SQUEEZE BUCKET WITH FLAT MOP

Abstract

This disclosure is directed to a squeeze bucket with a bucket body and a handle, a flat mop, and a water squeezing section. The water squeezing section has an opening for accommodating a flat mop working part and a squeezing element. The flat mop provides a mop rod, the flat mop working part rotatably mounted on the mop rod, and a cleaning cloth mounted on the flat mop working part. The bucket body is divided into a main chamber and a squeezing chamber by a vertical wall mounted between side walls of the bucket body, and the water squeezing section is mounted above the squeezing chamber of the bucket body. A rinsing section is provided with an opening for accommodating the flat mop working part and a cleaner that is mounted above the main chamber of the bucket body, the water squeezing section and the rinsing section are rigidly connected to each other, located in the same horizontal plane, and mounted in the upper part of the bucket body. A bracket is mounted under the water squeezing section, the squeezing element is rotatably mounted in the bracket, and the squeezing element and the cleaner are located parallel to the flat side of the working part of the flat mop, and the lower part of the bucket body from the main chamber and squeezing chamber comprises water drain holes equipped with a plug.

Claims

1. A squeeze bucket comprising: a bucket body with a handle; a flat mop; a water squeezing section, the water squeezing section comprises an opening for accommodating a flat mop working part and a squeezing element, wherein the flat mop comprises a mop rod, the flat mop working part rotatably mounted on the mop rod, and a cleaning cloth mounted on the flat mop working part, and wherein an inner volume of the bucket body is divided into a main chamber and a squeezing chamber by a vertical wall mounted between side walls of the bucket body, the water squeezing section is mounted above the squeezing chamber of the bucket body; a rinsing section comprising an opening for accommodating the flat mop working part and a cleaner that is mounted above the main chamber of the bucket body, the water squeezing section and the rinsing section are rigidly connected to each other, located in the same horizontal plane, and mounted in the upper part of the bucket body; a bracket is mounted under the water squeezing section, the squeezing element is rotatably mounted in the bracket, and the squeezing element and the cleaner are located parallel to the flat side of the working part of the flat mop, and the lower part of the bucket body from the main chamber and squeezing chamber comprises water drain holes equipped with plugs.

2. The squeeze bucket according to claim 1, wherein the squeezing element comprises an axis and a drum, ribs and grooves, wherein the ribs and the groves are alternately mounted along the periphery of the drum in parallel rows relative to the axis, the ribs have one side rigidly fixed to an outer surface of the drum, and the second side of the ribs is directed in a different directions from the axis, pile threads are mounted in the grooves of the drum perpendicular to the axis and pointed toward the the flat mop working part, and wherein the length of the pile threads exceeds the height of the ribs.

3. The squeeze bucket according to claim 1, wherein resilient elements are mounted between the bracket and the water squeezing section.

4. The squeeze bucket according to claim 1, wherein the grooves are made on the cleaner in parallel longitudinal rows, and the pile threads are mounted in the grooves and pointed toward the flat mop working part.

5. The squeeze bucket according to claim 1, wherein the pile threads in the grooves of the cleaner are mounted crosswise.

6. A bucket comprising: a bucket body divided into a main chamber and a squeezing chamber by a vertical wall mounted between side walls of the bucket body; a flat mop with a mop rod and a flat mop working part rotatably mounted on the mop rod; a water squeezing section mounted between the side walls of the bucket body, the water squeezing section comprises: an opening for accommodating the flat mop working part; and a squeezing element, wherein the squeezing element comprises: an axis and a drum, ribs and grooves, wherein the ribs and the groves are alternately mounted along the periphery of the drum in parallel rows relative to the axis, the ribs have one side rigidly fixed to an outer surface of the drum, and the second side of the ribs is directed in a different directions from the axis, pile threads are mounted in the grooves of the drum perpendicular to the axis and pointed toward the flat mop working pare.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given hereinbelow and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only, and thus, are not limitive of the present invention, and wherein:

[0021] FIG. 1 shows a bucket body with a handle and water squeezing and rinsing sections, side view.

[0022] FIG. 2 shows the bucket body with the handle and water squeezing and rinsing sections, top view.

[0023] FIG. 3 shows the lower part of the bucket body with water drain holes, view A.

[0024] FIG. 4 shows the connection of the sections to the upper part of the bucket body, a section along the line B-B.

[0025] FIG. 5 shows a section of the bucket body along the line C-C.

[0026] FIG. 6 shows a sectional view of the water squeezing and rinsing sections along the line D-D.

[0027] FIG. 7 shows a flat mop, front view.

[0028] FIG. 8 shows a flat mop, top view.

[0029] FIG. 9 shows a squeezing element, side view.

[0030] FIG. 10 shows the squeezing element, a section along the line E-E.

[0031] FIG. 11 shows the squeezing element with resilient elements.

[0032] FIG. 12 shows a cleaner, front view.

[0033] FIG. 13 shows a cross section of the wiper along the line F-F.

[0034] FIG. 14 shows pile threads mounted crosswise in grooves of a cleaner.

