US1614968A - Dust-mop cleaner - Google Patents

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Jan. 18 1927;v

A. RADO ET AL DUST MOP CLEANER Filed March 5. 1925 Ill Patented Jan. 18, 1927.

UNITED STATES ADOLPH RADO AND ADELAIDE D. W. RADO, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

DUST-HOP CLEANER.

Application and nuns, 1925. Serial m. 13,233.

Our invention relates to a device by means of-which dust mops may be cleaned 1n such manner that the operation may be conducted in the house and without scattering the dust and lint. It is common practlce to remove the dust and lint from floors by meansof dust mops and to apply oil to floors wlth mops of this character; and when the mop has collected dust and lint from the floor it has been common to shake or beat the mop out of a window, if not indoors, to remove the dust and lint. This cleaning operation distributes the dust and hut in the air; and

in apartment houses it is particularly annoying as the dust and lint is apt to be blown into the open window of an adjacent apartment. Inmost cases it is necessary for the user to go from one part of the house to another in order shake the dust and 'lint from the mop at a convenient place. Our invention consists of a container or pail into which the head of the mop may be inserted and turned and within the pall there is a device on which the mop head may strike for the purpose of dislodging the dust and lint therefrom. The pad is adapted to be closed while the mop head is inserted in it, except for the opening through which the handleof the mop projects, so that the dust and lmt which is removed from the mop is held within the pail or receptacle. The present device is adapted to be readily carried from one part of the house to another, to wherever the dusting operation is to be carried on, so that in addition to the sanitary advantage of removing thedust and lint without scattering it, the device is adapted to save time. Further details of the construction and operation will be set forth in the following detailed description.

In the drawing forming part of this. application,

Figure 1 is an elevation of our device, showing the same in use, a portion of the pail or container being broken away to. show the interior,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device with the mop removed, in which view a portion of the cover is broken away, and

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2, and

Fig. 4 is a detail view of a modified form of the bottom of cage 11.

In the drawing we have shown a receptacle 1 which is preferably cylindrical and which is preferably made in the form of a pail. In fact", this member may be made of metal or other material and by making it detachable from the other parts of the clean ing device the pail may be used for scrub- .bing purposes when not being used for a mop cleaner, in order that the same pail may beused for various household purposes. There is no particular requirement regardmg the' construction of thls pail. We have shown a cover for the pail which is preferably detachable therefrom although it will be apparent that the same may be integrally attached to the pail if desired. The form of cover shown herein includes a top member 2 of annular shape, which rests on the top edge of the plail, and there is 9. depending flagge 3 whic fits down over the top of the pal and 5 connected with the stationary portion of the cover by means ofthe hinges 6 and these hinged covers preferably extend to the central line of the pail where their edges lie close to other when the hinged members are in close position. Thehinged members 4, 5 are eac provided with a semi-circular opening 7' and when the cover is in closed position these form a central circular 0 nmg slightly larger than the diameter 0 the handle of an ordinary floor dust mop, such as the handle 8 shown in Figure 1. We have shown stop members 9 on eachhinged cover section which rest upon the stationary member 2 of the cover to support the hinged section in the dotted line positions shown in Figure 1, when the cover is open. The straps from which these stop members are made project partially across the members 4, 5 and are coiled to form handles lO by which the cover members may be raised.

The cage for the head of the mop is preferably supported from the cover though it will be obvious that this arrangement may be varied. We have shown herein a cage 11 which may be made in various forms but which we have shown herein as constructed of vertical wires 12 arranged in circular order and securedto a downwardly extending flange 13 formed on the inner edge of the stationary cover member 2. The vertical wires 12 are connected by circumferentialwires 14 at intervals so that an open'or re ticulated cage is formed; and the bottom of this cage is composed of wires 15 crossing each other and connected with the lowerends of the vertical wires 12. The cage is preferably permanently attached to the cover There are hinged cover members 4 device so that when the latter is placed over the open top end of the pail 1 the cage is suspended within the same so that the bot-- tom of the cage is separated some distance from the bottom of the pail and the sides of the cage are also spaced from the sides of the pail.

In Figure 1 we have indicated an ordinary dry mop such as is commonly used for dusting floors and it consists of the head 16 which is the part which gathers the dust, and the handle 8 by which the mo is manipulated. For convenience we pre er to apply a rubber sleeve 17 which fits snugly over the mop handle. In using the device the movable cover sections 4, 5 are swung open and the head of the mop is inserted into the pail and into the cage; and then the cover sections are closed down so that the head of the mop is enclosed within the pail and cage, the mop handle projecting through the opening 7 in the cover. The operator may place the 'hands on opposite sides of the sleeve 17 and by moving" the hands backwardly and forwardly in opposite directions so that the sleeve rolls between the hands,

the mop may be rapidly revolved so that the material ofwhich the head 16 is composed will strike the various wires'of the cage; and

. but also round the sides. When the mop has been revolved suflicientlyto remove the dust and lint from it the mop may be lifted the place of dusting to a window or some other distant location to clean the mop each time it collects dust and lint. With the present device the cleaner is carried from one room to another and used wherever the mop is used and afterwards the cleaner may be emptied by simply removing the cover and the cage and turning the accumulated dust and lint out of the pail. The mop may be cleaned much quicker with the present device than if the head of the mop were beaten against a wall or other body and with less wear and tear on the mop itself. As the mop is revolved, the tendency is for the material of the head to fly out or open up and at the same time strike the wires of the cage, and this. action quickly removes the dust and lint throughout the head of the mop.

' We have shown in Figure 4: a modified form of bottom construction for the cage. Herein, the cross'wires 18 are straight, but the wires 19 which are arranged at right angles to the wires 18 are bent upwardly at- .20 to form raised loops with which the inside of the head of the mop will engage. These loops form small obstructions against which the mop head strike to better dislodge the dust and lint from the mop.

Having described our invention, what we claim is: 1. A .mop cleaning device comprising a receptacle having an open end, a cover for the open end of the receptacle comprising a stationary member adapted to fit the open end of the rece tacle, hinged cover sections attached tosai stationary section and having recesses whereby, when said cover sections are closed there will be a central aperture in the cover through which the mo handle may extend and a cage of reticulated construction attached to the stationary member of said cover and extending into the receptacle and spaced from the inner Walls thereof for the purpose set forth.

' 2. A mop cleaning device comprising a receptacle having an open end, a stationary cover member havin a flange to fit over the open end of said paii said cover member being of annular form and having a flange at its inner edge, a cage formed of Wires. and connected with the inner flange of said cover member whereby said cage is suspended within and separated from the walls of said pail to receive a mop head therein for the purpose set forth, hinged cover members connected to said stationary cover member at opposite sides thereof, and meeting along the central line of said cage and receptacle, said hinged cover members having recesses whereby a central aperture is formed when the hinged cover members are closed, through which the mop handle may extend.

Signed at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, this 22d day or January, 1925.

ADOLPH RADO.

ADELAIDE D. W. RADO.

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