Abstract: A trolley for carrying cleaning materials includes a main trolley structure having a front end, a rear end, and a pair of sides, front wheels at the front end, back wheels at the rear end, a housing, and a handle structure at the rear end for guiding the main trolley structure over a floor on the wheels. The handle structure is moveable from a stowed condition to an operating condition for guiding the trolley. A bucket structure includes a container for containing cleaning liquid and at least three wheels for stables moveable over the floor independently of the trolley. The housing has a space into which at least a part of the bucket structure may be wheeled from the front end or a side of the pair of sides, such that the bucket structure is substantially within the housing when the bucket structure is received by the space.

Abstract: A combination of a drying tool (10) and a cloth (22), and a method of attaching the cloth (22) to the drying tool (10). The drying tool (10) includes a head (12) having an upper side and a lower side, and a fitting (16) mounted on the head (12) for attaching a handle (14) to the head (12), the fitting (16) enabling pivotal movement of the head (12) relative to the handle (14), the method including providing an opening (24) in the cloth (22) for receiving at least one of a part of the fitting (16) and a part of the handle (14), positioning a region of the cloth (22) adjacent the upper side of the head (12) such that the at least one of the part of the fitting (16) and the part of the handle (14) is received in the opening (24) of the cloth (22), and positioning a portion of the cloth (22) adjacent the lower side of the head (12), so as to enable the portion of the cloth to contact a surface to be cleaned or dried.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in cleaning a floor uses a flat mop including a generally flat mop head having a handle and absorbent fabric material. The mop head is foldable to a folded condition, wherein a loop of the fabric material depends from the folded parts. The fabric material is inserted into cleaning liquid to wet the material. The mop head is introduced to a wringer to wring the material between the jaws and a wringing surface. The damp absorbent fabric material is used to mop the floor. The floor is dried using a separate drying tool that includes a head secured to a handle, and one or more attachment devices to attach a dry absorbent cloth to the head. The floor is dried by applying the cloth to the floor using the tool and moving a dry portion of the cloth over the floor.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein can significantly optimize a root cause analysis and substantially reduce the overall time needed to isolate the root cause or causes of service degradation in an IT environment. By building on the ability of an abnormality detection algorithm to correlate an alarm with one or more events, embodiments disclosed herein can apply data correlation to data points collected within a specified time window by data metrics involved in the generation of the alarm and the event(s). The level of correlation between the primary metric and the probable cause metrics may be adjusted using the ratio between theoretical data points and actual points. The final Root Cause Analysis score may be modified depending upon the adjusted correlation value and presented for user review through a user interface.

Abstract: A cleaning device (14) for cleaning mop material (33) which freely hangs from a holder (31,32), having an opening (15) in which the hanging mop material (33) is receivable, including a pair of bristle carrying parts (22, 24), each of the bristle carrying parts (22, 24) being rotatable about a respective axis (22a, 24a) by at least one motive device in opposite senses of direction such as to draw the hanging mop material (33) between the bristle carrying parts (22, 24), whereby bristles carried by the bristle carrying parts (22, 24) engage the mop material, and a method of cleaning mop material which freely hangs from a holder, using the cleaning device (14), the method including resisting the drawing-in of the mop material between the bristle carrying parts (22, 24), so that the bristles act on and brush the mop material.

Abstract: A mop head and a wringer device combination is described in which the mop head includes a body and a holder, the mop head body supporting mop material, and the holder mounting the mop head to a handle, the mop head holder having a first part secured to or integral with the body, a second part which inter-engages, in use with the handle, and a connecting portion connecting the first and second holder parts, and wherein the wringer device includes a wringing chamber, a pair of pressure bars, and an actuating mechanism relatively to move the pressure bars between an open condition in which the mop head body is receivable between the pressure bars into the wringing chamber, and a closed condition in which the pressure bars are alongside one another and are spaced from one another by a space, and the pressure bars act on a bearing surface or surfaces of the mop head to urge the mop head body towards a bottom wall of the wringing chamber to wring the mop material, with the connecting portion of the holder extending

Abstract: A swab (10, 110) for a mop includes an outer casing (14) and an inner filling (20), the outer casing (14) being made of an absorbent material and enveloping the inner filling (20), and the inner filling (20) being made of an absorbent material, opposite major surfaces (16, 18) of the outer casing (14) being attached together though the inner filling (20) to form depressions (28) in the opposite major surfaces (16, 18) of the outer casing (14) and to limit movement of the inner filling (20) within the outer casing (14).

