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Apparatus for wringing mops, sheets, strips or other wet commodities has a housing which can be placed on top of a bucket and contains a first roller and a second roller movable radially toward and away from the first roller. The mechanism for moving the second roller toward the first roller compris

Apparatus for wringing mops, sheets, strips or other wet commodities has a housing which can be placed on top of a bucket and contains a first roller and a second roller movable radially toward and away from the first roller. The mechanism for moving the second roller toward the first roller comprises a pivotable lever which can turn two sector-shaped collecting elements each connected to the trailing end of a discrete flexible elastic pusher the front end of which engages a bearing for the second roller. The pushers are confined to movement along selected paths while they push the second roller toward the first roller so that the rollers cooperate to expel moisture from a commodity between them at a rate which is determined by the selected position of the lever. The first roller can be driven to move a commodity between the rollers upwardly, and springs are provided to pull the second roller away from the first roller.

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Apparatus for wringing mops and other wet commodities comprising a first rotary wringing member; a second rotary wringing member; means for rotating at least said first wringing member; and means for moving at least one of said wringing members relative to the other of said wringing members between

Apparatus for wringing mops and other wet commodities comprising a first rotary wringing member; a second rotary wringing member; means for rotating at least said first wringing member; and means for moving at least one of said wringing members relative to the other of said wringing members between a retracted position in which said members permit a commodity to pass between them and an extended position in which said members define a nip for and expel moisture from a commodity which is caused to pass between said members in response to rotation of said first wringing member, said moving means comprising at least one elongated flexible pusher having a first portion connected to said at least one member and a second portion, and at least one gathering element fixedly connected with the second portion of said at least one pusher and rotatable in a first direction to gather said at least one pusher and to permit movement of said at least one wringing member to said retracted position and in a second direction to dispense said at least one pusher whereby the at least one pusher moves said at least one wringing member to said extended position.