US1188779A - Detachable handle for mops, brushes, and like cleaning utensils. - Google Patents

Description

A. E. HODGE.

DETACHABLE HANDLE FOR MOPS, BRUSHES, AND LIKE CLEANING UTENSILS.

APPLICATION. FILED FEB-5,19%.

1 ,1 ,779. Patented June 27, 1916.

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- OFTCEJ ALBERT E. HODGE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

DETACHABLE HANDLE FOR MOPS, BRUSHES, AND LIKE CLEANING UTENSILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed February 5, 1916. Serial No. 76,316.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT E. Honor, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Handles for Mops, Brushes, and Like Cleaning Utensils, of which the following-is a specification.

This invention-relates to improvements in detachable handles for mops, brushes, and like cleaning utensils.

An object of the invention is to provide a handle for cleaning utensils, such as floor mops, brushes, and the like, which handle is provided with generally simplified and improved means to attach the frame or core of the brush, or other utensil, to the handle. The construction of said means is particularly characterized by the provision of a simple clamping means which is engageable in an improved manner with an extension of the brush frame to hold the latter not only from pulling out of the handle but also to prevent the frame from twisting and lateral displacement in the handle.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the description to follow and in the annexed claims.

For the purposes of showing one way in which the invention may be practised, a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the handle showing the improved attaching means; Fig. 2 is an end v1ew thereof drawn to an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the attaching means drawn to the scale of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 isa plan view of a dust mop showing a frame construction suitable for use with the improved attaching means; Fig. 5 is a partial sectional plan view showing the mop frame fitted into the handle; Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5 and looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig.- 7 is a modification of a frame for insertion into the handle. v

Referring to these drawings: 1 represents a suitable handle and fixed thereto is a base member 2 which carries the attaching means. The end of member 2 is formed into a hollow substantially rectangular socket 3 having an opening 4 for the frame of a brush mop or the like. The socket 3 is preferably arranged at an angle to handle 1, particularly when the handle is intended for dust mops, floor brushes and the like, but the socket may, if desired, be arranged axially in line with the handle or at any other angle than that shown to suit the convenience of the user.

Vertically movable within the opening 4 is a clamp 5 which is loosely riveted at 6 to a thumb-screw 7 threaded into the top wall of socket 3, as shown. A hole 8 in the bottom of socket 3 and in alinement With screw 7 provides a convenient means for riveting the screw to clamp 5, and the lower face of the latter is preferably serrated or roughened, as shown in Fig. 3. The lower interior wall of opening 4 is formed with an integral upstanding web 9 which divides the lower portion of opening 4. axially into two compartments. Notches 10 are cut in the side faces of socket 3 and extend inwardly from the end of the socket a short distance and at the bottom of each notch is a sharp fin 11 for a purpose to be described.

Fig. 4 illustrates in conventional form a dust mop 12 which has a core or frame suitable for attachment to handle 1. It is to be understood that brushes or other similar cleaning utensils may be used in place of mop 12, which is shown simply for illustrative purposes and the only essential feature of the cleaning utensil is that it has a frame which is arranged to fit within socket 3 in the manner to be described. One convenient and advantageous frame construction is shown in Fig. 4 wherein the mop fabric is held securely between twisted wires 13.

Other constructions may be employed as desired, but-the construction illustrated is of advantage as it permits the mop to be formed by bending into any desired shape. In any case for the purposes of-.the invention, it is simply necessary that the frame 13 have its ends bent into substantially parallel and close relation as at 14: and that each extension 14 be provided with a short ofi'set portion 15, as shown in Fig. 4. A suitable modification of the frame is shown in Fig. 7 with corresponding letters primed.

In operation, the two extensions 14: are inserted in opening 4 on opposite sides of and in contact with the web 9 until the ends thereof abut the rear wall of the opening.

The offset portions 15 will then lie in notches 10 and abut the'rear vertical wall of the latter, all as shown in Fig. 5, wherein clamp 5, not being in the plane of the section is indicated in dotted lines. The clamp 5 is then screwed down firmly against the top of the extensions 14, as shown in Fig. 6. It is to be noted that the clamp, as shown in Fig. 5, covers not only all of the extensions 14 but also covers a substantial part of the offset portions 15 and due to the clamping of the latter portions the frame 13 is braced and stiffened against turning movements in the socket. Furthermore, the area of the twisted wires clamped is also increased, and the frictional hold thereon is strengthened. Moreover, the frictional grip on wires 13 is further accentuated by the serrated face of the clamp and by the fact that the extensions 14 also contact with web 9. The outer ends of offset portions 15 are forced into engagement with fins 11 which dig into the wires and effectually prevent lateral displacement of the mop frame.

Thus, I have provided a detachable handle for mops, brushes, and the like which is of simplified and imf groved construction and provided with an e 'cient means of attachment. It is recognized that changes may be made in the structure herein described for illustrative purposes without departing from the scope of the invention which is de fined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description of one preferred form.

What I claim is-- 1. The combination with a handle, of a socket member fixed to the handle and formed with an opening in its end adapted to receive the ends of a core of a brush or the like, a plate movable in said opening and adapted to clamp said core to said member, means to move the plate, and notches formed in the side walls of said member and provided with fins on one edge thereof, said notches adapted to receive an offset portion and braced against twisting or lateral displacement therein.

2. A dust mop or the like, comprising, a handle, a socket member fixed thereto, a mop member, a supporting core for the latter having extensions adapted to fit within said socket member and oppositely turned offsets in said extensions, a plate movable in said socket member adapted to clamp said extensions against one face of the socket member, means to move said plate, and notches formed in the side walls of said member to receive said offset portions, all constructed and arranged so that an extended flat bearing is provided by offsetting said extensions, whereby said core may be securely held in the socket member against turning or lateral displacement.

3. A dust mop or the like, comprising, a handle, a socket member fixed thereto, an upstanding web formed in the socket member, a mop member, a supporting core for the latter having extensions adapted to fit Within said socket member on opposite sides of said web, and oppositely turned offsets in said extensions, a plate movable in said member adapted to clamp said extensions against one face of the socket member and hold them against said web, means to move said plate, and notches formed in the side walls of said member to receive said offset portions, all constructed and arranged so that the extensions may be inserted in said socket member and positioned by abutment with the rear wall thereof and by abutment of said offset portions with the rear walls of said notches, whereby the mop member may be securely held to said handle.

ALBERT E. HODGE.

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