Improvement in the Means Employed for Fastening Brush and Mop Heads to their Stails.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 27th Nov., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Means Employed for Fastening Brush and Mop
Heads to their Stails.
JOSEPH GREENWOOD, Accountant 46 Dale Street Accrington HENRY MAUDSLEY,
Blacksmith 312 Blackburn Road Accrington Both in the County of Lancaster,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the means employed for fastening Brush and Mop
Heads to their stails. Now in order to Illustrate it we make a metal socket into
which one end of an ordinay Brush or Mop stail may be secured in position by
means of a screw or nail the other end of the socket to be made with a perpen-
dicular hole in or near the centre the said hole to be threaded. A screw bolt is
then to be inserted into the centre of the Brush or Mop head and screwed into the
above mentioned socket.
Dated this 16th day of December 1896.
JOSEPH GREENWOOD.
HENRY MAUDSLEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Means Employed for Fastening Brush and Mop
Heads to their Stails.
We JOSEPH GREENWOOD of 46 Dale Street Accrington in the County of Lancaster
Accountant, and HENRY MAUDSLEY of 312 Blackburn Road, Accrington in the
County of Lancaster, Blacksmith, 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 improvements in the means employed for fastening
Brush and Mop heads to their Stails, now in order to Illustrate it we make a Metal
Socket into which one end of an ordinary Brush or Mop Stail may be secured in
position by means of a screw or nail the other end of the Socket to be made with a
perpendicular hole in or near the centre the said hole to be threaded. A Screw
bolt is then to be inserted into the centre of the Brush or mop head and Screwed
into the above mentioned Socket.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention, the following is a com-
plete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in
which
Fig. 1 Shows the said improvement as fixed to brush head.
Fig. 2 Shows a section of the improvement as fixed to Stail, also the special
bolt to which will be fully illustrated.
Fig. 3 Shows enlarged section of socket or cup.
Fig. 4 Shows outside view of the above mentioned Socket or Cup and
Fio Shows and view of game

page_text: Fig. 6 Shows front view of special bolt (for use with Brush) with 2 or more
projecting pins A under the head to hold the bolt rigid and to prevent it turning
round when screwed up in position.
Fig. 7 Shows end view of same.
Figs. 8 and 9 Show Views of Bolt which is used with improvement when applied
to mop.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
Improvements in the means employed for fastening Brush and Mop heads to their
stails, also Special Bolts to which I have particularly illustrated.
Dated this 11th day of September 1897.
HENRY MAUDSLEY.
JOSEPH GREENWOOD.
Applicants.