US2318094A - Mop - Google Patents

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y E. H. PETZOLD, JR, ETAL 2,318,094

MOP

Filed May 13, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 w r -Y m i7 2 "U 0 a; /O w fa,

May 4, 1943.

E. H. 'PETZOLD, JR. El'AL MOP Patented May 4, 1943 UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE MOP and Robert A. Cherry, uis, Mo.

Application May 13, 1940, Serial No. 334,696

Ernst H. Petzold, Jr., St. Lo

6 Claims.

This invention relates to floor mops and the like, and has relation to both the mop holder and the mop cloth therefor.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a floor mop holder which is fully protected Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, wherein like characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a mop embodying the features of our invention with parts thereof broken away. 7

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the mop embodying the features of our invention.

Fig. 3 is an inside plan view of the mop holder flattened out.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the mop holder.

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing two groups of spaced mop cloth strands connected by means of a reinforcing head band.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a View showing the mop holder in'an inverted position, being applied to the bifurcated head of a mop-cloth.

Fig. 8 is a side elevation in full. lines of the mop cloth as folded and cutmidway the ends of the head band to provide .a bifurcated head,

and in dotted lines we have shown the branches of the bifurcated head as spread apart.

Referring to the drawings, the mop holder is shown as compris'ng a pair of sheet metal plates designated I and 2. The plates are each cut receive a suitable hinge pin 6 for connecting the two plates together at the front edges thereof.

The plate members I I and 2 immediately respective channeled is depressed outwardly for forming a conwhich devlces pass through the arm openings l0 7 with a plurality of inwardly and forwardly projecting V-shaped teeth l2, which provide cooperating jaws for the plate members.

shaped teeth I2, a plain inwardly and forward- 1y projecting flange, or rib can be substituted therefor.

The mop holder, when in its closed, or normal position, particularly when secured to the mop handle 9, is substantially V-shaped in formation, and by means of the arms .branches is and 29 have been The mop cloth, per se, includes two groups of liquid absorbing yarn strands, or equivalent material, designated l3 and I4. As clearly shown in Figs. and 6, each group of strands l3 and M are bound or tied together, in flat formation, at the inner ends thereof, and in spaced relation from each other, by means of a suitable fabric or other similar reinforcing band IS. The band is secured to the strands l3 and M of each group by means of a plurality of rows of thread stitchings l6, and opposite sides of the band intermediate the inner ends of each group of strands, and designated H, are secured together by means of a plurality of rows of thread stitchings l8. The inner bound ends of the strands l3 and I4 provide padded sections l9 and 20, respectively, and will be known bifurcated mop cloth head 2 l After the mop cloth has been formed, as d..- scribed, the intermediate section ll of the band I5 is folded midway its ends to bring the padded mop cloth heads designated I9 and into side by side relation, as shown in Fig. 8. After this has been done, the padded mop cloth heads 19 and 20 are secured togetheralong the inner ends thereof by means of a plurality of rows of thread stitchings 22, as shown in Fig. 8. After this operation, the intermediate section H of the band I5 is out along its fold line, as at 23, and thereby provides the bifurcated mop cloth head 2i with the padded sections l9 and 26 thereof, serving as mop head branches. The non-padded end sec tions of each branch of the bifurcated mop cloth head after section H has been cut, is designated 24. Each branch of the mop cloth head is provided midway its side edges with a suitable open- .ing 25.

To insert the mop holder between the branches of the bifurcated head of the mop cloth, the mop holder is folded into an inverted open position and then the arms 1 of the holder are passed through the openings 25, as shown in Fig. "I. The holder is then moved to its closed position by forcing the hinged edge thereof downwardly so that the plates will lie between the branches l9 and 20 of the bifurcated mop cloth head. After this has been done, the non-padded free end sections 24 of the mop head branches are folded inwardly over the jaw teeth i2 of the plates l and 2, and the arms 'I of the mop holder are then securedto the mop stick 9 by means of the fastening devices H. v

This arrangement clamps the non-padded end sections 24 of the mop head branches l9 and 20 between the jaws l2 and the padded branches l9 and 20 of the bifurcated head, as well as the nonpadded ends 24 thereof serving toprovide an outer protective covering for the plate members i and 2 of the mop holder. The arms I of the mop holder are secured to the handle 9 after the free ends of the non-padded ends 2 1 of the folded inwardly to be clamped between the jaw teeth l2. The bifurcated mop cloth head is held in position on and as a protective covering for the plate members l and 2 of the mop holder by means of the jaw teeth l2, as well as by arms 'I which pass through the openings in the branches of the bifurcated mop head.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that we have shown and described a mop cloth including a bifurcated head and a hinged mop holder adapted to be disposed between the branches of the bifurcated mop cloth head so that the branches will serve as a protective'outer :1

hereinafter as branches of a covering for the mop holder to prevent any part of the plate members I and 2 from coming into contact with furniture or other objects in a room while using the mop.

The many advantages of the herein described invention will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains.

From the foregoing that a simple device description, it is evident for this purpose has been disclosed, but it is to be understood that we do not desire to restrict, or limit ourselves to the very details of the construction shown and described, which is merely illustrative, it being obvious that changes, not involving the exercise of invention, may be made without conflicting or departing from the spirit of the invention within the scope of the appended claims.

What we claim is:

l. A mop including a mop stick having a plurality of openings in its lower end portion, a mop stick head and a mop cloth, said mop stick head consisting of a pair of plates hingedly connected along the front edges thereof, an arm projecting from the rear edge of each plate midway between the side edges thereof, clamping members formed on the rear edge of each plate on opposite sides of the arm projectingtherefrom, a mop cloth consisting of two groups of mop yarn strands, a flexible band around the head end of each group of strands, the strands and band of each group being secured together by means of a plurality of rows of thread stitchings, the free end portion of each band projecting beyond the head end of the strands of each group, the banded end of each group of mop yarn strands being stitched together at the inner edge thereof to provide a bifurcated mop cloth head, the banded end of each group of strands having an opening midway its edges through which the plate arms extend outwardly to dispose the hinged plates between the two mop cloth head bands which serve as an outer protective covering for the hinge plates, the free end portions of each head band adapted to be folded inwardly over the outer edges of the hinged plates, said arms adapted to be brought into engagement with the lower end portion of the mop stick, and fastening devices passing through the openings in the arms and the mop stick for detachably locking the mop head to the stick and clamping the mop cloth heads against displacement on the mop stick head.

2. A mop cloth or the like comprising two groups of superimposed mop yarn strands, a flexible fabric band secured to and surrounding each group of strands for a short distance back from the edge of like ends thereof to provide two separable padded head portions, and said head portions being secured together at their inner end portions to provide a mop cloth having a bifurcated head adapted to be attached to a mop head, and each branch of the bifurcated head of the mop cloth having an opening therein midway the side edges thereof.

3. -A mop cloth comprising two groups of mop yarn strands, a band stitched to each group of strands to provide a padded head therefor, an edge portion of each band projecting beyond one end of its respective group of strands, the padded heads being united along the inner edge thereof to provide a bifurcated head for the mop cloth, and each branch of the bifurcated head having an opening therein.

4. In a mop structure, a mop stick, a mop stick head and :a mop icloth;.said mop cloth having a

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