Scrubbing Pails Patents (Class 15/264)
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Patent number: 12171380Abstract: A scrubbing tool system includes a handle, a moldable and dissolvable cleaning head, and a storage and molding device. The handle is for holding by a user in a cleaning operation and has a projecting portion. The moldable and dissolvable cleaning head has a cavity to mate with the projecting portion to attach the cleaning head to the handle. The cleaning head is made of a moldable material that dissolves in water and includes a cleaning agent. The storage and molding device is movable from a storing position to a shaping position to attach the cleaning head to the handle. The storage and molding device has a base, a receiving surface, and a plurality of shaping tabs that connect the receiving surface and the base. The shaping tabs curve up from the receiving surface, thereby forming with the receiving surface a cup in which the cleaning head is received.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2024Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: SCRUB DADDY, INC.Inventors: Aaron Krause, Jared Sobel, Evan Bennis, Aleksandrs Titovs
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Patent number: 11980280Abstract: A waist mountable article carrying belt is also attachable about a jug. Two separate components combine together to create the belt, a base which includes a variety of compartments, slots, bands, and other devices designed to facilitate the carrying of various items, and a separate band with adjustable features allowing adjustment of its length. The band also includes fasteners at each end that are complementary to the fasteners on the ends of the base so that the band may be coupled to the base. The preferred jug includes an integrally molded handle and includes an opening between the handle and jug body that allows the band to be passed through the opening when fastening the base and band to the periphery of the jug.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Inventor: Freddy N. Ali
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Patent number: 11925716Abstract: A trolley assembly includes a trolley housing defining an internal cavity. The assembly includes at least one ultra-violet (UV) illumination system contained within the internal cavity in a stowed position. The UV illumination system configured and adapted to extend outward from the internal cavity in a deployed position. The trolley assembly includes a battery in electrical communication with the at least one UV illumination system.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventor: Arnau Castillo Gonzalez
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Patent number: 11849895Abstract: A wringing assembly may include a plurality of spaced apart pressure applicators, such as may be used for applying pressure to a mop element having a cleaning, absorbent or wiping material supported on the mop element. The pressure applicators may be supported so as to be centered or symmetrical on each side of a center of a wringing surface. The wringing assembly may include a substantially centered actuation element such as a handle. An actuation element on a wringing assembly may also include a receptacle for an element of a mop or other cleaning tool, such as a handle A bucket positioning device includes a spring-loaded assembly having a hook for a bucket rim and a base for engaging a bottom of a bucket or a wheel unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: MICRONOVA MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Phillip LeCompte, Kristin Stewart
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Patent number: 11523955Abstract: A bed base frame assembly of a bed generally comprises a base frame, a plurality of steerable and lockable casters, a lateral support assembly at the first and second sides of the base frame assembly, and an in-line support assembly at the foot end of the base frame assembly. The lateral support assembly may further include: a base frame; a first leg and a second leg rotatably connected to the base frame; a first actuator connected to the first leg and the second leg, wherein the first leg and the second leg rotate from the retracted position to the extended position; a third leg and a fourth leg rotatably connected to the base frame; and a second actuator connected to the third leg and the fourth leg, wherein the third leg and the fourth leg rotate from the retracted position to the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Kreg Medical, Inc.Inventors: Craig Poulos, Tho Qg. Thieu, Carlos Portillo
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Patent number: 11452426Abstract: A mop module of a robot, including: a liquid reservoir for storing liquid; and an electronically-controlled liquid release mechanism; wherein: the electronically-controlled liquid release mechanism releases liquid from the liquid reservoir for mopping a work surface; operation and a schedule of operation of the electronically-controlled liquid release mechanism in at least one area is controlled by a processor of the robot within which the mop module is installed or based on input provided to an application of a communication device paired with the robot; a liquid flow rate depends on at least an amount of power delivered to the electronically-controlled liquid release mechanism; and the liquid flow rate for the at least one area is determined by the processor of the robot within which the mop module is installed or an input provided to the application of the communication device paired with the robot.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: AI IncorporatedInventor: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi
