AN IMPROVED MOP OR WINDOW CLEANER
Year: 1884

page_text: I, RICHARD WALTON KENYON of Accrington in the County of Lancaster
Machine Maker do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for AN
IMPROVED MOP OR WINDOW CLEANER, to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in a rod with a T-end having a groove at the top and
guides for a wire at each end to lie in that groove. This wire and groove together
hold the rags or cloth or wash-leather to serve as a mop or window-cleaner; the
ends of the wire pass down to a catch arrangement preferably with a hinge joint
so that it can be instantly released and the wire allowed to stand off from the
groove. In order to enable the wire and groove to clasp a variable thickness of
wash-leather or rags we apply a spring device to the wire. The spring can either
be in the hinged catch or as we prefer in the wire itself by giving the wire one or
more circular turns or coils on each side of the catch. The catch is preferably a
hinged joint sticking out from the side of the staff and folding back against the
staff, the wire being held in the hinged part some little distance from the hinge.
The hinge projects slightly beyond the centre line of the wire when the catch lies
against the staff and thus the strain of the wire has a tendency to keep it tight.
To use it as a mop or as a window-cleaner, the handle of the hinged joint and with
it the hinged portion is thrown back, the wire thus shot out from the groove, the
rags cloth or wash-leather inserted, and the hinge then drawn back with the handle
against the staff. The wash-leather or other fabric used is thus held tight and the
mop or window-cleaner ready for use.
WM P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, RICHARD WALTON KENTON, of Accrington, in the County of Lancaster,
Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED MOP OR WINDOW CLEANER" and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of this Invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive apparatus to
which to attach a cloth or wash leather to form a mop for window cleaning and
other similar purposes.
Referring to the Drawings: Fig. 1 is a front view and Fig. 2 a side view of the
apparatus.
A is a rod with a T end B having a groove b at the top, and guides b¹ for a
wire C at each end to lie in that groove. The wire C and grooved T end B
together hold the cloth, wash-leather, or other material to serve as mop or window
cleaner. The ends of the wire C pass down to a catch arrangement D with a hinge
joint d, so that it can be instantly released and the wire Callowed to stand off
from the groove b. In order to enable the wire and groove to clasp a variable
thickness of wash leather or rags, I apply a spring device to the wire. The spring
may be in the hinged catch, but I prefer in the wire itself as shewn, formed by
making one or more circular turns or coils E in the wire on each side of the catch.
The catch D is preferably a hinged joint sticking out from the side of the staff and
folding back against the staff, the wire being held in the hinged part at d some
little distance from the hinge d. The hinge projects slightly beyond the centre
line of the wire when the catch lies against the staff, and thus the strain of the
wire has a tendency to keep it tight. To use it as a mop, or as a window cleaner,
the handle of the hinged joint and with it the hinged portion, is thrown back, the
wire thus shot out from the groove, the rags, cloths, wash leather inserted, and the
hinge then drawn back with the handle against the staff. The wash leather or
other fabric used is thus held tight, and the mop or window cleaner ready for use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st. A mop or window cleaner, in which the rags, wash-leather, or other wiping
material is held in position against an abutment at the end of the handle by means
of a sliding bar or wire secured by means of a hinged catch in such manner that
when the catch is opened there shall be abundant room to insert the wiping
material, between the abutment and wire or roll, but when it is closed it shall press
the material tight between the bar or wire and abutment.
2nd. The combination in a mop or window cleaner of the T end B with the
wire or rod parallel thereto, having a catch and spring or springs so arranged that
when the catch is open there shall be plenty of room to place the rags or other
wiping material between the T piece and wire or rod, but when the catch is
closed the wire or rod and T piece shall hold the wiping material between them
with a strong spring pressure.