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Description

(No Model.)

J. F. WALTER.

MOP WRINGER.

No. 297,040. I Patented Apr. 15, 1884.

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JAMES F. IVALTER, OF XVATERLOO, IO'WA, ASSIGNOR TO A. D. ELLIS, OF

SAME PLACE.

MOP-WRINGER..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,040, dated April 15, 188%.

Application filed October 11, 1883. (No model) I To aZZ w/wm, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, James F. WALTER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Waterloo, in the county of Black Hawk and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop- Wringers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in mopwringers, and it belongs to that class which are designed to be used in connection with a pail, tub, sink, or other receptacle for receiving the suds or water; and it consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter set forth, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective View; Fig. 2, a plan view, and Fig. 3 a sectional View taken through the line 00 m of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, A represents the rear portion of my improved mop or cloth wringer,

which portion is made of a single piece of metal, and is provided atits rear with downwardlyprojecting arms a a, which are inclined slightly inward, so as to conform to the configuration of a bucket or pail, which is usually inclined. In front of these downwardlyprojecting arms a a are two downwardly-projecting portions, a, the inner faces of the portions being parallel, or, if desirable, slightly wedge-shaped, while the upper portions are rounded to receive the edge of the bucket. One of these downwardly-projecting portions a is provided with a smooth face, as shown in Fig. 3, and the upper and lower portions of the opposite portions are provided with outwardly-projecting ears I), which are perforated for the reception of a pintle, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. One of the rear arms a is provided with a thumb-screw near its lower end, so that the casting A may be securely attached to the rim of the bucket or pail, and when this casting is attached the upper part of the same will be substantially horizontal with the rim of the bucket, while the connecting portion at the central part of the casting will incline from its upper edge downwardly toward the side of the pail. To this casting is pivoted, by means of the pintle b, the casting B, which also consists of a single piece. From the eye of this casting c is a projecting portion, 0', which, when the casting 13 is opened, will abut against the portion a which is provided with the ears b, thus pre venting the same from being turned entirely back. The main portion of this casting B is curved, as shown, and tapers from its upper to its lower edge, and the end opposite the eye is also curved inwardly throughout its whole vertical length. The lower portion of the hook thus formed, and indicated by the letter O, iscurved upward, as shown at d in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings.

From the foregoing description the construction and arrangement of the parts of my invention will be fully understood, and I will now proceed to describe its operation: The casting A being first attached to the rim of a bucket and secured thereto by the thumbscrew, the part B may be swung horizontally upon thepintle, so as to open or close the same, and when the same is opened the mop may be inserted, and by turning or twisting the cloth will be caused to engage with the hooked portion, and will draw the same inwardly toward the portion attached to the pail. The mop or clotlris then withdrawnvertically, and, the

parts being tapered, the bottom of the casting will force the water from the mop, as will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters without a further explicit description.

It will be seen by reference to the drawings that the parts against which the mop comes in contact being tapered will cause the water to be forced from the mop at the lower edge, so that it will not be liable to run upon the floor, but will be led back into the bucket; also, that there are no projecting hooks, which would engage with the mop, so as to tear the cloth or render the withdrawing of the same difficult, and the curved portion of the hook G will only press upon the cloth, and will allow the easy withdrawal of the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, the inopwringer herein described, consisting of the castings A and B, hinged to each other, the casting A being provided with means for attachment to the rim of a bucket, and the curved tapering casting 13 provided at its free end with a hook portion, 0, having an upwardlyinolined lower edge, substantially as set forth.

2. The improved inop-wringer herein described, consisting of the portion A, having downwardly-proj ecting arms a a and proj ecting ears I) I), through which passes a connecting-pintle, and the casting B, tapered from its upper edge downwardly, and provided with an eye, 0, having a stop, a, formed thereon, and at its opposite end an inwardly-curved portion, 0, having its lower end beveled upwardly, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES F. XVALTER.

Witnesses:

SANFORD WnLLs, GEO. H. LUFKIN.

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