US1098073A - Mop-holder. - Google Patents

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A. M. ZIMMERS.

MOP HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15, 1913.

' 1,098,073. Patented May 26, 1914.

ABRAHAM M. ZIMMERS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

MQP-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABRAHAM M. ZIMMERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mop holders and the like,-and has for its object to provide a device of such class in a manner hereinafter set forth, which is particularly adapted for use in connection with any ordinary fabric composing the mop for conveniently using the mop for purposes for which a mop is ordinarily used.

A further object is to provide a mop holder which is simple in construction and operation, and inexpensive to manufacture, and which is strong, durable, and efficient in its use, and which may be conveniently adjusted or positioned with respect to the mop with which it is adapted to engage.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement and combination of parts of a device of the character specified, which will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In order that the construction and operation thereof may be readily comprehended, the invention will now be fully and specifi cally described in connection with the accompanying drawings which illustrate an embodiment thereof, and in which like refercnce characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the mop holder, and Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation show ing a mop gripped between the jaws.

A device constructed in accordance with this invention comprises two members, an upper member referred to generally as A, and a lower member referred to generally as B. The members A and B are pivotally connected together and each is formed froma single piece of wire of the necessary rigidity.

The member A consists of a handle portion which gradually decreases in width from its outer to its inner end, and is arranged to lie between the inner ends of the arms of the member B, and is formed of a pair of arms 3-3 connected together at the outer end of the handle by a downwardlydepending inclined loop 4, which loop is formed by the wire being rounded at 5-5,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 15, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914. Serial No. 789,777.

and merged into a downwardly-depending inclined loop. The arms 3-3 at their inner terminus are rounded at 6 6, and merge in right angularly disposed arms 7-7, which terminate upwardly and merge in vertically extended arms 8-8, the arms merging in upwardly extended loops 9-9, and thence extended and merging into longitudinal arms 10-10, which terminate in upwardly turned or rounded ends 11-11 forming hooks.

The member B is formed of a pair of arms 12-12, which also decrease in width from their outer to their inner ends, as do those of the member A but to a less degree. The outer ends of the arms 12-12 are rounded at 13-13, and merge into an upwardly extended loop 15, constituting a hook. The arms 12-12 at their inner ends are wound around the arms 7-7 as at 16-16 thereby pivotally connecting the arms to the member A. Projecting from the looped portions 16-16, are angular curved extensions 17-17 terminating in downwardly extended hooked ends 18-18 the arms 17-17 being arranged in parallel relation with each other as also are the arms 10-10 of the member A.

When the mop holder is utilized the members A and B are opened apart, which causes the arms 10-10 and 17-17 of the respective members to recede from each other, and a mop C is then placed upon or wound about the arms 10-10 of the member A; upon the members or handles A and B being brought together, the arms 10-10 and 17-17 approach each other, the hooked ends 18-18 of the member B embedding themselves in the mop C, the hook ends 11-11 of the member A serving to retain the mop on the arms 10-10 and thereby secure the mop in the holder as shown in Fig. 2, the arms 10-10 with their hooked ends 11-11, and the arms 17-17 with their hooked ends 18-18 of the members A and B respectively forming jaws in which the mop is gripped and held in the holder.

The loop 4: of the member A will be found useful as forming a lifter for removing the lids from stoves and the like, and the loop 15 of the member B which forms a. hook will be found useful in removing heated cooking utensils by engaging with the handles of such utensils which oftentimes are too hot to be handled with the naked hands.

Having fully described my invention,

what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;

A mop holder comprising two members, one of said members comprising a pair of arms constituting a handle merging into ri 'ht angularly disposed arms, and vertical extensions extending upwardly, and thence downwardly forming vertical loops, said eX- tensions merging into longitudinal arms terminating in hooked ends, the other of said members comprising a pair of arms constitoting a handle, the inner end portions of which are looped around the angular arms of said first mentioned member, pivotally connecting said members together, the arms 15 In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 20 in presence of two Witnesses.

ABRAHAM M. ZIMMERS.

/Vitnesses:

E. WALTON BREWINGToN, HOWARD D. ADAMS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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