Improvements in Mops for Cleaning Jugs and similar Vessels.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 5th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 3rd Dec.,
1898
IRUVIDIONAL DIONICATIO
Improvements in Mops for Cleaning Jugs and similar Vessels.
I, HENRY JONATHAN COOMBS, of 13, St. Ann's Buildings, St. Ann's Street,
in the City of Westminster, Warehouseman, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to mops for cleaning jugs, and similar vessels, and has for
its object to render the same more efficient in use.
These mops are at present made by fixing, in any suitable manner, a number or
bunch of tufts of cotton wool, or similar material of a comparatively soft nature,
to one end of a suitable wooden stock or stem, the other end of which forms the
handle.
The disadvantage attached to a mop of this class is that, when it is inserted
within a jug or similar vessel and used to clean the bottom thereof, the pressure
necessarily applied to the mop by the hand of the operator, causes the soft material
thereof to spread out from the stock and thus leave the end of the latter bare and
consequently useless for cleaning purposes.
In order to remedy this defect and increase the efficiency of the mop, I combine
therewith a brush of fibre, bristle or similar material, which brush I fix to the
stock of the mop, in any suitable known manner, so that it forms the centre of,
and is surrounded by, the mop.
By these means when the mop is used as hereinbefore mentioned, the brush or
centre thereof, being stiffer than the surrounding mop material, will not so readily
give way to the pressure applied thereto and will always keep the stock covered
with a good cleansing material, thus greatly increasing the efficiency of the
article.
2
1000
Improvements in Mops for Cleaning Jugs and similar Vessels.
I, HENRY JONATHAN COOMBS, of 13, St. Ann's Buildings, St. Ann's Street,
Westminster, in the County of London, Warehouseman, 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 mops for cleaning jugs and similar vessels, and has for
its object to render the same more efficient in use.
Heretofore such mops have been made by tying or nailing a number or bunch

page_text: of tufts of cotton wool or similar material of a comparatively soft nature to one
end of a suitable wooden stock, the other end serving as a handle. A mop so
constructed is not perfect in its adaptability on account of its inefficiency to
thoroughly cleanse the bottom and corners of the jug or other vessel; the reason
of this is that the mop spreads out in use and leaves the end of the stock or the
head of the nail, when such is used to fix the material of the mop, bare.
My invention is designed to remedy this defect, and consists in the combination
with the mop as at present made, of a brush or bunch of fibre, bristle or similar
material of a stiffer nature than the ordinary mop material, and which forms the
centre of the mop, by which means I obviate the before-mentioned disadvantage
as a mop provided with my improvement. will always present a good cleansing
surface to the vessel required to be cleaned and will ensure the ready removal
of any sediment from the corners and bottom of the vessel, thus greatly increasing
the efficiency of the mop.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a side elevation of my improved
jug mop, a designating the stock or handle, the ordinary mop material, and
e the brush or bunch of fibre constituting my improvement.
It will be obvious that the methods in which my invention may be carried into
effect are various and of easy conception, and that therefore I do not desire to
limit myself to any particular method. Nevertheless I have, by way of example
only, illustrated at Fig. 2 one method which I may employ.
In this case I employ a wooden stock or handle 'a, having at one end thereof a
socket d, a circumferential groove e, and an oblique perforation of passing from the
bottom of the socket d to the side of the stock a, just below the said groove e. I
first fix the brush in position as follows. I take a short length of cord or wire g
and, having doubled the same upon itself, I pass such doubled cord or wire
upwardly through the perforation f into the socket d, where it forms a loop. I
then take the bunch of fibre to form the brush c and, having similarly doubled
or looped it, pass it through the loop formed by the doubled cord or wire g; the
two ends of the latter are then pulled down through the perforation f, which
action drags the brush tightly to its seat in the socket, as will be readily under-
stood by reference to the drawing. The brush c is then secured in position either
by knotting or twisting the two ends of the cord or wire g at i, as shown in the
drawing, or by tying or twisting the same around the stock a within the groove e.
To fasten the mop 6 to the stock, I employ a separate cord or wire has repre-
sented in the drawing Fig. 2, parts of the mop being pulled apart for the sake
of clearness.
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 I
claim is:-
:-
In mops for cleaning jugs and similar vessels, the combination with the ordinary
mop, of a tuft or bunch of fibre, bristle or similar material, or brush, forming the
centre of the mop, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 4th day of October 1898