Steel wool pads and holder therefor

In combination, a pair of steel wool pads each having upper and lower reaches and a slit through the center thereof defining overlying interior portions and a scrub-tool holder for supporting said steel wool pads, said scrub-tool holder comprising an elongated handle, open, elongated frame support means at one end of said handle, said frame support means having opposite end portions respectively at opposite sides of and spaced from said end of said handle, said frame support means being tapered toward its end portions and adapted to extend through the slits in the pads so as to engage the edge walls of said slit, thereby leaving substantially all of the overlying interior portions of the upper and lower reaches of the pads in contact with one another, and clamping means comprising rigid plate means adapted to engage the upper reaches of the pads for holding the pads between said clamping means and said frame support means and for urging the overlying interior portions of the upper reaches of the pads against the contacting interior portions of the lower reaches of the pads so as to provide added cushioning for the interior portion of the lower reaches and to position the interior portions of the lower reaches closer to the surface to be scrubbed.

A scrub-tool holder for a pair of steel wool pads each having upper and lower reaches and a slit through the center thereof defining overlying interior portions, said scrub-tool holder comprising an elongated handle, an oval wire frame support means having a transverse central reinforcing bar at one end of said handle, said frame support means being adapted to extend through the slits in the pads so as to engage the edge walls of said slit and support said pads one on either side of the reinforcing bar, thereby leaving substantially all of the overlying interior portions of the upper and lower reaches of the pads in contact with one another, and clamping means for holding said pads fixed to said frame support means, said clamping means comprising rigid plate means mounted on the handle for reciprocal movement, towards and away from the support means and adapted to engage the upper reaches of the pads for holding the pads between said clamping means and said frame support means and for urging the overlying interior portions of the upper reaches of the pads against the contacting interior portions of the lower reaches of the pads so as to provide added cushioning for the interior portions of the lower reaches and to position the interior portions of the lower reaches closer to the surface to be scrubbed.