US1200929A - Mop and wringer combined. - Google Patents

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D. S- ELLIS & F. W. TIDD.

MOP AND WRINGER COMBINED.

APPLICATION'HLED APR. 6. I916.

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DAVID soLolvroN ELLIs, OF SYDNEY, AND FREDERICK WILLIAM TIDD, E BOCKDALE, NEAE SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.

MOP AND WRINGER COMBINED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Application filed April 6, 1916. Seria1No.'89,406.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that we, DAVID SOLOMON EL- LIs and FREDERICK WILLIAM TIDD, citizens of the Commonweath of Australia, residing at, as to the former, 204 Clarence street, Sydney, in the State of New South Wales, Com.- monwealth of Australia, and, as to the latter, Rockdale, near Sydney, in the State and Commonwealth aforesaid, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops and l/Vringers Combined, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a simple mop appliance in which the cloths or swabs are detachably associated with a pair of T shaped frames, one of which is securely attached to the bottom end of the mop-handle, so as to form the pressure head piece, for

both holding and operating the, cloth, while the other frame-attached to atubular partis carried upon the handle above the head piece, so that it may both slide and be rotated thereon, and while serving the purpose of a secondary holder for the cloth, also provides an efficient means for wringing it, if it be a wet or moistened cloth.

By exchanging one cloth for another the appliance may be utilized for other purposes than as a mop only, that is to say, after a cloth or swab suitable for wetting, cleaning, and drying, has been used upon a floor or other surface, another may be substituted which is suitable for polishing, this may also be displaced by another suitable for sweeping and dusting, and so on. Whatever be the texture of cloth or swab which may be utilized, the same mode of securing or attaching it to the frames may be employed which consists in the use of a perforated slat laid upon and secured transversely to each end of the cloth.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure lis a perspective view of the mop cloth, or swab, with transverse securing slats attached thereto. Fig. 2is a plan of the T shaped head and pressure piece with slidable hook thereon, also securing tube on handle. Fig. 3is a plan of the T shaped secondary holder and wringer frame. Fig. 4L-is a plan of the mop appliance showing the var ous parts assembled, and with cloth attached fully extended. Fig. 5-is a side elevation of Fig. 4. Fig. 6is a sectional elevation showing detail of the handle with leg parts of head piece fitted therein, and surrounded with securing tubes. Fig. (S -is detail showing fragment of handle with leg pieces 1n grooves. Fig. 7is a sectional elevation showing detail of wringer tube and frame parts secured therein. Fig. 8is a perspective view of the slidable hookenlarged. Flg. 9 'is a side elevation of the mop with the cloth in a folded forward position, as when in operation. Fig. 10-is a side elevation similar to Fig. 9, but with the cloth in a folded rearward position. Fig. 11is a plan of the mop showing the wringing action obtained by rotating the wringer frame. To simplify and cheapen the construct1on of the appliance the drawings have been made to indicate a skeleton frame formatlon such as would be shaped when Wire is used for the purpose, but these parts may if desired be made in the form of castings and drop forgings, but the general charac teristics which appear in the different figures would be essentially the same.

An ordinary kind of mop handle A is suitable for use with this invention, and is provided with the side grooves or sinkages A Figs. 6 and 6 to receive the leg pieces B which are made continuations of the loopshaped head piece B and are kept flush circumferentially and have their curved ends B driven or pressed into the handle, to retain them in a central position, and are inclosed with the tightly fitting metal tube C. The legs are parallel so as to serve as a reel upon which the cloth may be tightly wound when the wringer is rotated. The slidable hook D, running freely on the legs may be used to prevent the displacement of the cloth when placed in the loop head piece. The wringer is somewhat similarly shaped to the fixed head piece, its looped shaped holder part E being similar to the piece B, the legs E being also continuations, but these are arranged diagonally to provide sufficient clearance for rotating it around the handle Figs. 5 and 11, and are downwardly directed as in Figs. 5, 9 and .10, to give transverse clearance for the cloth slat. They are secured in the tubular metal slide E whose side tubes E are adapted to fit them. These side tubes are shown in Fig. 7 1

in a position below the center of the handle A, such location being serviceable for downwardly directing the legs E so as to give the desired clearance.

The cloth or swab F Fig. 1 which is made of any material suitable for the purposes indicated, is preferably rectangular in shape, and has the slats G attached transversely at each end. These have piercings G through which cord or wire stitching G is passed through the cloth. The slats are of a sufficient width and length to take a seating upon the looped parts B and E, and are simply pushed through the loops endwise, and when turned on the flat with the stitched parts of the cloth pushed slightly on one side a full bearing may be obtained upon the metal frames. A small side margin F is allowed on the cloth beyond the ends of the slats to prevent the metal parts coming in contact with the floor surface. The sliding hook D may be placed in the position indicated in Figs. 2, 4 and 5 it being pushed under the cloth and over the .looped holder B.

When in use the cloth or swab occupies a. folded position so that half of the surface is utilized at a time. Figs. 9 and 10 illustrate its use on both surfaces, whether such surfaces are in a wet or dry condition or when used for polishing.

The wringing operation is performed by simply grasping the handle A, with one hand, and the tubular slide E to which the wringing member is attached, with the other hand, and by rotating it the swab F is wound around the parallel legs B produclng the result lndicated III F 1g. 11.

Having now described our invention what i we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s 1. In a mop and wringer combined, the

ing the fixed head piece to the handle, and

a wringing member consisting of a tubular slide rotatably and slid-ably mounted 011 the handle, and a looped 'shaped holder member supported by said tubular slide and capable of being rotated around the fixed parallel legs, and a mop cloth connecting the pressure head piece and the wringer member.

8. In a mop and wringer combined consisting of a fixed head piece attached to the mop handle, and a slidably rotatable wringing member located on said handle above such head piece, a detachable cloth or swab consisting of a rectangularly shaped cloth, transverse slats secured at each end of said cloth and adapted to fit the said fixed and rotatable members as described, and illustrated and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID SOLOMON ELLIS.

FREDERICK W'ILLIAM TIDD. Witnesses:

JOHN J. STONE,

MARY LARKIN.

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

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