Floor cleaning system
AssigneeUnger Marketing International, LLC
InventorsWilliam Harrington, Robert F. Smith, Joseph K. Patterson, Paul H. Adams
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Abstract
A floor cleaning system and a method of cleaning a floor are provided. The cleaning system includes a flat headed mop. The system also includes a frame and at least one compartment removably coupled to the frame. A wringing assembly is fluidly coupled to the at least one compartment, the wringing assembly comprising a fixed extractor element and at least one roller movable from a first position when the mop head is being inserted to a second position when the mop head is being withdrawn.
Claims13
A floor cleaning system having a flat headed mop, the system comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one compartment removably coupled to the frame;
- and
- a wringing assembly coupled to the frame, the wringing assembly comprising:
- a housing with a slot sized to receive the flat headed mop, the slot being offset from a side of the at least one compartment;
- an extractor element disposed within the slot and configured to extract fluid from the flat headed mop;
- and
- a drip tray disposed in fluid communication with the slot and the extractor element, the drip tray including at least one channel that at least partially defines a flow path from the slot to an outlet, the outlet being in fluid communication with the at least one compartment.
A floor cleaning system having a flat headed mop, the system comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one compartment removably coupled to the frame;
- and
- a wringing assembly coupled to the frame, the wringing assembly comprising:
- a housing with a slot sized to receive the flat headed mop,
- an extractor element disposed within the slot and configured to extract fluid from the flat headed mop,
- a drip tray disposed in fluid communication with the slot and the extractor element, the drip tray including at least one channel that at least partially defines a flow path from the slot to an outlet, the outlet being in fluid communication with the at least one compartment;
- and
- a post rotatably coupled to and extending from the wringing assembly, the post being rotatable about an axis extending axially through the post.
A floor cleaning system having a flat headed mop, the system comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one compartment removably coupled to the frame;
- and
- a wringing assembly coupled to the frame, the wringing assembly comprising:
- a housing with a slot sized to receive the flat headed mop,
- an extractor element disposed within the slot and configured to extract fluid from the flat headed mop, and
- a drip tray disposed in fluid communication with the slot and the extractor element, the drip tray including at least one channel that at least partially defines a flow path from the slot to an outlet, the outlet being in fluid communication with the at least one compartment;
- and
- a member disposed within the at least one compartment, the member having a plurality of walls spaced apart from each other along the length of the at least one compartment, wherein the member includes a first wall and a second wall extending along the length of the at least one compartment, the second wall having a relief area sized to receive the handle of the flat headed mop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.