US1710099A - Dry hand mop - Google Patents

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April 23, 19?9- D. M DONALD 1,710,099

' DR'Y HAND MOP Filed June 1927 Patented Apr. 23, 1929.

UNITED stares DONALD MCDONALD, or DAVENPORT, Iowa.

DRY HAND MOP.

Application filed June 2,

My invention relates to improvements in dry hand mops.

The objects of my invention are;

1. To provide a mop in which a single strand with a plurality of bights formed thereinis used for thefabric,

To provide a method of securing the fabric to the lower end of the mop stick in such a way that the mop stick cannot mar the'floor; I

3. To provide an enlarged head of fabric at the lower end of the mop stick;

4. To provide a superior means of securing the fabric to the sliding handle; i

5. To provide a mop of superior eficiency which can be simply manufactured and produced in quantity.

I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a full length view of the top with the handle end of the mop stick down; Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal detail of the opposite end of the mop stick; Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail of the sliding handle showing themethod of securing the fabric thereto; Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional detail of the end of the mop; Fig.

5 is a sectional detail showing the method of applying'thc fastening wires to the end of the mop and Figure 6 is a sectional detail showing the method of fastening the fabric in the groove near the end of the mop.

The mop comprises a mop stick, 1, which is the ordinary round rod of wood having the end to which the fabric is attached. reduced as shown at 4 in Figure 2 and with an annular groove, 3, cut in the mop stick near the end thereof. A hole, 5, is bored through the body of the mop stick Within the groove, 3, and extends clear through the stick.

A sliding handle, 2, comprised of wood with a central bore, is mounted. upon the mop stick, 1, and preferably has a pair of annular grooves. 6 and 7, formed therein.

The fabric of the mop is composed of a continuous strand of heavy yarn or cord of cotton or othersuitable material, with a plurality of loops or bights formed at each end of the fabric. A wire, '9, is passed throughthe loops at one end of the fabric and secures them in the groove, 7. A wire, 8, which may be applied in either a single or double turn, binds the fabric in the groove, 6, of the handle, 2. These Wires are'secured 1927. Serial No. 195,992.

The opposite end of the fabric is secured i to the end of the mop stick bya wire, 11, which passes through the loops or bights of the cord of which the fabric is composed and binds them, closely to the reduced end, 4-, of the mop stick, 1. I

An additional wire, 10, binds the fabric in the groove, 3, near the end of the'n'iop stick. The wire, 10, is preferably applied as shown in Figures 5 and 6, the loose ends of the wire being passed through the hole or bore, 5, leavin two strands of the fabric, 12, within the loop and two strands of the fabric, 12', be tween the wires, 10, as they leave the hole or bore, 5. I

The loop is then bent over the end of the I mop stick and the wires drawn up tight, one of the wires passing through the loop and the other one outside of it. The wires are then crossed over the two strands, 12 and wrapped in opposite directions around the mop stick and fabric and the ends are then twisted togeth or as at 10' in Figure 6.

In Figure 6, for clearness of illustration, I have shown the wire, 1.0, before itis finally ti ghtened and in Figure 5 I have omitted the fabric cxceptingonly the strands, 12 and 12. In constructing my mop in this way, the ends of'the bights or loops project sufiiciently beyond. the end of the mop stick to-prevcnt theinop stick scratching or rubbing upon the floor, while the double wiring secures it firmly to the end of the mop stick and the wires passing tl'u'ough the bore, 5, absolutely prevent the lower end of the fabric turning upon the 1110p stick when the mop is being wrung in the ordinary way. i

In securing the fabric to the end of the mop stick as described, the gathered ends of the loops around the reduced end of the 11101) stick form a pretty good-sized head or ball, much larger thanappears in Figured, and forms a very desirable feature as this head can. be used to scrub a particularly dirty spot with good, effect and without danger of mar-ring the floor.

It should also be notedthat my method of securing the Y fabric to the sliding handle forms a firm attachment therefor and the protruding portions of the fabric protect the hand of the operator from contact with the wires.

In the drawings, the size of the strand composing the fabric is much smaller thanthat one-fourth ofau inch in normal diameter.

It is obvious that this inopcould be wrung out by turning the mop stick, 1, relatively to v the hendle, 2, or by holding the mop stick, 1,

stationery, and turning the handle, 2, upon it. A grip, 18, preferably formed of an octagonal block of Wood bored out to lit the handle and nailed or otherwise secured to it, aids ingivi'n-g the operator afirm grip upon the'handle in ringing out the mop.

I claim V 1. A mop fastening comprising 2111101) stick having a transverse bore at its lower end, astranded inop fabric secured thereon, a doubled Wire passing through the bore and embracing a uunber ot' the strands Within a 2 loop formed bythe doubling of the Wire, this" loop being then re-bent so as to surround the lower end of the 1110p stick, the free ends of the Wire being then drawn "taut and re-bent upon and around the inop stick and fabric, and united.

2. A nop fastening comprising a mop stick having a transverse bore at its lower end, a stranded lnop fabric secured thereon, a doubled WllO passing through the bore and embracing a number of the strands Within a loop formed by the doubling of the wire, this loop being then re-bent so as to surround the lower end of the mop stick, the free ends of the Wire, one-being above and the other below the looped portion, being then drawn taut and ire-bent upon and. around the inop stick and frabric, and united.

In testimony whereof he atfixes his signature.

DONALD MCDONALD,

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