US948315A - Mop-head. - Google Patents

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E. PENTON. MOP HEAD. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23, 1909.

Patented Feb.A 8,1910.

UNiTED sTArEs PATENT OFFICE.

EPHRAIIVI H. FENTON, 0F KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

MOP-HEAD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM I-I. FENToN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Heads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

In the means frequently employed for attaching a mop to the handle, the ends of a wire loop connected with the mo-p are drawn in a ferrule. and the end of the handle forced within the ferrule, the result of which is that the ends of the wire which are upon the inner surface ofthe ferrule, offer sufficient resistance to cause, in many cases, the splitting of the wood.

The object of my invent-ion is to avoid the` portions of the mop and the mop attachment. Fig. 3. is a side view, in detail, of a ferrule, showing the invention. Fig. 4. is a View of the ferrule taken from a position at right angles to that seen in Fig. 3. Fig. 5. is a view in perspective of the flanged end of the ferrule, showing the attachment. Fig. 6. is a view of a modification of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, 10 indicates a cylindrical metal shell, or ferrule, open at both ends and of the proper dimensions to receive a handle 12, one end of which is mounted in the upper end thereof. Upon the lower end of the ferrule is an outwardlyextended, downwardly-inclined flange .13. IVith the outer portion of said flange, and formed integral therewith, are the fiexible prongs or fingers 14, which are directly opposite in position the widest portions of the prongs or fingers being at their point of connection with said flange and are gradually reduced in width or tapered in the direction Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 23, 1909.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

Serial No. 485,333.

lof their outer ends. These extensions of the `flange 13, are made of brass or malleable Imetal, of the proper lengt-h to be bent inwardly, in a curved line toward each other, to form loops, as further described. In the outer surface of the flange 13, and adjacent to the opposite side portions of the respective extensions orfingers 14, are notches 15, of the width of the outer end of the said extensions. Connected rigidly with the flange 13, and with portions of said flange at right angles to the extensions 14, are downwardly-extended projections, or lugs 16, short in length, and with blunt outer ends.

17 indicates the mop, which consists of a number of strands of cotton, of the same length as seen in Fig. 2, and gathered closely together at a point midway the ends of said strand. The gathered portions of the strands of the mop are then placed upon the flange 13, of the ferrule, at right angles to and between the extensions or prongs 14, which are extended directly outward from the flange. In this position of the mop the extensions or prongs are bent toward each other and folded together over the said gathered portions of the strands of the mop, and with sufficient force applied to the extensions or prongs to force the portions of the strands of the mop upon the ferrule, considerably within the opening in the ferrule, the outer ends of the extensions or prongs being extended within, and in engagement with the notches 15, in the flange 13, and bent downwardly upon the outer surface of said flange, the inclined portions of the prongs which gradually taper toward the outer end, permitting the prongs to pass each other and enter the notches upon the sides of the prongs, on opposite sides of a line extending diametrically through the ferrule, The extensions or lugs 16 extend within the portions of the mop contiguous thereto, and serve to hold the ferrule from a circulatory movement in insert-ing the handle in the ferrule.

The. formation of a double loop over the strands by the extensions 14, aords a strong attachment for the mop the strength of the fingers 14, obviously increasing toward the ferrule.

Instead of being integral with the flange 13, I may secure the extensions or prongs thereto and directly to the ferrule, as shown at 17, in Fig'. G, in any approved inanner, and employ such changes in construction as are Within the scope or' the claiins.

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

l. A mop head composed of a ferrule having a iange, and mop engaging lingers extending from and integral With said flange, said lingers having t-heir greatest Width at the point of connection With the flange and gradually decreased in Width in the direction of their outer ends, said lingers being bent in a curved line toward each other to forni a double loop around the mop material, their outer ends being bent downwardly upon the outer surface of the liange.

2. A mop head composed of a ferrule having a flanged portion provided With notches, mop engaging lingers extending from said ferrule, the ends of the fingers being adapted to enter said notches When the fingers are bent around the mop material to fasten the saine to the ferrule.

EPHRAIM H. FENTON. lVitnesses CHARLES A. RIEHL, ED. KIOUKA.

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