US20060277709A1 - Mop wringer - Google Patents
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- 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
- A47L13/59—Wringers for scouring pads, mops, or the like, combined with buckets with movable squeezing members
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- 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
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- 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
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- A47L13/50—Auxiliary implements
- A47L13/58—Wringers for scouring pads, mops, or the like, combined with buckets
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- This invention relates to a mop wringer, a mop handle holding element for such a wringer, and to a bucket in combination with such a wringer.
- Lever-operated mechanically assisted pressing wringers are well known. They typically comprise a basket, one or two pressing plates which are slidable into and out of the basket, a pivotable lever operable by a user, and an enclosed gear mechanism connecting the lever with the or each pressing plate. As the lever is pushed or pulled forward, the or each pressing plate moves into the basket, forcing a mophead with mop material into the basket and causing the mop material to be wrung out.
- a wheeled bucket is shown by way of example in FIG. 1 and in GB2243537A.
- the lever is connected to a horizontal rotatable drive bar.
- the distal end of the lever is connected to the drive bar adjacent one interior side of the wringer, well offset from the centre of the drive bar.
- wringer also utilising a lever operated pressing mechanism, dispense with the drive bar by positioning the lever on the exterior surface of the wringer.
- the present invention seeks to provide a solution to these problems.
- a mop wringer comprising a basket having an opening for accepting a mophead having mop material to be wrung, and a lever-operated mechanically assisted pressing mechanism including at least one press member for pressing the mop material of the mophead into or against the basket, an elongate lever for operating the press member, and a gear mechanism for transmitting movement of the lever to the or each press member, wherein the lever is positioned in a plane which bisects or substantially bisects the opening of the basket, so that forces imparted to the wringer via the lever are evenly or substantially evenly distributed.
- a holding element for a lever of a mop wringer in accordance with the first aspect of the invention, the holding element comprising means for securing the holding element to the lever of the wringer, and a gripping portion for releasably gripping a mop handle attached to the mophead.
- a bucket in combination with a mop wringer comprising a basket having an opening for accepting a mophead having mop material to be wrung, and a lever-operated mechanically assisted pressing mechanism including at least one press member for pressing the mop material of the mophead into or against the basket, an elongate lever for operating the press member, and a gear mechanism for transmitting movement of the lever to the or each press member, wherein the lever is positioned in a plane which bisects or substantially bisects the opening of the basket, so that forces imparted to the wringer via the lever are evenly or substantially evenly distributed, the mop wringer being detachably attachable to the bucket.
- FIG. 1 shows a prior art lever-operated mechanically assisted pressing wringer with offset lever
- FIG. 2 shows a prior art mophead
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a long-handled mop wringer, in accordance with the first aspect of the invention, seated on a wheeled bucket and including a mop holding element in accordance with the second aspect of the invention;
- FIG. 4 is an elevational view of a known mophead typically used with the mop wringer shown in FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 5 is a front view of the mop wringer and bucket, and holding element shown in FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 6 is an elevational view of a drive bar of the mop wringer shown in FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the holding element
- FIG. 8 is a plan view of the holding element
- FIGS. 3 to 9 of the drawings there is shown a wheeled bucket 10 having castors, and a lever-operated mechanically assisted mop wringer 12 detachably seated on an upper rim of the bucket 10 .
- the combination of bucket 10 and such a mop wringer 12 are generally known from GB2243537A, for example, and thus will not be further described in great detail.
- the mechanically assisted mop wringer 12 comprises a perforated or generally latticework-type basket 14 which defines a channel 16 having a main opening 16 a for receiving a mophead 18 , two opposing press members or plates 20 which can travel along guide slots 22 into and out of the basket 14 in order to urge mop material held by the mophead 18 into or against the basket 14 , an enclosed gear mechanism provided in one or both sides 24 of the mop wringer 12 for moving the press plates 20 along the guide slots 22 , a rotatable drive bar 26 which, when rotated, drives the or each gear mechanism, and a long-handled lever 28 which is attached to the drive bar 26 for rotating the drive bar 26 .
- Mopheads 18 having a far slimmer and compact profile are now used as standard.
- a mophead 18 is shown in FIG. 4 and another type of mophead is shown in GB2262255A.
- These Mopheads 18 have a screw threaded boss 30 for attaching a mop handle 32 , and an elongate or circular clamping body 34 for attaching, typically stranded, mop material (not shown).
- the long-handled lever 28 of the mop wringer 12 of the present invention is positioned centrally or substantially centrally on the drive bar 26 , as best shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 .
- the plane 36 of operation of the lever 28 in which the longitudinal axis 38 of the lever 28 lies is spaced or offset slightly from a line 40 bisecting the opening 16 a of the basket 14 and the drive bar 26 by 10 mm to 15 mm.
