FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a cleaning device, and more particularly to a mop
cleaning bucket with dehydrating and cleaning a mop with water by circulating and
purifying sewage.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] According to the general floor cleaning method, after sweeping the floor dust, put
the traditional mop into a bucket with clean water, soak it and wring it dry by hand,
then wipe the floor back and forth with the mop's cleaning cloth to remove the dirt
on the floor. Dirt, bacteria or dust that is difficult to remove can be removed, or
special cleaning agents can also be added to the clean water to achieve different
cleaning effects.
[0003] However, the conventional bucket only has the function of holding clean water. When
the user puts the mop into the bucket, the user must shake the mop continuously to
make the cleaning cloth shake in the clean water to wash and remove the attachments
on the cleaning cloth. At the same time, the clean water in the bucket is gradually
polluted into sewage. When the user wants to wash the mop again, the water in the
bucket will become more and more dirty and there will be more and more dirt in the
bucket. The sewage must be drained and then replaced with clean water. As a result,
the water in the bucket must be changed back and forth for every floor cleaning, and
the mop must be wrung out by hand to mopping the floor. Not only is the water consumption
very expensive, but also the water source is not environmentally friendly.
[0004] In addition, when the existing cleaning products contain cleaning water, it is necessary
to replace the cleaning water in large quantities and frequently to avoid contamination
of the cleaning water to maintain and improve the efficiency of cleaning the floor
or doors and windows. In this situation, frequent replacement is also required. Clean
water, resulting in increased cleaning and cleaning procedures and time, waste of
water sources, and in this conventional cleaning method, the parts of the environmental
cleaning device that have been in contact with the dirty environment will immediately
pollute the clean water. This conventional mode for thousands of years has greatly
reduced the effect of cleaning the environment.
[0005] Therefore, mop cleaning buckets that use filter materials to filter sewage came into
being, but the filter materials use pressure difference to generate power, so that
the filter can effectively filter impurities in the water. It cannot be under no pressure
or low pressure. Large-flux filtered sewage is purified to obtain clean water to wash
the mop, which cannot achieve the efficiency of the cycle of sewage purification and
reuse, nor can it achieve the requirements of saving water and reducing cleaning time.
[0006] In view of the foregoing circumstances, the inventor has invested a lot of time to
study the relevant knowledge, compare the pros and cons, research and develop related
products. After quite many experiments and tests, the "mop cleaning bucket" of this
invention is eventually launched to improve the foregoing shortcomings, to meet the
public use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0007] An objective of this invention is providing a mop cleaning bucket with dehydrating
and cleaning a mop with water by circulating and purifying sewage. The bottom of the
inner bucket is inclined so that the sewage may be automatically flowed from the inclined
bottom of the inner bucket to the outlet protruded downwardly from the lowest part.
[0008] Another objective of this invention is providing a mop cleaning bucket with dehydrating
and cleaning a mop with water by circulating and purifying sewage. The filter element
is locked in the outlet of the inner bucket so that the sewage is flowed to the outlet
through the inclined bottom of the inner bucket and the filter element does not use
the pressure difference to achieve a large-flux circulating filter sewage under no
pressure or low pressure.
[0009] Another objective of this invention is providing a mop cleaning bucket with dehydrating
and cleaning a mop with water by circulating and purifying sewage. The water-drawing
member includes the switching cylinder, the linking cap, the two guiding blocks and
the flow guiding member. That is, the water-drawing member has light weight and small
volume so that the rotation of the water-drawing member is more stable while dehydrating
in high speed. In addition, there are two guiding blocks to combine and cooperate
with each other, so that the movement of the switching cylinder following the cycling
guide way becomes smoother.
[0010] Another objective of this invention is providing a mop cleaning bucket with dehydrating
and cleaning a mop with water by circulating and purifying sewage. The water-drawing
member further includes flow guiding blades and water-separating ribs, so that the
effect of cleaning the mop cloth may be better.
[0011] To achieve above objectives, a mop cleaning bucket with dehydrating and cleaning
a mop with water by circulating and purifying sewage is disclosed. The mop cleaning
bucket comprises an outer bucket, an inner bucket, a water-drawing member and a filter
element; the inner bucket is arranged in the outer bucket; the outer bucket has a
positioning shaft and the water-drawing member is arranged on the positioning shaft
and extends to a through hole of the inner bucket; the filter element is arranged
at an outlet of the inner bucket; the outer has a first receiving space formed thereinside
for receiving the water-drawing member and cleaning water; the water-drawing member
has a second receiving space formed thereinside and fluidly communicated with the
first receiving space to form a clean-water area; the inner bucket has a sewage area
fluidly communicated with the clean-water area through the outlet, the filter element
is arranged at the outlet of the sewage area fluidly communicated with the clean-water
area; the water-drawing member draws water from the clean-water area to clean a mop
cloth disc and then sewage is formed, the sewage is flowed to the outlet by an inclined
surface of the inner bucket and purified by the filter element to form a clean water
and remain in the clean-water area, and a cycling mop cleaning bucket with repeating
filtering sewage and obtaining the clean water is formed.
