摘要 |
A cleaning device (14) for cleaning mop material which freely depends from a holder, the cleaning device (14) having a opening (15) in which the hanging mop material is receivable, the cleaning device (14) including a pair of bristle carrying parts (22, 24) each carrying a plurality of bristles, each of the bristle carrying parts (22, 24) being rotatable about a respective axis of rotation by at least one motive device, the bristle carrying parts (22, 24) being rotatable in opposite senses of direction such as to draw the hanging mop material introduced into the opening (15), between the bristle carrying parts (22, 24), whereby bristles carried by the bristle carrying parts (22, 24) engage the mop material, and a method of cleaning mop material which freely depends from a holder, using the cleaning device (14), the method including rotating the bristle carrying parts (22, 24) in opposite senses of direction, and introducing mop material into the opening (15), such that the bristles carried by the bristle carrying parts (22, 24) engage the mop material, and resisting the drawing in of the mop material to between the bristle carrying parts (22, 24), so that the bristles act on and brush the mop material. |