[0035] FIG. 15 shows the rinsing process of the flat mop.

[0036] FIG. 16 shows the squeezing process of the flat mop.

[0037] The figures indicate: 1 is bucket body, 2 is handle, 3 is flat mop, 4 is water squeezing section, 5 is rod, 6 is working part, 7 is cleaning cloth, 8 and 14 are holes, 9 is squeezing element, 10 is main chamber, 11 is squeezing chamber, 12 is vertical wall, 13 is rinsing section, 15 is cleaner, 16 is bracket, 17 are water drain holes, 18 are plugs, 19 is axis, 20 is drum, 21 are ribs, 22 and 25 are grooves, 23 and 26 are pile threads, and 24 are resilient elements.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0038] A squeeze bucket with flat mop comprises a bucket body 1 with a handle 2, a flat mop 3, and a water squeezing section 4.

[0039] The flat mop 3 comprises a rod 5, a working part 6 rotatably mounted on the rod 5, and a cleaning cloth 7 mounted on the working part 6 of the flat mop 3.

[0040] The water squeezing section 4 consists of an opening 8 for accommodating the working part 6 of the flat mop 3 and a squeezing element 9.

[0041] The inner volume of the bucket body 1 is divided into main chamber 10 and squeezing chamber 11 by a vertical wall 12 mounted between the side walls of the bucket body 1.

[0042] The water squeezing section 4 is mounted above the squeezing chamber 11 of the bucket body 1. Above the main chamber 10 of the bucket body 1, the rinsing section 13 is mounted, which rinsing section comprises an opening 14 for accommodating the working part 6 of the flat mop 3 and a cleaner 15.

[0043] The water squeezing section 4 and the rinsing section 13 are rigidly connected to each other, located in the same horizontal plane, and mounted in the upper part of the bucket body 1.

[0044] A bracket 16 is mounted under the water squeezing section 4. The squeezing element 9 is rotatably mounted in the bracket 16, wherein the squeezing element 9 and the cleaner 15 are arranged parallel to the flat side of the working part 6 of the flat mop 3.

[0045] In the lower part of the bucket body 1 from the main chamber 10 and the squeezing chamber 11, water drain holes 17 are arranged and provided with plugs 18.

[0046] In particular, in one embodiment of the device, the squeezing element 9 comprises an axis 19 and a drum 20 (see FIG. 9, FIG. 10). Along the periphery of the drum 20, ribs 21 are alternately mounted in parallel rows relative to the axis 19 and grooves 22 are made. The ribs 21 have one side rigidly fixed to the outer surface of the drum 20, and the other side is directed in different directions from the axis 19. Pile threads 23 are mounted in the grooves 22 of the drum 20 perpendicular to the axis 19 and pointed toward the accommodated working part 6 of the flat mop 3, wherein length of the pile threads 23 exceeds the height of the ribs 21.

[0047] In particular, resilient elements 24 may be provided between the bracket 16 and the water squeezing section 4 (see FIG. 11).

[0048] The cleaner 15 has grooves 25 made in parallel longitudinal rows, and pile threads 26 are mounted in the grooves 25 and pointed toward the accommodated working part 6 of the flat mop 3 (see FIG. 12, FIG. 13).

[0049] In particular, in one embodiment of the device, the pile threads 26 in the grooves 25 of the cleaner 15 are mounted crosswise (see FIG. 14).

[0050] The squeeze bucket with flat mop is used as follows.

[0051] Preliminarily, the interconnected water squeezing section 4 and the rinsing section 13 are mounted in the upper part of the bucket body I such that the water squeezing section 4 is positioned above the squeezing chamber 11, and the rinsing section 13 is positioned above the main chamber 10.

[0052] Water is poured into the main chamber 10 of the bucket body I up to a level corresponding to the height of the working part 6 of the flat mop 3. In this case, the plugs 18 are located inside the water drain holes 17.

[0053] Then, the working part 6 of the flat mop 3 with the cleaning cloth 7 mounted therein is rinsed. For this, the handle 2 of the flat mop 3 is deflected toward the working part 6 at an angle of 90 degrees. Due to the hinge connection, the handle 2 will be parallel to the working part 6 of the flat mop 3 (see FIG. 15).

[0054] The flat mop 3 is placed over the rinsing section 13 of the bucket body 1 (see FIG. 15), and the cleaning cloth 7 is rinsed by vertical movement of the flat mop 3 through the opening 14 toward the bottom of the bucket body 1. At the same time, the pile threads 26 of the cleaner 15 slide along the flat surface of the cleaning cloth 7.

[0055] Then, the flat mop 3 is placed over the water squeezing section 4 of the bucket body 1 (see FIG. 16), and excessive moisture is squeezed from the cleaning cloth 7 by vertical movement of the flat mop 3 through the opening 8 toward the bottom of the bucket body 1. During the vertical movement of the flat mop 3 through the opening 8, the drum 20 of the squeezing element 9 rotates around the axis 19, tightly fitting the cleaning cloth 7 and compressing it by the ribs 21, and squeezes excessive moisture from the cleaning cloth 7.