Abstract: An observation wheel type ride includes a support structure, a wheel which is rotatable mounted in the support structure and/or includes a transportation device movably supported on the wheel, and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a rotary drive and a drive cable, wherein a section of the drive cable is detachably fixed to a circumference of the wheel and/or to the transportation device for transmitting the rotary movement of the rotary drive to the wheel and/or to the transportation device. A deflection assembly deflects in a lateral direction with respect to the wheel that section of the drive cable, which is led over the rotary drive.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention relates to an improved method and system for preprogrammed purchase of a product. A user is prompted to input order information for a product prior to the product becoming available. When the product is available, a trigger is received and the order information is transmitted in response to the trigger. The system can accomplish this function unattended while the user is asleep or otherwise occupied.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is an improved interactive television system and method for t-commerce. The data for upcoming products is pre-loaded into the system's memory. When a product becomes available, a “trigger” appears on the Vertical Blanking Interval (“VBI”) of the shopping channel that causes the system to display special graphics with which the user can interact to order a product. The displayed special graphics may include text, graphics, and/or video about the product. A user can browse a list of upcoming products and select items that he or she wishes to purchase, as soon as the products become available. The system then monitors the VBI of the shopping channel and when a trigger for a selected product appears in the VBI, the system immediately sends a message (the order form) to the order center of the shopping channel and orders the product. The system can accomplish this function unattended while the user is asleep or otherwise occupied.

Abstract: An observation wheel type ride includes a support structure, a wheel which is rotatable mounted in the support structure and/or includes transportation means movably supported on the wheel, and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a rotary drive and a drive cable, wherein a section of the drive cable is detachably fixed to a circumference of the wheel and/or to the transportation means for transmitting the rotary movement of the rotary drive to the wheel and/or to the transportation means. A deflection means deflects in a lateral direction with respect to the wheel that section of the drive cable, which is led over the rotary drive.

Abstract: A wringer assembly for mounting on a bucket, including a housing having an end wall and a moveable wringing member in the housing, where the wringing member has a wringing surface facing the end wall. A lever mechanism moves the wringing member in the housing between a first position in which the wringing surface is maximally spaced from the end wall to provide a space between the wringing surface and the end wall, and a second position in which the wringing surface is spaced closer to the end wall. The wringing member has a first mounting formation which is releasably co-operable with a second corresponding mounting formation of an adaptor to mount the adaptor to the wringing surface for movement with the wringing member. The adaptor may include a pad of resilient material and the end wall includes at least one opening for liquid to pass from the wringer housing.

Abstract: In combination (10) a wringing mechanism (20) and a container (50), the container (50) including at least one side wall (53, 54, 55, 56) which encloses a containing space (57) from a container bottom (52) up to a peripheral edge formation (58), and the wringing mechanism (20) including a body (21), and a basket (24) for receiving mop material to be wrung out, and at least one moveable press member (25a, 25b) which is moveable in the basket (24) by a transmission (26), upon movement of a wringing lever handle (27) downwardly towards a front (55a) of the container (50) to squeeze the mop material, and the wringing mechanism (20) being supported on the peripheral edge formation (58) of the container (50) by a hook formation (66) provided by the wringer mechanism body (21), with at least the basket (24) depending into the containing space (57), and the wringing mechanism (20) further including a pair of side wall support formations (68, 69) each of which co-operates with a corresponding formation (68a, 69a) of th

