US1376175A

US1376175A - Mop-head

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Publication number: US1376175A
Application number: US433884A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr George Herman Sundermann
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-12-29
Filing date: 1920-12-29
Publication date: 1921-04-26
Anticipated expiration: 1938-04-26

Description

G. H. SUNDERMANN, In.

MOP HEAD- Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

Application filed December 29, 1920. Serial N 0. 433,884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen SUNDE MANN, Jr., a .citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, borough of Bronx, county of Bronx, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mop-Head, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a mop and aims to provide certain improvements inconnection with a device of this character.

It is well appreciated that it has been quite customary to provide a mop which is detachable from the handle for the purpose of renewing and cleansing. Devices of this class heretofore placed upon the market have offered several disadvantages in that they failed to retain the mop in such a manner as to preclude any danger of the 1nd1- .vidual strands or fibers of the same becoming loosened, and lost, thus impairing the efficiency of the mop.

With this in view, I have constructed a mop head which will include certain mechanism permitting of the mop proper being gripped in such a manner that any possibility of the strands of the mop becoming loosened is reduced to a minimum.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a device of the character specified, the parts of which may be operated to permit of the ready gripping or disengagement or" the mop proper.

Further objects of my invention will appear in the annexed specification and drawings, which latter present one practical embodiment of my invention, and in which;

Figure 1 is a side view of amop head constructed in accordance with my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view thereof, and showing the mop associated with the head.

In these views the reference numeral 5 indicates the mop handle of any desirable construction, and 6 the mop which is to be associated with the head, which mop is also of any desired type.

Contrary to the conventional construction, the socket 7 applied to the lower end ofthe handle terminates in a cross arm 8, and pivotally secured as at 9 to one end of this cross arm, is a second arm 10 extending parallel to and spaced from the first arm 8.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a pair of gripping elements, between which the mop 6 may be interposed and with a view of providing structure serving to draw these arms together, with respect to each other, so as to prevent any movement on the part of the mop with respect to the same, I conveniently utilize a link 11, rockingly secured to the lever 12, by means of the lugs 18 forming part of the lever, which lever has one of its ends pivotally mounted, as at 13, to that end of the arm 8, opposite the end of pivotal connection 9.

It is also to be noted that the outer end of the arm 10 terminates in an upturned portion 14, and it will be obvious, as has been indlcated by the uppermost dotted lines in Fig. 1, that the link 11 may he slipped over the upturned portion 14 of the arm 10. Now upon the lever being rocked around its pivot 13, it will be seen that the parts will assume the position indicated by the lowermost series of dotted lines in Fig. 1, in which position the lever will be in what might be termed dead center. Upon the lever 12 being thrownit will be obvious that the parts will be locked, incident to the contact which will exist between the lever and the arm 8, and the tension exerted by the mop 6, which will actto more firmly seat all of the parts.

Thus I have provided a mop head, which is extremely simple in construction, and may be readily manipulated to retain the strands of the mop in their proper position, and by 'means ofwhich no fear may be felt of the mop becoming useless incident to the loss of strands.

Obviously numerous modifications of structure might readily be resorted to with out in the least departing from the spirit of my invention, which I claim as:

A mop head, including a cross arm, a second cross arm pivotally secured to said first named cross arm, a lever pivotally secured to the opposite end of said first named arm, and a link rockingly attached to said lever, said link being adapted to engage the free end of said second cross arm.

GEORGE HERMAN SUNDERMANN, Jr.