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Patent number: 11285408Abstract: A cleaning bucket structure for automatically purifying foul water is provides. The cleaning bucket structure includes an outer bucket, an inner bucket, a transmission member, a pumping member, a filtering member and a covering plate. The outer bucket has a receiving space. The inner bucket has a diameter which is smaller than a diameter of the outer bucket and is disposed in the receiving space of the outer bucket. The transmission member is disposed in the inner bucket. The pumping member is disposed in the inner bucket for receiving the transmission member therein. The filtering member is disposed in the inner bucket and surrounding the transmission member and the pumping member. The covering plate is disposed in the inner bucket and above the filtering member and includes a plurality of openings.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Inventor: Chang-Hsin Wu
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Patent number: 10722094Abstract: A mop bucket for cleaning and squeezing a flat mop, comprises a bucket body and a squeezing device disposed inside the bucket body; wherein, the bucket body has a squeezing water section and a cleaning section, which are respectively at two different positions when used; when the mop head of the flat mop is removably inserted into the squeezing device, the squeezing device presses against the wiper on the mop head and scrapes the wiper on the mop head. The present invention also discloses a cleaning tool set. The mop bucket of the present invention can clean and squeeze a wiper on the flat mop by integrating both functions of cleaning and squeezing together, provide better cleaning and squeezing effects, and realize a convenient and labor-saving squeezing operation and pleasurable user experience.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Cixi Bosheng Plastic Co., Ltd.Inventor: Zhiyong Huang
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Patent number: 10520348Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for conveniently food preparation. The food preparation apparatus may sit directly over a bowl. The apparatus may comprise, amongst other things, a waste receptacle and a measuring tray.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Inventor: Babak Forutanpour
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Patent number: 10335007Abstract: A bucket having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction includes: a first extension in the longitudinal direction; a second extension in the transverse direction, the first extension being greater than the second extension; two longitudinal sides; a front transverse side; a rear transverse side; and at least one substantially bow-shaped handle. The at least one handle extends in the longitudinal direction and is pivotable in the transverse direction. A spout of the bucket includes a self-contained through-hole and is arranged in the front transverse side.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventors: Markus Rueckheim, Christian Mast, Mike Kosub, Tomaso Cascione
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Patent number: 10258847Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning golf club heads includes a cleaning chamber having an interior that houses a cleaning solution, and an opening leading to the interior. A lid is removably affixed over the opening. The lid moves between a closed position in which the lid covers the opening to close off the interior, and an opened position in which the lid is displaced from the opening to expose the interior. The lid, when in the opened position, allows for passage of a golf club head through the opening and into the interior.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Inventor: Kevin Loftus
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Patent number: 10064510Abstract: The wine bottle and glass holder is an apparatus that presents a bottle of wine and wine glasses in aesthetically pleasing way. It comprises a support bar that rests on the neck of an upright wine bottle and which supports a pair of inverted wine glasses suspended from the ends of the support bar. The wine bottle and glass holder may optionally comprise a marking area for displaying brand logos, advertising, or other textual or graphical information, one or more hooks for suspending items such as gifts, one or more storage wells for keeping items such as candles, and one or more chalkboard areas for writing temporary messages in chalk.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Inventor: Jeffrey Yablon
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Patent number: 10010910Abstract: The invention is a portable prospecting and classifying self-contained apparatus having a bucket, a supporting classifier screen and a supported classifier screen setting freely within the bucket, having a bucket handle and a bucket lid closing securely over the bucket. The supported classifier screen has a screen mesh and a screen handle, allowing the user to lift the supported classifier screen from the bucket. The supporting classifier screen has a screen mesh which may be of a finer mesh than the supported screen mesh and a supporting classifier frame. A prospector uses the portable prospecting and classifying self-contained apparatus invention by scooping or pouring mineral material into the bucket with an earth digging scoop or gold pan. The supported classifier screen and the supporting classifier screen are adapted to classify and separate mineral material from coarse to finer grain material when poured into the bucket.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Inventor: Ricky Dean Stover
