US2423292A - Mop or broom rack - Google Patents

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July I, 1947 c, BROWN 2,423,292 I MOP QR BROOM RACK Filed Feb. 20, 1945 2 sheets sheet 1 7 I n H W H m m l I J l I l I 1| 1 I! J w Kb N m o N m/hzov l w 6F v CHARLES H. BROWN By ,M w

July 1, 1947. c, BROWN 2,423,292

' MOP OR BROOM 1mm;

7 Filed Feb. 20, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2- Qm'm' m @nammmm W) r 1 Inventor CHARL 5 BROWN MM M Patented July 1, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIG-E 2,423,292 MOP on BROOM RACK Charles H. Brown, Arkansas City, Kans. Application February 20, 1945, Serial No. 578,831

1 Claim. i This invention relates to a mop or broom rack, and more particularly to such a rack characterized by portability in such manner that it may be readily moved to or from places of use and stored in relatively small, compact spaces.

A primary object of this invention is the provision of an improved rack of such character having means thereon whereby a plurality of mops, brooms or the like may be readily supported thereon.

A further object of the invention is the provision of such a device provided with a drip tray, whereby wet articles may be stored or stacked thereon, in such manner as to preclude the drainage of the water from such moist articles to the floor or the like. 2

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a device adapted for the supporting of such articles as oily mops out of contact with the floor in such manner that they may air properly, thus reducing the possibility of fire caused by spontaneous combustion.

A further object of the invention is the provision of such a device characterized by means whereby the mops or brooms or the like may be secured firmly in related assembly with the article.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a device which may be stored in a relatively small, compact space as desired.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of such a device which may be readily removed from rollers associated therewith to make the same portable, in order to be sustained permanently on a fixed standard in the event that such rollers are not desired.

Other objects reside in the provision of a device which will be sturdy and durable in construction, reliable and efiicient in operation, and relatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture and assemble.

Other objects reside in the combinations of elements, arrangements of parts, and features of construction, all as will be more fully pointed out hereinafter and disclosed in the accompanying drawings, wherein there is shown a preferred embodiment of this inventive concept.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view, partially in section, showing a preferred embodiment of this inventive concept.

Figure 2 is an end elevational view of a fragment of the device shown in Figure 1, certain portions thereof being broken away.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially along the center line of the lower section of the device, showing in enlarged form certain details of-construction.

Figure 4. is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 4-4 of Figure 1, as viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 5-5 of Figure 1, as viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 6is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially along the centerlineof the midsection of the device shown in Figure 1.

Figure 7 is a'sectional view taken substantially along the line 1-1 of Figure 1, certain parts thereof being indicated in dotted lines, a

Figure 8 is a sectional View taken substantially along the line 8--8 of Figure 4; as viewed inthe direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 9 is a side elevational view of a detail of construction, as disclosed in Figure 5.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views ofthe'drawings.

' Having reference to the drawings, and more particularly to Figure 1, there is generally indicated at In a, column or standard comprised of two sections II, the upper section, and H, the lower section. Positioned internally of the juncture of the two sections II and i2 is a sleeve I3 (see Fig. 6) held in position, as by a set screw M, in order to hold the two parts in separable related assembly. The upper section II is provided with a cap I5.

Surrounding a mid point of the section II is a collar l6, provided with a plurality of upwardly extending pairs of spaced prongs H, in th illustrative embodiment shown, four. The collar l6 may be secured to the section II in any desired manner, as by a cotter pin l8, as shown in Figures 4 and 8.

A similar section comprised of a collar l6 and prongs I1 is similarly secured in position at an intermediate portion of the lower section l2.

As best shown in Figures 1, 5 and 9, a plurality of corrugated, sprin bars 20 are secured in pairs in related assembly, as by screws 2!, in radial position on a collar 22 forming a ring, secured to an intermediate point adjacent the juncture of the column sections II and I2. Each of the arms 20 consists, as here shown, of two tongues or bars. Two such bars forming a unit of corrugated flexible bands, set at apart and joined by an arcuate segment portion 22. Four of such units form a ring or collar when assembled on the column, secured by set-screws 2|. One such bar from one unit forms one side of one arm 20, a similar bar 3 from another unit forms the other side of the same arm arranged so as to provide a plurality of corrugations or gaps 24 between one pair of bars on each arm, adapted to hold in spring-tight relationship therein brooms 25 or mops 26 (see Fig. l).

The lower portion of the section l2, as best shown in Figure 3, is provided with a threaded neck 35 having a collar 30 with a suitable aperture therein for a set screw 3|. Said collar is adapted to seat in a circular trough 32 provided with a flange 33, and likewise with a centrally disposed depression 34, adapted to surround the lower threaded extremity neck 35 of the section [2. The lower threaded or neck extremity 35 is provided below the depression 34 with a lock nut 36, Y

adapted to hold the parts in related assembly.

As shown in Figure 1, and indicated in dotted lines in Figure 7, the lower portion of the trough or tray 32 is provided with a plurality of conventional casters 38, adapted to support the device in movable relation. Obviously, by removal of the lock nut 36, the device may be removed from its associated tray and casters and readily positioned in any desired stationary position.

From the foregoing, the method of use and operation of the device should now be readily understandable. When it is desired to support a mop or broom in the same, the same may be readily positioned in the apertures 24 between the spring tension members or arms and held above and below in aligned related assembly by the members I1 and I1, the broom being supported with its head upwardly, as shown in Figure 1, while the mop maybe supported with its head downwardly in such manner as readily to drain in the'tray 32 in the event the same is moist.

Obviously, the device may be made in a plurality of sizes and varieties and types to accommodate any given or desired number of brooms, mops or the like. It will be apparent from the disclosure that the same may be readily removed from place to place as desired and stored in a relatively small space, thus accomplishing all the objects of this invention, and others including many advantages of great practical utility and commercial importance.

As many embodiments may be made of this 4 inventive concept, and as many modifications may be made in the embodiment hereinbefore shown and described, it is to be understood that all matter herein is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

In a rack for brooms, mops and similar articles with long handles, the combination of a standard on a base; a plurality of supports with radially directed arms, said supports being spacedly secured on said standard; one of said supports consisting of a plurality of units with two spring bars each angularly positioned to each other and joined by an arcuate segment, all of such units forming a complete circle around the standard, each of said arms consisting of two spring bars from different units, said spring bars being oppositely corrugated, thereby determining the radial distance from the standard of each article, a second of said supports secured above said first support and a third of said supports secured below said first support; the second and third supports each having radial arms consisting of a pair of parallel prongs in vertical alignment with the arms of said first support; whereby the arms of said first support combines with the arms of said second and third supports in carrying the articles in upright positions as radially governed by said first support.

CHARLES H. BROWN.

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