Patent ID: 6115878
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
An apparatus for removing liquid from a mop wherein the mop has a mop head comprising a substantially flat plate having a layer of absorbent sponge-like material on one surface, the apparatus comprising a frame carrying a first elongated element and a plurality of second elements the first element being oriented in a direction transverse to the vertical and the second elements being forwardly spaced from the first element by a distance less than the total thickness of the flat plate and sponge-like material wherein, in use, the mop head is urged downwardly between the first and second elements and wherein the second elements bear against the surface of the flat plate opposite the sponge-like material so as to urge the sponge-like material against the first element thereby progessively expelling liquid from the sponge-like material as the sponge-like material moves over the first element.