifications.




Therefore, the present invention can achieve the following effects:




(1) The present invention makes the assembling easy, saves costs, reduces the volume of material after packaging individually, and lowers the transportation cost.




(2) The present invention is easy to operate, and gives a larger quantity of sprayed liquid detergent.




(3) The present invention provides a stable operation for users without the phenomenon of deviated center of gravity.




(4) There is no pipeline or electric cable inside the sectional handle, and the length of the handle can be adjusted according to the height of the user.




(5) The mop of the present invention allows contractible adjustments to fit the cloths of different specifications and thus expanding the effect of its applications.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS




Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:





FIG. 1

is a cross-sectional diagram of the assembled structure of the present invention.





FIG. 2

is a perspective cross-sectional diagram of the fixed bottle cover of the present invention.





FIG. 3

is a perspective diagram of the disassembled parts of the outlet nozzle and storage bottle of the present invention.





FIG. 4

is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the first step of the movement according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 4A

is an enlargement of a part of FIG.


4


.





FIG. 5

is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the second and fourth steps of the movement according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 5A

is an enlargement of a part of FIG.


5


.





FIG. 6

is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the third step of the movement according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 6A

is an enlargement of a part of FIG.


6


.





FIG. 7

is an illustrative diagram of the present invention when it is in use.





FIG. 8

is a cross-sectional diagram showing the operation of the outlet nozzle according to the present invention.





FIG. 9

is a cross-sectional diagram of the assembled parts according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 10

is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the first step of the movement according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 11

is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the second step of the movement according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 12

is a perspective diagram of the disassembled parts of the mop according to the present invention.





FIG. 13

is a perspective diagram of the assembled parts of the mop according to the present invention.





FIG. 13A

is a planar illustrative diagram of the mop according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 14

is a perspective diagram of the mop according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




To make it easier for our examiner to understand the objective of the invention, its structure, innovative features, and performance, we use two preferred embodiments together with the attached drawings for the detailed description of the invention.




Please refer to

FIGS. 1

, and


2


for the first preferred embodiment. In the figure, a mop


1


comprises a connecting pipe


12


pivotally coupled to a pivotal connector


11


; a screw pipe


21


extended from the bottom of a storage bottle


2


; a pivotal groove


22


disposed in the front end, wherein a flow hole being disposed at its center; a leak-proof spacer


23


surrounding the flow hole


221


, and said pivotal groove


22


at its end opening having four flanges


222


; an outlet nozzle


224


(refer to

FIG. 3

) having an arced rotary head


241


at one end and a spray nozzle


24


at the other end, through which an outlet passage


243


passes; said rotary head


241


is embedded and protruded from said flanges


222


into said pivotal groove


22


such that the flange just exceeds the diameter of said rotary head


241


and the outlet passage


243


in the rotary head


241


connects to said flow hole


221


under normal conditions. When said outlet nozzle


24


is moved vertically such that the outlet passage


243


separates from the flow hole


221


and blocks the liquid detergent by a leak-proof spacer


23


to stop the supply or leakage of liquid detergent; further, a fixed bottle cover


25


is secured onto another end of the storage bottle and a washer


251


is used to prevent leakage, and an inject hole


25


is disposed at an appropriate position of the fixed bottle cover


25


and sealed by a stopper


253


to facilitate the fill-up of liquid detergent; and an axial hole


254


is disposed at the top of said fixed bottle cover


25


, and an O-shape ring


2542


is disposed on the hole edge


2541


at the bottom of the axial hole


254


, and a radial fixing serration


255


is disposed on the surface of said central hole


2541


; a push member


26


is disposed at the bottom of said fixing serration


255


having a sleeve


261


at one end, and a radial latch serration


262


is disposed at a position of said serration


255


corresponsive to the surface of the push member


26


, and a limit member is extended from the bottom of the push member


26


. When the sleeve


261


of said push member


26


is sheathed and secured onto the handle connecting pipe A and passes through the central hole


25


of said axial hole


254


, the pipe wall of the handle connecting pipe A exactly presses against said O-shape ring


