US1643878A

US1643878A - Floor mop

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Publication number: US1643878A
Application number: US39966A
Authority: US
Inventors: Walter L Crouch
Original assignee: BLAKESLEY NOVELTY Co
Current assignee: BLAKESLEY NOVELTY Co
Priority date: 1925-06-27
Filing date: 1925-06-27
Publication date: 1927-09-27
Anticipated expiration: 1944-09-27

Description

Sept. 27,1927.

w. L. CROUCH FLOOR MOP Filed June 27, 1925 Patented Sept. 27, 1927.

UNITED 1,643,878 PATENT. orFi-ce.

w Mirna L. 'enooorr, or Bsas'rot, ee-nnncrrenr, essrenoa TO THE BLAKESLEY NOV- ELTY COMPANY, or narsironeonnaerrenr, A- CORPORATION or eoNmEorIeU-r.

FLOOR MOP.

Application filed June 27, 1925'. Serial No. 39,966.

My invention relates to that class of mops that are more commonly known as wet mops,

and an object of my invention, among others,-

is the production of a mop of this class, that shall be extremely durable and particularly efiicient in operation.

One form of mop embodying my invention and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of my improved mop shown as opened out.

Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.

Figure 3 is a bottom view of the mop opened out.

Figure 4 tached to a mop cured to a handle. I

Figure 5 is a detail view illustrating the construction of the mop material.

My improved mop, in its preferred form, is composed of a strip or strips of material that are woven or knitted int-o tubular form,

is a view showing the mop atframe, the latter being scas shown at 6 in Figure 5, this strip or these strips being folded and extended back and forth from end to end of the mop, and this mop structure may be composed of a s ngle or a plural number of these tubular pieces, in the preferred form a single strip being employed. This strip or these strips 7 are arranged in a number of plies 8 in each of a number of sections 9, which sections are located side by side in close proximity to or touching each other, the strip comprising one section being extended obliquely as at 10 to form the next adjoining section and from that section to the next and so on until the desired width of mop is obtained. For instance, beginning at the lengthwise center, a strip may be extended and folded at one end of the structure, then extended to the opposite end of the structure and folded, and it is then extended the whole length of the structure and folded at each end and back to the center, from which point it extends diagonally to the next strip.

The mop thus formed is composed of folds at each end and is, therefore, devoid of objectionable loose and separated ends that would soon ravel out and thereby produce a quantity of loose threads that would eventually become a tangled mass, and a mop constructed in accordance with my idea has been found to be particularly efficient for cleaning purposes.

This mop is attached to a frame 11 of any ordinary construction, which frame is in turn secured to a handle 12, the mop being secured to the frame atabout its lengthwise center. It has been found, however, that in use the strips soon become worn through at points underlying the edges of the frame 11, this being occasioned by pressure exerted upon this edge of the frame thatcauses the mop tobe pressed closely against the surface being cleaned and a scrubbing action being thereby imparted to the mop at this point. In order to overcome this objection I provide two wear strips 14: that consist of pieces of durable material passed around the mop laterally at the points from the center where the edges 13 of the mop frame cause pres sure to be exerted upon the mop in use, these wear strips being thus interposed underneath the edge of the mop frame and between it and the surface being cleaned, and therefore preventing undue wear upon the strips by reason of such pressure. These wear strips are secured to the mop in any suitable manner, as by means of metal fasteners in the form of staples that are passed through the wear strips and through the strips 7 and secured by bending over the ends of such fasteners, the strip or strips 7 being of considerable width and, therefore, lending themselves very favorably to this manner of fastening. If desired, a supporting strip 15 of the same construction as the wear strip may be secured to the mop at substantially its lengthwise center, and this together with the wear strip securely hold the several sections 9 and the plies thereof in position to maintain their form in the customary use of the mop.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I have described the principles of operation of my invention, together with the device which I consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is only illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by such other means and applied to such uses other than those above set out as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim- I 1. A mop fabric comprising a plurality of sections of material arranged side by side and each including a number of plles, said sections being formed from a single fiat, tu-

bular strip extended diagonally from one section tdanother, and Wear strips' ex'tnded laterally around the mop fabric at such distance from the center thereof as to receive the pressure of the mop frame in use.

2. A mop fabric comprising a plurality of sections of material arranged side by side 1 section to another and means for securing the sectlons together intermediate the ends 15 thereof.

WALTER L. CROUCH.