US1045032A - Combined mop head and wringer. - Google Patents

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I. C. 'IMBODEN. GOMBINED MOP HEAD AND WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED APE.16, 1910.

Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

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COMBINED MOP HEAD .AND WRINGER. APPLIOATI'OH 11.21) AREAS, 11o.

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ISAAC o. IMBODEN, or GLEONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED MOP HEAD AND WRINGER;

' therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in combined mop heads and wrlngers.

The object of my invention is to provide 1 a mop-holder having a wringer attachment whereby the mop can be effectively wrung without removing it from the holder.

Another object of my invention is to provide a mop holder which can be readily adjusted to hold mops of different sizes and certain details of structure, whereby each and all of the parts are removable for replacing the same should they become broken. In the accompanying drawings-Figure l is a perspective view of my improved mopholder showing the mop applied and in a position to scrub with. Fig.2 is a side elevation showing the mop being wrung. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the holder with the mop removed. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view partly broken away of one of the plates forming the handle socket. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the .mop pressure frame. Fig G isa perspective view of the rear mop holding iink or ring. Fig. 7 is a perspec-; tive view of the wringing operating crank. Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents the main frame of my improved mopholder and which is provided with the transverse bars 2 and 3 intermediate the ends thereof. Connecting said bars are the vertically disposed plates 4 and 5, which extend above the bars and their rear ends are provided witn circular bearing portions 4 and 5 upon which arms 6 and bear. These arms are pivoted to said bearings 4/ and 5 1 by means of a bolt 8. and the friction of the bearing .portion .with the arms being regulated by means of a nut 9 on the end of the bolt.

The arms 6 and 7 extend rearwardly para allel with each other for a slight distance, and they then have the converging portions 10 and 11, whichmeet and the arms are sein which the arms rest.

cured together by means of the bolt 12. The said arms termlnate 1n. enlarged semieyiindrieal port ons 13 and 14, which together, form an elongated socket in which Specification of Letters Patent. 3 Pate ted N v; 19, 1912-,- Application filed April is,

1910. Serial No. 555,838.

a bolt 16. At the inner end of the socket, the portions 13 and 14 are provided with thickened portions provided with semi-ciroular recesses which form a bearing for the shaft 17. a

The upper end of the shaft 17 is provided with a crank 18 by means of which the shaft is rotated. The shaft 17 is provided with an enlarged portion 19, which prevents the .is squared at '20, and upon which the gear 21 snugly fits. The squared portion is. provided with a screw-threaded extension 22, upon which a lock nut 23 is screwed for holding the gear 21 on the shaft. The shaft 11 is only removable when the two sections or aims are separated which is clearly illustrated in Fig. 4.

:The' arms 6 and 7 directly below the bolt 12 are provided with downwardly extending the handle 15 fits and is secured by means of shaft from having any longitudinal move- I ment. The shaft below the enlarged portion.

portions 24, which are provided with outwardly bulged portions 25, forming bearings;

for the shaft 26. The shaft 26 has at its inner end the shoulder 27, bearing against the portion 25, which limits themovement in one direction. The shaft is forked, as shown,

the outwardly extending arms 28 and 29. having inwardly turned ends 30 and 31,

through which the turned ends of the bar 32 passes. The bar is preferably slightly riveted in the arms although any desired means could-be employed. a

The inner end of the shaft 26 is provided with a collar 33, which limits theinward movement of the shaft and thus this shaft like shaft 17 can only be removed when the arms are separated. This shaft beyondthe collar 13 has a squared portion '34 upon which the gear 35 tightly fits and is held by means of a lock nut 36 screwed upon the threaded portion 37. V

The forward ends of the plates 4 and '5 are connected by the thickened portion 38 having grooves 39 and 40-, in which rest the arms 41 and 42, of the outer mop loop 42'. Those arms 41 and 42 pass through openings frame 1. The cross-bar 2 is provided with 43 and 44 in the ears carried by the ends of the recesses 45 and 46, and the rear end of the frame 1 is provided with recesses 47 and 48 I The portion 38 has resting thereon a block the arms 41 and 42 and clamping them in the grooves in the thickened portion 38. This block is clamped upon the thickened portion 38 by a setscrew 51, which screws through the opening 52 in the block 49 and are screwed into the thickened portion 38. By this arrangement it will be seen that the loop can be extended to accommodate mops of different lengths and also for tightening the mop.

The mop 54is made of any desired material and of an endless form and adapted to interlock with the loop 42 and the loop 29, i

as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, of the drawings. The loop 42', as shown,,is carried by the frame 1, while the loop 29 is carried by the handle. As shown in Fig. 2, the mop is normally parallel with the frame 1, but when in operation the handle tilts or rocks upon the pivot or bolt 8 and the mop engages the rear end of the frame and is tightened, as shown in Fig. 1. The mop assumes this position, as shown in Fig; 1, when in operation and thus the mop is tightly held against the lower face of the frame 1.

When it is desired to wring the mop, the handle is rocked upon the bolt 8 until the handle assumes a This loosens the brings it away from the frame 1. By turn ing the crank it will be seen that the gear 21 drives the'gear 35, which is carried by the loop 29, and thus said loop is rotated and the mop wrung as'shown. The set screw 25 can be tightened so that the mop can be held in its wringing position, or so set that it-will also hold the gear 21 in a desired position, as shown in Fig. 1.

In adjusting the mop the set-screw 51 is position shown in Fig. 2.- mop and at the same time loosened and the mop placed upon the surface to be scrubbed. The handle is then moved outwardly or upwardly to bring it to the de sired angle, which through the medium of the loop 29 and the mop, the outer loop 42 is moved inwardly, whereby it is self-adjusting and the mop will be at the proper angle in respect to the handle to suit the operator or the surface to be scrubbed.

By my structure it will be seen that I have made a combined mop-holder and Wringer in which any of the parts can be readily removed and replaced should they become broken. I also produce a mop holder havingcertain advantages heretofore set forth, and while I have shown certain details of structure it will be understood that the same could be changed without departing from my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to cut is:

A mop-holder comprising a frame, a handle pivoted to one end of the frame, a loop rotatably mounted in said handle and adapted to receive one end of the mop, means for rotating said loop, a loop longitudinally movable on the frame and adapted to receive the opposite end of the mop, and adapted to be moved on the frame by the, tension of the mop and means for holding the loopin its self-adjusted position.

secure by Letters Pat- In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC C. IMBODEN.

Witnesses CAULDER C. STEWART, THOMAS J. SHAAK.

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