Improvements in Mops.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Mar., 1897
Anmolato Cranification Loft 6th Da
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Accented
5th An 1808
Improvements in Mops.
We, FREDERICK JOSEPH MURSELL, of Worsley Road, Gurnard, near Cowes, Isle
of Wight, Ship and Yacht Builders Clerk and Buyer, and WILLIAM CORKE, of
Castle Mount, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Master Mariner, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:
The said handle is invented to facilitate the wringing of mops which is accom-
plished in the following manner.
The handle is about 4 feet in length and 1 inches in diameter. The mop is
securely fixed at one end by means of a bolt screwed into a tapped socket at the
end of a wedged and lugged ferrule.
About 12 inches from the ferrule a loose handle is held in position by two rings.
The rest part of the handle is a fluted spiral upon which another handle is made
to run, so that when the mop requires wringing, the loose handle
held firmly in
the left hand and the traversing handle is drawn by the right hand up and down
the fluted spiral which causes the mop to revolve and efficiently wring out the
water.
The foregoing describes the mop handle when made without a casing, but when
a case is made for the handle, the traversing handle is dispensed with, as a traversing
ring is fixed to the inner end of the case, and as the case is drawn backwards and
forwards the spiral part of handle, so the mop revolves, exactly as it does when
using the traversing handle.
One of the novelties of this invention is the ferrule by which the mop is fixed
securely to the handle, the said ferrule being of malleable cast steel & galvanized.
The ferrule ring is 11" dia. and deep and the lugs of ferrule, two in number,
are 11" long beyond the ring and 5" in width, through the ends of which, holes
are made for either screws or rivets.
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Inside the ferrule ring, and extending right across its centre, is a wedge 3" deep,
which firmly secures the ferrule to the handle, and prevents
ferrule from turning round when the mop is wrung. (Previous to
drawing the ferrule on, the handle will receive
saw cut for the
reception of wedge.) The bottom of this ferrule is solid, and a tapped socket
about outside dia. stands up about or 1 inch, and is tapped on the inside, to
receive the screwed bolt, which has a stout leather washer under its head, and is
screwed tightly up with a spanner.
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page_text: UPS.
We, FREDERICK JOSEPH MURSELL, of Worsley Road, Gurnard, near Cowes, Isle
of Wight, Ship and Yacht Builders Clerk and Buyer, and WILLIAM CORKE, of
Castle Mount, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Master Mariner, 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 for improvements in mops has for its objects to provide means
for firmly securing the mop to the handle or stale and for facilitating the trundling
of the mop.
In a mop constructed according to this invention, in order to facilitate the
trundling of the mop a sleeve is fitted on the handle or stale of the mop between
two fixed collars and in a position where the mop is more or less evenly balanced.
Between the sleeve and the free end of the handle one or more helical grooves of
rapid pitch are cut on the handle. A nut or sleeve having projections taking into
the groove or grooves fits loosely in the handle. To trundle the mop, it is held
by the sleeve near its head end and the nut is traversed backwards and forwards
on the grooved part of the handle.
The stringy or other material forming the mop proper is secured to the handle
by means of a screw which screws into the tapped end of a socket or ferrule fixed
on the handle of the mop. The socket or ferrule is fitted on the handle and
secured thereto by screws, the end of the handle being bored out to receive the end
of the mop fixing screw. A strong leather washer is interposed between the head
of the screw and the mop.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings: Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are eleva-
tion, sectional elevation and cross section respectively of a mop constructed
according to this invention.
The handle or stale a is formed at its outer end with helical grooves b. A loose
sleeve c is mounted loosely on the handle or stale a beyond the grooves, and is held
in position by collars fixed by screws e to the handle. A nut f formed' with
internal projections g which take into the grooves 6 fits loosely on the handle a and
is prevented from coming off by a cap h fixed on the end of the handle. To trundle
the mop the sleeve c is held in one hand and with the other hand the nut f is
traversed backwards and forwards on the grooved part of the handle a.
The nut f
and sleeve c may be covered with elastic material t.
The mop i is fixed to the handle by the screw j taking into the tapped end k of
the socket which is secured on the handle by screws m. The screw j is slotted:
at n and a pin o passes through the slot and the handle to lock the screw. The
leather washer p is placed on the screw j between the mop and the head of the
screw.
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 :-
1. A mop consisting of the head, the stale rigidly attached to the head, and pro-
vided with a helical groove, a loose sleeve in which the stale is mounted near its
head end, and a nut adapted to be traversed backwards and forwards on the grooved
part of the stale.

page_text: 2. The means for fixing the head on to the stale substantially as described.
3. The mop substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 6th day of December 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.