US20070186363A1 - Mop with drying mechanism - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to mops and more particularly to such a mop having a labor saving mechanism for wrenching a bundle of loose rags thereof dry after moping floors.
- a mop comprising a stick including a hollow lower stick including a flared part at a lower end, a plurality of longitudinal parallel grooves extended upward from the flared part, a plurality of helical grooves extended upward from the parallel grooves, and top threads; and an upper stick including a flared nut at its lower end and adapted to threadedly secure to the threads for fastening the lower and upper sticks together; a bundle of loose members having a lower end fastened to the flared part; an inner sleeve put on both the parallel grooves and the helical grooves and including a flared member at a lower end, and an annular trough around a lower edge of the flared member with an upper end of the bundle of loose members fastened thereto, a cylinder, two opposite lateral tubes at a joining point of the cylinder and the flared member, two steel balls slidably disposed in the tubes, and a top stopper secured to an upper portion of the cylinder
- the flared part comprises two opposite lateral holes, and further comprising a pin inserted through the holes and the lower end of the bundle of loose members for fastening the bundle of loose members to the flared part.
- the loose members of the bundle are either rags or yarns.
- FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a preferred embodiment of mop according to the invention
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the assembled mop in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view of FIG. 2 where the mop is ready to use
- FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 where a turning of the outer sleeve will wrench the mop dry after use;
- FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 4 where a further pushing downward of the outer sleeve will wrench the mop further dry;
- FIGS. 6 and 7 are views similar to FIG. 3 showing steps of returning the dried mop to a ready to use state.
- a mop 1 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention comprises a stick including a hollow lower stick 11 including a flared part 13 at a lower end, the flared part 13 including two opposite lateral holes 131 , a plurality of longitudinal parallel grooves 112 extended upward from the flared part 13 , a plurality of intermediate helical grooves 111 extended upward from the parallel grooves 112 , an upper knurled part 113 spaced from the helical grooves 111 by a predetermined distance wherein an outer surface of the lower stick 11 corresponding to the predetermined distance is smooth, and top threads 14 proximate an upper end and extended upward from the knurled part 113 ; and an upper stick 12 including a flared nut 15 at its lower end and adapted to threadedly secure to the threads 114 for fastening the lower stick 11 and the upper stick 12 together and enabling a person to adjust the stick to a desired length by threading.
- the mop 1 further comprises a bundle of loose rags (or yarns or the like in other embodiments) 20 having a lower end fastened to the flared part 13 by inserting a pin A through the holes 131 and the bundle of loose rags 20 .
- the lower stick 11 and the bundle of loose rags 20 may operate as a whole.
- the mop 1 further comprises an inner sleeve 30 slidably put on both the parallel grooves 112 and the helical grooves 111 and including a flared member 31 at a lower end, and an annular trough 32 around a lower edge of the flared member 31 .
- the upper end of the bundle of loose rags 20 is fastened to the annular trough 32 such that the bundle of loose rags 20 and the inner sleeve 30 may operate as a whole.
- the inner sleeve 30 further comprises a cylinder 33 , two opposite lateral tubes 34 at a joining point of the cylinder 33 and the flared member 31 , two steel balls 35 slidably disposed in the tubes 34 , and a top ring 331 having an annular flange secured to an upper portion of the cylinder 33 .
- the mop 1 further comprises an outer sleeve 40 put on the inner sleeve 30 .
- the outer sleeve 40 comprises an enlargement 41 at a lower end put on the joining point of the cylinder 33 and the flared member 31 .
- the enlargement 41 is adapted to surround the steel balls 35 for preventing the steel balls 35 from disengaging with the tubes 34 , and a knurled member 42 extended upward from the enlargement 41 .
- the outer sleeve 40 is confined to slide between the ring 331 and the joining point of the cylinder 33 and the flared member 31 .
- the mop 1 is shown in a ready to use state in which upper and lower ends of the bundle of loose rags 20 are fully extended, the enlargement 41 is in contact with the steel balls 35 in the tubes 34 , the steel balls 35 are not engaged with the helical grooves 111 , and the lower stick 11 is thus adapted to pass the inner sleeve 30 downward.
