US1758464A - Mop - Google Patents

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C. A. PURVIS MOP May 13, 1930.

Filed Sept. 19, 1929 Patented May 13, 1930 TENT OFFICEV CHARLES BU'RV'IS', OE LONG, BEACH, CALIFORNIA r. "Applei me S p ember 19, 19.29. Serial t am.

gitudinally extended relation with respect to the handle and is adapted to yield to permit either side of the cloth to be brought into full contact with the surface being cleaned.

The present invention has for one of its obj ects to provide a mop of the character stated wherein the spreader shall be permanently and directly connected to the head and wherein the cloth shall be directly connected to thespreader, whereby to permit a fresh cloth to be substituted for the old one without removing the spreader and in a comparatively short time and with the expenditure of comparatively little energy.

The invention has for a further object to provide a mop of the character stated wherei in the spreader shall be rigid and wherein the spreader shall be pivotally connected to the head to permit the clothto be normally held in longitudinally extended relation with respect to the handle and to permit either side of the cloth to be brought into full contact with the surface being cleaned.

The invention has for a further object to provide a mop of the character stated wherein the cloth shall be normally held in longitudinally extended relation with respect to the handle by a spring connected to the head and spreader.

The invention has for a still further object to provide a mop of the character stated which shall be simple, durable, highly eflicient and capable of being manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the nature of which will appearas the description proceeds, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and The spreaderdrawing, wherein c Figure 1 's' a'view partly in section and partly in elevation of a mop constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2'is a view in side elevation; of a mop with the cloth in con'tactwithth'e surface being cleaned c Figure 3 is a viewpartlyin elevation and partly in section of the handle, head, spreader and spring ofthe mop, and

Figure 4 is'a' view of the cl'oth as} it a pears when: detached from the spreader and when viewed from its upper edge.

Referring-in detail to the drawing, 1 designates the handle,='2 the head, 3 the spreader,

tithe cloth and j5 the spring of the mop.

The handle may be made from wood or other material and it may be of anydesiredor required length; The" head 2 consists of a pair 'ofarms 2 which aresecured' to; opposite sides of the lowerend portion of the handlel by elementsd ,7

The arms 2 extend in downwardly diverging relation from the. handle 1, and are provided at theirlo-wer ends with parallel pivot lugs 7. The arms 2. are made of metal, and are connected-slightly below the handle I by a tie'pin 8 I I e v The spreader-,3 is of substantially rec tangiular "formation :and is made from a single length of stout wire which, after being formed to p-rovide'the' spreadenhas its ends spreader 3 comprises atop bar 3*, side bars 3 and a bottombar 3, and itis pivotally connected to the head 2 through the medium of pivot lugs .Tand top bar'3 The top bar 3 is olfsetupwardly to providea crank 10, which n normally'- occupies a position betweenthe' arms 2 and whichis connected to the arms by thesp'ring 5 The spring 5 is secured atits upper end to the tie pin Sand is secured-at its lower end to a collar '11 mounted upon the crank 10; The; top bar 3 and side bars 3"-'are extended to provideshoulders 12 which are located at the top corners of the spreader 3 and extend laterally therefrom: The cloth 4;'is lathe-form of a casing which is; opened at its side edges, as at '4? claimed, and illustratedin the accompanying secured together by a couplingsleeve 9. The

i and partly at its top edge, as at 4". The

cloth 4 maybe readily slipped on or off of the spreader 3, and it is secured against lateraldisplacement by the closed end of its slot 4 which contacts withthe outer side of oneof the pivotlugs7,.and by tapes 13 which are secured tothewalls of the slot 4* and tied together with their knot 13 con outer side of the other pivot tacting with the lug 7. r

The tapes l3 'andxtapes 14, which are secured tothe end walls of the slot 4* outwardly beyond the tapes 13 and connected, as at M serve to close that portion of the slot 4t cated outwardly beyond'th'atpivot lug? with which the knot l3 contacts. As the top edge of the cloth 4 is closed: outwardly beyond the piyot lugs 7 as the entire bottom edge of the cloth is closed, and as these closed edges contact with the spreader bars 3 and 3, the cloth is held against longitudinal displacement from the spreader. i

From the foregoingdescr ption, takenin connection with; the accompanying drawa ing, it will be understoodhthatthe spreader 3 is pivotally connected to the head-2,;that it maintains theucloth 4 in outspread condition, and that the spring 5 yieldingly maintains the spreader and cloth normally at a longitu'di-' 'nally extended'position with respect to the handle 1. It 'will be f-urtherunderstood that i the handle 1 and cloth 4 maybe moved into any angularposition necessary to arrange eitherside of-the'cloth in full contact'with :the surface to be cleaned, and thatrigidity a spreader frame of substantially rectangular contour having its topbar passing through the pivot lugs and provided between said arms with a crank, a contractile spring secured to the crank and to said arms, and a means and extending from one lateral side oit'i'said means to and through the remote lateral edge of the casing, and means releasably closing that portion of the slot located at the opposite lateral side of said means.

' In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix no signature. or m S CHARLES A; X PURVIS.

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of the spreader andtheupwar'd pressure exertednpon thecrank 10 by the spring 5 will maintain the cloth 4 in full contactwith the surface' While I have described the principle of the invention,- together with the structure which I now consider the preferred i embodiment thereof, it is to be understoodrthat, the structure shown is merely illustrative and that such changes maybe made, when desired, as fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. a i

I"c1aim o o H 1. A mop comprising a handle, a spreader ,pivotally' connected at its upper end to the the handleand provided at said end with a end to the crank and connected at its other end tothe handle at a pointfabove the'crank,

and a cloth mounted onthespreader; U 1 g 7 "2. sAmop comprising-a handle, a spreader crank,a contractilespring connected at one frame 10f: substantially rectangular contour oonthe frame.

3, A mopcomprising a "handle, arms e2? tending in 'downwardlyldivergin'g relation 3 from the handle iand providedwith pivot lugs,

andhavingone of its'bars provided with a i Y Jcrank ineans pivotally connecting the frame j-to thehandle-th'rough the mediumiof said bar I ,thereof, a contractile-spring 1 connected to .said crank and; means, and [a cloth arranged I

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