Combined Scrubbing Brush, Mop, and Window Cleaner.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1899 -Accepted, 29th Apr.,
1899
CUALI LETE DIECIFICATIUN
Combined Scrubbing Brush, Mop, and Window Cleaner.
I, JOSEPII HEBER WRAY, of 08, N. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, United
States of America, 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 a combined scrubbing brush, mop and window-cleaner;
and the object is to provide a simple, inexpensive and convenient device of this
character.
To this end, the invention consists in the construction, combination, and
arrangement of the device as will be hereinafter more fully described and
particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
The accompanying drawings show my invention in the best form now known
to me, but many changes in the details might be made within the skill of a
good mechanic, without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth
in the claims at the end of this specification.
The same reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention in the
several views.
In the drawings:—
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved scrubbing brush, mop and
window-cleaner, combined, with a portion of one end broken away.
Figure 2 is a central transverse section.
I denotes the brush head provided with the bristles 2, and having its body
portion formed with a series of transverse orifices 3.
4 represents a box-like frame fixed to the back of the brush head and having
its upper end provided with a hinged cover 5, and 6 denotes a spring clamp
fixed to said cover and adapted to hold the mop cloth 7 in place while in actual
use.
8 denotes a rubber scraper, fixed between the contiguous edges of the brush
head and the box.
9 represents the brush handle extending into the diagonally aligned orifices 10
and 11 in the rear wall of the box and brush head.
12 denotes a bolt, which extends through the brush head, the rear wall of
the box and diagonally through the handle, and its upper threaded end
projects through a recess 13 in the cover to receive the thumb-nut 14,
which, when screwed home securely, retains the cover in place and at the
same time holds the handle in position, and clamps the box and brush firmly
together.
15 denotes a spring hook fixed to the handle a short distance from the brush
head, and when the mop-cloth is not in actual use, it may be twisted several
times around the handle and its free end secured in the spring hook.
A cake or scraps of soap may be placed within the box, which is then dipped
in the water and allows the same to enter the box through the orifices 3 and of course
to come in contact with the soap. The brush is then applied in the usual manner,
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page_text: and the soapy water will pass through the orifices 3, and be distributed over the
surface to be cleaned by the action of the brusli.
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:-
1. In combination, the brush head formed with the orifice 11, the box formed
with the aligued orifice 10, the handle secured in said orifices, and a bolt extending
through said brush head, box and handle, substantially as aud for the purpose
set forth.
2. In combination, the brush head, the box, the cover hinged thereto, the spring
clamp fixed to said cover, the handle fixed in said head and box, and the spring
hook fixed to said handle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Tad 41 14:41 of h 1000
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.