Patent ID: 6983509
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A sweeping and wringing apparatus, comprising: a handle, which is a hollow body, defining a vertical direction; a moving bar, having an upper end that is hingedly connected with said handle at a middle position thereof and a lower end that is placed inside said handle at a lower position thereof; a transmission rod, glidingly mounted within said handle and having an upper end that is hingedly connected with said lower end of said moving bar and a lower end that extends downward beyond said handle; a frame, which is a hollow body, having a vertical part with an upper end that is attached to said handle at a lower end thereof and a horizontal part with two far ends that define left and right sides; a pair of hinge plates, each hinge plate of said pair of hinge plates being shaped like the letter L, having an upper end that is hingedly connected with one of said far ends of said horizontal part of said frame and having a bent part with a bolt; a pulling element, attached to said lower end of said transmission rod; a pair of holding plates, having vertical ribs with inner ends that are hingedly connected with said pulling element and extending symmetrically to the left and right, respectively; and a cleaning head, shaped like an elongated square block and fastened to said pair of holding plates; wherein, when said moving bar is pulled up in a squeezing movement, said lower end thereof takes said transmission rod upward, which in turn via said pulling element pulls up said pair of holding plates at said inner ends thereof, so that said pair of holding plates are folded inward, causing said cleaning head to be folded, with continuing said squeezing movement resulting in water contained in said cleaning head to be wrung out, and wherein by reversing said squeezing movement an original state is reinstated.