Abstract: A portable cleaning container for use with a conventional mop and wringer for cleaning floors and other surfaces. The container includes a bucket with a drain opening formed through the bucket floor and closable by an elastomeric stopper supported on the end of a threaded drive rod extending through a threaded bore formed through a drive rod mount attached to the inside of the bucket within a stopper drive recess formed in the wall of the bucket and extending vertically from the floor of the bucket above the drain opening. A filter recess is formed in portions of the upper surface of the bucket floor to receive an interior filter having a planar portion that extends across the filter recess and a semitubular portion that extends about lower portions of the stopper drive recess to enclose the entrance of the drain opening to the bucket interior. Troughs in the planar portion of the interior filter and corrugations in the floor of the bucket adjacent the filter recess trap detritus when the bucket is drained.

Abstract: A bucket having separate reservoirs for segregating clean wash liquid, such as water, from dirty or contaminated wash liquid. In addition, the bucket contains a discharge transfer compartment for wringing a mop and providing for the immediate transfer of its discharge to a discharge storage reservoir by way of holes in the floor connecting the discharge transfer compartment and said reservoir. The floors of the discharge transfer compartment and the clean liquid reservoir are shaped with adequate slope or curvature so that particulate material discharged in either is caused to move to the lowest point for removal. Further, the clean liquid reservoir contains a shelf with holes sized to permit the passage of any residual particulate material transferred by a wrung mop entering the clean water to the curved bottom of said reservoir under said shelf so that it cannot be disturbed by the reentry of the mop in the portion of the reservoir above the shelf and thereby reenter solution and re-contaminate the mop.

Abstract: A container with an integral washboard includes at least one spout. The washboard is formed by the corrugated interior of at least one wall and a spout is formed at the top of the wall. The spout has a mouth and two sides, the sides flexing inward toward that mouth during use to provide increased scrubbing power.

Abstract: A mop bucket insert for maintaining a portion of a cleaning liquid contained in a bucket free of suspended solids. A platform spaced above the bottom of the bucket and side walls coupled with the platform substantially segregated solids which have settled in the compartment formed between the bucket bottom and platform, preventing suspension of these solids when a mop agitates the liquid. The platform provides a surface against which a cleaning instrument may be applied to remove solids entrained in the fibrous elements of the mop.

Abstract: A mop handle stabilizer having a mop handle receipt member positioned on an inside upper portion of said bucket and a mop handle projection positioned on a mop handle adapted for the mop handle projection to be engaged into said mop handle receipt member to hold the mop in an upright position in the bucket.

Abstract: A mopping unit comprises a bucket, a wringer with two squeeze rollers mounted at the top of the bucket, and an operating mechanism to produce relative closing movement of the rollers. The operating mechanism comprises a foot pedal mounted at a lower level on the bucket and a toggle operating linkage operative on depression of the pedal to produce the relative closing movement of the rollers. At the end of the closing movement of the rollers the toggle linkage goes over-center to lock the rollers at a predetermined spacing in an operative mop-wringing position.

Abstract: An improved portable cleaning station for use with a conventional mop device and wringer device to clean floors and other surfaces. The portable cleaning station comprises a bucket assembly for containing a cleaning solution and having a drain opening formed in its lowermost portion; a valve assembly supported by the bucket assembly so as to communicate with the drain opening and selectively opening and closing the drain opening; and a filter assembly supported by the bucket assembly, the filter assembly selectively movable between an extended position (wherein a filtering element is disposed below the valve assembly and in a filter relationship therewith) and a retracted position (wherein the filtering element is disposed in a protected position beneath the bucket assembly).

Abstract: An attachment is disclosed for use on paint cans and the like. An annular rim guard having an outer wall connected to sloping an annular ring fits on an open can. The annular ring covers a lid receiving groove in a can rim. Integral securing members with C-shaped openings removably secure the rim guard to bail bearings of the can. Sealing flanges are integrally fixed to the bottom of the annular ring portion to provide a sealing contact surface. A paintbrush holder receptacle with a brush receiving opening and a drain opening is fixed to the rim guard for maintaining a paintbrush in a substantially upright position. The drain opening at the bottom of the brush holder is positioned over the can opening to allow excess paint from a brush in the holder to drain into the can interior. A permanent grid feature is located across the drain opening to prohibit small width brushes from entering the can interior. A pouring spout is located in an outer wall of the brush holder.

Abstract: A mop bucket connector comprising a clip of inverted U-shape the arms of which may be inserted downwardly respectively into a pair of wheeled mop buckets to assemble them into a unitary relationship, a spacer fixed to the clip and adapted to be disposed between the buckets, the clip arms being resiliently biased to urge the buckets against the spacer, and a handle connected to the spacer by means of which the bucket assembly may be propelled in the manner of a cart.

Abstract: A drag cloth cleaning and rinsing device including a bucket-like receptacle, capable of bearing fluid, a box-shaped screen removably mounted within the opening of said bucket, the screen having sufficient depth to be received into the bucket so that a portion of the screen is immersed below the water level within the bucket, and a drag cloth squeezing and draining trough mounted on one side of the screen. The drag cloth is inserted below the fluid level in the bucket within the screen, the screen being used to compress the drag cloth repeatedly within the fluid medium in the bucket for cleaning the drag cloth. Once cleaned, the drag cloth is transferred to the trough where the fluid is squeezed out and largely removed from the cloth by compressing the cloth against the trough. The ends of the trough, or any portion thereof, are open to allow drainage back into the bucket.

Abstract: Apparatus for facilitating performances of chores such as cleaning the udders of cows includes a band and a latch for clamping the band on a pail which contains cleaning fluid. A pair of upright members extending from the band and support a disposable towel dispenser above the pail. A handle which is located on top of the dispenser enables carrying the dispenser and pail as a unit.

Abstract: A mop cleaning device for use in mopping floors includes a container having a special partition which divides the interior of the container into first and second side-by-side compartmments which are in communication with each other in a manner such that water wrung from a wet mop into the first compartment displaces an equal amount of relatively solids-free liquid from the first compartment into the second compartment for re-use.

Abstract: A mop sterilizer and dryer utilizes a wheel-supported cart having a pair of drainable compartments therein. One of the drainable compartments has an open-mouth portion carrying a pair of squeeze rolls adapted to squeeze the fabric cord-like elements of a mop therebetween. Water captured within such compartment is strained and carried by the cart. The other compartment is totally lined with a reflective material adapted to reflect ultraviolet rays generated by ultraviolet lamp sources disposed within the other compartment. At least one opening is provided in the other compartment in which the cord or strand elements of a mop is disposed during a drying and sterilizing operation, having its handle secured in an upright position by a bracket having a notch at the uppermost free end thereof.

Abstract: A portable container has an upright service tower in the form of an elongated support post with one end secured to the bottom of a water-filled container adjacent its side wall, while an intermediate section is secured to the upper side wall of the container. A suitable spacer is disposed between the container side wall and the service tower so as to slightly incline the support post toward the center of the container to thereby stabilize both the support post and the container. A handle pivotally carried by the container is adapted to snap-lockingly engage the post to securely attach the container to the support post. The post has a plurality of means for carrying articles, such as brushes, bottles, a hose, soaps and the like.