2542


and is secured into said axial hole


254


by a limit axle bolt


27


to limit the positions of the O-shaped ring


2542


and the handle connecting pipe A. In the meantime, the latch serration


262


of said push member


26


is engaged with the fixing serration


255


on the surface of said central hole


2541


, and the limit member


26


at the bottom of said push member


26


is embedded into a limit groove


31


at the top of the curved pipe


3


. The curved pipe


3


is connected to a suction pipe


32


extending into a storage bottle


2


, and a sphere stopper is placed in a pump


4


at the position where such suction pipe


32


and its passage


33


are connected; a pump


4


having a sphere stopper


41


at its top is supported by a compressed spring


42


to press against the front end of a passage opening


411


, and said compressed spring presses against a sealing stopper


43


, and one end of said sealing blocking stopper is plugged into a piston


44


and a relay push pipe


45


presses against the bottom of said sealing stopper


43


, while said relay push pipe


45


covers the lower end of said relay push pipe by a main push pipe


46


, and the front end of the blocking edge


461


of the main push pipe


46


is sleeved from a main push pipe


45


by a bottle stopper


49


and embedded into the bottom of the pump


4


such that the bottle stopper


49


supports said piston


44


and the blocking edge


461


of the main push pipe


46


while keeping an appropriate distance between the piston


44


and the blocking edge


461


of the main push pipe


46


and pressing against the blocking edge


461


of the main push pipe


46


to prevent the main push pipe


46


from falling out. In the meantime, the lower end of the main push pipe


46


is embedded into the fixed hole


223


at the bottom of the storage bottle


2


and the outer periphery of the main push pipe


46


has a secondary spring


47


being supported between the bottom of the pump


4


and the bottom of the storage bottle


4


, so that the handle connecting pipe A, push member


26


, pump


4


, main push pipe


46


, connecting pipe


12


, and mop


1


form a longitudinal line vertical to a central line, and the relay push pipe


45


, main push pipe


46


, fixed hole


223


, flow hole


221


, and the nozzle opening


242


of the outlet nozzle


24


constitute a liquid detergent passage.




Please refer to FIG.


1


. Before the mop according to the present invention is used, inject the liquid detergent into the storage bottle


2


through the inject hole


252


and seal the bottle with a stopper


253


, and follow the procedure as follows:




(1) Adjust the handle connecting pipe A according to the user's height or requirements and secure it to the sectional handle. To prevent the pump


4


in the storage bottle


2


from being rotated when securing the handle, use the upward pushing force of the compressed spring


42


in the pump


4


and the secondary spring


47


at lower end of the pump to prop the push member


26


towards the surface of the central hole


2541


at the top of the interior of the storage bottle


2


, and engage the latch serration


262


on the push member


262


and the fixed serration


255


on the surface of the central hole


2541


such that the fixed push member


26


and the handle connecting pipe A will not rotate as the sectional handle is being secured.




(2) Please refer to

FIGS. 4 and 4A

. Before the mop of the present invention has ever been used, there is no liquid detergent W in the pump


4


. When the handle A erects the storage bottle


2


to a vertical position, the handle is in the most power saving condition for compressing the pump


4


, therefore when the handle connecting pipe A compresses the push member


26


, the pump


4


sinks and the main push pipe


46


relatively enters into the pump


4


while pushing the sealing stopper


43


up and separating the piston


44


and leaving a gap B behind. Please refer to

FIGS. 5 and 5A

. The relay push pipe


45


keeps on being pushed forward by the main push pipe


46


and the blocking edge


461


of the main push pipe


46


in turn pushes the piston


44


to squeeze the air in the squeezing chamber


48


in the pump


4


. The sphere stopper


41


squeezed by the air pressure on one hand, and pushed by the compressed spring


42


on the other hand clogs the passage opening


411


. The air is compressed by the piston


44


, and enters through the gap B into the relay push pipe


45


, main push pipe


46


, flow hole


221


. and nozzle opening


242


of outlet nozzle


24


, and then discharge the air.




(3) Please refer to

FIGS. 6 and 6A

. If the user no longer pushes the handle A, then the resuming forces of the compressed spring


42


in the pump


4


and the secondary spring


47


are used to push the pump


4


upward, while the piston


44


uses the friction of the inner wall of the pump


4


to keep the piston


44


still in the original position. The sealing stopper


43


drops to the position of the piston


44


and clog the gap B. At that time, since the pump


4


rises, it is equivalent to the drop of the piston


44


to extract the air in the squeezing chamber


48


of the pump


4


such that the sphere stopper


41


is separated from the passage opening


411


by the suction and forms a gap B. Such suction sucks the liquid detergent W by the suction pipe


32


through the curved pipe


3


, passage


33


, passage opening


411


, gap B′ and then into the squeezing chamber


48


of the pump


4


for temporary storage.




