US2212172A

US2212172A - Mop

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Publication number: US2212172A
Application number: US92700A
Authority: US
Inventors: Veeck Max
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1936-07-27
Filing date: 1936-07-27
Publication date: 1940-08-20
Anticipated expiration: 1957-08-20

Description

Aug. M. VEEQCK 2,212,172

MOP

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Aug. 20, 1940. M. VEECK 2,212,172

MOP

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M. VEECK Aug. 20, 1940.

MOP

Filed July 27 1936 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 lo 2 8 W N! I w 2 m/ 3% x x a l .IIQLTA PP 7 rt n w m BB2 I nvenor 4 02 m 6y his attorney. ,VM 9362M Patented Aug. 20, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to mops, especially to those adapted for dusting and polishing floors, and more particularly this invention relates to ,the swabs of such mops.

In providing a mop for use in dusting floors, walls or ceilings, as well as for polishing floors, one of my objects is to provide a complete mop, having among other things, astrong frame having one end divided into two spaced, longitudinal, portions, adapting the frame to he journaled with the handle, at some mid-point in the frame, so as to permit the frame to swing either way through the plane of the handle. A further object is to provide a suitably fitting swab, adapted to be clipped upon the frame from the end of the handle, having pocket parts to said swab, into which fit the said spaced, frame portions, and having the side body parts of said swab extend beyond the undivided end of the frame, and iadapted to be releasably joined, to complete the covering of the frame by the swab. I desire to have a closable opening at the end of the swab body, opposite to the pocket part end, and to have an extension to said body, beyond said open- 25 ing, adapted to overlap and connect with the upper opposite side of said body to enclose the said mop'frame, to insure covering the frame end, to prevent marring furniture, baseboards, etc.

A further object'is to provide a mop swab 30 which, while being adapted to fit the said frame,

and to fulfill the above named objects, will be provided with a soft sleeve of fabric or othersuitable material, either as part of the swab body or separate therefrom, and adapted to fit over the 35 joint of the frame and the handle end, and

extend along the said handle between the said pocket parts of the swab, so as to complete the I covering of working parts of said frame, with its handle joint, so as not to mar what the mop 40 may come into contact with during its use.

. With these and other objects, which will hereinafter appear, my invention resides in certain structures of mop swab and frame which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, includ- 4 ing showing a marking of the sheet fabric used in making the mop swab. The structures of the Figure 3 is an elevation of amodified form of swab on the frame and handle, differing from that shown'in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one form of mop frame, jeurnaled upon a handle.

a Figure 5 is a perspective View of a mop embodying my invention, shown in a position of use, upon afragmen't of floor.

Figure 6 is a sectional elevation of the upper end portion of a mop swab mounted upon a portion of the frame, showing the overlapping of the swab sides-on one another.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of a partly puttegether swab similar to that shown in Figure 1.

Figure 8 shows in plan View, a lay-out of the swab form, on sheet material,- having certain parallel guide lines marked on the material.

Figure 9 shows in plan view a cut out, and partly formed, swab, as the samesucceeds in formation from that shown in Figure -8.

Figure l0 is a perspective view of a partly formed side of the sleeve shown in Figures 7 and 9.

Figure 11 shows in plan view a piece of a strip of material on which a different lay-out of form of swab is marked than that shown in Figure 8.

Figure 12 shows in plan view the partly completed swab which is shown laid out in Figure 11.

Figure 1-3 shows in perspective view the partly completed swab shown in plan, in Figure'12.

In the figures, referring first to Figures 1, 2, 4 and 6, there'is shown mounted upon the handle .15, a cap l6, secured thereto by thenail l1. Upon the cap I6 is mounted the frame l8, having its ends l9 and 20, engage holes 2|, in the cap 16. As shown in Figure 1, the frame 18, has fixed thereto, a flat portion 22, of sheet metal or other suitable fiat material, extending across the area enveloped by the wire frame 1 8. The fiat portion 22 has burred projections 23, on its surface, to .keep the swab 28 from slipping thereon. This frame 18 has an end portion 24 terminating in the blunt point 25. The part of the frame 18, opposite to theflend portion 24, has two arm por- :-tions 26 and :21, so spaced, as to permit the handle 15 .to swing freely between them.

As shown in Figure 1, the swab 28 partly engages the frame l8, having the said spaced

arm portions

26 and 21, entering into the respective pockets .29 and 30, of the swab 28. Shown down in Figure .1, is the flap 3|, of the body of thesswab 28. Back of the flap SI, and behind the framels, :is shown the flap 32. Each of these flaps .31 and 32 is shaped to fit the pointed end portion 24, ofthe frame l8. The 'fiap 3| has 55 turned 0

overlap extensions

33 and 34, adapted to overlap the angular end of the portion 24, of the frame I8, when the swab 28 is drawn up to fully cover the frame I8, and these

extensions

33 and 34, of the flap 3| are adapted, by their formation, to turn over the end of frame I8 and overlap the other swab flap 32, and by means of the snap fasteners 35, and the tying tapes 36, can therein their overlapped positionreleasably attach the flap 3| to the fiap, 32, while completely enclosingthe end of the frame I8.

