US2927338A

US2927338A - Apparatus for cleaning a dust mop

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Publication number: US2927338A
Application number: US741812A
Authority: US
Inventors: Owen D Burton
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1958-06-13
Filing date: 1958-06-13
Publication date: 1960-03-08
Anticipated expiration: 1977-03-08

Description

March 8, 1960 o. D. BURTON 2,927,338

APPARATUS FOR CLEANING A DUST MOP Filed June 13, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 LIG j j /4 8 L 12 14 Z4 gc, as I L 1 I i INVENTOR.

Owe)? D Burial? BY March 8, 1960 o. D. BURTON APPARATUS FOR CLEANING A DUST MOP 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 13, 1958 a ooqoeoooo APPARATUS FOR CLEANING A DUST MOP Owen D. Burton, Circle, Mont.

Application June 13, 1958, Serial No. 741,812

3 Claims. (Cl. 15-302) The present invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning a dust mop.

An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for cleaning a dust mop which obviates the necessity for shaking a dust mop out of a window or exteriorly of a building in which the dust mop is employed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for cleaning a dust mop which efliciently cleans the dust mop and treats the dust mop with a dustgathering solution simultaneously.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for cleaning a dust mop which is sturdy in construction, one simple in structure, one economical to manufacture and assemble and one which is highly efiective in action.

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be fully apparent from the following description when taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, in which:

Figure l is a top plan view of the apparatus of the present invention, shown attached to a vacuum cleaner, portions of the apparatus being broken away;

Figure 2 is a plan view on a reduced scale showing a mop within the apparatus in the process of being cleaned;

Figure 3 is a view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is an isometric view of the solution dispensing component of the present invention;

Figure 6 is an isometric View of the suction head portion of the apparatus;

Figure 7 is an elevational view of one end plate of the apparatus;

Figure 8 is a view in section of the apparatus, with the treating fluid dispenser removed; and

Figure 9 is a sectional view of a modified form of the apparatus, a mop being shown in a use position.

Referring in greater detail to the drawings in which like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, the apparatus of the present invention is designated generally by the reference numeral 10 and comprises an elongated trough 12 having opposed

spaced side walls

14 and 16, and

end walls

18 and 20 connecting the adjacent ends of the

side walls

14 and 16 together. in Figure 2, a dust mop 22 is shown in the trough 12.

An inverted second trough 24 has spaced opposed

concave side walls

26 and 28 and the flat bottom 30 is positioned longitudinally within the trough 12 and extends from one end wall 18 to the other end wall 20 of the trough 12, the trough 24 being arranged so that the flat bottom is spaced above the bottom 32 of the trough 12 with the free ends of the

side walls

26 and 28 resting upon and engaging the bottom 32 of the trough 12. The

concave side walls

26 and 28 are spaced from and face the

trough side walls

14 and 16, respectively. The bottom 30 of the trough 24 is below and spaced from the upper ends of the

side walls

14 and 16 and the upper ends of the

end walls

18 and 20 of the trough 12.

States Patent ice The inverted second trough 24 together with the adjacent portion of the bottom 32 of the first trough 12 consitutes a tunnel member. The

concave side walls

26 and 28 of the second trough 24 are provided with a plurality of spaced ingress openings 34. The one end wall 18 of the outer trough 12 is provided with an egress opening 36 through which extends a nipple 38 on the adjacent end wall 40 of the inverted trough 24. The nipple 38 constitutes an egress opening connected in communication with the interior of the second trough 24.

In Figures 1 and 4 the reference numeral 42 designates a tank-type vacuum cleaner having a suction hose 44 on one end and a blower hose 46 on the other end. The vacuum cleaner 42 is commercially available and the details of its construction and are not here described as not being a part of the present invention. The suction hose 44 is connected in communication with the nipple 38, the vacuum cleaner 42 constituting a source of suction for use with the apparatus of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 3, the one end wall 18 is provided with a notch 50 extending inwardly from the upper end thereof to a point adjacent to the bottom 30 of the inverted trough 24. A conduit member 52 of generally flat configuration is positioned in superimposed abutting relation with respect to the bottom 30 of the second trough 24. The conduit member 52 has one end closed and the other end open. A nipple 54 projects from the open end of the conduit member 52 and is received through the notch 50 in the trough end wall 18. The nipple 54 constitutes an open end of the conduit member 52 positioned exteriorly of the trough end wall 18 and adapted for connection to the blower hose 46. The nipple 54 is provided with a side opening having an auxiliary nipple 56 therein, the nipple 56 being connected to a flexible conduit 58 leading to a reservoir means containing a supply of fluid for treating the mop 22. Preferably, the conduit 58 may embody a flexible squeeze-type bottle 60 having indicia 62 on one side thereof for indicating the quantity of fluid dispensed by manually applied pressure to the sides of the bottle 60.

