Patent Application
20240298866
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The disclosure relates to wringer devices and more particularly pertains to a new wringer device for enhancing stability of a bucket during mopping.
The prior art relates to wringer devices including a mop wringer that includes a handle which extends forwardly over a mop bucket. The prior art discloses a mop wringer that includes a foot pedal for actuating the mop wringer. The prior art discloses a mop wringer that includes a handle with a sequence of bends such that the handle supports a handle of a mop. The prior art discloses a support device for supporting a mop wringer in a bucket. The prior art discloses a mop wringer that has a plurality of handles for actuating the mop wringer.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a mop wringer that is positionable on a bucket for having a mop positioned therein. The mop wringer has a box portion to receive the mop. The mop wringer includes a squeezing unit that is movably integrated into the box portion. The squeezing unit includes a handle wherein the handle that extends laterally across the box portion. In this way the bucket is inhibited from tipping backwards from weight of the handle to inhibit water in the bucket from being spilled.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The mop wringer 12 includes a squeezing unit 24 that is movably integrated into the box portion 18. The squeezing unit 24 includes a handle 26 that can be manipulated by a user. The handle 26 extends laterally across the box portion 18 to inhibit the bucket 14 from tipping backwards from weight of the handle 26. In this way the mop wringer 12 inhibits water in the bucket 14 from being spilled. The box portion 18 has a first lateral wall 28, a second lateral wall 30, a front wall 32 and a back side 34. The squeezing unit 24 comprises a squeeze plate 36 that is movably positioned in the box portion 18. The squeeze plate 36 is urgeable toward and away from the front wall 32 of the box portion 18. The front wall 32 may have a plurality of openings 37 each extending therethrough to facilitate water from the mop 16 to pass therethrough.
The squeezing unit 24 includes a shaft 38 that has a first end 40 and a second end 42. Each of the first end 40 and the second end 42 is rotatably coupled to a respective one of the first lateral wall 28 and the second lateral wall 30 of the box portion 18. A biasing member 44 is positioned around the shaft 38 and the biasing member 44 biases the shaft 38 to rotate in a first direction. The squeeze plate 36 is positioned adjacent to the back side 34 of the box portion 18 when the shaft 38 rotates in the first direction.
The squeezing unit 24 includes a linkage 46 that is pivotally coupled between the shaft 38 and the squeeze plate 36. The squeezing unit 24 includes a riser 48 has a lower end 50, an upper end 52 and a first surface 54 extending therebetween. The riser 48 is elongated between the lower end 50 and the upper end 52, and the first end 40 of the shaft 38 extends through the first surface 54 of the riser 48 at a point that is located adjacent to the lower end 50. Moreover, the riser 48 extends upwardly along the first lateral wall 28 of the box portion 18.
The handle 26 that has a first end 56 and a second end 58, and the first end 56 of the handle 26 is coupled to the first surface 54 of the riser 48 at a point that is positioned adjacent to the upper end 52 of the riser 48. The handle 26 extends along a line defining an obtuse angle with respect to the first surface 54 of the riser 48. Moreover, the handle 26 extends along an axis is aligned with an axis extending through the first end 40 and the second end 42 of the shaft 38. In this way the handle 26 does not extend rearwardly from the mop wringer 12 in the manner of existing mop wringers that cause the bucket 14 to be unbalanced and prone to tipping over backwards.
The handle 26 is urgeable toward the front wall 32 of the box portion 18 and the shaft 38 rotates in a second direction when the handle 26 is urged toward the front wall 32 of the box portion 18. The squeeze plate 36 is urged toward the front wall 32 of the box portion 18 when the handle 26 is urged toward the front wall 32. In this way the squeeze plate 36 can squeeze a mop 16 positioned in the box portion 18 for wringing water from the mop 16.
In use, the mop wringer 12 is positioned on the bucket 14 when mopping is being performed. The orientation of the handle 26 inhibits the bucket 14 from tipping rearwardly as is common with existing mop wringers. The mop 16 is positioned in the box portion 18 of the mop wringer 12 and the handle 26 is urged toward the front wall 32 of the box portion 18 to wring the mop 16. In this way the mop wringer 12 functions in a manner that is similar to existing mop wringers. Moreover, the handle 26 is positioned above the mop wringer 12, rather than extending rearwardly from the mop wringer 12, when the handle 26 is released. In this manner the mop wringer 12 enhances stability of the bucket 14 while mopping is being performed.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
