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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
SAMUEL THATCHER ATKIN, OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS.
MOP-WRINGER.
959,285. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 24, 1910.
Application filed February 21,,1910. Serial No. 545,080.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, SAMUEL THATCHER
ATK.IN, a citizen of the United States, and
a resident of Georgetown, in the county of
5 Williamson and State of Texas, have in-
vented certain new and useful Improve-
ments in Mop-Wringers, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification.
This invention is an improvement in mop
10 wringing devices for use on buckets or pails,
and the invention has for its objects, among
others, to provide a mop wringing attach-
ment within a bucket and so connected there-
with that the wringing operation of the mop
15 will be below the upper edge of the bucket
and so that the mop wringing attachment
can be adjusted against the side of the
bucket to permit the nesting of a number of
buckets in storage or shipment or convenient
20 use of the bucket for other than mop wring-
ing purposes; also to provide a mop wring-
ing attachment for buckets which will be a
permanent attachment of the bucket and
will be located entirely within the same so
[25 as to offer no projection on the outside of
the bucket at the top thereof and likely to
be caught and result in the over-turning of
the bucket in the ordinary use of the inven-
tion.
30 The invention has for objects other im-
provements and consists in certain novel
constructions and combinations of parts as
will be hereinafter described and claimed.
In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective
35 view of a bucket provided with my inven-
tion and Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof
illustrating the invention as in use.
The mop wringing attachment is de-
signed for use with that class of mops where-
40 in the ends of the mop are held in the holder
and the mop is formed into a looped form
which may be fitted over the wringing arm
and then twisted as illustrated in Fig. 2 to
wring the water out of the mop.
45 In the class of devices described, it is im-
portant that the wringing attachment may
be permanently connected with the bucket
to avoid its loss or misplacement and it is
also important to so connect the wringing
50 attachment with the bucket as to permit its
convenient adjustment out of the way when
it may be desired to use the bucket for other
than mopping purposes as well as in nesting
the buckets in shipment or storage.
55 The foot A is secured to the bucket B on
the outer side thereof and near its bottom.This foot rest A is shown as bent from a
length of wire and pivoted at its middle by
a keeper C to the bucket so the said foot
rest may be turned up along the outer side
of the bucket in nesting a number of the
buckets as will be understood from the draw-
ing. At the same time the foot rest may be
turned down against the floor to receive
the foot of the operator in order to hold
the bucket in place during the wringing
operation.
The wringing arm D has an upper mem-
ber D' and a lower member D2 connected
at one end, being bent from a length of wire
and provided at their free ends with verti-
cally turned portions D1 and D12 which are
journaled in bearings E and E' riveted to
the inner side of the bucket below the upper
edge thereof. The members D' and D2 are
in comparatively close proximity for a short
distance from their united ends and then
diverge toward their pivoted ends and the
wringing arm being pivoted to the inner
side of the bucket B may be swung to posi-
tion for use as in Figs. 1 and 2 or outwardly
against the inner face of the bucket when-
ever desired.
My wringing arm being located within
the bucket and substantially below the upper
edge thereof reduces the liability of the
bucket being overturned during the opera-
tion of wringing the mop.
An important advantage results from lo-
cating the wringing arm substantially be-
low the upper edge of the bucket and with
its free end adapted to receive a looped mop
as thereby all water wrung from the mop
is discharged into the bucket and there is
no danger of any of it passing outside of
the bucket on to the floor.
I claim:
In a mop wringer, a bucket having within
it upper and lower bearings spaced apart
and a wringing arm within the bucket and
substantially below the top thereof and hav-
ing upper and lower members connected at
one end and provided at their other or free
ends with trunnion like portions held in
the bearings of the bucket whereby the arm
may be swung into position for use in the
wringing operation or back against the inner
face of the bucket, substantially as set forth.
SAMUEL THATCHER ATKIN.
Witnesses:
J. E. SNYDEu,
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Atkin, Samuel Thatcher. Mop-Wringer., patent, May 24, 1910; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509833/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.