# US 8,770,432 B2 · Wash bucket > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,770,432 B2 - Document ID: US8770432B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/395,808 - Filed: 2010-09-02 - Published: 2012-09-13 - Granted: 2014-07-08 - Earliest claimed: 2009-10-01 - Assignees: Carl Freudenberg KG - Applicants: Markus Rueckheim; Andreas Eisenhut; Georg Huber; Isik Ozkan - Inventors: Markus Rueckheim; Andreas Eisenhut; Georg Huber; Isik Ozkan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8770432B2 ## CPC - A47L 13/58: Wringers for scouring pads, mops, or the like, combined with buckets - A47J 47/18: Pails for kitchen use - A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08) - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES ## Abstract The invention relates to a wash bucket (1), the volume of which can be divided by means of a separate partition (2) into at least two compartments (3, 4). Projections (7) are disposed on at least two mutually opposing lateral walls (5, 6). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wash bucket comprising: two opposing side walls, a bottom, a dividing device for dividing an internal volume of the wash bucket into at least two compartments, and projections arranged on the two opposing side walls and the bottom, the dividing device being engageable with the projections, wherein the projections on the opposing side walls and the bottom extend continuously into one another along the side walls and the bottom and are in the form of a single bead, the bead having a height that decreases gradually from the bottom in the direction of a rim of the wash bucket. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wash bucket according to claim 1, wherein the bead has side parts that are inclined toward one another. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The wash bucket according to claim 1, wherein a width of the bead decreases from the bottom in the direction of a rim of the wash bucket. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The wash bucket according to claim 1, wherein the dividing device comprises a partition wall, the partition wall having edges that are engageable with the projections with the edges being configured congruently relative to the projections. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The wash bucket according to claim 4, wherein the partition wall includes a separating device assigned to each side wall of the wash bucket. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The wash bucket according to claim 4, wherein the partition wall includes snap-on mechanisms for fixing the partition wall in the wash bucket. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The wash bucket according to claim 4, wherein the partition wall includes a grab handle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The wash bucket according to claim 4, wherein the edges of the partition wall are provided with a sealing element. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The wash bucket according to claim 1, wherein the dividing device comprises a second wash bucket. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The wash bucket according to claim 9, wherein the second wash bucket is held in its position by the projections. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The wash bucket according to claim 1, wherein the bead is shaped in a round fashion. ### Claim 12 A wash bucket comprising: two opposing side walls, a bottom, a dividing device for dividing an internal volume of the wash bucket into at least two compartments, and projections arranged on the two opposing side walls and the bottom, the dividing device being engageable with the projections, wherein the projections on the opposing side walls and the bottom extend continuously into one another along the side walls and the bottom and are in the form of a single bead, the bead having a width that decreases gradually from the bottom in the direction of a rim of the wash bucket. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The wash bucket according to claim 12, wherein the bead has side parts that are inclined toward one another. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The wash bucket according to claim 12, wherein the dividing device comprises a partition wall, the partition wall having edges that are engageable with the projections with the edges being configured congruently relative to the projections. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The wash bucket according to claim 14, wherein the partition wall includes a separating device assigned to each side wall of the wash bucket. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The wash bucket according to claim 14, wherein the partition wall includes snap-on mechanisms for fixing the partition wall in the wash bucket. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The wash bucket according to claim 14, wherein the partition wall includes a grab handle. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The wash bucket according to claim 14, wherein the edges of the partition wall are provided with a sealing element. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The wash bucket according to claim 12, wherein the dividing device comprises a second wash bucket. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The wash bucket according to claim 19, wherein the second wash bucket is held in its position by the projections. ### Claim 21 (depends on 12) The wash bucket according to claim 12, wherein the bead is shaped in a round fashion. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) The wash bucket according to claim 1, wherein the height of the bead decreases in a continuous gradient from the bottom in the direction of a rim of the wash bucket. ### Claim 23 (depends on 12) The wash bucket according to claim 12, wherein the width of the bead decreases in a continuous gradient from the bottom in the direction of a rim of the wash bucket.