Where the cap I6, of the handle I5, is journaled withthe frame I6, a sleeve 31 fits over, and extends part away along the handle I5. Side holes 38 are provided in the head of the sleeve 31, to permit the frame ends I9 and 26, to pass within, to engage the cap I6, in 'journaled relation. I

In Figure 3, the sleeve 39 is shown to be part of the body, of the swab 46. swab 46, similar to like parts of the swab 28, are similarly numbered. The frames I8, in the Figures l and 3 are alike, and mayor may not be provided with theflat portion 22. g

The manner of making the swab 46, shown complete in Figures 3 and 5, is shown in detail in one way, in Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10, and is shown made in another way in Figures 11, 12 and 13. Let us consider first the formation of the mop made in accordance with the lay-out shown in Figures '7, 8 and 9, involving the folding together of the sides along a linewhich becomes a side edge of a completed swab. Starting with a sheet 46*, of a given material, from which the swab is to be made, as shown in Figure 8, certain parallel line markings, made by pencil, ink or colored threads, serve to guide the operator. These line markings are numbered 6!,62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 61, 68 and 69. The line is the partly cut dividin line, between the

halves

16 and 1|,- from which are formed thetwo sides of the swab, bent along the uncut part ofthe line 65, when brought together. The lines 63 and 61, are the respective centerlines of thehalves 16 and 1|. The top part of the sheet 46 is cut on line 65, between the points 12 and I3, and for part 1|, is out along the diagonal lines14 and 15. Below, the sheet 46 is out along the line 63, (for part 16), between the points I6 and TI, andis cut across on the short line 16. The sheet 46 is also cutron the line 61 between the

points

19 and 86, for the part 1 and is-also cut across onthe short, line 18 Thus are formed the small turn-over flaps 8| and 82, in thehalf 16, and the small turn-over

flaps

83 and 84, in the half II. In Figure 9, the flaps 8| and 82 are shown turned back and sewed down, leaving a space 85 between them, within the half 16; whilethe'flaps 83 and 84, of the half 1|, are turnedback and sewed down, leaving a space 86, between them. The triangular portions 81 and 8.8, of the half 16, are turned over on the respective diagonal lines 89 and 96, and are sewed .down, forming a pointed end.3|. The

marginal sides

92 and 93 are turned inward andl'sewed over on the body of the material, and the marginal

diagonal portions

94, and 65, are turned over on the respective

diagonal lines

96 and 91, and are sewed down; The parts of the'lower marginal portion 68; .areturned up and sewed on to form a hem. Letus nowconsider therattached sleeve, shown in Figure9,,in its two parts 69 and I66, sewed at I61.- and |62, to the respective swab halves I6 and 1 jEachhalf of the sleeve'is preferably formed double, with its edges turned in, as shownin Figure?16.; The edges are afterwardsewed together,

Other parts of the so that each sleeve half becomes a double thick, flat piece. We are now ready to turn the halves l6 and 1|, with their respective sleeve halves 99 and I66, attached. Figure 7 shows the halves 16 and II, nearly folded together along the line 65, which becomes a side edge of the swab when it is complete. When the halves I6 and 1| are brought together, the contiguous parts are sewed along the lines I63, I64, I65, I66, I61, I68, I69 and I I6, leaving the flaps 3| and 32 free, to be releasably fastened together by the snap fasteners 35, and the tapes 36.

Considering the formation of the swab made in accordance with the lay-out shown in Figures l1, l2 and 13, the arrangement of the parts is such as to have the line, upon which the two halves are folded together become the bottom edge of the completed swab. As shown in Figure 11, a piece III, of a strip, of cotton or other suitable sheet material, with selvages H2, is used, so that a strip of cloth, of the width that the swab is to be, can be selected and thus avoid turning over the side edges. Certain lines are drawn upon the surface of the cloth piece I I I, which is of a length equal to twice the length the swab is to be. A center line 3, parallel to the edges 2, of the piece, is drawn with two spaced parallel lines I I4 and I I5, to indicate the spacing of a center opening, in the swab, to receive such a sleeve portion as is shown in Figure 10. A cross-line H6 is drawn half way between the ends of the piece III, to designate the bend, when the two halves H1 and II8, of the swab, are brought together, so that the cross-line H6 is at the bottom edge of the swab. The piece I I I is cut on the diagonal lines H9 and I26, at one end, and on lines I2| and I22, at the other end, The piece III is also cut intermediate of its ends, on the full cross lines I23 and I24, and on the full part I25, of the center line II3, forming the flaps I26 and I21, which I are turned back and are sewed down to create an I36 and I3I, are their cut edges and these portions I36 and |3| are folded over on the lines I32 and I33, respectively, and are sewed down on the body of the swab to form the pointed end of the swab half H8. The outer end of the swab half H1 is bound over with suitable tape I34, and