[0056] Further, the working part 6 of the flat mop 3 is moved to a desired position relative to the handle 5 and the floor surface, walls and the like are washed.

[0057] When the cleaning cloth 7 is soiled in the process of washing the surface, the handle 2 of the flat mop 3 is deflected toward the working part 6 at an angle of 90 degrees until it is parallel to the working part 6 of the flat mop 3 (see FIG. 15). Then, the flat mop 3 is placed over the rinsing section 13 of the bucket body 1, and the cleaning cloth 7 is rinsed with simultaneous cleaning of the cleaning cloth by vertical movement of the flat mop 3 through the opening 14 downward and upward relative to the bucket body 1. At the same time, the pile threads 26 of the cleaner 15 slide along the flat surface of the cleaning cloth 7 and clean off hair and cobweb.

[0058] Further, the flat mop 3 is placed over the water squeezing section 4 of the bucket body I (see FIG. 16) and by vertical movement of the flat mop 3 through the opening 8 upward and downward relative to the bucket body 1 not only squeezes excessive moisture from the cleaning cloth 7, but also additionally cleans the cleaning cloth 7 from remaining hair and cobweb.

[0059] During vertical movement of the flat mop 3 through the opening 8, the drum 20 of the squeezing element 9 rotates around the axis 19, fitting tightly to the cleaning cloth 7 and compressing it with the ribs 21, and squeezes excessive moisture from the cleaning cloth 7. At the same time, the pile threads 23 located between the ribs 21 additionally clean the cleaning cloth 7 from remaining hair and cobweb.

[0060] After visual determination of the quality of cleaning and squeezing the cleaning cloth 7, the surface washing process is repeated.

[0061] After completion of the surface washing process, the contaminated water from the main chamber 10 and the squeezing chamber 11 is drained. To do this, the plugs 18 are removed from the water drain holes 17.

[0062] The division of the internal volume of the bucket body 1 into the main chamber 10 and the squeezing chamber 11 by the vertical wall 12 mounted between the side walls of the bucket body 1, and, accordingly, arrangement of the water squeezing section 4 above the squeezing chamber 11 of the bucket body 1 and the rinsing section 13 above the main chamber 10 of the bucket body 1 makes it possible to exclude contamination of the cleaning cloth 7 with dirty water when squeezing the cleaning cloth after the rinsing.

[0063] The presence of the openings 8, 14 allows for accommodating the working part 6 of the flat mop 3 in the water squeezing section 4 and in the rinsing section 13 when rinsing and squeezing the cleaning cloth 7.

[0064] The rigid connection of the water squeezing section 4 and the rinsing section 13 to each other and their location in the same horizontal plane in the upper part of the bucket body 1 allows to provide the same distance between the bottom of the bucket body 1 and the cleaner 15 and between the bottom of the bucket body 1 and the squeezing element 9, that, taking into account the constant length of the working part 6 of the flat mop 3, will provide the maximum equal penetration of the working part 6 of the flat mop 3 with the cleaning cloth 7 into the main chamber 10 and squeezing chamber 11 of the bucket body 1 and, accordingly, the maximum contact interaction of the squeezing element 9 and cleaner 15 with the cleaning cloth 7.

[0065] The presence of the cleaner 15 having the grooves 25 made in the parallel longitudinal continuous rows, with the pile threads 26 mounted in the grooves and pointed toward the accommodated working part 6 of the flat mop 3, including crosswise mounting the pile threads 26 in the grooves 25 of the cleaner 15, and the location of the cleaner 15 parallel to the flat side of the working part 6 of the flat mop 3 allows for the most efficient cleaning of hair and cobweb from the flat surface of the cleaning cloth 7 without leaving untreated strips.

[0066] The presence of the squeezing element 9 rotatably mounted in the bracket 16, with the squeezing element 9 being arranged parallel to the flat side of the working part 6 of the flat mop 3. makes it possible to ensure constant contact of the squeezing element 9 with the cleaning cloth 7 and, accordingly, efficient squeezing excessive water from the cleaning cloth.

[0067] The alternate mounting of the ribs 21 and pile threads 23 in parallel rows relative to the axis 19 along the periphery of the drum 20, with the pile threads 23 pointed toward the accommodated working part 6 of the flat mop 3 and length of the pile threads 23 exceeding the height of the ribs 21, makes it possible not only to squeeze excessive water from the cleaning cloth, but also to clean the cleaning cloth 7 from remaining hair and cobweb.

[0068] The arrangement of the resilient elements 24 between the bracket 16 and the water squeezing section 4 ensures that the squeezing element 9 is always pressed against the cleaning cloth 7, regardless of the thickness of the cleaning cloth 7.

[0069] The presence of the water drain holes 17 provided with plugs 18 in the main chamber 10 and squeezing chamber 11 in the lower part of the bucket body 1 allows for draining dirty water from the main chamber 10 and squeezing chamber 11 of the bucket body 1 without directly overturning the bucket into a container or sewer.

[0070] The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are to be included within the scope of the following claims.