US1735280A - Mop with wringer attachment - Google Patents

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1929. H. HERTZBERG ,7

MOP WITH WRINGER ATTACHMENT I Filed Nov/26. 1928 M419 INVENTOR BY WW HIS A TTORNEY Patented Nov. 12, i929 UNITED STATES HARRY HERTZBERG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11101 WITH WRINGER ATTACHMENT Application filed November 26, 1928.

This invention relates to wringing attachments for mops, and its main object is to provide simple means attachable to the handle of any common mop for squeezing the water out of mops of various types.

It is another object of the invention to pro-.

vide a wringer which can be attached'to the handle of any ordinary mop in a few seconds,

which does not require the mop to be of any special construction.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a wringer which is applicable to mops of the knob or deck mop type.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in View as will appear in the description which follows, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the detail of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification Fig. 1 shows in a perspective view my wringing attachment in operating position on a deck mop when squeezing water out of the mop.

Fig. 2 shows the wringer attached to the mop stick but removed from the mop while the mop is in use.

Corresponding parts in Figs. 1 and 2 are 0 numbered alike, and these numbers are referrred to in the following description.

Referring to Fig. 2 of the drawing, 10 is a mop of the deck-mop type attached to a mop stick 11. Mops of this type consist of a bunch of mop cords of equal length, folded upon themselves at their centers which are tied into a knob suitably connected to the lower end of mop stick 11. Below this knob the mop cords form a tuft of substantially circular crosssection. My wringer attachment 1 1 is slipped upon stick 11 from its free end. A pin or screw 12 is then inserted into mop stick 11 a suitable distance from its free end. My wringer 14 consists of a single piece of metalhe rod which is bent upon itself at its center and then twisted to form a double helix 13. When the wringer is not in use the helical coil 13 is turned to engage pin 12 which holds the wringer in the position of Fig. 2. The two parts of rod 14: which extend from the low- Serial No. 321,924.

er end of helix 13 are bent as shown to form the vertical guides 18 and 19 extending lengthwise parallel to mop stick 11. At the extremities of these guides in a plane normal to the mop stick 11, the jaws 15 and 16 are formed. Each jaw consists of two legs which form an anglewith each other the apex of which may lean against mop stick 11. The rod of which these legs are made is bent upon itself at the end ofeach leg for its reinforcement. A ring or hoop 17 is slidably mounted upon the guides 18 and 19 which are bent. outwardly towards their lowerends, and as ring 17 is moved downward towards the jaws 15l6, these jaws are pressed closer together, thereby effecting a clamping action for pressing the jaws against mop stick 11.

When the wringing attachment is so clamped on the mop stick the mop can be freely and conveniently used for mopping floors and the like.

When the attachment is to be used for wringing the mop, ring 17 is shifted to the upper end of guides 18 and 19 which releases jaws 1516 from mop stick 11 and they separate to the dotted position of Fig. 2; helical coil 13 is released from pin 12 by twisting wringer 141 on stick 11, jaws 15-1'6 can then be moved downward and pass over knob 10" of mop 10 to the neck portion 10 when in this position ring 17 is again moveddownward on guides 18-19 for clamping the mop materialbetween jaws 1516.

As the wringer is also gradually turned on the mop stick and simultaneously shifted towards the lower end of the, mop, the mop cords are twisted and the water is effectively removed from the mop. The pressure on the mop 10 is then released by moving hoop 17 upward; the jaws 1516, thus allowed to spread, are moved up over the head of the Inop 10 and after diminishing the spread of the jaws again by moving hoop 17 down, the wringer is twisted clockwise around the mop stick 11 until the spiral 13 engages pin 12 and is thereby held in place.

' It will appear clearly from the foregoing description that this wringer is a very useful and efficient device, that it consists of only two parts the construction of which is extremely simple.

It is of particular advantage that the wringer may be applied to any ordinary deck mop, by slipping it over the mop stick and inserting pin 12 without the slightest alteration to the mop itself, and that it maybe placed on a new mop when an' old one is worn out.

IIowever, while the preferred form of my I invention has been described it is to be understood that such modifications may bemade in the arrangement of parts and in thecon'struction of minor details as may come within the scope and spirit of the'invent'ion as claimed.

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

1. The combination with a mop liaiidle'of mop material forming a knob and a tuft at the end of said mop handle, wringingmeans slidably mounted on said handle, comprising a pair of jaws forming together a polygon surroundin said tuft and means for contracting all sides of said polygon towards its center to press against the material ofsaid tuft and for twisting the same.

2. The combination with a mop handle (if 'mop material attached thereto, wringing means slidably mounted on said handle, said meanscompri sing a pair of angular jaws forming together rectangle -to embrace said material for wringing the same and means for moving said angular jaws diagonally of the said rectangle towards the-mop axis.

'3. The combination with a mop han'dle and a mop head, of means for wringing said inop head, said means comprising a guide 's lidably mounted on said handle, apair of guide rods extending parallel to said'handle, "a jaw having two legsf-orming an angle with each other at'the lower end of each guide rod and means engaging said guiderods for pressing' b'oth legs of each jaw'against-said mop head to pressa plurality of opposite sides of said material towards the mop axis. I

4. The combination with a mop and mo'p stick attached thereto, of a pair of jaws movable towards each other forming a parallelogram around said mop, a pair of guidesparalle l to-said mop stick attached to saidjaws, means for'sliding said jawsalongsaid mop stick anda ring enclosing said guides for Varying the clamping pressure exerted by said jaws by contractingsaid parallelogram uniformly towards its center.

5. The combination with'a mop head, and a handle attached thereto, of a wringer comprising a metallic frame pair of'jaws at the extremities of said frame each jaw being formed to partly surround said mop head and adapted to clamp and to twist said mop material, guiding inea'ns for sliding said jaws along said handle, consisting of a plurality of bars holding said jaws at their lower end, and

a helical coil formed integral with said bars at their upper end mounted on said handle.

6. The combination with a mop handle of mop cords joined to the end of said handle forming a tuft thereon of substantially circular cross-section, a frame slidably mounted on said handle, means to guide said frame to slide and -i'otzite on saidhandl'e, a p air of jaws at the lower end of said frame bent to completely embrace said tuft, each jaw forming meansto pressiadially difierent sides of said tuftfongathering said mop cords to the mop axis and for twisting the same.

7; A wringing "device adapted to be attached to a mop handle consisting of a single rod of'metalbent to form a frame having at its upper end a tubular portion for encircling said handlef a pair of resilient-guide rods to extend longitudinallyof said handle and a pair of complementary jaws atth'e lower end of said guide bar'sstra'ddling"said h'an dle in opposite direction, all parts of said fram being formed integral with each other and of said rod, and a ring'surroundingsaid frame for closingsaid jaws.

Signed at Brooklymin' the' county of*KiIigs and State of New York, thislt'thday of November, A D. 1928. v

HARRY HERTZBERG.

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