Mopping device

摘要

A mopping device includes a mopping portion, a fluid release device for releasing fluid to at least one of a surface to be mopped and the mopping portion, a handle configured to be gripped by a user to control the mopping portion, and a reservoir for storing fluid. The reservoir can include an expandable bladder. The reservoir also can be configured such that air need not be evacuated from the reservoir during tilling of the reservoir. The mopping device also can be part of a mopping system, in which a refill reservoir is provided to refill the reservoir of the mopping device.

主权项

1. A mopping device comprising:
a mopping portion; a handle configured to be gripped by a user to control the mopping portion; a reservoir for storing fluid, wherein the reservoir includes a refillable collapsible bladder; a reservoir housing connected to the handle and having an end surface facing the mopping portion, the collapsible bladder being located within the reservoir housing; and a sprayer configured to dispense fluid in a plurality of streams behind or in front of the mopping portion, the sprayer being mounted on the end surface of the reservoir housing such that initial dispensing of the fluid from the sprayer occurs at the end surface of the reservoir housing, wherein the bladder has a first opening at a top of the bladder and a second opening at a bottom of the bladder, the first opening being configured to allow the fluid to fill the bladder to an expanded state from a collapsed state and the second opening being configured to allow the fluid to flow into the sprayer such that the bladder collapses back to the collapsed state when drained of fluid.