ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,482, issued on Sept. 23.

"Mop cleaning device" was invented by Shengchao Lin (Yongkang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a mop cleaning device, including a bucket body, where a squeezing chamber and a water storage chamber for cleaning or dewatering of a mop are disposed in the bucket body, a squeezing mechanism is disposed on the bucket body, a water supply mechanism is disposed in the water storage chamber, the water supply mechanism is communicated to the squeezing mechanism, the water supply mechanism includes a water pump disposed in the water storage chamber, a retractor disposed on the sque...