Mop bucket with wheels and wheel covers
OwnerRaymond Bellarosa, IIIinventor
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Abstract
A mop bucket with wheels having covers protecting the wheels against contact with any liquid running down the sidewalls of the bucket and onto the wheels, axles, and swivels, and for preventing the liquid form picking up rust from the wheels and running onto the floor and staining it.
Claims5
The invention claimed is a mop bucket for mopping washing, or waxing floors, the mop bucket having wheels that are protected against the liquid in the bucket from running down the sidewalls of the bucket onto the wheels and causing rust and corrosion and binding of the wheels to prevent the wheels from rolling and swiveling and to prevent liquid and rust from the wheels from running onto the floor and staining it, comprising
- a sidewall with a bottom portion connected at its bottom portion to a bottom wall to form a cup for holding cleaning or waxing liquid,
- a number of spaced apart wheels mounted on the bottom wall for enabling the bucket to be moved easily on the floor from spot to spot,
- swivel means connecting the wheels to the bottom wall of the bucket to enable the wheels to swivel,
- axle means connected to the wheels for enabling the wheels to roll,
- and covers extending from the bucket for covering the wheels and preventing any liquid in the bucket from running down the sidewalls of the bucket and onto the wheels, axles, and swivels and for preventing the liquid from picking up rust from the wheels and running onto the floor to stain it.
The invention claimed is a mop bucket for mopping floors, the mop bucket having wheels that are protected against the liquid in the bucket from running down the side of the bucket onto the wheels and causing rust and corrosion and binding the wheels to prevent the wheels from rolling and swiveling and to prevent liquid and rust from the wheels from running onto the floor and staining it, comprising
- four sidewalls having edges connected together to form four corners,
- the four sidewalls having bottom portions connected to a bottom wall to form a cup for holding cleaning or waxing liquid,
- four wheels connected to the bottom wall at the corners to enable the bucket to be rolled easily on the floor from spot to spot,
- swivel means connected to the wheels to enable the wheels to swivel,
- axle means connected to the wheels to enable the wheels to roll,
- and covers extending from the four corners of the bucket to cover the wheels and prevent any liquid in the bucket from running down the sidewalls of the bucket and onto the wheels, axles and swivels and for preventing the liquid from picking up rust from the wheels and running onto the floor and staining it.
The invention claimed is a method of protecting the wheel assemblies of a mop bucket against rust and seizure comprising the steps of
- moving the mop bucket to a position on a floor,
- pouring a liquid into the mop bucket,
- inserting a mop into the mop bucket containing the liquid,
- moving the mop around in the liquid in the mop bucket to absorb the liquid,
- spilling some liquid out of the mop bucket and causing the liquid to run down the sidewalls of the bucket, providing covers extending from the four corners of the bucket to cover the wheel assemblies, diverting the liquid away from the wheel assemblies of the mop bucket over the covers so that the liquid makes no contact with the wheel assemblies, and
- allowing the liquid to fall to the floor,
- thereby preventing rust and seizure of the wheel assemblies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.