Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1838
Specification Accepted, 23rd Mar. 1888
The invention consists in the means substantially as hereinafter described and
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this
specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved mop holder in the open position.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same in the closed position; and
Figure 3 is a front view, the holder being shown closed.
Near the bottom of the mop handle A are pivotally secured the ends of a wire bail
or clamp B, and below or in advance of the pivot point of the said bail, are also
pivotally secured the arms cc, of the clamp jaw C, the ends of the said jaw being
grooved.
The wire bail or clamp B, at a short distance from the end of the handle A, is bent
to form the spring loops b, and extends forward to form the guides b', on which the
grooved outer ends of the jaw travel, and across the front of the end of the
handle A.
The extreme end of the handle A is rabbeted at a, within which rabbet the clamp
jaw C, fits when the said jaw and the bail or clamp B are closed, a small catch
block a', pivoted at said rabbeted end serving to fasten the clamp jaw in the closed
position.
By this construction, when the clamp or bail B, and the clamp jaw C, are swung
outward, the jaw C, guided by the guides 6, of bail B, recedes from the front of said
bail and permits of the mop being placed between the said clamp jaw and bail, where-
upon the clamp jaw and bail are swung inward, the said jaw seats itself in the
rabbet of handle A, at the same time clamping the mop firmly against the bail
when in the closed position the catch block is turned to fasten the jaw in place.

page_text: To remove the mop, the catch a³, is turned and the bail and clamp jaw swung
outward, which causes the said clamp jaw to release its hold on the mop and permit
of the easy removal of the same.
The handle in no way interferes with the insertion and removal of the mop, as,
when the said handle is stood on end with the holder uppermost, and both the bail and
clamp jaw are swung out, the arm of the operator may rest on the arms of the clamp
jaw, leaving both hands free to insert and remove the mop. The insertion and removal
of the mop is made more easy by the action of the clamp jaw in advancing and
receding from the front of the bail when swung to and from the handle.
The rabbet a, and catch block a¹, make a very simple and effective fastener for
the holder.
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 combination with the handle A, of the bail B pivotally secured thereto, and
the clamp jaw C. also pivotally secured to said handle, the said bail forming a guide
for the ends of the said clamp jaw, substantially as shown and described.
2. The combination with the handle A, formed with the rabbet a, at its end, and
provided with a catch block a¹, adjacent to said rabbet, of the bail B, pivotally
secured to said handle, and the clamp jaw C, also pivotally secured to said handle and
formed with grooved ends, by which it is guided on bail B, all substantially as shown
and described.
Dated this 31st day of January 1888
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.