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Patent number: 9936849Abstract: A portable cleaning assembly for containing a cleaning solution and a mop. The assembly comprises a wheeled bucket with a drain opening and a drain valve. The drain valve comprises a biasing member to force a stopper in a downward direction. The assembly further comprises a pivoting handle and at least one rigid handle on the back and/or front wall of the bucket. The assembly comprises a latch connected to a side wall, wherein the latch retains a wringer handle in a downward position. The assembly also comprises a strainer extending vertically and having an upper opening. The assembly can also comprise a wringer having a channel extending vertically along the front wall thereof. The channel is adapted to retain a mop handle therein in an essentially vertical orientation. The front wall can also comprise at least one flexible member to retain the mop handle within the channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Inventor: Louis Paul Podraza
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Patent number: 9539858Abstract: A shield 1 for a caster wheel that forms part of a wheeled object, comprising: a perimeter wall 2 configured to extend substantially fully around the caster wheel, and; a connection and supporting means 5, 205 configured to extend from the perimeter wall 2 to connect the shield 1 to the wheeled object; the perimeter wall 2 comprising a resiliently deformable portion 4 that extends substantially fully around the perimeter wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Inventors: Radoslaw Illing, Renata Olszewska-Illing
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Patent number: 9539850Abstract: A rollable paint bucket which will be maneuvered on a floor by the painter manipulating an extended handle of a paint roller assembly is disclosed. The bucket will have a body, a plurality of rolling members and a structural configuration which permits placement of the paint roller on the bucket where it will remain in contact during maneuvering of the bucket on the floor by the painter. The body has a paint containment area and a rolling surface. The painter may easily replenish fresh paint on the paint roller and roll the paint roller to obtain a desired quantity and uniformity of coverage on the paint roller. The bucket permits the painter to paint a large area, along a great distance, while remaining standing straight. This eliminates the conventional need for the painter to manually move their supply of fresh paint which often involves bending or squatting.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Inventor: Steven Edward Enguita
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Patent number: 9499315Abstract: A bottle has a flexible spout and a cap/cover configuration that effectively seals the spout from leakage and stores it under the cover. The flexible spout is folded or bent in two locations as it is secured within the cover. The flexible spout is folded over from an extended orientation and then around a fold partition. The cover is detachably attached to the cap. A diaphragm extends under the cap and seals liquid within the enclosure. In one embodiment, the cover and cap are configured with a ratchet mechanism that allows the cover to rotate in only one direction. In one embodiment, the bottle comprises two enclosures, and the enclosures may be detachably attached to each other or to a handle.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Tot Years LLCInventors: Alecia S Lue, David D McClanahan
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Patent number: 9226640Abstract: A mop trolley with a central mop sprayer and mop rest including a wheeled U-shaped base and a continuous recess therein, a pair of removable buckets atop the recess, and an upright support between the buckets. A manually-operable liquid pump assembly between the buckets includes a pump housing containing a pump operated by a pump lever which pumps liquid from an inlet hose in one bucket through a water outlet tube having liquid jet dispensers therealong which, in turn, spray onto a mop cleaning end resting on a mesh tray positioned between the pump housing and the upright support. The mesh tray has openings through which the water used to clean the mop is dispensed into the other bucket. A mop rest hook, disposed on an underside of a cross-member support that supports the liquid jet dispensers, supports a handle of the mop situated on the mesh tray.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Inventor: Kai Wulff
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Patent number: 8938848Abstract: A mop bucket comprises an internal compartment defined by a side wall for retaining a liquid. A first bracket is supported in the compartment and supports a first agitator blade and a second bracket supported in the compartment and supports a second agitator blade such that the agitator blades are spaced from one another a distance sufficient to receive a mop. The first agitator blade and the second agitator blade each comprising a plurality of fins extending from a planar support surface. The first agitator blade and said second agitator blade may also comprise a plurality of bristles extending from a planar support surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2010Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Rubbermaid Commerical Products, LLCInventors: Alfred Reneau Van Landingham, Jr., Jesse Andrew Matola
