Patent ID: 7174601

Claim:
A mopping system comprising: a mop assembly comprising a mop head and an elongated handle, the mop head including a floor-engageable lower surface and a handle attachment means for attaching the mop head to a lower end of the handle; and a bucket assembly comprising a spin chamber and a mop head spinning means, the mop head spinning means comprising a mop head engagement means rotationally supported at least partially within the spin chamber, a rotational driving means, comprising a motor electrically connected to a power source, connected to the mop head engagement means such that the rotational driving means rotationally drives the mop head engagement means, the rotational driving means being physically isolated away from moisture contained in the spin chamber, the mop head spinning means engageable with the mop head to rotationally support the mop head within the spin chamber away from an inner wall of the spin chamber, the mop head engagement means being a non-circular shaft rotationally coupled to a rotating shaft of the motor at a lower end of the non-circular shaft, the lower surface of the mop head further includes a centrally located shaft aperture for slidably receiving the non-circular shaft of the mop head engagement means therein and rotationally locking the mop head thereto; whereby with the mop head engaged to the mop head spinning means, the mop head spinning means may be caused to spin the mop head about a rotational axis thereof to effect centrifugal drying of the mop head.