Improvements in or applicable to Mops.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1993
Complete Specification Left, 27th Oct., 1893—Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Mops.
I SAMUEL GEORGE BOARD of Stanley Grove Sale in the County of Chester,
Insurance Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to mops such as are ordinarily used for cleaning floors
windows &c. my object being to supply a ready means for cleansing the mop-headl
without any undesirable scattering of dirty water from the same.
For this purpose I fix the mop head upon a ferrule or long bush which is
mounted so as to be capable of revolving freely upon or at the end of the mop
handle.
This ferrule is chased with a rapid screw thread or spiral groove running in both
directions after the manner of a drill-stock so that by reciprocating a nut which is
mounted thereon the mop head can be rapidly rotated in one direction.
Thus it will not be necessary to remove tho mop head from the bucket into
which it has been dipped but it can be raised therein out of the water and then
rotated upon its handle; and the water thrown by the centrifugal force from the
revolving mop head will all be caught in the bucket, which may if desired be
provided with a lid or cover.
The nut can be fixed on the handle by a suitable catch when the mop is in use
thereby bolding the mop head steady.
The out may either be grasped itself or be provided with a suitable handle or
projection for reciprocating it.
Dated this 26th day of January 1803.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square; Manchestor, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Mops.
I SAMUEL GEORGE BOARD of Stanley Grove Sale in the County of Chester,
Insurance Agent, 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 such as are ordinarily used for cleaning floors
windows &c., my object being to supply a ready-means for cleansing the mop-head
without any undesirable scattering of dirty water from the same.
My invention will be readily understood on reference to the accompanying
drawings and from the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in section showing one application of my invention
and Fig. 2 is a similar view partly in section showing a modification thereof,
Figs. 3 and 4 are horizontal sections through the lines A B and C D respectively
on Fig. 2.
The drawings shew the mop head made of pieces of cloth indicated by the dotted
lines a a
According to my invention I fix the mop head a upon a ferrule or long bush or
on a spindle b which is mounted so as to be capable of revolving freely upon or at
the end of the mop handle c.
This ferrule or spindle is chased with a rapid screw thread or spiral groove d
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page_text: (see Fig. 1) running in both directions after the manner of a drill-stock so that by
reciprocating a nute which is mounted thereon the mop head a can be rapidly
rotated in one direction.
Thus it will not be necessary to remove the mop head from the bucket into
which it has been dipped but it can be raised therein out of the water and then
rotated upon its handle, and the water thrown by the centrifugal force from the
revolving mop head will all be caught in the bucket, which may if desired be
provided with a lid or cover.
.
If found desirable the nut can be fixed on the handle by a suitable catch when
the mop is in use, thereby holding the mop head steady.
The nut e may either be grasped itself or it may be provided with a suitable
handle or projection for reciprocating it, or the lid or cover of the bucket may be
so formed as to hold the handle steady while the mop head and spindle is worked
up and down therein.
In some cases instead of the double screw thread above described I use a
spindle 6x with the spiral running in one direction only as shown at Figs. 2, 3 and 4
and 1 fix the mop head a upon a loose ferrule or bush at one end of the spindle
in order to prevent the return motion of the Enid spindle from reversing the motion
of the mop head which is actuated by the ratchet 6 on the spindle b* and the spring
catch fixed in the bush see Figs. 2 and 3. Thus the mop head can, on the
return motion of the spindlo, over-run the ratchet and the said mop head will
constantly revolve in the same direction.
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 :-
The combination with a mop head mounted upon a ferrule or a spindle capable
of revolving upon the end of the mop handle, of means for rotating the said
mop head in one direction substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
Dated thi
1000
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.