BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 represents the general view of the invention—the home cleaning device.
FIGS. 2,3 and 4 represent longitudinal cross sections of the home cleaning device.
FIG. 5 represents a side view of the home cleaning device during squeezing out water from the sponge.
FIG. 6 represents a side view of the home cleaning device.
FIG. 7 represents a tool's slider with a pin preventing a rotation of the socket.
FIG. 8 represents a longitudinal cross section of the quick-release joint of the extension arm with the movable rod and a mechanism blocking the extension arm.
FIG. 9 represents a cross section view of the socket blocking mechanism.
FIG. 10 represents a cross section view of the home cleaning device taken along line A-A in FIG. 9 which shows the push button bolt.
FIG. 11 represents a side view of the locking pawl placed inside the cut of the slider.
FIG. 12 represents a front view of the locking pawl in the direction of arrow B of FIG. 11.
FIG. 13 represents an overhead view of the locking pawl in the direction of the arrow A of FIG. 11.
FIG. 14 represents an overhead view of a tool's slider with the cut for the locking pawl.
FIG. 15 represents a front view of a tee-bar and the slider with its cut for the locking pawl.
FIG. 16 represents an overhead view of the tee-bar, the slider with the cut for the locking pawl, and a plate with numerous holes in it and the sponge.
FIG. 17 represents a cross section view of the sponge mop taken along line B-B in FIG. 16
FIG. 18 represents a longitudinal cross section of the permanent joint of the extension arm with the movable rod.
FIG. 19 represents a cross sectional view of the socket permanently attached to the tubular stick head.
FIG. 20 represents a side view of the home cleaning device with a sweep brush.
FIG. 21 represents a front view of the home cleaning device with a paint roll.
FIG. 22 represents a side view of FIG. 21.
FIG. 23 represents an overhead view of the modified pin seated in the slots of movable rod and in the slideways of the tubular stick.
FIG. 24 represents a longitudinal cross sectional view of the modified pin taken along the line C-C in FIG. 23.
FIG. 25 represents a general view of the modified pin in the direction of arrow C of FIG. 23.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
FIGS. 2,3 and 4 show one embodiment of the present invention-multifunction device for home cleaning works. The embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 2,3 and 4 includes the sponge 10 connected with the plate 12. A double-tee bar 14 of which the bottom plate is attached to the plate 12 by rivets or other means, or being an integral part of said plate 12. A top surface of said double-tee bar 14 is a roadway for rolls mounted at the movable stick's connection clip 34. A channel shaped socket 20 is turnably joined with the tubular stick head's 22 protruding section 24 with the axle 26. Two coil springs 28 slid over the axle's 26 ends, Said coil springs 28 ends are pressuring down the socket 20 to the tubular stick head's 22 front face, which is inclined to the axis of the tubular stick 46 about 45°. The slideway 16 which has the shape of the letter T upside down, or of a different shape, is attached to the socket 20 or constitutes an integral part of said socket 20. A slider 18 is a section of the plate 12 with a shape corresponding and facing towards said socket's 20 slideway 16. A locking pawl 30 blocks the plate 12 connected to the sponge 10, or any one of the set tools in work position, slides over the socket's 20 slideway 16. The said looking pawl 30 is slid over the end of one of the coil springs 28, and its tonque 31 enters in the cut 96 as seen in FIGS. 11 and 12, formed on the top surface of the slider 18. The push button-bolt 32 shown in FIG. 10 with a scarf 98 which lifts the locking pawl 30 unlocking the plate's 12 slider 18. The said push button-bolt 32 placed between additional socket's 21 sides with a spring 33. The said socket 21 is placed between sides of the socket 20 and attached to the top surface of the socket 20. The connection clip 34 is the beginning of the movable rod 42 with a set of pressing rolls of a different diameter, the first one the smallest, next one bigger and the next one 36 is the same. The roll 38 and 40 pressing against the socket 20 cause said socket rotation. The clip 34 connected with the movable rod’ 42 or is an integral part of said movable rod 42. A several pairs of guiding semicircular rolls 44 pivotally mounted on both sides of the movable rod 42 which is placed inside the tubular stick 46 with said pressing and guiding rolls 36,38,40 and 44. A pilot sleeve 48 slides over the tubular stick 46 is connected with the movable rod 42 with a pin 50 which is placed across both sides of