Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . Mop nnfl Wrinsier. block-making. Mop. Ascrubbing-ragor bundle ofjunk securedby a handle. In the ex-ample of a do-mestic mop,the rag ishehl lietweenjaws, one ofwhich is mov-able, by meansof a screw. Awringing de-vice is at-tached, con-sisting of abent wire,whicliis passed through the mop and secured to the handle ; to usethe wringer, detach the wire and turn it i
Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . Mop nnfl Wrinsier. block-making. Mop. Ascrubbing-ragor bundle ofjunk securedby a handle. In the ex-ample of a do-mestic mop,the rag ishehl lietweenjaws, one ofwhich is mov-able, by meansof a screw. Awringing de-vice is at-tached, con-sisting of abent wire,whicliis passed through the mop and secured to the handle ; to usethe wringer, detach the wire and turn it in the hand,twisting the mop-rag. Mop-board. (Carpentry.) A wall-board nextto the floor of a room. A skirting-board. Mop-head. A clamp for a mop-rag on the end Fig. 3218. Fig 321f,. .ile. In Fig. 3218, theured by a movable jawby a Fig. 3219, the thread on thehandle has its socket in the thumb-nut, and the re-verse thread on the latter has its socket in the collarof the yoke. In Fig. 3220, Fig 3220. the mop-clothis clamped be-tween toothedjaws, whose (shanks arehinged and fas-tened by aring. Mop-nail. A flat-headed nail, used in securing a bunch of junkor rope-ends to a handle in making a mop such assailors use. Mop-stick. (Music.) A vertical damjier-rod atthe enil of the key in the old piano-forte movement,single action. When the key was depressed, themop-stick was raised and the damper the key rose, the damper fell back on to thestring. Mop-wringer. (Domestic.) A device to wring
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