US1151664A - Mop. - Google Patents

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B. C. & H. R. CREMERING.

MOP.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-26. 1914.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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BERNARD C. GREMERING AND I-IENBY R. CREMERING, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MOP.

Application filed December 26, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, BERNARD C. CREM- ERING and HENRY R. CREMERING, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in mops and has for an object to produce a mop which is stronger and which may be more easily and cheaply manufactured than other mops known to us. objects are attained in the mop described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,-

Figure l is a side view of a mop embody ing our invention, the mop head being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a view showing the end of a mop having mop head fastening means embodying our invention mounted thereon. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The mop embodying our invention consists' of a handle 4, having a transverse bore 5 adjacent to its end, a forked wire mop head securing member 6 adapted to occupy the transverse bore a reinforcing means 7 adapted to secure the wire member 6 against movement relatively to the handle, and a mop head 8 secured to the handle by means of the wire member 6. The handle 4 in addition to being provided with the transverse bore 5 is also formed with two diametrically opposite slots or grooves 9 eX- tending from the bore 5 to the end of the handle. The wire member 6 adapted to secure the mop head in position on the end of the handle is provided at its center with a transverse portion 10 adapted to occupy the transverse bore 5, and at right angles to the transverse portion 10 it is provided with downwardly extending parallel portions 11 and 12 which occupy the grooves 9. From the end of the handle the ends 13 and 14 of the wire member 6 are bent outwardly at an angle to one another to form aspace between them adapted to receive a bundle of mop material. In order to prevent the portions 11 and 12 of the wire member 6 from being displaced from the grooves 9 formed in the handle, plates 15 and 16 have been provided, each of the plates having apertures 17 and 18 at their ends for the purpose of receiving the respective ends 13 and 14c, and slots 19 and 20 adapted to register with Specification of Letters Patent.

These and other Patented Au. 31, 1915.

Serial No. 879,057.

one another when the plates are brought into contact with one another against the end of the handle as shown. These slots are adapted to receive nails, screws, or similar fastening means for the purpose of securing them in position on the end of the handle in order to prevent the portions 11 and 12 from leaving the grooves -9 and otherwise preventing movement of the wire member 6 with relation to the handle. The slots are provided for the purpose of permitting the plates to be used in mop construction having handles of different diameters, so that the plates may occupy varying positions with relation to one another on handles of different diameters.

When a member 6 and plates 15 and 16 have been secured in position on the handle as shown in F ig. 2, the bundle of mop cord is placed between the branches 13 and 14 and each of the branches is bent over so as to form a loop, each loop interlocking as it were with the other loop as shown in Fig. 1, for the purpose of preventing any of the mop strands from becoming displaced. With the bundle of mop cord thus secured and compressed, the portions of the mop head on each side of the loops are brought down to form the mop head proper and properly trimmed and shaped.

The particular advantage secured by the construction above described is that the slotted plates 15 and 16 take up a great proportion of the strains imposed upon the wire member and positively prevent the wire member from spreading so that it will have no motion relatively to the handle, thus producing a most rigid mop construction. In addition to this as above described the slots in the plates 15 and 16 permit of the use of various sized handles, so that the sizes of the handles may vary materially without necessitating the use of different plates.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

1. In a mop the combination of a handle, a mop head, a wire member adapted to secure the mop head to the handle, and adjusted plates mounted on the handle adapted to secure the wire member in position on the handle.

2. In combination in a mop, a handle having a transverse bore adjacent to its lower end, grooves located at diametrically opposite points and extending from the ends of the transverse bore to the end of the handle,

a wire member having a central portion adapted to occupy the transverse bore, side portions adapted to engage the grooves and ends extending beyond the handle at an angle to the portions occupying the grooves, adapted to receive the bundle of mop cord between them and to be bent into engagement with the mop cords to retain the cords in position, and radially extending plates mounted on the end surface of the handle and engaging the wire member adapted to engaging the ends to prevent relative movement of the member and the handle.

3. In combination in a mop, a handle having a transverse bore and grooves communieating with the bore adjacent to its end, a wire member mounted in the bore and adapted to engage the grooves, with the ends thereof extending beyond the handle, radially extending plates mounted on the end of the handle in an adjusted position and in engagement with the ends, adapted to retain the wire member in the groove, and a mop head located betweenthe ends of the wire member and adapted to be secured in position when the ends are looped into engagement therewith.

4. In combination in a mop, a handle having a transverse bore adjacent to its lower end, grooves located at diametrically opposite points and extending from the ends of the transverse bore to the end of the handle, a wire member having a central portion adapted to occupy the transverse bore, side portions adapted, to engage the grooves and ends extending beyond the handle at an angle to the portions occupying the grooves, adapted to receive the bundle o1": mop cords between them and to be bent into engage-V ment with the mop cords to retain the cords in position, radially extending diverging plates in engagement with the diverging ends, adapted to retain the wire member in position, and means adapted to secure the plates in an adjusted position on the end of the handle.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names this 21st day of De cember, 1914.

BERNARD O. CREMERING. HENRY R. GREMERING. Witnesses:

WALTER F. MURRAY, W. THORNTON BOGERT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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