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Patent number: 8863350Abstract: A mop bucket comprises a bucket defining a first compartment and a second compartment. The bucket is rotatable between an upright position and a second position. A first fluid movement path is provided between the second compartment and the first compartment such that liquid in the second compartment drains to the first compartment under gravity when the bucket is in the upright position. A second fluid movement path is provided between the first compartment and the second compartment such that liquid in the first compartment drains to the second compartment under gravity when the bucket is in the second position. A method of operating the mop bucket is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLCInventors: Alfred Reneau Van Landingham, Jr., Jesse Andrew Matola
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Patent number: 8771428Abstract: A double bucket cleaning system for use with microfiber mat mops. One bucket contains clean water; the second holds dirty water. The second bucket has a slide press for extracting dirty water from the mop. The system can use a connector to connect the two buckets together, or a single bucket with two compartments can be used. Both designs use a footpad upon which the user stands during the pressing operation. This ensures that the device remains in place during the sliding. Finally, once the dirty water has been extracted from the mop, the user can pick up clean water from the first bucket for the next portion of the floor to be cleaned. In this way, the user is able to quickly clean a large floor with clean water, instead of repeatedly dipping the mop back into dirty water.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Inventor: Howard Goentzel
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Patent number: 8652263Abstract: A double bucket cleaning system for use with microfiber mat mops. One bucket contains clean water; the second holds dirty water. The second bucket has a slide press for extracting dirty water from the mop. The system can use a connector to connect the two buckets together, or a single bucket with two compartments can be used. Both designs use a footpad upon which the user stands during the pressing operation. This ensures that the device remains in place during the sliding. Finally, once the dirty water has been extracted from the mop, the user can pick up clean water from the first bucket for the next portion of the floor to be cleaned. In this way, the user is able to quickly clean a large floor with clean water, instead of repeatedly dipping the mop back into dirty water.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Inventor: Howard Goentzel
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Patent number: 8544141Abstract: In one embodiment, a cleaning cart system of the invention includes a reservoir assembly, an upwardly extending handle releasably connectable to the reservoir assembly, and at least two modular cleaning bins. The reservoir assembly includes a liquid reservoir and an integral wheeled chassis. The liquid reservoir includes a circumferential sidewall and an integral top wall, with the top wall including a plurality of openings. The two modular cleaning bins may be: positioned within the liquid reservoir; positioned on the liquid reservoir top wall with a leg of one bin positioned in one of the top-wall openings, and with a leg of the other bin positioned in another of the top-wall plurality of openings; and alternatively releasably interconnected to one another in a side-by-side orientation, with one of the bins supported on the upwardly extending handle by one or more of a plurality of handle brackets.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Kaivac, Inc.Inventors: Robert W. Kyde, David W. Lloyd, John T. Richter, Robert S. Robinson
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Patent number: 8479352Abstract: Mop bucket with two compartments positioned horizontally, one for containing clean water and the other for containing dirty water, where each compartment is connected to its corresponding wringer. It comprises three pieces that can be coupled together: a first and main piece that comprises the clean water container, on whose mouth a second piece is coupled, comprising a compartment for dirty water, which is smaller in size and has a lower height, in such a way that after it has been fitted, its bottom is higher than the bottom of the main body, with two mouths for the whole bucket. Said whole is then finished off at the top with a third piece that can be coupled to it and which contains a pair of wringers that coincide with the mouths of each water compartment, together with an opening for the mop head to gain access to the clean water compartment.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2008Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Inventor: Carlos Rivadulla Oliva
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Patent number: 8474089Abstract: A double bucket system for flat mops that is mounted in a frame. One bucket contains only clean water. The second bucket is used to hold dirty water. The second bucket has a special fixture attached that the user slides the mop through. The frame compresses the mop as it slides through, which ensure complete, even pressing of the mop to extract the greatest amount of dirty water. The frame includes footpads upon which the user stands during the pressing operation. This ensures that the device remains in place during the pressing. Finally, once the mop has been thoroughly pressed, the user can pick up clean water from the first bucket for the next portion of the floor to be cleaned. In this way, the user is able to quickly clean a large floor with clean water instead of repeatedly dipping the mop back into dirty water.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Inventor: Howard Goentzel