Abstract: I provide a combination of a trolley for carrying cleaning materials and a bucket structure (12), the trolley including a main trolley structure (10), front wheels (19) and back wheels (18), a housing (25), and a handle structure (20) by means of which the main trolley structure (10) may be guided over a floor on the wheels (19, 18), the bucket structure (12) including a container (25) for containing cleaning liquid and at least three wheels (26, 27) whereby the bucket structure (12) is stably moveable over the floor independently of the trolley (10), the housing (25) of the main trolley structure (25) including an accommodation space (30) into which the bucket structure (12) may be wheeled, and there being a retaining device (41; 45) for retaining at least a part of the bucket structure (12) in the accommodation space (30) and which is readily releasable to permit subsequent separation of the trolley (10) and bucket structure (12), the housing (25) substantially surrounding the accommodation space (30) on at

Abstract: An amusement ride includes a support structure generally having the shape of a vertical standing arch that spans from a first ground base to a second ground base. Movably supported on the support structure is at least one vehicle for carrying one or more passengers at least partially along a length of the support structure from an initial loading position at one of the first and second ground bases. The vehicle is hereby lifted by a lifting device from the initial loading position upwards along the support structure and slowed down by a braking mechanism when it travels from an elevated position in a downward direction along the support structure.

Abstract: A method of cleaning a floor uses a flat mop including a generally flat mop head having a handle and absorbent fabric material. The mop head is foldable to a folded condition, wherein a loop of the fabric material depends from the folded parts. The fabric material is inserted into cleaning liquid to wet the material. The mop head is introduced to a wringer to wring the material between the jaws and a wringing surface. The damp absorbent fabric material is used to mop the floor. The floor is dried using a separate drying tool that includes a head secured to a handle, and one or more attachment devices to attach a dry absorbent cloth to the head. The floor is dried by applying the cloth to the floor using the tool and moving a dry portion of the cloth over the floor.

Abstract: Method and processing system for measuring the intelligibility of a degraded output signal (Y(t)) from an audio transmission system (10) in response to a reference input signal (X(t)). A measurement device (11) is arranged for outputting a measure (I) for the speech intelligibility of the output signal (Y(t)). The measurement device (11) executes processing of the input signal (X(t)) and output signal (Y(t)) to obtain a disturbance density function (D(f)n). The disturbance density function (D(f)n) is corrected by multiplying it with a correction function for each frame derived from a correlation calculation of the compensated pitch power densities (PPX?(f)n) associated with the input signal (X(t)) of a present frame (n) and an independent previous frame (n?2). The corrected disturbance density function (D?(f)n) is aggregated over frequency and time to obtain a measure (I) for the speech intelligibility of the output signal (Y(t)).

Abstract: A mop head (12) which includes a body (14) providing a first, in use downwardly opening, channel formation (15) for receiving a mounting part of a mop swab (20) such that a swab part of the mop swab (20) depends from the first channel formation (15), and a second, in use downwardly opening, channel formation (25) for receiving and mounting a scrubbing member (30) such that the scrubbing member (30) extends outwardly of the second channel formation (25), the first (15) and second (25) channel formations being separated by a separating member (18).

Abstract: A manual squeegee device for the movement of residual liquid on a surface, the squeegee device including a support element, first and second elongate blade holders and a coupling, the blade holders being in spaced apart generally parallel relationship, and each supporting a respective first and second non-absorbent flexible elongate blade each of which provides a wiping edge, the wiping edges lying in or substantially in a common plane, the support element being between the spaced apart blade holders and carrying the coupling, the coupling permitting of engagement with a handle, and permitting the handle in use to pivot universally relative to the support element.

Abstract: An amusement ride includes a support structure and at least one vehicle movably supported on the support structure for carrying one or more passengers at least partially along a length of the support structure. The vehicle is moved along the support structure by a drive mechanism and decelerated by a braking mechanism. A cable connects the vehicle with the drive mechanism and/or the braking mechanism and is guided by a guide mechanism which is constructed for passage by the vehicle as the vehicle moves along the support structure. The guide mechanism includes two guide wheels in spaced-apart confronting relationship for allowing the cable to pass in-between the guide wheels, with the cable partially running over one guide wheel, when the vehicle moves along a first section of the support structure, and partially running over the other guide wheel, when the vehicle moves along a second section of the support structure.