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US2893033A US645325A US64532557A US2893033A US 2893033 A US2893033 A US 2893033A US 645325 A US645325 A US 645325A US 64532557 A US64532557 A US 64532557A US 2893033 A US2893033 A US 2893033A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25G—HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS
    • B25G3/00—Attaching handles to the implements
    • B25G3/38—Hinged, pivoted, swivelling, or folding joints
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    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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  • a further object of the invention is todevise a novel construction and arrangement of a mounting comprising a plate. of spring material having a channel extending across it andopenat itsbottom said channel receiving mop handle is connected.
  • the rod bears against a body portion of the mopstructureand its diameter is greater than the depth ofth channel so 'that when the plate is'secured to the .bndy portion alpressure is placed on the rod to provide a frictional contact which restricts but does not prevent the turning movement of the rod.
  • the body portion of the mop has operatively connected with it in any desired manner a strip, pad or block of cleaning material of any desired type which, when moved over a surface to be cleaned, acts as a dust mop, a wiping mop, a wet or dry mop or as a waxing and polishing mop, in accordance with the character of cleaning material employed.
  • the body portion may consist of a single strip of rigid material, or, if an extracting type of mop is desired, of a plate in hinged relationship with a pair of backing members which carry the cleaning material so that when the backing members are pressed towards each other an extracting operation will be effected.
  • the arm of the bearing rod may be integral with the rod or connected to it in any desired manner.
  • our invention comprehends a novel mop 'having a frictional adjustable connection between the handle and body portion of the mop.
  • connection having a spring member having a channel extending across it and open at its bottom, whereby, when a bearing rod is in the channel and the member is fixed to a body portion of the mop, the bearing rod is clamped between the spring member and the body portion.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mop, embodying our invention.
  • Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Figure 1 with the sponge removed.
  • Figure 3 is a section on line 3--3 of Figure 2.
  • Figure 4 is a broken away perspective view of an embodiment of the invention showing the bearing rod channel extending transversely of the mop instead of longitudinally as in Figure 1.
  • Figure 5 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention in which a single backing member is employed for the cleaning material instead of a pair of hinged backing members as in Figure 1.
  • Figure 6 is a perspective view of a bearing rod and its post, the latter being fixed to a handle socket.
  • Figure 7 is. a perspective view of another form of bearing rod and post.
  • Figure 8 is a perspective view of the hinge pins.
  • the mop has a body portion 1 in the form of a platelike memberof rigid material such as metal or plastic, having opposite sides overhanging the inner ends of backing members 2 and 3 which are hinged together by hinge pins 4 around which opposite side portions of the body portion are deflected so that the body portion carries the backing plates.
  • a flexible or other strip 6 secured to the cleaning material 7 which may be in the form of a strip, pad or block depending upon the purpose of the mop and the type of cleaning, waxing or'polishing desired.
  • the backing members may have upwardly deflected ribs 8 forming pockets into which the backing strip for the cleaning material may extend to assist in retaining the cleaning material in assembled condition with the backing members.
  • the body portion may have upwardly extending spaced ribs 10 to position a spring member 11 which as shown is in the form of a strip or plate of spring material having central opening 12, and at opposite sides of such opening the plate is deflected upwardly as at 13 to form a channel open at its bottom and ends and disposed longitudinally of the mop as in Figure 1 or transversely of the head of the mop as in Figure 4.
  • a spring member 11 which as shown is in the form of a strip or plate of spring material having central opening 12, and at opposite sides of such opening the plate is deflected upwardly as at 13 to form a channel open at its bottom and ends and disposed longitudinally of the mop as in Figure 1 or transversely of the head of the mop as in Figure 4.
  • a handle connector 14 in the form of a round bearing rod is mounted in such channel and rides on the top face of the body portion and has a central stud or post 15 extending upwardly through the opening 12.
  • the spring member near its corners is fixed to the body portion by fastening devices such as for example the rivets 16 or other suitable fastening means.
  • the diameter of the bearing rod is greater than the depth of the channel in which it is mounted so that a spring tension is exerted against the rod to restrict but not prevent its turning movement.
  • the opening 12 is in the form of a slot extending through and transversely across the channel 13, and is of greater length than Width.
  • the stud 15 is wider than the width of the slot but is of a length to permit the stud to be inserted from beneath through the slot.
  • the stud and bearing rod are then turned to bring the hearing rod in registry with the channel.
  • the side walls of the slot align the stud and act as guides for its movement during the operation.