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Publication number: 20130146177Abstract: A mop bucket comprises a bucket defining a first compartment and a second compartment. The bucket is rotatable between an upright position and a second position. A first fluid movement path is provided between the second compartment and the first compartment such that liquid in the second compartment drains to the first compartment under gravity when the bucket is in the upright position. A second fluid movement path is provided between the first compartment and the second compartment such that liquid in the first compartment drains to the second compartment under gravity when the bucket is in the second position. A method of operating the mop bucket is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2013Publication date: June 13, 2013Inventors: Alfred Reneau Van Landingham, JR., Jesse Andrew Matola
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Patent number: 8393047Abstract: A mop bucket comprises a bucket defining a first compartment and a second compartment. The bucket is rotatable between an upright position and a second position. A first fluid movement path is provided between the second compartment and the first compartment such that liquid in the second compartment drains to the first compartment under gravity when the bucket is in the upright position. A second fluid movement path is provided between the first compartment and the second compartment such that liquid in the first compartment drains to the second compartment under gravity when the bucket is in the second position. A method of operating the mop bucket is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Rubermaid Commercial Products, LLCInventors: Alfred Reneau Van Landingham, Jr., Jesse Andrew Matola
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Patent number: 8381351Abstract: A mop bucket assembly is disclosed which allows for moving a bucket from one position to another while reducing spillage from the bucket by using an integrated lid to keep liquid from splashing out of the bucket. The disclosed mop bucket assembly also discloses a mop bucket assembly having a caution or warning sign formed integral with the mop bucket assembly that can be deployed when mopping is in progress.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2009Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Shop-VacInventors: Jonathan Miller, Robert L. Crevling, Jr., Melvin E. Wolfe, Jr., John Griffin, David Martinez
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Patent number: 8336160Abstract: The present invention discloses a dual rotating dewater bucket and a mop. The dewater bucket includes a freely-rotating dewater basket and a spindle member for receiving a cotton strip disc of the mop. With a passive dual rotating mechanism together with an active rotating mop, a cotton strip disc is placed in the spindle member and rotated, so that the cotton strips of the mop are stirred and spun towards the wavy bucket wall to remove dirt effectively, and then a dewater basket disposed in the same bucket body is used for spinning water absorbed by the cotton strips by a centrifugal force, similar to a washing machine or a dewatering machine to achieve both functions of cleaning and dewatering the mop without the need of a stepping action and provide a convenient and user-friendly operation and a safe application.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Inventor: Ching-Ming Chen
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Patent number: 8336159Abstract: A non-stepping wringer bucket includes a bucket body, having a top surface substantially in a form of an opening, and a bottom surface having a protruding base; a support shaft fixed on the protruding base, the upper part of the support shaft protruding from the top of the protruding base, forming a combining-section having a ringed trough; an orientate element made from flexible material, tapering on the top, and with a central hole corresponding to the ringed trough the ringed trough receives the orientate element thereon; a dewatering basket and a rotating element installed at the bottom of a rotating base, the rotating base sheathed onto the support shaft and installed at the bottom of the dewatering basket.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Tuo Shen International Corporation LimitedInventors: Yung-Hua Chen, Chin-Yang Shin
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Patent number: 8239997Abstract: A mop strainer has a bucket, a driving unit, a transmission unit and a draining unit. The driving unit and the transmission unit are received in a pedal mount of the mop strainer. The driving unit and the transmission unit are driven by stepping on the driving unit, so as to rotate the draining unit and drain a mop. The driving unit has a reinforced sector wall and a limit slot to limit the stroke in operation. The draining unit has a water guard to prevent drained water from sputtering out and the water guard further has a mop gripper for holding the mop. Given all these features, the present invention is more robust and can be operated and stored more conveniently and practically.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2010Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Inventor: Ching-Chun Lin
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Patent number: 8108963Abstract: A wash bucket for use with detergent and water to ensure that the detergent and water are mixed in a predetermined ratio. The wash bucket has a cup within the wash bucket cavity. In some embodiments the cup is attached to the wash bucket structure and not easily removed by hand. In other embodiments the cup is removably attached to the wash bucket structure. A proper detergent to water ratio is achieved by filling the cup to a point indicated on the cup and then filling the wash bucket to a point indicated on the wash bucket.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2008Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Griot's Garage, Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Griot, Timothy Ty Willard
