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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
HORACE G. SHAW, OF CLARENDON, TEXAS.
COMBINED SCRUBBER AND MOP.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented July 1,1913.
Application filed August 20, 1912. Serial No. 716,004.
To all whom it mnay concern:
Be it known that I, HORACE G. SHAW,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Clarendon, county of Donley, and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Combined Scrubbers and
Mops; and I do declare the following to be a
full, clear, and exact description of the in-
vention, such as will enable others skilled
10 in the art to which it appertains to make
and use the same, reference being had to the
accompanying drawings, and to the letters
and figures of reference marked thereon,
which form a part of this specification.
15 My invention relates to improvements in
combined scrubbers and mops, the said de-
vice consisting of a brush, a mop, a wringer,
and a water receptacle arranged to supply
water to the brush, or the brush and mop
20 combined, as may be desired.
My construction is arranged in such a way
that there is peculiar co-action between the
brush and the mop, since the mop-cloth is
arranged to be drawn under the brush,
25 whereby a surface which is too delicate to
be rubbed hard by the brush alone, may be
cleaned by my improved construction by
using the mop underneath the brush, the
water receptacle, or fountain member being
30 arranged to supply water to the brush and
mop in the same manner as to the brush
alone.
Having briefly outlined my improved con-
struction, I will proceed to describe the
35 same in detail, reference being made to the
accompanying drawing, in which is illus-
trated an embodiment thereof.
In this drawing: Figure 1 is a side eleva-
tion, partly in section, illustrating my im-
40 proved construction, the handle of the de-
vice being partly broken away, and the
mop-cloth being supported out of position
for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the
fountain member removed and the mop-
45 cloth arranged in coperative relation with
the brush. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front
view, looking in the direction of arrow 3,
Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view looking in the di-
rection of arrow 4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a side
50 elevation showing the construction with the
fountain member and mop cloth removed,
the mop-cloth being partially indicated by
dotted lines, parts of the construction above
the brush-head being broken away. Fig. 6
55 is a section taken through the wringer part
of the construction and the brush-headholder, the brush being removed. Fig. 7 is
a fragmentary detail view of a toothed bar
employed in connection with the mop-cloth
and wringer. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sec- 60
tion on the line 8-8, Fig. 5.
The same reference characters indicate
the same parts in all the views.
Let the numeral 5 designate the brush,
which is composed of the bristle member 6 65
and the head 7, preferably composed of
wood, the said head being approximately of
triangular -shape in end elevation, the upper
surface 8 of the said head being rearwardly
and downwardly inclined to form an angle 70
of approximately 45 degrees with the verti-
cal front side 9 of the head. The lower sur-
face 10 of the brush-head extends at right
angles, or approximately at right angles to
the wall 9 of the head. By virtue of the 75
peculiar shape of the brush-head and the
holder 12, into- which it is inserted by an
end-wise movement,-a suitable support is
formed for the lower extremity of the re-
ceptacle 13 constituting the fountain mem- 80
ber of the device. The lower extremity of
this fountain member is equipped with a
chamber 14 arranged below the body of the
receptacle and constructed to form, in com-
bination with the part 16 of the bottom of 85
the receptacle, a recess 15 adapted to fit the
upper portion of the brush-head, where the
two surfaces form the angle 17.
The brush-holding member 12 is com-
posed of sheet metal, and has a flange 18 90
extending downwardly from the angle 17
a short distance in contact with the wall 9
of the head, while the opposite end of the
holder is bent downwardly as shown at 20
to engage the lower part of the head, and 95
inwardly, as shown at 21, to engage a groove
formed in the head whereby the latter is
prevented from slipping downwardly out
of the holder. The brush-head is held in
place against lateral movement by one or 100
more screws 22 passing through the holder 12
and entering the head. Formed integral with
the brush-holder 12 are two upwardly pro-
jecting parts 23 having flanges 4, forming a
groove adapted to receive depending mem- 105
bers 24 provided with slots 25 adapted to
receive the journals 26 and 27 of the rollers
28 and 29 of the wringer. The mop-cloth
30 is an endless piece of suitable material,
which passes between the two rollers and 110
around the upper roller, the portion above
the upper roller being engaged by a bar 311,065,975.
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Shaw, Horace G. Combined Scrubber and Mop, patent, July 1, 1913; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853547/m1/3/?q=%22United%20States%20-%20Texas%20-%20Donley%20County%20-%20Clarendon%22: accessed May 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.