  • the connector 14 may be in the form shown in Figure 6 in which a bearing rod 21 has a stud 22 welded or otherwise fixed to the handle socket 19, or in the form shown in Figure 7 wherein the bearing rod 23 has a central loop 24.
  • the backing for the cleaning material is in the form of a fiat strip or plate 25 of rigid material,
  • the plate 25 forms the body portion of the mop and a tension plate 26 is riveted to it.
  • This plate 25 is the same construction as in Figure 1, having a channel 27 open at its bottom and ends to receive a bearing rod 28 and has an opening 29 through which a stud 30 carried by the bearing rod extends.
  • the stud 30 is pivotally connected with a handle socket in a similar manner to that shown in Figure 1. It will thus be clear that the bearing rod contacts the top face of the bearing plate 25 and the spring member presses the bearing rod against the plate 25.
  • the sides of the plate 25 at opposite sides are deflected to form side channels into which the covering strip for the cleaning material is slid.
  • a mop comprising a body portion having upwardly extending spaced ribs, cleaning material carried by the body portion, a plate of spring material positioned between said ribs fixed at marginal portions to the body portion and having a channel extending across it, said channel being closed at its top and open at its bottom, a bearing rod in said channel and pressed against said body portion by said plate, said channel having a top opening and said rod having a part extending upwardly through said top opening, and a mop handle connected with said part.

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July 7, 1959 P. s. VOSBIKIAN ET AL 2,893,033
MOP HANDLE CONNECTION WITH MOP BODY PORTION Filed March 11, 1957 ATTORNEY MOP'HANDIJE-CONNECTION wmr Mor BODY PORTION retel- Voshikian and Thomas S.Vosbikian,
'Melrose, Pa.
Application March 11, 1957,, Serial No. 645,
3 Claims. (Cl. 15 144) The object of this inventionis to devise a novel connection for securing a mop'handle .tothe body portion of a mop.
A further object of the invention is todevise a novel construction and arrangement of a mounting comprising a plate. of spring material having a channel extending across it andopenat itsbottom said channel receiving mop handle is connected. The rod bears against a body portion of the mopstructureand its diameter is greater than the depth ofth channel so 'that when the plate is'secured to the .bndy portion alpressure is placed on the rod to provide a frictional contact which restricts but does not prevent the turning movement of the rod.
The body portion of the mop has operatively connected with it in any desired manner a strip, pad or block of cleaning material of any desired type which, when moved over a surface to be cleaned, acts as a dust mop, a wiping mop, a wet or dry mop or as a waxing and polishing mop, in accordance with the character of cleaning material employed.
The body portion may consist of a single strip of rigid material, or, if an extracting type of mop is desired, of a plate in hinged relationship with a pair of backing members which carry the cleaning material so that when the backing members are pressed towards each other an extracting operation will be effected.
The arm of the bearing rod may be integral with the rod or connected to it in any desired manner.
With the foregoing and other objects in view as will hereinafter clearly appear, our invention comprehends a novel mop 'having a frictional adjustable connection between the handle and body portion of the mop.
It further comprehends a novel connection having a spring member having a channel extending across it and open at its bottom, whereby, when a bearing rod is in the channel and the member is fixed to a body portion of the mop, the bearing rod is clamped between the spring member and the body portion.
For the purpose of illustrating the invention, we have shown in the accompanying drawings preferred embodiments of it which we have found, in practice, to give satisfactory and reliable results. It is, however, to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which the invention consists can be variously arranged and organized, and the invention is not limited, except by the scope of the appended claims, to the exact arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein set forth.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mop, embodying our invention.
Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Figure 1 with the sponge removed.
Figure 3 is a section on line 3--3 of Figure 2.
2,893,033 Patented July 7, 1959 Figure 4 is a broken away perspective view of an embodiment of the invention showing the bearing rod channel extending transversely of the mop instead of longitudinally as in Figure 1.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention in which a single backing member is employed for the cleaning material instead of a pair of hinged backing members as in Figure 1.
Figure 6 is a perspective view of a bearing rod and its post, the latter being fixed to a handle socket.
Figure 7 is. a perspective view of another form of bearing rod and post.
Figure 8 is a perspective view of the hinge pins.
