Improvements in or relating to Mop Wringers.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 29th June, 1894-Accented, 4th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Mop Wringers.
We HARRY PILKINGTON, of 2 York Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester,
Apprentice to Engineering, and WILLIAM THOMAS HOWARD, of 23 Bury Road,
Tottington, Bury, Blacksmith, both in the County of Lancashire, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in or relating to mop wringers and is
designed to obviate the necessity of stooping over a bucket and wringing out the
mop with the hands, as it can be done quicker and more efficiently without taking
the hands off the mop handle.
The invention consists of an oblong metallic vessel or bucket with a half fixed
lid and a hinged lid. In the fixed half lid we fix a perforated funnel or the like
for the purpose of inserting or pressing a mop in order to force liquid from the said
mop when wet.
A metallic disc is fixed on the handle above the mop.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Mop Wringers.
We, HARRY PILKINGTON, of 2 York Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester,
Apprentice to Engineering, and WILLIAM THOMAS HOWARD, of 23 Bury Road,
Tottington, Bury, Blacksmith, both in the County of Lancashire, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Our invention relates to improvements in or relating to mop wringers, and is
designed to obviate the necessity of stooping over a bucket and wringing out the
mop with the hands, as it can be done quicker and more efficiently without taking
the hands off the mop handle.
And in order that our invention may be thoroughly understood, we now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation.
Fig. 2, is a plan of the top.
Fig. 3, is a view of the mop, handle, and disc.
Fig. 4, is a plan of the disc.
Part of Fig. 3, is broken off for convenience.
The invention consists of an oblong metallic vessel or bucket b with a half fixed
lid c, and an ordinary half hoop handle. In the fixed half lid c we fix a perforated
corrugated or plain funnel a or the like, for the purpose of inserting or pressing a
mop in order to force liquid from the said mop when wet.
A netallic disc fis fixed on the handle d'above the mop e as in Figs. 3, and 4.
The object of the disc fabove the mop e is for the purpose of pressing or wringing
the mop when the said mop is put in the funnel a and forced downwards by the
handled when in the hands of any person. The mop is held vertically over the

page_text: funnel and then twisted round and at the same time forced or pressed into the said
perforated or plain funnel.
If preferable a perforated funnel may be used separate, by passing the same in
or on any vessel for the purpose herein before described.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration, and that
the shapes materials and proportions of the parts may be varied in many ways
within the scope of our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In mop wringers, the combination of a vessel or bucket 6 having a fixed lid c
with a perforated funnel a fixed to the lid c, substantially as herein described and
according to the accompanying drawing.
2. In a mop, the combination of the mop, handle and disc f, substantially as
herein described and according to the accompanying drawing.
3. In mop wringers and mops, constructed according to the hereinbefore
described Specification and drawing.
4. A perforated funnel used separate and dropped on or in any vessel, for
wringing out mops, substantially as described.
Dated this 29th day of June 1801
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicants.