Patent ID: 7225499

Claim:
A mop press for expressing liquid from a mop head, the mop press comprising a housing provided with first pressing means and second pressing means, wherein the first pressing means is a front wall of the housing and the second pressing means is a pressing plate the arrangement being such that in use, with a mop head inserted in the housing, the pressing plate and the front wall may be brought together to press the mop head, wherein the housing is provided with reservoir means for receiving and accumulating expressed liquid, the reservoir means being separated from the region of the housing which accommodates the mop head by first drainage means that allows the expressed liquid to flow from the region of the housing which accommodates the mop head to the reservoir means, the reservoir means being provided with second drainage means which allows the expressed liquid to flow from the reservoir means in a controlled and directed manner, wherein a flow capacity of the first drainage means exceeds a flow capacity of the second drainage means, and wherein the reservoir means is sized to accommodate the expressed liquid from the mop such that the mop does not reabsorb the expressed liquid collected therein.