US1836028A - Armored mop - Google Patents

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Patented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITED VSTATES PAT-ENT ARRY HERTZBERG, or BRooKLYN, NEW Y'oitx, AssrGNon :ro HERTZBEG PATNTS ING., or NEW YORK, N. Y.',A CORPORATION or NEW Yom; i 10 ARMORED MOP i i Application fi1e 1 March 24, 1930. serial No. 438,472.,

This invention relates to improvements in mops and particularly of that type which is known as yacht mops or wet mops.

The primary object of the invention is to furnish an improved method for making a mop of this type which is of simple and inexpensive construction and which may be readily and expeditiously manufactured.

It is another object of the invention to provide means in a mop of this type forse-l curing the mop material to the mop handle against rotation thereon and with great rigidity to the cylindrical surface of said handle. t

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear more clearly as the description progresses, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which form a material part of this disclosure:

F ig. 1 shows a plan of a partly assembled mop before the mop material is fastened to the mop handle.

Fig. 2 is an elevation on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showing the mop material partly rolled around the mop handle.

F ig. 3 shows an elevation of a nearly finished mop, partly in section on line 3-3 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is a top plan of Fig. 3.

F ig. 5 shows a completely assembled mop partly in section on line 5-5 of Fig. 6.

Fi-g. 6 is a top plan of the completely finished mop shown in Fig. 5, the cap is broken away as shown in that figure.

Fig. 7 is an elevation of the metalhc cap before its assembly on the mop.

Fig. 8 is a top plan of Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a detail plan of the blank from which the holding collar 14 is formed.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the completed holding collar 14.

Fig. 1 of the drawlngs shows a mop handle 13 to which is fastened at its lower end a collar 14 which is preferablyy stamped from non-corrosive sheet metal in the shape shown in Fig. 9 which shows a web 14a provided with teeth 147) along both longitudinal edges and alplurality of small apertures 140 in the web.V ,The teeth 145 are then bent intoa per-V pendicular position to the web along the lines 14dy and lthe web y14a yis rolled to forma oylinder sothat a collar, shaped like aispool,V is formed on which the teeth form star-shaped flanges as shown in Fig.,.10. The collar 14 which is Constructed in the above described manner is slipped ,upon the lower endy of mop v that the collar 14-lies nthe space betweenthe c'ords 12 and 120 which are just outside of the: collar flanges `14 and the handle 13 extends midway bbetween the longitudinal Sides of the mop material parallel thereto. mop material is then rolled around the mop handle 13 and collar 14 as indicated 'in-l`ig. 2'in which :it is shown whenthe rolling op-l eration is only partly complet'ed.U The cordI 12a is then tied againstthe mop material sov that it clamps the same against the mop han-v dle 13 above collar 514 and cord 121 is tied below the same .tying themo-p material together and pressing it into the spaces between teeth 14b so that a spherical knob is formed with the-collar 14 as a holding core. VThat part of'the mop material 11 which surrounds the handle` is then folded dowward over the cord 12a upon the lowerhalf'of'thefcords wherebythe mop assumes the form illustrated inFig. 3,; y .i

Figs..7 and 8- illustratefametallic:cap 15 of non-c'orrosive material :whichf is cylinf.. drical infits lower part and subs'tantially' spherical in its upper partgit is provided with a central aperture la in the-spherical portion and tliereby adapted to slipfover the mop; handle 13. The p-m'antle' surface of thisv cap" is provided with avplurality of small aper tures 156. i H Cap 15 is slipped over the lmop handlev ci The w ff.

. i and seated upon the spherical part of the mop material to press tightly against the same, consolidating the outer layer of said material with the inner one and pressing both into the spaces between teeth 146. A plurality of nails 15 are then driven through the apertures lbthroughthemop 1 material and the'flweb 51401, of eollar flaintolthe handle which completes the mop as shown in vFig.-5. -The above described constructonhas many advantages over Jsim'ilar .ones .now ain use. The cap 15 provides'an armo'rilike protection for those parts which join the mop cords, and

the nails 16 are rigidly connected to each other at their heads by Loap :15 :and ,also at their points by the collar 14 and handle13. These =nailsalso prevent the lremo'valffo'f the cap ifrom *the mop fhead. The Jmanner i offtying? the mop cords above and belowcollar 1154 holds the mop material'iinffixedposition,both'longitudinally and rot-atably, on the handle iwithout 4looped or twisted wires WhiehVgenerally-cutthe mop cords whenlin usefforrsomeftime.

While `='I have fthus described .a preferred form` of' my inventi'on' it shall' be understood that moditicationsmaybemade-in the design and arrangement of parts, or inltheconstrud tionfoffdetails which come-within the scope andspirit offithe invention as'elaimed.

. llHavingithus described i my invention .what I elaim -as Knew and desire to 1 secure by Letters Patentis: v

- 31. Inflafmop, afhandleya coll-arat oneend df'said'lrandle, a mop head `Yhaving afiknob of mopfmaterialtiedftosaid handle; and covering said-'co1lar,=a'ftuft ofs-aid mop material de-. pending ffrom said knb, an outer layer of mop `material enclosing said tkn'ob and said tuft and i Ia lmetallic i cap Lwhich* encloses said knob and=pressessaid mop material against saidfcllar. o v :12. InIfa\mop,*a -handle, a`mop head having aknobiof mopmaterialfixed to'one end of said 2handle, a tuftof said :material depending ffromsaid lvknb, an outer layer of mop material surrounding saidknob and said'tuft, a'kmetallic'shell surrounding the upper end of saidmop ihead, pressing'said outerl'ayer a'gainst-said'lmoh-and a plurality ofteeth rigidly Nattached to and surrounding said handle and V`engaging said mopV material to prevent "its :rotation on said vhandle.

I18. 'In' "a vm'op, a handle having a collar thereon'at'one ofits ends, mop material surroundingsaid collar, tyingmeans fastening saidmaterial'to said handle above said collar,

said'materialbeingflded upon itself. covering saiditying ,means', a mop head being formedfthereby"extendingbelow the end of said:v handle "and a "metallic cap enclosing the folded part of said 'mop-materi-al.

L4. Inca mop, afhandlefhaving a collar'fixed to'on'e ofits en'ds, said'collar consisting of a I tubular Web, and an annularflange surroundla Hlinobbf mop material tied to one end of said handle,.fa,tuft of saidimaterial depend-- ing from saidknob, an outer layer of mop material enclosing said knob and said tuft and ametallic collar within said knob fixed to said handle, a toothed flange on said collarrengagin'gfls-aid.mop material, tying means above said collar pressing saidmop material against sald handle, tylngimeans'below sald collar ``pressing said material against said teeth. i

'6. Ina mop, ahandleyamop headrhaving a knob ofmop materialjfixed'to said handle,

mop'materialforming a tuft onsaid'knob eX- tending below said handle, a collarhaving a toothed flange attached to said handle :withf in' said knob'andametallic cap enclosing said knob. Y

' Signed at Brooklyn, in'the county of Kings and .State :of New York :this '12th day of March, A. D. 1930. i i HARRY HERTZBERG.

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