Improvements in or relating to Mops or the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1894
*Complete Specification Left, 11th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 16th Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Mops or the like.
1, HUGH ROWLANDS of Ty Cristion, Valley, R.S.O. in the County of
Anglesea, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to mops or the like for cleaning house floors, ships' decks
etcetera, and has for its object certain improvements in such articles, whereby they
are more durable and more easily repaired.
In carrying my invertion into effect, I provide a handle and holder for the mop,
the mop being fastened to the holder by a nut or the like whereby the mop can be
easily taken off when worn out and a new one put on instead. This holder may be
composed of a skeleton frame of any suitable form and shape attached to the
handle. The mop is fastened to the holder by a bolt, nut and washer or their
equivalents. Side pieces may be formed to steady the mop and hold it firmly in
the desired position, also to guide the mop along skirtings without wetting the
skirtings or walls. The handle may be located diagonally to the mop if desired
instead of being vertical as formerly. When the collection of thrums or coarse
yarns composing the mop proper is worn out, the user can easily renew them
without having to buy a new mop. This is effected by unscrewing the nut,
removing the worn thrums or yarns, and putting new ones or any suitable waste
material that may be handy, on in their place. The invention enables the mop to
be wrung by hand and guided along skirtings and into corners of rooms without
wetting more than the floors.
Dated this 17th day of Auril 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Mops or the like.
1, HUGH ROWLANDS of Ty Cristion, Valley R.S.O. in the County of
Anglesea, 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 :-
This invention relates to mops or the like for cleaning house floors, ships' decks,
etcetera, and has for its object certain improvements in such articles, whereby they
are more durable and more easily repaired, and furthermore enables the mop to be
guided along skirtings and into the corners of rooms without wetting more than the
floors.
The manner in which I prefer to carry my invention into effect will be under-
stood from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings, in which
Figure is a side view of one form of my mop head with a mop shown in dotted

page_text: Referring to Figure 1, A is the handle, and B the holder or head and C the mop.
The holder B is composed of a skeleton frame of any suitable form and shape, but
preferably of the shape shown in the drawing with side pieces b adapted to steady
the mop C and hold it firmly in the desired position, also to guide the mop along
skirtings without wetting the skirtings or walls. Its point preferably rises
slightly like the point of a clog, and it has two indentations or bends & in it, to
meet the two claws of the member that grip it at those points, the inember 6³
being preferably somewhat arched to receive the top of the mop.
The mop C is fastened to the member of the holder by means of a bolt,
washer and nut D. The handle A is preferably located diagonally to the mop
instead of being vertical as formerly. When the collection of the thrums or coarse
yarns or other material composing the mop O is worn out, the user can easily renew
them without having to buy a new mop. This is effected by unscrewing the nut D,
removing the mop and putting a new one on in its place.
I have described one way in which my invention may be carried into effect, but
it is obvious that instead of the bolt and nut any suitable device for fastening the
mop to the holder may be used. Thus, I may employ a spiral worm E (Figure 2)
of spring steel or other metal fastened to the middle member 68. The thrums, yarns,
etcetera, composing the mop being put together with a hole in their centre, they are
threaded on to this spiral worm. By this arrangement the action of wringing the
mop will only serve to tighten the mop in place. Any suitable means may be
adopted for fastening the handle to the holder.
By this invention the mop can be wrung with the hand as thoroughly and as
quickly as a woman wrings a cloth, while it possesses the necessary solidity and
strength to press evenly on the surface of the floor. The long strands which I
prefer to employ render it wringable, while the holder, formed of the arched forked
member and side rims b, supplies the pressure. The holder being of skeleton
form it is vastly superior to those made of cup or other shape being cheaper and
lighter and moreover enabling the user to grasp the holder by the hand and hold it
firmly when wringing the mop.
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. The improvement in mops, which consists in forming that portion, which
receives and holds the thrums, yarns, or other mopping material, of a. skeleton or
open frame-work B in combination with means such as D or E for fastening the
said mopping material thereto substantially as described.
2. In a mop, the special arrangement or construction of the skeleton trame B for
holding the mopping material substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 10th day of January 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents.