US1845696A

US1845696A - Broom mop

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Publication number: US1845696A
Application number: US486412A
Authority: US
Inventors: Auerbacher William
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1930-10-04
Filing date: 1930-10-04
Publication date: 1932-02-16
Anticipated expiration: 1949-02-16

Description

Feb. 16, 1932. w. AUERBACHER BROOM MOP Filed Oct. 4, 1930 mgm Patented Feb. 16, 1.932`

UNITED STATES WILLIAM AUERBACHER, 0F ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA BnooM Mor Application filed October 4, 1930. Serial 110.486,412.

My invention relates to what is generally known as a broom mop, the same comprising a jacket or sheath with attached mop swab, said acket being arranged for ready application to and removable trom an ordinary broom. The invention is directed to a more eiiicient and more convenient arrangcment and construction of the jacket or sheath and attached mop, a preferred arrangement thereotI being illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein like characters indi cate like parts throughout 'the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. l is a iront or Jface elevation oi the improved mop showing the same attached to an ordinary broom, some parts being broken away; and

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l, the broom being shown in full.

The broom, which is of the usual structure, comprises the broom body 3 with customary stick l. The jacket or sheath 5, which is ot" fabric such as a cheap grade of flannel but which may be of any suitable flexible material, is formed to snugly fit the exterior of the broom body 3 and at its upper portion is preferably contracted to form a sort of neck 6 thatwill closely iit around the metal-wrapped portion ot the broomstick l that is adjacent to the broom body. On a horizontal. line that is considerably above the closed bottom of the jacket 3, said jacket is slit or horizontally divided at 7 'throughout approximately halt of its circumierence, that is, .trom one edge portion of the jacket to the other.

As shown in the drawings, the edges oi the material at the slit 7 are arranged to be scparably connected by interlocking fasteners 8 of the type generally known to the trade as zippers, said interlocking elements being arranged to be interlocked and unlocked by a sliding cam block or head 9. The upper slit portion of the jacket 5 is formed with a depending joint or :flap l0 that overlaps the fasten-ers 8 and normally conceals the same from view and, moreover, prevents the same from accumulating dust or other material that would render operation ot the separable n fastener uncertain or unreliable. t The mop is shown as made up of a plurality of mop swabs l1 and l2, the former being stitched or otherwise suitably secured to the extreme bottom of the jacket 5 and the latter being stitched or otherwise suitably secured to the sides oi' said jacket above the bottom thereof, but below the line of the slit 7.` These several swabs completely cover the lower portion of the jacket and when applied to the t broom, ail'ord a highly efficient dry mop. The moo swabs will usually be oiled or treated wit polishing material adapting them to pick up dust or to be used in polishing floors or the like. When the head or slide 9 is moved to open the slit 7, the broom body may be inserted endwise into the jacket and into tight close-iitting relation within the same and when the slit is closed, the broom body will be completely incased and its straws will be held in straight compact arrangement and protected from dust and dirt. In applying the broom within the jacket, the straws oi' the broom body are not damaged but are kept straight and the lower loose portion of the jacket can be readily slipped over the lower portions ofthe broom straws without damage thereto.

The so-call-ed zipper is a well known form of separable fastener consisting of numerous 4 interlocking metallic links connected in chain ilorm and fastened to adjacent edges of flaps to be united, such fasteners being disclosed in the Whitcomb L. Judson Patent No. 557,- 207 of March 3l, 1896.

The primary purpose of the so-called jaclo et 5 is to attach the mop swabs to the broom so that the broom may be used as a handle `for the mop, and a secondary but important object of the jacket is to protect and incase the broombody while it is being thus used 9o and to prevent damage of the broom straws both in the act of applying and removing the jacket to the broom. These objects are accomplished and, moreover, the application and removal of the jacket to the broom is made an extremely easy matter.

What I claim is:

An attachment for brooms comprising a jacket designed to t the exterior of avbroom body and completely enclose the same including the bottom thereof and having a broom stick passageway in its top, one of the sides of the jacket being transversely slit from edge to edge a substantial distance above the bottom thereof to afford an entrance passage for the broom body, the edges of the jacket at the slit having cooperating fastening elements.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

VILLIAM AUERBACHER.