US176657A

US176657A - Improvement in combined mop and brush holders

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Publication number: US176657A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1876-04-25
Anticipated expiration: 1893-04-25

Description

H. H'. MASON. COMBINED MOP AND BRUSH HOLDER.

No.1f76,657. Patented Ap1-11,25,187e.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY H. MASON, OF SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT lNd'COMBlNED MOP AND BRUSH HOLDERS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,657, dated April 25, 1876; application filed February 14, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY H. MASON, of' Springfield, in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Combined Mop and Brush Holder;

' and that the following is a full, clear, and eX- vfor collar, and an adjustable jaw with an irregularly-shaped shank pivoted within the slot in the fixed jaw, the end or part ofthe shank so pivoted having gears formed thereon, combined with a screw-nut having -continuous threads formed on its interior surface.

In the accompanying sheet ot' drawings, Figure l is a front view ot' my improved combined Vmop and brush holder in closed position, Fig. 2, a side view ot' same; and Fig. 3,

a longitudinal section, showing holder in open position.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

A represents the fixed ja'w of a combined mop and brush holder. This jaw has a socket, a, at its lower end for the reception of' the shaft or handle b. Into the shank c of this jaw is formed a slot, d, and also onto this shank are formed two'anges, c c. Surroundl ing the shank c, between the flanges c c, is fitted a screw-nut, B. This nut is formed in two parts, and has continuous screw-threads j' formed on its inner surface. Fixed within the slot d by a pivotal bolt, g, is the irregu larly-shaped shank le ot' a movable or adjustable jaw, G. The lower end ot' this shank is at or nearly at right angles to the rest of' the shank, and has gears h formed upon it, which correspond with the screw-threads f in the screw-nut B.. The upper end of the shank 'la terminates in the jaw proper, C. This jaw, as

well as the fixed jaw A, is recessed on its inshank 7c of the adjustable jaw G, move the jaw G in contact with or away from the tXed jaw A as the collar is moved to the right or left, the adjustable jaw remaining fixed in any position it is put untilvthe collar is turnedto readj ust it.-

The construction of the shank la of the adjustable jaw C enables the jaw to be thrown well back or open to receive the back of a brush, While, at the same time, it may be forced tightly against the fixed jaw to enable it to grasp a mop cloth or rag.

Having now described my invention, what -I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A nut, B, formed in two parts, and revolved between fixed stationary bearings or flanges, substantially as and for the purpose described. v

2. In a combinel mop and brush holder, the

shank of the adjustable jaw provided .with A gears on its end which mesh into the screwthreads of a revolving nut, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In a combined mop and brush holder, a fixed jaw having its shank formed with a socket for the handle, a slot for the reception of the shank ot the adjustable jaw, and also a flanged bearing for the operating-nut, in combination with a movable jaw having an irregular-shaped shank with gears on its lower end, fitting into screW-threadsformed within a revolving nut by which it is operated, substantially as and for the purpose described. HENRY H.'MASON. Witnesses: H. L. WATTENBERQ M. LovELL.