(4) The liquid detergent W temporarily stored in the squeezing chamber


48


is blocked by the sealing between the sealing stopper


43


and the piston


44


, and squeezed by the piston


44


according to the previous step (


2


), which is also shown in

FIGS. 5 and 5A

. The liquid detergent is squeezed into the relay push pipe


45


through the gap B between the sealing stopper


43


and the piston


44


, and then sprayed out through the main push pipe


46


, flow hole


221


, and nozzle opening


242


of the outlet nozzle


24


.




(5) In the foregoing step, the back and forth movement of the handle can squeeze and resume the pump


4


to spray the required quantity of the liquid detergent.




(6) The handle is usually set to an appropriate angle to use the mop (as shown in FIG.


7


), and the mop


1


is placed in front of the user to facilitate the movement of the mop. Therefore the force exerting on the pump


4


produced by the inclination of the handle plus the resisting forces by the compressed spring


42


and the secondary spring


47


will not sufficient to squeeze the pump


4


when a pushing force is applied onto the mop when it is in use.




(7) Please refer to FIG.


8


. To prevent the mop of the present invention from dripping the liquid detergent remained in the nozzle opening or spraying the detergent by accidentally trigger the handle to squeeze the pump


4


, the outlet nozzle


24


can be lifted upward to detach the outlet passage


243


from the flow hole


211


and seal by the anti-leakage spacer


23


to prevent further spray of liquid detergent. Please refer to

FIG. 9

for the second preferred embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the pump


4


′ has a structure identical to the pump


4


of the first preferred embodiment. The difference resides on that the position of the pump


4


′ has an inverted position of the previous pump


4


, and the structure of the pump


4


′ is to extend the passage opening


411


′ of the pump


4


′ to a suction pipe


32


′, and be embedded and limited on a limit pillar C protruded from the storage bottle


2


, and such suction pipe


32


′ at its bottom has a suction opening


321


′, The push member


26


identical to that of the first embodiment having a limit member


263


directly embedded into the main push pipe


46


′ of the pump


4


, and said main push pipe


46


′ connects a conveying pipe D to an outlet passage


243


′ of the outlet nozzle


24


′ and is fixed into the axial hole


254


of the fixed bottle cover


25


. The secondary spring


47


′ is placed in said axial hole


254


and a press board A


1


fixed on the handle connecting pipe presses said secondary spring


47


′. By means of passing the handle connecting pipe A into a limit cover E and securing it above the axle hole


254


of the fixed bottle cover


25


such that the secondary spring


47


′ can be compressed and resumed in the axial hole


254


by the back and forth squeezing movement of the handle.




The operation procedure is as follows:




(1) Please refer to FIG.


10


. If the handle connecting pipe A pushes the push member


62


to sink the main push pipe


46


′, and the main push pipe


46


relatively enters into the pump


4


′, while pressing the sealing stopper


43


down, and separating the piston


44


to form a gap B between them. Please refer to FIG.


11


. Said relay push pipe


45


keeps on being pushed forward by the main push pipe


46


′, and the blocking edge


461


pushes the piston


44


to squeeze the liquid detergent W in the squeezing chamber


48


of the pump


4


′. The sphere stopper


41


is pressed by the pressure on one hand, and pushed by the compressed spring


42


on the other hand to block the passage opening


411


′. Therefore, the liquid detergent W is compressed by the piston


44


to enter into said gap B and then into the relay push pipe


45


, main push pipe


46


, conveying pipe D, the outlet passage


243


′ of the outlet nozzle


24


′, and then discharged from the nozzle


242


′.




(2) If the user no longer pushes the handle A, but resumes the movement as shown in

FIG. 11

to the movement as shown in FIG.


9


. Therefore, the resuming force by the compressed spring


42


and the secondary spring


47


′ in the pump


4


′ is used to push the main push pipe


46


′ up, while the pistons


44


uses the friction on the inner wall of the pump


4


′ to drop the piston


44


to the position of the sealing stopper


43


and blocks the gap B. At that time, since the main push pipe


46


′ rises, it relatively makes the piston to pump the liquid detergent W in the squeezing chamber


48


of the pump


4


′ and separates the sphere stopper


41


from the passage opening


411


′ by said suction to form a gap. Such suction sucks the liquid detergent W through the suction opening


321


and the suction pipe


32


′ and the gap B′ into the squeezing chamber


48


of the pump


4


′ for temporary storage.