[0012] In some embodiments, the inclined surface is arrange at bottom of the inner bucket,
the inner surface has a highest part and a lowest part, the outlet is downwardly protruded
from the lowest part and the filter element is arranged in the outlet so that the
inclined surface makes sewage flow to the outlet and a highest water level is formed
from a lowest point of the outlet to the through hole of the inner bucket, and the
highest water level provides a highest water pressure to the filter element.
[0013] In some embodiments, the water-drawing member includes a water-drawing cylinder,
a flow guiding member, a linking cap, two guiding blocks and a switching cylinder,
the flow guiding member is arranged in the water-drawing cylinder, the linking cap
is arranged at top of the water-drawing cylinder, and the two guiding blocks are arranged
in the flow guiding member and surround the switching cylinder.
[0014] In some embodiments, the water-drawing cylinder includes an outer cylinder portion
and an inner cylinder portion, a top of the inner cylinder portion is lower than a
top of the outer cylinder portion, a guiding groove and a hooking groove are arranged
at inside of the top of the inner cylinder portion and separate from each other, and
a plurality of spiral water-drawing blades is arranged at an inner sidewall of bottom
of the water-drawing cylinder and extends upwardly.
[0015] In some embodiments, the flow guiding member includes a hollow cylinder, a guiding
bar, a guiding hook, a plurality of flow guiding blades, a convex ring, a plurality
of vertical ribs and two fixing bars, the guiding bar is arranged at outside of a
lower portion of the hollow cylinder and opposite to the guiding groove of the inner
cylinder portion, the guiding bar is also arranged in the guiding groove, the guiding
hook is arranged at outside of the lower portion of the hollow cylinder and separated
from the guiding bar, the guiding hook is arranged corresponding to the hooking groove
of the inner cylinder portion, the guiding hook is hooked in the hooking groove, the
plurality of flow guiding blades is arranged surrounding an outer sidewall of a center
portion of the hollow cylinder, the convex ring is convexly arranged at the outer
sidewall of the hollow cylinder and located above the plurality of flow guiding blades,
the plurality of vertical ribs is angularly spaced apart and arranged at an outer
sidewall of an upper portion of the hollow cylinder, and the two fixing bars are oppositely
and vertically arranged at an inner sidewall of the upper portion of the hollow cylinder.
[0016] In some embodiments, the linking cap includes a water-separating tray, a lower cylinder,
a plurality of hook portions, a plurality of vertical concave grooves and two fitting
blocks, a plurality of water-separating ribs is arranged at a bottom surface of the
water-separating tray, the water-separating tray is arranged on the hollow cylinder
of the flow guiding member, the lower cylinder is arranged extending downwardly from
a lower surface of the water-separating tray and fluidly communicated with the water-separating
tray, the lower cylinder is sleeved at out of the upper portion of the hollow cylinder
of the flow guiding member, the plurality of hook portions is oppositely and inwardly
formed at a lower portion of the lower cylinder and each of the plurality of the hook
portions is hooked at a lower surface of the convex ring of the flow guiding member,
the plurality of vertical concave grooves is oppositely arranged at an inner sidewall
of the lower cylinder, each of the plurality of vertical concave grooves is arranged
corresponding to each vertical convex rib of the flow guiding member and guided, limited
and fixed to each other, wherein the two fitting blocks are oppositely and convexly
arranged on an upper surface of the water-separating tray.
[0017] In some embodiments, two fitting blocks are convexly arranged at the upper surface
of the water-separating tray and just fitted at a plurality of fixing grooves of the
mop cloth disc to limit and fix to each other, the water-drawing blades of the water-drawing
member pump the clean water from the clean-water area while a mop rod is manually
pressed to rotate the mop cloth disc.
[0018] In some embodiments, the guiding block is semi-cylindrical and arranged in the hollow
cylinder of the flow guiding member, a fixing slot is defined between two ends of
the two guiding blocks, the fixing bar is fitted at the corresponding fixing slot,
a cycling guide way is concavely arranged at an inner sidewall of each guiding block,
and a moving path of the cycling guide way has a first positioning point, a second
turning point, a second positioning point and a first turning point sequentially.
[0019] In some embodiments, two protruding blocks are oppositely and convexly arranged at
an outer surface of the switching cylinder, and each protruding block is arranged
in and corresponding to the cycling guide way of each guiding block.
[0020] In some embodiments, the switching cylinder has a head portion, a concave ring is
ring-shaped and inwardly arranged at a center part of the head portion, a sleeving
hole is arranged at a center of the mop cloth disc, the sleeving hole has a plurality
of ring-shaped hook guiding portions arranged therein, the head portion is just capable
of inserting into the sleeving hole to make the hook guiding portions hook and fix
to the concave ring so that the two protruding blocks of the switching cylinder can
be driven to move at the moving path in the cycling guide way and switched and cycling
between the first positioning point and the second positioning point sequentially.
[0021] In some embodiments, the switching cylinder is arranged in the hollow cylinder of
the flow guiding member and surrounded by the two guiding blocks, two protruding blocks
are convexly and oppositely arranged at an outer surface of the switching cylinder,
each of the two protruding blocks is arranged corresponding to each of two cycling
guide ways, the guiding block includes a first positioning point and a second positioning
point, a plurality of fixing grooves of the mop cloth disc is cooperated with the
two fitting blocks of the linking cap while the two protruding blocks remains at the
second positioning point, that is, the mop cloth disc is limited and fixed by the
fitting blocks so that the water-drawing member is driven to rotate to draw water
to clean the mop cloth disc while a mop rod is manually pressed to rotate the mop
cloth disc.
