US1479263A

US1479263A - Mop

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Publication number: US1479263A
Application number: US563776A
Authority: US
Inventors: Herbert M Sturgis
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-05-26
Filing date: 1922-05-26
Publication date: 1924-01-01
Anticipated expiration: 1941-01-01

Description

Fat-stated Jan. 1, 192A.

UETE

HERBERT M. STURGIS, or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, assrenoa or ew-mm ONE- HUNDREIDTHS, T0 FRANK HAMILTON, or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

MOP.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, HERBERT M. STU'RGIS, a citizen'of the United" States, residing at- Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMops; and do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and' use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I

This invention relates to mops and particularly to a novel means for fastening the mop head tothe stick, the mop'head and mop stick connection being soconstructed that the mophead may be held firmly in operative connection with the stick so that liability of its accidental disengagement therewith will be prevented.

It is also an important feature of theinvention that means is provided for conveniently attaching and detaching the mop head from the mophead stick, the detachment being desirable when it is necessary to introduce a new mop cloth or fabric to the head as a replacement.

Means is also provided whereby liability of the mop head having relative movement with respect to the mop stick when the connection has been established will be elimi nated and the invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts, all of which will be referred tohereinafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig.1 is an elevational view. of a mop stick and head connected together.

Fig. 2 is a disassociated view of the mop stick connection and the head. part of the connection being shown in section-to better illustrate the interior thereofb- Y F ig; 3 is a vertical, longitudinal, sectional view through the mop stick connection and head assembled.

Fig. 4 is a vertical, longitudinal, sectional view through the mop stick engaging ferrule, the socket member'and the collar, and

Fig. 5 is a detail socket member. is 7 Referring now to the drawings'by numerals of'reference: 1

1 designates the mop stick onthe end of which is a sleeve or'ferrule 2, having'an inbent, circumferential flange 3, spaced slightly from the end 4 of the mopstick to provide a space within whichis received the'out-turned, circumferential flange 5 of the socket member. The socket member is first constructed as shown in Fig. 5. The flange'5 is jconcentriowith the axial center of the socket and it is" offset to provide a shoulder 6, adapted to bearagainst the outer face ofrthe flange 3, the flangej5' being perspective view of the c turned outwardly by a'suitable die so that it i a will, in'eifect, rivet itself between thefiange V3 andthe end 4 of the mop stick, as shown;

inFig, 3. p 7

There is another offset portion or shoulder 7 on the socket member, which is'spaced from the shoulder 6 by a tubular webfl8' so as to forma space betweenthe outer face of the flange 5 and the shoulder; 7 to receive, the lnturned fiange9 of arotatable collarlO, which has, turning-movement with respect to the socket member but which is held 7 against longitudinal movement therewith.

The collar 10 has threads 11 to receive the threaded portionof the mop head to be later described. v 1

The "outer end of the socket member is provided with two longitudinally extending

fingers

12 and 13, which are offset inwardly with respect to the end of the socket memher to be received in holes 14;; and 15. in the mop head when the screw threaded portion 16 of the head is received byv the collar. The

engagement of the fingers'12 and 13 p're-' vents rotative movement ofithe head with respect. tothe mop stick. The'holes 14 and 15 are diametrically opposite and are equidistantly spaced with respect to the holes 17 in assembling it will be immaterial in which set of

holes

14 and 15 or 1'? and 18 the ends of the staple are received because by arranging the four holes, as shown, irrespective of which holes receive the ends of the staple, there will be two properly spaced holes to receive the fingers 12 and of the socket member. Therefore, the application of the staple will be simplified, it being understood, of course, that when the staple is introduced through the holes, the ends are bent'over to lie tightly against the disk 22. The head, as will be apparent, resembles a threaded thimble with a flaredbpen end to receive the mop cloth.

I The collar 10 is preferably knurled as lat 23 so that it may be easily rotated. It will be noted that the socket member is in the form of a stepped, truncated cone to provide the necessary shoulders and clearances and that the

lingers

12 and 13 are offsetinwardly so that they'mayrea-dily enter the openings 1-1 and 15 to retain the head against rotation.

In assembling the'parts, the socket and ferrule are placed upon themop stick, the flange 15 being peened OVlliGlT bent over to constitute a hollow, rigidhead so that the ferrule and socket member will be fastened together. Therefore, when the ferrule is fastened tothe mop stick, therewill be 1 tight connection.

Prior to placing the socket member in cooperative relation with the ferrule, the collar is placed over the small end of the socket so that its inturned flange 9 will rest upon the shoulder 7 'and si-nce the outer face of the flange 3 of the ferrule rests upon the shoulder 6, there will be a space between the flange and shoulder 7 so that the collar may freely rotate about the socket. The mop cloth is secured to the head by passing a staple about the threads of the mop cloth and introducing the ends through the

holes

17 and 18 and bending over the ends, as shown in Fig. 2. The head may then be secured to the stick by introducing the head into the collar so that the

holes

14 and 15 are in line with the finger-s12 and 18; The

fingers

12 and 13 are long enough to -engage the holes before the threads are encountered. Then the collar is turned so that the screw threads will draw the head longitudinally into engagement with the socket member, the ends 24 and. '25 of the staple being received within the socket member, as shown in Fig. 3. Themop head is now secured to the stick so that it will be impossible for it to he accidentally disengaged therefrom, it being necessary to reverse the turning movement of the collar in order to take out the head but this can be easily ac-' complished for the purpose of renewals, etc.

It will be seen that the device for connectravages ing the mop cloth to the stick may be easily manufactured and may be easily operated when the parts are assembled as illustrated- What I claimand desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. In combination, a mop stick, a socket member on one end of the mop stick having 5 fingers projecting therefrom, a threaded col- 'lar on the socket member, and a threaded mop head receivable within. the, threaded fingers project.

collar and having openings into which the 2. In combination, a mop stick, a socket i member on one end of the mop stick having a constricted olfset porton forming an annular shoulder, spaced from-the end of the .stick having "fingersprojecting therefrom, a threaded collar beyond the outer end of the socket member and having a flange overlapping the shoulder, a mop head in threaded connection with the collar and having openings into which the fingers proend of themop stick, longitudinal fi-nrgers integral with the socket member, and a threaded collar rotatably supported by the socket member, in combination with a mop head having socket finger-receiving openings and provided with threads to engage similar threads in the collar.

4:. A mop stick, a ferrule on one end thereof having an inbent flange, a 'socket member having atone end an outbent flange between the flange of the ferrule and" the end of the mop stick, longitudinal fingers integral with the socket member, and a. threaded collar rotatably supported by the socket member, in combination with a mop.

head having socketfinger-receiving openings and provided with threads toenga'ge similar-threads in the collar, and a mop-.7

securing staple on the head having a vpart receivable within the socket.

'5. A mop stick, a ferrule on one thereof, a socketme'mber rivetedto the .fer-

rule and comprising a stepped conev having shoulders, a rotatable collar interposed between one of the shoulders and the end'of the ferrule and surrounding the socket member with the collar extending beyond end,

the end of the socket member, mop head engaging means carried by the socket member, a mop head having threads engageable by threads of the collar and havinga part to be engaged by theengaging means of the socket member whereby the head will be held against turning, and meansfor sesuring the mop cloth to the head.

tending through Opposite holes and bent over the end of the thimble, the remaining holes being spaced to receivethe fingers on the socket member, the collar being engageable with the threaded head to draw it toward the socket member.

In testimony whereof I aflix'my signature. 15

HERBERT M. STURGIS.