US22990A

US22990A - Mop-head

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Publication number: US22990A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1859-02-15
Anticipated expiration: 1876-02-15

Description

UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

LUKE TAYLOR, OF NORTH SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT.

MOP-HEAD.

Specification forming' part of Letters Patent No. 22,990, dated February 15, 1859*; Ressued November 10, 1868, No. 3,192.

To all whom i may concern.'

Be it known that I, LUKE TAYLOR, of North Springield, in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Mop-Head; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

reference being had to the annexed draw-` ings, making a part of this specification, in which- Y Figure l, is an external view of my invention. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section of ditto taken in the line cc, az, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

To enable those skilled in the art toully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents the handle of the mop head, said handle being constructed of a tough elastic wood and B, represents the stationary jaw of the head which is of T-form, one portion a. being a socket which is fitted on the end of the handle A, and secured permanently thereto by means of .rivets a, one or more.

On the handle A, below the socket a, and between said socket and a shoulder ax, on the handle a collar O, is placed and allowed to turn freely, the lower end of said collar having projections Z), attached for the purpose of allowing said collar to be readily turned by the hand or thumb and fingers. On this collar there is a screw thread c, on which a nut D, works. The nut D, is provided with projecting ears c', c', at opposite sides of it, and to these ears c, c', the ends of a jaw E, are attached. The jaw E, is formed of a curved wrought iron rod, so bent that a portion fl, of it will be parallel with the portion e, of the stationary jaw B, and the remaining portions f, f, so

bent that they will pass around the ends of the stationary jaw B, fitting in recesses therein and serving as guides., and their lower parts curved so as to be attached to the projecting ears 0, c', of the nut D, as shown clearly in Fig. l.

The stationary jaw B, may be of cast iron, malleable if desired, and the collar C, with its screw c, may be of the same material.

From the above description it will be seen that by simply turning the collar C, the jaw E, will be moved in and `out from the stationary jaw B, and the cloth yor mop firmly secured in the head or between the two jaws, and also readily released or detached therefrom when necessary.

I am aware thata screw has been attached to the handle of a. mop head and a nut fitted on the screw to actuate the movable jaw, but so far as I am aware the handle is turned with the screw in order to actuate the nut.

In my invention the screw is iitted loosely on the handle and turns separately and the device is thereby rendered more durable, and the movable jaw may be actuated with greater facility than by the plan alluded to.

I do not claim separately any of the parts described. But

I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As an improved article of manufacture a mop `head having a loose colllar C, provided with a screw thread and otherwise made as described.

LUKE TAYLOR. Witnesses:

SAMI.. W. PORTER, DAVID M. SMITH.

[FIRsT PRINTED 1911.]