US504077A

US504077A - And fred hildreth

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Publication number: US504077A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1893-08-29
Anticipated expiration: 1910-08-29

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(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1.

A. M. BURNHAM. MOP 'WRINGER.

.No. 504,077. Patented Aug, 29,1893.

(No Model.)

MOPWRINGER. Y 'No.'504,077 Patented Aug.,29, 1893..

' 3 Sheets-Shet 3. A. M. BURNHAM.

UNIT STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ARTHUR M. BURNHAM, OF GARDINEIQMAINE, ASSIGNOR TO LEONARD MOODY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AND FRED HILDRETH, OF WEST GARDINER, MAINE.

MOP-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,077, dated August 29, 1893.

Application filed October 10, 1892. send No. 448,396. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ARTHUR M. BURNHAM, a citizen of Gardiner, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, 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.

My invention relates to an improvement in mop wringers,the object being to produce a mop wringer which shall be simple in construction, easy to operate and effectual in the performance of its functions.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims;

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a plan view of my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional view. Fig. 3 is a side view. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 5 is a view of the mop and holder.

A represents abucket having a contracted mouth A, in which my improved wringer is located. I

Located in proximity to the sides of the bucket, within the mouth A, are two plates at, a'placed parallel with each other andsup: ported by means of brackets b. These plates,

together with a slotted or perforated bottom. plate-c constitute a frame in which squeezing jaws D are adapted to operate as presently explained. The plates at, a are connected together at or near their upper edges by rods or bars (1, said bars serving to rigidly connect the plates (1 and also to prevent the escape of the clamping or squeezing jaws.

A frame or yoke O is located beneath' the bottom plate 0 and is provided with ears or arms 2, to which the lower ends of squeezing jaws D are pivotally connected, said jaws ex.- tending upwardly within the frame formed by the plates a. The jaws D are preferably curved inwardly toward each other at their upper ends and are slotted or perforated for the escape of water from, the mop which is inserted between them. They are also preferably provided with strengthening ribs f. The upper end of each jaw D is made with a recess 9 for the accommodation of the mop holder, and at each side of the recess g in each jaw, slots h are made for the reception of lugs or hooks h, projecting from a plate or cross bar h? of. the mop holder.

f In making the mop holder a yoke 01 is employed, having its ends connected with ears 7; projecting from an internally screwthreaded nuti Through this nut ashank '6 havinga screwthreaded portion 2' passes. Ahandle 2' issecured to the upper end of the shank while its lower end passes through a perforated boss '0' projecting from the plate or cross bar la the forward end of said shank being preferably pointed or contracted to enter the mop which is placed between said plate or cross bar and the yoke i. When the mop is placed between the jaws D, the latter will be closed and the lugs or hooks h will be made to engage the slots h in the upper ends of the jaws and maintain the jaws closed with the mop between them. Should the jaws now be forced. downwardly the water contained in the mop will be squeezed out by being forced down against the bottom plate 0 by the curved topsof the jaws D. The bottom plate 0 will besecured at its ends to the plates a, a and at a point between its ends has a post or standard j secured to it, the lower end of said post or standard being secured to a bracket j in the bottom of the bucket. A spring E encircles the post or standard j, hearing at one end against the yoke or frame 0 and at its other end on the bracket j. By the employment of this spring the jaws will be returned to their normal position when pressure is removed therefrom.

Brackets 7c are secured to the sides of the plates a, a, and other brackets is are secured to the sides of the bucket Ain alignment with the brackets 7c. Mounted in these brackets and passing through the sides of the bucket are short shafts Z, one at each side of the bucket. To each shaft Zbetween the plates a and the sidesof the bucket, a bar m is adjustably se- ICO the lower ends of the jaws D, or from the journals of said jaws. From the outer ends of the shafts 1 arms 0 project upwardly and slightly forwardly and attheir upper ends have the ends of a yoke F pivotally connected to them, said yoke extending around and below the mouth A of the bucket and midway between its ends is provided with a footpiece 1" and thus constitutes a treadle.

In operating the device the mop will be placed between the jaws D and the foot piece pressed,whereupon the jaws will be closed through the medium of the rods 01. and arms 12. and the lugs or hooks 71/ made to engage the slots h. The operator will continue to press upon the foot piece '1', whereupon the jaws D with the mop between them, will be forced down wardly,the mop being compressed between thecurved upper ends of thejaws and the bottom plate 0 and the water in the mop permitted to escape through the perforated jaws D and bottom plate 0. The closing of the jaws after the mop shall have been placed between them will, as above explained, he automatic.

The device is very simple and efficient in the performance of its functions.

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

1. In a mop wringer, thecombination with a frame, of two jaws adapted to receive a mop between them, and means for operating said jaws to compress the mop between their free ends and the bottom of the frame, substantially as set forth.

2. In a mop wringer, the combination with a frame having a bottom provided with open ings, of pivotally supported jaws having openings therein and adapted to receive a mop between them, of means for compressing a mop between said jaws and the bottom of the frame, substantially as set forth.

3. In a mop wringer, the combination with a frame, of a yoke arranged beneath the bottom of said frame, jaws pivotally connected to said yoke and adapted to receive and in close a mop, and means for compressing the mop between said jaws and the bottom of the frame, substantially as set forth.

4. In a mop wringer, the combination with a frame, of a yoke arranged beneath the bottom thereof, jaws pivotally connected to said them, means for forcing said yoke and jaws downwardly to compress the mop between them and the bottom of the frame, and a spring beneath said yoke for returning it and the jaws to their normal positions, substantially as set forth.

6. In a mop wringer, the combinationwith a frame, of two pivoted jaws having slots in their upper ends, and a mop holder having lugs or books adapted to enter said slots and retain the jaws closed with the mop between them, substantially as set forth.

7. In a mop wringer, the combination with a frame comprising two parallel plates and a bottom plate secured at its ends to the parallel plates, of a yoke located beneath the bot tom plate, jaws pivotally connected to said yoke and adapted to receive a mop between them and means for operating said jaws to compress a mop between them and the bottom plate, substantially as set forth.

8. In a mop wringer, the combination with a frame comprising two side plates and a bottom plate secured at its ends to the side plates, brackets for securing the side plates to the bucket in which the device is located, and a post or standard extending fromthe bottom plate to the bottom of the-bucket, of a yoke located beneath the bottom plate a spring for normally maintaining the yoke in its elevated position, jaws pivotally connected to the yoke and means for depressing the yoke whereby the mop will be compressed between the jaws and the bottom plate, substantially as set forth.

t 9. In a mop wringer, the combination with a frame, of a vertically movable yoke, jaws pivotally connected to said yoke and adapted. to receive a'mop between them, arms porjecting from said jaws, a shaft at each side of said frame, bars attached to said shafts, links or rods connecting said bars with the arms of the jaws, arms projecting from the ends of said shafts, and a foot treadle attached to said arms, substantially as set forth.

10. In a mop wringer, the combination with a frame, of a vertically movable yoke, jaws pivotally connected to said yoke and adapted to receive a mop between them,-arms projecting from said jaws, a shaft at each side of said frame, bars adjnstably attached to said shafts, links or rods adj ustably connected to said bars and pivotal] y connected to the arms of the jaws, arms projecting from the ends of the shafts, and a foot treadle attached to said arms, substantially as set forth.

' 11. In a mop wringer, the combination with a frame, of hinged jaws, means for closing said jaws, and means for operating said jaws to-compress a mop between them and the bottom of the frame, substantially as set forth.

7 In testimony whereof I have signed this Specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR M. BURNHAM. Witnesses:

D. F, DANFORTH, HENRY FARRING'ION.