[0022] In some embodiments, the switching cylinder is arranged in the hollow cylinder of
the flow guiding member and surrounded by the two guiding blocks, two protruding blocks
are convexly and oppositely arranged at an outer surface of the switching cylinder,
each of the two protruding blocks is arranged corresponding to each of two cycling
guide ways, the guiding block includes a first positioning point and a second positioning
point, a plurality of fixing grooves of the mop cloth disc is detached from the two
fitting blocks of the linking cap while the two protruding blocks remains at the first
positioning point, that is, the mop cloth disc is not limited and fixed by the fitting
blocks so that the water-drawing member is not driven to rotate to draw water but
the mop cloth disc is driven to rotate to be hydrated while a mop rod is manually
pressed to rotate the mop cloth disc.
[0023] In some embodiments, a plurality of brush posts is arranged at bottom of the inner
bucket, the brush posts are sequentially arranged spaced apart and from an edge of
the inner bucket to a center of the inner bucket, and the brush posts are arranged
in multiple rows and more.
[0024] Further features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to
those of skill in the art in view of the detailed description of preferred embodiments
which follows, when considered together with the attached drawings and claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0025] All the objects, advantages, and novel features of the invention will become more
apparent from the following detailed descriptions when taken in conjunction with the
accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mop cleaning bucket in some embodiments of the present
invention.
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the mop cleaning bucket in some embodiments of the present
invention.
FIG. 3A is an exploded view of a water-drawing member of the mop cleaning bucket in
some embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 3B is a bottom partially exploded view of the water-drawing member of the mop
cleaning bucket in some embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional plan view of the water-drawing member of the mop cleaning
bucket in some embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the water-drawing member of the mop
cleaning bucket in some embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a bottom perspective view of an inner bucket and the water-drawing member
of the mop cleaning bucket in some embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 7A is a perspective view of a guiding block of the mop cleaning bucket in some
embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 7B is a plan view of the guiding block of the mop cleaning bucket in some embodiments
of the present invention.
FIG. 7C is a schematic drawing of a moving path of a protruding block of a switching
cylinder guided in a cycling guide way of the guiding block of the mop cleaning bucket
in some embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a top view of the mop cleaning bucket in some embodiments of the present
invention.
FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along a line A-A' in FIG. 8 in some
embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional perspective view of FIG. 9.
FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the protruding block of the switching cylinder
moved to a first positioning point of the cycling guide way in some embodiments of
the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the protruding block of the switching cylinder
moved to a second positioning point of the cycling guide way in some embodiments of
the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0026] Referring now to the drawings where like characteristics and features among the various
figures are denoted by like reference characters.
[0027] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mop cleaning bucket in some embodiments of the
present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the mop cleaning bucket in some embodiments
of the present invention. FIG. 3A is an exploded view of a water-drawing member of
the mop cleaning bucket in some embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 3B is a
bottom partially exploded view of the water-drawing member of the mop cleaning bucket
in some embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional plan view
of the water-drawing member of the mop cleaning bucket in some embodiments of the
present invention. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the water-drawing
member of the mop cleaning bucket in some embodiments of the present invention. FIG.
6 is a bottom perspective view of an inner bucket and the water-drawing member of
the mop cleaning bucket in some embodiments of the present invention.
[0028] Please reference to FIGs 1 to 2, FIG. 3A, FIG. 3B and FIGs. 4 to 6, a mop cleaning
bucket 100 with dehydrating and cleaning a mop with water by circulating and purifying
sewage includes an outer bucket 1, an inner bucket 2 and a water-drawing member 3.
[0029] The inner bucket 2 is arranged in the outer bucket 1 and a bottom thereof is inclined.
A filter element 4 is arranged at the bottom of the inner bucket 2. A through hole
23 is arranged at a center of the inner bucket 2. A sewage area A2 is defined in the
inner bucket 2. In some embodiments, the inclined bottom of the inner bucket 2 has
a highest part 2A and a lowest part 2B. An outlet 21 is protruded downwardly from
the lowest part 2B. The mop cleaning bucket 100 further includes the filter element
4 which is locked in the outlet 21. In some another embodiments, the inner bucket
1 further includes a plurality of brush posts 22. The brush posts 22 are sequentially
arranged spaced apart and from an edge of the inner bucket 2 to a center of the inner
bucket 2, and the brush posts 22 are arranged in multiple rows and more. In this way,
when the mop cloth disc 220 rotates, the dirt or hair can be combed away from the
mop cloth by the action of the brush posts 22 and the mop cloth disc 220, as shown
in FIG. 12.