- a person may hold the knurled member 42 by one hand to push both the knurled member 42 and the enlargement 41 downward toward the flared part 13 .
- the steel balls 35 are thus pushed inward to urge against the helical grooves 111 by a slightly tapered upward inner surface of the enlargement 41 .
- the person may hold the upper end of the lower stick 11 with the other hand to pull the lower stick 11 upward.
- the lower stick 11 may helically move upward along the helical grooves 111 .
- the lower end of the bundle of loose rags 20 moves upward toward its upper end (i.e., the upper end of the bundle of loose rags 20 is fixed at this time).
- the mop 1 i.e., the bundle of loose rags 20
- the mop 1 is wrenched to dry.
- the invention is thus configured to have the longitudinal parallel grooves 112 .
- the person may place the bundle of loose rags 20 on the floor in an upright position.
- the upper end of the bundle of loose rags 20 moves downward toward its lower end (i.e., the lower end of the bundle of loose rags 20 is fixed at this time).
- the mop 1 i.e., the bundle of loose rags 20
- the mop 1 is further wrenched to dry.
- the person may push the lower stick 11 and thus the inner sleeve 30 downward.
- the steel balls 35 thus disengage with the enlargement 41 (i.e., the steel balls 35 are free).
- the lower stick 11 moves downward quickly through the inner sleeve 30 from the position shown in FIG. 6 until the bundle of loose rags 20 is fully extended as shown in FIG. 7 .
- the mop 1 is again in a ready to use state.
- the mop drying process involves no wrench by the hands.
- the bundle of loose rags 20 can be dried quickly, completely.
Abstract
A mop includes a hollow lower stick including a bottom flared part, lower longitudinal parallel grooves, and intermediate helical grooves; an upper stick slidable in the lower stick; an inner sleeve including a bottom flared member, two steel balls slidably disposed in two opposite lateral tubes proximate the flared member, and a top stopper; a bundle of loose members having both ends fastened to the flared part and the flared member; and an outer sleeve including a flared enlargement adapted to surround and confine the steel balls. After moping, a person may push the enlargement downward toward the flared part for pushing the steel balls inward to urge against the helical grooves, and it is adapted to helically pull the lower stick upward along the helical grooves for moving the lower end of the bundle of loose members upward toward the upper end thereof for drying.
Description
- 1) Field of Invention
- The present invention relates to mops and more particularly to such a mop having a labor saving mechanism for wrenching a bundle of loose rags thereof dry after moping floors.
- 2) Related Art
- Conventionally, a person may use the hands to exert a great force to wrench a bundle of loose rags or yarns of a mop dry after moping floors. Thus, moping floors is typically a labor intensive job as viewed by many people. This is not desirable particularly to, for example, women. Hence, a need has arisen for a labor saving mop.
- It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a mop comprising a stick including a hollow lower stick including a flared part at a lower end, a plurality of longitudinal parallel grooves extended upward from the flared part, a plurality of helical grooves extended upward from the parallel grooves, and top threads; and an upper stick including a flared nut at its lower end and adapted to threadedly secure to the threads for fastening the lower and upper sticks together; a bundle of loose members having a lower end fastened to the flared part; an inner sleeve put on both the parallel grooves and the helical grooves and including a flared member at a lower end, and an annular trough around a lower edge of the flared member with an upper end of the bundle of loose members fastened thereto, a cylinder, two opposite lateral tubes at a joining point of the cylinder and the flared member, two steel balls slidably disposed in the tubes, and a top stopper secured to an upper portion of the cylinder; and an outer sleeve including an enlargement at a lower end put on the joining point of the cylinder and the flared member, the enlargement having an inner surface tapered upward and adapted to surround the steel balls for preventing the steel balls from disengaging with the tubes wherein the outer sleeve is confined to slide between the stopper and the joining point of the cylinder and the flared member; wherein in a ready to use state of the mop the upper and lower ends of the bundle of loose members are fully extended, the enlargement is in contact with the steel balls, the steel balls are not engaged with the helical grooves, and the lower stick is adapted to pass the inner sleeve downward; wherein after moping it is adapted to push the enlargement downward toward the flared part for causing the enlargement to push the steel balls inward to urge against the helical grooves, and it is further adapted to helically pull the lower stick upward along the helical grooves for moving the lower end of the bundle of loose members upward toward the upper end thereof for drying; wherein after the drying it is adapted to place the bundle of loose members upright and push both the outer and inner sleeves downward to move the upper end of the bundle of loose members downward toward the lower end thereof for further drying; and wherein after the further drying it is adapted to push both the lower stick and the inner sleeve downward to disengage the steel balls with the enlargement, and the lower stick is adapted to move downward through the inner sleeve until the bundle of loose members is fully extended.