- the range could feasibly be 0 mm (in other words the lever 28 is positioned centrally on the drive bar 26 ) and less than or equal to 20 mm.
- a holding element 42 is provided on the lever 28 for releasably holding the mop handle 32 attached to the mophead 18 .
- the holding element 42 is specifically adapted for the centralised lever 28 and has a generally waisted pincer shape having a living or integral hinge 44 .
- the shape of the holding element 42 defines two gripping portions 46 , 48 .
- One gripping portion 46 from the hinge 44 to waist 50 acts as a clamp for clamping the holding element 42 to the lever 28 .
- a screw-threaded fastening device 52 such as a bolt and nut or self-tapping screw, is located at the waist 50 to fasten opposing sides of the holding element 42 together and thus secure the holding element 42 in place to the lever 28 .
- the other gripping portion 48 defines two flexible opposing jaws 54 between which the mop handle 32 can be push-fit inserted and gripped.
- the mop handle 32 is released from the jaws 54 of the holding element 42 simply by being pulled away from the holding element 42 .
- the holding element 42 can be located at any point along the longitudinal extent of the lever 28 .
- the gripping portion 46 can be a push-fit plug which locates in the proximal end 58 of the lever 28 .
- the jaws 54 of the holding element 42 will extend transversely to the push-fit plug.
- this arrangement may interfere with a user gripping the lever 28 .
- the securing means can also be a screw-threaded fastener which directly fastens the holding element 42 to the lever 28 .
- the mop handle holding element 42 can be used with a centralised or substantially centralised lever of any mop wringer, irrespective of whether the mop wringer is a mechanically assisted or geared type mop wringer.
- the handle 32 of the mop can be held by the holding element 42 alongside the lever 28 of the wringer 12 .
- the mop is reliably and positively supported without requiring external assistance, such as propping against a wall. The mop can thus be left unattended without risk.
- the lever of the mop wringer described above is primarily intended to be a long-handled lever which, when operated, extends beyond the front edge of the bucket on which the mop wringer sits.
- short-handled lever in other words levers which do not extend beyond the front edge of the bucket, can also be advantageously centralised on the drive bar.
- the mechanically assisted mop wringer can have only one pressing member.
- the ‘mechanical assistance’ of the wringer can take the form of a linkage arrangement at the or each side of the wringer which connects the lever and the or each pressing member, instead of, or additionally to, a gear mechanism.
Abstract
A mop wringer comprises a basket having an opening for accepting a mophead having mop material to be wrung, and a lever-operated mechanically assisted pressing mechanism including a press member for pressing the mop material of the mophead into or against the basket, and an elongate lever for operating the press member. The lever is positioned in a plane which bisects or substantially bisects the opening of the basket. There is also provide a mop holding element specifically adapted for a centralised lever of a mop wringer as described above. The holding element comprises means for securing the holding element to the lever of the wringer, and a gripping portion for releasably gripping a mop handle attached to the mophead.
Description
- This invention relates to a mop wringer, a mop handle holding element for such a wringer, and to a bucket in combination with such a wringer.
- Lever-operated mechanically assisted pressing wringers are well known. They typically comprise a basket, one or two pressing plates which are slidable into and out of the basket, a pivotable lever operable by a user, and an enclosed gear mechanism connecting the lever with the or each pressing plate. As the lever is pushed or pulled forward, the or each pressing plate moves into the basket, forcing a mophead with mop material into the basket and causing the mop material to be wrung out. Such an arrangement supported by a wheeled bucket is shown by way of example in
FIG. 1 and in GB2243537A. - In this prior art, the lever is connected to a horizontal rotatable drive bar. In order to accommodate traditional shapes of mophead, such as shown in
FIG. 2 , the distal end of the lever is connected to the drive bar adjacent one interior side of the wringer, well offset from the centre of the drive bar. - Other arrangements of wringer, also utilising a lever operated pressing mechanism, dispense with the drive bar by positioning the lever on the exterior surface of the wringer.
- Both of these offset arrangements are unsatisfactory. Due to the offset lever, a twisting moment is applied to the wringer, supporting bucket, wheelbases and castors when the lever is operated. This results in premature wear and breakage of the wringer and/or bucket, and thus a much reduced life expectancy.
- Additionally, due to the twisting moment imparted, stability of the wringer and bucket is decreased, resulting in a greater number of spillages.
- Furthermore, the traditional lever is typically offset to the right, causing left handed users problems.
- Finally, due to the traditionally offset lever, when a mophead is positioned in the wringer, a mop handle cannot easily be supported when it is desirous to leave the mop unattended.