[0030] The mop cleaning bucket 100 with dehydrating and cleaning a mop with water by circulating
and purifying sewage includes an outer bucket 1, an inner bucket 2 and a water-drawing
member 3. The inner bucket 2 is arranged in the outer bucket 1. A positioning shaft
11 is arranged in the outer bucket 1. The water-drawing member is arranged on the
positioning shaft 11 of the outer bucket 1 and extends to the through hole 23 of the
inner bucket 2. The filter element 4 is arranged at the outlet 21 of the inner bucket
2. Please reference to FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, a first receiving space S1 is defined
in the outer bucket 1 to receive the water-drawing member 2 and the clean water. A
second receiving space S2 is defined in the water-drawing member S2. The first receiving
space S1 and the second receiving space S2 are fluidly communicated with each other
and define a clean-water area A1. The sewage area A2 is defined in the inner bucket
2. The sewage area A2 and the clean-water area A1 are fluidly communicated with each
other through the outlet 21. The filter element 4 is arranged at the outlet 21 of
the sewage area A2 which is fluidly communicated with the clean-water area A1. The
water-drawing member 3 draws the water from the clean-water area A1 to clean the mop
cloth disc 220 and then the sewage is formed. The sewage is flowed to the outlet 21
through an inclined surface 24. The sewage is filtered or purified by the filter element
4 to form the clean water and then the clean water is remained in the clean-water
area A1 to form a cycling mop cleaning bucket with repeating filtering sewage and
obtaining the clean water.
[0031] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the water-drawing member 3 may be arranged
at the through hole 23 of the center of the outer bucket 2. Please reference to FIGs.
3 to 5, the water-drawing member 3 includes a switching cylinder 31, a linking cap
32, two guiding blocks 33, a flow guiding member 34 and a water-drawing cylinder 35.
The water-drawing cylinder 35 includes an outer cylinder portion 351 and an inner
cylinder portion 352. In some embodiments, a top of the inner cylinder portion 352
is lower than a top of the outer cylinder portion 351. A guiding groove 353 and a
hooking groove 354 are arranged at inside of the top of the inner cylinder portion
352 and separate from each other. Two guiding blocks 33 are arranged inside the flow
guiding member 34 and surround the switching cylinder 31. A plurality of spiral water-drawing
blades 335 is arranged at an inner sidewall of bottom of the water-drawing cylinder
35 and extends upwardly.
[0032] In some embodiments, the flow guiding member 34 includes a hollow cylinder 341, a
guiding bar 342, a guiding hook 343, a plurality of flow guiding blades 344, a convex
ring 345, a plurality of vertical ribs 346 and two fixing bars 347. The guiding bar
342 is arranged at outside of a lower portion of the hollow cylinder 341 and opposite
to the guiding groove 353 of the inner cylinder portion 352. The guiding bar 342 is
also arranged in the guiding groove 353. The guiding hook 343 is arranged at outside
of the lower portion of the hollow cylinder 341 and separated from the guiding bar
342. The guiding hook 343 is arranged corresponding to the hooking groove 354 of the
inner cylinder portion 352. The guiding hook 343 is hooked in the hooking groove 354.
The plurality of flow guiding blades 344 is arranged surrounding an outer sidewall
of a center portion of the hollow cylinder 341. The convex ring 345 is convexly arranged
at the outer sidewall of the hollow cylinder 341 and located above the plurality of
flow guiding blades 344. The plurality of vertical ribs 346 is angularly spaced apart
and arranged at an outer sidewall of an upper portion of the hollow cylinder 341.
The two fixing bars 347 are oppositely and vertically arranged at an inner sidewall
of the upper portion of the hollow cylinder 341.
[0033] In some embodiments, each of the guiding blocks 33 is semi-cylindrical and arranged
in the hollow cylinder 341 of the flow guiding member 34. A fixing slot 331 is defined
between two ends of the two guiding blocks 33. The fixing bar 347 is fitted at the
corresponding fixing slot 347. A cycling guide way 36 is concavely arranged at an
inner sidewall of each guiding block 33 and a moving path of the cycling guide way
36 has a first positioning point 371, a second turning point 382, a second positioning
point 372 and a first turning point 381 sequentially.
[0034] In some embodiments, the linking cap 32 includes a water-separating tray 321, a lower
cylinder 322, two hook portions 323, a plurality of vertical concave grooves 324 and
two fitting blocks 325. The water-separating tray 321 is arranged on the hollow cylinder
341 of the flow guiding member 34. The lower cylinder 322 is arranged extending downwardly
from a lower surface of the water-separating tray 321 and fluidly communicated with
the water-separating tray 321. The lower cylinder 322 is sleeved at out of the upper
portion of the hollow cylinder 341 of the flow guiding member 34. The two hook portions
323 is oppositely and inwardly formed at a lower portion of the lower cylinder 322
and each of the two hook portions 323 is hooked at a lower surface of the convex ring
345 of the flow guiding member 34. The plurality of vertical concave grooves 324 is
oppositely arranged at an inner sidewall of the lower cylinder 322. Each of the plurality
of vertical concave grooves 324 is arranged corresponding to each vertical convex
rib 346 of the flow guiding member 34 and guided, limited and fixed to each other.
The two fitting blocks 325 are oppositely and convexly arranged on an upper surface
of the water-separating tray 321. A plurality of water-separating ribs 3211 is arranged
at a bottom surface of the water-separating tray 321. The two fitting blocks 325 are
arranged on an upper surface of the water-separating tray 321. The two fitting blocks
325 are just fitted at a plurality of fixing grooves 230 of the mop cloth disc 220
to limit and fix to each other. The water-drawing blades 355 of the water-drawing
member 3 pump the clean water from the clean-water area A1 while a mop rod 200 is
manually pressed to rotate the mop cloth disc 220.
