US1485092A - Broom and mop holder - Google Patents

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FRANK J. RAUCHUT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BROOM AND NO]? HOLDER.

Application filed June 28, 1923. Serial No. 647,827.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. RAUGHUT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadel hia, in the county of Philadelphia an State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Broom and Mop Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a broom and mop holder.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, practical and efiicient room and mopoholdendesigned for household use and adapted to be cheaply manufactured and ca able of enabling the handles of mops an brooms and the like to be readily engaged with it and disengaged from it so that the mop or broom may be easily and quickly placed in the rack when not in use and readily removed therefrom for use.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated 1n the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claim hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificingany of the advantages of the invention. 7

In the drawing, in which like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in the several views Figure 1 is a perspective view of a broom and mop holder constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectiona view of the same, illustrating the manner of supporting a broom and a mo In the accompanying drawing, in whic is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, the combined broom and mop holder comprises in its construction a vertical backboard 1, vertical end blocks 2, a central trian or block 3 and a front board 4. The back card is of oblong shape and the end blocks 2, which are suitably secured to the front face of the backboard project forward theiefrom and form end abutments for rollers 5 and for handles (land 7 of a broom and a mop or the like. The end blocks have their upper and lower ends and their outer side faces in flush relation with the edgesof the backboard and the triangular block 3, which is arranged centrally of the backboard and suitably secured to the same, is of a thickness .less than the thickness of the end blocks in order that the front board 4 may be arranged against the central triangular block in substantially flush relation with the front faces of the end blocks and with its upper and lower edges in the planes of the upper and lower edges of the backboard. The front board 4 is rectangular and its lower edge.

is coincident with the base of the triangular 'block, while its upper corners project from the sides of the triangular block. The upper edge of the front board is arranged in the same plane as the apex of the central triangular block and the upper edge of the backboard. The side edges of the central front board are arranged in spaced relation with the inner side faces of the end blocks to provide openings or spaces to permit the handles 6 and 7 to be readily introduced into and removed from the device. The clamping rollers 5, which are horizontal, are of a diameter greater than the distance between the base of the triangular block 3 and the lower ends of the end blocks 2, in order that the central front board will retain the loose clamping rollers in the space between the central and end blocks.

The handles 6 and 7 fit against the inner vertical faces of the end blocks and the clamping rollers, which engage the handles, roll on the inclined sides of the triangular block and. are adapted to securely hold the handles in the device. A slight upward movement of either handle will release the same and enable the broom or mop to be readily removed from the holder.

The holder is provided with suitable hangers 8, which are shown in the form of screw eyes for enabling the device to be readily hung a ainst a wall, and the holder is also provide at the front and ends with central and side supporting hooks 9 and 10, but the supporting hooks and the hangers may be of any desired construction, as may be readily understood.

It will be seen that the broom and mop holder presents a neat and attractive appearance and that it is particularly adapted for household use for serving as a rack for holding a broom and mop.

What is claimed is A combined broom and amp h m-- grising a vertical backboard, vertical end locksjsecured to-thebackboard and projecting forwardly therefrom and 'presenting inner vertical abutment faces, a central tri- 5 angular block 'secure'dto the backboard and 10 angular block in substantially flush relation with the front faces of the end blocks and arranged in spacedrelation to the said end blocks to provide open-ended, spaced passages between said vertical end blocks. 1a for the handles of a broom and mop, said front board being substantially coincident with the base of the triangular block and projecting from the inclined sides thereof, and horizontal clamping rollers confined by the. central front board in the spaced passages between the triangular and end blocks and arranged to roll downwardly and convergingly with relation to each other on the inclined sides of. the trian ular block for clamping the handles of a room and mo against the inner vertical faces of the en blocks.

In testimony whereof I'have hereunto set no hand.

y FRANK J. RAUCHUT.

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