- The present invention seeks to provide a solution to these problems.
- According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mop wringer comprising a basket having an opening for accepting a mophead having mop material to be wrung, and a lever-operated mechanically assisted pressing mechanism including at least one press member for pressing the mop material of the mophead into or against the basket, an elongate lever for operating the press member, and a gear mechanism for transmitting movement of the lever to the or each press member, wherein the lever is positioned in a plane which bisects or substantially bisects the opening of the basket, so that forces imparted to the wringer via the lever are evenly or substantially evenly distributed.
- According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a holding element for a lever of a mop wringer in accordance with the first aspect of the invention, the holding element comprising means for securing the holding element to the lever of the wringer, and a gripping portion for releasably gripping a mop handle attached to the mophead.
- According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bucket in combination with a mop wringer comprising a basket having an opening for accepting a mophead having mop material to be wrung, and a lever-operated mechanically assisted pressing mechanism including at least one press member for pressing the mop material of the mophead into or against the basket, an elongate lever for operating the press member, and a gear mechanism for transmitting movement of the lever to the or each press member, wherein the lever is positioned in a plane which bisects or substantially bisects the opening of the basket, so that forces imparted to the wringer via the lever are evenly or substantially evenly distributed, the mop wringer being detachably attachable to the bucket.
- The invention will now be more particularly described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 shows a prior art lever-operated mechanically assisted pressing wringer with offset lever; -
FIG. 2 shows a prior art mophead; -
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a long-handled mop wringer, in accordance with the first aspect of the invention, seated on a wheeled bucket and including a mop holding element in accordance with the second aspect of the invention; -
FIG. 4 is an elevational view of a known mophead typically used with the mop wringer shown inFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 5 is a front view of the mop wringer and bucket, and holding element shown inFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 6 is an elevational view of a drive bar of the mop wringer shown inFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the holding element; -
FIG. 8 is a plan view of the holding element; and -
FIG. 9 is an enlarged side view of a proximal end of a lever of the mop wringer shown inFIG. 4 , and showing a user hand grip and the holding element. - Referring to FIGS. 3 to 9 of the drawings, there is shown a
wheeled bucket 10 having castors, and a lever-operated mechanically assisted mop wringer 12 detachably seated on an upper rim of thebucket 10. The combination ofbucket 10 and such amop wringer 12 are generally known from GB2243537A, for example, and thus will not be further described in great detail. - However, for the sake of clarity, the mechanically assisted
mop wringer 12 comprises a perforated or generally latticework-type basket 14 which defines a channel 16 having a main opening 16 a for receiving amophead 18, two opposing press members orplates 20 which can travel alongguide slots 22 into and out of thebasket 14 in order to urge mop material held by themophead 18 into or against thebasket 14, an enclosed gear mechanism provided in one or bothsides 24 of themop wringer 12 for moving thepress plates 20 along theguide slots 22, arotatable drive bar 26 which, when rotated, drives the or each gear mechanism, and a long-handledlever 28 which is attached to thedrive bar 26 for rotating thedrive bar 26. - Mopheads 18 having a far slimmer and compact profile are now used as standard. By way of example, such a
mophead 18 is shown inFIG. 4 and another type of mophead is shown in GB2262255A. These Mopheads 18 have a screw threadedboss 30 for attaching amop handle 32, and an elongate orcircular clamping body 34 for attaching, typically stranded, mop material (not shown). - Consequently, the long-handled
lever 28 of themop wringer 12 of the present invention is positioned centrally or substantially centrally on thedrive bar 26, as best shown inFIGS. 5 and 6 . This results in thelever 28 operating or moving in a plane 36 which bisects or substantially bisects the main opening 16 a of thebasket 14 of thewringer 12. - Preferably, the plane 36 of operation of the
lever 28 in which the longitudinal axis 38 of thelever 28 lies is spaced or offset slightly from aline 40 bisecting the opening 16 a of thebasket 14 and thedrive bar 26 by 10 mm to 15 mm. However, the range could feasibly be 0 mm (in other words thelever 28 is positioned centrally on the drive bar 26) and less than or equal to 20 mm. - Due to the reduced profiles of modern
compact mopheads 18, interference with a centrally or substantially centrally positionedwringer operating lever 28 is eliminated or, at least, greatly reduced. - As seen in
FIGS. 3 and 7 to 9, aholding element 42 is provided on thelever 28 for releasably holding themop handle 32 attached to themophead 18. Theholding element 42 is specifically adapted for thecentralised lever 28 and has a generally waisted pincer shape having a living orintegral hinge 44. The shape of theholding element 42 defines twogripping portions portion 46 from thehinge 44 to waist 50 acts as a clamp for clamping theholding element 42 to thelever 28. A screw-threaded fastening device 52, such as a bolt and nut or self-tapping screw, is located at thewaist 50 to fasten opposing sides of theholding element 42 together and thus secure theholding element 42 in place to thelever 28. - The other gripping