Similar, numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Referring to the drawings:
In the embodiment shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the mop has a body portion 1 in the form of a platelike memberof rigid material such as metal or plastic, having opposite sides overhanging the inner ends of backing members 2 and 3 which are hinged together by hinge pins 4 around which opposite side portions of the body portion are deflected so that the body portion carries the backing plates. Opposite side, marginal portions are bent downwardly and inwardly as at 5 to slidably receive a flexible or other strip 6 secured to the cleaning material 7 which may be in the form of a strip, pad or block depending upon the purpose of the mop and the type of cleaning, waxing or'polishing desired.
The backing members may have upwardly deflected ribs 8 forming pockets into which the backing strip for the cleaning material may extend to assist in retaining the cleaning material in assembled condition with the backing members.
Springs 9 carried by the hinge pins tend to move the backing members towards the body portion.
The foregoing is one of many constructions and arrangements which may be employed for operatively connecting the cleaning material with the body portion.
The body portion may have upwardly extending spaced ribs 10 to position a spring member 11 which as shown is in the form of a strip or plate of spring material having central opening 12, and at opposite sides of such opening the plate is deflected upwardly as at 13 to form a channel open at its bottom and ends and disposed longitudinally of the mop as in Figure 1 or transversely of the head of the mop as in Figure 4.
A handle connector 14 in the form of a round bearing rod is mounted in such channel and rides on the top face of the body portion and has a central stud or post 15 extending upwardly through the opening 12. The spring member near its corners is fixed to the body portion by fastening devices such as for example the rivets 16 or other suitable fastening means. The diameter of the bearing rod is greater than the depth of the channel in which it is mounted so that a spring tension is exerted against the rod to restrict but not prevent its turning movement.
The opening 12 is in the form of a slot extending through and transversely across the channel 13, and is of greater length than Width. The stud 15 is wider than the width of the slot but is of a length to permit the stud to be inserted from beneath through the slot. The stud and bearing rod are then turned to bring the hearing rod in registry with the channel. The side walls of the slot align the stud and act as guides for its movement during the operation.
In Figures 1, 2 and 3, the upper end of the stud or post 15 is connected by a pivot member 17 to ears 18 of a handle socket 19 of any desired construction and to which a mop handle 20 is connected.
The connector 14 may be in the form shown in Figure 6 in which a bearing rod 21 has a stud 22 welded or otherwise fixed to the handle socket 19, or in the form shown in Figure 7 wherein the bearing rod 23 has a central loop 24.
In Figure 5, instead of hinged backing plates carried by the body portion, the backing for the cleaning material is in the form of a fiat strip or plate 25 of rigid material,
, and the body portion 1 is omitted. The plate 25 forms the body portion of the mop and a tension plate 26 is riveted to it. This plate 25 is the same construction as in Figure 1, having a channel 27 open at its bottom and ends to receive a bearing rod 28 and has an opening 29 through which a stud 30 carried by the bearing rod extends. The stud 30 is pivotally connected with a handle socket in a similar manner to that shown in Figure 1. It will thus be clear that the bearing rod contacts the top face of the bearing plate 25 and the spring member presses the bearing rod against the plate 25. The sides of the plate 25 at opposite sides are deflected to form side channels into which the covering strip for the cleaning material is slid.
When the hinged backing members and body portion which carries them is used as in Figures 1, 2 and 3, an extracting type of mop is provided, since the extraction operation will take place when the backing members are the top face of the body portion, a bearing rod in said channel riding on said body portion and having a stud insertable from the bottom of the spring member through the top opening and extending upwardly through said opening, said spring member pressing the bearing rod against the body portion, and a mop handle connected with said stud.
2. The construction defined in claim 1, wherein the spring member is in the form of a flat plate, and the diameter of the bearing rod is of greater depth than the depth of said channel.
3. A mop, comprising a body portion having upwardly extending spaced ribs, cleaning material carried by the body portion, a plate of spring material positioned between said ribs fixed at marginal portions to the body portion and having a channel extending across it, said channel being closed at its top and open at its bottom, a bearing rod in said channel and pressed against said body portion by said plate, said channel having a top opening and said rod having a part extending upwardly through said top opening, and a mop handle connected with said part.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,112,190 Beazley Sept. 29, 1914 1,675,736 Sturgis July 3, 1928 1,689,939 Welling a Oct. 30, 1928 2,643,407 Vosbikian et al June 30, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 527,653 Canada July 10, 1956 1,029,722 France Mar. 11, 1953
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US4165550A (en) * 1978-09-21 1979-08-28 Stanley Home Products, Inc. Mop holder having a universal handle connection
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