[0035] In some embodiments, the switching cylinder 31 is arranged in the hollow cylinder
341 of the flow guiding member 34 and surrounded by the two guiding blocks 33. The
two protruding blocks 311 are convexly and oppositely arranged at the outer surface
of the switching cylinder 31. Each of the two protruding blocks 311 is arranged corresponding
to each of two cycling guide ways 36.
[0036] FIG. 7A is a perspective view of a guiding block of the mop cleaning bucket in some
embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 7B is a plan view of the guiding block
of the mop cleaning bucket in some embodiments of the present invention. Please reference
to FIGs. 7A and 7B, in the front view of the inner sidewall of one of the cycling
guide ways 36, the cycling guide way 36 includes an inlet section 3601, a first downward
inclined section 3602, a first vertical section 3603, a second downward inclined section
3604, a second vertical section 3605, a first upward inclined section 3606, a third
vertical section 3607, a second upward section 3608, a fourth vertical section 3609,
a third downward inclined section 3610, a fifth vertical section 3611 and a third
upward inclined section 3612 communicated with one another.
[0037] The inlet section 3601 extends downwardly from the top of the cycling guide way 36
and is communicated with the first downward inclined section 3602. The first downward
inclined section 3602 extends from the lower portion of the inlet section 3601 toward
the lower right and is communicated with the first vertical section 3603. An upper
portion of the first vertical section 3603 is higher than the communication position
of the first downward inclined section 3602 and the first vertical section 3063. The
first vertical section 3603 extends downwardly from the first downward inclined section
3602 and is communicated with the second downward inclined section 3604. The second
downward inclined section 3604 extends from the first vertical section 3604 toward
lower right and is communicated with the second vertical section 3605. The second
vertical section 3605 extends upwardly from the lower portion of the second downward
inclined section 3604 and is communicated with the first upward inclined section 3606.
The first upward inclined section 3606 extends from the upper portion of the second
vertical section 3605 toward upper right and is communicated with the third vertical
section 3607. The third vertical section 3607 extends upwardly from the upper portion
of the first upward inclined section 3606 and is communicated with the second upward
inclined 3608. The second upward inclined section 3608 extends from the upper portion
of the third vertical section 3607 toward upper right and is communicated with fourth
vertical section 3609. The fourth vertical section 3609 extends downwardly from the
upper portion of the second upward inclined section 3608 and is communicated with
the third downward inclined section 3610. The third downward inclined section 3610
extends from the lower portion of the fourth vertical section 3609 toward lower left
and is communicated with the fifth vertical section 3611. The fifth vertical section
3611 extends upwardly and is communicated with the third upward inclined section 3612.
The third upward inclined section 3612 extends from the upper portion of the fifth
vertical section 3611 toward upper left, is communicated with the first vertical section
3603 and is connected to the upper portion of the first vertical section 3603.
[0038] In some embodiments, the first positioning point 371 is formed at the communication
position of the lower portion of the third downward inclined section 3610 and the
lower portion of the fifth vertical section 3611. The second positioning point 372
is formed at the communication position of the lower portion of the second downward
inclined section 3604 and the lower portion of the second vertical section 3605. In
son embodiments, a first turning point 381 is formed at the communication position
of the upper portion of the second upward inclined section 3608 and the upper portion
of the fourth vertical section 3609. The second turning point 382 is formed at the
communication position of the upper portion of the third upward inclined section 3612
and the upper portion of the first vertical section 3603.
[0039] Please reference to FIGs. 1 and 2, the first receiving space S1 is defined at the
bottom of the outer cylinder 1 to receive the water-drawing member 3 and the filter
element 4. The second receiving space S2 is defined in the water-drawing member 3.
The first receiving space S1 and the second receiving space S2 are communicated with
each other to form the clean-water area A1. The outlet 21 in the clean-water area
A1 is communicated with the filter element 4. The sewage area A2 is defined in the
inner cylinder 2. The water-drawing member 3 draws water from the clean-water area
A1 to clean the mop cloth disc 220 and then sewage is formed. The sewage is flowed
to the outlet 21 by the inclined surface 24 of the inner bucket 2 and purified by
the filter element 4 to form the clean water A1 and remain in the clean-water area
A1, and forming a cycle of filtering sewage to obtain the clean water to rinse the
mop, saving water sources and reducing cleaning time requirements.
[0040] FIG. 7C is a schematic drawing of a moving path of a protruding block of a switching
cylinder guided in a cycling guide way of the guiding block of the mop cleaning bucket
in some embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a top view of the mop cleaning
bucket in some embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional
view taken along a line A-A' in FIG. 8 in some embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional perspective view of FIG. 9. FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional
view of the protruding block of the switching cylinder moved to a first positioning
point of the cycling guide way in some embodiments of the present invention. FIG.
12 is a cross-sectional view of the protruding block 311 of the switching cylinder
31 moved to a second positioning point 372 of the cycling guide way 36 in some embodiments
of the present invention.
