Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
  • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
  • A47L13/50—Auxiliary implements
  • A47L13/58—Wringers for scouring pads, mops, or the like, combined with buckets
  • A47L13/60—Wringers for scouring pads, mops, or the like, combined with buckets with squeezing rollers

Definitions

• the present invention relates, in general, to buckets and the like containers and relates particu ⁇ larly, but not exclusively, to an improved form of bucket or the like container having attached thereto or incorporated therewith a mechanism adapted to wring liquid from an appropriate appliance, such as for example a mop head or the like.
• Prior art so-called mop-wringing buckets have suffered from a number of practical disadvantages, in terms principally of their ease of operation and construction. Such prior art arrangements have also suffered in that they sometimes exhibited a tendency to over-balance in use, an extremely undesirable effect resulting in the deposition onto a floor or the like of the contents of the bucket itself. Such unwanted deposition of water and the like could be extremely galling, to say the least, when the relevant surface has just been cleaned (as by mopping, for example).
• the present applicant's arrangement seeks to provide an improvement in the known art by providing a so-called mop-wringing bucket which is easy to manufacture, extremely simple in its principle of operation and yet extremely effective in operation, and which furthermore does not exhibit a tendency to tip over or over-balance.
• the present invention furthermore provides an arrangement which has improved aesthetic appeal.
• a bucket or the like container having associated therewith a mechanism for wringing excess moisture from a cleaning utensil such as a mop, said mechanism including a guide structure for incorporation into the upper portion of said bucket, said guide structure having associated therewith respective fixed and movable elements, said movable element being operatively connected, via a linkage, to means allowing for selective and continuous movement of said movable element relative to said fixed element, between respective inoperative and operative positions, pursuant to the application of a suitable force to said linkage.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view (from above) of a first embodiment of a mop-wringing bucket in accordance with the present invention
• Figure 2 is a perspective view, from below, of the bucket of Figure 1;
• Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the bucket of Figure 1, with the wringing mechanism in its inoperative or relaxed position;
• Figure 4 is a sectional view of the bucket of
• Figures 5 and 6 are perspective views, from above and below respectively, of a further embodiment of a mop-wringing bucket in accordance with the present invention.
• a mop-wringing bucket or container in accordance with the present invention includes a base container or liquid-holding component
• base container 1 may be constructed as a one-piece moulding of a suitable plastics material. It should be understood, however, that base containers 1 in accordance with the present invention are not to be considered to be restricted to being constructed solely of plastics material. Indeed any other suitable material, even a metal, may equally be employed.
• the arrangement as illustrated further includes a mechanism or attachment, generally designated A, adapted in use to wring out excess water from a mop head or the like piece of cleaning equipment.
• the mechanism A is preferably adapted to be removably located in or within the rim portion 2 of the base container 1, and to this end includes two so-called guide frames 3 of any suitable material, as for example and preferably plastics material, said frames 3 being adapted to be disposed within complementary slots provided in adjacent longitudinal sides of the container 1, and to be affixed relative thereto, either removably or permanently if desired, in any known manner (for example rivetting, pinning, glueing, etc).
• Each frame 3 includes therein a slot 4 extending therealong and having an upwardly directed portion 5 at or towards one end thereof, the purpose of this upwardly directed portion 5 to be explained hereinafter.
• the wringer mechanism A as illustrated includes a first wringing roller 6 disposed on an axle 7, preferably adapted to be located in any known manner, as for example by pinning, at one side of the container 1 and on the respective guide frames 3.
• the roller 6 is disposed on the guide frames 3 so as to be free to rotate but not to slide or travel along the slots 4.
• the end portions of the axle 7 are adapted to be located within complemen ⁇ tary shaped apertures appropriately disposed on each guide frame 3.
• the mechanism A furthermore includes a second or movable roller 8, again disposed on an axle 9 and adapted, in use, to be selectively and continuously movable into and out of juxtaposition with roller 6 between wringing or operative and inoperative or non wringing positions respectively.
• the slots 4 in the guide frames 3 provide a guideway for substantial reciprocal movement of the roller 8 and associated axle 9, with the roller 8 being free to rotate and to move along the slot 4.
• Movement of the second roller 8 relative to first roller 6 may be effected in any known manner and, in the preferred embodiment illustrated, by means of a so-called pedal mechanism, generally designated as 10.
• the preferred embodiment illustrated includes a pedal mechanism 10 in the form of what might be termed a toggle joint, including two lever arms 11 and 12 appropriately interconnected as shown, as for example by pinning or hinging at 13, with the free or opposite end of a first of said lever arms 11 being fixed in a pivotable manner, again as for example by pinning (as at 14), to the base container or bucket portion 1.
• the opposition end of the second lever arm 12 is then connected in any known manner to the movable roller 8.
• the first lever arm 11 may take the form of a pedal as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, with the second lever arm 12 including means for incorporation thereinto of the movable roller 8.
• the respective -.lever arms 11 and 12 adopt the relative positions shown in Figs.
• first and second lever arms 11 and 12 as illustrated constitute merely preferred embodiments of the invention. Indeed, and in a practical sense, the respective lengths of the lever arms 11 and 12, and the point of interconnection thereof, may be varied in order to vary the force applied at a mop head located between the respective wringing rollers 6 and 8.
• a mop-wringing bucket or container in accordance with the present invention may have suitable ground-engaging means located on the under-surface thereof.
• ground-engaging means may take the form of casters or rollers whereby to assist in movement of the container over a surface being treated (as by cleaning).
• a mop-wringing bucket or container in accordance with the present invention may be provided with suitable handle means 15, whereby to assist in the portability thereof.
• the handle means 15 is adapted to be selectively movable relative to the rim portion 2 of the container 1.
• rollers 6 and 8 are fluted or provided with a plurality of corregutions on the external surface thereof. Such fluting or corregutions will assist in wringing of water from a mop head or the like.
• the embodiments as illustrated further include, at one side of the bottom of the container 1, a hand grip or finger grip means or the like, in the form of a shaped deformation 16 in the base container 1, serving to assist in manual emptying of the contents of that container 1.

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