US1121008A - Mop. - Google Patents

Description

W. Q. GLASS.

. MOP.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 7, 1913.

1,121,008. Patented Dee. 15, 1914.

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MOP.

To all 'whom it muy concern:

Be it known that LVILLIAM Q. GLASS, a

f citizenv of the United States, residing at Long Beach, in the county of Los'Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful'Mop, of which the following is a specification.

Y My invention relates to improvements in mops, and theobject of my invention is to provide a mopadapted to be used for dusting-and-cleaning'under and around the le of chairs, tables, radiators andthe like and other pla-ces otherwise inaccesible to dust cloths, brooms, etc. f

. Other objects may appear in the accompanying detailed description.

I attain this yobject by means of mechanism illustratedin .the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my mop. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the mop frame or vbody showing the manner" ofV securing the handle thereto. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation typical of both sides lof the mop on the line .r4-m4, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is, a sectional elevation typical of both sides of the mop on the line m3a23, Fig. 1.

The same reference numerals referto like parts throughout the several viewsof the drawings.

The Amop frame consists of a single flat U-shaped bar 1 having the perforations 2 in each of its sides in which the handle 3 may be secured pivotally by means of the resilient members 4 and 5 which are rigidly secured in the end of the handle 3 at one end and are bent outwardly at their other ends to engage the perforations 2. The

-mop 8 maybe of any suitable material but preferably of cotton strand as shown herein,`

the 'inner portions of the strands being woven together toorm a fiat surface 6 to which is sewed a double thickness of tape V .7 and another thickness of this tape is sewed to this double .thicknessy at the top and bottom edges toform a slip adaptedA to be drawn over and to hold .the mop on the frame 1.. The handle 3 is pivoted near the' center of-the frame' 1 and'that portion of the frame extending from the handle 'to the Aopen ends is provided with and completely covered byltwo sections of -the strand or mop material, one being on the outslde and one on the inside of the framel as shown in "Fig 4,'in' this ucase thel'double'thickness of tape on each section being, sewed togethen Specification of Letters Patent.

`near the center and o positely ra'doublepronged, resi 'ent han e adapted Patented Deens, 1914.

Application filed October 7, 1913. Serial No. 793,855: 'i

and the slip Aformed between them. The I other portion of the frame has only a sin le section of the mop material on its outside, as shown in Fig.

A slight resiliency is afforded in the sides of the frame 1, and as they open ends are covered on both sides ofthe frame the mop 'is thereby adaptedto straddle a chair or` table .leg and simultaneously dust or clean all ot its sides, the resiliency of its sides serving to hold the mop in close contact with the leg. The mop is adapted to be pushed or draw asimilar manner. A mop may be easilyy removed `from the frame' and a ,new one placed in position by removing the handle, dra wing the mop ofi toward the open end of the frame, placing the new one in osition at the open end vso that the slip tween the tapes will slide over the ends of the frame 1 and drawing it toward the back of the`frame.

This mop may be used for 'ordinary dusting in a dry state, may be coated with kerosene or other oils, or may be used. for mo ping and cleaning with' water, asin t e case'of other styles of mops. j

lVh-at I claim as myinvention and desire Letters Patent for, is: L

l. In a mop, the combination of a bfurcated frame; a handle vresiliently and pirotally secured thereto, nearthe center; a slip of 4fabric adaptedto slip over 'and completely cover said frame; and a .m'op ot suitable stranded material, wovent0- gether and suitably secured to said fabric.; said mop being adapted to be `usedwith the handle in a horizontal positionl or at an angle tothe floor, and being adapted to strad le and simultaneously enga e and clean ally sides of and around the? chairs and'the like, as described. 2. y In a mop, the combination of a U-shaped frame, having a slight resiliency and havin a perforation in 'ch of the sides thereo ositioned' t along the floor, Walls or 1 ceiling-and the handle may be usedin a horizontal position as' shown in dotted linesv to pivotally seat in said perforations, and

Q memorie to swing, when in use, toward or in the streddle and simultaneously engage and open end ofsaid frame; a, slip of two-ply clean all sides of and varound the4 legs of tape, sewed together at the edges and adaptchairs and the like, as described.

ed to slip over said frame; a, mop of sut- WILLAM Q. GLASS. able stranded material, Woven together, and 1Witnesses: suitably secured to said slip on both sides ANNE HARTENSTEIN,

of said frame, for adapting said mop to J. D. HASKIN.

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