US1795416A

US1795416A - Mop-cleaning device

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Publication number: US1795416A
Application number: US419219A
Authority: US
Inventors: William H Weil
Original assignee: STRANSKY PRODUCTS CORP
Current assignee: STRANSKY PRODUCTS Corp
Priority date: 1930-01-08
Filing date: 1930-01-08
Publication date: 1931-03-10
Anticipated expiration: 1948-03-10

Description

1 March 1931- w. H. WEIL 1,795,416

MOP CLEANING DE'VICE Filed Jan. 8, 19,30

ATTORN EY Patented Mar. 10, 1931 UNITED STATES wit-uni PATENT OFFICE H. WEIL, OF HOLLIS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO STRANSKY PRODUCTS COR- PORATION, 01 NEW YORK, N; Y.,

A CORPORATION. OF NEW YORK I MOP-CLEANING DEVICE Application filed January 8,' 1930. Serial No. 119,219.

In mop cleaners it is customary to dump the collected dirt and dust directly out of the casing. This is unsanitary, allows the dust to fly about in the air when dumped and pre- 5 sents other objections.

One of the ob'ects of the present invention is to overcome t ese defects by the provision of a bag which is removable from the casing. The bag may be inserted in the casing so as to constitute a lining therefor, a cleaning means being located in and preferably fitted into the bag. The dust and dirt then collected in the bag may be removed with less danger of scattering, or the mouth of the bag may be closedand the bag thrown away with its contents, with v the exception, of course, that the cleaning means if used are first removed from the bag before throwing it away.

vide a sanitary mop cleaning device wherein the top of the casing is practically sealed. except for a small opening left for the protrusion of the-handle of the mop.

With these and other objects in view, the

- invention consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and then claimed with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure '1 is a vertical sectional view of the complete device, showing the head of a mop inserted therein;

device at right angles to Fig 1; and

' Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the preferred removable bag. t

The casing of the device may be of any suitable construction and as shown comprises

side walls

10, 11, 12 and 13 preferably of sheet metal and which are arranged so as to provide a four-sided casing with rectangular c ners.

' The top of the casing is left open nd the other end is preferably closed by the bottom plate 14. The lower ends of the

narrower sidewalls

12,13 are extended downwardly below the bottom 14 of the casing so as to provide

supports

15, 16, for thereby supportingthe casing at some distance above the a Other objects of the invention are to proillustrating one embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the floor. A foot rest 17 is provided to enable the user of the device to hold it against movement upon the floor while the mop is being cleaned.

The top opening of the casing is closed by a cover 18 connected by a hinge 19 with the casing. Preferably the cover 18 is provided with a flange 20 so that when the cover is closed the flange will fit onto the rim of the casing. Beyond the hinge 19 the cover is provided with a transverse slot or notch 21 forming anopening which may be long enough to extend approximately half way across the cover, and through the said opening the handle 22 of the mop extends when in use, while the mop head 23 is located within the casing.

A bag 24 is provided, such for example I as shown in Fig. 3, and when distended it is preferably but slightly smaller than the interior of the casing so as to fit fairly snugly within the casing and to form a lining for it. When the bag is distended it' is formed into rectangular corners which fit in the rectangular corners of the casing. This bag may be of any suitable material, but is preferably made of paper, although it may be. made of more durable and permanent material, such for example as dust proof or waterproof. fabric so that a bag of flexible material is provi e which may be fitted fairly snugly within t e casing. As shown, the bag 24- is provided with narrow flaps 25 at its mouth, and between these flaps the adjacent side walls of the bag'car'ry wider fla s 26. In use the flaps 25 extend outward y' and the flaps 26 inwardly.

The bag is first fitted into the casing so that its mouth will lie at the opening of the casing, and the flaps 25 are turned outwardly and the flaps 2,6 inwardly as shown in Figs.

2 and 1,respectively. To insert the mop the cover 18 is raised and then closed after insertion, so that the mop handle will extend through the transverse open: g- 21 in the 'cover. When the cover is cl sed the flange 20'thereof will engage the outward flaps 25 and turn theminto the position shown in Fig. 2, thereby partly sealing the joint :between the cover and the casing and serving ioo as means for sustaining the bag within the casing. The flaps 26 assist in preventing dust from coming out through the joint between the cover and the casing, while one of the flaps 26 extends under and partially closes the opening 21 so that little, if any, dust is apt to rise through the small hole which is left between that flap and the closed end of the notch or opening 21.

