US1806402A - Mop head - Google Patents

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May 19, y1931. lil. J. LoRANG 1,806,402

MOP HEAD Filed MaICh 3l, 1930 Patented May 19, 1931 PATENT OFFICE HENRY J'. LOB-ANG, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI MOP HEAD Application led March 31, 1930. Serial No. 440,260.

The general object of this invention is to provide a novel mop head, so constructed as to adord a complete cushioning of the ends and under side of the holder to which it is designed to be attached.

' A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a mop head having a greater amount of mopping material embodied in its construction than is the case with mop heads of the type to which my invention relates as now generally constructed.

lith the above objects in view the invention resides in a mop head comprising a mass of strands of yarn, string, or similar n1aterial, bound together at the center by means of a surrounding band or tape, and provided in said bound portion with eyelets, to enable the mop head to be secured on a holder, and

a strip of fabric secured on the under side of the mop head beneath the bound portion to provide a pocket for housing and cushioning a member of the holder to which the mop head is to be secured.

The invention further resides in securing on the under, or wearing side of the pocket forming the housing for the holder, in a manner to cover the entire surface thereof, a

series of strands of yarn of the length of the strands of the mopping material, thereby adding to the bulk of the mop head and providing an additional thickness of material on the wearing side of the said pocket.

`The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1, is a view in side elevation of the lower part of a holder, the handle being broken away, and the parts of the holder being separated;

Fig. 2, is a top plan view of a mop head constructed according to my invention;

Fig. 3, is a view looking on the inside of the mop head, with the supplemental yarn strands shown partly in section and Fig. 4, is a. view in edge elevation showing my improved mop head secured in position on a holder.

Referring now to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates the mop proper which, as usual, comprises a substantially flat body of strands 0 of yarn, or string, 2, bound together at the center by a surrounding band of strong tape,

3, or similar material, which is sewed to the strands by means of stitches 4 at each side of the tape, which pass through the tape and the strands inclosed thereby. Forthe purpose of enabling the mop head to be mounted in the holder, I secure in the central, or bound, part of the mop head a pair of eyelets 5, which4 form apertures extending through said central portion.

A conventional form of holder is illustrated in Fig. 1, and comprises a handle 6, to the lower end of which is secured a cross-bar 7 provided with an aperture 8 near each of its ends. The numeral Sindicates a clamping bar, which has secured near each of its ends a threaded bolt 10, which bolts are adapted "r im to be received into the aperture 8 of crossbar 7.

As thus far described, the mop head and holder are of conventional construction, and

in practice the clamping bar 9 is applied to the under side of the bound portion of the mop head and thebolts 10 pass through the eyelets 5. The cross-bar 7 is then placed in position on the upper side of the taped por- 'tion of the mop head, the apertures 8 passing over the ends of bolt 10. Ting nuts 11 are then screwed on the bolts 10 whereby the clamping bar 9 is drawn toward the crossbar 7 in a manner to clamp the taped portion of the mop head between them.

A mop constructed as above described pre- 4sents certain disadvantages in use, one of which is the fact that the central portion of the mop head being open, as indicated in Fig. 4, mopping material will frequently, in use, be removed from under the clamping bar 9, or other similar holding member, which then is brought into engagement with the floor, or other surface being mopped, with the result that the latter is scratched or defaced.

It is one of the objects of my invention to overcome this disadvantage, and to this end I secure on the outer or wearing side of the mop head at the center thereof a strip 12 of strong material which is of a length to extend from side to side of the mop head and M is secured thereto, beneath the central taped Y I, I.

portion, by lmeans of lines of stitching 13 sevved through the strands of the mop head and through the side edge portions of the strip 12. The strip 12, as shovvn by Fig. 4, is materially wider than the tape 3, as shown by Figs. 3 and 4, andprovides, in connection vvithrsaid tape, a pocket 151 extending from side to side'of theumop head and offza size i to permit the clamping bar 9 to be inserted endwise therein and to have the bolts 1.0 inserted through the eyelets 5. The strip 12, v as Well as the taped portion 5, are of greater length than the clamping bar`9 and crossbar 7, so that the'endsof-these bars are in a manner covered 'by` the material of the mop head at the center and prevented fromi engaging and marring base boards, articles of ',furniture, ort-he like, with which the-mop head vmay chance to be `brought into contact., Furthermore, the clamping bar 9 is housed Ain the pocket'14, its underside .is pre vented from coming in contactwith the floor `by reasonof -being covered bythe strip'` 12. The strip 12 however, vvvouldf yield but little scrubbing or mopping action, and, With frequent use, the edgeslofithe clamping Vbar- 9 Would gradually vvvear through such strip.

1 In order'to Vincrease theV cushioningv vaction of the-strip.' 12v and also tofadd to the bulk l0-.cih they form a relatively thick pad on the of the mop headlat the center thereof, se-

cure on the under side of the'strip 12," by

means of lines of stitches v15, a seriesy of strands 16 of yarn, ywhich extend vdovvn from the'center of the mop head' the same distance secured on the mop head beneath said bound portion andrextending from side to side thereof, said strip aifording with the bound portion a pocket for housing one of said clamping bars. i v Y `'In testimony whereof, Irhave; hereunto Vset myhand. l

. 'HENRY J. LQRANG.

asrthe strands 2,'asfclearly` shown by Fig-4.

.As lshown ,byglfig. v 3, Stheyarnstrands 16 are positioned in. parallelrelation cross-Wise ofthe strip, 12,.and as they are usually about as large in diameter as an ordinary lead penunder side of the strip 12, andnot only cushion the same but are ofsuiiicient bulk to producea scrubbing action at such'V times as the central portion of thejmop head comes into engagementywith the floor.-k Moreover, the

freesend portions of, these yarn strands materially lessen ythe size ofthe opening at the centralportion of the mop head, and thus add materially to the mopping action thereof. 50,v

Iy claim:

1. `A mop head comprising'abody of mopping material having a central bound porf tion vadapted to be secured fin a'V holder, rka pocket formed onl the underside of said'. bound portion for housing amemberof the holder, and yarn strands secured on the under Y side of said pocketkan'd covering the entirev eer adapted to be securedin a holder, a pocket surface thereof.

2. A mop head comprising strands of mopping materialr having a central bound portion formed on the under side of said bound'portion for housing a member of the holder, and yarn strands secured on the under side of said pocket crosswise thereof fromend to end

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