US1606866A

US1606866A - Mop cleaner

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Publication number: US1606866A
Application number: US659042A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gustav M Boren
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-08-24
Filing date: 1923-08-24
Publication date: 1926-11-16
Anticipated expiration: 1943-11-16

Description

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G. M. BOREN MOP CLEANER Filed August 24. 1923 6 I v frzdcrzfir 612772655 v 6mm Patented Nev. 16, 1926.

UNITED STATES GUSTAV M. BOB/EN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MO]? CLEANER.

Application filed August 24, 1928. Serial No. 659,042.

This invention relates to a cleaning device and more particularly to a device for extracting dust and dirt from dry or oil mops and the like.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a cleaner simple and compact in construction and efficient in operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel construction of a cleaner by means of which the dustand dirt is extracted from the mop by revolving the mop within the cleaner.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction by means of which the revolving of the mop within the device creates a suction and thereby assists in extracting the dust and dirt from the mop.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a means for supporting the mop centrally and .to permit its easy rotation within the cleaner.

A further object of the invention is to provide a mop cleaner which can be carried from room to room and adapted to be readily attached to and detached from the knob of any door.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means within the cleaner which will aggressively comb out the dust and dirt from the mop as the mop is revolved within the cleaner.

These and other objects are obtained by a construction and an arrangement of the various parts in the manner hereinafter described and particularly-pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved mop cleaner showing the same mounted on a door a knob.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of F 1 showing the door of the cleaner in dotted line swung outwardly from the receptacle or body of the cleaner. I

Fig. 8 is a top plan view partly in section showing the arrangement of the cleaning blades and cross bars for aggressively cleaning the mop.

Fig. 4 is a face view showing the cleaning blades and cross bar construction which is removable as a single unit from the recep tacle or cleaner proper.

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view of the mop cleaner taken on the lines 55 in Fig. 1 with certain portions of the cleaner shown and maintaining the mop within the cleaner.

In carrying out my invention I have provided a very efhcient and compact form of a mop cleaner which can be readily carried from room to room and is adapted to be attached to and detached from the knob of any door. have shown for the purpose of illustration comprising a cylindrical receptacle preferably made of comparatively light sheet metal having a back wall 11 and a cover 12. The cover 12 is so for-med as to telescopically engage the cylindrical portion of the re ceptacle 11 in such a manner as to be frictionally secured thereto.

In order to detachably secure the cleaner to a knob 13 of any door I have provided a loop lat secured adjacent the back wall 11 as shown at 15. The loop lat is provided with a relatively enlarged portion 16 so as to fit over the knob 13 and a relatively small This improved mop cleaner 1:

looped portion 17 so as to engage the reduced portion of the knob between the knob proper and the door. In order to prevent the back wall of the cleaner from scratching the polished frame-work of the door, 1 have provided a felt pad as shown at 18 so as to form a cushion between the back wall 11 of the mop cleaner and the woodwork. The cover 12 is provided with a face member 19 having substantially a semi-circular aperture 20 therein. Pivoted to one edge 21 adjacent the semi-circularaperture 20 of the face member 19 by means of hinges 22 is a door or gate 23. The door or gate is adapted to be actuated about its hinges 22 by means of a crank handle 2% which has a transversely extending shaft 25 journalled in a tubular bearing 26 having one end extending through the telescoping portion of the cover 12 and the other end thereof secured by a bracket 26 to a stationary portion 27 of the cover. The cylindrical side of the receptacle may be slotted to accommodate the shaft 25 and its tubular bearing 26 or the shaft 25 may be positioned to contact with the front upper edge of the cylindrical side 10. Formed as an integral part of the shaft 25 and positioned on the end opposite the crank 24 is a second crank 28. The crank 28 is positioned substantially at right angles to the crank 24 and is adapted to slidingly engage a bracket 29 secured centrally to the inner sideof the door 23 From the above construction it will be seen that as the crank or handle 2% is oscillated about its pivot in the tubular bearing 26, the door 23 is also oscillated about its pivot 22. The stationary face member 19 and the door 23 is provided centrally thereof Withan aperture 30.. Secured to the face member 19 adjacent the aperture 30 is a semi-circular tubular member 31 which extends at right angles with respect to the plane of the taco member .lQanrI is secured thereto preferably by being solderd; Se

cured to the door member 23 adjacent the ai icrture 30 and cry-operating with the senir circular member 31 of the Face member 19 isa similar semi-circular tubular member 32. The semi-circular member 32 of the door member 23 is adapted 'to fit Within the semi-circular tubular mei'i'iber3l or the member 19 in such a manner as to lorm substantially a single tubular member when the door member is swung down to its normally closed position or the position shown in Fig. 1 and "in the full line position in Fig. 2. In connection With my improved mop cleaner I have provided anovel con struction for aggressively extracting or combing out the dust and dirt from the mop as the mop is revolved within the receptacle. This mechanism comprises a complete removable frame-Work or structure shown in F i g. at and consists of a di'sclil e member 33 having a 'alurality of radially disposed cleaning blades 34: and formed integrally with the disc-member 33. The

cleaning blades

34 and 35 are preferably made in the disc-member 33 by making radial slits in the disc-member from the periphery of the member to a point adjacent the center thereof and'as shown in Fig. 4. "The cleaning blades indicated at 34- a-nd occupying substantially one-fourth of the disc-member33 are disposed or inclined at an angle in a direction opposite to the angular position of the fan blades 35, as clearly shownin Fig.

