US1350791A - Mop-wringer - Google Patents

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W. DEQUEDE.

MOP WRINGER. y APPCATION FILED )UNE 12| 1920.

1,350,791. Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

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MOP WRINGER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12. 1920.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

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UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM DEQUEDE, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

MOP-VIRINGER.

Application filed June A12,

To all wlw/n t may Concern.'

Be Yit known that L VILLIAM DnQUnDn, a citizen of Germany, and residing at New Orleans, in the county of Qrleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and lmproved Mop-ldlringer, of which the 'following is a speiiication.

'This invention relates to means adapted to be attached to a water pail and which is to grip a mop so that the mop may be twisted to wring out the water, and its object is to provide a device which shall not obstruct the pail and will not prevent the mop being plunged i'reely into the water, which device will iirmly grip the mop when desired, and which may be constructed at low cost.

This invention consists, in combination with a supporting mechanism detaehably mounted on a pail, of a pair oi.l vertical pivots carried thereby, of curved arms mounted on the pivots, and means to swing the arms toward and from each other.

It also consists of a lever pivoted on the supporting mechanism and a flexible' connector extending therefrom to said arms so that they will be swung toward eacn other when the lever is actuated.

It also consists of a pin extending through slots in said'arms, to which pin the flexible connector is attached, whereby the arms may be swung toward each other, and a springmounted on a supporting iivot to swing the armsapart.

lt further consists of* the details of con- 'struction illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is plan of a pail with my novel mop gripping device mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation the eef, the foot lever being in section on the line v-Q of Fig. 8. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof, a portion oi the pail being shown broken away to illustrate the securing means. Fig. etis a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters refer to like part-s throughout the several views.

- In the ordinary types of mop wringers, the mop is gripped between a pair of rollers which squeeze out the water when the mop is pulled up between them, or a pair of jaws are caused to squeeze the mop to remove the water. ln the present construction, the lower end of the mop is gripped between Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

i920. serial no. 388,614.

pivoted jaws and the upright handle is then turned to twist the mop and thereby expel the water. As thestresses on the arms are light, the present device may be constructed of stampings and light castings and so may be carried around with minimum effort and attached and detached when desired.

'The pail ma i be oi any desired construction and material and 'the wringing device is secured thereto by means oil the two thin bars 1 and 2 which grip the wall 3 of the pail. The lower end of the bar 1 is turned out and preferably has rubber pad secured to it to-engage the iloor. :L small bracket 5 is secured to the bar 1 and carries a pivot G ilor the foot-lever T. lt will be noticed in Fig. 3' that the upper part of the bar l is substantially vertical, which permits the location of the roller edge 1l oi" the pail to vary within wide limits and this defice to be vused with pails of much less height than tl at shown in the drawing.

it the upper end of these bars is a yoke '8 having side flanges 9 and which supports a shaft 10 for the small rope pulley or idler roller 1Q. A bracket 18 is secured to the up` per end o1 these bars by the rivet 14. Spacing blocks 15 are fitted between this bracket and the side iianges 9 and iit against the bars 1 and 2, and rivets 1G extend through the flanges 9, the spacing blocks 15 and the bracket 18 to rigidly secure the several parts together.

This bracket 13 has four horizontal ears 1T which supportthe vertical pivots 18 on which the spacing sleeves and pairs of arms- 20 are loosely mounted, and of which arms any number of pairs may be employed, although two pairs will usually be found eiliective. These arms are curved and formed with slots 22 intheir inner ends to receive the pin 23 which extends through these slots in all the arms. rThis pin moves forward and back in a straight line toward and from the roller 12 and moves alongl in the slots 22 as the arms 20 swing in and out on their pivots 18, the slots being of suflicient length ano width to permit free movement of the pin.

A small collar 2d at the middle o1"Y this pin receives the upper end of a vflexible connector 25, such as a cord, wire or chain, which extends back through a hole 2G in the bars 1 and 2, over the sheave 12 and down to the pin 27 on the lever 7 Any desired type et connection may be employed between the connector and the pins 23 and 27. A spring 28 is mounted on either or both sleeves 19 with one end in engagement with the bracket 13 and the other end extending into the slot 22 in one of the arms mounted on that sleeve. This spring swings the arms apart to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. l.

The arms 2O are normally swung apart so that access to the pail, is substantially unobstructed. When the lever 7 is depressed, the arms are swung toward the positions indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l, when they may iirmly grip the mop between them. As these arms are all at different levels, as shown in Fig. 3, they do not interfere with each other, and may be swung to grip mops of any dimensions. The lever 7 isvheld down as long as may be desired and as this lever may be depressed by stepping onto it and the mop handle is suiiiciently long, the water can be eifectively removed from the mop by twisting the handle without the operator having to stoop or bend over.

The details of this construction and their proportions may all be changed by those skilled in the Vart without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth in the following claims.

l. The combination of a bracket, two vertical pivots carried thereby, curved arms mounted thereon at diierent levels so that they may be swung across between each other, means to support the bracket on a pail, and means to swing the arms toward each other.

` 2. The combination of two upright bars and means to secure their upper ends together so as to cause the bars to grip the wall of a container between them, a lever mounted on the lower end of the outer bar, a pair of curved arms pivoted at the upper ends of said bars, a spring to hold the arms separated, and a flexible connecter extending from the arms to said lever whereby the arms may be swung toward each other, said arms being mounted in different planes so that they will not engage.

3. The combination of two upright bars, one adapted to extend within and the other without a container, a bracket at the upper ends of said bars and a pair of vertical pivot pins carried by the bracket, curved arms in pairs mounted intermediate their ends on said pivots and having slots in their inner ends, a vertical pin extending through the slots in said arms, an idler pulley mounted at the upper ends of said bars, a flexible connector .attached to said pin and passing over the pulley, and means for actuating the connector.v

4l. The combination of two upright bars, one adapted to extend within and the other without a container, a bracket at the upper ends of said bars and a pair of vertical pivot pins carried by the bracket, curved arms in pairs mounted intermediate their ends on said pivots and having slots in their inner ends, a vertical pin extending through the slots in said arms, an idler pulley mounted at the upper ends of said bars, a flexible connector attached to said pin and passing over the pulley, and means for actuating the connector comprising a :toot lever pivoted to the lower end of the bar extending without the container and to which the connector is attached.

5. The combination of a bracket, two vertical pivots carried thereby, a pair of curved arms mounted intermediate their ends on each of said pivots all at different levels so that they may be swung toward and between each other, said arms having slots in their inner ends,a vertical pin mounted in said slots, a spring for holding the arms separated, and means connecting to the pin to swing the arms toward each other. Y

WILLIAM DEQUEDE.

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