DEAS 1085: 2021  
ICS 83.080.01  
 
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 EAST AFRICAN STANDARD  
Squeegee ( rubber squeezer) — Specification  
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 Contents  Page 
Foreword  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................  iv 
1 Scope  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ......................  1 
2 Normative references  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................  1 
3 Terms and definitions  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........................  1 
4 Requirements  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .........  2 
4.1 General requirements  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........................  2 
4.1 4  Handle  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .....................  2 
4.1.5  Blade  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................  2 
4.2 Specific requirements  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........................  3 
6 Packaging  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...............  4 
7 Sampling  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................  4 
Annex  A (normative)  Determination of Corrosion Resistance  ................................ ................................ ..... 5 
A.1 Procedure  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...............  5 
A.2 Results  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ....................  5 
Annex  B (normative)  Sampling and Criteria for Conformity  ................................ ................................ .........  6 
B.1 Samples for approval  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................  6 
B.2 Scale of sampling  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 6 
B.3  Number of test s and criteria for conformity  ................................ ................................ ......................  6 
Bibliography  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ........................  8 
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 Foreword  
Development of the East African Standards has been necessitated by the need for harmonizing requirements 
governing quality of products and services in the East African Community. It is envisaged that through 
harmonized standardization, trade barriers that are encountered when goods and services are exchanged 
within the Community will be removed.  
The Communit y has established an East African Standards Committee  (EASC)  mandated to develop and 
issue East African Standards  (EAS) . The Committee is composed of representatives of the National 
Standards Bodies in Partner States, together with the representatives from  the public and private sector 
organizations  in the community .  
East African Standards are developed through  Technical Committees that are representative of key 
stakeholders including government, academia, consumer groups, private sector and other interest ed parties. 
Draft East African Standards are circulated to stakeholders through the National Standards Bodies in the 
Partner States. The comments received are discussed and incorporated before finalization of standards, in 
accordance with the Principles an d procedures for development of East African Standards. XXXXXX.  
East African Standards are subject to review, to keep pace with technological advances. Users of the East 
African Standards are therefore expected to ensure that they always have the latest ve rsions of the standards 
they are implementing .  
The committee responsible  for this document is Technical Committee EASC/TC 072, Plastics and related 
products . 
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rights. EAC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.  
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 Squeegee ( rubber squeezer) — Specification  
1 Scope   
This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, methods of sampling and test for hand opera ted 
squeezer for floors and windows  
2 Normative references   
The following referenced documents referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content 
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited a pplies. For undated 
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.  
ISO 13061 -1, Physical and mechanical properties of wood — Test methods for small clear wood specimens 
— Part 1: Determination of moisture cont ent for physical and mechanical tests . 
3 Terms and definitions   
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.  
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:  
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp  
3.1  
plastic  
solid material which contains, as an essential ingredient, one or more synthetic organic high polymers and 
which is formed (shaped) during either man ufacture of the polymer or the fabrication into a finished product by 
heat and/or pressure  
3.2  
wood  
aggregate of secondary tissues  found in stems, branches and roots of woody plants between the bark and 
pith 
3.3 
rubber  
natural or synthetic elastic polymer  (elastomer) which forms the basis of the compound used in many rubber 
products  
3.4  
lot 
definite quantity of squeezers  manufactured or produced under conditions that are presumed uniform  
3.5  
block  
part to whi ch the filling material “blade” is secured   
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 3.6 
Squeezer /squeegee  
tool with a flat, smoo th blade, used to remove or control the flow of liquid on a flat surface.  
3.7  
groove  
long, narrow,  hollow space cut into a block where the blade sheet is attached  
3.8 
blade  
wiping tool/rubber sheet placed in the g roove of the block  
3.9 
Consignment  
quantity of squeezers  of the same specifications made available for dispatch at the same time  
4 Requirements  
4.1 General requirements  
4.1.1  The rubber squeezer  shall have smooth finish and all the  components (block, blade  and handle) shall 
be free from imperfections and defects which might affect the appearance, impai r its serviceability or 
performance.  
4.1.2  Plastic components shall be made of  plastic which does not significantly deflect while the squeezer is 
in use  
4.1.3  Wooden components shall be free from brashness, any biological or non -biological deterioration, 
insect attack, pith , knots (except pin knots), cracks and any other defect that may reduce the life of the brush 
and affect its utility.  
4.1 4  Handle  
4.1.4 .1 The handle shall be made of a suitable material. It shall be free from any defects and shall not 
deflect during use It may be plastic, wood or metal  
4.1.4.2 Handles shall be firmly attached to the block.  
4.1.4 .3 Straight -grained hardw ood, painted or vanishe d shall be used for wooden handles.  
4.1.4.4 Metallic handles shall be insulated.  
4.1.5  Blade  
The blade s hall pass the tests given in clause 4.1.5.1  and 4.1.5. 2 
4.1.5.1  Pull test  
The rubber sheet shall remain unmovable inside the block and shall not come ou t when subjected to a straight 
push and pull with thumb and finger grip.  
4.1.5.2  Flexibility test  
The rubber sheet when bent at an angle of 180” shall show no crack split or break in the sheet. In addition  
on releasing the pressure while in bent position , the sheet shall assume its normal shape .  
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 4.1.5 .3 The rubber sheet shall be of uniform size and length, virtually free from defects and shall be firmly 
secured in the block .  
4.1.5.4 The squeezer shall be able to dry the wet surface when used in both the forward (push) and 
backward (pull) directions  
4.1.5.5. The Squeezer blade shall at all times, maintain firm contact with the floor when pressure is 
applied on the handle  
4.2 Specific requirements  
4.2.1 Moisture content f or wooden block and handle, shall be  determined in accordance with ISO 13061 -1, 
shall not exceed 15  %. 
4.2.2  When metal is used as any of the components of the squeezer, it shall be corrosion -resistant or shall  
be protected against corrosion  when tested in accordance with An nex A .  
4.2.3 The squeezer shall comply with the m inimum dimensions given in the T able 1  
Table 1 — Minimum dimensions for specific parts of the floor squeezer  
Specific part of the squeezer  Dimensions , (mm) 
Handle length  1500 
Rubber length  300 
Groove length  300 
Rubber p rotrusion from the groove  15 
 