'3, the object of this arrangement being to permit either set of cleaning blades, that is the cleaning blades 84 or 35 to aggressively comb the strands of the mop regardless of the direction in Which it is rotated. In this connection it will also be noted that as the mop is revolved Within the cleaner adj acent these angular-1y disposed cleaning blades a current, of air will be set up creating a suction in the direction the mop is rotated and thereby assist in extracting the dust from'the mop and drawing the dust behind these blades causingthe same to drop inbehind the disc 33 and settle between this disc and the back Wall 11 of the receptacle. The whirling of the mop Within the receptacle causes the air to Whirl therein and sets up anappreciable suction in a directiontovided a plurality of cross bars or rods 35 positioned adjacent the outer periphery of the fan bladesand extending substantially around one-half of. the periphery of the disc-like member 33 These cross bars 35' are arranged at spaced intervals and held rigidly in their respective positions by send-

circular bands

36 and 37. The

bands

36 and 37 havetheir ends secured to a sem circular wall 38 ivhich in turnis secured in any Well known manner adjacent the outer periphery of the disc 83. The Wa ll 38 is positioned at right angles With respect to the plane of the disclike member '33 and is spaced from the outer periphery thereof so as'to provide'a chamber 39 between the wall 38 and the Wall of the receptacleljfl' for the accumulation of dust and dirt exti-acted from the mop. It will also be noted that there is a chamber, as indicated at 40, between the disc '38 'and the bottom 1l 'o:f the receptacle. This is also for theaccumula'ted dust and dirt extracted from the mop. In order to centrally support and to facilitate the rotation of the mop ithin the receptacle, I have provided a socketell upon which the center of the mop may be mounted, pivotally secured to a post 42b) means or a ball race 43. cured by any well known means to the cen ter of the disc-like member 33, "but preferably by being soldered thereto.

In: the operation of the above described device, it will be understood that the'receptacle is placed on or attached to the knob 13 of any door by engaging the lo opl lc in positionasshown inFig. 1" and that the handle or crank 24: is actuated to openthe' door or gate 23 and the mop is placed through the semrcircular opening 20 in the cover 12 with the handle thereof resting in the seini circular"tubular member 31 of the face member 19mm ivhenthe strands are Within the receptacle the cover is actuated to its closed position, in which I position the semi-circular tubular member 32 of the door 23, together With the semi-circular member 31 of the face member l9'com plete The post 42 is sely encases or forms a tubular bearing for blades '35 if the mop is rotated in thefcoun te --cloc1' -\vis'e direction. The revolving er the mop in either direction, it 'Wi'llbe unill derstood, creates a current of air which is deflected by these blades and thereby sets up a suction, drawing the dust and dirt out of the mop and deflecting it to the rear of the blades into the chamber provided for the collection of the dust and dirt extracted. As the mop is rotated in the socket 41 and in the tubular bearing formed by the

semicircular member

31 and 32 of the face member 19 and door 23, respectively, the outer ends of the strands of the mop strike against the cross bars 35 causing the dust and dirt to be beaten from the mop and thereby further assisting in cleansing the mop as it is revolved.

From the above description, it will be seen that I have provided a novel, efiicient and compact form or" mop cleaner and one which can be readily moved from room to room and attached to the knob of any door with greatfacility. 7

lVhile in the above specification I have described one embodiment which my invention may assume in practice, it will be understood that the same is capable of modiiication and that modification may be employed without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as expressed in the following claims.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A device for cleaning mops and the like comprising a receptacle. cleaning blades mounted within said receptacle for cleaning the mop, and means engageable with the bottom of said mop for rotatably supporting said mop in a relatively fixed position with respect to said cleaning blades.

2. A device for cleaning mops and the like comprising a receptacle. a plurality of oppositely inclined cleaning blades mounted within said receptacle for cleaning the mop, and a rotatable socket for receiving said mop for supporting the same in a relatively fixed position with respect to said cleaning blades.

3. A device for cleaning mops and the like, comprising a receptacle, and a plurality of oppositely inclined cleaning blades mounted in said receptacle for cleaning the bottom portion of said mops, and cross bars arranged transversely to the planes of said cleaning blades and mounted within said receptacle for engaging side portions of said mops for cleaning the same.

4. A device for cleaning mops and the like, comprising a receptacle having a removable cover therefor, a hinged door carried by said cover, semi-circular tubular members carried by said door and cover for guiding and supporting the handle of the mops, and a removable structure mounted in said receptacle having a plurality of different mop cleaning elements for cleaning the mop.

5. A device for cleaning mops and the like, comprising a receptacle having a removable cover therefor. a hinged door carried by said cover, semi-circular tubular members carried by said door and by said cover for forming a support for the handle of the mop, cleaning elements mounted in said receptacle and means carried by said receptacle for rotatably supporting said mop within said receptacle.

6. A device for cleaning mops and the like, comprising a receptacle, mop cleansing elements mounted within said receptacle including a semi-circular plate having a plurality of cleaning blades formed integrally therewith, and a chamber formed between said semi-circular plate and the bottom of said receptacle for accumulating the dust and dirt extracted from the mop.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification on this 13th day of August A. D. 1923.

GUSTAV M. BOREN.