US1513556A - Dish mop - Google Patents

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L. V. LUCIA Gat. 28, 1924.

DISH MOP Filed Aug. 25

Patented oa. 2s, 1924. 1,513,556

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS v. LUCIA, OE HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, assIeNoRy To THE FULLER BRUSH f COMPANY, OE HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, a CORRORATION or CONNECTICUT.

DISH MOP.

Application led August 25, 19.2.2. Serial No. 584,252.

To all whom z't may concern.: enveloping the core, and the latter, as to the Be it known that I, LOUIS V. LUCrA,a ci'tipart containing the mop material, is bent zen of the United States, and a resident of into curved form, preferably that of a circle, Hartfordy in the county of .Hartford vand and of such size that the material completely 6 State ofiGonnecticut, have/invented new and' lills the center of this curved part, forming. 55 Improved Dish Mops,of which the followa mop head 7. ing is a Specification. In constructing this head I preferably My invention relates to the class of hand take a single piece of wire and bend itat implements used for cleaning dishes and the center back upon itself, and twistthe similar'articles, and an vobject of my inventwo strands thus formed together, the bent 60 tion, among others, is the production of a end forming the extreme end cf the core that device of thisclass that shall be particularly is bentparound in proximity to or 'against eicient in the results obtained by its use, the main part. The threads comprising'the and also that shall be extremely simple in' brush material are secured to the core in l5 construction and that may be produced at a this twisting operation, and the end is bent 65 minimum cost. V l into its Circular or other curved form pref- One form of my improved dish mop, in erably after the threads have been secured the construction and use of which the Objects in place. herein Set out, as well as others, may be at- The two Strands comprisin the core are tained, is illustrated in the accompanying preferably of the Same lengt or sfubstan` 70 drawings, in` which tially so, the ends thereof boing formed with Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of points 8. In forming these points the ends my improved dish mop. are cut away on one side, or beveled, thus Figure 2 is a Side view of the same. forming a notch 9 between them, and this Figure 3 is a detail view partially in secconstruction is made use of in Securing the 75 tion illustrating the means for securing the shank to the handle, and as Shown in Fig-` brush shank to the handle, the shank being ures Sand 4 of the drawings. From this it shown in position just before being engaged will be seen that when the shank is forced by the handle. into the hole 10 in the end of the handle 11,

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 but the pointed ends, after they enter the mate- 80 showing the brush shank engaged with the rial in the bottom of the hole, will be spread handle and secured thereto. apart a distance greater than the diameter My invention contemplates the construcof the hole, with a result that the shank will tion of a dish mop 'having a core or base 5 be secured tightly in place and against recomposed of wire usually embodying two moval from the handle. ,l 85 Strands twisted together, and within the In accordance with the provisions of the twists or turns of which the mop material, patent statutes I have described the princias coarse cotton threads, is Secured in the ples of operation of my invention, together operation of twisting the wire strands, it with the device which I now consider to repbeing my pur ose to so form this structure resent the best embodiment thereof; but I that a particu arly heavy body of said matedesire to have it understood that the device rial shall be so disposed as to Secure most shown is only illustrative, and that the insatisfactory results in the use of the mop. vention ma be carried out by other means In effecting such purpose the mop mateand applic to uses other than those above 45 rial is secured to the core, beginning at a set out.

point some distance from one Aend, and ex- I claimtendin to the opposite end, the uncovered 1. A structure comprising strands of wire part o? the core comprising a shank 6. The twisted together to secure mop material mop material projects from the core on all therebetween, the ends of said Strands being sides, comprising a heavy body completely pointed and beveledin opposite directions 100 1 socket rictionally receivin for spreading purposes,

and a handle .into

which said pointed ends are driven with the points embedded in the handle.

2. A structure comprising strands of Wire twisted together with mop material therebetween, the ends of said strands being beveled in opposite directions, and a handle having a strands with the beveled apart and entering the and with the terminal eled ends assuming a posit the diameter of the socket.

g the ends of the ends thereof spread body of the handle,

portions of the bevion greater than LOUllS V. LUCHA.

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