US2782441A

US2782441A - Reversible mop head and frame therefor

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Publication number: US2782441A
Application number: US588360A
Authority: US
Inventors: Saul S Lipton
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1956-05-31
Filing date: 1956-05-31
Publication date: 1957-02-26
Anticipated expiration: 1974-02-26

Description

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3 Claims. (Cl. 15-229) This invention relates to mop construction and pertains more particularly to the construction of dry mop heads of the type which are removably held in place on the handle by a metal member running through Va pocket in the tape which holdsthe strands of the mop together. This application is a continuation-in-part of my application Serial No. 436,319, led June 14, 1954, now abandoned.

Mops of the type to which this invention pertains consist in general of a handle having a stiff open ended loop of wire attached there-to. The mop head consists of a number of strands of absorbent yarn held together by binding tape which is doubled on one side to form a pocket for receiving the wire loop.

The object of this invention is to provide a mop head which can be placed upon the wire in either direction so as to expose either surface of the group of strands to the outside, previous mop heads being suitable for placing on the mop in one way only. The chief advantages of the construction here disclosed are that the wear may be equalized on both sides of the mop and that the mop may be reversed to expose a clean surface for use and need not be washed as often as previous mop heads.

In the ydrawings illustrating the invention:

Fig. 1 is a reduced perspective view of the mop head in place on a mop handle;

Fig. 2 is a developed view of the mop head partially assembled;

Fig. 3 is a developed view of the completed mop head; Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken along line 4 4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a cross-section taken along line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a crosssection of the mop head assembled on the wire loop of the handle in position for use;

Fig. 7 is a view of the mop holder of Fig. 1 placed upside down the view being taken along line 7-7 of Fig. 6, and with the mop head in process of application;

Fig. 8 is an upside down view, similar to Fig. 7, of a modified mop holder with the mop head in process of application;

Fig. 9 is a side view of the mop holder of Fig. 8 with the mop head in process of application; and

Fig. 10 is a crossasectionthrough one leg of the mop holder of Fig. 8, turned right side up, with the head in place ready for use.

As shown in Fig. 1, the assembled mop head 10 is mounted on a handle 11, which carries a wire frame 12 in the form of a triangular loop having one open end. The mop head is made up of a number of strands of absorbent yarn 12, which are held together by a pair of tapes and 16. As shown in Fig. 2, the tape 15 is first stitched across the front face of the assembled strands by a central line of stitching 14 in such a manner as to leave a short fringe 13a at the top. The tape 15 is long enough to go around the mop head three times and is doubled around the rear face of the mop head to form a layer 15a. The remaining length of the tape is brought .2,782,441 Patented Feb. 26, 1957 lCC around and laid over the front face to form a layer 15b, this layer is stitched along the

lines

17 and 18 by stitching passing entirely through the assembled mop head, and, as seen in Fig. 5, forms a pocket 20 to receive the wire frame 12.

A second tape 16 is attached to the right hand end of the mop head assembly by a line of stitching 21 (Fig. 4) and is stitched along the rear of the mop head by lines of

stitching

24 and 25, to form a pocket 19, the

pockets

19 and 20 have oppositely disposed

open ends

22 and 23, respectively. It is thus apparent that the mop head may be slipped over the open end of the wire frame 12 with either face out, and in either case the frame 12 will be received in a pocket composed of two layers of tape, with the fringe 13a disposed upward. When the mop is assembled for use, a portion of the short fringe 13a is folded over tucked down inside the loop, as illustrated in Fig. 6, forming a compact pad in the middle of the mop head which is useful for retaining dirt picked up by the longer outer fringe. In this case the pockets are disposed right side up on the loop and the unused pocket, and the part of the fringe confined in the tape, lie to the outside and slightly upward on the mop holder.

