US1816530A

US1816530A - Squeegee mop with wringer

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Publication number: US1816530A
Application number: US407108A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hertzberg Harry
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1929-11-14
Filing date: 1929-11-14
Publication date: 1931-07-28
Anticipated expiration: 1948-07-28

Description

AJuly 2s, 1931.-

' H. HERTZBERG SQUEEGE nog WITH WRINGER Filed-Nav. 14. 1929 ATORNEY.

Patented `ul-y l28', 1931 maar HERTZBERG, oF BROOKLYMNEW'YORK -sQUEEGE' Mor WITH: `vvariverm l appiieationmed November 14, 1929.ser1a1 110.4073108. `j`

This invention relates to wet mops andV more particularly to that'type of such mops which are intended for cleaning floors and are provided with means to wring `water from 5 the mop material.

It is the object of this invention `to improve the action of a mopl of this kind which is provided with a squeegee plate to collect water on the'floor and to absorb such water l0 by the mop material.

The; present invention carries forward the invention disclosed in my pending application orLetters Patent for Squeegee mop filed Sept. 5th, 1929,V Serial No. 390,609.

16 Vith this and other objects in view theinvention consists in certain novel features' ofl construction,'combinations of elements and arrangements of parts which will be more fully described in these speciiications.. and mrfinally pointed out in the'appended claims.

The invention is shown in the accompanying -drawin s which form a material part of o these speci cations and in which: i 1 is a perspective elevation of my improved squeegee mop with `mop cords stretched and the squeeg'ee plate in operating position. i .pj

Fig. Zis a plan view of Fig. 5 showing the mop in collapsed position when operating for simultaneous useof squeegee and mop. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of my squeegee m0 partlyin section online 3-3 of Fig. 4. ig. 4 is a sectional on line 4--4 of Fig. 3. .A p Fig." 5 is a perspective elevation of the'mop in collapsed position when squeegee ,and mop material are used in simultaneous operation;

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view showing the tubular astenin means for attaching mop material to the ame. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of Fig. 3. Referring to the `drawings,iny squeegee mop consists of a mop stick 11 to the lower end of which a mop` head is fastened. .This head consists of twoelongatedmetallic plates l2 and -13adapted to lie flat uponl each other. Theouter side of each plate is stiiened longitudinally against bending by longitudinal lribs 12a and 13a respectively and witha cenplan of the Amop head p tral boss 12b and 13b from which the ribsl the mop stick 11 andthe mop cords extend taper down towards the ends of 'saidfplates The opposite narrow ends of plate 13are each provided at their middle portion with an ,l Y 1 upwardly extending tooth 130 and the correy sponding ends ofplate 12 are each provided 55 with cooperatingl notches Aor lrecesses 120 which are adapted to engage the-teeth 13e when the plates are lying injuxtapositio'n on each other. Into the lower end oi' mop stick l1 a woodl screw 14C isfinserted in alinernent with the' mop stick axis. ylliisscrew has an integral cylindrical extension bolt V11161 th'ee-Y on Vwhich isthreaded onits end portion, and thereby engages-an'finterior thread in/boss l.

13b, so that this boss 13b acts asa nuton bolt 55 14a which turns readily in "a central aperture of bo's's'12b. Between the bolt portion 14a and theA wood screw 14, a collar 146 is formedintegral therewith,` which is lodged 1 in a recess of the lower endof the mop stick 11. A ferrule-cap- 15, provide'dwith "a cen-` tral-aperturethrough which .boltllla passes, 1 l Y is "driven" tightly over" the lower end of mop stick 11 andy againstthe lower annular iace of collar 1416 to prevent splitting of the lmop stickl and to forni ametallic face against which boss 12b may( lean.

The mop materialconsists preferably ofk two'sections ofrope-like'strands.20,'arranged sheet-like alongside of each other. One end ,of the so, a'rrangedmop strands 20 is inter'- posedjbetween the two ends ofamop Vfabric sheet23 and vsewed theretovbya plurality lof 'I rows of stitches`21 asshown inFigl 6-s`o' that the fabric sheet 23 formera loop-524L l at the end'offthemop strands 20.

' l The free upper ends ofthe two mop mate-.-vr A y l rial sections 2O are fastened to oppositesides of .a 'sleeve 30 by means-"of two-rings of 'tie wires 31 which press the cordsQO into angular f` grooves of said sleeve -as lshown inFi-g. vl. lnthis manner the ends of" each section Vof mop material surrounds one half of the circumferenceof sleeve 30 which is slidably y mounted on mop `stick 11 and may be held stai 'tionaryV thereon in raised position by.` means of ajcurved wire spring 32.v In theassembled mop the two loops 24 each enclose one longitudinal half of plate r12a`t oppositefsides of VVupwardly from plate 12 at transversely op- Vfacture.

posite sides of the mop stick 11 to sleeve 30.

