US1838867A - Connecter for brushes, mops and the like - Google Patents

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Dec. 29; 1931. M. REDLINGER CONNECTER FOR BRUSHES, MOPS, AND THE LIKE Filed July 11, 1929 6 VII Patented Dec. 29, 1931 UNITED STATES MATTHIAS REDLINGER, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS CONNECTERFOR nwsnns, Mops AND THE LIKE Application filed July 11, 1529. Serial No. 377,363.

My invention relates to mop and brush connecters adapted to support a cleaning tool upon a handle and is directed more particularly to the type commonly employed for supporting mops, brushes, brooms and the like, upon handles. a

It has been customary in the past to provide each mop and brush employed in the home with a separate handle. In thecase of mops and brushes which usually employ long handles the storageof a number of implements used for diiferen't purposes becomes a problem. This is particularly true in more recent times when the increase of apartments has brought about smaller living quarters. The tools themselves usually occupy but little space but the long handles customarily attached thereto serve to form an unwieldy article requiring considerable storage space. I have therefore, aimed to provide an improved connecter for attaching cleaning tools such as mops, brushes and the like to handles wherein the brushes and mops customarily employed may be interchangeably held. r

Another object of my invention is the provision of a connecter wherein the cleaning tools are pivotally held to permit moderate no movement thereof upon the handle during use.

A still further object of the-invention is the provision of a connecter which may be manufactured at a relatively low cost including a connecter member attached to the handle having a socket therein to receive a bearing member attached to the cleaning tool and a latching member to pivotally support the bearing member in the socket.

Another object is the provision of im- 4 proved attaching means adapted to be secured to the frame of a brush or mop.

Other objects and attendant advantages will become apparent from the following de- 'scription and the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a top view of the connecter showing in outline a brush attached thereto; Fig. 2 is a sideview of the connecter showing the open position in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a top view of'the'bearing member showing the ends of the brush frame in dotted lines; r

Fig. 4: is a section on the line 45-4: of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1; and I i v r 5 FFig'. 6 is asection on the line 66 of 1g. I Referring particularlyto Figs. 1, 2 and 4, the c'onnecter consists generally in a connecter member, a bearing member and a latching member designated generally by 8, 9, and 10 respectively. Thelmember 8 is provided at its upper end with a sleeve-like portion 11' which is arranged to fit closely over and engage a suitable hand1e 12 of any as desired length. The sleeveis maintained in a fixed position on the handle by means of screws or nails 13 which pass through openings in the sleeve and extend well into the handle. The handle should extend far 7 enough into the sleeve to provide a substan tial bearing against the walls thereof and provide a serviceableunion. I

The lower end of the member is formed to a supporting portion, havinga slight enlargement-l l if desired. The enlargement is provided in order to permit the bearing member, presently to be described a greater degree of movement. Extending downward from the enlargement 14 the supporting portiontends to assume a wedge shape, the top 15and bottom 16 being flattened out'and brought into converging relation, and the sides 17 and 18 into more or" less parallel relation as shown. The converging ends of the top 15 and bottom 16 are not brought completely in contact, an opening 19 being left therebetween to cooperate with semicircular openings orbearing edges 20 in the side portions 17 and 18 in forming a socket to pivotallyreceive the bearing member.

The bearing member, shown in detail in Fig. 3, includes a cylindrical portion 21 adapted to be connected to a mop frame and having a projection extending therefrom.

In the embodiment shown-a rearward projection 22 is provided having cylindrical portions 23 and24 adapted to receive the ends 25 of the 'twisted'wire framej26. It will be apparent that the ends of the frame enter the cylindrical portion 21 at each end and pass through right angles into the cylindrical portions 23 and 24, this arrangement serving to connect the ends of the frame and at the same time form a bearing for the frame in the opening 19. The projection 22 passes within the supporting portion, the semi-circular front edges of the sides 17 and 18 bearing against the end portions 26 and 27 of the bearing member. It will be seen that the portion 21 thus has a bearing against the inner sides of the top and bottom mem bers 16 and 17, permitting the bearing member to rotate with the cleaning implement attached thereto between the positions shown in Fig. 4. The movement thereof is limited by the projection 22 coming in contact with the inner side of the portions 15 and 16. r

The bearing member is maintained in the socket formed by the semi-circular openings and the opening 19 by a latch 10 having lip 28 positioned across the opening 19 below the bearing member 9. The lip bears against the cylindrical portion 21 to hold it within its socket, and is pivotally supported at either side of the connecter member by means of rivets 29 passing through ears 30 and 31 and the side portions 17 and 18 as shown in Fig. 2. A lever 82 attached to ear 30 extends upward along the connecter memher and is provided with a finger ledge 33 and a button 34. adapted to engage an opening 35 in the sleeve 11 to maintain the lever in its upper position.

