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A mop sterilizer and dryer utilizes a wheel-supported cart having a pair of drainable compartments therein. One of the drainable compartments has an open-mouth portion carrying a pair of squeeze rolls adapted to squeeze the fabric cord-like elements of a mop therebetween. Water captured within such

A mop sterilizer and dryer utilizes a wheel-supported cart having a pair of drainable compartments therein. One of the drainable compartments has an open-mouth portion carrying a pair of squeeze rolls adapted to squeeze the fabric cord-like elements of a mop therebetween. Water captured within such compartment is strained and carried by the cart. The other compartment is totally lined with a reflective material adapted to reflect ultraviolet rays generated by ultraviolet lamp sources disposed within the other compartment. At least one opening is provided in the other compartment in which the cord or strand elements of a mop is disposed during a drying and sterilizing operation, having its handle secured in an upright position by a bracket having a notch at the uppermost free end thereof.

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A mop sterilizer and dryer comprising a wheeled cart, said cart having a first compartment and a second compartment disposed in side-by-side relationship bounded by upstanding walls and defining at the top thereof a first open-mouth portion and a second open-mouth portion of said first compartment a

A mop sterilizer and dryer comprising a wheeled cart, said cart having a first compartment and a second compartment disposed in side-by-side relationship bounded by upstanding walls and defining at the top thereof a first open-mouth portion and a second open-mouth portion of said first compartment and said second compartment, respectively, a first removable cover and a second removable cover, said first cover and said second cover partially covering said first open-mouth portion and said second open-mouth portion respectively, a pair of wringer rollers, said pair of rollers being disposed in spaced-apart parallel relationship and journaled to said first cover, a crank handle, said crank handle carried by one of said pair of rollers, a removable liner underlying the rollers, said removable liner configured to and residing within said first compartment, means to drain said first compartment and said liner, at least one opening in said second cover, an ultraviolet generating lamp, said ultraviolet generating lamp being disposed and carried within said second compartment, said second compartment and a lowermost surface of said second cover being covered with an ultraviolet light ray reflecting medium, means to energize said lamp, means to maintain the handle of a cord type mop in a vertical direction over said at least one opening in said second cover whereby the cord end of said mop may be disposed through said at least one opening in said second cover and within said second compartment.