Mopping system with filtration
OwnerJeremy Michael Cloudinventor
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Abstract
A main housing provides a first reservoir and a second reservoir. Water flows from the first reservoir to the second reservoir. A draining aperture in the first reservoir directs water from the first reservoir to the second reservoir. The water may be flushed from the first reservoir to the second reservoir. In another embodiment, the water may flow directly from the first tank to the second tank without the flush. A pump circulates water from the second reservoir to the first reservoir. The pump directs the water through a filtration system to filter the water to remove at least some of the dirt, debris, and other contaminants from the water. The filtered water is then returned to the first reservoir. An overflow relief in a dividing wall of the first reservoir directs overflow water to the second reservoir.
Claims22
A filtration system in a mopping system for filtering a liquid for cleaning a floor, the filtration system comprising:
- a first reservoir for storing the liquid;
- a second reservoir that receives liquid from the first reservoir;
- a draining aperture within the first reservoir that directs the liquid from the first reservoir to the second reservoir, wherein the draining aperture gravity feeds the liquid from the first reservoir downward into the second reservoir;
- a valve blocking the draining aperture of the first reservoir, wherein the valve adjusts between a closed position that reduces liquid flowing through the draining aperture into the second reservoir and an open position that releases liquid from the first reservoir through the draining aperture into the second reservoir;
- a pump that circulates liquid from the second reservoir to the first reservoir;
- a first filter wherein the pump directs the liquid from the second reservoir through the first filter into the first reservoir to filter the liquid prior to pumping the liquid into the first reservoir;
- an actuator attached to the valve, wherein the actuator exerts an opening force on the valve to open the valve, wherein the actuator stops exerting the opening force to close the valve.
A filtration system in a mopping system for filtering a liquid for cleaning a floor, the filtration system comprising:
- a first reservoir for storing the liquid;
- a second reservoir that receives liquid from the first reservoir, wherein the first reservoir is positioned above the second reservoir;
- wherein the first reservoir is secured in a fixed position in relation to the second reservoir;
- a draining aperture within the first reservoir that directs the liquid from the first reservoir to the second reservoir, wherein the draining aperture is positioned vertically above the second reservoir to gravity feed liquid from the first reservoir downward into the second reservoir;
- a pump that circulates liquid from the second reservoir to the first reservoir, wherein the pump directs liquid from the second reservoir to the first reservoir;
- a first filter wherein the pump directs liquid from the second reservoir through the first filter to the first reservoir before releasing the liquid from the second reservoir into the first reservoir;
- a flapper valve blocking the draining aperture of the first reservoir wherein opening the flapper valve gravity feeds the liquid from the first reservoir into the second reservoir;
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- an attachment post secured to the first reservoir, wherein the flapper valve attaches to the attachment post, wherein the flapper valve pivots in relation to the attachment post to adjust between the open position and the closed position.
A filtration system in a mopping system for filtering a liquid for cleaning a floor, the filtration system comprising:
- a first reservoir for storing the liquid;
- a second reservoir that receives the liquid from the first reservoir;
- a draining aperture within the first reservoir that directs the liquid from the first reservoir to the second reservoir wherein the draining aperture is secured above a lower surface of the second reservoir to gravity feed liquid from the first reservoir downward directly into the second reservoir;
- a valve blocking the draining aperture of the first reservoir wherein the valve adjusts between a closed position that reduces liquid flowing through the draining aperture into the second reservoir and an open position that releases liquid from the first reservoir through the draining aperture into the second reservoir;
- a pump that circulates liquid from the second reservoir to the first reservoir;
- a first filter wherein the pump directs the liquid from the second reservoir through the first filter into the first reservoir;
- a motor that attaches to the valve, wherein the motor exerts an opening force to open the the valve, wherein the motor stops exerting the opening force to close the valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.