Dry mop cleaner
View Patent ↗An apparatus for cleaning mops comprising a top plate adapted to be engaged upon and spaced apart from a floor surface so as to form a cavity therebetween, an open face formed along an edge between the top plate and the floor surface and a plurality of protrusions extending from the top plate in a direction toward the floor surface, spaced apart along the open face, and a conduit extending between a proximate and a distal end, the proximate end extending through the top plate so as to place an interior of the conduit in fluid connection with the cavity, the distal end having a connector operable to be engaged in fluidic communication with an in-wall vacuum outlet. A method for cleaning a mop comprising passing a mop across a floor surface in proximity to an opening formed between a top plate and the floor surface, the top plate engaged upon the floor surface around a periphery thereof forming a cavity between the top plate and the floor surface, with the opening along an edge thereof into the cavity, agitating at least one element of the mop against at least one protrusion extending from the top plate into the opening; and drawing air and contents of the cavity through a conduit into an outlet of an in-wall wall vacuum system.
1. An apparatus for cleaning mops comprising:
a top plate; having a front face:
a side wall, including a seal along a bottom edge thereof, said side wall extending around said top plate except along said front face, so as to space said top plate apart from a floor surface so as to form a cavity having an open face formed by the absence of the sidewall along the front face, said cavity being directly between said floor and said top plate and sealed by the connection of the seal of the sidewall and the floor:
a plurality of protrusions extending from said top plate in a direction toward said floor surface, spaced apart along said open face; and
a conduit extending between a proximate and a distal end, said proximate end extending through said top plate so as to place an interior of said conduit in fluid connection with said cavity, said distal end having a connector engaged in fluidic communication with an in-wall vacuum outlet;
wherein when the conduit is engaged to the vacuum wall outlet, the top plate, the side wall and the plurality of protrusions remain stationary.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said protrusions extend substantially to said floor surface.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said conduit includes a length adjustment.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said length adjustment includes a locking element.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said connector includes electrical contacts operable to activate a built-in vacuum.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said connector 5 includes a switch operable to selectively engage said electrical contacts with said in-wall vacuum.
7. A method for cleaning a mop comprising: passing a mop across a floor surface in proximity to an apparatus for cleaning mops comprising:
a top plate having a front face:
a side wall, including a seal along a bottom edge thereof, said side wall extending around said top plate except along said front face, so as to space said top plate apart from a floor surface so as to form a cavity having an open face formed by the absence of the sidewall along the front face, said cavity being directly between said floor and said top plate and sealed by the connection of the seal of the sidewall and the floor:
a plurality of protrusions extending from said top plate in a direction toward said floor surface, spaced apart along said open face; and
a conduit extending between a proximate and a distal end, said proximate end extending through said top plate so as to place an interior of said conduit in fluid connection with said cavity, said distal end having a connector operable to be engaged in fluidic communication with an in-wall vacuum outlet;
wherein the conduit is engaged to the central builtin vacuum wall outlet, the top plate, the side wall and the plurality of protrusions remain stationary, agitating at least one element of said mop against at least one said protrusion and drawing air and contents of said cavity through a said conduit into said outlet of the in-wall vacuum system.