Improved Mop, Brush, and similar articles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 28th June, 1892-Accepted, 30th July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Mop, Brush, and similar articles.
I, CHARLES WHITESIDE, of 102, Mill Street, Liverpool in the County of
Lancaster, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention has for its object to provide improved mops, brushes, dusters, and
other similar articles.
The invention comprises a head portion, and strips, strands, or pieces of textile
material, bristles, hair, feathers rubber, or other suitable material or substance,
secured to said head by binding it thereon by wire or other suitable material.
In one form of mop or brush, or similar article, the head part (which will be of
any suitable shape) is provided with grooves or recesses in which the material is
inserted and bound by the wire or other binding material. In such a case, the
surfaces against which the mop or brush material comes, may be rough or made
rough, in some cases, to effect a firm holding.
Part of the mop or brush material may be secured to the head by screws or nails,
the head of which are sunk in a recess, and under no circumstances does any
metallic part come in contact with the surface being mopped, brushed, wiped, or
otherwise.
If
Under one arrangement, the binding wires or cords may be fixed in connection
with a screw, and so adapted, that by turning said screw, tension is put upon the
wire or cord, and the mop, brush, or other material firmly secured on the head;
or any equivalent securing or tightening device may be employed.
A handle is provided in connection with the head, and in one arrangement is set
at an angle to the head and secured thereto by a metallic connecting strip, screwed,
or otherwise suitably secured to the handle and the head.
The mop, brush, or other suitable article, according to this invention, may be put
to any uses to which ordinary mops, brushes, or like articles are now put, and to
other purposes to which it may be suitable.
When it is desired to renew the mopping, brushing, or other material, it may be
done by removing the binding and inserting the new material, and again applying
the binding, or a fresh binding.
It is to be stated that the invention is not confined to the particular forms of
parts or devices herein specified, as these may be varied, modified, and the parts
combined in different ways under this invention, the nature of which has been above
specified.
Dated this 26th day of September 1891.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON, Fels. Chart. Inst. P.A.,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Mop, Brush, and similar articles..
I, CHARLES WHITESIDE, formerly of 102, Mill Street, Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, but at present of 10, Woburn Buildings, Tavistock Square,
London, W.C., Merchant, 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 has for its object to provide improved mops, brushes, dusters, and

page_text: The invention comprises a head portion, and strips, strands, or pieces of textile
material, bristles, hair, feathers, rubber, or other suitable material or substances,
secured to said head by binding it thereon by wire or other suitable material.
In one form of mop or brush, or similar article, the head part (which will be of
any suitable shape) is provided with grooves or recesses in which the material is
inserted and bound by the wire or other binding material. In such a case, the
surfaces against which the mop or brush material comes, may be rough or made
rough, in some cases, to effect a firm holding.
Part of the mop or brush material may be secured to the head by screws or
nails, the head of which are sunk in a recess, and under no circumstances does any
metallic part come in contact with the surface being mopped, brushed, or otherwise.
Under one arrangement the binding wires or cords may be fixed in connection
with a screw, and so adapted that by turning said screw, tension is put upon the
wire or cord, and the mop, brush, or other material firmly secured to the head; or
any equivalent securing or tightening device may be employed.
A handle is provided in connection with the head, and in one arrangement is set
at an angle to the head and secured thereto by a metallic connecting strip, screwed,
or otherwise suitably secured to the handle and the head.
The mop, brush, or other suitable article, according to this invention, may be put
to any uses to which ordinary mops, brushes, or like articles are now put, and to
other purposes to which it may be suitable.
When it is desired to renew the mopping, brushing, or other material, it may be
done by removing the binding and inserting the new material, and again applying
the binding, or a fresh binding.
The drawings which serve to illustrate my invention
Figures 1, 2, and 3 are, respectively, a sectional elevation, plan, and side elevation
illustrating my improvements in mops.
Figure 4 is a side elevation illustrating a modification.
Figure 5 is an outside elevation, and
Figure 6 a sectional plan illustrating another modification.
Referring now to Figures 1, 2, and 3, particularly, A. designates generally the
head portion; whilst a' a' are projecting ribs or flanges thereon; bare the textile
strands or strips or other substance; and c are the wires by which they are held on
the head. c¹ is a special central metal ring for holding the strips, strands, or
other substance on the end of the mop-head.
The wires c may be formed into rings by bending the ends of the pieces as shewn
in Figure 3, or by otherwise securing them, and these rings are held onto the
heads A by staples d.
The mop-heads may be conveniently attached to the handle by sockets e which
are secured to A by screwing the flanges e' thereto.
It will be seen that the fixing of the textile strands or strips, or other substance,
consists in binding, by the wires e and ring c', the material into angular recesses
formed by the flanges a¹ a³ and the body A.
с
The construction of mop shewn in Figure 4 is the same as that shewn, in
Figures 1 to 3, with the exception that one of the rings of material b, and fastening c
are dispensed with..
In the modification shewn in Figures 5 and 6, the fixing wires c are formed within
grooves cut in the head A, and the ends of the wires (which must be fairly flexible
in this case) are secured by a screw c² which has a hole c* in it, and through which
the ends of the wire c pass, as in Figure 6; and to tighten the material 6 onto the
head, the wires c are drawn up by turning the screw c
The material as above stated, may consist of strips or strands of textile
material, or pieces of textile material, bristles, hair, feathers, rubber, or other
suitable material.
It is to be stated that the invention is not confined to the particular forms of
parts set forth with reference to the drawings, as these may be varied from the
exact shape or construction shewn without departing from the invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inveu-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
The herein described improved mop, brush, or similar article, consisting of the
head part provided with grooves or recesses in which the material is bound by wire
or rings or equivalent binding material; substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 27th dow of Tune 1900
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON, Fels. Chart. Inst. P.A..
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.