Improvements in Mops and Pails to be Used therewith.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 26th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 28th Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mops and Pails to be Used therewith..
I, MATILDA Fox, of No. 8, Talford Place, Camberwell, in the County of Surrey,
Married Woman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in mops and pails for use with the same.
It has hitherto been the practice to use uncovered pails with mops, and to dry the
latter by trundling. As a matter of course the trundling could only be performed in
the open.
According to my invention, I make the mop-handle in two parts, and provide a pair
of mitre wheels by which the mop can be rotated, and also a covered pail within which
the mop can be rotated and wrung as effectually as by the old trundling process, but
without scattering a shower of dirty water_right and left.
In carrying my invention into effect, I attach the mop in any convenient way,
detachably by preference, to the end of a rod, the opposite end of which is embraced
by a collar depending from the end of the handle proper.
A mitre wheel adapted to be rotated by a small winch is carried on the said handle,
and engages with a pinion upon the rod above mentioned.
A tube may be arranged outside the rod, and made to terminate in a guard adapted
to prevent splashing.
The pail
of any convenient shape, and is fitted with a half-cover.
1000
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mops and Pails to be Used therewith.
I, MATILDA Fox, of No. 8, Talford Place, Camberwell, in the County of Surrey,
Married Woman, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in mops and also in pails to be used
therewith.
It has hitherto been the practice to use uncovered pails with mops, and to dry the
latter by trundling. As a matter of course the trundling could only be done in
the open.
.
According to my present invention I make the mop handle in two parts, and provide
a pair of mitre wheels, or their mechanical equivalent, by which the mop can be rotated;
and also a pail of special construction, within which the mop can be rotated and wrung
as effectually as by the old trundling process, but without scattering a shower of dirty
water right and left.
In order that my invention, and the means by which the same is to be carried into
practical effect, may be thoroughly understood; I will now describe them in detail
referring in so doing to the accompanying drawing which is to be taken as part of
this specification and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is an elevation illustrative of both mop and pail.
Fig. 2 is a detail drawn to a larger scale.
A is the mop; and a, the lower part of the handle to which the mop is fixed in any
convenient or suitable way.
B is the upper part of the mop-handle, and the two parts, a, B, are connected by a
light frame C, and mitre wheels D and É.

page_text: The upper part B of the handle is fixed to the top of the frame, while the opposite
end of the latter is a ring c of a suitable size to receive loosely, or to allow to pass
through it, the lower part a of the handle for the purpose of supporting it in a line
axially coincident with the upper part B, and may be made sufficiently long to
provide a suitable bearing for it.
I do not confine myself to the exact details of construction in respect of the frame C,
as the connection between the two parts of the mop handle, inasmuch as any modifica-
tion may be adopted which permits of the two parts being aligned axially, the lower
connected to and supported from the upper and rotated by a handle carried upon the
upper.
D is a mitre wheel fast upon the top of the lower part a of the handle. It rides
upon the ring c. E is a second mitre wheel gearing with the wheel D. Its axle e
has its bearings in the frame C and is turned by a winch handle F.
I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to the type of mitre
gearing illustrated, as any other adapted to transfer rotary motion from one plane to
another, may be made use of, e.g., a pair of grooved pulleys, a band, and a pair of
guide pulleys.
G is a tube fixed to the lower end of the frame C. It may be dispensed with
inasmuch as it is not an essential part of my invention.
His my improved pail. It is provided with a spout h, a bale h³, and a back
handle h. The half cover i may be either shaped as illustrated, i.e., formed after the
manner familiar to manufacturers and users of chamber pails, or it may be a flat
semi-circular cover fixed upon the top of the body of the pail at the level j.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is:
1. The combination of upper and lower mop handles the latter being adapted to be
rotated about its axis by gearing as set forth.
2. The combination with a mechanically rotatable mop of a pail furnished with a
half cover, bale, spout, and back handle as set forth.
Dated thin oth
1000
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.