US675449A

US675449A - Combined mop head and wringer.

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Publication number: US675449A
Application number: US4054000A
Authority: US
Inventors: Banks W Smith
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1900-12-31
Filing date: 1900-12-31
Publication date: 1901-06-04
Anticipated expiration: 1918-06-04

Description

No. 75,449. Pmnfeu lune 4, lem. B. W. SMITH. COMBINED MOP HED AND WB'INGER.

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No. 675,449. Patented lune 4, 190|. B. W. SMITH.

COMBINED MDP HEAD AND WBINGER.

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BANKS W. SMITH, OF ARVERNE, NEW YORK.

COMBINED MOP HEAD A-ND WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 675,449, dated June 4, 1901. Application led December 3l, 1900. Serial No. 40,540. (No model.)

T0 all whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, BANKS WV. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arverne, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Mop and W'ringer 5 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 a combined mopholding device and mop-wringer; and it consists of certain novel features of combination and construction of parts, as willv be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, made a part of this application.

The object of my invention is to provide a reliably-efficient instrument or device of the character specied whereby a mop or cloth employed to cleanse a floor may be manipulated without the necessity of the operator touching the cloth with his hands.

Other objects and advantages will be made fully apparent from the following specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myinvention complete, showing the parts in such position as will enable the operator to wring or twist the mopeloth and thus free it from surplus water. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section of the mop-holding head and also the guide coperating therewith and a portion of the frame. Fig. 3 is a transverse central section of the parts illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. i is a side View showing my combined mop stick and wringer ready to be applied to the work of cleansing the floor. Fig. 5 is a similar view to that shown in Fig. 4, excepting that the jaws are shown to be opened. Fig. 6 isa plan view of the outer face of the mop-holding head and also of the cross-head employed to operate the jaws, showing a portion of the framework in section.

In order to conveniently refer to the several features of my invention and their coperating accessories, numerals will be employed, of which 1 indicates the body portion or handle proper of my improved combined mop and wringer, which is provided with the enlarged end or head 2, to each end of which is secured the side sections 3 of the frame1 said side sections being substantially parallel with each other and connected together at their outer ends by the end member thereby providing a substantially rectangular framework, and designed to be reciprocated within said framework is the cross-head 5, which is provided with end recesses of sufficient size to loosely receive the parallel sections 3, thereby permitting said head to be freely reciprocated within the confines of the framework or be tween the end of the head 2 and the member 4, as will be hereinafter more particularly pointed out.

The cross-head 5 is provided centrally with a bore of sufficient size to receive the controlling stem or handle 6, which extends loosely through a bore provided in the handle proper, 1, and is provided at its outerend with the manipulating-handle 7, whereby said con-l trolling-handle may be freely reciprocated within said bore and thereby draw the mopholding member 8 away from or force the same in the position contiguous to the end member 4 during the operation of the device.

The mop holding member 8 is provided with a longitudinal groove 9 on its outer surface, said groove being of proper'size to receive the anchoring-bail l0 and the mop-cloth 11, disposed around said bail. The bail 10 is pivotally secured at one end of the mop-holding member, as by the anchoring rivet or rod 12, while t-he opposite end of the bail is bent at right angles to the body portion, thus providing the stem 13, which is properly curved, as indicated in Fig. 2, so that the same will remain in place when forced downward within the end recess 14, provided in the contiguous end of the member 8.

In order that the mop-holding member S may be freely turned during the operation of twisting or wringing the mop -cloth 11, as shown in Fig. 1, the controlling-handle 6 is rotatably secured in an aperture provided in the cross-head 5, but prevented from having longitudinal movement therein by means of the washer 15 and pin 16, it being understood that the mop-head 8 may be secured to the end of the controlling stem or handle G in any preferred way, as by the set-screw 17. (More clearly shown in Fig. 3.)

The end member 4 not only serves the purpose of completing the framework, but also constitutes one of the jaws of my mop-holding device or wringer, said jaw being immovable with respect to the other parts.