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Patent number: 8056179Abstract: A centrifugal water separator for mop includes a bucket including a first chamber and a second chamber respectively defined therein. The first chamber and the second chamber are separated from each other. A separating trough is rotatably mounted in the second chamber in the bucket. A driving device is mounted in the first chamber in the bucket for driving the separating trough. A handle is pivotally mounted to the bucket. An indentation is defined in the handle and co-axially corresponding to the separating trough for holding the mop during separating water.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Inventor: Hsing Yuan Hsu
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Patent number: 8042215Abstract: A cleaning system for removing abrading material adapted to remove and keep separated the abrasive contaminants from a wash rag, mitt, or brush which is capable of being mounted within a standard 5 gallon bucket for the purposes of washing a car, boat, recreational vehicle or the like. The cleaning system is a lattice structure including a scrubber grate which is positioned within the bucket such that a wash rag, mitt, or long handled brush is capable of being vigorously rubbed against the scrubber grate such that any abrasive grit or contaminants within the wash rag, mitt, or long handled brush will become dislodged and settle to the bottom of the cleaning fluid within the bucket. The lattice structure also has a receiver base to support the scrubber grate and is located near the bottom of the bucket. The lattice structure receiver base allows abrasive contaminants and debris to settle to the bottom of the bucket.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Inventor: Richard R. Thibault
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Publication number: 20110099745Abstract: A mop bucket comprises an internal compartment defined by a side wall for retaining a liquid. A first bracket is supported in the compartment and supports a first agitator blade and a second bracket supported in the compartment and supports a second agitator blade such that the agitator blades are spaced from one another a distance sufficient to receive a mop. The first agitator blade and the second agitator blade each comprising a plurality of fins extending from a planar support surface. The first agitator blade and said second agitator blade may also comprise a plurality of bristles extending from a planar support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Alfred Reneau Van Landingham, JR., Jesse Andrew Matola, Robert William Lauer
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Publication number: 20110100929Abstract: A mop bucket comprises a bucket defining a first compartment and a second compartment. The bucket is rotatable between an upright position and a second position. A first fluid movement path is provided between the second compartment and the first compartment such that liquid in the second compartment drains to the first compartment under gravity when the bucket is in the upright position. A second fluid movement path is provided between the first compartment and the second compartment such that liquid in the first compartment drains to the second compartment under gravity when the bucket is in the second position. A method of operating the mop bucket is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Alfred Reneau Van Landingham, JR., Jesse Andrew Matola
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Patent number: 7891040Abstract: A gutter cleaning device includes handle and head portions and is adapted for use with a gutter cleaning pail system. The gutter cleaning device head portion is configured to slide within the interior of a gutter and has a configuration generally corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the gutter interior. The gutter cleaning pail system includes a mounting assembly for mounting on a gutter.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2007Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Inventor: William L. Christie
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Patent number: 7878378Abstract: One aspect of the invention is directed to a method of applying a liquid to a surface from a wheeled receptacle that is disposed on the surface. The wheeled receptacle, itself, includes a circumferential sidewall, a bottom wall connected to the circumferential sidewall, at least two wheels, a steering handle for guiding the wheeled receptacle on the surface, and a spigot; and the wheeled receptacle contains a liquid. The method includes the steps of: opening the spigot, thereby dispensing a liquid through the spigot of the wheeled receptacle and onto the surface; and guiding the wheeled receptacle across the surface via the steering handle, thereby dispensing the liquid through the spigot of the wheeled receptacle onto a selected area of the surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2009Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Kaivac, Inc.Inventor: Robert S. Robinson