- In one aspect of the present invention the flared part comprises two opposite lateral holes, and further comprising a pin inserted through the holes and the lower end of the bundle of loose members for fastening the bundle of loose members to the flared part.
- In another aspect of the present invention the loose members of the bundle are either rags or yarns.
- The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description taken with the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a preferred embodiment of mop according to the invention; -
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the assembled mop inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is a sectional view ofFIG. 2 where the mop is ready to use; -
FIG. 4 is a view similar toFIG. 3 where a turning of the outer sleeve will wrench the mop dry after use; -
FIG. 5 is a view similar toFIG. 4 where a further pushing downward of the outer sleeve will wrench the mop further dry; and -
FIGS. 6 and 7 are views similar toFIG. 3 showing steps of returning the dried mop to a ready to use state. - Referring to
FIGS. 1, 2 , and 3, amop 1 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention comprises a stick including a hollowlower stick 11 including aflared part 13 at a lower end, theflared part 13 including two oppositelateral holes 131, a plurality of longitudinalparallel grooves 112 extended upward from theflared part 13, a plurality of intermediatehelical grooves 111 extended upward from theparallel grooves 112, an upperknurled part 113 spaced from thehelical grooves 111 by a predetermined distance wherein an outer surface of thelower stick 11 corresponding to the predetermined distance is smooth, andtop threads 14 proximate an upper end and extended upward from theknurled part 113; and anupper stick 12 including aflared nut 15 at its lower end and adapted to threadedly secure to the threads 114 for fastening thelower stick 11 and theupper stick 12 together and enabling a person to adjust the stick to a desired length by threading. - The
mop 1 further comprises a bundle of loose rags (or yarns or the like in other embodiments) 20 having a lower end fastened to theflared part 13 by inserting a pin A through theholes 131 and the bundle ofloose rags 20. As an end, thelower stick 11 and the bundle ofloose rags 20 may operate as a whole. - The
mop 1 further comprises aninner sleeve 30 slidably put on both theparallel grooves 112 and thehelical grooves 111 and including a flaredmember 31 at a lower end, and anannular trough 32 around a lower edge of the flaredmember 31. The upper end of the bundle ofloose rags 20 is fastened to theannular trough 32 such that the bundle ofloose rags 20 and theinner sleeve 30 may operate as a whole. Theinner sleeve 30 further comprises acylinder 33, two oppositelateral tubes 34 at a joining point of thecylinder 33 and the flaredmember 31, twosteel balls 35 slidably disposed in thetubes 34, and atop ring 331 having an annular flange secured to an upper portion of thecylinder 33. - The
mop 1 further comprises anouter sleeve 40 put on theinner sleeve 30. Theouter sleeve 40 comprises anenlargement 41 at a lower end put on the joining point of thecylinder 33 and the flaredmember 31. Theenlargement 41 is adapted to surround thesteel balls 35 for preventing thesteel balls 35 from disengaging with thetubes 34, and aknurled member 42 extended upward from theenlargement 41. Theouter sleeve 40 is confined to slide between thering 331 and the joining point of thecylinder 33 and the flaredmember 31. - Referring to
FIG. 3 specifically, themop 1 is shown in a ready to use state in which upper and lower ends of the bundle ofloose rags 20 are fully extended, theenlargement 41 is in contact with thesteel balls 35 in thetubes 34, thesteel balls 35 are not engaged with thehelical grooves 111, and thelower stick 11 is thus adapted to pass theinner sleeve 30 downward. - Referring to
FIG. 4 , after moping the floors a person may hold theknurled member 42 by one hand to push both theknurled member 42 and theenlargement 41 downward toward theflared part 13. Thesteel balls 35 are thus pushed inward to urge against thehelical grooves 111 by a slightly tapered upward inner surface of theenlargement 41. At the same time, the person may hold the upper end of thelower stick 11 with the other hand to pull thelower stick 11 upward. As such, thelower stick 11 may helically move upward along thehelical grooves 111. Also, the lower end of the bundle ofloose rags 20 moves upward toward its upper end (i.e., the upper end of the bundle ofloose rags 20 is fixed at this time). As a result, the mop 1 (i.e., the bundle of loose rags 20) is wrenched to dry. - Referring to
