US2919455A - Bowl and urinal cleaning mop - Google Patents

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Jan. 5, 1960 R. 5. TURNER BOWL AND URINAL CLEANING MOP Filed Jan. 23, 1957 INVENTOR Roscoe 6. Turner ATTORNEY United States Patent BOWL AND URINAL CLEANING MOP Roscoe S. Turner, Jackson Heights, NY.

Application January 23, 1957, Serial No. 635,904

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-136) This invention relates to a cleaning appliance and more particularly to a mop for cleaning toilet bowls and urinals and it consists in the constructions, arrangements and combinations herein described and claimed.

It is the cardinal object of the invention to provide a. mop constructed from a soft pliable material such as sponge rubber which may be readily saturated with a suitable solvent and disinfectant, the mop being so constructed as to provide a cleaning face which is formed at an obtuse angle with one face of the mop and at an angle to the face opposite thereto, thus providing a relatively sharp edge enabling the engagement of the mop in remote or hard to reach crevices, while the flat faces of the mop are employed to clean broad surfaces such as the bowl or urinal per se.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention will be apparent from the following description considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cleaning implement.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary cross sectional view of a toilet bowl, illustrating the mop in one of its positions of use.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the mop as applied to dispensing containers.

Figure 4 is a sectional view through the mop illustrating the manner of connecting a discharge nipple within the mop, and

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 2 illustrating one use of the mop of Fig. 3.

Reference is first made to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing wherein a mop is shown consisting of a mop head 11 of substantially rectangular formation, into a flat face 12 of which a manipulating handle 13 is secured. The flat face 12 of the mop is preferably formed with a bore 14 of a diameter to firmly grip the handle, but in addition a suitable waterproof cement may be employed in the securement of the handle in the mop head.

The mop head 11 is formed from a soft pliable material, such as sponge rubber, and is provided with a cleaning surface 15 which is disposed at an obtuse angle to the surface 12. By thus forming the face 15, a relatively sharp edge 16 is formed enabling this edge to be manipulated into remote crevices and surfaces of a "ice bowl or urinal as shown in Figure 2; and since the mop head 11 will be saturated with a solvent and disinfectant all surfaces contacted will be thoroughly cleaned and deordorized.

In the form shown in Figures 3 to 5, the shape of the mop head is the same as first described and corresponding parts are identified by primed reference characters, but the handle 13 is replaced by a compressible dispensing container 17, and in order that this container may be secured to the mop head 11, a T-shaped liquid discharge nipple 18 is embedded medially in the head 11, said nipple having a threaded extension 19 for securement to the nozzle 20 of the receptacle. It will be noted that the nipple 18 which is located interiorly of the mop head, has oppositely disposed discharge openings 21 so that upon application of pressure upon the receptacle 17, cleaning and disinfectant liquids will thoroughly saturate the mop head.

In use of the cleaning implement, it will be understood that when cleaning crevices such as are inherent under the rim of a bowl of toilet fixtures, the obtuse cleaning portion of the mop is presented into the crevice and light pressure applied to" discharge the disinfectant from the mop head, the latter being given a circular motion around the rim all surfaces will be thoroughly cleaned and de-odorized. Any of the fiat faces of the mop are employed to clean and de-odorize the bowl proper.

While I have shown and described preferred forms of the mop, this is by way of illustration only, and I consider as my own, all such modifications in construction as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

An appliance for cleaning toilet bowls, urinals and the like comprising a mop head of pliable sponge rubber, said mop head having flat cleaning faces and a cleaning face disposed at an obtuse angle to one of said flat cleaning faces and at an acute angle to a face opposite thereto providing a relatively sharp edge enabling presentation of said sharp edge into remote crevices and surfaces of a toilet bowl and urinal, a T-shaped nipple embedded medially of said mop head, said nipple having oppositely disposed discharge openings, said nipple further having a threaded extension exteriorly of said mop head and a compressible receptacle secured to said extension.

0 References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,226,478 OstrotI Dec. 24, 1940 2,303,660 Schickel Dec. 1, 1942 2,315,996 Workman Apr. 6, 1943 2,738,529 Bernet Mar. 20, 1956 2,814,817 Ducker Dec. 3, 1957 FOREIGN PATENTS 10,741 Great Britain of 1913 297,437 Great Britain June 6, 1929 1,081,010 France June 2, 1954 1,104,743 France June 15, 1955

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