portion 48 defines two flexibleopposing jaws 54 between which themop handle 32 can be push-fit inserted and gripped. Themop handle 32 is released from thejaws 54 of theholding element 42 simply by being pulled away from theholding element 42. - The
holding element 42 can be located at any point along the longitudinal extent of thelever 28. - Any suitable means for securing the
holding element 42 to thelever 28 can be utilised. For example, the grippingportion 46 can be a push-fit plug which locates in theproximal end 58 of thelever 28. In this case, thejaws 54 of theholding element 42 will extend transversely to the push-fit plug. However, this arrangement may interfere with a user gripping thelever 28. - The securing means can also be a screw-threaded fastener which directly fastens the
holding element 42 to thelever 28. - The mop
handle holding element 42 can be used with a centralised or substantially centralised lever of any mop wringer, irrespective of whether the mop wringer is a mechanically assisted or geared type mop wringer. - With a mop positioned in the
basket 14 of thewringer 12, thehandle 32 of the mop can be held by theholding element 42 alongside thelever 28 of thewringer 12. In this condition, the mop is reliably and positively supported without requiring external assistance, such as propping against a wall. The mop can thus be left unattended without risk. - The lever of the mop wringer described above is primarily intended to be a long-handled lever which, when operated, extends beyond the front edge of the bucket on which the mop wringer sits. However, short-handled lever, in other words levers which do not extend beyond the front edge of the bucket, can also be advantageously centralised on the drive bar.
- The mechanically assisted mop wringer can have only one pressing member.
- The ‘mechanical assistance’ of the wringer can take the form of a linkage arrangement at the or each side of the wringer which connects the lever and the or each pressing member, instead of, or additionally to, a gear mechanism.
- By locating the lever of the wringer centrally or substantially centrally eliminates, or greatly reduces, undesirable turning and twisting moments imparted to the wringer and bucket. Force imparted by the user to the wringer and bucket is thus evenly or more evenly distributed, increasing the operational working life. Furthermore, left handed users are able to operate the wringer more easily. The mop handle is safely and securely supportable by the centralised lever, reducing the possibility of accidents.
- The embodiments described above are given by way of examples only, and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.
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1. A mop wringer comprising a basket having an opening for accepting a mophead having mop material to be wrung, and a lever-operated mechanically assisted pressing mechanism including at least one press member for pressing the mop material of the mophead into or against the basket, an elongate lever for operating the press member, and a gear mechanism for transmitting movement of the lever to the or each press member, wherein the lever is positioned in a plane which bisects or substantially bisects the opening of the basket, so that forces imparted to the wringer via the lever are evenly or substantially evenly distributed.
2. A mop wringer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the said plane of the lever is spaced from a line equally bisecting the opening of the basket in a range which is greater than 0 mm and less than 20 mm.
3. A mop wringer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the said plane of the lever is spaced from a line equally bisecting the opening of the basket in a range of 10 mm to 15 mm.
4. A mop wringer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lever operated pressing mechanism includes two said press members for pressing the mop material into or against the basket.
5. A mop wringer as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a holding element for releasably holding a handle attached to a mophead.
6. A mop wringer as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the holding element is provided on the lever and supports the handle when the mophead is positioned in the basket.
7. A mop holding element for a lever of a mop wringer as claimed in claim 1 , the holding element comprising means for securing the holding element to the lever of the wringer, and a gripping portion for releasably gripping a mop handle attached to the mophead.
8. A mop holding element as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the gripping portion includes two jaws between which the mop handle can be push-fit inserted.
9. A mop holding element as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the securing means is a clamp by which the holding element is clamped to the lever.
10. A bucket in combination with a mop wringer comprising a basket having an opening for accepting a mophead having mop material to be wrung, and a lever-operated mechanically assisted pressing mechanism including at least one press member for pressing the mop material of the mophead into or against the basket, an elongate lever for operating the press member, and a gear mechanism for transmitting movement of the lever to the or each press member, wherein the lever is positioned in a plane which bisects or substantially bisects the opening of the basket, so that forces imparted to the wringer via the lever are evenly or substantially evenly distributed, the mop wringer being detachably attachable to the bucket.
11. A combination as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the lever of the mop wringer, in a pressing condition, extends beyond the front edge of the bucket.
12. A combination as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising a holding element having means for securing the holding element to the lever of the wringer, and a gripping portion for releasably gripping a mop handle attached to the mophead.
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