The operation of the connecter will be seen to be exceedingly simple and rapid. When the lever is moved to the dotted line position of Fig. 2, the lip 28 will be raised permitting the bearing member 9 to be withdrawn or inserted as the case may be. In the full line position the lever is prevented from movement by spring engagement of the button 34 with the opening 85 whereby the lip is held over the opening 19 retaining the bearing member in the socket but permitting a certain degree of movement thereof, depending upon the angle of the sides 15 and 16.

While I have shown the invention in connection with a brush 36 having a wire frame 26, it will be obvious that brushes, brooms, mops or other kinds of implements having a wide variety of frames may be used therewith with equal facility.

It will be evident that I have provided an improved mop and brush connecter. It may be cheaply manufactured and provides a means whereby the mop or brush may be easily and quickly replaced upon the handle. Thus a plurality of mops and brushes may be provided for use with a single handle, eliminating the plurality of handles usually required.

While I have thus described and illustrated av specific embodiment of my invention, I am aware that numerous changes and alterations may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and I do not wish to be limited except as required by the prior art and the scope of the appended claims in which I claim:

1. A connecter for interchangeably supporting mop, brush or the like having a frame, on a handle comprising a sleeve portion adapted to fit over the handle, having flattened top and bottom portions converging to form substantially parallel end edges, substantially parallel side portions provided with U-shaped slots at the end thereof, said slots and parallel end portions cooperating to form a socket, a bearing member attached to said frame adapted to be pivotally held in said socket having a projection thereon arranged to act as a stop against said flattened portions to limit the movement of said bearing member, and a latching member pivotally supported on said parallel sides to permit movement between a closed and an open position to engage said bearing member in or disengage it from said socket.

2. A connecter for interchangeably supporting a mop, brush. or the like having a frame, on a handle comprising a sleeve portion adapted to be connected to thehandle having flattened converging top and bottom portions the ends thereof forming substantially parallel edges, side portions having slots cooperating with said parallel edges to form a socket, a bearing member attached to said frame and adapted to seat in said socket, and releasable means for holding said bearing in said socket.

3. A cleaning implement of the character described adapted to interchangeably support any one of a plurality of cleaning tools comprising a. handle, a frame for carrying a mop, brush or the like, a connecter for supporting the frame on the handle comprising a sleeve portion attached at one end to the handle, the opposite end thereof being provided with an open end to form a socket, a bearing member attached to said frame having a portion arranged to pivotally seat in said socket in transverse relation to said sleeve portion to permit back and forth movement of said frame, and means for releasably holding said bearing member within said socket.

4. A connecter for interchangeably supporting a mop, brush or the like, having a frame on a handle, comprising a sleeve portion attached at one end to the handle, the opposite end thereof being provided with a socket, a bearing member attached to said frame having a portion arranged to pivotally seat in said socket in transverse relation to said sleeve portion to permit back and forth movement, a latch pivotally supported on said sleeve having a lip pivotally supported near each end of said socket arranged to occupy a position below said socket to retain said bearing member therein or a retracted position to release said bearing member and a lever secured thereto having spring engagement with said connecter for actuating said latch.

5 A connecter for supporting a mop, brush or the like having a frame, on ahandle, comprising a sleeve portion attached at one end to the handle, the opposite end thereof being provided with a socket having two sides providing substantially parallel edges and two sides provided with semi-circular bearing edges, a bearing member adapted to clamp the ends of said frame and pivotally seat in said socket to move back and forth between I limiting positions, a latch pivotally attached to said sleeve having a lip adapted to occupy a closed position over said socket to retain said bearing member therein or an open position to release said bearing member, and a finger operated lever adapted to move said latch about its pivotal mounting to shift said lip from position to position, and spring means for maintaining said lip in the closed position.

ing transversely to the axis of said sleeve I socket whereby a cleaning tool may be rotatably positioned in the socket thus formed, and means for holding the cleaning tool within said socket.

In witness of the foregoing I afiix my signature.

MATTHIAS REDLINGER.

6. In a cleaning implement, having a frame and a connecter, a bearing member interposed between said frame and said connecter, comprising a cylindrical portion having alateral projection intermediate the ends thereof, said frame entering said cylindrical portion and extending into said lateral projection.

7. In a cleaning implement, a connecter, having oppositely spaced semi-circular bearing edges, a cleaning tool having a frame and a bearing member upon said frame for connecting said frame to said connecter, compris ing cylindrical end portions and a lateral projection therebetween, said end portions being rotatably receivable in said semi-circular bearing edges, and means on said connecter for maintaining said ends within said bearing edges.

8. A connecter for supporting a mop,

brush, or the like having a frame on a bandle comprising, a sleeve portion adapted to fit over the handle, having top and bottom portions forming substantially parallel upper and lower end edges, side portions provided with oppositely spaced U-shaped slots connecting said upper and lower end edges to "form a socket, a bearing member attached to said frame adapted to be pivotallyheld in said socket, and a latch member having a lip adapted to close the space between said upper i and lower edges to pivotally secure said hearing member therein, or be moved to a position to release said bearing member therefrom.

9. In a cleaning implement, a one-piece sleeve portion adapted to be secured to a bandle, one end of said sleeve portion having substantially parallel opposed end edges extend-

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