US867967A

US867967A - Device for cleaning floors.

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Publication number: US867967A
Application number: US31959206A
Authority: US
Inventors: James Edwin Gee
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-05-31
Filing date: 1906-05-31
Publication date: 1907-10-15
Anticipated expiration: 1924-10-15

Description

No. 867,967. PATENTED OCT. 15, 1907,

J. E. GEE.

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Specification of Letters Patent; Patented Oct. 15, 1907.

Application filed May 31,1906. $erial No. 319,592.

To all whom it may concern: p 18 a forked lever formed by a prolongation of the Be it known that I, JAMES EDWIN GEE, a subject of arms LL, and qisalight connectlngrod pivoted at one end the King of Great Britain, of 37 a cloth or swab s, compressed toin conjuncgether so that it will lie round the half-wheel j between the flanges 7c is brought down through a slot at t in the periphery of the half-wheel j to which it is attached by any convenient means. In the drawings a sliding piece u is shown inside the the half wheel j, the end of the sliding piece being provided with nut at o.

The inner smaller fork f, together with the roller 9 which turns in it, is drawn up by a spring w adjustable by a nut 90 upon a screw held with any desired pressure between the roller 9 ing mechanism in a position to operate F1 3 1s averhe spring 1/) is shown supported between the head of tlcal section on a larger-scale, throu h the lower part the screw y and a tiansvelse bar 2 held between the of Fig. 1. Fig 4 1s a slmllal vertical section at light sides of the bucket b WhlCh is shown made in two angles to Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a brush holding means. Similar letters refer sponding holes in the outer fork b, elongated so that the axle and roller can move for a short distance longitudinally. I

j is a half-wheel, or segment, of considerable diameter, and of a width somewhat greater than that of the roller 9 which can enter freely between side flanges 70 of the half wheel j, (see Fig. 4).

Z, Z are side arms fixed upon the wheel or segment 9,

are forced into the back edge of the brush when the screw d is screwed up, so that the brush 0 is firmly and immovably held. Instead of one, two or more brushes may be used.

Light bars or brackets 11 are fastened to the transverse plate 3, to the ends of which chains 7 are sus- I halt wheel j and the roller 9.

d d th f d f whi are fastened to the supports for said second named bracket, means tor adjust 1g th tens n oi: t1 s 'n si'd su t a ollcr loose corners of the cloth or swab s, so as to insure the u e 1 ppm 1 loosely journaled in both of said brackets, and means iior latter bemg expanded 130 m5 P p Wldth when dehv' operating said half-wheel, substantially as described.

ered from the roller. '7. In a device for cleansing floors and the like, the com- Side guides 8, 9, forming part of the outer fork b are bination of a handle, a bracket,

- wheel or segment pivotally mounted on said handle and used to gmde the cloth 5 with celmmty between the adapted to carry a mop, said halt-wheel being provided with side flanges and also with a slot for receiving the mop, a movable toothed portion adapted to be along said halt-wheel to engage and hold the mop, means for securing said movable part in any desired position, and means for operating said hall-wheel, substantially as described.

8. In a device for cleansing floors and the like, the com bination of a handle, a bracket carried thereby, a roller journaled in said bracket, a movable haltwhecl or segment pivotally supported on said bracket and provided with side flanges, and a slot through which the mop may be passed, means for securing the mop in said slot, said half-wheel being wider than said roller so that the latter may come in between the flanges of said halt-wheel, and means or operating said half-wheel, substantially as described.

f). In a device for cleansing floors and the like, the combination of a handle, a bracket supported thereon, a hallwheel or segment pivotally mounted on said bracket, sald halt-wheel being provided with side flanges, a slot to receive the mop, and a raised piece, means carried by said segment for securing a mop in said slot and against said raised piece, a spring supported bracket located within said first named bracket, a roller loosely journaled in both of said brackets, and means for operating said ballwheel, substantially as described.

