Spray mop

Abstract

A spray mop comprising a handle, a spray housing, a cleaning end, and a bottle. The spray housing can be coupled to the handle and can include a nozzle. The cleaning end can be coupled to the handle and the spray housing. The bottle can be removeably coupled to the spray housing and can have a body for enclosing a fluid. The body can have a first end and a second end. The bottle can have a shroud disposed at the second end. The shroud can have a support surface for supporting the bottle in an upright position when the bottle has been removed from the spray housing such that the bottle can be filled with a fluid at the first end. The spray mop may have a pump mechanism with a reload spring disposed outside of a fluid chamber. The nozzle can be removeable from the spray housing.

1 . A spray mop comprising:
 a handle;   a spray housing coupled to the handle, the spray housing including a nozzle;   a cleaning end coupled to the handle and the spray housing; and   a bottle removeably coupled to the spray housing, the bottle having a body for enclosing a fluid, the body having a first end and a second end, the first end having an opening, the bottle having a removeable cap for attachment to the first end of the body to enclose the opening, the bottle having a shroud disposed at the second end, the shroud having a support surface for supporting the bottle in an upright position when the bottle has been removed from the spray housing such that the bottle can be filled with a fluid at the first end.   
     
     
         2 . The spray mop of  claim 1  wherein the support surface is substantially planar. 
     
     
         3 . The spray mop of  claim 1  wherein the removeable cap includes a valve for permitting air to enter the bottle. 
     
     
         4 . The spray mop of  claim 3  wherein the valve is a duck-bill shaped valve. 
     
     
         5 . The spray mop of  claim 1  wherein the shroud is removeable from the bottle. 
     
     
         6 . The spray mop of  claim 1  further comprising a pump mechanism for pumping fluid from the bottle to the nozzle, the pump mechanism including a piston housing, a piston disposed within the piston housing, and a reload spring, the piston housing having an interior surface surrounding the piston, the piston housing having a first end with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, the piston having a surface opposing the first end and forming a chamber therebetween, the piston being moveable in a first direction within the piston housing to decrease the volume of the chamber, the piston being moveable in a second direction within the piston housing to increase the volume of the chamber, the reload spring being disposed outside of the chamber, the reload spring being compressed when the piston moves in the first direction, and when compressed, the reload spring exerts a force pulling the piston in the second direction. 
     
     
         7 . The spray mop of  claim 1  wherein the nozzle is removeable from the spray housing. 
     
     
         8 . The spray mop of  claim 1  wherein the second end has a second end opening, and the second end opening is covered with a second end cap, the second end cap having a spring actuated plunger. 
     
     
         9 . The spray mop of  claim 1  wherein the removeable cap includes a channel for receiving an external shaft. 
     
     
         10 . A spray mop comprising:
 a handle;   a spray housing coupled to the handle, the spray housing including a nozzle;   a cleaning end coupled to the handle and the spray housing;   a bottle coupled to the spray housing; and   a pump mechanism for pumping fluid from the bottle to the nozzle, the pump mechanism including a piston housing, a piston disposed within the piston housing, and a reload spring, the piston housing having an interior surface surrounding the piston, the piston housing having a first end with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, the piston having a surface opposing the first end and forming a chamber therebetween, the piston being moveable in a first direction within the piston housing to decrease the volume of the chamber, the piston being moveable in a second direction within the piston housing to increase the volume of the chamber, the reload spring being disposed outside of the chamber, the reload spring being compressed when the piston moves in the first direction, and when compressed, the reload spring exerts a force pulling the piston in the second direction.   
     
     
         11 . The spray mop of  claim 10  wherein the bottle has a body for enclosing a fluid, the body having a first end and a second end, the first end having an opening, the bottle having a removeable cap for attachment to the first end of the body to enclose the opening, and the removeable cap including a valve for permitting air to enter the bottle. 
     
     
         12 . The spray mop of  claim 11  wherein the valve is a duck-bill shaped valve. 
     
     
         13 . The spray mop of  claim 11  wherein the second end has a second end opening, and the second end opening is covered with a second end cap, the second end cap having a spring actuated plunger. 
     
     
         14 . The spray mop of  claim 13  further comprising a bottle base disposed within the spray housing, the bottle base having a projection, the projection engaging the spring actuated plunger when the bottle is disposed in the bottle base to permit fluid to flow past the projection out of the bottle. 
     
     
         15 . The spray mop of  claim 10  wherein the nozzle is removeable from the spray housing. 
     
     
         16 . The spray mop of  claim 10  wherein the reload spring is disposed around a spring coupler, the spring coupler being coupled to the piston. 
     
     
         17 . The spray mop of  claim 16  further comprising a sleeve disposed around the reload spring and the spring coupler, the sleeve having a ledge in contact with the reload spring. 
     
     
         18 . The spray mop of  claim 17  wherein when the spray mop is actuated, the reload spring is compressed between an upper end of the spring coupler and the ledge. 
     
     
         19 . A spray mop comprising:
 a handle;   a spray housing coupled to the handle;   a nozzle coupled to the spray housing, the nozzle being removeable from the spray housing;   a cleaning end coupled to the handle and the spray housing; and   a bottle removeably coupled to the spray housing, the bottle having a body for enclosing a fluid.   
     
     
         20 . The spray mop of  claim 19  wherein the nozzle is removeable by rotation.