1. Field of the Invention
The present disclosure is related to mops and mopping tools. More particularly, the present disclosure is related to a mop press for pressing excess liquid from a mop head.
2. Description of Related Art
Mops are typically used to clean floors or other surfaces by dipping the mop head into a cleaning or rinsing liquid and pressing or wringing excess liquid from the mop head. The damp mop head is then moved across the surface to be cleaned. This process of wetting the mop head, wringing excess liquid from the mop head, and moving the damp mop head across the surface to be cleaned is repeated until complete.
Mop presses for wringing excess liquid from mop heads are known. For example, EP0824008 provides a mop press. Such mop presses typically include a press-plate that is moveable against a stationary wall. In this manner, the excess liquid can be pressed from the mop head by compressing the head between the press-plate and the wall.
Such mop presses are typically attached to a bucket or container so that the excess liquid, which is removed from the mop head, is captured in the bucket. Unfortunately, many prior mop presses allow liquid pressed from the mop head to spill outside of the bucket and, thus, back onto the surface being cleaned.
Many prior mop presses are removably attached to the bucket for ease of use of the bucket. After pressing, the mop head is removed from between the press-plate and the wall. Unfortunately, this action can cause the mop head to catch on the press-plate and/or wall so that the mop press inadvertently becomes unattached from the bucket. Some mop presses have attempted to resolve this problem by providing a locking mechanism for releasably securing the mop press to the bucket. However, such prior art locking mechanisms have been difficult to unlock, which reduces the efficiency of the user of the mop press.
Accordingly, there is a continuing desire for mop presses that overcome and/or mitigate the above and other deleterious effects of prior art mop presses.