[0041] Please reference to FIG. 7C, when the protruding block 311 moves form the first positioning
point 371 to the second positioning point 372, it may move along a path P1. That is,
the path P1 sequentially passes through the first positioning point 371, the fifth
vertical section 3611, the third upward inclined section 3612, the second turning
point 382, the first vertical section 3603, the second downward inclined second 3604
and the second positioning point 372. When the protruding block 311 moves from the
second positioning point 372 to the first positioning point 371, it may move along
a path P2. That is, the path P2 sequentially passes through the second positioning
point 372, the second vertical section 3605, the first upward inclined section 3606,
the third vertical section 3607, the second upward inclined section 3608, the first
turning point 381, the fourth vertical section 3609, the third downward inclined section
3610 and the first positioning point 371.
[0042] Please reference to FIG. 7C and FIGs. 8 to 12, the switching cylinder 31 includes
a head portion 312. The head portion 312 is exposed on the linking cap 32 and fitted
to the mop cloth disc 220.
[0043] The switching cylinder 31 has a head portion 312. A concave ring 313 is ring-shaped
and inwardly arranged at a center part of the head portion 31. A sleeving hole 240
is arranged at a center of the mop cloth disc 220. The sleeving hole 240 has a plurality
of ring-shaped hook guiding portions 250 arranged therein. The head portion 31 is
just capable of inserting into the sleeving hole 240 to make the hook guiding portions
250 hook and fix to the concave ring 313 so that the two protruding blocks 311 of
the switching cylinder 31 can be driven to move at the moving path in the cycling
guide way 36 and switched and cycling between the first positioning point 371 and
the second positioning point 372 sequentially.
[0044] The switching cylinder 31 is arranged in the hollow cylinder 341 of the flow guiding
member 34 and surrounded by the two guiding blocks 33. The two protruding blocks 311
are convexly and oppositely arranged at an outer surface of the switching cylinder
31. Each of the two protruding blocks 31 is arranged corresponding to each of two
cycling guide ways 36. The guiding block 33 includes the first positioning point 371
and the second positioning point 372. The plurality of fixing grooves 230 of the mop
cloth disc 220 is cooperated with the two fitting blocks 325 of the linking cap 32
while the two protruding blocks 33 remains at the second positioning point 372, that
is, the mop cloth disc 220 is limited and fixed by the fitting blocks 325 so that
the water-drawing member 3 is driven to rotate to draw water to clean the mop cloth
disc 220 while a mop rod 200 is manually pressed to rotate the mop cloth disc 220.
[0045] The two protruding blocks 311 are convexly and oppositely arranged at the outer surface
of the switching cylinder 31. Each of the two protruding blocks 311 is arranged corresponding
to each of two cycling guide ways 36. The guiding block 33 includes the first positioning
point 371 and a second positioning point 372. The plurality of fixing grooves 230
of the mop cloth disc 220 is detached from the two fitting blocks 325 of the linking
cap 32 while the two protruding blocks 33 remains at the first positioning point 371,
that is, the mop cloth disc 220 is not limited and fixed by the fitting blocks 325
so that the water-drawing member 3 is not driven to rotate to draw water but the mop
cloth disc 220 is driven to rotate to be hydrated while the mop rod 200 is manually
pressed to rotate the mop cloth disc 220.
[0046] When the two protruding blocks 311 of the switching cylinder 31 moves to the first
positioning point 371 and along the cycling guide way 36 (that is the path P2), the
head portion 312 is distant from the water-separating tray 321 of the linking cap
32 and the bottom end of the head portion 312 is higher than the top end of each fitting
block 325 of the linking cap 32. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 11, the protruding
block 311 of the switching cylinder 311 is located at the first positioning point
371 and the head portion 312 of the switching cylinder 31 pushes the mop disc 210
and the mop cloth disc 220 arranged on the mop rod 200 upwardly, so that the plurality
of the fixing grooves 230 of the mop cloth disc 220 is detached from each fitting
block 325 of the linking cap 32. That is, the mop cloth disc 220 is not limited and
fixed by the fitting blocks 325 so that the mop rod 200 is manually pressed upward
and downward to drive the mop disc 210 to rotate and hydrate the mop cloth of the
mop cloth disc 220. The sewage after hydrating the mop cloth of the mop cloth disc
220 may be automatically flowed to the outlet 21 downwardly and convexly arranged
at the lowest part of the inner bucket 2 through the inclined surface 24 of the inner
bucket 2, and then passes through the filter element 4 arrange in the outlet 21 of
the inner bucket 2 so as to achieve a large flux of water filtration under no pressure
or low pressure. The clean water after being filtered or purified by the filter element
4 may be flowed to the first receiving space S1. The inclined surface 24 makes sewage
flow to the outlet 21 and a highest water level H is formed from a lowest point of
the outlet 21 to the through hole 23 of the inner bucket 2, and the highest water
level H provides a highest water pressure to the filter element 4.