\Vithin the bag there is inserted a cleaning device which preferably has more or less of a snug fit within the bag. Such cleaning means preferably comprise two side wires 27, 27 which are connected by horizontal wires 28 so as to form a grille or open work cleaner. The wires 27 are preferably bent intermediately of their lengths so as to form laterally directed portions 29 which provide abutments through the medium of some of the wires 28 which connect said laterally bent portions. At their outer ends each of the wire-portions 29 may be bent downcorner of the casing, that is with the stop provided by the bottom 14, the connecting portions 29 form abutments against a further downward movement of the mop head. The upper end of each wire 27 is bent outwardly as at 31 and the two wires connected by a cross-bar or member 32, the preferred proportions between theinserted cleanin device and the bag being preferably such that when the lower end of the device is in engagement with the corresponding lower corner of the bag, the cross-wire 32 may be engaged just below an inward shoulder 33 which is formed at the upper end of the cor-v responding side wall 10 of the casing.

The inserted cleaning device being preferably composed of spring wire, or at least so constructed'that the device has some resili- As the bag is made of any suitable fleitible material, it could even be made of waterproof or dust proof fabric, which will enable the bag to be used over and over again and would last longer than if the bag were merely made of paper. However, paper is preferred for the material of the bag, and even paper bags of the requiredtough quality may be used over and over again. If the bag is of a' cheap quality of paper it can be thrown away together with its contents, after having first removed the grille or cleaning device from the bag. After the ba has been emptied the grille or cleaning evice, if it has been removed, may be again fitted therein and the bag inserted in the casing. Of course the use of a bag in the manner shown and described keeps the outer casing practically clean on the inside, so that the trouble of cleaning it out is removed.

It is clear that various modifications can be made without departing from the invention, and it will be obvious that the casing does not necessarily require a bottom such as 14., for all that is probably necessary is a suitable simple 'stop at the lower end of the casing for the engagement of'the leg or legs 30, the cleaning device being sprung in posi- "tion and held between the stop at the lower end of the casing and the shoulder which is located on the other side wall of the casing, at the top opening of the casing.

What I claim as new is, 1. In a mop cleaning device, the combination of a casing having an opening for re ceiving the head of a mop, a shoulder below the opening, a removable liner in the form of a bag having a portion extending to the shoulder, and a cleaning device inserted in the bag and having a member cooperating with the shoulder to sustain the bag from its extended portion. 7

2. In a mop cleaning device, the combination of a casing having an opening for receiving the head of a mop, a shoulder below the opening, a removable liner in the form of a bag having a portion extending to the shoulder, and a cleaning device inserted in the bag and having a springy member for clinching the extended portion against the shoulder.

3. In a mop cleaning device, the combina- I tion of a casing having a top opening for receiving the head of the mop, a removable liner in the form of a bag, the mouth of which bag is within the opening, means within the bag for cleaning the mop, means for sustaining the bag from its mouth portion, including flaps extending outwardly from the sides of the top of the bag and beyond the top opening and covering means at the top opening for engaging the flaps.

4. In a mop cleaning device, the combination of'a casing having an opening for receiving the head of a mop, a removable liner in the form of a bag having its mouth at the opening, means fitted in the bag for cleaning the mop, means forsustaining the bag from its mouth portion, a cover for the opening having an opening fof the handle of the mop, and inward flaps at the mouth of the bag and directly underneath the cover, one

of the flaps partially closing the opening in the cover.

5. In a the combination of a casin opening, a removable bag fitting in the casing and having outward flaps to extend over the top edgeof the casing, and a. flanged cover to close the opening and fit upon the top edge to bind the flaps in place between the cover and the casing, the cover having an opening for a handle and the bag having inward flaps at its mouth located directly underneath the cover, one of said flaps extending across and partially closing the opening in said cover.

' means for holding the cleaning means against 6. In a mop cleaning device, the combination of a casing having a top opening for receiving the head of the mop, a removable liner consisting of a bag of flexible material.

the mouth of which bag is at and within the top opening, the lower end of the casing, mechanical mop cleaning means inserted within the bag,

movement in the bag, and a cover for the casing, in engagement with the mouth portion of the bag and suspending the bag in the casing. 7

WILLIAM H. WEIL.

device of the character described;

having a top and the bottom of which is at I