Self wringing mop
OwnerPeter Tragliainventor
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Abstract
This self wringing mop is designed to make mopping floors faster and easier. Primarily, it consists of an upper frame with a handle, and a wringer block and roller are secured in the frame for effecting a rotating wringing effect. A plurality of foam plastic mop strips are employed as mopping elements and are supported from a strip support frame in the mop assembly, and the foam plastic mop strips are especially designed for long life in the mop.
Claims6
A self-wringing mop comprising, a main frame, a wringer roller received in said main frame, providing a first engagement means against a plurality of mop strips removably received on a mop strip support frame, and a wringer block received in said main frame, for retaining said mop strip support frame and providing a second engagement means against said mop strips for wringing water from said mop strips, by squeezing said mop strip between said roller and said wringer block, wherein said main frame includes a channel having a pair of rods secured within by suitable fasteners, and said pair of rods extend downward on each side of said channel and each are doubled to form a space that freely receives an end shaft fixedly secured in said wringer roller having an outer peripheral surface normally in engagement with a pair of channel brackets fixedly secured to a compression plate, wherein an opening is provided in each end of said compression plate and receives said pair of rods and said rods serve as guide means for said compression plate when said compression plate and said wringer roller are moved upward during wringing of said mop wherein a loop is formed in an end of said rods and removably receives ends of said mop strip support frame, and spring pressure means for normally engaging said channel brackets with said wringer roller, wherein said spring pressure means comprises a pair of spaced apart and removable rubber compression strips having pins projecting from each end, and said pins of said compression strips are removably received in cut-out openings provided in edges of said channel and said channel brackets, and said compression strips are normally arcuate in configuration when mounted in said main frame, and a wringer handle is formed in one end of said mop strip support frame and is received in one said loop of said rods where by said handle may be rotated by an operator to wring said mop.
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