[0047] When the two protruding blocks 311 of the switching cylinder 31 moves to the second
positioning point 372 and along the cycling guide way 36 (that is the path P1), the
head portion 312 is close to the water-separating tray 321 of the linking cap 32 and
the bottom end of the head portion 312 is lower than the top end of each fitting block
325 of the linking cap 32. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 12, the protruding block
311 of the switching cylinder 311 is located at the second positioning point 372 and
the head portion 312 of the switching cylinder 31 pushes the mop disc 210 and the
mop cloth disc 220 arranged on the mop rod 200 downwardly, so that the plurality of
the fixing grooves 230 of the mop cloth disc 220 is correspondingly fitted to each
fitting block 325 of the linking cap 32. That is, the mop cloth disc 220 is limited
by the fitting blocks 325 so that the mop rod 200 is manually pressed upward and downward
to drive the mop disc 210 to rotate and further drive the water-drawing member 3 to
rotate. The water-drawing blades 355 may collect the clean water in the first receiving
space S1 and the second receiving space S2 to the floe guiding member 34. The clean
water may be evenly separated by the plurality of the water-separating ribs 3211 arranged
at bottom of the water-separating tray 321 while rotating the flow guiding blades
344 and then sprayed from a gap between the water-separating tray 321 and the out
cylinder portion 351 to clean the mop cloth of the mop cloth disc 220 and make the
effect of cleaning the mop cloth disc 200 more better.
[0048] With the above structure, the bottom of the inner bucket 2 has the inclined surface
24 so that the sewage may be automatically flowed from the inclined surface 24 arrange
at the bottom of the inner bucket 2 to the outlet 21 protruded downwardly from the
lowest part of the inner bucket 2. In addition, the filter element 4 is locked in
the outlet 21 so as to achieve a large-flux circulating filter sewage under no pressure
or low pressure. Furthermore, the water-drawing member 3 includes the switching cylinder
31, the linking cap 32, the two guiding blocks 33 and the flow guiding member 34.
That is, the water-drawing member 3 has light weight and small volume so that the
rotation of the water-drawing member 3 is more stable while dehydrating in high speed.
In addition, there are two guiding blocks 33 to combine and cooperate with each other,
so that the movement of the switching cylinder 31 following the cycling guide way
36 becomes smoother. The water-drawing member 3 further includes flow guiding blades
344, so that the effect of cleaning the mop cloth may be better.
[0049] The foregoing descriptions are merely the exemplified embodiments of the present
invention, where the scope of the claim of the present invention is not intended to
be limited by the embodiments. Any equivalent embodiments or modifications without
departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention are therefore intended
to be embraced.
[0050] The disclosed structure of the invention has not appeared in the prior art and features
efficacy better than the prior structure which is construed to be a novel and creative
invention, thereby filing the present application herein subject to the patent law.
1. A mop cleaning bucket with dehydrating and cleaning a mop with water by circulating
and purifying sewage, comprising an outer bucket, an inner bucket, a water-drawing
member and a filter element; the inner bucket is arranged in the outer bucket; the
outer bucket has a positioning shaft and the water-drawing member is arranged on the
positioning shaft and extends to a through hole of the inner bucket; the filter element
is arranged at an outlet of the inner bucket; the outer has a first receiving space
formed thereinside for receiving the water-drawing member and cleaning water; the
water-drawing member has a second receiving space formed thereinside and fluidly communicated
with the first receiving space to form a clean-water area; the inner bucket has a
sewage area fluidly communicated with the clean-water area through the outlet, the
filter element is arranged at the outlet of the sewage area fluidly communicated with
the clean-water area; the water-drawing member draws water from the clean-water area
to clean a mop cloth disc and then sewage is formed, the sewage is flowed to the outlet
by an inclined surface of the inner bucket and purified by the filter element to form
a clean water and remain in the clean-water area, and a cycling mop cleaning bucket
with repeating filtering sewage and obtaining the clean water is formed.
2. The mop cleaning bucket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inclined surface is arrange
at bottom of the inner bucket, the inner surface has a highest part and a lowest part,
the outlet is downwardly protruded from the lowest part and the filter element is
arranged in the outlet so that the inclined surface makes sewage flow to the outlet
and a highest water level is formed from a lowest point of the outlet to the through
hole of the inner bucket, and the highest water level provides a highest water pressure
to the filter element.
3. The mop cleaning bucket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water-drawing member includes
a water-drawing cylinder, a flow guiding member, a linking cap, two guiding blocks
and a switching cylinder, the flow guiding member is arranged in the water-drawing
cylinder, the linking cap is arranged at top of the water-drawing cylinder, and the
two guiding blocks are arranged in the flow guiding member and surround the switching
cylinder.
4. The mop cleaning bucket as claimed in claim 3, wherein the water-drawing cylinder
includes an outer cylinder portion and an inner cylinder portion, a top of the inner
cylinder portion is lower than a top of the outer cylinder portion, a guiding groove
and a hooking groove are arranged at inside of the top of the inner cylinder portion
and separate from each other, and a plurality of spiral water-drawing blades is arranged
at an inner sidewall of bottom of the water-drawing cylinder and extends upwardly.