(3) The required quantity of liquid detergent can be sprayed by the back and forth squeezing and resuming movement of the handle on the bump


4


′ as described in the previous step.




Please refer to

FIGS. 12 and 13

. The mop


1


comprises a board body


13


and a board surface


14


; a serrated latch groove


131


disposed respectively at the front and the rear ends of the board body


13


, and a plurality of soft clipping boards


132


disposed thereon; a board surface


14


having an aslant sliding track


141


inclined towards both sides of the board surface


14


; two n-shape contractible support rod


15


disposed on both sides of the opening end respectively having an vertically upward protruded ear


151


and a sliding rod


152


extended towards the inner side. When the n-shape contractible rod


15


is disposed at the bottom of the board body


13


, the protruded ear


151


exactly passes through the serrated latch groove


131


and latches the protruded ear


151


into the latch groove


1311


of the serrated latch groove


131


by the elasticity of the n-shape contractible support rod


15


. The aslant sliding track


141


exactly presses against the sliding rod


152


of the n-shape support rod


15


by means of combining the board surface


14


and the board surface. When the protruded ear


151


on both sides of the n-shape contractible support rod


15


is held inward, said protruded ear


151


will separate from the latch groove


1311


of the serrated latch groove


131


and contract the n-shape contractible support rod


15


towards both sides of the mop


1


. If the protruded ear is released, the n-shape contractible support rod


15


is latched in the latch groove


1311


. The aslant sliding track


1411


is used to tilt the sliding rod


152


aslant to both sides. Please refer to FIG.


7


. If the length of the cloth exceeds the length of the board body of the mop


1


, the n-shape contractible support rod


15


is used to pass the cleaning cloth


5


into the two side pockets and extend outward. The outwardly aslant n-shape contractible support rod


15


guides both ends of the cleaning cloth to attached on the same plane as the cleaning cloth attached on the foregoing board surface


14


(as shown in

FIG. 13A

) to improve the effect of using the whole pieces of the cleaning cloth


5


. Please refer to FIG.


14


. The mop


1


has a soft clipping board


132


for engaging the polyester cloth or other cleaning cloth


6


for having a multiple effect on the applications.




While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of a preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto. To the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements and procedures, and the scope of the appended claims therefore should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar arrangements and procedures.



