Device for Removing the Moisture from a Wet Mop

Abstract

A device for wringing out a mop with a flat holder on the underside of which a mop cover is disposed. The device includes a wringing device, embodied as a squeezing device with a press roller and a counter-surface. The press roller and the counter-surface form a through gap between them for the holder and the mop cover and are arranged and aligned such as to be able to press the holder together with the mop cover between them to wring out the mop cover. The press roller and the counter-surface may be relatively adjusted by a single adjuster either manually or automatically and set to defined selectable separation values.

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       21 . A device for removing moisture from a wet mop, the mop including a substantially flat holder and a mop cover disposed on an underside of the flat holder, the device comprising: 
 a squeezing wringer including a squeezing drum and a counter-surface, said squeezing drum and said counter-surface forming a through gap therebetween for said holder and said mop cover and configured to press the holder with the mop cover together between said squeezing drum and said counter-surface to remove moisture from said mop cover; and    a single adjusting element connected to adjust a spacing distance between said squeezing drum and said counter-surface and configured to enable manual adjustment of said squeezing drum and said counter-surface relative to one another and to permanently set a selected spacing distance in a defined manner.    
   
   
       22 . The device according to  claim 21 , which comprises a drive configured to move the holder and the mop cover through said squeezing wringer.  
   
   
       23 . The device according to  claim 21 , wherein said squeezing drum is configured to be in contact with the mop cover and to extend over an entire width of the mop cover, and said counter-surface is formed with two pressure elements disposed substantially coaxially in relation to one another and forming a gap axially therebetween.  
   
   
       24 . The device according to  claim 21 , wherein said squeezing drum and said counter-surface are formed by rollers, and said rollers are rotatably supported on bearing shafts by way of plain bearings or ball bearings.  
   
   
       25 . The device according to  claim 22 , wherein said drive is a rotary drive acting on at least one of said squeezing drum and said counter-surface.  
   
   
       26 . The device according to  claim 21 , wherein at least one of said squeezing drum and said counter-surface are movably disposed for movement toward a spring element from a given mutual distance position to increase said through gap.  
   
   
       27 . The device according to  claim 21 , wherein said squeezing drum is mounted on a bearing shaft, and said bearing shaft is guided for displacement towards said counter-surface and eccentrically mounted in an eccentric that is configured to be rotated and to be fixed for forming a disk cam, and said eccentric adjoins a fixed bearing block.  
   
   
       28 . The device according to  claim 27 , wherein said bearing shaft is guided for displacement in longitudinal holes by bearing plates disposed respectively at ends thereof.  
   
   
       29 . The device according to  claim 27 , wherein said bearing shaft is supported in displaceably guided slotted blocks.  
   
   
       30 . The device according to  claim 27 , which comprises a knob non-rotatably connected to said eccentric, and mounted coaxially with said bearing shaft of said squeezing drum, for adjusting a width of said through gap.  
   
   
       31 . The device according to  claim 21 , wherein said squeezing drum is disposed on an articulated pressure lever, and an adjusting element with a knob is connected to adjust a position of said pressure lever.  
   
   
       32 . The device according to  claim 31 , wherein said adjusting element is a threaded rod, at least in a sub-area thereof, guided in a threaded hole of a fixed bearing element.  
   
   
       33 . The device according to  claim 31 , wherein said pressure lever is a twin-arm lever having a first end connected to said squeezing drum and a second end with said adjusting element articulated thereon.  
   
   
       34 . The device according to  claim 21 , which comprises an electromechanical actuator disposed to move said squeezing drum for adjusting said through gap.  
   
   
       35 . The device according to  claim 34 , wherein said electromechanical actuator is driven by an electric motor or an electromagnet.  
   
   
       36 . The device according to  claim 34 , wherein said electromechanical actuator is a memory metal with a reset spring.  
   
   
       37 . The device according to  claim 34 , which further comprises a force sensor for determining a pressure force of said squeezing drum, said force sensor providing a measured value for display on a display unit and/or for activating said electromechanical actuator.  
   
   
       38 . The device according to  claim 37 , wherein said force sensor is a strain gage disposed on said spring element or on said lever.  
   
   
       39 . The device according to  claim 37 , wherein said force sensor is a piezoelectric element disposed on a bearing of said squeezing drum or on said counter-surface.  
   
   
       40 . The device according to  claim 34 , which comprises a memory for storing and retrieving preferred distance values.  
   
   
       41 . The device according to  claim 21 , which comprises a sensor for determining a residual moisture in the mop cover.