US946965A - Mop. - Google Patents

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F. E. HILL.

MOP.

APPLIOATION FILED rEB.11,19os.

` Patented-.18.11.18, 1910.

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i/JEURFQ MASSACHUSETTS.

FRED E. nim, on

Application filed February To all whom it may concern: L

Be it known that I, FRED E. *HILM of yVoburn, in the county of Middlesex and Stute oi' liassiielnisetts, have invented eertein new and'useiul Improvements in Mops. ofwhieli the following is a. Specification.

rlhis invention relates to n mop comprising la'iigiolheaeland. iiorous mop nmterial, ineluding` en annnlanneel portion which surrouns and is attaelietlgto the heed. 'Ehe body or noting port-ion of the mop projeetf.. ig below the heed in the ferm of e. loose brush composed; of cords or stringe which form parte of the neck.

The invention hee for its object to provide an improved construction of the heed oi :i mop of. this eliereeter, whereby a secure eonneetion. between the heeel end the mep materiel iS provided, sind the lienflle of the [mop is elepte 'to be detaeliebly Secured te the heeel..

The invention. consists in the ini;

ments which l will new proceed 'to (le. -l

and claim'.

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'sents a longitudinal section of e me@ ein` bodying my invention. Fie: 2 reni' nts :i perspective View ofthe mopA heed betere the mop material has been applied thereto.

rl`he Seine reference characters iinlieziie the seme parte in both the figures.

In the f lrfw/ii'igs, l2 renresents e ldrieal heed which is preferably in .voocl und is provilee` with a screw-lin Socket 13 extending from one enel the heed partly to the opposite end, seid seel'zet being'zidepted to engage n, Screw ilu-eed on the inner end of a suitable lisrnrlle le. i5 represents lan outwardly projecting 'flange formed on the head and surrounding; lalie mouth of the socket i3;I 16 represents e. pin preferably of Wood driven into lielee 'bored for its recept-ion in the hend'lz?, the length of therpin being greater than the dialnet of the head so thai its ends projeet from opposite sides of the head yand ferm studs which ere located between the Henge- 15 the inner end of the heed. .To tlie'heecl time constructed, is applied Suitable mep composed ot' etringe or cords i7 Wliieiieiie assembled in nn annuler Series Surrouneli the head 1Q and exteniling. parallel tlier with, the strings when Aiii-et assembled tending in both directions ifrorn the new.,

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Specification ef Letters Patent.'

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"Patented Jain.. '5.8, i. ii, ieee,- eeriar mi weie tenfling in opposite directions from the ends thereof.' The .length ot the projecting ende 'of the pin 1.6 is erich that they pass through llie annular layer of mop irmteriiil in eontfset Ywith the heed. Seid layer is secured to the heed by a. binding cord 18 wrnppefliaround the lever :it opposite Sides of the projecting ends oi the pin i6, seid eorcl being extended that iteonlines the layer of mop materia' :it lieti sides ille projecting; ends el tl; pin unil between the letter and the llenge i5. if'e" the' cord 18 has been applied, 'lie i f' upon themselves tliet they extend to :ind beyond the inner enel ef the heed l2. the bentover portions eevering the ende oil pin. 16 and being Seenreel by en exten. liincling eorfl 19.

Ae Shown in i Sonie of eiiel is gathered in and eoiii'ineil eetl eo es to eover it and prevent iur); to tiie euriaee which b gathering in may be een l :teeterl liv e. einen@ corel applied :ifter the Coul l3- is applied and before turning beek ione :llueve seifl eorcl 18.

.- viii oe eeen that the mop nnifzerizil form the annuler neck in Contact with the mail is Securely anchored by the projecteitlier direction leeg e ne, die fibrous corde 'i7 which i ein the neck portion constitute e. Wl'iien is 'the meting por-- rleiLzeml loose 'nod32' portion 'tion of the mop.

The serew-tlireael 1n the Socket 13 is preferaoly formed by casting@ bushing 2G `olf -ebbitt metal or other like materiel in e.

in one enl the cavity formed in the Wooden body of the' cylindrical heed be east With one or more external piomouth of which is surrounded by an outwardly projecting annular anchoring ange, Said socketbeing provided with a threaded portion at the top thereof, and a in driven through said head and transverse y through seid :Boeket below the threaded portion thereof, the projecting ends of said pin formin anchoring studs coperating with sai #deug-e, in combination with fibrous mop materiel the fibers of which are folded, means engaging seid fibers within the folds to unite them ti)- said head between saidl auge and pin, means for Securing the outer strands of the folds to said head, and means for holding a portion of the fibers over the 15 lower end of seid socket. v

ln testimony whereof I have aiixed my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

FRED E. HILL. Witnesses:

E. BATCHELDER, P. W. PEZZETTL

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