In order to provide a movable jaw designed to coperate with the member 4, I provide the jaw-operating members 18, one for each side of the framework. The jaws 18 are pivotally secured to the parallel sections 3, as by the screw or bolt 19, and each jaw is also provided with a longitudinally-disposed curved slot or eccentric guide 20, designed to receive the lug 2l upon the ends of the cross-head 5, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 6 and other views.

v To the outer ends of the controlling members 18 I attach the curved section or movable jaw 22, designed to lie parallel to and cooperate with the stationary jaw or member 4, carried by the frame-sections 3, and by reference to Figs. 4 and 5 it will be obvious that when the cross-head 5 is moved toward the head 2 the lugs 21 will first so act upon the controlling members 18 that the jaw 22 will be moved away from the stationary jaw 4 and that when the head 5 is moved still farther, so that the lugs 22 will reach the ends of the groove 18 nearest the handle, the jaw 22 will be brought tightly against the jaw 4 or any cloth interposed between them, and this movement or relationship of the jaws I utilize for the purpose of wringing the mop-cloth, as will be hereinafter more particularly pointed out.

The end of the handle proper, 1, is pro.- vided upon one side with the recess 23, designed to receive la linger or lug 24,located at a point near the end of the controllinghandle 6, which will insure that said lug will enter said recess when the cross-head 5 has been forced outward to the desired point.

In Fig. 4 the cross-head 5 has been forced outward, so that the lug carried by each end thereof occupies the extreme outer end of the cam slots 20, thereby moving the jaw 22 tightly in engagement with the jaw 4 or with the mop-cloth interposed between said members. This adjustment will take the strain olf of the bail 10 during the operation of using the instrument.

It will be understood that the several parts tion of my invention, the operation or manner of using the same may be stated to be as follows: A suitable mop-cloth is secured to the mop-holding section or member 8 in any suitable way, preferably by folding the cloth upon itself and extending the bail 10 through the folded end and moving said bail into a position parallel with the member 8 and causing the right-angled extension 13 thereof to spring down into the end recess 14; The stem 6 may be so withdrawn as to move the cross-head in the position shown in Fig. 5, when the free end of the mop-cloth may be entered between the

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4 and 22. The stem 6 may be then forced inward, causing the cross-head 5 to move toward the fixed jaw 4, the result being that the lugs 21 will follow the grooves 2O and move the jaw 22 tightly in engagement with the cloth interposed between it and the jaw 4. The instrument is now in position for using in the usual manner, and after being used it will .become necessary to rinse and cleanse the same, which may be done by entering the cloth in a tub of prepared water, and after properly agitating the cloth in the contents of the tub it becomes desirable to wring the surplus water therefrom, which may be readily accomplished without it being necessary for the operator to apply his hands thereto.

In order to wring the mop-cloth, and thus free it from surplus water, the stem 6 is withdrawn, thereby moving the cross-head 5 toward the head 2 and incidentally operating the jaws by means of the lugs 21 following the grooves 20. The rst result of moving the cross-head 5 away from the stationary jaw will be to Withdraw the jaw 22 away from said stationary jaw and permitting the mop-cloth to be drawn between the open jaws until the crosshead approaches the head 2, when the jaws will again close upon the mop-cloth, and thus engage the free end thereof before it escapes between the jaws. The withdrawn position of the cross-head 5 is illustrated in Fig. 1, and it will be observed that when said cross-head is in said position the lugs 21 will so act upon the movable members 18 through the medium of the slot 2O that the extreme end of the mop-cloth will be tightly gripped,` when by rotating the stern 6 the mop-holding member 8 will be turned, thereby causing the cloth to be twisted around, and thus freed from its surplus water. After the cloth has been thus tightlyawisted the member 6 may be thrust inward, which action will again open the jaws and permit the cloth to pass freely downward between them, and when the cross-head 5 has reached a point adjacent to the stationary jaw 4 said jaws will again be locked and the operation repeated. The several parts `of my invention are so made that any one of them may be readily replaced without the necessity of purchasing an entire new instrument.

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

The herein-described combined mop holder and wringer comprising a tubular handle proper; a framework carried by the lower end of said handle; a cross-head reciprocating in said framework and having extended ends or IOO lugs 2l; a movable member pvotally secured on each side of said framework and coperating with said lugs; a movable jaw connecting the free outer ends of said members and oooperating with the end of said framework; a mop-holding member 8 and suitable means to connect the mop thereto; a controllingstem for said mop-holding member designed to be received by said tubular handle said 1o lugs being designed to be received by a camslot in the movable members whereby the movable jaw carried thereby will clamp and release the mop-cloth at desired intervals for the purpose specified and as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 15 in presence of two witnesses.

BANKS W. SMITH. Vitnesses:

L. B. EDSELL, CALEB BASSENFELD.