The strands which lie toward the inside of the mop head ordinarily pick up the most dirt and receive the most Wear. Reversing the mop head from time to time almost doubles the life of the mop head, and reduces the frequency of washing. The wear on the wire receiving pockets is also distributed. Furthermore, this construction produces a stronger, more durable head, as the strands are bound together by live rows of stitching.

ln the above description the mop head is described as applied to a mop holder in which the wire loop 12a has its free end at the right (as viewed in Fig. 1). Such a holder, when viewed from the bottom will appear as in Fig. 7. lt is sometimes more convenient to apply the mop head to the holder with the latter held upside down. This is especially true when a holder such as that shown in Fig. 8 is used.

The wire loop 30 of Fig. 8 has its free end 30a at the left, the reverse of Fig. 7 in which the free end 12a of the holder is at the right. The mop head itself is held right side up, with the short fringe 13a upward, as shown in Fig. 9. The wire loop will thus enter into the pocket formed by the pieces of tape 15a and 16, through the opening 23. It will be noted that the holder of Fig. 7 would enter, through opening 22, into the pocket formed by the pieces of tape 15 and 15b, if the mop head were applied in this manner.

When the mop head has been applied to the holder of Fig. 8, as just described, the mop is turned right side up, and the longer fringe falls down around the outside, as illustrated in Fig. 10. Tape 16 will lie to the inside of the loop with tape 15a, the confined part of the fringe, and the opposite pocket, all lying to the outside and slightly downward. Tape 16 is substantially in alignment with the short fringe 13a. When the mop head is reversed and applied to the holder of Fig. 8 in the same manner, a single piece of tape 15 will lie to the inside of the loop, with the fringe, and the pieces of tape forming the other pocket disposed to the outside. It will be noted that all of the short fringe is disposed below loop 30 and the pockets are both, in effect, turned upside down.

What is claimed is:

1. A reversible mop head, for a mop of the type ernploying as a supporting frame for the head a wire loop having one free end, comprising a plurality of mop strands arranged side by side to form a band having a front surface and a rear surface, two superposed layers of tape attached across said front surface along a line offset from the centers of the strands so as to leave a short fringe on one side of the tape and a longer fringe on the other, said layers forming between lthem `a first pocket for receiving the loop, and two additional layers of tape attached across the rear surface of the band, the latter layers forming between them a second'pocket for receiving the loop, each of said pockets having an open end forA admitting the loop and a closed end, and said open ends being disposed at opposite ends of the band and so located that, when the loop is received in either pocket, the other pocket and the portions of the strands between the pockets will be above and toward the outside of the loop when a portion of the short fringe is turned toward the inside of the loop with the pockets right side up with respect to the loop.

2. A mop head as described in claim 1, having a first piece of tape traversing successively the front surface and the rear surface, and overlapping itself on the front surface to form the first pocket, and a second piece of tape overlying the rst across the rear surface to form the second pocket, said iirst tape being secured by rows of stitching passing through all three layers of the tape and the strands, and said second tape being secured by rows of stitching passing through the second tape, all three layers of the first tape, and the strands.

3. In combination with a mop having a mop head supporting frame in the form of a rigid loop having one free end: a reversible mop head comprising a plurality of mop strands arranged side by side to form a band having a front Surface and a rear surface, two Supcrposed layers of tape attached across said front surface along a line offset from the centers of the strands so as to leave a short fringe on one side of the tape and a longer fringe on the other, said layers forming between them a iirst pocket for receiving the loop, and two additional layers of tape attached across the rear surface of the band, the latter layers forming between them a second pocket for receiving the loop, each of said pockets having an open end for .admitting the loop and a closed end, and Said open ends being disposed at opposite ends of the band, the loop being received in one pocket, the Short fringe hanging downward inside the longer fringe and lying entirely below the loop, both pockets being upside down with respect to the loop, and the empty pocket, along with the portions of the strands between the pockets, being on the outside of the loop.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,105,533 Pollock July 28, 1914 1,850,046 Anderson Mar. 15, 1932 1,886,338 Hirth Nov. 1, 1932 2,151,425 Gregory Mar. 2l, 1939 2,194,214 Arioli Mar. 19, 1946