10. In a device for cleansing floors and the like, the combination of a handle, a bracket supported thereon, and a movable half-wheel or segment pivotally mounted on said bracket and provided with side flanges, a slot, a raised piece, and means for securing a mop to said haltwhcel, a second spring supported bracket located within said first named bracket, a roller loosely journalcd in both of said brackets and 0t such a length that it may enter between the side flanges of the said half-wheel, chains each adapted to be supported by said first named bracket at one end, and to be fastened to the mop at the other end, and means for operating said halt-wheel to squeeze the mop carried thereby, substantially as described.

11. In a device for cleansing floors and the like, the combination of a handle, a bracket carried thereby, a movable halt-wheel or segment pivotally supported by said bracket and provided with means or securing a mop thereto, and with side flanges, a spring supported bracket located within said first named bracket, a roller loosely journaled in both of said brackets of such a length that it will pass between the side flanges ot the halt-wheel, a sleeve slidably mounted on said handle, and rigid pivoted connections between said sleeve and said halt-wheel, substantially as described.

12. The combination in a device for cleansing floors and the like, of a handle having at its lower end a forked bracket to the lower end of which a brush is removably secured, with a swabbing and drying device consisting oi an inner forked bracket, a roller turning on a bearing movable in slots in the outer and inner forked brackets, and a halt-wheel or segment turning upon a center passing through the outer forked bracket, and a sleeve sliding upon the handle and connected by a rod with an arm upon the half-wheel or segment, a cloth or swab one end of which is attached to the half wheel or segment, while its loose part is compressed between the circumference of the segment and the roller, all substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

In using the apparatus the cloth 5 is dipped into water or cleansing liquid; the sliding sleeve 1' is then pulled up, causing the water held in the cloth to be squeezed on to the floor and the cloth being taut round the hal -wheel or segment 9' the brush 0 may be unrestrictedly used. The sliding sleeve 1' is then pushed down, when the cloth 8 forms a mop under the brush c. After mopping the floor one movement of the sliding sleeve 1 wrings the cloth and one movement in the other direction forms the cloth into a mop, as previously set forth.

To prevent the cloth from buckling when being drawn back a raised piece or platform 10 is provided (see Fig. 3) on the back end of the periphery of the half wheel or segment, upon which the bottom roller rests tree of the cloth each time it is in use on the floor.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1- 1. In a device for cleansing floors and the like, the 'combination of a handle provided with a bracket, a roller mounted on said bracket, and a movable haltwheel or segment pivoted in said bracket and provided with means for fastening a mop thereto, a sleeve, and means attached to the sleeve for moving said segment in contact with said roller, thereby squeezing the mop, substantially as described.

2. In a device :tor cleansing floors and the like, the combination of a handle, a spring controlled bracket thereon carrying a roller, a movable halt wheel or segment pivoted in said bracket and provided'with means for fastening a mop thereto and a sleeve sliding on said handle and connected to said segment, substantially as described.

3. In a device for cleansing floors and the like, the combination of a handle, a bracket supported thereon, a roller journaled therein, a pivotally supported half-wheel or segment having means tor securing a mop thereto, said segment being provided with edge flanges between which said roller is adapted to enter, a sliding sleeve on said handle, and connections between said sleeve and said segment, substantially as described.

t. In a device for cleansing floors and the like, the combination of a handle, a bracket secured to said handle, a squeezing roller loosely journaled in said bracket, a halt wheel or segment pivotally mounted on said bracket and having means for securing a mop thereto, said half-wheel being provided with side flanges or edges between which said roller is adapted to enter, and also with a slot for receiving one edge of .the mop, a sleeve adapted to slide on said handle, and pivoted connections between said sleeve and half-wheel, substantially as described.

In a device for cleansing floors and the like, the com bination of a handle a bracket, a movable half-wheel or segment having means for securing a mop thereto and pivotally supported in said bracket, a second bracket mounted within said first named bracket, a roller having an axle projecting through slots in both of said brackets, and means for operating said half-wheel or segment to squeeze the mop carried thereby, substantially as described.

6. In a device for cleansing floors and the like, the combination of a handle, a bracket carried thereby, a movable halt-wheel or segment pivotally mounted on said bracket and having means for securing a mop thereto, a second bracket mounted within said first named bracket, spring JAMES EDWIN GEE.

Witnesses An'rnun E. Eownnns, Amman T. BRAT'LON.