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Patent number: 7761953Abstract: An insert is provided for a mop bucket application to capture dirty water and/or clean water during floor mopping. The insert can be made of flexible PVC vinyl or of a similar substance giving the user the ability to quickly install the insert into a mop bucket. When the insert has collected the dirty water, the wringer can be quickly removed. Since the insert's bottom is flat, it will remain upright even when unsupported. The insert and contained dirty water can easily be removed by lifting the handles on the insert's two sides. The slick inside surface of the insert enables the dirty water to be poured with ease in a direct, substantially v-shaped stream. The structure of the insert preferably includes a body section which is connected at its two ends. A bottom portion forms a base for the body section, and side handles are affixed to the upper edge of the body section. A handle is secured to the outer side of the bottom portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2006Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Inventor: Steve Dalton
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Patent number: 7757339Abstract: An apparatus including a first reservoir containing a liquid, a second reservoir configured to receive an element, and user-operable dispensing means configured to dispense a user-selected amount of the liquid from the first reservoir to the second reservoir. The element is configured to absorb the user-selected amount of dispensed liquid and transfer it out of the second reservoir for surface treatment. In operation, a user-selected amount of liquid is dispensed from the first reservoir into the second reservoir, and substantially all of the dispensed liquid is absorbed by placing a mop pad or other liquid transferring element in the second reservoir. Substantially all of the dispensed liquid is then transferred to the surface to be treated by removing the liquid transferring element from the second reservoir and placing the liquid transferring element against the surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: TXF Products, Inc.Inventor: Terrence Treacy
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Publication number: 20100170056Abstract: A mop bucket assembly is disclosed which allows for moving a bucket from one position to another while reducing spillage from the bucket by using an integrated lid to keep liquid from splashing out of the bucket. The disclosed mop bucket assembly also discloses a mop bucket assembly having a caution or warning sign formed integral with the mop bucket assembly that can be deployed when mopping is in progress.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2009Publication date: July 8, 2010Inventors: Jonathan Miller, Robert L. Crevling, JR., Melvin E. Wolfe, JR., John Griffin, David Martinez
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Publication number: 20100095473Abstract: A bucket for handling liquids comprising a collector reservoir, a wringer receptacle having a collector outlet in fluid communication with the collector reservoir and a storage reservoir comprising at least one discharge aperture. The wringer receptacle is positionable between a first position wherein the wringer receptacle blocks the discharge aperture and a second position wherein the wringer receptacle allows fluid communication between the storage reservoir and the wringer receptacle through the discharge aperture. Rinsing of a cleaning medium in the bucket according to the invention is controlled through use of the cleaning medium actuating the wringer receptacle. The storage reservoir may also comprise a valve that can be actuated by movement of the wringer receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Inventor: Laurent Azancot
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Publication number: 20100000042Abstract: A chassis for a mopping system is provided wherein the mopping system is retained on the chassis on a mopping system receptacle. The mopping system may include a bucket and/or a wiping cloth press and/or a wiping cloth spinner. The chassis includes a braking device which is adapted to switch the chassis from a release position to a blocking position upon the application of a force to the mopping system receptacle. In the release position, the chassis is rollable and in the blocking position, the chassis is secured against rolling away.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2007Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: Leifheit AGInventors: Klaus-Juergen Fischer, Dieter Paetzold
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Publication number: 20090300869Abstract: A cleaning system for removing abrading material adapted to remove and keep separated the abrasive contaminants from a wash rag, mitt, or brush which is capable of being mounted within a standard 5 gallon bucket for the purposes of washing a car, boat, recreational vehicle or the like. The cleaning system is a lattice structure including a scrubber grate which is positioned within the bucket such that a wash rag, mitt, or long handled brush is capable of being vigorously rubbed against the scrubber grate such that any abrasive grit or contaminants within the wash rag, mitt, or long handled brush will become dislodged and settle to the bottom of the cleaning fluid within the bucket. The lattice structure also has a receiver base to support the scrubber grate and is located near the bottom of the bucket. The lattice structure receiver base allows abrasive contaminants and debris to settle to the bottom of the bucket.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2009Publication date: December 10, 2009Inventor: Richard R. Thibault
