# US 5,701,630 A · Mop with a tape of rags taking up mechanism

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- Number: US 5,701,630 A
- Document ID: US5701630A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/636,355
- Filed: 1996-04-23
- Granted: 1997-12-30
- Earliest claimed: 1996-04-23
- Inventors: Jih-Shun Liao
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5701630A

## CPC

- A47L 11/40: Parts or details of machines not {provided for in} groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, {or not restricted to one of these groups}, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
- A47L 11/08: with rotating tools
- A47L 11/4041: {Roll shaped surface treating tools}
- A47L 11/4069: {Driving or transmission means for the cleaning tools}
- A47L 11/4075: {Handles; levers}
- A47L 13/20: Mops
- A47L 13/29: having movable or detachable polishing or shining cloths
- B25G 1/04: telescopic; extensible; sectional
- A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08)
- B25G: HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS (attaching the blades or the like to handles of hand tools for soil working A01B1/22; handles of hand implements for harvesting A01D1/14; handles integral with brushware A46B)

## Abstract

A mop including a telescopic sleeve, a handle grip coupled to one end of the telescopic sleeve, a mophead holder coupled to one end of the telescopic sleeve remote from the handle grip, a retractable handle mounted in the telescopic sleeve and having a top end inserted into a hole in the handle grip and a bottom end inserted into a hole in the mophead holder, a lever pivoted to the handle grip and coupled to the top end of the retractable handle, a mophead turned about a pivot on the mophead holder a ratchet transmission mechanism mounted in the mophead holder and coupled to the bottom end of the retractable handle by a steel cable and driven by the lever through the retractable handle and the steel cable to turn the mophead, a tape of rags having a fixed end fixedly secured to the mophead holder and a free end detachably connected to the mophead by a tape of loop and hook materials, the mophead holder being turned by the ratchet transmission mechanism to take up the tape of rags when the lever is pulled.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A mop comprising a telescopic sleeve, a handle grip coupled to one end of said telescopic sleeve, a mophead holder coupled to one end of said telescopic sleeve remote from said handle grip, a retractable handle mounted in said telescopic sleeve and having a top end inserted into a hole in said handle grip and a bottom end inserted into a hole in said mophead holder, a lever pivoted to said handle grip and coupled to the top end of said retractable handle, a mophead turned about a pivot on said mophead holder, a ratchet transmission mechanism mounted in said mophead holder and coupled to the bottom end of said retractable handle by a steel cable and driven by said lever through said retractable handle and said steel cable to turn said mophead, a tape of rags having a fixed end fixedly secured to said mophead holder and a free end detachably connected to said mophead by a tape of loop and hook materials, said mophead being turned by said ratchet transmission mechanism to take up said tape of rags when said lever is pulled, said ratchet transmission mechanism comprised of a pull arm, a holder frame, a double-end pawl, a ratchet wheel, a first tensile spring, and a second tensile spring, said double-end pawl being turned about a pivot in said mophead holder and having one end supported on said second tensile spring inside a holder frame and an opposite end meshed with said ratchet wheel, said pull arm having a top end inserted through a hole on a transverse rod in one arm of said mophead holder and coupled to said steel cable and a bottom end connected to said holder frame, said first tensile spring being mounted around said pull arm and stopped between said transverse rod and said holder frame.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The mop as claimed in claim 1 wherein the free end of said tape of rags is fixed to a roll, which is mounted between two arms of said mophead holder.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The mop as claimed in claim 1 wherein said mophead holder has one arm, which holds one end of said mophead and said ratchet transmission mechanism on the inside, and a sloping guide wall at a front side thereof adapted to guide the movement of said tape of rags; said telescopic sleeve is mounted with a clamp, which holds the fixed end of said tape of rags.