The sides of the conduit member 52 are provided with spray orifices or dispensing apertures 64 for injecting the cleaning fluid into the mop 22 along with a blast of air which distributes the treating fluid through the strands of the mop 22. The apertures 64 are arranged in spaced relation along both sides of the conduit member 52.

In Figure 9, a modified form of the apparatus is designated by the reference numeral 66 in which the side walls 68 and 7t and the adjacent end walls are fabricated of sheet material, there being a bottom 72 extending between the lower ends of the side walls 68 and 71' A tunnel member 74 extends longitudinally from one end to the other end of the apparatus 66 and is provided with an egress opening 76 at one end thereof for attachment to a source of suction. The side walls '78 and 88 of the tunnel member 74 are provided with spaced apertures 82 constituting ingress openings for the suction therethrough of dirt-laden air from the mop 22 when the latter is positioned within the trough formed by the side walls 63 and with the handle 84 of the mop 22 exteriorly of the trough.

In use, the mop 22 is positioned within the trough 12 or trough of the apparatus 66 with the handle 84 exteriorly thereof and the vacuum cleaner 42 is energized to create suction through the hose 44 to draw dirtladen air out of the strands of the mop 22 into the ingress openings 34 and through the tunnel member to the vacuum cleaner 42. Simultaneously, the exhaust air from the vacuum cleaner 42 is forced through the hose 46 into the conduit member 52 and a manually applied pressure to the bottle 60 causes treating fluid to flow through .theconduit 58 into the conduit member 52 and with ablast of air to be injected into'the strands of the mop 22, the fluid used being of the dust-gathering type commercially available.

Alternatively, the'conduit member 52 i my be removed end oflthe tunnel member 74 and is connected in the same manner to a source of air under pressure as above described with reference to the form of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to '8, inclusive. 7

The trough 12 may be fabricated of metal, plastic or the like in cast or molded form and the inverted second trough 24 may be similarly fabricated. The form of the invention shown in Figure 9 may be fabricated of sheet 'metal, sheet plastic or the like as desired.

What is claimed is; r

openings, there being an egress opening in said tunnel member adapted to be connected in communication with a source of suction, a conduit member having one end closed and the other end open positioned in superimposed 7 abutting relation With'respect to said tunnel member and of said trough end Walls and adapted to'be connected to a source of air under pressure, said conduit member 1. An apparatus for cleaning a dust mop. omprising i an elongated trough having opposed spaced side walls and an end wall connecting the adjacent ends of said side Walls together, and a tunnel member" extending longitu- V dinally within said trough in spaced relation with respect to said trough side Walls and with the upper end of said tunnel member below and spaced from the upper edges of s'aidrtrough side and end walls, said tunnel member being provided witha plurality of spaced ingress openings, there being an egress openingin said tunnel member adapted to be connected in communication with a source of suction, a perforated conduit member adapted to:contain a supply of mop-treating fluid and having one end closed and the other end open positioned in superimposed abutting relation with respect to said tunnel 'member and having the open end thereof extending exte-,

'an elongated trough having opposed spaced side Walls and an end wall connecting the adjacent ends of said -side Walls together, a tunnel memberextending longitudinally within said trough in spaced relation with respect to the trough side walls and with the upper end of said tunnel member below and spaced from the upper edges of said trough side and end walls, said, tunnel member being provided with a plurality of spaced ingress having a plurality of dispensing apertures arranged in spaced relation therealong, and. reservoir means connected in communication with said conduit member and adapted to contain a supply of mop treating fluid, said trough being adapted to receive a dust mop with the handle of said dust mop exteriorly of said trough and with said dust mop straddling said tunnel member and bridging said ingress openings, 7

3. An apparatus for cleaning a dust mop comprising an elongated troughhavingopposed spaced side walls and an end Wall connecting the adjacent ends of said side walls together, an inverted trough including a fiat top and spaced opposed concave side Walls positioned within'said elongated trough so that the flat top is spaced above the bottom of said elongated trough with the free ends of the concave side Walls resting upon and engaging the bottom of said elongated trough, said inverted trough and the bottom of said elongated trough forming a tunnel member, the el member being spaced below the upper edges of said trough side and end walls, the concave sidewalls of said tunnel member being provided with a plurality of spaced ingress openings, therebeing an egress opening in said tunnel member adapted to be connected in communication with a source of suction, a conduit member'having one end closed and the other end open positioned in'superimpos'ed abutting relation with respect to the flat top of said tunnel member and having the open end thereof extending exteriorly of one of said trough end Walls and adapted to be connected to a source of airunder pressure, said conduit member having a plurality of dispensing apertures arranged in spaced relation therealong,and reservoir means connectedvin communication with said conduit member and adapted to contain a supply of mop treating fluid, said trough being adapted to receive a dust mop with the handle of said dust mop exteriorly of said trough and with said dust mop straddling said tunnel member and bridging said ingress openings. I

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Peguero Oct. 2, 1956