US1913782A

US1913782A - Dust mop cleaner

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Publication number: US1913782A
Application number: US560034A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mary J Willard
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1931-08-28
Filing date: 1931-08-28
Publication date: 1933-06-13
Anticipated expiration: 1950-06-13

Description

June 13, 1933. M. J. wlLLARD I DUST MOP CLEANER Filed Aug. 28, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet l l .515551111515 1111151115. ,11 111111111111.11111111111511151111. .Il S Ill' I.' IIIIIIIIIIII llllfllllllllllt/114511Hn1lvnw1l llillllllllrlllllllllllfdlfllllillllllff IllrlhhlllllllIIIIIIIUII ,1.... 54 24 3 m Gttornegs June 13, 1933. M wlLLARD 1,913,782

DUST MOP CLEANER Filed Aug. 28. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 nventot 11W Jim/ard 2 @mbuYMm Gttornegs Patented `lune 13, 1933 PATENT vOFFICE l MARY J. WILLARD, F DECATUR, ILLINOIS DUST M01 CLEANER- Application le. August 28, 1931. ySerial No. 560,034.

The present invention relates to improvements in means for cleaning dust mops or dry mops which will be free from objections that have been incident to the means commonly employed for Vfreeing such articles from contained dust and dirt particles.

The'invention provides a very simple, inexpensive, and durable 'means for effectively cleaning the heads of dry mops in a sanitary manner, the particles dislodged from the mop head being retained in a suitable receptacle.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in a construction and arrangement of parts that will be hereinafter more particularly described in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which l Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view; and

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, in the several views of which like parts are designated by the same reference character, the invention is particularly designed for cleaning dust mops or dry mops which commonly comprise ahandle 1 and a head 2 formed of fibrous or filamentary material.

After such an article has been used for a relatively short time, the spaces between the strands of the head 2 become filled with particles of dust and dirt and to provide a means for easily and effectively removing such particles is the principal object of the present invention.

The cleaning means of the invention comprises a suitable receptacle l having imperforate side walls and a bottom. The top of the receptacle is closed by a cover consisting of two sections 5, 6, which are hinged as at 7 and may be held in closed relation by a suitable catch or latch means 8. At its center, the cover is provided with a suitable opening or passage through which the handle 1 of the mop may extend when it is desired to use the receptacle either as a means for storing the mop or for cleaning the head thereof.

As shown, the section 6 of the cover is provided with a plurality of peripheral slots through which are adapted to extend locking means, each comprising a bolt 9 which is piviotally mounted on the body 4 55 of the receptacle so that it can be turned upward through the peripheral slot in the cover section, a lock nut 10 .engaging the threaded section `of the bolt to secure the cover rigidly to the receptacle.

Within the casing or receptacle 4 is removably arranged a basket-like frame which, as shown, comprises three vertically spaced

annular rings

11, 12, and 13 that are suitably connectedV as by vertical rods or tie members 15 so that the frame may be removed or inserted in the receptacle, as a unit, when the cover 5, 6 is removed.

The basket-like frame may be formed of suitable metal rods soldered or otherwise connected to provide a substantially rigid structure and which serves as a'support for means adapted to cooperate with the head 2 of a mop and dislodge contained particles of dust or dirt retained therein when the mop is turned about the axis of its handle 1, as will be hereinafter described."

As shown, the basket-like frame is supported within the receptacle by suitable brackets or ears 2O attached lto the side walls 80 of the receptacle and a central foot or downwardly extending projection 21 which provides a suitable space between the bottom and side of the frame and the adjacent walls of the receptacle.

A brush 22 having its bristles directed upwardly is arranged to extend diametrically across the bottom of the basket-like frame, said brush being supported in a siutable holder 23 which is connected at its ends to 9 the bottom ring member 18 of the frame. As shown, the side walls of the holder 23 are preferably bent inward slightly over the head or body member of the brush 22 s0 that the latter is held from relative vertical movement in the supporting frame, but may be readily disconnected from the holder by endwi'se movement when the supporting frame has been withdrawn from the recepn tacle 4. lo"

Two vertically extending brushes 24, are arranged diametrically opposite each other at opposite sides of the bottom brush 22 with the bristles thereof directed inward. The holders or guides for the

vertical brushes

24, 25 are closed at their lower ends and in cross section, such holders are similar to that of the bottom brush 22. However, suoli vertical brushes may be easily bodily withdrawn from the supporting frame when the cover 5, 6 has been removed or the entire cleaning frame withdrawn from the receptacle 4.

In addition. to the cleaning brushes referred to, the inner ends of the bristles of which are so arranged as to contact with the bottom face and sides of the mop head 2 when the latter is properly positioned within the cleaner', the basket-like frame includes a series of bottom and vertical inembers which provide a series of spaced surfaces with which the filament-s of the head 2 of the mop are adapted to contact so that particles of dust or dirt contained between such filaments will be dislodged. As shown, the bottom of the basket-like cleaner frame comprises a series of crimped rods 30, which extend diametrically across the bottom ring 13 and are formed of suitably crimped or corrugated rods, the upper ends of the corrugations extending substantially7 to the horizontal plane of the free ends of the bristles of the brush 22. Similarly crimped rods 31 connect the bottom and top rings 11, 13 of the removable frame and the inwardly directed portions of such rods forni contact surfaces aga-inst which the head 2 of the mop will strike as it is oscillated about the longitudinal axis of its handle 1.

rlhe rods

30, 31 may be connected with the ring members of the frame by solder or in any other suitable manner so that the entire cleaning device comprising` the base het-like frame, the brushes, and the

cleaning members

30, 31 may be bodily removed as a unit from the receptacle 4.

