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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1976
Toshiyoshi Komatsu, Osaka, JA;
Duskin Franchise Co., Ltd., Osaka, JA;
Abstract
A handy mop comprising in combination (A) a mop holder including a grip, an upper holding plate and a pair of lower holding rods, all of which are integrally molded from a plastic material, each of said upper holding plate and lower holding rods extending in the horizontal longitudinal direction and having a closed end and an open end, said upper holding plate having a substantially horizontal flat lower face, said lower holding rods being disposed so that they are spaced vertically from said upper holding plate by a small distance and laterally from each other in parallel to each other by a small distance, to thereby form a horizontal mop passage between the upper holding plate and the lower holding rods and a vertical mop passage between the pair of the lower holding rods a pair of projections being disposed in the vicinity of the closed ends of the pair of the lower holding rods so that they narrow said vertical passage, and a mop-fixing engaging piece mounted on said mop holder at the position outside the closed ends of said holding plate and rods; and (B) a mop head including a tube having openings at both ends thereof, extending in a longitudinal direction and being capable of receiving said holding rods in the state inserted therein, a plurality of pairs of mop cords disposed integrally with said tube and composed of twisted yarns extending outwardly over both the ends of the tube and in the transverse direction, and a pair of loop cords fixed to the open ends of said tube; wherein said mop is attached to said mop holder by inserting the open ends of the pair of said holding rods into said tubes, engaging the pair of said loop cords with said engaging piece, projecting outwardly the rows of the mop cords on one side through said horizontal passage and projecting outwardly the rows of the mop cords on the other side through the vertical passage.