Patent ID: 8327502
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A centrifugal dehydrating device for a mop comprising: a bucket including a compartment having a receiving space in a side thereof, with a mounting plate provided below the receiving space and including an axial hole, with an annular fender surrounding the axial hole, with the bucket further including a recessed portion below the mounting plate and aligned with the receiving space; a rotary container rotatably mounted in the receiving space, with the rotary container including a hollow cylinder adapted to receive a bottom portion of a mop, with the cylinder including a plurality of slits through which water is passable, with a shaft mounted to a bottom of the cylinder, with an annular sleeve formed on the bottom of the cylinder and engaged with the annular fender; a water fender received in an upper portion of the receiving space, with the water fender including a skirt having a top portion with an annular groove, with the annular groove receiving a rim of the cylinder, with an annular wing extending radially inward from the top portion of the skirt of the water fender, with the annular wing having an inner face at an angle to the skirt of the water fender, with water splashing upward from the rotary container during rotation of the rotary container being stopped by the annular wing; a transmission mechanism including a base, a pedal, an elastic element, a top seat, and a gear train, with the pedal including a lower end pivotably coupled to the base, with the pedal further including a rack board having a rack, with a stepping portion fixed to the rack board to move therewith, with the top seat mounted in an upper section of the recessed portion and fixed to a bottom side of the mounting plate of the bucket, with the top seat including a first gear compartment, with the gear train including a first gear mounted in the first gear compartment and aligned with the axial hole of the bucket, with a one-way bearing coaxially mounted to the first gear, with the shaft extending through the axial hole of the bucket and coupled with the one-way bearing, with the gear train meshed with and driven by the rack of the pedal such that stepping of the pedal portion causes rotation of the gear train, the shaft, and the rotary container.