the pilot sleeve 48 and the pin's 50 slideways 52 formed in the wall of the tubular stick 46, then across the movable rod 42. FIG. 8 shows another slideway 54 formed in the wall of the tubular stick 46 near the tubular stick head 22 for the extension arm's 60 connector 56. Said connector 56 is screwed down to a plate 58 which is attached to the opposite side of the movable rod 42 by rivets or other means, or said plate 58 is an integral part of the movable rod 42. The connector 56 and the movable rod 42, and the plate 58 coupled with each other create this section of the movable rod 42 as a section of a quick-release joint of said extension arm 60 with the movable rod 42. An axle 62 at its middle point of its length is attached to the extension arm's 60 end and binary squeezing rolls 64R and 64L are slid over said axle 62, Two semicircular disks 66 slid over ends of the axle 62 for squeezing out water from edges of the sponge 10 protruding out of the plate 12. A channel 68 formed in the connector's 56 section protrudes outside the tubular stick 46, parallel to said tubular stick 46. Two cylindrical bolts 70 seated across said connector 56 in sides of said channel 68 spaced at a distance from each other. A slat 72 is the ending of the extension arm 60, opposite to its other end with squeezing binary rolls 64R and 64L. Two cuts 74a and 74b formed in said slat 72, sliding over the connector's 56 bolts 70. Due to the wedge shape of cuts 74a and 74b the extension arm 60 jams on said bolts 70. A locking mechanism blocks the extension arm 60 in jammed position. Said looking mechanism comprises two cylindrical bolts 76 connected with each other with a connecting link 78. Said connecting link 78 is provided with an inclined lip 80 overlapping a cut's 84 edge 82 which is inclined the same as said lip 80. Two coil springs 86 slid over said bolts 76 actuating said locking mechanism, thereby the lip 80 overlaps the edge 82 of the cut 84 holding the extension arm 60 in a stable and jammed position. Said bolts 76 placed in holes formed across the connector 56, and the movable rod 42, and the plate 58 create a joint of said bolts 76 with the movable rod 42. A limiter attached to the connector 56 (not shown on the drawings) prevents the locking mechanism sliding off after disconnecting the extension arm 60 from the movable rod 42. Said movable rod 42 with pressing and guiding rolls 36,38,40 and 44. The pilot sleeve 48, and the extension arm 60 with the binary rolls 64R and 64L, and semicircular disks 66 are indispensable, when the sponge mop is in use, but not necessary for other of the set tools, and the extension arm 60 may be taken off. FIG. 8 shows also one of the guiding rolls 44. FIG. 1 shows the general view of the present invention with the sponge mop 10 put to use, and with partially longitudinal cross section showing the connection clip 34 with one of the pressing rolls 40, and the movable rod 42 with the one pair of the semicircular guiding rolls 44. FIG. 5 shows the present invention after passing and squeezing water out of circular disks 66. The socket 20 turned by pressing rolls of different diameter one by one 36,38, and 40 until reaching by said socket 20 of parallel position to the tubular stick 46, the connection clip 34 with said above rolls 36,38 and 40 extending from said tubular stick 46. FIG. 6 shows the device in a side view with the socket 20 turnably connected with the protruding section 24 of the tubular stick 46 head 22 by the axle 26, the slideway 16 of the socket 20, the slider 18 of the plate 12 and the double-tee bar 14 of which top surface is the roadway for the pressing rolls of the movable rod 42. FIG. 7 shows the quick-release joint in details, connecting any of the set tools except the sponge mop with the socket 20 by the slider 88 provided with a pin 90 entering into hole 92 in the tubular stick's 46 head 22 preventing accidental rotation of the socket 20 while using said tool. FIGS. 9 and 10 show in a cross sectional view the details of the present invention putting to use the sponge mop 10 connected with the plate 12. FIGS. 9 and 10 also show the double-tee bar 14 placed on the plate 12 or being its integral part, of which top surface is pressed down by pressing rolls 36,38 and 40 which are mounted at the connection clip's 34 end causing rotation of the socket 20. The protruding sections 24 of the tubular stick head 22 for lacing on them the socket 20 with its sides turnably connected with the tubular stick head 22 by the axle 26. Two coil springs 28 are slid over ends of said axle 26 located within passages of the axle 26 ends formed in the protruding section 24 of the tubular stick head 22; the locking pawl 30 slid over one of ends of said coil spring 28, a tonque 31 of the locking pawl 30 enters into the