Claims
  • 1. An improved mop assembly with a liquid detergent supply, comprising:a mop, having a connecting pipe pivotally coupled with a pivotal connector; a storage bottle, having a screw pipe extended from the bottom and secured onto said connecting pipe, and an outlet nozzle disposed at the front end of said storage bottle; a fixed bottle cover, being coupled with said storage bottle, and sealed by an anti-leak spacer, and having a liquid detergent inject hole disposed at an appropriate position on the fixed bottle cover and using a bolt for sealing and filling up with liquid detergent; an axial hole disposed at the top of said fixed bottle cover; an O-shape ring disposed at the hole edge of the central hole at the bottom of the axial hole, and a limit axle bolt for securing said O-shape ring into the axial hole; a push member, having a sleeve on one end, and a limit member extended from the bottom of said push member; a handle connecting rod, passing through said limit axle bolt and embedded into the sleeve of said push member; a curved pipe, having a limit groove for passing and limiting the limit member of said push member, and a suction pipe coupled to an appropriate position to connect a passage and a passage opening; a pump, having a passage opening at the top coupled to the passage of said curved pipe, and the main push pipe at its bottom being embedded into a fixed hole at the bottom of said storage bottle, such that the pump being located between said push member and the bottom of said storage bottle; thereby the back and forth squeezing movement and the resuming movement of the handle sucking the liquid detergent from the suction pipe into the pump and then the piston in the pump squeezing the desired quantity of liquid detergent from the main push pipe and spraying from the nozzle of the outlet nozzle in order to achieve the effect of convenient use, easy assembling, stable operation, and cost cut.
  • 2. The improved mop assembly with liquid detergent supply as claimed in claim 1, wherein said outlet nozzle having an arc rotary head at one end, and a spray nozzle on the other end, an outlet passage passing through said outlet nozzle; a pivotal groove being disposed in the front end of the storage bottle and having a flow hole at its center; an anti-leak spacer surrounding the flow hole, and a flange disposed around the opening of the pivotal groove for embedding the rotary head into the pivotal groove of the storage bottle, and preventing leakage by the positioning of said flange and anti-leak spacer, while the outlet nozzle providing the vertically pulling.
  • 3. The improved mop assembly with liquid detergent supply as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fixed bottle cover having a radial fixed serration disposed on the end surface of the central hole of said fixed bottle, and a radial latch serration disposed on said push member at a position corresponsive to the surface of said fixed serration, so that the fixed serration and the latch serration being engaged together to prevent the pump from rotating.
  • 4. The improved mop assembly with liquid detergent supply as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pump having a secondary spring at the bottom to enhance the resuming force of the pump.
  • 5. The improved mop assembly with liquid detergent supply as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said pump having a sphere stopper at the top of said pump, and propped by a compressed spring to press against the passage at the front end of the pump, and said compressed spring pressing against a sealing stopper at the other end, and said sealing stopper being plugged onto a piston, and said sealing stopper at its bottom being pressed by a relay push pipe, while said relay push pipe at its bottom being covered by a main push pipe, and said push pipe at its front end having a blocking edge to block the piston, and a sleeve passing through said main push pipe and being embedded and secured to the bottom of the pump, so that the pump supporting said main push pipe while the piston and the blocking edge of said main push pipe maintaining an appropriate distance and blocking the blocking edge of the main push pipe to prevent the main push pipe from falling out, and the bottom of said main push pipe being embedded to the fixed hole at the bottom of the storage bottle, and supported between the bottom of the pump and the bottom of the storage bottle.
  • 6. The improved mop assembly with liquid detergent supply as claimed in claim 1, wherein said handle connecting pipe, push member, bump, main push pipe, supporting pipe, and mop are aligned in a longitudinal direction vertical to a central line.
  • 7. The improved mop assembly with liquid detergent supply as claimed in claim 1, wherein said relay push pipe, main push pipe, fixed hole, flow hole, and nozzle of the outlet nozzle forming a liquid detergent passage.
  • 8. An improved mop assembly with a liquid detergent supply, comprising a board body and a board surface, and said mop being used with a piece of cleaning cloth or polyester cloth of the same specification, characterized in that:two n-shape contractible support rod, respectively disposed on both sides of an opening end, having a vertical protruded ear, and a sliding rod extended towards the inner side, and said protruded ear being latched by a serrated latch groove of said board body, and an elasticity between both ends of said protruded ear providing users to release and resume the latch; a board body, having a plurality of soft clipping boards at appropriate positions thereon, and a serrated latch groove each disposed on both the front and rear sides of said board body; a plurality of latch grooves disposed in intervals on the latch groove for allowing said protruded ear to move sideway in the serrated latch groove, and fixing said protruded ear into the latch groove by the elasticity between two protruded ears, a board surface, respectively having an slant sliding track tilted sideway such that said sliding rod of the two contractible support rod respectively disposed on the aslant sliding track when coupled with said board body pushing out towards both sides and being tilted outward according to the inclination of said aslant sliding track; thereby when the length of cleaning cloth exceeding the length of the mop, the sliding rod of the n-shape contractible support rod being used to pass into a pocket each on both sides of the cleaning cloth and spread out the cleaning cloth, and the outwardly tilted n-shape contractible support rod guiding both ends of the cleaning cloth to attach on the same surface as that for said board surface of the cleaning cloth in order to enhance the entire cleaning effect of the cleaning cloth and fitting the cleaning cloths of different specifications.
  • 9. The improved mop assembly with liquid detergent supply as claimed in claim 8, wherein an inverted pump having a passage opening, a suction pipe being embedded and limited onto a limit pillar protruded from a storage bottle, a suction opening being disposed at the bottom of the suction pipe, and a main push pipe directly coupling to a conveying pipe and to an outlet passage of an outlet nozzle.
  • 10. The improved mop assembly with liquid detergent supply as claimed in claim 9, wherein an axial hole of a fixed bottle cover having a secondary spring, and a press board fixed on a handling connecting pipe pressing against said secondary spring, and a limit cover being secured on said axial hole such that said secondary spring being compressed and resumed in the axial hole by means of the back and forth squeezing movement of a handle connecting rod.
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