US1458063A - Mop holder - Google Patents

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June 5, 1923.

C. E. KOE STER. JR

MOP HOLDER Original Filed April 29 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR ATTORN EY WITNESSES.

June 5, 1923.

1,458,963 c. E. KOESTER, JR

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CHARLES E. KOESTER, JR., 013 KOESTER, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOE OF ONE-HALF TO EDWIN A. DARROIV,

OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

MOP HOLDER.

Application filed April 29, 1921, Serial No. 465,4A=1.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. Kons'rnn, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Koester, in the county of St. Francois and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mop Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combined brush and mop holders and carpet stretching devices.

The type of device upon which the present invention is an improvement includes a threaded ferrule upon which is mounted a ring which is connected to a gripping member. The objection to this structure is that during the use of the device, the brush or becomes loose, due to the fact that at times one end of the gripping member guide bar, which forms a part of the device, will contact with some object and cause the threaded ring to back up on th ferrule and thus loosen the hold of the gripping member.

The present invention aims to overcome this and other objections, by forming the guide bar through which the gripping member passes, rigid with the ferrule and so prevent relative movement. Contact of the guide bar with an object will then not affect the ring or loosen the member.

Another object is the provision of a novel structure for this purpose, which is cheaply constructed and readily assembled.

With the abov andother objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a combined brush and mop holder and carpet stretching device, embodying the present invention.

Figure 2 is an end view looking at the end of the holder which receives the handle.

Figure 3 is a side view of the holder.

Figure 4 is a central longitudinal sectional view.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of the follower ring which carries the gripping member.

Renewed April 21, 1923.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the follower ring.

Figure 6 is a similar view of one of the sections of which the adjusting nut is formed.

Figure 7 is a detail elevation of the guide bar for the gripping member.

Referring 1n detail to the draw1ngs,wherein llke characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates an externally threaded ferrule which receives one end of a wooden handle 11 and which carries at its opposite end a transversely arranged guide bar 12. This guide bar is provided with longitudinal slots 13 for the passage of a wire gripping member 14- and is further provided with a hook 15 and teeth 16, the latter extending from one side edge of the bar 12. The structure of the above mentioned elements is old and form a part of a combined brush and mop holder and carpet stretching device now on the market.

In order to permit of adjustment of the wire gripping member, the device now in use provides for relative movement between the ferrule and the gripping member of the guide bar. As previously stated however, this is objectionable in that such relative movement permits of a loosening of the gripping member upon the brush or mop. To overcome this, the guide bar 12 of the present invention is rigid with the ferrule 10 and may be formed integral therewith or secured thereto in any desired manner. One means of securing the guide bar to the ferrule is by providing a reduced squared lug which projects from the end of the ferrule as indicated at 17 and inserting and riveting this lug within a squared opening 18 formed in the guide bar 12. The gripping member 14 has its arms extending through the slots 13 of the guide bar 12 and the ends of these arms are connected to 0ppositely extending apertured ears 19 which are carried by a follower ring 20. The ring 20 is mounted upon the ferrule 10 and is of a diameter to permit of free movement of the longitudinal ferrule.

Mounted upon the ferrule is an adjusting nut 21, which is formed of a pair of complemental sections, each of which comprise a semi-circular portion 22 which is provided which is adapted to be secured in an opening 26 provided in the projection of the other section of the nut, while the opposite projections 24: have registering openings 27 therein for the reception of a rivet or other fastening device. The sections" are thussecured together to provide oppositely extending wings, by means of which the nut may be manipulated. The nut is further provided with an interiorly arranged annular groove 28 which receives oppositely extending lugs or projections 29, carried by the follower ring 20, so that the saidring is swiveled to the nut. The ring, nut and guide bar may be provided in various places with depressions for the purpose of lightening the structure. p

In the present invention, the member 14: is passed through the slots 13 of the guide bar 12in the usual manner and the ends of the member remains so secured within the ape'rtured cars 27 of the follower ring and the nut sections so riveted together with the flanges or projections 29 engaged in the an nular groove 28.

By'rotating the adjusting nut, the gripping member maybe moved to either tighten or loosen its engagement with the proper brush and'as the guide bar 12 is rigid with the ferrule, a blow upon the former will not effect the adjustment of the gripping memher. The wings of the adjustin'g'nut are within theends of the bar 12, so that liability of'contact of these wings with an article is prevented. After once being adjusted, the'parts will remain in position until purposely removed. 7 j p ,The invention is susceptible of various changes in'its' form, proportions and minor details of construction" and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention what is claimed is j v 1. A mop holder comprising a handlereceiving ferrule, a guide-bar at one end of the ferrule, a gripping member slidable in guide openings formed insaid guide bar to provide a clamp, a grooved nut threadedly engaging the said ferrule, and a ring loosely encircling-the said ferrule and having outstanding projections, certain of which are connected to the said gripping member and certain others engaged inthe groove in the said nutwhereby the ring is swiveled to the latter.

2. A. mop holder comprising an exteriorly threaded ferrule, adapted to receive aha'nd-le, a guide bar at one end thereof, a gripping member slidable in guide openings} formed in the guidebar to provide a clamp, af'follower ring loosely encircling the said ferrule and connected to the said gripping member, said ring having oppositely projecting lugs, and an adjusting nut threadedly engaging the said ferrule and havingan interiorly arranged annular groove whichre'ceives the lugs of the said ring whereby the latter is swiveled to the nut. r

8. A. mop holder comprising a handlereceiving ferrule having a guide bar at the lower end, a ring adjustable longitudinally on the said ferrule and presenting opposite sets of radially disposed projections adja cent its upper and lower edges, a mop-gripping member slidable'in guide' openings formed in said guide bar to'provid'e a clamp and attached to the lower projections In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. I

. CHARLES E. KOESTER, JR.

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