Cleaning device and method

Abstract

A cleaning device, provided with a floor plate for fastening a cleaning cloth and a section extending along at least one edge of the floor plate, which section is provided with at least one outlet aperture, wherein a feed hose for steam is provided which connects to the at least one section, which feed hose is connectible to a steam generator.

1 . A cleaning device, provided with a floor plate for fastening a cleaning cloth and a section extending along at least one edge of the floor plate, which section is provided with at least one outlet aperture, wherein a feed hose for steam is provided which connects to said at least one section, which feed hose is connectible to a steam generator.  
   
   
       2 . A cleaning device according to  claim 1 , wherein said section extends at a distance from said at least one edge, outside said floor plate.  
   
   
       3 . A cleaning device according to  claim 1 , wherein the floor plate has an underside which, at least in a position of use, is relatively flat, while said at least one aperture in said section is situated at a small distance above a plane defined by said underside.  
   
   
       4 . A cleaning device according to  claim 1 , wherein the floor plate is substantially rectangular and wherein said section extends at least along a long side of said floor plate.  
   
   
       5 . A cleaning device according to  claim 1 , wherein the floor plate is connected with a handle so as to be capable of swiveling, and the feed hose extends at least partly through and/or alongside said handle.  
   
   
       6 . A cleaning device according to  claim 5 , wherein adjacent an end of the handle remote from the floor plate, a coupling is provided for coupling the feed hose with a supply hose of a steam generator.  
   
   
       7 . A cleaning device according to  claim 1 , wherein said section is connected with a top side of the floor plate by means of a coupling device, such that the section is detachable from the floor plate.  
   
   
       8 . A cleaning device according to  claim 1 , wherein the floor plate is provided at an underside thereof with adhesive means for temporarily adhering a cleaning cloth, in particular a cloth comprising microfibers.  
   
   
       9 . A cleaning device according to  claim 1 , wherein at an underside of the floor plate a cleaning cloth is provided comprising microfibers.  
   
   
       10 . An assembly of a cleaning device according to  claim 1  and a steam generator, wherein the cleaning device is connected with the steam generator via a supply hose.  
   
   
       11 . An assembly according to  claim 10 , wherein the length of the supply hose between the steam generator and the feed hose is greater than the length of a or the handle connected to the floor plate.  
   
   
       12 . An assembly according to  claim 10 , wherein a suspension device is provided for operatively supporting the supply hose above a surface to be cleaned.  
   
   
       13 . An assembly according to  claim 10 , wherein the supply hose is detachably coupled or can be detachably coupled to the feed hose, in particular using a rapid coupling.  
   
   
       14 . A method for cleaning surfaces using steam, wherein from a steam generator, steam is supplied to a section along an edge of a floor plate, next to a cleaning cloth provided on the floor plate, such that the steam is blown from said section onto a surface to be cleaned, near an edge of said cleaning cloth.  
   
   
       15 . A method according to  claim 14 , wherein as cleaning cloth a cloth is used having microfibers therein.  
   
   
       16 . A method according to  claim 14 , wherein during cleaning of a surface the supply hose and the feed hose are held at a distance from the cleaned surface.  
   
   
       17 . A method according to  claim 14 , wherein using the steam, grease of the surface to be cleaned is emulsified and thereupon taken up by a cleaning cloth which is moved over the surface.