Wringer bucket
A winger bucket includes: a bucket body, a dewatering basket and a propelling unit; wherein the propelling unit further comprises; a base, a big gear wheel, a pail pedal, a circular arc gear wheel, a return spring, a rotating axle, a small gear wheel, and an unilateral bearing device, installed on the rotating axle under the small gear wheel, driven in one direction by the small gear wheel thus rotating the rotating axle and the dewatering basket in the same direction. In this structure, the dewatering basket can be rotated freely in a same direction.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a wringer bucket, in particular to a wringer bucket that provides a simple structure thereof.
2. Description of the Related Art
Unless otherwise indicated herein, the elements described in this section are not prior art to the claims in this application and are not admitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section.
Mop is one of the cleaning tools used for cleaning a floor, and traditional wringer buckets are used for removing extra water from the mop, and the traditional wringer buckets generally squeeze fabrics of the mop to remove water on the mop fabrics. As disclosed in R.O.C. Pat. No. M338634, a wringer bucket includes a casing, an installing portion, and a rotating unit, wherein the rotating unit includes a retaining element, an axle, a transmission unit and a push rod unit, such that interactions between the aforementioned components drive the rotating unit to rotate to dewater the mop.
However, the aforementioned conventional wringer bucket requires many components in the rotating unit, and thus results in a complicated structure with too many components and shortens the using life of the wringer bucket.
Furthermore, the design of such wringer bucket not only has the disadvantages of a complicated structure and an uneasy installation, but also require
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONA primary objection of the present invention is to provide a winger bucket with easier structure.
Another objection of the present invention is to provide a long-time used wringer bucket.
In order to achieve the above-mentioned objects, a winger bucket in accordance with the invention includes: a bucket body, a dewatering basket and a propelling unit; wherein the propelling unit further comprising;
a) a base, having two supporting shafts and forming a first hole and a second hole, wherein the supporting shafts disposed on both sides of the base, two axial holes being formed in opposition on the top of the supporting shafts;
b) a big gear wheel, wherein a linked bevel gear disposed on the top of the big wheel, and the big gear wheel positioned on the first hole by an fixing axle;
c) a pail pedal, having an axial tube therein, the pail pedal positioned on the axial hole by a screw, and a positioning surface stretched from a side of the pail pedal toward the bottom;
d) a circular arc gear wheel, fixed at the positioning surface, wherein the circular arc gear wheel meshed with the bevel gear;
e) a return spring, disposed on the axial tube, wherein a first extremity positioned on the supporting shaft and the second extremity positioned on the pail pedal;
f) a rotating axle, the bottom of the rotating axle installed on the second hole and the top of the rotating axle connected with the dewatering basket, for rotating the dewatering basket freely;
g) a small gear wheel, installed in the middle of the rotating axle nevertheless the motion of the small gear wheel and the rotating axle do not rotate synchronously, the small gear wheel meshed with the big gear wheel thus driven by the big gear wheel; and
h) an unilateral bearing device, installed on the rotating axle under the small gear wheel, driven in one direction by the small gear wheel thus rotating the rotating axle and the dewatering basket in the same direction.
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By adjusting the length of the circular gear wheel makes the present invention in different sizes thus fits more needs.
In the wringer bucket of the present invention, the rotating axle allows the dewatering basket to rotate freely. The structure is simple, so that the winger bucket will not be worn out easily with using time.
In addition, the structure helps users to save the force while users step on the pail pedal thus the users' feel more satisfies while using the present invention.
Many changes and modifications in the above-described embodiment of the invention can, of course, be carried out without departing from the scope thereof. Accordingly, to promote the progress in science and the useful arts, the invention is disclosed and is intended to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.
Claims
1. A wringer bucket, comprising:
- a) a bucket body, having a top surface substantially in a form of an opening, and a bottom surface having a internal space at the lateral side;
- b) a dewatering basket, having a plurality of dewatering holes disposed at the periphery and the dewatering basket being disposed in opposition to the top of the internal space;
- c) a propelling unit, being installed in the internal space, for propelling the dewatering basket;
- wherein the propelling unit further comprising;
- a) a base, having two supporting shafts and forming a first hole and a second hole, wherein the supporting shafts disposed on both sides of the base, two axial holes being formed in opposition on the top of the supporting shafts;
- b) a big gear wheel, wherein a linked bevel gear disposed on the top of the big wheel, and the big gear wheel positioned on the first hole by an fixing axle;
- c) a pail pedal, having an axial tube therein, the pail pedal positioned on the axial hole by a screw, and a positioning surface stretched from a side of the pail pedal toward the bottom;
- d) a circular arc gear wheel, fixed at the positioning surface, wherein the circular arc gear wheel meshed with the bevel gear;
- e) a return spring, disposed on the axial tube, wherein a first extremity positioned on the supporting shaft and the second extremity positioned on the pail pedal;
- f) a rotating axle, the bottom of the rotating axle installed on the second hole and the top of the rotating axle connected with the dewatering basket, for rotating the dewatering basket freely;
- g) a small gear wheel, installed in the middle of the rotating axle nevertheless the motion of the small gear wheel and the rotating axle do not rotate synchronously, the small gear wheel meshed with the big gear wheel thus driven by the big gear wheel; and
- h) an unilateral bearing device, installed on the rotating axle under the small gear wheel, driven in one direction by the small gear wheel thus rotating the rotating axle and the dewatering basket in the same direction.
2. The wringer bucket of claim 1, wherein the winger basket further comprises a handle.
3. The wringer bucket of claim 1, wherein the first extremity is a hook.
4. The wringer bucket of claim 1, wherein the propelling unit further comprises a fixed element installed under the bottom of the big gear wheel.
Type: Application
Filed: Sep 10, 2009
Publication Date: Dec 9, 2010
Inventor: Shu-Hsun Chu (Lu Chu Hsiang)
Application Number: 12/585,261