FIG. 5 , considering weak women the invention is thus configured to have the longitudinalparallel grooves 112. After pulling thelower stick 11 upward to the position shown inFIG. 4 , the person may place the bundle ofloose rags 20 on the floor in an upright position. Next, push both theouter sleeve 40 and theinner sleeve 30 downward. As a result, the upper end of the bundle ofloose rags 20 moves downward toward its lower end (i.e., the lower end of the bundle ofloose rags 20 is fixed at this time). As a result, the mop 1 (i.e., the bundle of loose rags 20) is further wrenched to dry. - Referring to
FIGS. 6 and 7 , after drying themop 1 the person may push thelower stick 11 and thus theinner sleeve 30 downward. Thesteel balls 35 thus disengage with the enlargement 41 (i.e., thesteel balls 35 are free). Next, thelower stick 11 moves downward quickly through theinner sleeve 30 from the position shown inFIG. 6 until the bundle ofloose rags 20 is fully extended as shown inFIG. 7 . At this position, themop 1 is again in a ready to use state. In view of the above, the mop drying process involves no wrench by the hands. Thus, it is a labor saving design. Also, the bundle ofloose rags 20 can be dried quickly, completely. - While the invention herein disclosed has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention set forth in the claims.
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1. A mop with drying mechanism comprising:
a stick including a hollow lower stick including a flared part at a lower end, a plurality of longitudinal parallel grooves extended upward from the flared part, a plurality of helical grooves extended upward from the parallel grooves, and top threads; and an upper stick including a flared nut at its lower end and adapted to threadedly secure to the threads for fastening the lower and upper sticks together;
a bundle of loose members having a lower end fastened to the flared part;
an inner sleeve put on both the parallel grooves and the helical grooves and including a flared member at a lower end, and an annular trough around a lower edge of the flared member with an upper end of the bundle of loose members fastened thereto, a cylinder, two opposite lateral tubes at a joining point of the cylinder and the flared member, two steel balls slidably disposed in the tubes, and a top stopper secured to an upper portion of the cylinder; and
an outer sleeve including an enlargement at a lower end put on the joining point of the cylinder and the flared member, the enlargement having an inner surface tapered upward and adapted to surround the steel balls for preventing the steel balls from disengaging with the tubes wherein the outer sleeve is confined to slide between the stopper and the joining point of the cylinder and the flared member;
wherein in a ready to use state of the mop the upper and lower ends of the bundle of loose members are fully extended, the enlargement is in contact with the steel balls, the steel balls are not engaged with the helical grooves, and the lower stick is adapted to pass the inner sleeve downward;
wherein after moping it is adapted to push the enlargement downward toward the flared part for causing the enlargement to push the steel balls inward to urge against the helical grooves, and it is further adapted to helically pull the lower stick upward along the helical grooves for moving the lower end of the bundle of loose members upward toward the upper end thereof for drying;
wherein after the drying it is adapted to place the bundle of loose members upright and push both the outer and inner sleeves downward to move the upper end of the bundle of loose members downward toward the lower end thereof for further drying; and
wherein after the further drying it is adapted to push both the lower stick and the inner sleeve downward to disengage the steel balls with the enlargement, and the lower stick is adapted to move downward through the inner sleeve until the bundle of loose members is fully extended.
2. The mop as defined by claim 1 , wherein the flared part comprises two opposite lateral holes, and further comprising a pin inserted through the holes and the lower end of the bundle of loose members for fastening the bundle of loose members to the flared part.
3. The mop as defined by claim 1 , wherein the loose members of the bundle are rags.
4. The mop as defined by claim 1 , wherein the loose members of the bundle are yarns.
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