Below that part of the canvas 23 under plate 12 and above the top face of plate 13, a squeegee plate 35 preferably made of soft rubber and of greater width and length than plates 12 and 13 is interposed. This plate has a thick portion covered by the plates 12 and 13 and tapers down towards its longitudinal edges. It is provided with three apertures, one central forbolt 14a andtwo near.

the ends for teeth 13o. Y Y

This squeegee mop is easily assembled and taken apart for cleaning` or renewing the mopA material. By rotating the mop stick 11 plate 13 is'loosened and unscrewed from bolt 1410i and simultaneously teeth 130 are disengaged from notches 120. Vhen plate 13 is free free bolt 14a the squeegee platecan belifted olf from teeth 130. The mop material loops 24can then be stripped oil plate 12 in opposite directions and be removed with sleeve from the upper end of the mop stick 11. It is evident that this construction permits the Yuse, of the device as a simple squeegee plate with Vhandle when the. mop material and sleeve are'not assembled therewith, and also as a simple wringer mop when theY squeegeeplate is left olf and the mop material with sleeve 30 are assembled with mop stick 11 and'plates 1213. For wringing, the.

mop cords are `twisted aroundmop stick 11 by means of sleeve 30 in vwell known manner. Fig. 1 shows the squeegee mop completely arranged for squeegee operation. lIn this vrcase the mop strands are stretched fan shaped along the sides of mop stick l1 and held in thatposition byk means of the frictional engagement-of spring 32 with sleeve 30. 'v

In Figs 2 andj the device is shown when in operation for using squeegee and'mop si multaneously, so that the action ofone sup-- plements the operation of. the other. Plate 35 pushes water on a floor ahead of it and the mop material absorbs it, particularly bevond Y the ends of plate 35 where the mop is wider than theplate asindicated by Fig. 2. Y f

arrows in Froml the above description it will appear` clearly that this improved form of my squeegee mop has numerous advantages and'novel vfeaturesin vaddition to those recited in my afore identified copending. application without any considerable-addition to the number lot vparts -nor increase in its cost of manuu vWhile a preferred form of my invention has been described herein, it shall be' understood that modificationsl may be made in lthe designand arrangement of parts or in Vthe construction of detailswhich come within the scope and spiritl of the invention as claimed. Y f i' 7 Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device -of the kind described, a

handle bar, a pair of parallel metallic plates of substantially equal' length adapted to be held at one end of said handlebar, means to hold said plates in lixedV relationgto each other, a strip of mop material havingzone end interposed between said plates and its other end held on said handle bar, a bolt extending axially from'said lian'dleibar passing through said plates and through said mop material and mounting said plates for rotation on said handle bar, and means engaging said bolt for tending perpendicularly thereiforml in oppo#` site directions, a layer of mop :material havingone endsecured to one of saidv plates, a

squeegee platev interposed between said'vplates, means to hold said. plates in fixed relation ship to each other, Va bolt extending axially from said handle passing throughapeitures in said plates and means associatedw-itlithe plate further fromsaidfhandle andgwithfsaid bolt for clampin'gnsaid mop material plates together. y 3. Ina device ofthe kind described,a.h'an dle bar, Va pair ofparallel metallic'plates held at one end of .said handle'bar each of said plates having two armsy exteiili,ngf per` pendicular tol themop'handle axis in opposite ldirections'therefrom, means to hold':' '`said plates in fixed relation to eachother bolt. extending axially fromsaidhandle passing through apertures in. said plates, -rmop' fabric interposed between saidplat'es'foifming -a separate loop aroundeach armgof one vof said plates and lmop cords sewedtof'said mop fabric. ,i l 4. In `a devicecfthe kindv desci1lied, a handle bar, a sleeve slidablyinountedpn'said bar, a pair of parallelplates at one end of said l bar having 'arms extending' frm said handle in opposite directions' and Vvforming'. co'extenl l sive planes perpendicular-to the handleg axis, means to hold said plates rvin apposition to each other, a tubularsheath enclosing v one of said plates and mop material extending from, said' sheath to said sleeve'.

5. In a device ofthe kind described,ai handle bar, a sleeve slidably mounted onsaid bar a pair of parallel plates `held vat one end of said bar extendingiperpendicularly therefrom in opposite directions, means to hold. said lplates in apposition to eachother, mop material and said plates, said mop material extending upwardly fromY said plates to said sleevefbeing fastened' thereto, :said sleeve formingv means "for holding fsaidfmopfmateria'l infstretclied isianso position and for dropping it over said squee- 1 gee plate.

6. In a mop, a handle, a pair of op osed metallic plates mounted on one end o said Y handle, mop material having one end secured to one of said plates, a squeegee plate` interposed between said plates, said squeegee plate having an opening at each end thereof, an upstanding lug formed at each end of one of said metallic plates and being adapted to pass through said openings, a stem forming an extension of said handle and passing through saidl opposed plates and squeegee plate and means for detachably holding all of said plates in fixed relationship.

Signed at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and VState of New York, this 11th day of November, A. D. 1929. Y

fTIARRY HERTZBERG.