Mopping unit
AssigneeScot Young Service Systems Limited
InventorMichael Taylor
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Abstract
A mopping unit comprises a mop bucket combined with a wringer having two squeeze rollers mounted at the top of the bucket. An operating mechanism for the squeeze rollers includes a toggle linkage comprising two toggle links which are directly interconnected at a toggle pivot. When the two toggle links are aligned, the toggle pivot is substantially coplanar with the separate rotational axes of the two squeeze rollers one of which is moved, to the operative wringing position, by the operating mechanism on depression of a foot pedal.
Claims16
A mopping unit comprising a mop bucket combined with a wringer, said wringer having two squeeze rollers mounted at the top of the bucket and including an operating mechanism for moving one of said rollers to an operative wringing position on depression of a foot pedal, said mechanism including a toggle linkage through which said one roller is moved and comprising two toggle links which are directly interconnected at a pivot which, when the two toggle links are aligned, is substantially coplanar with the separate rotational axes of the two squeeze rollers.
A mopping unit comprising a mop bucket combined with a wringer, said wringer having two squeeze rollers mounted at the top of the bucket and wherein an operating mechanism operative to move one of the rollers to a mop-wringing position has a toggle linkage duplicated at opposite sides of the bucket and comprising, at each side, two pivotally interconnected toggle links which in the operative condition of the mechanism are substantially aligned to provide a toggle strut acting directly on the movable roller to retain the latter in the wringing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.