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Patent number: 7597125Abstract: The invention is a cleaning product for use with a cleaning applicator, such as a sponge mop, a squeegee, and various other applicators. The product provides an applicator bath holding a rinse fluid for rinsing the applicator. The product facilitates a range of cleanliness levels by discarding contaminated rinse fluid and replenishing the rinse fluid with clean fluid as often as the user requires, in order to meet the desired level of cleanliness.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2004Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Inventor: Levi Deaton
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Patent number: 7587784Abstract: A mopping trolley having a carriage, a mop press assembly with a discharge port, a clean receptacle for providing a source of clean liquid for mopping, and a waste receptacle for receiving waste liquid expressed from the mop press. The clean receptacle is located under the mop press so that a mop head may be dipped into the clean receptacle and lifted directly upward to the mop press, the mop head being maintained over the clean receptacle so that dripping excess fluid falls back to the clean receptacle below. In this way the amount of clean water wasted may be reduced, so that water dripping from the mop head falls back into the clean receptacle. The waste receptacle includes a portion that is positioned below the discharge port of the mop press assembly to receive waste liquid.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2003Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Numatic International LimitedInventors: Christopher Robert Duncan, Michael Edward Gailes
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Patent number: 7540063Abstract: A combination wringer/bucket system uses a wringer consisting of a wringer basket and pressure plate, specifically configured to be mounted on the rim of the bucket, which itself is specially adapted to receive and support a separable, columnar wringer basket support member. This member extends between the floor of the bucket and the basket and provides stability to the bucket mounted wringer. The support member can be removed from the bucket, as can the wringer, so that the bucket can be used alone, if desired. For providing additional stability to the wringer, leg components extend from the pressure plate, through the wringer basket. A cam operated system smoothly controls the movement of the pressure plate within the wringer, to efficiently and effectively wring out saturated mops.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2008Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Quickie Manufacturing CorporationInventor: Robert E. Petner
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Publication number: 20090056052Abstract: A bracket for attachment to a mop bucket having at least four wheels is provided. According to some embodiments, the bracket has a back web defined by a first vertical edge, a second vertical edge, and a lower edge. Some embodiments further include at least one rib parallel to the first and second vertical edges of the back web. Embodiments are provided with a bottom web adjacent to the lower edge of the back web and extending generally perpendicular from the back web, wherein the bottom web defines at least two collars that attach to the wheels of the mop bucket. Other embodiments include a first arm adjacent to the first vertical edge of the back web and extending generally perpendicular from the back web, and a second arm adjacent to the second vertical edge of the back web and extending generally perpendicular from the back web. In some embodiments, when the bracket is attached to the mop bucket, mop bucket and the bracket define a pocket inside which to store items, such as a sign or a mop.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Clean Control CorporationInventor: Stephen Davison
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Patent number: 7490745Abstract: One aspect of the invention is directed to a method of applying a liquid to a surface from a wheeled receptacle that is disposed on the surface. The wheeled receptacle, itself, includes a circumferential sidewall, a bottom wall connected to the circumferential sidewall, at least two wheels, a steering handle for guiding the wheeled receptacle on the surface, and a spigot; and the wheeled receptacle contains a liquid. The method includes the steps of: opening the spigot, thereby dispensing a liquid through the spigot of the wheeled receptacle and onto the surface; and guiding the wheeled receptacle across the surface via the steering handle, thereby dispensing the liquid through the spigot of the wheeled receptacle onto a selected area of the surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2007Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Kaivac, Inc.Inventor: Robert S. Robinson
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Patent number: 7458129Abstract: A bucket is equipped with a rinsing basket in its open end and wheels in its bottom part. The bucket incorporates a pair of wheels going in the same direction placed before a cross-sectional plane that contains the center of gravity. The bottom part contains an ample posterior portion behind the pair of wheels and a narrow frontal portion that extends upwards and outwards and located before the wheels, configured in such a manner that when the bucket is in the at-rest or stationary position it is only supported by the posterior portion, while during the rinsing of the mop, when we press down the frontal part of the bucket with the mop, the bucket will oscillate slightly and will be able to travel if it is set to rest on the wheels by elevating the rear part that will leave the floor during this travelling stage.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2007Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: SP Berner Plastic Group, S.L.Inventor: Julian Escarpa Gil