US2060621A - Mop - Google Patents

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W. H. JAYNE Nov. 10, 1936.

MOP

Filed Feb. 14, 1935 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Wade H. Jogy/fb e wnNEssf-:s

Patented Nov. 10, 1936 UNITED STATES l PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to mops, and has for an object to provide a simple construction wherein a large or a small mop may be formed with a minimum number of parts at a minimum expense.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mop wherein the strands of yarn of the mop are held in place by a clamping wire or other tie element directly to the handle, said element being so associated with a cap adapted to fit over the head of the strands oi yarn and the tying means as to keep the neck of the cap from slipping off of the end of the handle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a mop having a handle, a bunch of yarn, and means for holding the yarn in place and connected to the handle, said means including a tie element and a flexible cap partly encircling the handle and partly encircling the strands of yarn.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation disclosing a mop embodying the invention, part of the handle being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View of the structure shown in Fig. 1, with the resilient cap turned back and the strands of yarn spread out illustrating the position of the tying member;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through Fig. 2 approximately on the line 3 3.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view showing how the neck is kept from slipping 01T of the end of the handle.

In forming mops it is customary to use some form of swab of cord or yarn connected to a handle in some manner with the yarn held grouped together so that the swab may be moved over the oor or other surface. .In the present instance a mop has been provided which may be made large for use on the oor or may be made very small for use in washing dishes. Whether large or small the structure is the same and includes a handle I preferably having a reduced end 2 whereby a shoulder 3 is presented. The reduced portion 2 is surrounded by the neck 4 of a cap 5. The neck merges into a body 6 preierably having a thickened portion or band 'i at the lower end when the device is held upright. The cap 5 is made from some form of resilient material, as, ior instance, rubber, and after having been placed on the reduced portion 2 and against the shoulder 3 it is. inverted as shown in Fig. 3. The neck portion 4 is adapted to hug or pinch tightly the reduced portion 2, but when inverted or rather turned inside out, as shown in Fig. 3, the end of the reduced portion 2 is exposed. One or more wires 8 or other tie elements, extend through one or more apertures 9 spaced from the end of the reduced portion 2 and then around the head of the swab formed by the medially doubled bunch of yarn I so that when the tying members are secured together as at I I, the yarn will be clamped tightly in place. The element 8 is shown in the drawing as being made of wire and the twist I I forces the swab head up against the handle end. If desired, a cord could be used without departing from the spirit of the invention. In either case the bent portions I3 cf the tie element extend along the surface of the handle end (Fig. 4) and form shoulders I4 which are engaged at I by the rubber neck 4 to help keep the neck from slipping off. The contraction of the neck in the direction of arrows I6 causes a tight grip on the shoulders, serving to hold the cap in place under every ordinary use of the mop regardless of how rough.

It will readily be understood that when assembling the parts of the mop, the bunch of yarn or swab I0 is taken and medially laid against the end of the reduced portion 2 and then the wire or other tie element 8 is brought around and twisted together at I I to secure the resulting swab head. Any extra length of the wire ortying member is cut 01T or otherwise removed. After the parts having been secured together, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the body 6 is pressed downwardly from the position shown in Fig. 3 to the position shown in Fig. 1, whereupon the body covers the upper end or head portion of the swab I0 so as not only to cover the tying means but also to protect the head part of the yarn and hold the same properly compressed or grouped together.

By reason of this construction the end of the handle I or reduced extension 2 can never be pressed against a cup, dish, or other object. If desired, the neck portion 4 could be secured by cement to the reduced portion 2, but preferably it is held by the resilient action of the material particularly against the shoulders I4, which action is augmented by the fact that the neck 4 is provided with a thickened portion I2.

I claim:

A mop comprising a handle having a hole across and spaced from one end, a mop swab which is doubled on itself to provide a head medially of its ends, a rubber cap tted down over the head and having a neck opening into the cap in which the end of the handle is frictionally fitted, said neck gripping the handle end, and a tie element medially inserted in said hole and having its ends bent to provide portions extending along the handle end and under the doubled part of the swab where it is tied to force the head up against the handle end, said bent portions forming shoulders which are engaged by said rubber neck to keep the neck from slipping off.

WADE H. JAYNE.

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