US1444116A - Mop - Google Patents

Description

J. F. ETTER.

Feb. 6, 1923.

MOP.

HLED JAN. 14. 1922.

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JOHN FRANK ETTER, OF CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

MOP.

Application filed January 14, 1922. Serial No. 529,388.

To all whom a may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN FRANK Errnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chambersburg, in the county of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in mops and it is an object of the invention to provide a device of this general character having novel and improved means whereby the same can be readily and effectively em ployed. without the necessity of the operator wringing the mopping cloth or rag with the hands or placing the hands within the bucket or other container employed in connection with the mop.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved device of this general ch -actor en'ibodying a member or frame in which the mopping rag or cloth is adapted to be inserted and with which is associated a head or plate carried by an operating handle whereby the rag or cloth after being saturated may readily have squeezed therefrom excessive liquid.

- An additional object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved device of this general character which, when inserted within a bucket or other receptacle containing liquid, may be operated in a manner to thoroughly cleanse the mopping cloth or rag so that the cleansing operation may be materially facilitated.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved mop whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive, and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

in order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating a mop constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention, the handle being shown in fragment;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken through the device as illustrated in Figure 1;

F igure 8 is a view in perspective of the member or frame inverted.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, F denotes a member or frame rectangular in plan and which has its side members 1 relatively high. The upper marginal portions of a pair of opposed side members 1 are substantially defined by the inwardly directed flanges 2. The flanges 2 are illustrated in the accompanying drawings as separate elements although it is to be understood th at, if preferred, the same may be in tegrally formed with the side members 1.

The lower marginal portions of the remaining pair of opposed. side members 1 are substantially defined by the outstanding flanges 23 and each of said flanges 8 adjacent its opposite ends has secured thereto the cushions or feet t of suitable material and preferably of a yieldable material, such a rubber composition. The lower face of the member or frame F has disposed there across the strands 5, said strands being wire of desired gage with the extremities thereof secured in any preferred manner to the flanges 8.

P denotes a head or plate adapted to snugly lit within the member or frame F and which may be readily inserted therein by inclining said plate on a desired angle so that the plate or head P may be applied within the member or frame F. WVhen the head or plate P is in its normal position within the member or frame F, the flanges 2 hold said head or plate against withdrawal therefrom.

Extending upwardly from the central portion of the head or plate P is a pair of spaced wings 6 with which are pivotally engaged the shanks 7 extending outwardly from the lower end of the operating handle H. These shanks 7, as particularly illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, are arranged in divergence with respect to the handle member H and are also disposed on a desired angle or incline as may best comply with the requirements of practice.

cecured to the corner portions of the plate or head P, as indicated at 8, and underlying said head or plate are the blocks or pads 9 of suitable material but preferably of a rubber composition.

In practice, any suitable cloth or rag is applied within the member or frame F above the strands 5 whereupon the head or plate P is suitably arranged within said member or frame F outwardly of or above the applied rag or cloth C. The handle member H is then suitably operated to submerge the assembled device within a bucket or other receptacle B diagrammatically indicated by dotted lines in Figure 4:.

After the floor or other surface has been operated upon by the cloth or rag C, the plate or head P may be removed from working coaction with the frame or member F and engaged With a wiping cloth or rag positioned upon the floor or other surface to be cleansed and through the medium of the handle H, such floor or other surface may be readily and conveniently dried. The gripping action of the plate or head P upon such wiping cloth or rag is materially facilitated by the blocks or pads 9 hereinbefore referred to.

After a cleansing operation has been effected through the instrumentality of the mopping cloth or rag the assembled device will be again submerged within the washing liquid within the bucket or receptacle B and upon intermittently pressing down upon the cloth or rag C while in submergence, an action will be produced which will effect a thorough cleansing or rinsing of the rag or cloth U.

\V hen the mop is in use, the pressure imposed upon the applied cloth or rag C by the handle H through the medium of the head or plate P causes the cloth or rag C to extend outwardly between the strands 5 and to such an extent that the member or frame F does not come in contact with the floor or other surface to be worked upon so that scratching or otherwise marring of such surface is substantially eliminated.

The cushions or feet 4 hereinbefore referred to are provided to afford additional means to prevent the member or frame F from scratching or otherwise marring the surface being worked and particularly in the event if, for some reason, the cloth or rag C does not extend a sufiicieut distance beyond the st ands 5.

To facilitate the squeezing or rinsing of the cloth or rag C, the side members 1 of the member or frame F are provided with suitable openings or perforations, as is clearly shown in the accompanying drawings.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that amop constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the ,iirecise arrangement and formation of the several partsherein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

1 claim:

1. i mop comprising, in combination, a box-lire structure having its top and bottom faces open, a plate insertible within the structure through the top, and having free movement within the structure relative to the bottom face of the structure, spaced strands extending across the bottom open face of the structure, and an operating member engaged with the plate, the walls of the structure being provided with openings.

it. mop comprising, in combination, a box-like structure havin its top and bottom fares open, a plate insertible within the structure through the top, spaced strands extending across the bottom open face of the ructure, and an operating member engaged with the plate, opposed walls of the structure having inwardly disposed flanges beneath which the applied plate normally eX- tends to hold the structure and plate against separation.

23. it mop comprising, in combination, a box-like structure having its top and bottom faces open, a plate insertible within the structure through the top and having free movement within the structure relative to the bottom face of structure, Spaced 8110 strands extending across the bottom open face of the structure. an operating member engaged with the plate, and a swabbing member insertible within the structure between. the strands and the plate, pressure upon the plate causing the swabbing member to project between the strands.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

JOHN FRANK ETTER.

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