US1403916A - Mop - Google Patents

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C. RASMUSSEN. MOP. APPLICATION FILED MAR. s, 1921.

4 Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

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MOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

Application 'fiIedMarch 8, 1921. seriaino. 450,665.

To aZZ'w ia' om it mag concern i Be it known that CARL *Fiisnussrx, "a citizen of the United States, TESIClIJUg at Glendale, inthecounty'o'f Monroe'and State of Wisconsin, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops, of which the following is a specification.

The, invention'rela'tes to mops and has for its object to provide a device ofthis "character comprising a handle member to the end of which is secured an arched bracket which terminates in a transverse clamping member for the reception of one end of a mop. 'Also to provide a longitudinally and rotatably movable rod extending through the handle and having its forward end provided with an eye for the reception of the other end of the mop, said rod being provided with a handlej at its rear end adjacent the end of the mop handle and forming means whereby the rod may be rotated for wringing the mop, thereby obviating the necessity of dirtying the hands by wringing the mop with the hands.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

' In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the mop.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the clamping member.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of a. mop handle showing the longitudinally movable and rotatably movable rod.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view through the forward end of the mop handle.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55 of Figure 4:.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a mop handle and 2 one end thereof. Imbedded in the end 2 of the handle is the rectangularly shaped portions 3 of a mop supporting bracket 4. The mop supporting bracket has its body portion 5 offset from axial alignment with the handle and terminates in a downwardly extending portion 6, which portion is secured to an upwardly extending flange 7 of a transversely disposed angle member 8, which angle member forms a clamping jaw, with which clamping jaw a jaw plate 9 cooperates for clamping and holding the end 10 of the mop 11 when'the'nuts 12'c-arried bythe'bolts '13 are tightened. The clamping member as a whole 'is' preferably in alignment "withthe center of the handle member for "properly balancing the device and also for locating the clamp-- ing ineinberin-a natural position with relation to the 'handle'member 1.

Rotatahl'y'mountedin'bearings 14: of collars carried by the handle member 1 and in a longitudinally disposed groove 15 in said handle member 1 is a rod 16. The rod 16 is longitudinally movable in the bearings 14 and the groove 15 and also rotatably mounted whereby said rod may be moved forwardly until its eye 17 which receives the rear end of the mop 11 is disposed adjacent th mop clamping device, thereby allowing the mop to be used in the usual manner or moved rearwardly to the dotted line position shown in Figure 1 thereby allowing the mop to be wrung when the operator grasps the handle member 19 of the rod 16 and imparts a rotary movement to said rod, which action will twist the mop in such a manner that the water will be expelled therefrom. It will be seen that the mop may be wrung without placing the hand in contact with the mop which is the objectionable feature in mops as at present used. It will also be seen that .the structure is simple and the parts reduced to a minimum thereby allowing the de'vice to be cheaply constructed.

To wring the mop the operator grasps the handle 1 with one hand and with the other hand grasps the handle member 19 of the rod 16 and pulls said rod rearwardly to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 1. When the rod 16 is in the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, the operator rotates the said rod, which action will twist the mop 11 while it is in substantially a straight position and consequently expel the water from the mop 11.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is z 1. A mop comprising a handle member, a bracket carried by one end of said handle member, said bracket being offset from alignment with the handle member, the end of said bracket terminating in a transversely dispose'd clamping member in alignment with the handle member, a mop having one of its ends clamped in said clamping member, a rod rotatably and longitudinally movable in a groove in the under side of the handle memher, ferrules adjacent the ends'of the handle member and maintaining the rod in the groove, one end of said rod terminating in an eye for the reception of one end of the mop, the other end of said rod terminating in a handle member adjacent the rear end of the handle member, vsaid rod forming means in said clamping member, a' rod rotatably and longitudinally movable in a groove of the under face of the handle member, said rod being maintained in said groove and guided in its longitudinal movement by collars extending around the handle member and around the rodadj acent the ends of the handle, one end of said rod being connected to one end of the mop and a handle member carried by the other end of the rod and forming means whereby said rod may be moved longitudinally and rotated. V

Intestimony whereof I afiix my signature.

7 v CARL RASMUSSEN.

Witnessesz LE VERNE ROBERTSON,

F. DUNCAN.

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