slider's 18 or 88 cut 96 which is shown in FIGS. 12 and 14. Said locking pawl 30 with its tonque 31 being constantly under pressure of the coil spring 28 end blocks the tool put in, in position, when it is connected with the socket 20. The push button bolt 32 with the scarf 98 lifting the locking pawl 30, the end of which is resting on said scarf 98, unblocking the slider 18 (or 88) of used tool when the push button bolt 32 is pressed by fingers compressing the spring 33 which is slid over said push button bolt 32. Said push button bolt 32 is seated in and through sides of the channel shaped socket 20 and the same shaped additional socket 21, which is attached to the socket 20 or being of said socket 20 integral part. Said coil spring 33 is slid over the push button bolt 32 and holds push button bolt 32 in extreme outside of the socket 20, when the locking pawl 30 end is resting on the lowest point of the push button bolt 32 scarf 98 thereby the locking pawl's tongue 31 is resting in the slider's 18 or 88 cut 96 holding the tool put to use, is coupled with the socket 20 position shown in FIG. 11. FIG. 12 shows the side view of the slider 18 left side with the locking pawl's 30 tonque 31 resting in the slider's 18 (or 88) cut 96, and a scarf 94 at the beginning of the slider 18, enabling automatically lifting the locking pawl 30 while sliding the tool slider 18 over the socket slideway 16. FIG. 13 shows an overhead, view of the locking pawl 30 resting on the scarf 98 of the push button bolt 32, simultaneously the tongue 31 is resting in the cut 96 of the slider 18. FIG. 14 shows the overhead view of the slider 18 with the cut 96 which is formed on the left side of the slider 18, and the same on the slider 88. FIG. 15 shows a front view of a few details of the present invention including the double-tee bar 14, the slider 18 with the cut 96, the plate 12 with one of two bent edges 13a of the plate 12 stiffening said plate 12 connected with the sponge 10. FIG. 16 shows an overhead view of the details shown in FIG. 15 and numerous holes 100 in the plate 12 increasing effectiveness of squeezing out water from the sponge 10 and both bent edges 13a and 13b of the plate 12. FIG. 17 shows the side view of the details shown in FIGS. 15 and 16. FIG. 18 shows the present invention arm attached to the movable rod 42 with applied the permanent joint using a modified extension arm 60 and the same slightly modified connector 56 marked after modification 60a and 56a, enabling permanent joint of one with another. The extension arm's 60a root is slid over the connector 56a and connected by use of rivets, screws or any other manner. FIG. 19 shows the socket 20, marked 20a after slight modification which enables to apply the permanent joint to connect said socket 20a with tubular stick head 22a using screws 102, rivets or other method. The solid fixed connection of the socket. 20a to the tubular stick 46 without using any tubular stick head. The socket 20a is provided with all details like socket 20, the difference only is that one circuit spring 28a is in use instead of two circuit springs 28, One end of said spring 28a constantly presses the locking pawl 30 and its other end rests on the protrusion 104 which is an integral part of the socket 20a. FIG. 20 shows the present invention in side view with the sweep brush X, which is put to use with the application of the angle bar slider 88 provided with the pin 90 located in the hole 92 (see FIG. 7) formed in the tubular stick head 22. In the case of using two independent tubular sticks said pin 90 and the hole 92 are dispensable. FIG. 21 shows the present invention's front view with the paint roller Z put to use, and FIG. 22 shows the side view of the present invention shown in FIG. 21. FIG. 23 shows the overhead view of the modified pin. The flat spring 106 is attached to its plate 50a with one of its ends. Said spring is placed in suitably formed hollow 108 made in said plate. The depth of said hollow is equal to the thickness of the spring 106. The opposite end 110 of said spring towards its end attached to the plate 50a is formed by bending it in order to project beyond the flat plate of the spring 106. A distal ending 112 of said end of said spring is formed into a wedge shape. Said bent end 110 of the spring 106 is hooking up onto the edge of the pilot sleeve's 48 slot, maintaining the modified pin in position. A deepened part 108a of the hollow 108 made in the plate 50a is formed underneath of said bending end 110 of the spring 106. This enables said bent end 110 of the spring 106 to enter said deepened part 108a of the hollow 108 while sliding the modified pin through the slots of the pilot sleeve 48 and the movable rod 42 as well as through the slideways 52 made in the wall of the tubular stick 46.