5. The mop cleaning bucket as claimed in claim 3, wherein the flow guiding member includes
a hollow cylinder, a guiding bar, a guiding hook, a plurality of flow guiding blades,
a convex ring, a plurality of vertical ribs and two fixing bars, the guiding bar is
arranged at outside of a lower portion of the hollow cylinder and opposite to the
guiding groove of the inner cylinder portion, the guiding bar is also arranged in
the guiding groove, the guiding hook is arranged at outside of the lower portion of
the hollow cylinder and separated from the guiding bar, the guiding hook is arranged
corresponding to the hooking groove of the inner cylinder portion, the guiding hook
is hooked in the hooking groove, the plurality of flow guiding blades is arranged
surrounding an outer sidewall of a center portion of the hollow cylinder, the convex
ring is convexly arranged at the outer sidewall of the hollow cylinder and located
above the plurality of flow guiding blades, the plurality of vertical ribs is angularly
spaced apart and arranged at an outer sidewall of an upper portion of the hollow cylinder,
and the two fixing bars are oppositely and vertically arranged at an inner sidewall
of the upper portion of the hollow cylinder.
6. The mop cleaning bucket as claimed in claim 3, wherein the linking cap includes a
water-separating tray, a lower cylinder, a plurality of hook portions, a plurality
of vertical concave grooves and two fitting blocks, a plurality of water-separating
ribs is arranged at a bottom surface of the water-separating tray, the water-separating
tray is arranged on the hollow cylinder of the [flow guiding member], the lower cylinder
is arranged extending downwardly from a lower surface of the water-separating tray
and fluidly communicated with the water-separating tray, the lower cylinder is sleeved
at out of the upper portion of the hollow cylinder of the [flow guiding member], the
plurality of hook portions is oppositely and inwardly formed at a lower portion of
the lower cylinder and each of the plurality of the hook portions is hooked at a lower
surface of the convex ring of the [flow guiding member], the plurality of vertical
concave grooves is oppositely arranged at an inner sidewall of the lower cylinder,
each of the plurality of vertical concave grooves is arranged corresponding to each
vertical convex rib of the flow guiding member and guided, limited and fixed to each
other, wherein the two fitting blocks are oppositely and convexly arranged on an upper
surface of the water-separating tray.
7. The mop cleaning bucket as claimed in claim 3, wherein two fitting blocks are convexly
arranged at the upper surface of the water-separating tray and just fitted at a plurality
of fixing grooves of the mop cloth disc to limit and fix to each other, the water-drawing
blades of the water-drawing member pump the clean water from the clean-water area
while a mop rod is manually pressed to rotate the mop cloth disc.
8. The mop cleaning bucket as claimed in claim 3, wherein the guiding block is semi-cylindrical
and arranged in the hollow cylinder of the flow guiding member, a fixing slot is defined
between two ends of the two guiding blocks, the fixing bar is fitted at the corresponding
fixing slot, a cycling guide way is concavely arranged at an inner sidewall of each
guiding block, and a moving path of the cycling guide way has a first positioning
point, a second turning point, a second positioning point and a first turning point
sequentially.
9. The mop cleaning bucket as claimed in claim 3, wherein two protruding blocks are oppositely
and convexly arranged at an outer surface of the switching cylinder, and each protruding
block is arranged in and corresponding to the cycling guide way of each guiding block.
10. The mop cleaning bucket as claimed in claim 3, wherein the switching cylinder has
a head portion, a concave ring is ring-shaped and inwardly arranged at a center part
of the head portion, a sleeving hole is arranged at a center of the mop cloth disc,
the sleeving hole has a plurality of ring-shaped hook guiding portions arranged therein,
the head portion is just capable of inserting into the sleeving hole to make the hook
guiding portions hook and fix to the concave ring so that the two protruding blocks
of the switching cylinder can be driven to move at the moving path in the cycling
guide way and switched and cycling between the first positioning point and the second
positioning point sequentially.
11. The mop cleaning bucket as claimed in claim 3, wherein the switching cylinder is arranged
in the hollow cylinder of the flow guiding member and surrounded by the two guiding
blocks, two protruding blocks are convexly and oppositely arranged at an outer surface
of the switching cylinder, each of the two protruding blocks is arranged corresponding
to each of two cycling guide ways, the guiding block includes a first positioning
point and a second positioning point, a plurality of fixing grooves of the mop cloth
disc is cooperated with the two fitting blocks of the linking cap while the two protruding
blocks remains at the second positioning point, that is,. the mop cloth disc is limited
and fixed by the fitting blocks so that the water-drawing member is driven to rotate
to draw water to clean the mop cloth disc while a mop rod is manually pressed to rotate
the mop cloth disc.
12. The mop cleaning bucket as claimed in claim 3, wherein the switching cylinder is arranged
in the hollow cylinder of the flow guiding member and surrounded by the two guiding
blocks, two protruding blocks are convexly and oppositely arranged at an outer surface
of the switching cylinder, each of the two protruding blocks is arranged corresponding
to each of two cycling guide ways, the guiding block includes a first positioning
point and a second positioning point, a plurality of fixing grooves of the mop cloth
disc is detached from the two fitting blocks of the linking cap while the two protruding
blocks remains at the first positioning point, that is, the mop cloth disc is not
limited and fixed by the fitting blocks so that the water-drawing member is not driven
to rotate to draw water but the mop cloth disc is driven to rotate to be hydrated
while a mop rod is manually pressed to rotate the mop cloth disc.
13. The mop cleaning bucket as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of brush posts
is arranged at bottom of the inner bucket, the brush posts are sequentially arranged
spaced apart and from an edge of the inner bucket to a center of the inner bucket,
and the brush posts are arranged in multiple rows and more.