Patent ID: 7597125

Claim:
A cleaning product for use with a cleaning applicator such as a rag, a sponge, a string mop, a sponge mop, a squeegee, and various other applicators, the product comprising: a waste receptacle for holding a discarded fluid separated from the applicator; a fluid reservoir for holding a clean fluid; an applicator bath for holding a rinse fluid for transferring to the applicator by rinsing, the bath having a fill mode and an empty mode; the bath in use in the fill mode holding the rinse fluid for rinsing the applicator; the bath in use in the empty mode discarding the rinse fluid to the waste receptacle; the bath being switchable between the fill mode and the empty mode as needed to control contamination of the rinse fluid; a fluid dispenser for dispensing the clean fluid from the reservoir to the bath; the dispenser being fluid-wise connected to the reservoir; the dispenser in use dispensing the clean fluid from the reservoir to the bath as needed to maintain the rinse fluid in the bath within a predetermined volumetric range; and the product, in use being configured so that the fluid separated from the applicator can be discarded directly to the waste receptacle without passing the fluid through the applicator bath and without disconnecting the reservoir from the dispenser.