Operation of the Multifunction Device Means for Home Cleaning Works
The present invention-multifunction device for cleaning any room, comprises basic parts and exchangeable means being a set of tools for cleaning works, and a detachable extension arm which is indispensable, when a sponge mop is put into use. Said extension arm with a binary roll squeezing out water from said sponge and two semicircular disks at the binary roll's ends squeezing out water from the sponge's edges extending out of a plate connected with the sponge. An operation when a sponge mop is in use, the plate 12 connected with the sponge 10 and the slider 18 of the plate 12 is slid over the slideway 16 of the socket 20. While pushing the plate 12 with its slider 18, the scarf 94 formed at the slider 18 beginning edge lifts the locking pawl 30, then when the sliding operation is over, the locking pawl 30 is automatically falls onto the lowest point of the push button-bolt's 32 scarf 98 being under constant pressure of the end of the coil spring 28, on which the locking pawl 30 is slid. Simultaneously the tongue 31 of the locking pawl 30 falls into cut 96 formed on the top surface of the slider 18, in effect the plate 12 with the sponge 10 is blocked in the working position, and in the same manner is blocked every one tool being in use. By applying pressure to the push button-bolt 32, which is seated between sides of the additional socket 21, the push button-bolt 32 compresses the spring 33 which is slid over said push button bolt 32. In effect the scarf 98 of the push button 32 lifts the locking pawl 30 thereby lifts the tongue 31 of the locking pawl 30, and the plate 12 with the sponge 10, or any other tool being in use is unblocked and may be slid off. The extension arm 60 with the binary squeezing roll 64 and two semicircular squeezing disks 66 are slid over bolts 70 of the connector 56 with wedge cuts 74a and 74b of the extension arm slat 72 which causes jamming of said extension arm on said bolts 70. Due to the first place the extension arm 60 is sliding in perpendicular direction to the axis of the tubular stick 46 then parallel, but previously the connection link 78 of the locking mechanism must be pressed down compressing coil springs 86 which are slid over the locking mechanism's bolts 76 enabling to the cut's 84 inclined edge 82 to pass connection link's 78 lip 80. By releasing pressure applied to the connection link 78 after jamming the slat 72 on bolts 76, its inclined lip 80 automatically overlaps the same inclined edge 82 of the cut 84 actuated by coil springs 86. In effect the extension arm 60 is held in stable and jammed position without any looseness. Contrary operation to the described above is required to disconnect the extension arm 60 from the movable rod 42. By applying pressure to the pilot sleeve 48 said pilot sleeve 48 moves along the tubular stick 46 with the pin 50 which moves along the slideway 52 formed in the tubular stick's wall pushing the movable rod 42 which moves inside the tubular stick 46 with semicircular rolls 44 pivotally attached to both sides of said movable rod 42 rolling on the internal surface of the tubular stick 46 Simultaneously, the rolls 36,38 and 40 mounted at the connection clip 34 which is beginning of the movable rod 42, and one by one starts pressing down the double-tee bar's 14 surface causing rotation of the socket 20 until said socket 20 with the plate 12 and the sponge 10 reach parallel position to the tubular stick 46 axis. Also simultaneously the connector 56 connecting the extension arm 60 with the movable rod 42 moves along the slideway 54 formed in the tubular stick 46 wall near the head 22 of said tubular stick 46. While described above movement of the movable rod 42 with the extension arm 60 and the binary roll 64R and 64L and semicircular disks 66 at the end of the extension arm 60, rolling on the sponge 10 squeeze water out from said sponge 10 and from edges of said sponge 10. While moving back the squeezing out of water is repeated. These numerous holes 100 in the plate 12 increase the efectiveness of said squeezing out of water, and in this manner water is squeezed out in every direction. Every one of the set's tool except the sponge mop 10 is provided with the angle bar slider 88 with the pin 90 entering into hole 92 formed in the head 22 of the tubular stick 46 preventing accidental rotation of the socket 20. In the case of using two independent tubular sticks 46, the quick-release joint, connecting the extension arm 60 with the movable rod 42 is dispensable. A slighty modified extension arm 60 (marked 60a) is attached to the rod 42 by application of the permanent joint. The other tubular stick destined for operation with the other tools excluding the sponge mop, is provided with no movable parts, and thereby with all slideways formed in the wall of the tubular stick 46 are dispensable. The socket 20a is provided with all details indispensable for attaching onto it all other said tools excluding the sponge mop, and with the use of the single circular spring 28a, which constantly presses the locking pawl 30. Said socket 20a is attached to the tubular stick head 22a by application of the permanent joint using, for example, screws 102, rivets or any other method. The modified pin allows the user of the present invention to take out all the movable means while it is used with a set of a variety of tools excluding the sponge mop. The thickened knurled end of said modified pin is embraced by fingers. The applied pressure to it causes the modified pin to slide through the slot of the pilot sleeve 48 and the slot of the movable rod 42 as well as through the slideways 52 in the wall of the tubular stick 46. While said sliding of bent end 110 of the spring 106 it enters the deepened part 108a of the hollow 108 and immediately after exiting of said bend end 110 of the spring 106 hooks up on the edge of the pilot sleeve 48 slot. Contrary operation to the one described above begins with applying pressure on the wedge distal ending 112 of the spring 106. Said pressure causes bending of the spring 106 and thus entering the bent end 110 of said spring 106 into deepened part 108a of the hollow 108. Then pushing on said end 110 of the spring 106 embracing and pulling the knurled end of the plate 50a causes the modified pin to exit the slots of the pilot sleeve 48 and the movable rod 42 thereby exiting the slideways 52 of the tubular stick 46. Said operation allows taking the movable means out of the tubular stick 46. The disconnecting of the sponge together with the sleeves from their plate is done by disconnecting their ends which are connected using the velcro.