Abstract: A method for coating a textile material, said method includes the following steps: a) incorporating activated carbon in powder form into a coating composition including an aqueous solvent and at least one organosilicon precursor, wherein the organosilicon precursor represents from 5 to 50% by volume relative to the whole of the aqueous solvent and organosilicon precursor, b) impregnating the textile material with the coating composition by padding and c) drying the impregnated textile material, characterised in that the coating composition contains no polycarboxylic acid or catalyst.

Abstract: A mop wringer comprises a housing supporting a first roller and a second roller. The first roller is supported by the housing in a first position where the first roller is spaced from the second roller a first distance and in a second position where the first roller is spaced from the second roller a second distance. The second roller is supported on an arm where the arm moves relative to the housing to move the second roller toward and away from the first roller between a third position and a fourth position. A drive mechanism moves the arm between the third position and the fourth position and rotates the roller in the fourth position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hand-held wringer for removing liquid from a wet or damp material. A wet or damp material is placed between two rollers and a trigger handle is engaged to reduce the space between one roller's axis relative to an opposite roller's axis so as to expel liquid from every fiber of the material as it is pulled therethrough.

Abstract: A portable wringer includes a housing having upper and lower ends and defining an open interior area therebetween. The portable wringer also includes first and second rollers positioned inside the open interior area, the first and second rollers being accessible through the housing and movable relative to one another so as to cooperatively pass an item therebetween. A crank handle is operatively connected to the rollers for causing at least one of the rollers to rotate. A plurality of legs are coupled to the housing adjacent the lower end of the housing with each leg being pivotable between a storage configuration and a deployed configuration. The legs may be telescopic for length adjustment thereof. The portable wringer includes a removable tray positionable in the housing beneath the first and second rollers for collecting a liquid initially associated with the item passed between the rollers.

Abstract: A wringing device is used to expel fluids from a flexible container contained within an intermediate bulk container (IBC). The wringing device includes a support frame and a carriage movably coupled to the support frame for supporting components thereof. The wringing device includes a nip shaft coupled to the carriage, and a movable nip shaft movably coupled to the carriage proximate to the nip shaft. The movable nip shaft may be biased toward the nip shaft with a biasing device. The wringing device may include one or more drive devices for driving a take-up shaft and the carriage. The wringing device may also include a transport vehicle for transporting the wringing device between different intermediate bulk containers.

Abstract: An automatic roller wringer for mops and the like, consisting of the incorporation of the main gears inside the casing, one of the gears being provided with a projection for the stop, the main gears being asymmetrically assembled on either side, engaging with the fixed roller, each one of the main gears being provided with an eccentric guide on the inner part through which the pivots of the movable roller pass until the latter is in a position adjacent to the fixed roller, which upwardly rotates, the arms supporting the pivots of the arm of the movable roller being provided with a spring on each one.

Abstract: A portable wringer includes a housing having upper and lower ends and defining an open interior area therebetween. The portable wringer also includes first and second rollers positioned inside the open interior area, the first and second rollers being accessible through the housing and movable relative to one another so as to cooperatively pass an item therebetween. A crank handle is operatively connected to the rollers for causing at least one of the rollers to rotate. A plurality of legs are coupled to the housing adjacent the lower end of the housing with each leg being pivotable between a storage configuration and a deployed configuration. The legs may be telescopic for length adjustment thereof. The portable wringer includes a removable tray positionable in the housing beneath the first and second rollers for collecting a liquid initially associated with the item passed between the rollers.

Abstract: A roller system includes a frame, an upper roller assembly, a lower roller assembly and an actuator. In one embodiment, the upper roller assembly includes a first rotatably supported cylindrical member. The lower roller assembly is movably supported by the frame below the upper roller assembly and includes a second rotatably supported cylindrical member. The actuator is configured to move the second cylindrical member between an elevated position and a lowered position. In another embodiment, the roller system includes a frame, at least one upper track, an upper roller assembly, at least one lower track and a lower roller assembly. The upper roller assembly includes a first rotatably supported cylindrical member extending along an upper axis. The upper roller assembly is supported by the upper track and moves along the upper axis between an operation position and a removed position. The lower roller assembly includes a second rotatably supported cylindrical member extending along a lower axis.

Abstract: A portable cleaning and wringing device for a mop having a mop head comprising a housing having an open top. A mop wringer mechanism is attached to the housing adjacent the open top. A component is for carrying the housing from place to place. An assembly is for cleaning the mop head when the mop head is being wrung out by the mop ringer mechanism, so as to prevent the mop head from becoming sour. The assembly can also be used for cleaning an area about the housing.

Abstract: A mop wringer which includes a combination of a pail and lid wherein the lid can be locked to the pail. A first roller is mounted for rotation about a first axis in the lid while the lid includes an opening and a lid panel is hinged to the lid within the opening. The hinged panel rotates about a hinged axis parallel to the first axis and a second roller is mounted to the hinged panel in an area of the hinged panel remote from the second hinged axis and where the second roller is adjacent the first roller and forms a nip therebetween. Spring means extend between the lid and the hinged panel to urge the hinged panel towards a closed position with the first and second rollers adjacent each other, but the hinged panel can be pressed downwardly to provide access through the opening for a mop.

Abstract: A squeezing device includes a driving squeezing extractor and a driven squeezing extractor which comes rotationally in contact with the driving squeezing extractor to carry out a squeezing process on a fabric to be dyed by feeding of the fabric through between the two squeezing extractors, the driven squeezing extractor being composed of a hollow cylindrical rotatable member which is rotatably supported on a center shaft inserted along the axis thereof, and a plurality disc-like supporting members which are arranged inside the cylindrical rotatable member, and each of the disc-like supporting members on the ends is rotatably fitted with an inner periphery of the cylindrical rotatable member and is movable relative to the center shaft in the axial direction.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method to express liquid from wet fibrous material while minimizing breakage thereof and splashing of the solvent and easying solvent recovery. The method comprises laying said material on a smooth perforated surface, gradually compressing said body of wet fibrous material against said surface to force out liquid, and removing from said surface said body of material in a drier state. A convenient way to compress said body is by exerting on it a gradually increasing compression by means of a second roller having a smooth surface.