Cleaning device, especially for cleaning windows

Abstract

A cleaning device ( 1 ) is provided which has a squeegee ( 3 ) in a mount ( 2 ) and a stemlike handle ( 4 ) joined rotatably to the mount ( 2 ) via a pivot axis ( 14 ). The pivot axis ( 14 ) forms an acute angle (α) with a longitudinal direction of the handle ( 4 ) that deviates substantially from a right angle.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A cleaning device comprising: 
 a mount;    a squeegee that is made of an elastic material and that is retained in the mount;    a stemlike handle that is joined to the mount pivotably about a pivot axis that extends perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the squeegee;    wherein the pivot axis of the mount and the handle forms an acute angle with a longitudinal direction of the handle that substantially deviates from a right angle.    
     
     
         2 . The cleaning device of  claim 1 , wherein the acute angle is approximately 15 to 75°.  
     
     
         3 . The cleaning device of  claim 1 , wherein the acute angle is approximately 30 to 60°.  
     
     
         4 . The cleaning device of  claim 1 , wherein the acute angle is approximately 45°.  
     
     
         5 . The cleaning device of  claim 1 , wherein a location of the pivot axis of the mount and the handle is selected such that a geometric line of intersection of the common pivoting plane of the mount and the handle with a surface to be cleaned is located relatively close to a bearing face of the squeegee on the surface to be cleaned.  
     
     
         6 . The cleaning device of  claim 5 , wherein the geometric line of intersection of the common pivoting plane of the mount and the handle with the surface to be cleaned is located upstream of the squeegee, in a pulling direction of the cleaning device.  
     
     
         7 . The cleaning device of  claim 1 , wherein a location of the pivot axis of the mount and the handle is selected such that a geometric line of intersection of the common pivoting plane of the mount and the handle with a surface to be cleaned is located relatively far from a bearing face of the squeegee and upstream, in a pulling direction of the cleaning device, of the squeegee on the surface to be cleaned.