when the two halves II1 and H8 are folded to gether, on the cross-line I I 6, the point I35, of the half I I6, comes to the portion I36, of the tape I34, so that the portions I36 and vI3| will come below the inclined parts of the tape I34 of the swab half A partial folding of the halves II1 and H3, is shown in .Figure 13, where snap fasteners I31; and tapes I38, are attached to the swab, at its closing edges. When the two halves II1 and H8, of the swab shown in Figure 13, are brought together, the outer edges of the two halves are sewed together all around, except at the diagonal edges of the ends, which are left free III to form flaps, similar to the flaps 3| and 32,

width necessitated by the lay-out above described, in connection. with Figures 8 and 9.

The spacing of the rearwardly extending

frame portions

26 and 21 is made ample, sothat, when the swab is fully on the frame and the. sleeve? covers the joint, between the handle and the frame, as Well as extending part way along the handle, there will be afforded freedom of angular action, of the frame and swab either way, with respect to the handle. By pivoting the handle at a mid-point in the body of the frame, there is afforded a better balancing of the frame on the handle, to facilitate the practical handling of the mop in use, as well as affording an opportunity to work the mop on the floor, around legs of tables, by having the spaced frame portions straddle the point of contact of the furniture leg with the floor.

In Figure 1, the swab 28 is shown drawn part way up on to the frame, with the spaced extended portions entered part way into the respective pockets 29 and 3E. The sleeve 3?, shown covering the handle end and cap 56, is, in this case, separate from the swab 28, and is adapted to be used with any kind of a swab, other than the swab 28, which is adapted to fit a frame attached to a mop handle, and serves to cover the handle end and joint to prevent marring any object the handle end joint may otherwise come in contact with.

The swab shown in Figures 3 and 5 has the sleeve 39 made integral with the body of the swab, and, as shown in Figure 5, where the sleeve 39 bends on the swab body as the handle is held at a working angle with the floor i i l the swab til is held from slipping back off the mop frame it. This tends to also relieve the strain on the overlapped

marginal portions

33 and 34, as well as their snap fasteners 35 and bow knots at 36 The method of making the swab 16 above described and illustrated in Figures '7, 8 and 9, in connection with one lay-out, is such as to facilitate the manufacture of the swabs, the operator being particularly guided by the parallel lines 6!, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, $1, 68 and 69, which may be pencil or crayon, lines or colored threads woven into the fabric, of the sheet material used. The method of making the swab M in connection with the lay-out described and shown in Figures 15, 16 and 17, involves the use of a selvaged strip,

and as explained above, is designed to save both time and material over the lay-out and construction shown in Figures 7, 8 and 9.

The mop is designed to be reversible, one side can be used for dusting, while the other side can be used for polishing. The swab 28, adapted to fit the frame is, may be made having both sides alike, as both sides made of sheepskin, with a wool surface, for polishing, or both sides may be of fabric and yarn adapted for dusting.

I claim:

1. In a mop having a mop handle, a swab frame pivotally mounted mid-way between its ends on said handle and having two spaced arm portions positioned to have said handle swing between them in angular relation, a swab adapted to fit over and cover said frame, said swab including, atone end, two pocket portions, adapted to fit over the arm portions of said frame, two flap portions to said swab, at the opposite end of said swab to the pocket portions, each flap portion extending substantially across the width of the swab, a sleeve portion to said swab between said pocket portions fitting around said handle, and means for securing said flaps together at their free end edges, said swab being adapted to be slipped upon said frame in the following manner: first passing said handle into said sleeve and drawing said swab up onto said frame, to have the said arm portions, of said frame, engage said pockets, and subsequently joining said flap ends together, over that edge of said frame, which is opposite said arm portions.

2. A mop swab for fitting over a mop frame and handle pivoted thereto at its mid-portion, where the frame has two spaced arm portions adapted to pass said handle, when swinging thereon, said swab comprising two flat sides, partly joined together at their edges and forming, two spaced pocket portions, at one end of said swab, said swab including a sleeve for covering the pivotal connection of said handle to said frame, said pocket portions being adapted to fit over said arm, portions, respectively, a flap portion to said swab, included in each of said flat sides, positioned at the opposite end of the swab to said pocket portions, and means for joining the free edges of said flat portions, over the edge of the frame, opposite said arm portions.

3. In amop having a mop handle, a swab frame pivotally mounted mid-way between its ends on said handle and having two spaced arm portions positioned to have said handle swing between them in angular relation, a swab fitting over and covering said frame, said swab including, at one end, two pocket portions, adapted to fit over the arm portions of said frame, two flap portions to said swab, at the opposite end of said swab to the pocket portions, each fiap portion extending substantially across the width of the swab, a sleeve fitting over said handle and over the 131?- otal connection between the handle and the frame, and means for securing said flaps together at their free end edges.

MAX VEECK.