5 Labelling  
5.1 The squeegee  shall be legibly and indelibly labelled  in English and/or any other official language 
(French, Kiswahili  etc.) of the importing East African country  with the following information:  
a) Name of the man ufacturer and /or trademark;  
b) Batch number; and  
c) Code of resin if plastic material is used.  
5.2 The package shall be legibly and indelibly labelled  in English and/or any other official la nguage (French, 
Kiswahili  etc.) of the importing East African country wi th the following information  : 
a) Name of product “S queegee ”; 
b) Country of origin;  
c) Batch number  
5.3 The bulk package shall be legibly and indelibly labelled  in English and/or any other official l anguage 
(French, Kiswahili  etc.) of the importing East African co untry with the following information : 
a) manufacturer’s name, physical address and /or registered trade mark;  
b) name of the product as, “ Squeegee ”;  
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 c) declaration of the number of squeegees in the bulk package;  
d) batch or code number;  
e) instruction for storage and dis posal of the bulk packaging material ; and  
f) country of origin.  
6 Packaging  
The pack aging shall be as agreed between the purchaser a nd the su pplier 
7 Sampling  
The metho d of sampling of squeezers  and criteria for conformity shall be as prescribed in Annex B.  
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 Annex  A 
(normative)  
 
Determination of Corrosion Resistance  
A.1 Procedure  
Submerge all metal components for 7 h in distilled water, then dry them as rapidly as possible at a 
temperature not exceeding 70 °C an d examine the surfaces that are required to be corrosion resistant for 
freedom from corros ion.  
A.2 Results  
The surfaces shall show no sign of corrosion   
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 Annex  B 
(normative)  
 
Sampling and Criteria for Confo rmity  
B.1 Samples for approval  
B.1.1 The supplier shal l submit three identical squeezers  corresponding to each type and size for approval.  
B.1.2 The purchaser or inspection authority, as applicable, shall retain one of the three samples.  
B.2 Scale of sampl ing  
B.2.1 In any consignment, all squeezers  of the same size, construction and method of manufacture shall be 
grouped to constitute a  lot. 
B.2.2 Each lot shall be tested separately for its conformity to the requirements of this spec ification. The 
number o f squeezers  to be selected for this purpose from each lot depends on the size of the lot and shall be 
in accordance with  Table B 1 
Table B 1 – Scale of Sampling and Permissible Number of Defectives  
 
Lot size  For visual and dimensional tests  
No. of squeezer s to be 
Selected  Permissible No. of  
Defectives  
0 to 25  3 0 
26 to 50  5 0 
51 to 100  8 1 
101 to 300  13 1 
301 and above  20 2 
NOTE  :The plan in this table provides for  the acceptance of a lot containing not more than 4 % defective 
squeegees  most of the t imes  
 
B.2.3 The squeezers  shall be selected at random. To ensure this, a random number  on the  table may be 
used. Alternately, the following procedure ma y be adopted: Arrange the squeezers  in order, count them as 1, 
2, up to r and so on where r is the inte gral part of N/n (N being the lot size and n being the sample size). 
Repeating this process, every rth broom shall be withdrawn to constitute the sample.  
B.3  Number of tests and criteria for conformity  
B.3.1  The s queezers selected according to B .2.3 shal l be examined for the qualities in clause 4 . The 
number of defective squeezers  in the sample shall  not exceed the corresponding permissible number of 
defec tives given in column 3 of Table B 1 if the lot is to be accepted in respect of these  requirements   
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 B.3.2  One test per 10 squeezers  or part thereof shall be conducted for the determination of moisture 
content of timber in the case of wooden squeezers.  
B.3.3 for pull test and flexibility tests, two brushes from the sample shall be tes ted individually.  
B.3.4 there shall be no failure in the t ests conducted in clause 5  if the lot is to be finally accepted as 
satisfactory.   
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 Bibliography  
[1]  IS 13348:1992, Brush,  rubber squeezer with handle  
[2] TBS/ CDC 18 (4992) P3 – Wet Mops – Specification (Revision of TZS 10 97:2010)DEAS 1085: 2021    
 
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