If desired, the cleaning means hereinbefore described may be effectively employed for cleaning a mop the handle of which extends through the opening in the cover 5, 6 by merely grasping such handle and oscillating the mop. Preferably, however, mechanical means are provided for effecting such oscillation.

As shown, a pinion is detachably clamped to the stem or handle 1 of the mop in such relation to the head 2 thereof that when the latter is in position to be cleaned by the brush 22, such pinion will be in the plane of a gear or rack 41 mounted to oscill`ate about a suitable pivot stud on the cover section 6 and provided with a suitable actuating handle 42. The hub of the pinion 40, as shown, is recessed or grooved to receive the adjacent edges of the cover sections 5, 6 and act as a vertical support for the mop Without interfering with the desired free oscillation thereof.

The mop handle 1 is shown as provided above and below the pinion 40 with resilient guard discs or

washers

45, 46, so that when the mop is withdrawn from the cleaner and is being used, there will be no danger of the surface being cleaned being marred by con-- tact therewith of the pinion. As shown, the discs: 45, 46 extend radially beyond the periphery of the pinion 40 and also beyond the periphery of clamps 50l by which the pinion is connected with the handle 1.

It is believed that the manner of using and advantages of the invention will be readily appreciated from the foregoing dcscription in connection with the drawings. When it is desired to clean the mop head 2,

the section 5 of the cover will be moved outward and the mop handle 1 positioned as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, in which the pinion 40 is in alignment and engagement with the actuating gear or rack 41. Thepcover section 5 being closed and secured in position by the catch 8, the mop will be vertically supported and by movement of the .handle 42, will be bodily oscillated about the axis of' its handle. such oscillation,

brushes

22, 24 and 25, as well as the beaterlike action exerted by the

rods

30, 31 will effectively loosen and dislodge any parti cles of dirt and dust that have collected in the head 2 and the same will fall into the u space beneath the cleaning means.

It will be noted that the bends or crimps in the vertically extending cleaning members 31 are arranged at different elevations,

that is they are not in horizontal alignment, i

circumferentially of the receptacle. This arrangement provides abutments against lwhich the mop head will strike, when os- DuringA Y the contact of the cleaning cillated, over a maximum of vertical surface. w

There can, of course, be considerable variation and modification of some'of the details shown without departing from the spirit of the invention, and except as where specifically noted in the appended claims, the invention is not to be understood to be limited to the exact details illustrated.

I claim:

1. A cleaner for dust inops comprising a substantially movable cover for said receptacle provided with an opening through which the handle of a mop to be cleaned may extend, and cleaning means within the receptacle including a brush and relatively rigid beater mem- ""V` bers against which the head of the mop is adapted to contact as the mop is bodily turned about the axis of its handle, said brush and beater members being positioned inwardly of the cylindrical side wall of saidr cylindrical receptacle, a re-i which the handle oi a mop receptacle and being spaced circumferentially therearound.

2. A cleaner for dust mops comprising a receptacle, a removable cover for said receptacle provided with an opening through which the handle of a mop to be cleaned may extend, and cleaning means within the receptacle including a substantially horizontal brush spaced from the top of the receptacle and having its bristles directed upward, and a plurality of vertical relatively rigid, beater members positioned inwardly of the sides of the receptacle and extending above the horizontal plane of the brush, for the purpose described.

3. A cleaner for dust mops comprising a receptacle, a removable cover for said receptacle provided with an opening through to be cleaned may extend, and cleaning means within the receptacle including a substantially horizontal brush, with its bristles directed upward, two diametrically opposite vertical brushes arranged on opposite sides of and spaced Jfrom lsaid horizontal brush with their bristles directed inward, and a plurality of vertical relatively rigid, beater members extending above the horizontal plane of the brush, for the purpose described.

4. A cleaner for dust mops comprising a receptacle, a removable cover for said receptacle provided with an opening through which the handle of a mop to be cleaned may extend, and cleaning means within the receptacle comprising a substantially cylindrical basket-like frame removably supported within the receptacle, the bottom and side walls of said frame both including a plurality of transversely crimped rods providing a series oprojections extending inwardly of the frame, a brush extending radially of the bottom of said frame with its bristles directed upward, and a second brush extending vertically along the side wall of the frame and having its bristles directed inward.

5. A cleaner for dust mops comprising a receptacle, a removable cover for said receptacle provided with an opening through which the handle of a mop to be cleaned may extend, and cleaning means within the receptacle comprising a substantiall cylindrical basket-like frame removab y supported within the receptacle, a brush holder of channel form in vertical cross section extending diametrically across the bottom of said frame, a brush having its body fitted within and movable lengthwise of the channel of said holder with its bristles directed upward, and a series of beater surfaces disposed adjacent the cylindrical side wall of said frame and extending upward from the bottom thereof at opposite sides of said brush holder.

6. A cleaner for dust mops comprisingy a receptacle, a removable cover for said receptacle provided with an opening through which the handle of a mop to be cleaned may extend, and cleaning means within the receptacle comprising a basket-like frame removably supported within the receptacle and including annular top and bottom rings, a brush holder extending diametrically across the bottom ring, a brush carried by a said holder and having the free ends of its bristles directed upward, a pluralityl of crimped rods extending diametrically of the bottom ring, the inner ends of the crimps in said rods being substantially in the same horizontal plane as the inner ends of the bristles of the brush, and a plurality of crimped rods connecting the top and bottom rings, for the purpose described.

7. A dust mop cleaner for use with a mo handle having a pinion thereon, sai1d cleaner comprising a receptacle, a cover for the receptacle having a passage through which the handle of the mop extends, a toothed actuating member pivotally mounted on the cover and adapted to mesh with the pinion on the mop handle, and means within the receptacle for contacting with the lower face and sides of the mop head within the receptacle as the mop is oscil- 1Lated by operation of said actuating mem- In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MARY J. WILLARD.