Cleaning device for door handles and push plates

Abstract

A cleaning device for door handles and door push plates comprising a housing ( 60 ) for mounting on a door, the housing having a reservoir ( 76 ) of disinfectant liquid and a spray head ( 71 ), an actuating arm ( 72 ) which projects outwardly from the housing and is in use operatively associated with a door frame in which the door is mounted, such that opening or closing of the door causes movement of the actuating arm ( 72 ) to operate the spray head and to spray a disinfectant liquid onto the door handle, door to push plate or other door surface, wherein the actuating arm engages with the door frame to operate the spray head.

1 . A cleaning device for door handles and door push plates comprising a housing for mounting on a door, the housing having a reservoir for disinfectant liquid and a spray head, an actuating arm which projects outwardly from the housing and is in use operatively associated with a door frame in which the door is mounted, such that opening or closing of the door causes movement of the actuating arm to operate the spray head and to spray a disinfectant liquid onto the door handle, door push plate or other door surface, wherein the actuating arm engages with the door frame to operate the spray head. 
     
     
         2 . A cleaning device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the actuating arm has a door engaging portion which in use engages directly with the door frame when the door is in a closed position. 
     
     
         3 . A cleaning device as claimed in  claim 2  wherein the door engaging portion of the actuating arm projects forwardly of a plane of the housing which abuts the door. 
     
     
         4 . A cleaning device as claimed in  claim 2  wherein the actuating arm has an actuating portion disposed within the housing and arranged to move a slidable arm to activate the spray head. 
     
     
         5 . A cleaning device as claimed in  claim 4  wherein the actuating portion comprises a cam portion. 
     
     
         6 . A cleaning device as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the slidable arm has a cam surface which engages with the cam portion on the actuating arm. 
     
     
         7 . A cleaning device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the reservoir of disinfectant liquid comprises a flexible bag or pouch type container. 
     
     
         8 . A cleaning device as claimed in  claim 7  wherein the bag has a conduit connected to the spray head. 
     
     
         9 . A cleaning device as claimed in  claim 8  wherein the conduit is detachably attached to the slider and moves with the slider. 
     
     
         10 . A refill unit for the cleaning device of  claim 4  comprising a flexible pouch of disinfectant liquid having a conduit for attaching to the slider, and a spray head connected to the conduit. 
     
     
         11 . A cleaning device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the reservoir for disinfectant liquid is a container of solid wall construction moveably mounted within the housing. 
     
     
         12 . A cleaning device as claimed in  claim 10  wherein the container is pivotally mounted within the housing and moveable by an actuating portion of the actuating arm. 
     
     
         13 . A refill unit for the cleaning device as claimed in  claim 11  comprising a solid walled container having a spray head attached thereto. 
     
     
         14 . A cleaning device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the actuating arm is mounted within the door structure and comprises a spring urged arm which has an end which engages with the door frame. 
     
     
         15 . A cleaning device as claimed in  claim 14  wherein the actuating arm has an extension part having a hole to receive a trigger pin which projects from the rear of the housing so that movement of the actuating arm causes movement of a slider within the housing to operate the spray head. 
     
     
         16 . A cleaning device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the actuating arm is wedge shaped and projects from a sidewall of the housing.